DOCUMENT IDENTIFIER: SM090012



CPU 30 Board Identification Process

Comments: In an attempt to establish consistency between UPS 2.x and RAM requirements, a new Force CPU 30 Lite board was a prerequisite to run UPS 2.x software. Platform machines in the field utilized a Force CPU 33 board. This board is limited to 4MB of RAM. Unfortunately, NO additional RAM can be added to the existing Force CPU 33 board. The Force CPU 30 Lite board contained 8 MB of RAM and is currently replaced with a CPU 30/16MB board. The part number of the CPU 30/16MB board is Kit 47768301 @ approximately $3,200.00 without labor. Please contact your regional Field Engineering Office to order. If you have any further questions, please contact your Platform Tech Specialist.

The following is a process for identifying a Force CPU 30 board in the VME chassis on your platform machine:

VME Chassis Location: As you face the front of the machine, the VME Chassis is installed in the lower right-hand console bay. Remove the decorative cover. Here you will find the VME chassis bolted to the base frame.

The Force CPU 33 board, found in slot #7, has the following features on the front of the board: 2 D-Shell connectors, 4 switches, and 11 status lights. The tab on top of the board is labeled “SYS68K CPU-33 B/4”. If you have this board, please order a CPU-30/16MB board.

The following CPU 30 board is compatible with UPS 2.0.0 up to UPS 4.0.x:

• Force CPU 30 Lite (8MB) (REV 4) board, found in # 5 or 7, has the following features on the front of the board: 4 D-shell connectors, 2 switches, and 2 status lights. The tab on top of the board is labeled “SYS68K CPU-30 Lite”.

The following CPU 30 boards are compatible with UPS 1.4.14, 2.x, 3.0.4, 3.1.2 (and higher including UPS 4.x):

Force CPU 30BE/16 MB (Rev 3) board, found in slot # 5 or 7. The tab on top of the board is labeled “CPU-30BE/16”.

3 – 9 pin com ports, 1 – 15 pin line port, 2 switches, and 2 status lights. (AKA FORCE HEAVY)

Force CPU 30BE/16MB (Rev 4) board, found in slot # 5 or 7, The tab on top of the board is labeled “SYS68K CPU-30BE/16”.

3 – 9 pin com ports, 1 – 15 pin line port, 2 switches, and 2 status lights.

(Both of the CPU 30 BE/16 cards are functionally identical only the artwork on the board has changed.)

Procedure for Determining Which Level Of OS/2 Is Running On The Machine

(This is the only way to correctly identify the OS/2 Version)

1) Click on the SYSTEM SETUP icon

2) Click on HELP

3) Click on UPS INFORMATION

4) Scroll down into the SYSTEM INFORMATION area of this screen

5) Scroll further until you see: IBM OS/2 BASE OPERATING SYSTEM, VERSION: x.xx

6) Record the decimal number next to VERSION:

Note: UPS 2.x & UPS 3.0 requires OS/2 2.11 or OS/2 Warp Connect 3.0; UPS 3.1 (and higher) require OS/2 Warp Connect 3.0 or higher. (ref. UIC Part #46880101X no charge with UPS upgrades for machines running OS/2 2.10 or lower). OS/2 Warp, TCP/IP (VME Network) and UPS 1.4.X up to UPS 3.x require an EXM10A ethernet card in the VME chassis. This card can be found in either EXM slot 2 or EXM slot 0. Contact a Platform Technical Specialist for assistance.

Identification Process for RAM on Radisys 486 Processor

UPS 4.X: Not applicable, UPS 4.x requires a Pentium (64MB) Processor.

UPS 3.X: All machines upgrading to UPS 3.X require 32MB of RAM on the Radisys 486 processor (EPC-5 board)..

UPS 2.X: The memory overhead of UPS 2.X software with TCP/IP Network software and GEM is too much for the standard 16MB of RAM to handle large amounts of data. A 32MB RAM upgrade to the Radisys 486 processor (EPC-5 board) is required.

To determine if you have enough memory on Radisys 486, do the following: (To order, contact your regional Field Service Office)

1) Power cycle the machine. While the machine is powering up, hold down any key on the keyboard. This causes

a keyboard error to occur: KEYBOARD ERROR OR NO KEYBOARD PRESENT

2) .When this error message appears on the screen, push [Cntrl,Alt,Esc]

3) At the top of the screen the following message comes up:

Radisys EPC-5 CMOS setup, System Bios V3.05

33MHz 486, 16 bytes of memory (This is the size or RAM of the Radisys 486.)

4) Hit [Esc] to exit without saving. Press the [F1] key to continue the machine power cycle.

................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download