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vii Figures FIGURE 1-1 SunHSI/U Adapter 2 FIGURE 3-1 SunHSI Software Directories and Files 10 FIGURE 3-2 SunHSI Devices Created by the Postinstall Script 10 FIGURE B-1 Null modem Cable (Both Suns Supply Clocking) 32 FIGURE B-2 Null modem Cable (Sun System Supplies Clocking for Both Sides) 33 FIGURE ...

ix Tables TABLE 1-1 Hardware and Software Requirements 3 TABLE 3-1 Required Disk Space 11 TABLE A-1 RS-449 Connector Pin Assignments 23 TABLE A-2 RS-449 Interface Signals 27 TABLE B-1 RS-449 Signals 31 TABLE B-2 X.21 Signals 31 TABLE D-1 Sun VTS Documentation 39

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xvii Preface This document provides information for users of the Sun PCI High Speed Quad PortSerial Interface Adapter from Oracle. Information provided includes adapterinstallation, software installation and configuration, utilities, cable pin-outs andsignals, and null modem cable requirements. This...

xviii Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • May 2010 Appendix D gives an overview of the SunVTS diagnostic software. Appendix E provides instructions for viewing the man pages. Typographic Conventions Note – Characters display differently depending on browser settings....

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1 C H A P T E R 1 Product Overview This chapter includes the following topics: ■ “Product Description” on page 1 ■ “Features” on page 2 ■ “Hardware and Software Requirements” on page 3 Product Description The Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface adapter is high-speed serialinterface (HSI) a...

2 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • May 2010 FIGURE 1-1 SunHSI/U Adapter The adapter comes with the RS-449 industry standard connectors (for example,DB-37). The protocols that operate with the SunHSI/U adapter include the Solstice X.25 andSolstice Point-to-Point Pr...

5 C H A P T E R 2 SunHSI/U Adapter Installation This chapter describes how to install the adapter in your system and includes thefollowing topics: ■ “Installation Process” on page 5 ■ “To Install the Adapter” on page 5 ■ “External Cabling” on page 6 Installation Process A simplified version of the i...

6 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • May 2010 Note – Refer to your system installation guide or service manual for detailed instructions for the following steps. 1. Power off your system, using the standard shutdown procedures described in the Solaris Handbook for S...

9 C H A P T E R 3 SunHSI PCI Software Installation This chapter describes how to install the SunHSI PCI software and includes thefollowing sections: ■ “Installation Overview” on page 9 ■ “Before Installing the Software” on page 11 ■ “Installing the Software” on page 12 ■ “Configuring the Software” o...

Chapter 3 SunHSI PCI Software Installation 11 Before Installing the Software Verifying the Software and HardwareRequirements Before installing the software, answer the following questions: ■ Does your system have any available 3.3V or 5V PCI slots? ■ Have you downloaded the SunHSI software from the ...

12 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • May 2010 Before installing the SunHSI PCI software on your system, check your system to seeif previous versions of the SunHSI software are installed. If older SunHSI softwareexists, you must remove this software before installin...

14 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • May 2010 5. After the system reboots, verify the installation by typing the following commands: The output shows that the packages are installed, the driver is loaded, and thatthe software is mapped to the adapter. ▼ To Test the...

17 C H A P T E R 4 SunHSI Utilities The SunHSI software includes the hsip_init , hsip_loop , and hsip_stat utilities. This chapter contains a short description of each utility. Refer to each manpage to get more information on the commands. Also see “Viewing the Man Pages” on page 41 . This chapter i...

18 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • May 2010 T1 Compatibility Options The version of the hsip_init utility shipped with the SunHSI software has options that enable you to invert data and clock signals to accommodate the requirements ofT1 or CEPT transmission equip...

Chapter 4 SunHSI Utilities 19 HDLC Mode The default operating mode used by the SunHSI software is the HDLC full-duplexprotocol ( mode=fdx ). In this mode the transmitter is always enabled. The transmitter sends flag bytes continuously when it is not sending a data frame. If no message is currently b...

20 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • May 2010 If the CTS signal drops before the frame transmission is complete, the frame isdiscarded and the abort error statistic is incremented. If the transmission underruns,an abort sequence is not sent and the frame is silentl...

23 A P P E N D I X A Cable Pin Assignments & Signals This appendix includes the following information: ■ “Pin Assignments” on page 23 ■ “Interface Signals” on page 27 Pin Assignments A shielded, hydra-style breakout cable providing four 37-pin, D-shell (DB-37) DTEconnectors is available for the ...

Appendix A Cable Pin Assignments & Signals 27 Interface Signals Functional descriptions of the RS-449 interface signals are provided in TABLE A-2 . TABLE A-2 RS-449 Interface Signals RS-449 PinNo. Signal Name Function 1 Shield Ground Enables tandem sections of shielded cable to retain continuity...

29 A P P E N D I X B Null Modem Cable Requirements A synchronous null modem cable is a specially-configured cable that simulatesmodems that are connected back-to-back. When the distance between the two hostsystems is not great, you may be able to use a null modem cable instead of asynchronous modem ...

30 Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface Adapter User’s Guide • May 2010 Configuring Internal or ExternalClocking To configure an RS-449 port to provide transmit clocking for itself as well as receiveclocking for the other end of the link, set the txc (transmit clock) and rxc (receive clock)...

Appendix B Null Modem Cable Requirements 31 RS-449 Null Modem Cable TABLE B-1 and TABLE B-2 list the signals and names for RS-499 and X.21 circuits TABLE B-1 RS-449 Signals Circuit Name Direction TxD Transmit Data To DCE RxD Receive Data From DCE TxC Transmit Clock To DCE TxCI Transmit Clock In From...

35 A P P E N D I X C T1 Inverted Data and Clock Signals This appendix includes the following topics: ■ “Data Signal Inversion” on page 35 ■ “Clock Signal Inversion” on page 37 Data Signal Inversion The requirement for inverting data signals arises from the “ones density” problemyou encounter with mo...

Appendix C T1 Inver ted Data and Clock Signals 37 By inverting the data signal with HDLC framing on both ends of a link, the HDLCzero insertion algorithm becomes a ones insertion algorithm. This guarantees that inany set of seven bits, at least one bit will be a one. Thus, the HDLC data stream meets...

41 A P P E N D I X E Viewing the Man Pages The following man pages are included with the SunHSI software: ■ hsip (7d) ■ hsip_init (1m) ■ hsip_loop (1m) ■ hsip_stat (1m) If you cannot view these man pages, you need to add the /opt/SUNWconn/man/ directory to your MANPATH environment variable. Dependin...