This chapter tells you how to complete the setup of your Indy workstation after using the poster for basic setup instructions. It includes instructions on:
checking your shipment
putting the pieces together
connecting network cables
turning on your system
logging in and setting yourself up on a network
using the Indigo Magic User Environment software
using the IndyCam™ color digital video camera
turning off your system
removing, replacing, and locking the top cover
The Indy workstation is shipped with the pieces shown in Figure 2-1. If you ordered extra memory or internal drives, they will be in separate boxes.
After you unpack your Indy workstation and its parts, make sure you have all the parts shown in Figure 2-1.
A fold-out poster ships in the box that contains the Indy chassis. This poster has pictorial instructions on how to unpack and set up the system. Use the poster to set up the system and to connect the following cables:
video cable to the monitor and to the workstation
power cable to the monitor and to the electrical outlet (a wall outlet or a power strip)
mouse, keyboard, and microphone cables to the workstation
IndyCam color digital video camera to the workstation
microphone to the IndyCam camera
power cable to the workstation and to the electrical outlet (a wall outlet or a power strip)
Place the Indy workstation on a flat, hard surface. A soft surface such as a carpet interferes with the airflow through the bottom of the chassis and may cause overheating.
The device for disconnecting power to this system is the power cable. To ensure the safety of the workstation, the electrical outlet must be close to the workstation and easily accessible.
If your site has multiple Indy workstations, it's a good idea to save at least one set of packing materials in the event that you need to return a system for upgrading or for service.
You received one or more compact discs (CDs) with your Indy workstation. The CDs include optional software that you might find useful, and a copy of the operating system and software installation tools that are already on your system disk. You don't need the compact discs to set up and use your system. Store the CDs in a safe and convenient place so you can find them if you need to install new software, or if the system fails.
For more information on installing software, refer to Chapter 6, “Installing and Removing Software.”
The Indy workstation supports two types of Ethernet on the main system, only one of which may be connected.
Ethernet AUI (Access Unit Interface)
Ethernet 10-BASE T
It also supports the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN).
For information on which type of network to use, see your network administrator.
To connect an Ethernet AUI cable, turn to “Connecting an Ethernet AUI Cable”.
To connect an Ethernet 10-BASE T cable, turn to “Connecting an Ethernet 10-BASE T Cable”.
To connect an ISDN cable, turn to “Connecting an Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Cable”.
To connect an Ethernet AUI cable to your system, follow these steps:
From your network administrator, obtain a drop cable that is long enough to reach the back of your Indy workstation.
Connect the Ethernet AUI cable to the Ethernet AUI port on the back of the Indy workstation, as shown in Figure 2-2.
Make sure the sliding bracket on the Ethernet port on the system is pushed all the way left, as shown in Figure 2-3.
Plug the cable into the port.
Slide the bracket right to hold it in place.
 | Note: If you connect an Ethernet AUI cable and an Ethernet 10-BASE T cable to your system, and if the Ethernet 10-BASE T connection is “live,” the system uses Ethernet 10-BASE T. |
You are finished installing the Ethernet AUI cable. If you do not have other network cables to install, turn to “About the Controls on the Front Panel” to power on the workstation.
To connect an Ethernet 10-BASE T cable to your system, follow these steps:
From your network administrator, obtain a 10-BASE T cable that reaches the back of your Indy workstation.
Plug one end of the cable into the port above the Ethernet icon on the back of the Indy workstation, as shown in Figure 2-4.
The Ethernet 10-BASE T and the ISDN port beside it look similar. The Ethernet 10-BASE T port is the one on the right, as shown below.
| Note: If you connect an Ethernet AUI cable and an Ethernet 10-BASE T cable to your system, and if the Ethernet 10-BASE T connection is “live,” the system uses Ethernet 10-BASE T. |
You are finished installing the Ethernet 10-BASE T cable. If you do not have other network cables to install, turn to “About the Controls on the Front Panel” to power on the workstation.
Before setting up your Indy so it can communicate across an ISDN connection, you need to order special services and ISDN hardware from your local telephone company.
On a new Indy, the ISDN port (see Figure 2-5) is covered with a red sticker which you should remove before connecting the hardware. For instructions on installing the hardware, refer to the online ISDN User's Guide, included with the ISDN software. See “Installing ISDN Software” below.
Make sure the ISDN software is installed on your system by following these steps:
Choose “Software Manager” from the System toolchest.
In the Software Manager window, click the Manage Installed Software button. After several seconds or minutes, a detailed list appears in the Software Inventory pane of the window.
Use the scroll bar in the Software Inventory pane to find the product named ISDN Execution Environment.
If you do not find this product, you need to install it from your set of IRIX CDs.
If you find the product, choose “Online Books” from the Help toolchest, and double click the ISDN User's Guide.
Before turning on the workstation, you may want to familiarize yourself with the controls on the front panel of the Indy workstation, as shown in Figure 2-6.
The Reset button (recessed) resets the hardware. Press it only if your system is malfunctioning and you cannot communicate with it. Use the tip of a pencil or an unwound paper clip to reach it. For more information, see Chapter 7, “Troubleshooting.”
The Volume buttons control the audio output. The volume down button decreases the volume; the volume up button increases it. Pressing both buttons simultaneously turns off the audio; pressing either button to turns it on.
Once you've connected all of the pieces as described in the last section, follow these steps to power on and log in to the workstation:
Turn on the monitor.
The monitor's power switch is on the front of the monitor. Depending on your model, it may be in either the lower right or the lower left corner. The monitor's power indicator light (called an LED) lights up when you turn on the monitor.
Turn on the system power.
Press and release the power button to turn on the system, as shown in Figure 2-7.
When you power on your system, the power indicator LED on the front of the machine is amber for a few seconds, and then the LED turns to green and you hear the boot “tune.”
The LED is amber while the system runs the power-on diagnostics and you see the notifier shown in Figure 2-8.
If the system passes all of the diagnostics tests, the light turns to green, the system continues booting, and you see the startup notifier shown in Figure 2-9.
After a few seconds, you see the notifier shown in Figure 2-10.
If you do not hear the boot tune or the LED is red and does not turn green, there may be a problem. Go to Chapter 7, “Troubleshooting.”to run
some tests.
The system now boots the operating system.
If this is the first time you are booting the system, double-click on the “eye,” and you'll be taken through the Out of Box experience. At the end of the video, you are asked if you want to keep the video on the system disk. The video uses over 120 MB of disk space. If you choose to delete it, you can always install it again later from the CDs you received with the workstation. You then see the login screen.
If this is not the first time you are booting the system, you see the login screen. Go to the next section, “Logging In to the Workstation”.
| Note: The default keyboard language is U.S. English. Since the Indy system uses a PS/2® compatible keyboard that does not automatically identify the varied international keyboard languages that Silicon Graphics offers, you need to set the nationality manually if you want to change the keyboard language. See Appendix D, “International Keyboard Support.” |
Welcome to your new system. Once you create a user login account for yourself and set up networking software, your system has the basic information it needs to create a personal work area for you and to let you communicate with other systems and people on your network.
After the system boots, you see the login screen, as shown in Figure 2-11.
The login screen has an EZsetup icon, an OutOfBox icon, and other icons representing each user who has a login account on the workstation.
If you already have a login account, double-click the icon that's labeled with your login name. If you do not have a login account, double-click the EZsetup icon and go to the next section, “Creating Your Login Account and Network Connection.”
After double-clicking the EZsetup icon, you see the EZsetup screen shown in Figure 2-12.
Setting up your login account through EZsetup gives you administrative (root) privileges.
If you plan to connect to an existing network, contact your network administrator for a login name for yourself, a hostname and IP address for your system, and the IP address of another system on the network that has a master list of all systems on the network. Then go to Step 1 below.
If you don't have the network information, you can complete the login name and full name fields, and click the OK button to set up your login account. Your network administrator can set up your network connection later. Or you can set it up yourself by choosing “System Manager” from the System toolchest and double-clicking the Network Setup icon.
For more information on setting yourself up on a network, log in and select “Online Books” from the Help toolchest. Then select the Personal System Administration Guide and look in Chapter 3, “Setting up Network, Peripheral, and Printer Connections.”
Follow the steps below to set up your login account and network connection.
| Note: If you change your mind at any time while entering the information, click the Cancel button. The system makes no changes, logs you out of the EZsetup account, and shows the login screen again. |
Type your login name (usually a shorter version of your name; for example, your first name or initials) in the field labeled Your login name.
Type your full name in the field labeled Your full name.
If your system is already physically connected to a network, and you have the necessary network information from your network administrator, go on to step 4.
If your system is not connected to a network, skip to step 5.
Move the cursor over the box next to Set up basic networking, and click the mouse button. Enter the network information that your network administrator provided.
Type the hostname in the field labeled This system's name.
Type the IP address in the IP address field. Make sure it consists of two to four numbers, separated by periods, such as 192.0.2.2
The box next to Use default netmask is checked by default.
Do not remove the check mark unless your network administrator wants to specify a custom netmask.Click the box next to Turn on networking. The system will not turn on the networking software until you click OK.
In the field labeled Copy the host list from the server, type the IP address of a system on the network that contains a master list of all other systems on the network.
When all the information is correct, click the OK button.
The system sets up the software, logs you out of the EZsetup account, and shows the login screen displaying people who have accounts on the system.
When you see the login screen, log in to your new account by double-clicking the icon that's labeled with your login name.
Now that you have a login account, go to the next section to learn about the desktop management system called the Indigo Magic User Environment.
Once you're logged in, you are in the Indigo Magic User Environment. Before learning about the environment, however, you may be interested in learning a few tips and shortcuts for using the mouse.
To get started, you need to know a few basic techniques for using the mouse and working with icons.
To select an icon, place the cursor over the icon and then click the left mouse button. Icons turn yellow when they are selected.
To select several icons, press the <Shift> key while selecting the icons, or press the left mouse button in the background and drag the mouse. A box is created as you drag the mouse. All icons touched by the box you create are selected.
To open an icon, place the cursor over the icon and then double-click the left mouse button. When you open an application icon, you run the application; when you open a folder icon, you open a window that shows the contents of that directory.
To drag and drop icons, place the cursor on an icon, press the left mouse button, and move the mouse. Release the mouse button to drop
the icon.This drag-and-drop technique lets you copy icons from one directory to another, and launch applications with a particular file.
To display a pop-up menu that contains commands from the Selected menu, place the cursor over a window and then press the right mouse button. (Not all windows have pop-up menus.)
Now you are ready to use the desktop management system called the Indigo Magic User Environment.
Reading the following sections will give you a quick overview of the new environment and help you become productive rapidly.
The fastest way to become familiar with the Indigo Magic User Environment is to look at the online System Tour. The tour introduces you to the features and functionality of the system and teaches you how to use many of the tools available in the environment.
To start the System Tour, double-click the System Tour icon (shown in Figure 2-13) on the desktop.
When you log in, a collection of windows and icons (small pictures) appears on your screen by default. If you don't see any items on your screen, contact your system administrator to see if the desktop has been disabled.
The screen background is called the desktop. It's a place for you to set frequently used icons so you have quick and easy access to them. In this way, the desktop is similar to an actual office desk. For example, on your desk you might have a telephone, a container of pens and pencils, and a stack of folders or notebooks related to the projects on which you're currently working. Other, less frequently used items are stashed away in desk drawers. Your online desktop mimics this arrangement using icons.
The default desktop contains:
the console window
the toolchests
the desktop and the icons that appear on it
By default, several icons (small pictures shown in Figure 2-14) appear on the desktop: a folder icon representing your home directory, a dumpster icon, and icons for peripherals you have installed.
The peripheral icons show the current state of the devices they represent.
For example, if you place a music CD into the compact disc player, the icon changes to display a few musical notes, as shown in Figure 2-15. When you double-click the icon, it opens CD Manager, a utility that lets you play and record from a compact disc.
The small box (shown in Figure 2-16) next to the stack of toolchests is the console window. It looks like a small box because it has been minimized. You can open it to its full size by clicking on it with the left mouse button. Many of the error messages that the system generates appear in this window.
Clicking on the console brings up the IRIX shell where you can type IRIX commands. For information on IRIX commands, from the Help toolchest, choose “Online Books.” Select IRIS Essentials and look for “Using IRIX Commands.”
The stack of toolchests in the top left hand corner of the screen (shown in Figure 2-17) provides a listing of most of the system functions and programs. Under the System toolchest is the System Manager, which provides hardware information about your workstation. From the Help toolchest you can access the library of online documentation and online help.
To pop up a menu, move the cursor over a label on a toolchest, then press the left or right mouse button.
The Indy workstation includes IRIS InSight, a library of online documentation and extensive online help that is available from the desktop and from most Silicon Graphics applications. The IRIS InSight icon is shown in Figure 2-18. From the desktop, you access the online help and documentation from the Help toolchest as follows:
From the Help toolchest, choose “Online Books” and the IRIS InSight Document Library appears. Once the IRIS InSight Document Library is open, you can open a manual and read it, or you can type in a word or phrase and quickly find the information you need. See the IRIS InSight online help for instructions.
From the Help toolchest, choose “Desktop Help.” A listing of system-level help appears. Additionally, each application provides a Help button or Help menu so that you can get help on a particular application.
Follow these instructions to get started with your IndyCam color digital video camera and to adjust the color of the image, if necessary.
If you followed the steps on the pictorial poster you received with the workstation, skip to step 3.
Connect the camera cable to the port above the digital video icon on the rear of the workstation.
Place the camera on top of the monitor. If you wish, you can attach the microphone to the side of the camera.
Slide the plastic lens cover on the camera aside to expose the lens, as shown in Figure 2-20.
Remove the small round lens cap covering the lens.
On the default screen, double-click the camera icon, shown in Figure 2-21, to get to the video capture tool.
If the lens is pointed at you, you see your image in a window on the screen. If the image is out of focus, twist the lens in either direction to focus it.
For information on recording to a file from the IndyCam camera, select “Online Books” from the Help toolchest, choose Media Tools User's Guide, and look for “The Capture Tool.”
The color of the image is affected by the ambient light. If the image color isn't quite right, you can adjust it as follows:
Click on the Tools menu of the video Capture tool and choose “Video Panel.”
Click on the White Balance button on the panel that appears. The color of the image changes. Or try holding a letter-size piece of paper about 6 to 12 inches in front of the lens and then click the White Balance button.
There are two ways to shut down and power off your Indy system:
use the power button to shut down the system software and power off
use the Toolchest menu to shut down the system software and return to the System Maintenance menu or power off
To shut down the system, press and release the power button on the front of the workstation, as shown in Figure 2-22, to power off the system.
Note that it's not necessary to shut down the system software before pressing the power button.
The notifier shown in Figure 2-23 appears on your screen within a few seconds and the LED blinks green and amber. The system powers off automatically within the next minute.
You can use the System menu in the Toolchest to shut down the system. You can also choose to power off the system. To do this, follow these steps:
Choose “System Shutdown” from the System menu in the Toolchest.
Place the cursor over the word “System” in the Toolchests and click the left or right mouse button. The toolchests are shown in Figure 2-24.
Place the cursor over the words “System Shutdown” and click the mouse button.
After a few seconds you see the message shown in Figure 2-25.
Click the OK button.
Then you see the message shown in Figure 2-26.
Next you see the message shown in Figure 2-27.
Click the Restart button to shut down and restart the system without powering off. Or, if you wish to power off the system, press and release the power button on the front of the Indy workstation.
Follow these steps to remove the top cover of your Indy workstation:
If the system is powered on, press and release the power button on the front of the system to shut down the software and power off the system.
Disconnect the power cable from the back of the Indy workstation.
Facing the front of the Indy workstation, place your right thumb on the small lip at the back of the cover, and your second and third fingers under the finger ledge, as shown in Figure 2-28.
Snap the cover loose by bracing your thumb against the lip and pushing up the finger ledge with the second and third fingers, followed by a firm push toward the front of the system.
Tip: It may be difficult to release the cover the first time, and you may have to use some force. Slide the cover forward about one inch and remove it.
To install additional options, go to the appropriate chapter as shown below for installation instructions and then return to this chapter to complete setting up your workstation.
To install additional memory, go to Chapter 3, “Installing Memory.”
To install a GIO option board such as a video, network, or fast SCSI controller board, go to Chapter 4, “Installing GIO Option Boards.”
To install an optional internal drive (floptical, or second hard disk drive), or external SCSI devices, go to Chapter 5, “Installing Peripherals: Internal and External Devices.”
To replace the cover of your Indy workstation, follow these steps:
Facing the front of the system, lower the cover about a few inches from its fully closed position, as shown in Figure 2-29.
Tilt the cover and insert the tab through the hole in the rear of
the chassis.Lower the cover and slide it toward the back of the chassis until it snaps into place.
To prevent anyone from tampering with the internal parts of the Indy workstation, attach a lock through the hole in the lockbar, as shown in Figure 2-30. To prevent theft of the workstation, attach a cable lock.
