SA7x/6000 Cabinet Series Installation Guide

Order Number: EK-SA7CK-IN

This document is an installation guide for the SA7x/6000 Cabinet Series Upgrades, intended for qualified Digital Services engineers.

It provides detailed instructions for:

  • Unpacking SA7x storage options and related upgrade kits.
  • Adhering to critical safety and electrostatic discharge (ESD) precautions during installation.
  • Installing the SA70-CK kit and various SA7x storage enclosures into existing VAX 6000-series processor cabinets. This includes steps like powering down the cabinet, replacing power controllers if necessary, installing cabinet hardware (spring clips, guide rails), securing the SA7x enclosure, and routing cables.
  • Understanding the SA7x front and rear panel controls and indicators.
  • Procedures for powering up the SA7x enclosure, placing disk drives online/offline, and setting drive unit numbers.
  • Installing additional RA7x disk drives into the enclosures.

The guide emphasizes that only qualified personnel should perform these procedures and excludes general VAX 6000-series cabinet information or field acceptance procedures.

EK-SA7CK-IN-003
October 1992
52 pages
Quality

Original
0.7MB

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