Owner`s manual

Chapter 5

Installing the KA65A Processor

This chapter tells how to handle the KA65A processor and install it in the

XMI card cage. Sections include:

• Holding the KA65A Processor

• Inserting the KA65A Processor Into an XMI Card Cage

Chapter 4 gives conﬁguration rules for systems upgraded with an H9657-

CX kit. See Appendix A for conﬁguration rules for all other cases.

Note that the KA65A processor will only work with MS65A memories. The

manual VAX 6000: Installing MS65A Memories describes the installation

of MS65A memories.

NOTE: The H9657-CX kit, consisting of a power regulator module and a

bus bar, is provided with KA65A processor modules when the customer is

upgrading from a VAX Model 200, 300, or 400 system. You do not use the

kit in all cases, however. The H9657-CX kit is only used for an upgrade

from a VAX 6000 Model 200, 300, or 400 system with an XMI that does not

supply +3.3V, and where the following conditions hold:

• No battery backup is needed

• No more than 4 processors are needed

• No more than 12 XMI slots are needed

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