Microvax 3100 VAXserver Options Installation Guide

This document is the MicroVAX 3100 and VAXserver 3100 Options Installation Guide, published by Digital Equipment Corporation in September 1990.

It serves as a comprehensive manual for Digital Customer Services personnel and self-maintenance customers on how to install and upgrade various hardware options for the MicroVAX 3100 and VAXserver 3100 systems.

The guide covers:

• System Disassembly and Assembly: Detailed procedures for both Model 10 and Model 20 systems.
• Memory: Installation procedures for optional memory modules, including configuration rules.
• Communications: Installation of communications options and synchronous line driver/receiver modules (DSH32-Yx).
• Disks: Information on SCSI bus configuration rules, available add-on disk options (RX23, RZ23, RZ24, RZ55 in BA40, and SZ12x in BA42 expansion boxes), and their installation/connection.
• Tape Drives: Installation procedures for TZ30 and TK50Z tape drives.
• CD ROM: Installation procedures for CD-ROM options (RRD40).
• Diagnostics: Appendices provide lists of diagnostic and utility commands (e.g., SHOW DEVICE, TEST 50) for verification and troubleshooting, as well as hexadecimal memory codes.

The manual emphasizes safety precautions, particularly the use of antistatic equipment, and lists necessary tools for servicing the systems.