HP e3000 MPE/iX Release 6.5 System Software Maintenance Manual (30216-90325)

278 AppendixE

CD-ROM Resources

Adding a CD-ROM Drive

This section describes how to conﬁgure HP-IB and SCSI CD-ROM drives as disk devices to

an MPE/iX system. It describes software conﬁguration only. Refer to the documentation

supplied with your CD-ROM drive for information about the hardware. If you need further

assistance, contact your HP representative.

Prerequisites

This section describes connecting the CD-ROM drives to an existing MPE/iX system. You

need to know how to use SYSGEN to conﬁgure devices on your MPE/iX system. Complete

information about system conﬁguration is provided in the System Start-up, Conﬁguration

and Shutdown Reference Manual. You also need to be familiar with the speciﬁc

conﬁguration of your system.

To connect a CD-ROM drive to an HP 3000 computer, you need to have the appropriate

card installed. This Appendix makes the following assumptions:

• You have contacted your HP representative to verify that the CD-ROM drive you have

can be connected to the speciﬁc computer system.

• You have the appropriate cables to connect the CD-ROM drive to your system.

• The appropriate card or cards are installed and conﬁgured on your HP 3000. HP-IB

devices require HP-IB cards; SCSI devices require SCSI cards.

Connecting and Conﬁguring a CD-ROM Disk Drive

Generally, connecting and conﬁguring a CD-ROM disk drive involves the following steps:

• Determining where to install the CD-ROM drive

• Using SYSGEN to conﬁgure the drive

• Power Off

• Connecting the drive

• Power On

• Rebooting the system

To conﬁgure a CD-ROM disk drive:

1. Determine where to attach the CD-ROM disk drive by identifying where the HP-IB or

SCSI card is located. Note that you can daisy-chain an HP-IB CD-ROM onto an HP-IB

tape drive or disk drive.

2. Determine the device number (also called HP-IB or SCSI address) for the CD-ROM

drive. (The number must be unique for the cable to which it is attached.)

3. Set the device number on the back of the CD-ROM drive.

4. Log on to the system as MANAGER.SYS:

:HELLO MANAGER.SYS