Sun Microsystems 819-1207-11 manual

Sun PCI High Speed Quad P or t Ser ial Interf ace Adapter User’ s Guide P ar t No . 819-1207-11 May 2010, Re vision 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 • May 2010 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 igur e for Point-to-Point Protocol 15 4. SunHSI Utilities 17 hsip_init Utility 17 T1 Compatibility Options 18 Operating Mod[...]

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[...]

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vii Figur es FIGURE 1-1 SunHSI/U Adapter 2 FIGURE 3-1 SunHSI Software Directories and Files 10 FIGURE 3-2 SunHSI Devices Created by the Postinstall Script 10 FIGURE B-1 Null modem Cable (Both Suns Supply 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 34[...]

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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 Contr ol Council for Interference (VCCI) — Japan • Bureau of Standar ds Metrology and Inspection ([...]

xii Sun PCI High Speed Quad P ort Ser ial Interf ace Adapter User’ s Guide • May 2010 ICES-003 Class A Notice - A vis NMB-003, Classe A This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique de la classe A est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. ICES-003 Class B Notice - A vis NMB-003, Classe B This Class B [...]

Regulatory Compliance Statements xiii BSMI Class A Notice The following statement is applicable to products shipped to T aiwan and marked as Class A on the pr oduct compliance label. 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. Korean Class [...]

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xv Declaration of Conformity T o r eceive a copy of the latest Declaration of Conformity (DoC) for the product, cr eate an online request at (https://www2.sun.de/dct/forms/reg_us_1607_755_0.jsp) , or send email to: compliance_request_ww@oracle.com .[...]

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xvii Pr eface This document provides information for users of the Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter from Oracle. Information pr ovided includes adapter installation, software installation and configuration, utilities, cable pin-outs and signals, and null modem cable requirements. This document is intended for use by either first[...]

xviii Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • May 2010 Appendix D gives an overview of the SunVTS diagnostic software. Appendix E provides instructions for viewing the man pages. T ypographic Conventions Note – Characters display differently depending on br owser settings. If characters do not display correctly , [...]

Preface xix Documentation, Support, and T raining These web sites provide additional r esources: Document Feedback Submit comments about this document by clicking the Feedback [+] link at: http://docs.sun.com/ . Include the title and part number of your document with your feedback: Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User ’ s Gu[...]

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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 • May 2010 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 conforms [...]

Chapter 1 Product Over vie w 3 Har dwar e and Softwar e Requirements 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 Hardwar e and Software Requir ements 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 • May 2010 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 manual[...]

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 • May 2010 FIGURE 3-1 SunHSI Softwar e Directories and Files FIGURE 3-2 SunHSI Devices Cr eated by the Postinstall Script /kernel /dr v HSIP /sparcv9 HSIP /opt /SUNWconn /HSIP /bin hsip_init hsip_loop hsip_stat root /man hsip_init.1m hsip_loop .1m hsip_stat.1m hsip .7d /man1m[...]

Chapter 3 SunHSI PCI Software Installation 11 Befor e Installing the Softwar e 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.c[...]

12 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • May 2010 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 the p[...]

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 • May 2010 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 following co[...]

Chapter 3 SunHSI PCI Software Installation 15 ▼ T o Conf igur e 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 [...]

16 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • May 2010 b. Edit the client’ s /etc/hosts f ile and add the server site local hosts. Note – Both IP addresses have to be on the same subnet. Refer to the hosts (4) man page and the sample /etc/hosts files: 5. Edit the /etc/netmasks f ile as follows: 6. Start the PPP con[...]

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 U[...]

18 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • May 2010 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 allow for[...]

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 • May 2010 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 asser[...]

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 are not enoug[...]

24 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • May 2010 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 Data S[...]

Appendix A Cable Pin Assignments & Signals 25 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 Gr ound 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 erminal Ready 45 TxD3(A) 4 Port 3 T[...]

26 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • May 2010 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 In 72 TxCI4(B) 23 Port 4 T ransmit Clock In 73 DCD4(A) 13 Port 4 Data Carrier[...]

Appendix A Cable Pin Assignments & Signals 27 Interface Signals Functional descriptions of the RS-449 interface signals are provided in T ABLE A-2 . T ABLE A-2 RS-449 Interface Signals RS-449 Pin No. Signal Name Function 1 Shield Ground Enables tandem sections of shielded cable to retain continuity through the connector . 19 Signal Gr ound (SG)[...]

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29 APPENDIX B Null Modem Cable Requir ements A synchronous null modem cable is a specially-configur ed 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 • May 2010 Conf iguring Internal or External Clocking T o conf igure an RS-449 port to pr ovide 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 rxc[...]

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 cir cuits 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 • May 2010 FIGURE B-1 illustrates a synchr onous null modem cable that allows you to connect two Sun systems that each supply clocking, using the RS-449 interface. Each Sun supplies clocking on pins 17 and 35. The null modem cable r outes this clocking to pins 8 and 26 on the[...]

Appendix B Null Modem Cable Requirements 33 FIGURE B-2 illustrates a synchronous null modem cable that allows you to another system, Sun or non-Sun, using the RS-449 interface. The Sun 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 Cable (Sun System Suppl[...]

34 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • May 2010 X.21 to RS-449 Converter FIGURE B-3 illustrates the pin connections required 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 transmit c[...]

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” problem you encounter with most T1 transmission lines in North Ameri[...]

36 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • May 2010 inaudible—amount of distortion in the voice signal. Digital data streams 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 patter[...]

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 software operates primarily fr om a graphical user interface, enabling test parameters to be set quick[...]

40 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • May 2010 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 variabl[...]

42 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • May 2010 If neither of the files in Step 1 contains the MANPATH variable, add the following line to the end of one of the files, or contact your system administrator for assistance. 3. Use the source command on the f ile you edited to make the changes effective in your curr[...]

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 tCentral Processing Unit DSU Data Service Unitr . E1 European equivalent of T1 HDLC High-Level Data Link Control MHz MegaHertz PLL Phase-locked loo PPP Point-to-Point Protocol SDLC Syn[...]

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