DEC 3000 Model 800/800S AXP Upgrade Information

This document, "DEC 3000 Model 800/800S AXP Upgrade Information" (published April 1994 by Digital Equipment Corporation), serves as a comprehensive guide for upgrading various older Digital systems to the DEC 3000 Model 800/800S AXP server.

The primary purpose of the manual is to instruct customers and Digital Services on which existing internal and external options (such as disk drives, removable media, memory modules, graphics options, expansion boxes, monitors, and input devices) can be removed from their current systems and reused with the new DEC 3000 AXP system.

The document provides detailed, step-by-step procedures for:

• Preparing the existing system: including backing up files, shutting down software and hardware, and performing show config commands to identify SCSI ID settings of current drives.
• Removing components: detailed instructions for disconnecting cables, removing system covers, and extracting various drives (fixed disk, removable media), memory modules, and TURBOchannel modules. It emphasizes precautions against static discharge.
• Configuring components: guidance on setting appropriate SCSI IDs for drives being transferred.
• Completing the upgrade: directing users to other manuals for installing the removed options into the new DEC 3000 system.
• Post-upgrade actions: including returning unupgradeable systems/devices to Digital and updating service contracts.

It covers specific upgrade procedures for MicroVAX 3100 (Models 30, 40/80/90), VAX 4000 (Models 100/100A), VAXstation 4000 (Model 90), DECsystem 5000 (Models 133/150, 200/240/260), DECsystem 3100, DECsystem 5100, and DECsystem 5500. For the DECsystem 5900, the upgrade is noted as requiring Digital Services. The document also states that some "Other Systems" (like DECsystem 5400/5800) have no options that can be upgraded to the DEC 3000 Model 800S.