Specifications

Page iiiInstallation Instructions: Roadrunner 040 EAGLE 100/AM-3000M/VME Upgrade
APPENDIX A - SCSI TERMINATION
A.1 SCSI TERMINATION USING EXTERNAL TERMINATOR OPTION . . . A-1
A.1.1 Termination Procedure (Without External Terminator) . . . . . . A-3
A.2 TERMINATION POWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
APPENDIX B - READ-AHEAD AND WRITE BUFFERING
B.1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
B.2 READ AHEAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
B.2.1 Controlling Read-Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
B.3 WRITE BUFFERING FOR SCSI-1 AND SCSI-2 DISK DRIVES . . . . . . B-3
B.3.1 Potential Pitfalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
B.3.2 Setting Up Write Buffering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4
B.4 FINAL NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5
B.4.1 Sample AMOS32.INI File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5
APPENDIX C - ROADRUNNER SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION
C.1 PREPARING FOR A ROADRUNNER UPGRADE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
C.2 PROTECTING YOUR DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
C.2.1 Warm Boot Ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
C.2.2 Booting from a Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
C.3 UPGRADING YOUR AMOS OPERATING SOFTWARE . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
C.3.1 Booting from the Main CPU SASI Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
C.3.2 Booting from the Roadrunner SCSI Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4
C.4 ROADRUNNER INSTALLATION CHECKLIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6
C.5 AM-987 SOFTWARE SUPPORT PACKAGE - MINIMUM VERSIONS . C-7
APPENDIX D - ROADRUNNER AM-174 PROGRAMMING INFORMATION
D.1 ROADRUNNER AM-174 PROGRAMMING INFORMATION . . . . . . . . D-1
D.1.1 The Problem and Why It’s A Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
D.1.2 What You Must Do.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2
D.1.3 One More Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3
D.1.4 New Cache Control Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3
APPENDIX E - AM-3000 VME RACK MOUNT INSTALLATION
E.1 RACK MOUNT INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1
PDI-00172-60, Rev. A02