DEBNA/DEBNK Installation Guide

This document is the "DEBNA/DEBNK Installation Guide" (Order Number: EK-DEBNX-IN-001), published by Digital Equipment Corporation in August 1987. It is designed for Digital and customer personnel responsible for installing or replacing DEBNA and DEBNK modules (collectively referred to as DEBNx) in the field.

The guide provides comprehensive information on:

• Module Functionality: Explains that DEBNx modules serve as an interface between the VAXBI bus and an Ethernet local area network, with the DEBNK module specifically also providing an interface for a TK50 streaming tape drive.
• Installation Procedures: Details the steps for installing the modules into a VAXBI computer system, including cabling, setting the boot-enable jumper, and removal instructions.
• Power-Up Self-Test: Describes the automatic diagnostic routines that run on power-up or reset, how to interpret their results using on-board LEDs and VAXBI registers, and lists the components tested and untested.
• Diagnostics and Troubleshooting: Offers extensive coverage of both ROM-based diagnostics (D0 for self-test, D1 for network interconnect, D2 for tape drive) and various software diagnostics. It provides instructions for running these tests from the console, interpreting error and status reports, and offers troubleshooting advice.
• Technical Details: Includes appendices with environmental requirements, register descriptions (Device, Receive Console Data, BI VAX Port, Power-Up Diagnostic), bootstrapping procedures, and methods for reading the hardware Ethernet address.