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0$*0$ 7DEOH RI &RQWHQWV PREFACE III Advisories iii Safety Instructions iv When Working Inside a Computer Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge Regulatory Compliance Statements FCC Class A Notice CE Certification Safety Standards vii vii vii vii Declaration of Conformity viii Quality & Service ix Product Warranty 30 Day Money Back Guarantee Free Technical Assistance Warranty & Repair in Seven Days Returns for Repair/Replacement/Credit Out of Warranty Repair Advanced Replacement Service CH
0$*0$ Powering Up: Powering Down: 8 9 Step Ten: System Should Be Up and Running 9 Step Eleven: Finishing Touches 9 CHAPTER 3 BUS HIERARCHY Bus Hierarchy CHAPTER 4 11 11 ADVANCED INSTALLATION GUIDE 13 Installation Notes 13 Multiple PCI Expansion System Configurations 13 Daisy-Chaining Fan-Out 13 14 PCI Card Conflicts 15 Console Firmware Issues 15 CHAPTER 5 17 HOW TO GET MORE HELP Contacting Technical Support 17 Frequently Asked Questions 17 Returning Merchandise to MAGMA 17 APP
0$*0$ 3UHIDFH Advisories Three types of advisories are used throughout this manual to provide helpful information or to alert you to the potential for hardware damage or personal injury. They are Notes, Cautions, and Warnings. The following is an example of each type of advisory. Use caution when servicing any electrical component. NOTE An amplifying or explanatory comment related to procedural steps or text.
0$*0$ Safety Instructions Before handling the MAGMA PCI Expansion System, read the following instructions and safety guidelines to prevent damage to the product and to ensure your own personal safety. Refer to the “Advisories” section for advisory conventions used in this manual, including the distinction between Warnings, Cautions, and Notes. ♦ Always use caution when handling/operating the computer. Only qualified, experienced, authorized electronics personnel should access the interior of the computer.
0$*0$ In addition, take note of these safety guidelines when appropriate: ♦ To help avoid possible damage to systems boards, wait five seconds after turning off the computer before removing a component, removing a system board, or disconnecting a peripheral device from the computer. ♦ When you disconnect a cable, pull on its connector or on its strain-relief loop, not on the cable itself. Some cables have a connector with locking tabs.
0$*0$ ;YLL ♦ When transporting a sensitive component, first place it in an anti-static container or packaging. ♦ Handle all sensitive components at an ESD workstation. possible, use anti-static floor pads and workbench pads. ♦ Handle components and boards with care. Don’t touch the components or contacts on a board. Hold a board by its edges or by it’s metal mounting bracket.
0$*0$ Regulatory Compliance Statements This section provides the FCC compliance statement for Class A devices and describes how to keep the system CE complaint. The Following Information is Required by the FCC FCC Class A Notice If your system is FCC Class A, the following applies: Note - This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
0$*0$ Declaration of Conformity Manufacturer’s Name: Manufacturer’s Address: MAGMA, Inc. A Mobility Electronics, Inc., Company 9918 Via Pasar San Diego, CA 92126 USA Declares that the product: Computer Peripheral Equipment Type of Equipment: Product Name: MAGMA PCI Expansion System P7R, P7RC1.5, P7RQ, P7RQC1.5, P7R-D1, P7RC1.5Model Number: D1, P7RQ-D1, P7RQC1.5-D1, P7R-IFA, P7RC1.5-IFA, P7R64, P7R64C1.5, P7RQ64, P7RQ64C1.5, P7R464C1.5, P7R464C1.5, P7R464-D1, P7R464C1.5D1, P13R, P13RC1.5, P13R-D1, P13RC1.
0$*0$ Quality & Service Product Warranty MAGMA PCI Expansion Systems carry a one-year warranty against defects in materials or workmanship from the date of shipment to the original purchaser. Any products found to be defective in material or workmanship will be repaired or replaced promptly. Please Note: Products that have been modified will not be covered under this warranty.
0$*0$ Physical damage sustained in such a situation will be repaired at the owner's expense in accordance with Out of Warranty Procedures. Please, protect your investment, a bit more padding in a good box will go a long way to insuring the device is returned to us in the same condition you shipped it in. Please call for a Return Merchandise Authorization number before returning the product.
0$*0$ returned after the credit card is charged, the entity (person or company) will be responsible for a Restocking Fee. This fee will be 25% of the listed price of the replaced unit, with a minimum Restocking Fee of $25.00. Product will only be accepted for return and restocking if the Advanced Replacement is less than 90 days from date of replacement unit shipment.
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0$*0$ &KDSWHU ,QWURGXFWLRQ The 7 & 13 Slot Rack-mount PCI Expansion System MAGMA's 7 and 13 Slot Rack-mount PCI Expansion System is a general-purpose bus expansion system for the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) local bus. The expansion bus is fully compliant with the PCI Local Bus Specification.
0$*0$ Follow these suggested guidelines and cautions while setting up your PCI Expansion System: • Only use the power cable provided by MAGMA • Only use the interface cable provided by MAGMA • Use keyed connectors (to prevent attaching a cable backwards) • Be careful when routing signal cables to your devices • Avoid sharp bends or folds in the signal cable • Provide enough slack to allow easy device placement • Beware of sources of scuffing and abrasion damage to the cables • Secure the devi
0$*0$ NOTE The PCI Expansion System is shipped with many parts packaged in a separate box within the larger box that the chassis is shipped in.
0$*0$ &KDSWHU 4XLFN 6WDUW *XLGH The following steps will guide you in completing the installation of your new 7 or 13 Slot Rack-mount PCI Expansion System Step One: Remove PCI Expansion System Cover WARNING High voltages are present inside the chassis when the unit’s power cord is plugged into an electrical outlet. Disconnect the power cord from its source before removing the chassis cover. Turning the system power off at the power on/off switch does not remove power to components.
0$*0$ provided. You should not insert this card in any other slot other than the dedicated slot because it will not function properly in any other slot on the motherboard. Step Three: Power Down Host Computer and Remove Cover WARNING High voltages are present inside the chassis when the unit’s power cord is plugged into an electrical outlet. Disconnect the power cord from its source before removing the chassis cover.
0$*0$ CAUTION 13 Slot Models: The PCI Host Interface Card and the PCI Expansion Interface Card are not interchangeable! Each of these cards is clearly marked with a silk-screened legend identifying the card type. Inserting the PCI Expansion Interface Card into a PCI slot other than the appropriate slot on the motherboard may damage the PCI Expansion Interface Card, your system motherboard, the PCI Expansion motherboard or other PCI cards.
0$*0$ Slot ordering in the 13 Slot Rack-mount expansion system should begin with the slot next to the expansion interface card - labeled Slot 4. Install PCI cards, following PCI card manufacturer’s recommendations. Be sure to secure cards using bracket screws. Also check to make sure PCI card inserted is not touching any components or metal chassis.
0$*0$ Attach one end of the PCI Expansion Cable to the Host Interface Card and secure it using the captive thumbscrews on the cable. Carefully route the cable to the PCI Expansion Interface Card (or Motherboard) and secure it with the captive thumbscrews. It is important that the cable be attached securely to the card connectors at either end. MAGMA 64-bit expansion systems (such as the P7R64) include (2) PCI expansion cables.
0$*0$ each expansion system moving “upstream” and finally the host system last. Powering Down: It is recommended that your first shut down the host computer correctly and then power down the chassis to avoid ‘computer lock-up’. Step Ten: System Should Be Up and Running WARNING High voltages are present inside the chassis when the unit’s power cord is plugged into an electrical outlet. Disconnect the power cord from its source before replacing the chassis cover.
0$*0$ CAUTION Before touching anything inside the chassis, move to an ESD station and follow proper ESD procedure. Failure to do so may result in electrostatic discharge damaging the computer or its components. For more information, see “Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge”. After your system is working properly, replace any empty slots with slot covers, and replace the host computer cover and expansion chassis cover.
0$*0$ &KDSWHU %XV +LHUDUF K\ Bus Hierarchy The following figures are representative of the PCI Bus hierarchies for the 7 and 13 Slot PCI Expansion Systems. These figures pictorially convey the overall PCI bus topology of the system. The key point in the following figure of the 7 Slot Topology is the connecting cable between the Host Interface Card and the Expansion Interface is actually a PCI bus itself. In General, we do not know what the actual Bus numbers are.
0$*0$ The key point in the following diagram is the motherboard is a private PCI bus (similar to the "cable bus") that connects to two PCI to PCI Bridge (PPB) chips mounted on the motherboard. Each of the PPB chips controls a downstream PCI bus. The PPB chips are both attached to the same upstream bus (the bus controlled by the PCI Expansion Interface) and are at the same hierarchical bus level within the chassis.
0$*0$ &KDSWHU $GYDQFHG ,QVWDOODWLRQ *XLGH Installation Notes If at all possible, plug the power cords from the PCI expansion system and your host computer into a shared power strip, preferably one that has surge and noise suppression circuitry built into it. Make sure that all PCI cards are fully seated in their connectors. When correctly seated in its connector, you will notice a firm resistance when you pull up gently on the card.
0$*0$ Extended Daisy-Chain Configuration In this case, the bus labeled (Bus 6) is obviously further downstream (hierarchically speaking) than the bus labeled (Bus 4). And, of course, there is a caveat to all of this: the bus numbering depends on the algorithm implemented by your BIOS or console firmware configuration code.
0$*0$ the "downstream" or higher numbered PCI bus). In the case of the MAGMA PCI Expansion System, the PCI host interface card, which is plugged into an available slot on your host computer, has at its "upstream" side (Bus 0) and at its "downstream" side the cable (Bus 1). The PCI expansion interface also has a PPB on board and its "upstream" side is attached to the cable bus (Bus 1) and its "downstream" side is attached to the expansion motherboard (Bus 2).
0$*0$ performing the necessary configuration processing for each discovered PCI card. Unfortunately, not all console firmware is created equal. In order to configure all of your PCI cards installed in the PCI expansion system, your console firmware must be able to traverse multiple levels of bridges. In point of fact, the 255 bus limit is a theoretical maximum with the practical limit somewhat lower (yet should still be a large number, like 100).
0$*0$ &KDSWHU +RZ WR *HW 0RUH +HOS Contacting Technical Support For a quick response, send an email to support@magma.com with a detailed description of your problem, or visit our web site at: www.magma.com/support/support.htm Our support department can also be reached by fax at (858) 530-2733 or by phone at (858) 530-2511. Support is available Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM PT.
0$*0$ in which it was received from our plant. MAGMA cannot be responsible for any physical damage to the product or component pieces of the product (such as the host or expansion interfaces for PCI expansion systems) that are damaged due to inadequate packing. Physical damage sustained in such a situation will be repaired at the owner’s expense in accordance with Out of Warranty Procedures.
0$*0$ $33(1',; $ 0DF 26 9HULILFDWLRQ MagmaSlots MagmaSlots is a simple utility application for displaying information on PCI cards installed in the Macintosh computer. It uses the Mac OS NameRegistry to discover what slots have PCI cards in them, and then displays basic information for each card in a simple console window. MagmaSlots is included on the MAGMA CardBus CD or you can download this utility from our web site at: www.magma.com/support/support.htm.
0$*0$ SCSI card installed in the chassis, you should see a console window similar to the one shown below: MAGMA expansion chassis Adaptec 2906 SCSI Controller NOTE Some PCI cards will produce multiple entries in the MagmaSlots console window. If MagmaSlots does not display some or all of the PCI cards installed in the expansion chassis, you should do the following before contacting MAGMA Technical Support: 1. 2. 3.
0$*0$ $33(1',; % 'LJLGHVLJQ 3UR 7RROV MAGMA manufactures several PCI Expansion Systems that are approved for use with certain Digidesign Pro Tools systems. Since configurations vary from user to user, MAGMA strongly recommends contacting Digidesign for up-to-date system configuration and compatibility information. In order to achieve compatibility with the expanded functionality of the MAGMA chassis, your Pro Tools cards may require an upgrade.
0$*0$ $33(1',; & 3&, EDVHG 6XQ :RUNVWDWLRQ *XLGH Introduction MAGMA's PCI Expansion System provides a cost-effective way to add PCI cards to PCI-based Sun workstations. The PCI expansion system is compliant with the PCI 2.1 specification. Four, seven and thirteen slot configurations are available. Each slot in the expansion system is a 32bit wide PCI slot (7 slot 64-bit systems are also available) with master capability to provide data throughput up to 132 MB per second.
0$*0$ System and the PCI cards, we can use the OpenBoot command showdevs. ok show-devs /SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi@0,0 /pci@1f,0 /virtual-memory /memory@0,10000000 /aliases /options /openprom /chosen /packages /pci@1f,0/pci@1 /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1 /pci@1f,0/pci@1/pci@2 <-- MAGMA Host Interface Card /pci@1f,0/pci@1/pci@2/pci@4 <-- MAGMA Expansion /pci@1f,0/pci@1/pci@2/pci@4/ethernet@5 /pci@1f,0/pci@1/pci@2/pci@4/ADPT,2940UW@4 /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3 /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/SUNW,m64B@2 int.
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