Owner`s manual

Preface
Intended Audience
This manual is written for the system manager or system operator who has
had training in VAX systems and system management tasks and is running
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 six chapters and ten appendixes, as follows:
• Chapter 1, The VAX 6000 Series System, and Chapter 2, System
Components, give you a basic introduction to your system and its
parts.
• Chapter 3, Controls and Indicators, describes how the system
presents information and how you use the switches.
• Chapter 4, Booting, explains how you turn the system on and get it
running.
• Chapter 5, Console, explains the console environment, use, and
console commands. It includes a sample console session.
• Chapter 6, System Self-Test and Troubleshooting, describes self-
test in detail and tells you what to do if something goes wrong.
• The Appendixes give in-depth information on topics covered in the
manual. Appendix A contains RRD compact disk drive instructions,
Appendix B contains TF/TK tape drive instructions, Appendix C lists
the device type code assignments, Appendix D describes VAXBI options
and adapters, Appendix E gives detailed information on the EVUCA
program, Appendix F lists control flags for booting, Appendix G
summarizes the console commands, Appendix H lists console error
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