VAXstation 3100 Model 30 Owner's Manual

Company:	Digital Equipment Corporation
Part:	EK-265AA-OM-001
Date:	1989-01
Keywords:

1 Your VAXstation 3100 Model 30
- System Highlights
- The VAXstation 3100 Family
2 Installing Your System
- Choosing the Right Location
- Unpacking
- Setting Up Your System
  - Identifying System Unit Ports and Connectors
  - Connecting the Keyboard
  - Connecting the Mouse
  - Attaching Ethernet Terminators
  - Connecting the Monitor
  - Connecting the Power Cords
- Starting Your System
  - Checking the Power-Up Display
    - Power-Up Display for System Without Diskette Drive
    - Power-Up Display for System with Diskette Drive
  - If You Have Problems
- Setting the Keyboard Language
- Connecting to a Network
- Installing Your Operating System
- Turning Off Your System
3 Learning About Your System
- Hard Disk Drives
- Tape Cartridges
  - Labeling a Tape Cartridge
  - Writing to and Protecting Tape Cartridges
    - Write-Protecting a Tape
    - Writing to a Tape
  - Handling and Storing Tape Cartridges
- TZ30 Tape Drive
  - Inserting a Tape Cartridge
  - Removing a Tape Cartridge
  - Summary of TZ30 Lights
  - If You Have Problems
- RX23 Diskette Drive
  - Diskettes
  - Writing to and Protecting Diskettes
    - Write-Protecting a Diskette
    - Writing to a Diskette
  - Inserting a Diskette
  - Removing a Diskette
- Your Keyboard
  - Function Keys
  - Indicator Lights
  - Special Editing Keypad
  - Numeric/Application Keypad
- Mouse
4 Expanding Your System
- Guidelines for Connecting Expansion Boxes
- Preparing Your System for an Expansion Box
- Unpacking an Expansion Box
- Connecting One Expansion Box
- Connecting Two Expansion Boxes
- RRD40 Compact Disc Expansion Box
  - Selecting the Voltage
  - Verifying the SCSI ID on the First RRD40
  - Resetting the SCSI ID on the Second RRD40
  - Inserting a Compact Disc
  - Removing a Compact Disc
- RZ55 Hard Disk Expansion Box
  - Verifying the SCSI ID on the First RZ55
  - Resetting the SCSI ID on the Second RZ55
- TK50Z Tape Expansion Box
  - Verifying the SCSI ID on the TK50Z
  - Inserting a Tape Cartridge
  - Removing a Tape Cartridge
  - Summary of TK50Z Controls and Lights
5 Connecting to a Network
- A Brief Introduction to Networks
- Connecting to a ThinWire Ethernet Network
  - Verifying the Network Select Button Position
  - Verifying ThinWire Ethernet Network Installation
  - Connecting Your VAXstation 3100 to ThinWire Ethernet Cable
- Creating a Daisy-Chain Work Group
  - Connecting Your VAXstation 3100 to a DECconnect Faceplate
  - Troubleshooting the ThinWire Segment
- Connecting to a Standard Ethernet Network
  - Setting the Network Select Button for Standard Ethernet
  - Verifying Standard Ethernet Network Installation
  - Troubleshooting Standard Ethernet
  - Connecting a Transceiver Cable
6 Handling Problems
- How to Use the Troubleshooting Table
- Power-Up Error Messages
- Self-Tests
- Configuration Display
  - System Without a Diskette Drive
  - System with a Diskette Drive
- Device Display
  - System Without a Diskette Drive
  - System with a Diskette Drive
- System Exerciser
- Test Utilities
  - RRD40 Test Disc Utility
  - Erase Disk Utility for Hard Disks
- Changing the Keyboard Language
- Rebooting the System After Running Tests
- Summary of Console Commands
- Service Information
A Startup Procedures
- Automatic Booting
- Changing the Default Recovery Action
- Setting the Default Boot Flags
B SCSI IDs
- SCSI ID Default Settings
- Setting SCSI IDs
- Setting SCSI Switches
C Options
- Hard Disk Drives
- Printers
  - Connecting a Printer
- Modems
  - Connecting a Modem
- Tablet
- Monitors
  - Cable Option
  - Color Option
D Hardware Specifications
E Associated Documents
Glossary

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