VAX6000 Rack Mountable Series System Installation/Owner's Manual

This document is the Installation/Owner's Manual for the Digital VAX6000 Rack Mountable Series System, intended for customer service and maintenance personnel. It provides detailed information on the installation, operation, and maintenance of the VAX6000 system, which consists of XMI (BA60-BB) and VAXBI (BA61-BB) chassis.

The manual is organized into five main chapters and an appendix:

1. Introduction: Describes the system configuration, control panel, power supply architecture (including AC front end and DC regulator trays), physical, electrical, and environmental specifications, and various module configurations.
2. Installation: Covers essential steps for setting up the system, including site preparation (environmental and electrical requirements), checking the shipment, installing chassis slides, mounting the XMI and VAXBI chassis, connecting power cords, and cabling procedures.
3. Operation: Details the fundamental process of powering the system on and off using the circuit breakers, emphasizing proper sequencing.
4. Troubleshooting: Provides a guide to basic troubleshooting, including a chart of common symptoms, possible causes, and corrective actions for hardware problems, along with a list of connector cleaning supplies.
5. Remove/Replace Procedures: Offers comprehensive, step-by-step instructions for removing and replacing various Field Replaceable Units (FRUs) within both the XMI and VAXBI chassis, such as control panels, timing modules, batteries, power supply trays, fans, and fuses.
6. Appendix A (Field Replaceable Units): Lists major FRUs and their corresponding part numbers for both chassis.

The document emphasizes safety warnings, particularly regarding power and lifting heavy equipment.