Sun Microsystems Interface Adapter manual

Sun Microsystems, Inc. www .sun.com Submit comments about this document at: http://www.sun.com/hwdocs/feedback Sun™ PCI High Speed Quad P or t Ser ial Interf ace Adapter User’ s Guide P ar t No . 819-1207-10 December 2005, Revision A[...]

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iii Contents Regulatory Compliance Statements xi Declaration of Conformity xv Preface xvii 1. Product Overview 1 Product Description 1 Features 2 Hardware and Software Requirements 3 2. SunHSI/U Adapter Installation 5 Installation Process 5 ▼ T o Install the Adapter 5 External Cabling 6 RS-232 to RS-449 Connections 7 3. SunHSI PCI Software Instal[...]

iv Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • December 2005 Installing the Software 12 ▼ T o Install the SunHSI Softwar e 12 ▼ T o T est the Installation 14 Configuring the Software 14 ▼ T o Conf igure for Point-to-Point Pr otocol 15 4. SunHSI Utilities 17 hsip_init Utility 17 T1 Compatibility Options 18 Operatin[...]

Contents v D. SunVTS Diagnostic T esting 39 Using the SunVTS sunlink T est 39 E. V iewing the Man Pages 41 Man Pages 41 ▼ T o V iew Man Pages in the C Shell Environment 41 ▼ T o V iew Man Pages in Bourne or Korn Shell Environments 42 Glossary 43 Index 45[...]

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vii Figur es FIGURE 1-1 SunHSI/U Adapter 2 FIGURE 3-1 SunHSI PCI Software Directories and Files 10 FIGURE 3-2 SunHSI Devices Created by the Postinstallation Script 10 FIGURE B-1 Null Modem Cable –Both Sun Systems Supplies Clocking 32 FIGURE B-2 Null Modem Cable –Sun System Supplies Clocking for Both Sides 33 FIGURE B-3 X.21 to RS-449 Converter [...]

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ix T ables TABLE 1-1 Hardware and Software Requirements 3 TABLE 3-1 Required Disk Space 11 TABLE A-1 RS-449 Connector Pin Assignments 23 TABLE A-2 RS-449 Interface Signals 27 TABLE B-1 RS-449 Signals 31 TABLE B-2 X.21 Signals 31 TABLE D-1 Sun VTS Documentation 39[...]

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xi Regulatory Compliance Statements Y our Sun product is marked to indicate its compliance class: • Federal Communications Commission (FCC) — USA • Industry Canada Equipment Standard for Digital Equipment (ICES-003) — Canada • V oluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) — Japan • Bureau of Standards Metrology and Inspection (BS[...]

xii Sun PCI High Speed Quad P or t Serial Interface Adapter User’ s Guide • December 2005 ICES-003 Class B Notice - A vis NMB-003, Classe B This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. BSMI Class A Notice The following statement is applicable t[...]

Regulatory Compliance Statements xiii CCC Class A Notice The following statement is applicable to products shipped to China and marked with “Class A” on the pr oduct’s compliance label. GOST -R Certification Mark[...]

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xv Declaration of Conformity EMC USA—FCC Class A This equipment complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This equipment may not cause harmful interference. 2. This equipment must accept any interference that may cause undesir ed operation. European Union This equipment complies with the foll[...]

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xvii Pr eface This document provides information for users of the Sun™ PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface adapter . Information provided includes adapter installation, software installation and conf iguration, utilities, cable pin-outs and signals, and null modem cable requir ements. This document is intended for use by either first-time o[...]

xviii Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • December 2005 Appendix D gives an overview of the SunVTS™ diagnostic software. Appendix E provides instructions for viewing the man pages. Using UNIX Commands This document might not contain information about basic UNIX ® commands and procedur es such as shutting down[...]

Preface xix T ypographic Conventions Related Documentation The documents listed as online are available at: http://www.sun.com/documentation T ypeface 1 1 The settings on your browser might differ from these settings. Meaning Examples AaBbCc123 The names of commands, files, and directories; on-scr een computer output Edit your .login file. Use ls -[...]

xx Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • December 2005 Documentation, Support, and T raining Thir d-Party W eb Sites Sun is not responsible for the availability of third-party web sites mentioned in this document. Sun does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or othe[...]

1 CHAPTER 1 Pr oduct Overview This chapter includes the following topics: ■ “Product Description” on page 1 ■ “Features” on page 2 ■ “Hardwar e and Software Requir ements” on page 3 Pr oduct Description The Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface adapter is high-speed serial interface (HSI) adapter for PCI applications and i[...]

2 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • December 2005 FIGURE 1-1 SunHSI/U Adapter The adapter comes with the RS-449 industry standard connectors (for example, DB-37). The protocols that operate with the SunHSI/U adapter include the Solstice X.25 and Solstice Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP). The SunHSI/U adapter conf[...]

Chapter 1 Product Overview 3 Har dware and Softwar e Requir ements The hardwar e and software r equirements for the SunHSI/U adapter are listed in T ABLE 1-1 . † The Sun HSI/P software is downloadable from the Sun Download Center at: http://www.sun.com/download T ABLE 1-1 Hardware and Softwar e Requirements Sun Systems W orkstations Sun Blade™ [...]

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5 CHAPTER 2 SunHSI/U Adapter Installation This chapter describes how to install the adapter in your system and includes the following topics: ■ “Installation Process” on page 5 ■ “T o Install the Adapter” on page 5 ■ “External Cabling” on page 6 Installation Pr ocess A simplified version of the installation process follows: 1. Ins[...]

6 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • December 2005 Note – Refer to your system installation guide or service manual for detailed instructions for the following steps. 1. Power off your system, using the standard shutdown procedures described in the Solaris Handbook for Sun Peripherals or your system service m[...]

Chapter 2 SunHSI/U Adapter Installation 7 RS-232 to RS-449 Connections In order to connect RS-232 devices to the adapter , you need to install an externally powered RS-449 to RS-232 interface converter to each DB-37 connector on which you intend to connect an RS-232 device. A converter is necessary because of incompatibilities between RS-232 and RS[...]

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9 CHAPTER 3 SunHSI PCI Softwar e Installation This chapter describes how to install the SunHSI PCI software and includes the following sections: ■ “Installation Overview” on page 9 ■ “Before Installing the Software” on page 1 1 ■ “Installing the Software” on page 12 ■ “Configuring the Software” on page 14 Installation Overvi[...]

10 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • December 2005 FIGURE 3-1 SunHSI PCI Softwar e Directories and Files FIGURE 3-2 SunHSI Devices Cr eated by the Postinstallation Script /kernel /drv HSIP /sparcv9 HSIP /opt /SUNWconn /HSIP /bin hsip_init hsip_loop hsip_stat /root /man hsip_init.1m hsip_loop.1m hsip_stat.1m hs[...]

Chapter 3 SunHSI PCI Software Installation 11 Befor e Installing the Software V erifying the Software and Har dware Requir ements Before installing the software, answer the following questions: ■ Does your system have any available 3.3V or 5V PCI slots? ■ Have you downloaded the SunHSI software from the Sun Download Center at: http://www.sun.co[...]

12 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • December 2005 Before installing the SunHSI PCI software on your system, check your system to see if previous versions of the SunHSI software ar e installed. If older SunHSI software exists, you must remove this software befor e installing the new SunHSI software. ● Using [...]

Chapter 3 SunHSI PCI Software Installation 13 2. Log in as superuser or change to superuser . Y ou must possess superuser privileges to invoke the following commands. This ensures that all pr einstallation scripts in the software package will be executed with superuser privileges. 3. Using the pkgadd command, install the software packages as follow[...]

14 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • December 2005 5. After the system reboots, verify the installation by typing the following commands: The output shows that the packages are installed, the driver is loaded, and that the software is mapped to the adapter . ▼ T o T est the Installation ● T ype the followi[...]

Chapter 3 SunHSI PCI Software Installation 15 ▼ T o Conf igure for Point-to-Point Pr otocol 1. Change to the /etc/ppp directory and create an executable f ile called conf_hsip , containing the following information: 2. Create another executable f ile called demand , containing the following information: 3. Change to the /etc/ppp/peers directory a[...]

16 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • December 2005 4. Add the client site hosts on the server machine and add the server site hosts on the client machine. a. Edit the server ’ s /etc/hosts f ile and add the client site local hosts. b. Edit the client’ s /etc/hosts f ile and add the server site local hosts.[...]

17 CHAPTER 4 SunHSI Utilities The SunHSI software includes the hsip_init , hsip_loop, and hsip_stat utilities. This chapter contains a short description of each utility . Refer to each man page to get more information on the commands. Also see “V iewing the Man Pages” on page 41 . This chapter includes the following topics: ■ “ hsip_init Ut[...]

18 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • December 2005 T1 Compatibility Options The version of the hsip_init utility shipped with the SunHSI software has options that enable you to invert data and clock signals to accommodate the requirements of T1 or CEPT transmission equipment. The hsip_init parameters that allo[...]

Chapter 4 SunHSI Utilities 19 HDLC Mode The default operating mode used by the SunHSI software is the HDLC full-duplex protocol ( mode=fdx ). In this mode the transmitter is always enabled. The transmitter sends flag bytes continuously when it is not sending a data frame. If no message is currently being transmitted, the driver will attempt to star[...]

20 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • December 2005 If the CTS signal drops befor e the frame transmission is complete, the frame is discarded and the abort err or statistic is incremented. If the transmission underruns, an abort sequence is not sent and the frame is silently discarded. The R TS signal remains [...]

Chapter 4 SunHSI Utilities 21 hsip_stat Utility The hsip_stat utility reports the event statistics maintained by the SunHSI device driver . The report might be a single snapshot of the accumulated totals, or a series of samples showing incremental changes. At the beginning of the report, the device name being used to query a particular device appea[...]

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23 APPENDIX A Cable Pin Assignments & Signals This appendix includes the following information: ■ “Pin Assignments” on page 23 ■ “Interface Signals” on page 27 Pin Assignments A shielded, hydra-style breakout cable providing four 37-pin, D-shell (DB-37) DTE connectors is available for the SunHSI/U adapter . Since there ar e not enou[...]

24 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • December 2005 10 TxC1(B) 35 Port 1 T ransmit Clock 1 1 TxCI1(A) 5 Port 1 T ransmit Clock In 12 TxCI1(B) 23 Port 1 T ransmit Clock In 13 DCD1(A) 13 Port 1 Data Carrier Detect 14 DCD1(B) 31 Port 1 Data Carrier Detect 15 DSR1(A) 1 1 Port 1 Data Set Ready 16 DSR1(B) 29 Port 1 D[...]

Appendix A Cable Pin Assignments & Signals 25 38 CTS2(B) 27 Port 2 Clear T o Send 39 RxC2(A) 8 Port 2 Receive Clock 40 RxC2(B) 26 Port 2 Receive Clock Shield Ground SG 1 Port 2 Shield Ground and Signal ground 41 RxD3(A) 6 Port 3 Receive Data 42 RxD3(B) 24 Port 3 Receive Data 43 DTR3(A) 12 Port 3 Data T erminal Ready 44 DTR3(B) 30 Port 3 Data T [...]

26 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • December 2005 65 TxD4(A) 4 Port 4 T ransmit Data 66 TxD4(B) 22 Port 4 T ransmit Data 67 R TS4(A) 7 Port 4 Request T o Send 68 R TS4(B) 25 Port 4 Request T o Send 69 TxC4(A) 17 Port 4 T ransmit Clock 70 TxC4(B) 35 Port 4 T ransmit Clock 71 TxCI4(A) 5 Port 4 T ransmit Clock I[...]

Appendix A Cable Pin Assignments & Signals 27 Interface Signals Functional descriptions of the RS-449 interface signals are pr ovided in T ABLE A-2 . T ABLE A-2 RS-449 Interface Signals RS-449 Pin Number Signal Name Function 1 Shield Ground Enables tandem sections of shielded cable to retain continuity through the connector . 19 Signal Ground ([...]

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29 APPENDIX B Null Modem Cable Requir ements A synchronous null modem cable is a specially conf igured cable that simulates modems that are connected back-to-back. When the distance between the two host systems is not great, you may be able to use a null modem cable instead of a synchronous modem or a synchr onous modem eliminator . The maximum dis[...]

30 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • December 2005 Conf iguring Internal or External Clocking T o configur e an RS-449 port to provide transmit clocking for itself as well as receive clocking for the other end of the link, set the txc (transmit clock) and rxc (receive clock) parameters in hsip_init to baud and[...]

Appendix B Null Modem Cable Requirements 31 RS-449 Null Modem Cable T ABLE B-1 and T ABLE B-2 list the signals and names for RS-499 and X.21 circuits. T ABLE B-1 RS-449 Signals Circuit Name Direction TxD T ransmit Data T o DCE RxD Receive Data From DCE TxC T ransmit Clock T o DCE TxCI T ransmit Clock In From DCE RxC Receive Clock From DCE R TS Requ[...]

32 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • December 2005 FIGURE B-1 illustrates a synchronous null modem cable that enables you to connect two Sun systems that each supply clocking, using the RS-449 interface. Each Sun system supplies clocking on pins 17 and 35. The null modem cable routes this clocking to pins 8 an[...]

Appendix B Null Modem Cable Requirements 33 FIGURE B-2 illustrates a synchronous null modem cable that enables you to connect to to another system, Sun or nonSun, using the RS-449 interface. The Sun system supplies both the transmit and receive clocks for the other system. Note that this null modem cable is not symmetrical. FIGURE B-2 Null Modem Ca[...]

34 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • December 2005 X.21 to RS-449 Converter FIGURE B-3 illustrates the pin connections requir ed for an X.21 to RS-449 converter . FIGURE B-3 X.21 to RS-449 Converter When using an X.21 conversion you must perform the following hsip_init operation: Note – Both receive and tran[...]

35 APPENDIX C T1 Inverted Data and Clock Signals This appendix includes the following topics: ■ “Data Signal Inversion” on page 35 ■ “Clock Signal Inversion” on page 37 Data Signal Inversion The requir ement for inverting data signals arises from the ones density pr oblem you encounter with most T1 transmission lines in North America. T[...]

36 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • December 2005 between two computers are another matter , since the corruption of even one data bit causes a packet to be rejected. Note that in a typical data packet it is quite easy to produce bit patterns that violate the ones-density requir ement. A random file could eas[...]

Appendix C T1 Inverted Data and Clock Signals 37 By inverting the data signal with HDLC framing on both ends of a link, the HDLC zero insertion algorithm becomes a ones insertion algorithm. This guarantees that in any set of seven bits, at least one bit will be a one. Thus, the HDLC data stream meets the density requir ements of North American T1 l[...]

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39 APPENDIX D SunVTS Diagnostic T esting The SunVTS software executes multiple diagnostic hardwar e tests from a single user interface, and is used to verify the configuration and functionality of most hardwar e controllers and devices. The SunVTS softwar e operates primarily from a graphical user interface, enabling test parameters to be set quick[...]

40 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • December 2005 Note – Some of the sunlink tests requir e a RS-449 loopback plug, which can be order ed through Sun (part number 540-1430).[...]

41 APPENDIX E V iewing the Man Pages The following man pages are included with the SunHSI software: ■ hsip(7d) ■ hsip_init(1m) ■ hsip_loop(1m) ■ hsip_stat(1m) If you cannot view these man pages, you need to add the /opt/SUNWconn/man/ directory to your MANPATH envir onment variable. Depending on the UNIX shell you are using, this variable mi[...]

42 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • December 2005 3. Use the source command on the f ile you edited to make the changes effective in your current window . For example, if you added the MANPATH line to the .login file, you would type: Note – If you log out and then back into your system, you update the MANPA[...]

43 Glossary AMI Alternate mark inversion. bps Bits per second. CEPT European Confer ence of Postal and T elecommunications Administrations. CSU channel service unit. CPU central processing unit. DSU Data Service Unit. E1 European equivalent of T1. HDLC High-Level Data Link Control. MHz MegaHertz. PLL Phase-locked loop. PPP Point-to-Point Protocol. [...]

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45 Index A adapter features, 2 installation, 5 alternate mark inversion (AMI), 35 B bipolar 8-zero substitution (B8ZS), 36 violation, 36 boot -r command, 13 C cables hydra style connector, 6 null modem cable, 29 diagram, 32, 33 passive cabling system, 6 RS-232 to RS-449 converter, 7 RS-449 pin assignments, 23 X.21 to RS-449 converter, 34 CEPT lines[...]

46 Sun PCI High Speed Quad P or t Serial Interface Adapter User’ s Guide • December 2005 bourne environment, 42 C shell environment, 41 korn shell environment, 42 N null modem cable, 29 building, 30 signals, 31 X.21 signals, 31 O ones density, 35 operating modes HDLC, 19 IBM full-duplex, 19 IBM half-duplex, 20 multipoint, 20 SDLC, 19 P phased-l[...]