Before You Begin; Summary; Parallel And Serial Ports - Digital Equipment DECpc AXP 150 User Information

Before You Begin

Before You Begin
This section describes information that you must know before

Summary

you begin connecting external peripheral or network cables to
the system unit.
Parallel and All standard systems have two serial ports and one parallel port.
Serial Ports However, if the system is a DEC 2000 Model 3000 AXP system
with a console terminal attached, only one serial port is available
for other types of peripherals.
Terminal You must use a console terminal on the DEC 2000 Model 300
Settings AXP system to display system diagnostic information, enter
console commands, and boot the operating system. Before
you can use the console terminal with the system, you must
modify certain display and communications settings on the
terminal. See the section entitled Serial Port Terminal Settings
for information on the settings that you must modify before you
use the system console terminal.
To connect external SCSI devices to the system, or to connect the
External SCSI
system to a network, the system must contain an appropriate
and Network
Connections EISA or ISA option board. Digital recommends that you use only
Digital-supported option boards. The following section describes
how to get information on and order the option boards that are
currently supported.
You can install other Digital-supported option boards that
Other External
Connections provide additional serial or modem communications ports. See
the documentation supplied with the option for information on
connecting cables to these ports. To get information on the option
boards that are currently supported or to order these items, you
must contact your Digital sales representative.
6–2 Connecting to External Ports