This chapter tells you how to install:
an internal SCSI drive (floptical or second hard disk)
external SCSI devices
serial devices
audio devices
video devices
If you are replacing the system disk drive, or if you bought a diskless workstation and you now want to install a system disk, turn to “Replacing the System Drive”.
This section tells you how to install a second internal drive such as a floptical or second hard disk drive in the top drive slot of the Indy workstation. The system disk drive is already installed in the bottom slot.
Use these instructions to install either a floptical or a second hard disk drive.
Follow these steps to power off the system, remove the top cover, remove the empty drive bracket (or installed drive) from the top drive slot, connect the cables, install the drive, and replace the top cover.
If the system is powered on, press and release the power button on the front panel to power off the system.
The system powers off automatically after about a minute.
Disconnect the power cable from the back of the Indy workstation.
Remove the top cover by releasing the latch on the rear of the cover and sliding it forward. For more details, see “Removing the Top Cover”.
Ground yourself to a metal part of the Indy chassis.
Unwrap the first two folds of the wrist strap and wrap the exposed adhesive side firmly around your wrist.
Unroll the rest of the band and peel the liner from the copper foil at the opposite end.
Attach the copper foil to a metal part of the Indy chassis.
Caution: Drives can be easily damaged. Handle your drive carefully. Do not drop it or otherwise abuse it. Move the system or position yourself so that the power supply is close to you and the system drive and empty drive bracket are in the upper right hand corner, as shown in Figure 5-1.
If a drive is already installed in the upper drive slot and you wish to remove it, go to “Replacing the Internal Floptical Drive or Second Hard Disk Drive”.
Remove the empty drive bracket by pressing the release button that protrudes through the side of the chassis and pulling the bracket toward you, as shown in Figure 5-2.
Save the drive bracket. If you remove the drive and do not replace it, you must reinstall it.
| Caution: The empty drive bracket provides support for the monitor that sits on top of the system. Do not remove it unless you are installing a drive in the top slot. |
Connect the power cable and the SCSI ribbon cable to the drive as shown in Figure 5-3. (Note that the drive is enclosed in a metal bracket. Do not remove the bracket.)
One end of the power cable is attached to the system board. For a floptical drive, connect the other end of the power cable to the adapter cable attached to the drive. For a second hard disk drive, connect the other end of the power cable directly to the connector on the drive.
Locate the SCSI connector (see Figure 5-3) on the SCSI ribbon cable. (Don't confuse it with the terminator at the end of the SCSI cable.) Press the SCSI connector firmly into the receptacle on the drive. Make sure it's pressed in firmly all the way.
Install the floptical or hard drive.
Lower the drive and bracket over the system drive, making sure it slides into the holes on the top of the system drive's bracket, and push the unit toward the rear. At the same time the button on the right side of the bracket snaps into the hole on the side of the chassis.
Check that the power cable is not caught between the system drive and the floptical drive.
If you don't hear it snap, push the bracket toward the rear until you hear the snap and can see the button protruding through the hole on the side of the chassis.
If you have no more internal options to install, replace the top cover by inserting the tab through the hole in the rear of the chassis and sliding the cover back until it snaps into place. For more information, see “Replacing the Top Cover”.
Reconnect the power cable to the connector on the back of the Indy workstation.
Press and release the power button on the front panel to power on
the system.
When you see the login screen, you are ready to log in and test the drive you installed. Go to the next section, “Testing the Internal Drive”.
The system automatically sets up the system software for most internal devices you install and places an icon on the desktop.
Once you install the drive, follow these steps to check that the system recognizes the new drive.
Log in to your account. For more information on logging in, refer to “Logging In to the Workstation”.
If the device is a floptical, you should see an icon for it on the desktop. Double-click the icon to use the drive. If the device is a second hard drive, follow the instructions in the online Personal System Administration Guide, in the chapter “Setting up Network, Peripheral, and Printer Connections.” (From the Help toolchest, choose Online Books.)
You can also use the System Manager to check that the drive is shown correctly.
From the System toolchest, select “System Manager.”
You see a window showing Hardware and Shared Resources.
Pull down the Hardware menu and select “Disks.” You see a list of installed drives.
If the drive you installed does not show up, shut down the system, remove the top cover, and go over the installation steps again to make sure you've installed the drive correctly. Also check that the cables are connected properly. Then restart the system and check the System Manager listing again. For more troubleshooting information, refer to “Internal Floptical Drive or Second Hard Disk Drive Not Working”.
If you are using the drive as an IRIX device, follow these steps to format a floppy or floptical disk:
Choose “Disk Manager” from the System toolchest. You see a photo of the drive with a labeled button underneath it.
Click the button beneath the photo of your floppy or floptical drive. You see the “Disk Information” window.
Click the “Initialize” button.
Floppy disks take about 2 minutes to format; floptical disks take about 10 minutes.
For more information on formatting disks, select “Online Books” from the Help toolchest and search for “Formatting Floppy and Floptical Disks” in the Personal System Administration Guide.
You are finished formatting the floppy or floptical disk.
Follow these steps to eject a floppy or floptical disk from the disk drive.
On your desktop, make sure the floptical icon is selected.
Press the right mouse button, and select “Eject Floptical.” Or from the Selected toolchest, choose “Eject Floptical.”
For instructions on removing the floptical or secondary hard drive, go to “Replacing the Internal Floptical Drive or Second Hard Disk Drive”. If you remove the floptical or secondary hard drive and do not intend to replace it, you need to inform the system that the drive is no longer there. For more information, select “Online Books” from the Help toolchest, and search for “Removing a Disk” in the Personal System Administration Guide.
You can connect one or more external SCSI devices to the Indy workstation. Connecting more than one device is called daisy chaining. Each of the devices has a unique SCSI address and is connected to the other devices in a chain, with the first device connected to the SCSI port on the back of the workstation.
External SCSI devices include a QIC (Quarter-Inch Cartridge) tape drive, a DAT (Digital Audio Tape) drive, a CD-ROM drive, SCSI scanners, and other external SCSI devices such as a hard disk drive.
Follow the steps below to determine what SCSI address to assign, set the SCSI address on the external device, and install the device.
You can connect up to five external SCSI devices on the Indy workstation. Each device needs a unique numeric SCSI address to distinguish it from other devices.
If you currently have two internal drives and no external devices connected to your system, you may use any SCSI address from 3 to 7 for external SCSI devices. (SCSI address 0 is reserved for the controller; addresses 1 and 2 are reserved for the system disk and second
internal disk.)If you have at least one external device connected to your system, and you are adding another device, check which address is assigned to the existing external device and then choose another number.
To check which SCSI addresses are already assigned on your workstation, follow these steps:
Press and release the power button on the front of the system to power on the workstation.
Log in to your account. For more information on logging in, refer to “Turning On the Workstation”.
When the system comes up, select “System Manager” from the
System toolchest.Pull down the Hardware menu, and select “Summary.”
You see a listing of your system's hardware devices and their
address numbers.Decide which number to assign to your new external device.
| Caution: Do not assign number 0, 1, or 2. These numbers are reserved. |
Now you need to set the address on the external SCSI device you are installing to reflect the SCSI address you chose.
This is done in a number of ways, depending on the device. Most SCSI devices have a push-button switch, dial, or jumpers that you set to determine the SCSI address.
If the device has a switch or dial on the rear or bottom, follow the steps below. If there is no switch or dial on the device, see the instructions included with the device.
Take the device out of its box and locate the address dial or push-button switch. It may be on the rear or bottom of the device.
Use a small screwdriver or pencil tip to set the dial or push the buttons to assign the address number you chose in Step 5 above.
You can attach one or more external devices to the SCSI port on the back of your workstation. Connecting more than one device is called daisy chaining. The devices are connected together in a chain, with the first device attached to the SCSI port on the workstation.
To connect the external device, follow these steps:
If you have not already shut down and powered off the system, do
so now.Press and release the power button on the front of the system to power off the system.
The system powers off automatically after about a minute.
Remove the active SCSI terminator (plastic cap) from the workstation or from the last external device connected to your workstation.
If you are connecting the device to the workstation, remove the terminator from the SCSI connector on the rear of the workstation by squeezing the clips on both sides of the terminator and pulling it off, as shown in Figure 5-5. Save the terminator. You need to reconnect it to the system if you remove and do not replace the external device.
If you are daisy-chaining the external device to another external device, remove the terminator (plastic cap) from the connector on the last device in the chain.
Choose the appropriate SCSI cable to connect the external SCSI device.
Caution: For external fast SCSI devices to operate reliably, the maximum combined cable length of all external SCSI cables cannot exceed two meters. Additionally, fast SCSI devices require higher quality cables than early SCSI devices. Use the cable and active terminator that came with the device. Using other types of cables or terminators can results in data loss. If you are attaching the device to the workstation, use the cable with a different connector on each end.
To daisy-chain a device to another device, use a centronics 50-pin to centronics 50-pin half-meter cable; that is, it has identical connectors at each end.
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To connect the device to the workstation, connect the flat, smaller end of the cable to the port above the SCSI icon on the back of the workstation, as shown in Figure 5-6.
Connect the other end of the SCSI cable to one of the SCSI connectors on the back of the device and secure the clips on each side of the connector.
To daisy-chain the device to another external SCSI device, connect one end of the cable to the open connector on the first device, as shown in Figure 5-7. Connect the other end to one of the connectors on the device you are adding.
Connect the active terminator that you received with the external SCSI device to the open SCSI connector on the back of the last device on the daisy-chain, as shown in Figure 5-8. The SCSI connector is designed so that you can put the terminator on only one way if you do not force it.
Note: The terminator must be an active terminator.
Connect one end of the power cable that came with the external device to the power connector on the back of the device, as shown in Figure 5-9.
Plug the other end of the power cable into a grounded three-pronged electrical outlet.
Remember to power up the external devices first and then your system to make sure that the devices are recognized.
Follow these steps to check that the system recognizes the new device.
Turn on the external SCSI device first. If there is more than one external device, you may turn them on in any order, as long you turn them on before the workstation. The power switch is usually on the back of
the device.
Tip: Always turn on the external devices before powering up the system. This allows the system to recognize the devices. Press and release the power button on the front of the system to power on the system.
Log in to your account. For more information on logging in, refer to “Logging In to the Workstation”.
If the device is installed correctly, you see an icon for it on the desktop. Double-click the icon to set up the drive.
You can also use the System Manager to check that the device is shown correctly.
From the System toolchest, select “System Manager.”
You see a window showing Hardware and Shared Resources.
Look for the device you installed under Shared Resources.
If the icon for the external device doesn't appear, go to “External SCSI Device Not Working”.
If other users are going to access your CD-ROM drive, refer to the online Personal System Administration Guide for special instructions. Select “Online Books” from the Help Toolchest. Then select the Personal System Administration Guide, and search for “Setting Up SCSI Peripherals.”
If you installed a printer, select “Printer Manager” from the System toolchest, and set up the printer. For more information on setting up the printer, select “Online Books” from the Help toolchest. Select the Personal System Administration Guide, and search for “Setting Up Network, Peripheral, and Printer Connections.”
The software automatically recognizes any tape drives you install. The tape drive is ready to use.
For information on backing up data onto a tape, select “Online Books” from the Help toolchest. Then select the Personal System Administration Guide, and search for “Backing Up and Restoring Files.”
If you use your DAT drive frequently, magnetic dust or debris can collect on the heads of the drive. This can make your DAT tapes unreadable or unwritable.
If the green LED on the front of the DAT drive flashes at about 5-second intervals, you should clean the DAT drive heads. You should clean your DAT drive after about every 30 hours of use.
| Note: If the LED on the front of the DAT drive still flashes after you have cleaned the drive heads, you may have a worn out DAT tape. Try using a new DAT tape. |
Follow these steps to clean your DAT drive:
Insert a cleaning DAT tape.
Use a cleaning DAT tape authorized by the DAT drive manufacturer.
The drive loads the tape and starts cleaning the heads.
Note: Be sure to use a data cleaning tape only. An audio cleaning tape does not work. After about 10 seconds, the drive ejects the tape.
You are finished cleaning the DAT drive.
This section tells you how to install serial devices. Serial devices include:
To install a serial device, follow these steps:
Unpack the serial device and cables.
Locate the serial ports on the back of the Indy workstation, as shown in Figure 5-11.
The serial ports are labeled 1 and 2 and are MINIDIN 8 connectors.
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If you are connecting a console terminal, attach it to serial connector 1 only. If you are connecting another device, you can attach it to
either connector.Plug one end of the serial cable into the connector on the back of the serial device. See the instructions that came with the serial device for detailed instructions on how to connect the cable to
the device.Plug the other end of the cable to the serial connector on the back of the Indy workstation, as shown in Figure 5-12.
Plug in the serial device's power cable.
Plug the socket end of the power cable into the power connector on the back of the serial device.
Plug the other end into a grounded three-pronged wall outlet or power strip. (Do not use a two-pronged adapter.)
Once the device is connected to the workstation, you must configure it. For information on how to do this, select “Online Books” from the Help toolchest. Then select the Personal System Administration Guide, and search for “Setting Up Serial Peripherals.”
For information on using other serial cables, turn to Appendix B, “Serial Cables.” You are now ready to power up the system.
The following audio ports are located on the back of the Indy workstation:
Headphone Output/Line Output 2 (stereo output jack). To support a four-channel configuration, Headphone Output becomes Line
Output 2.Microphone Input/Line Input 2 (supports stereo microphones). To support a four-channel configuration, Microphone Input becomes
Line Input 2.Line Input 1 (stereo jack for analog audio input from a tape deck, CD player, or similar source)
Line Output 1 (stereo jack for analog audio output to a tape deck, amplifier, or similar destination)
Digital Input/Output (serial digital audio input and output)
Audio jacks accept stereo 3.5-mm phone plugs. See Appendix A, “Cable Pinout Assignments” for cable pinout information.
To connect an audio device, plug the device's cable into the appropriate port, as shown in Figure 5-13.
For more information on audio tools available on your workstation, log in, choose “Online Books” from the Help toolchest, and select the Media Tools User's Guide.
The following video ports are located on the back of the Indy workstation, as shown in Figure 5-14:
Analog s-video input (4-pin mini-DIN)
Analog composite video input (consumer style RCA jack, NTSC or
PAL formats)The analog s-video and analog composite video ports accept most consumer or industrial grade video equipment. Some high-end analog video equipment, however, may require a BNC to RCA adapter.
Silicon Graphics digital video input (60-pin Molex) for the Indy Cam digital video color camera or other digital video devices
The Silicon Graphics digital video input port is for the Indy Cam digital color video camera. The specifications for this port are similar to the CCIR-601 digital component standard used in professional video applications. For more information on connecting and using the Indy Cam camera, see “Using the IndyCamera”.
For more information on video tools available on your workstation, log in, choose “Online Books” from the Help toolchest, and select the “Media Tools User's Guide.”
For cable pinout information on the Indy video ports, refer to Appendix A, “Cable Pinout Assignments.”