Initial Checkout; Configuration Chart - Data General NOVA 4/S Manual

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maintenance of DGC equipment and software. The drawings and specifications contained herein are the property of DGC and shall neither be reproduced in whole or
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PRE-SITE INFORMATION
Before going to the customer's site, check the list below
and learn the customer's configuration, if possible. This
will help to ensure that you have the appropriate field
replaceable units (FRUs) with you on arrival.
e Chassis: 16 or 5-slot
e Floating point unit
Also, if you are going to repair a failing unit, try to get
information from the customer that may give you a
clue to the failing FRU.
CONFIGURATION CHART
Each system is shipped with a configuration chart
which should reflect its configuration. Attach the chart
to the rear door (outside) of the cabinet. Whenever you
or anyone else reconfigures or retailors the system,
INITIAL CHECKOUT
If you are performing an initial checkout of a new
installation, start with Chapter 4 and follow the steps
outlined in the troubleshooting flowchart.
REPAIR
If you are servicing a failing system, the type of failure
determines the procedures you will use to troubleshoot
it. Thus, it is important to ask the customer the
1. Was the computer operating properly before the
failure?
2. Is the failure a hard or intermittent one?
3. Did the operating system generate any panic codes?
4. Can the computer successfully complete the self-test?
9. Was the failure detected by reliability and/or
6. Was the failure detected while running user
programs?
With the answers to these questions, you are now ready
to follow the steps indicated in the troubleshooting
flowchart.