R355-00

Product Release Bulletin:

I101-11 Link Controller - Type A11

Stratus Computer, Inc.

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Manual Name: Product Release Bulletin: I101-11 Link Controller - Type A11
Part Number: R355
Revision Number: 00
Printing Date: March 1992
Stratus Computer, Inc.
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1992 by Stratus Computer, Inc. All rights reserved.

Preface
The Product Release Bulletin: I101-11 Link Controller - Type A11 (R355) describes how to
configure and administer the I101-11 Link Controller for a StrataLINK network.
This manual is intended for system administrators.

Manual Version
This is a new manual.

Manual Organization
This manual contains one chapter.
Chapter 1 describes how to configure and administer the I101-11 Link Controller for a
StrataLINK network.

Related Manuals
Refer to the following Stratus manuals for related documentation.

VOS Communications Software: StrataLINK Configuration and Administration (R192)

VOS System Administration: Starting Up and Shutting Down a Module or System
(R282)

VOS System Administration manuals

Notation Conventions
This manual uses the following notation conventions.

Italics introduces or defines new terms. For example:

The master disk is the name of the member disk from which the module was
booted.

Boldface emphasizes words in text. For example:

Every module must have a copy of the module_start_up.cm file.

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Monospace represents text that would appear on your terminals screen (such as
commands, subroutines, code fragments, and names of files and directories).
For example:
change_current_dir (master_disk)>system>doc

Monospace italic represents terms that are to be replaced by literal values. In the
following example, the user must replace the monospace-italic term with a literal value.
list_users -module module_name

Monospace bold represents user input in examples and figures that contain both user
input and system output (which appears in monospace). For example:
display_access_list system_default
%dev#m1>system>acl>system_default
w

*.*

Key Mappings for VOS Functions

VOS provides several command-line and display-form functions. Each function is mapped to
a particular key or combination of keys on the terminal keyboard. To perform a function, you
press the appropriate key(s) from the command-line or display form. For an explanation of
the command-line and display-form functions, see the manual Introduction to VOS (R001).
The keys that perform specific VOS functions vary depending on the terminal. For example,
on a V103 ASCII terminal, you press the <Shift> and <F20> keys simultaneously to perform the
INTERRUPT function; on a V105 PC/+ 106 terminal, you press the <1> key on the numeric
keypad to perform the INTERRUPT function.
Note: Certain applications may define these keys differently. Refer to the
documentation for the application for the specific key mappings.

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The following table lists several VOS functions and the keys to which they are mapped on
commonly used Stratus terminals and on an IBM PC or compatible PC that is running the
Stratus PC/Connect-2 software. (If your PC is running another type of software to connect to
a Stratus host computer, the key mappings may be different.) For information about the key
mappings for a terminal that is not listed in this table, refer to the documentation for that
terminal.

V103
ASCII

V103
EPC

IBM PC or
Compatible
PC

CANCEL

<F18>

<5> or *

<F18>

CYCLE

<F17>

<F12>

<Alt>-<C>

<4>

<F17>

<Shift>-<F17>

<Shift>-<F12>

<Alt>-<B>

<7>

<Shift>-<F17>

<F19>

<6> or -

<F19> or
<Shift>-<Help>

HELP

<Shift>-<F8>

<Shift>-<F2>

<Shift>-<F2>

<Shift>-<F8>

<Help>

INSERT
DEFAULT

<Shift>-<F11>

<Shift>-<F10>

<Shift>-<F10>

<Shift>-<F11>

<F11>

<F11>

<F10>

<F10>

<F11>

<Insert_Here>

INTERRUPT

<Shift>-<F20>

<Shift>-<Delete>

<Alt>-<I>

<1>

<Shift>-<F20>

NO PAUSE

<Shift>-<F18>

<Shift>- *

<Alt>-<P>

<8>

<Shift>-<F18>

VOS Function

CYCLE BACK
DISPLAY FORM

INSERT SAVED

V105
PC/+ 106

V105
ANSI

Numeric-keypad key

Online Documentation
Stratus provides the following types of online documentation.

The directory >system>doc provides supplemental online documentation. It contains

the latest information available, including updates and corrections to Stratus manuals
and a glossary of terms.

Stratus offers some of its manuals online, via StrataDOC, an online-documentation

product that consists of online manuals and StrataDOC Viewer, delivered on a
CD-ROM (note that you must order StrataDOC separately). StrataDOC Viewer allows
you to access online manuals from an IBM PC or compatible PC, a Sun or
Hewlett-Packard workstation, or an Apple Macintosh computer. StrataDOC
provides such features as hypertext links and, on the workstations and PCs, text search
and retrieval across the manual collection. The online and printed versions of a manual
are identical.
If you have StrataDOC, you can view this manual online.
For a complete list of the manuals that are available online as well as more information about
StrataDOC, contact your Stratus account representative.

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For more information about StrataDOC as well as a complete list of the manuals that are
available online, contact your Stratus account representative.

Ordering Manuals
You can order manuals in the following ways.

If your system is connected to the Remote Service Network (RSN), issue the
maint_request command at the system prompt. Complete the on-screen form with

all of the information necessary to process your manual order.

Customers in North America can call the Stratus Customer Assistance Center (CAC)
at (800) 221-6588 or (800) 828-8513, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. All other
customers can contact their nearest Stratus sales office, CAC office, or distributor; see
the file cac_phones.doc in the directory >system>doc for CAC phone numbers
outside the U.S.
Manual orders will be forwarded to Order Administration.

Commenting on This Manual

You can comment on this manual by using the command comment_on_manual or by
completing the customer survey that appears at the end of this manual. To use the
comment_on_manual command, your system must be connected to the RSN. If your system
is not connected to the RSN, you must use the customer survey to comment on this manual.
The comment_on_manual command is documented in the manual VOS System
Administration: Administering and Customizing a System (R281) and the VOS Commands
Reference Manual (R098). There are two ways you can use this command to send your
comments.

If your comments are brief, type comment_on_manual, press <Enter> or <Return>, and
complete the data-entry form that appears on your screen. When you have completed
the form, press <Enter>.

If your comments are lengthy, save them in a file before you issue the command. Type
comment_on_manual followed by -form, then press <Enter> or <Return>. Enter this
manuals part number, R355, then enter the name of your comments file in the
-comments_path field. Press the key that performs the CYCLE function to change the
value of -use_form to no and then press <Enter>.

Note: If comment_on_manual does not accept the part number of this manual
(which may occur if the manual is not yet registered in the
manual_info.table file), you can use the mail request of the
maint_request command to send your comments.
Your comments (along with your name) are sent to Stratus over the RSN.
Stratus welcomes any corrections and suggestions for improving this manual.

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Contents

1. The I101-11 Link Controller - Type A11 . . . . . . . . . .

Configuration and Administration Procedures . . . . . . .
Link-Controller Configuration . . . . . . . . . . .
Link Boot of a Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Figure 1-1. The I101-11 Link Controller Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Figure 1-2. The I101-10 Link Controller Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Figure 1-3. The I101 Link Controller Label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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The I101-11 Link Controller - Type A11

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The I101-11 Link Controller - Type A11 combines the functionality of the I101-10 Link
Controller - Type A10 with universal direct current (UDC) power. (This document refers to
the I101-11 Link Controller - Type A11 as the I101-11 Link Controller, and to the I101-10
Link Controller - Type A10 as the I101-10 Link Controller.) UDC power enables the I101-11
Link Controller to operate in XA/R 8-slot, 10-slot, and 40-slot RISC-based systems. The
I101-11 Link Controller can also operate in XA400, XA600, and XA2000 systems.
The I101-11 Link Controller provides the following features:

conformance with central office (CO) and standard Stratus equipment requirements for
input-to-output power isolation

microprocessor and data-transfer capabilities that are the same as those provided by the
I101-10 Link Controller

compatibility with StrataLINK extenders, cables, and StrataHUBs.

To configure and administer the I101-11 Link Controller for a StrataLINK network, follow
the procedures described in this document in addition to the procedures described in the
manuals VOS Communications Software: StrataLINK Configuration and Administration
(R192), VOS System Administration: Starting Up and Shutting Down a Module or System
(R282), and other related VOS System Administration manuals.
Note: For the I101-11 Link Controller, the procedures described in this document take
precedence over the procedures described in the other manuals.

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You can distinguish between the three link controllers by looking at their labels. Figure 1-1
illustrates the label of the I101-11 Link Controller, Figure 1-2 illustrates the label of the
I101-10 Link Controller, and Figure 1-3 illustrates the label of the I101 Link Controller.
1

Link Controller

Type A11

Figure 1-1. The I101-11 Link Controller Label

2

Link Controller

Type A10

Figure 1-2. The I101-10 Link Controller Label

3

Link Controller

Type A

Figure 1-3. The I101 Link Controller Label

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Configuration and Administration Procedures

To configure and administer the I101-11 Link Controller for a StrataLINK network, follow
the procedures described in this section in addition to the procedures described in the manuals
VOS Communications Software: StrataLINK Configuration and Administration (R192), VOS
System Administration: Starting Up and Shutting Down a Module or System (R282), and
other related VOS System Administration manuals.

Link-Controller Configuration
When installed on a module running VOS Release 11.1 (or a later release), the I101-11 Link
Controller can transfer 32 bits of data on to and off the StrataBUS, regardless of the
configuration of link controllers.

Link Boot of a Module

A link boot is the boot of a module over the StrataLINK network. A link boot affects the
data-transfer capabilities of the I101-11 Link Controller, depending on which release of VOS
is running on the module from which you initiate the link boot.

If you initiate the link boot from a module that is running VOS Release 11.1 (or a later
release), all I101-11 Link Controllers in that module can transfer 32 bits of data on to
and off the StrataBUS.

If you initiate the link boot from a module that is running a release of VOS earlier than
11.1, all I101-11 Link Controllers in that module can transfer only 16 bits of data on to
and off the StrataBUS.
For complete information on performing a link boot, see the manual VOS System
Administration: Starting Up and Shutting Down a Module or System (R282).

The Analyze-System Subsystem Request list_boards

The analyze-system subsystem request list_boards displays the model numbers of the
three link controllers. In the Model column of the list_boards display, I10111 indicates
the I101-11 Link Controller, I10110 indicates the I101-10 Link Controller, and I10100
indicates the I101 Link Controller.

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