CIBCI Adapter User/Installation Guide

This document, the "CIBCI Adapter User/Installation Guide" (EK-CIBCI-UG-0001, 1st Edition, October 1986), provides comprehensive instructions for the Digital Equipment Corporation Computer Interconnect Hardware Adapter Option (CIBCI).

It serves as a guide for users configuring, installing, and verifying the CIBCI hardware, which connects the VAXBI (VAX Backplane Interconnect) bus of VAX 8000-Series host processors to the dual-path CI (Computer Interconnect) bus.

Key areas covered include:

• General Description: Details the adapter's purpose as a buffered communications port, its hardware components (T-series for host interface, L-series for CI interface), features (e.g., 2-3 MB/s data throughput, cyclic redundancy checking, diagnostic loopback), and extensive specifications (environmental, mechanical, electrical, and bus characteristics for VAXBI, CIPA, and CI).
• Site Preparation and Installation: Outlines procedures for preparing the installation site, configuring the CIBCI system with VAX 8000-Series models, unpacking equipment, mechanical installation (e.g., cabinet preparation, mounting box placement), and electrical installation (e.g., T1017/T1018 module setup, CIPA backplane jumper verification, setting CI-node address switches).
• Acceptance Verification: Describes the steps to confirm the hardware's functionality, including power setup and running specific diagnostic programs (repair level and functional level tests), requiring a minimum of five successful passes for each. It also mentions maintenance tools for VAXcluster systems.
• Register Summary: Provides a detailed reference of the programmer-visible hardware and software registers used to control and monitor the CIBCI adapter's operation, accessible via the VAXBI address space. This section lists numerous registers for device type, control/status, error handling, interrupts, data paths, and port management.
• Appendices: Contains supplementary information on CI termination and CI backplane jumpers.