VAX 4000 Model 200 (BA215) Installation Manual

This document is an installation manual for the VAX 4000 Model 200 (BA215) computer system by Digital Equipment Corporation.

It provides a step-by-step guide for setting up the system, covering:

1. Site Preparation: Verifying readiness and required tools.
2. Shipment Check: Confirming receipt of all components, including a warning about the system's weight (85 lbs) requiring multiple people to move it.
3. System Positioning: Instructions for safely moving and placing the system.
4. Console Terminal Installation: Connecting and performing setup operations for the console terminal (VT300/VT400 series).
5. System Controls: Setting various controls on the mass storage shelf and card cage area.
6. Additional Device Connections: Detailed procedures for connecting a range of peripherals, including:
   • Terminals and serial printers (via cable concentrators).
   • Parallel printers.
   • Synchronous and asynchronous modems (including internal DFA01 modems and telephone line connections).
   • Ethernet networks (both ThinWire and standard connections at the CPU cover panel and DESQA module, with grounding instructions).
7. DSSI Cable Connection: Specific instructions for dual-host system configurations.
8. System Power Cable: Connecting the power cable, with a crucial reminder to verify voltage compatibility.
9. System Startup and Language Selection: Powering on the system, selecting a console language, and observing self-tests.
10. Front Panel Attachment.
11. Post-Installation: Recommendations to run diagnostic software and refer to other manuals for VMS Factory-Installed Software (FIS) setup, which includes modifying FIS for standalone, VAXcluster, or dual-host systems, setting passwords, and performing post-configuration tasks like license registration and disk backup.