This guide provides basic operating and troubleshooting information for the Silicon Graphics® VME option product. It is written for Silicon Graphics customers and contains the following chapters:
Chapter 1, “Introduction,” provides a product overview, special restrictions, and safety instructions.
Chapter 2, “General Operating Procedures,” provides basic VME option operating and troubleshooting procedures.
Chapter 3, “VME Chassis Information,” provides VME chassis slot designation, power, and grounding information.
Chapter 4, “VME Interface Board,” provides general VME interface board information.
Additional information about this product can be found in the following documents:
VMEbus Specification Revision D
Device Driver Programmer's Guide
This VME Option Owner's Guide uses the following conventions:
Commands, filenames, and references to document titles are in italics.
Steps to perform tasks are in numbered sentences. When a numbered step needs more explanation, the explanation follows the step and is preceded by a square bullet.
Text that the user enters appears in Courier bold.
Screen text appears in Courier plain.