31 Jul
2004
31 Jul
'04
11:05 p.m.
I'm trying to find documentation on an RQZX1 Qbus SCSI controller.
I'd like to know the dip switch settings, and especially how to access
the ROM-based configuration tool.
Any help would be sincerely appreciated.
Doc Shipley
2 Aug
2 Aug
4:33 p.m.
I have the manual for the RQZX1, there are two ways to get the Resident
Firmware to boot:
1. From the ODT level;
At the system prompt, type the base address followed by a slash (/);
@17772150/177777 1
type in a one after you open the location and hit return. Then
open the next location and type in 123
@17772152/5000 123
@0G
start at 0
2. The other way is select DU253 or MU253 as the boot device. This will
start the diagnostics from ROM.
Once in the diagnostics you have to get the controller to 'Autoconfigure'
so it can see all your SCSI devices.
Doug
At 04:05 AM 8/1/2004, you wrote:
I'm trying to find documentation on an RQZX1
Qbus SCSI controller. I'd
like to know the dip switch settings, and especially how to access the
ROM-based configuration tool.
Any help would be sincerely appreciated.
Doc Shipley
9 Aug
9 Aug
8:18 a.m.
Douglas Taylor wrote:
I have the manual for the RQZX1, there are two ways to get the Resident
Firmware to boot:
1. From the ODT level;
2. The other way is select DU253 or MU253 as the boot device. This will
start the diagnostics from ROM.
Once in the diagnostics you have to get the controller to
'Autoconfigure' so it can see all your SCSI devices.
Thanks, Doug!
I had found a couple of pages of the manual and have been able to get
into the firmware and configure the system **if and only if** a TZ30
tape drive is attached. Even if the controller is set to MSCP on both
channels and an alternate second CSR address, I can't access the RFM
either by the ODT method or the BOOT xU253 method, and can't boot from
the SCSI disk.
This isn't a showstopper, but it is terribly confusing. The person
from whom I got the switch settings and RFM
instructions runs a variety
of tape devices on his RQZX1 with no problems.
I can, by the way, install a second tape device and have that recognized.
My board is silkscreened REV. E, and the resident firmware utility
shows a firmware revision of v2.3 and hardware revision "L".
Doc
12 Aug
12 Aug
4:38 p.m.
At 01:18 PM 8/9/2004, you wrote:
Douglas Taylor wrote:
This sounds odd. A TZ30 is holding your system 'hostage'? I've connected
a TZ30 into the scsi bus and didn't noticed anything odd.
I have the manual for the RQZX1, there are two
ways to get the Resident
Firmware to boot:
1. From the ODT level;
2. The other way is select DU253 or MU253 as the boot device. This will
start the diagnostics from ROM.
Once in the diagnostics you have to get the controller to 'Autoconfigure'
so it can see all your SCSI devices.
Thanks, Doug!
I had found a couple of pages of the manual and have been able to get
into the firmware and configure the system **if and only if** a TZ30
tape drive is attached. Even if the controller is set to MSCP on both channels
and an alternate
second CSR address, I can't access the RFM either by the ODT method or the
BOOT xU253 method, and can't boot from the SCSI disk.
If you need more info from the manual I'll scan the table of contents.
This isn't a showstopper, but it is terribly
confusing. The person
from whom I got the switch settings and RFM instructions runs a variety
of tape devices on his RQZX1 with no problems.
What other kinds of tape devices can you use?
I can, by the way, install a second tape device and
have that recognized.
My board is silkscreened REV. E, and the resident firmware utility
shows a firmware revision of v2.3 and hardware revision "L".
I don't know what I have off hand.
Doc
14 Aug
14 Aug
10:55 a.m.
Douglas Taylor wrote:
It's very weird, for sure.
One of the resellers I trade with is sending me a manual to scan, but
thanks.
My HP C1536 DDS1 works fine, and a TZ06 works, as long as the TZ30 is
attached. I have an Exabyte 8505XL and a TSZ07 I could try as well, but
I don't think it would make much difference.
The only thing I haven't tried is disabling the tape channel
entirely, booting nad configuring the RQZX1 like that, then re-enabling
TMSCP without the TZ30. I'll probably try that out in a week or so,
when I get back from AZ.
Doc
I had found
a couple of pages of the manual and have been able to
get into the firmware and configure the system **if and only if** a
TZ30 tape drive is attached.
This sounds odd. A TZ30 is holding your system 'hostage'? I've
connected a TZ30 into the scsi bus and didn't noticed anything odd. Even if the
controller is set to MSCP on both channels and an
alternate second CSR address, I can't access the RFM either by the ODT
method or the BOOT xU253 method, and can't boot from the SCSI disk.
If you need more info from the manual I'll scan the table of contents. This
isn't a showstopper, but it is terribly confusing. The person
from whom I got the switch settings and RFM instructions runs a
variety of tape devices on his RQZX1 with no problems.
What other kinds of tape devices can you use?
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