Installation guide

Preface
Intended Audience
This manual is written for Digital customer service engineers and self-
maintenance customers installing a VAX 6000 series system.
Document Structure
This manual uses a structured documentation design. There are many
topics, organized into small sections for efficient reference. Each topic
begins with an abstract. You can quickly gain a comprehensive overview
by reading only the abstracts. Next is an illustration or example, which
also provides quick reference. Last in the structure are descriptive text
and syntax definitions.
This manual has eight chapters and four appendixes, as follows:
• Chapter 1, Site Preparation, provides pre-installation requirements
and guidelines for the VAX 6000 series.
• Chapter 2, Unpacking, gives instructions on how to inspect and
unpack the system cabinet.
• Chapter 3, Connecting to a DSSI Subsystem, explains how to cable
and connect TF tapes and RF disks.
• Chapter 4, Connecting to a CI VAXcluster, explains how to select
required operating modes on certain XMI and VAXBI bus adapters.
• Chapter 5, Connecting to Tapes and Disks, explains how to cable
TK tapes and RA disks to the system.
• Chapter 6, Powering Up the System, gives the power-up procedure
and a functional description of the control panel switches and
indicators.
• Chapter 7, System Self-Test, shows what to check to see if self-test
was successful.
• Chapter 8, Verification, explains how to verify the system and how
to set and save system parameters.
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