DEC ISDN Router 100 Installation Guide

This document is the Installation Guide (First Edition, May 1990) for the DEC ISDN Router 100 (DISDN).

It describes the installation and maintenance of this router, which is a packaged system comprising a VAXserver 3300 (without a tape drive) equipped with one to three DEC ISDN Controller 100 (DIV32) boards, and licensed for VMS, DECnet, and VAX ISDN software. Its purpose is to facilitate the connection of Digital Systems to ISDN Networks, providing Basic Rate Access (S0) via Ethernet (DECnet).

The guide is intended for Customer Services Engineers and Customer Engineers.

Key aspects covered include:

• Installation: Step-by-step instructions for physical setup (site preparation, cabling for Ethernet and power, console connection) and, critically, the software installation procedure. Since the router lacks a tape drive, diagnostics and the VAX ISDN software must be downloaded from a separate host system (with a TK reader) over an Ethernet/DECnet connection.
• Maintenance: Overview of maintenance strategy (primarily corrective, replacing defective units). It details how to run built-in self-tests (VAXserver, DIV32, and a VAX ISDN software 'Self-Call Test') and how to perform MicroVAX Diagnostic Monitor (MDM) tests, which also require downloading the MDM software from a host.