UCO7 AND UC08 INTELLIGENT HOST ADAPTER TECHNICAL MANUAL (MSCP/TMSCP COMPATIBLE) >€ 3545 Harbor Boulevard Costa Mesa, California 92626 UC0751001-00 Rev F (714) 662-5600 TWX (910) 595-2521 February, 1990WARNING This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy, and if not installed and used in accordance with the technical manual, may cause interference to radio communications. It has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device pursuant to Subpart J of Part 15 of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Rules, which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such. interference when operating in a commercial environment. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures may be required to correct the interference. Copyright (c) 1989, 1990 Emulex Corporation The information in this manual is for information purposes and is subject to change without notice the manual. Emulex Corporation assumes no responsibility for any errors which may appear in Printed in U.S.A.REVISION NOTICE This manual has been updated to include descriptions of new features added to the U07/08 firmware, Revision H. In addition, changes have been made to the text and figures in subsections 5.4 and 5.5 to reflect new menus and options added to FRD for the support of multi-tape drives and Magneto-Optical disk drives. The firmware revision can be identified by a part number on the PROMS located in U29 on the UCO7 and U29, U22 on the UC08. Users with Revision G firmware and below should refer to Revision C of the manual for corresponding menus and text.TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION Introduction Subsystem O a ‘Mass Storage Control Protocol (MS Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) Physical Organization Overview Host Adapter Modeis and Options Subsystem Options Features = Microprocessor Design ... Improved Throughput .. Firmware-resident Diagnostics ‘Custom Configuration Capability Self-test Error Control and Block Replacement Manual Bad Block Replacement Command Queuing .. Disconnect/Reconnect . Adaptive DMA . Block-mode DMA «. 2bit Addressing Muiti-CPU Support MSCP Emulation .. TMSCP Emulations Fast File Search (Tape Emulation Only) User Selectable SCSI Autoconfigure Multiple Tape Drive Support . Compatibility Protocol Compatibility MSCP Compatibility TMSCP Compatibility Device Compatibility .. CPU Compatibility Known Limitations EXABYTE Limitations Operating Systems Limita Firmware Limitations Multi-CPU Limitations Stand Alone Backup Kit (STABACKIT) Limitations . Multi-initiator : Re Dna DDD oO bobo ESB RRS eR Ree Gab R ORE RGEGSSRES BRRoR RRR RROD REGDD epee ee one iw Table of Contents RRGRGGGEEEEEESOSGRSG4084 SBaBGUGaeTable of Contents SECTION 2 CONTROLLER SPECIFICATIONS 24 Overview . 24 2.2 General Specifications . 24 2:3. Environmental Specifications . 25 2.4 Physical Specifications . 25 2.5 Electrical Specifications 26 SECTION 3 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION PLANNING Overview UCO7 and UCO8 Versions Ro Performance Considerations Disk Subsystems .. Tape Subsystems .. ‘8mm and 4mm Cartridge Tape Drives 1/2" Cartridge and Reel-to-Reel Drives PEP EEEoEee BERR RORRRE SECTION 4 INSTALLATION : Overview . 1.1 Subsystem Configurations . Inspection . Host Adapter Setup .. Emulation .. Host Adapter Bus Address . Disk (MSCP) Emulations . Tape (TMSCP) Emulations Interrupt Vector Address Autobot (LSI-11 Only) . Interrupt Priority Level Fast File Search Switch Installing the UC07/08-IIl in the MicroVAX-IIL ‘Maintaining FCC Class A Compliance Physically Installing the UCO7/08-IIl PCBA System Preparation Slot Selection Mounting SCSI Control Pi Subsystem Placement Cabling . Termination 1 Termination Power SSo8ege BeEEERE EE GEERBARESSSSS Ow SaLoRRRE ASSES PER PREP RRR RRS BROS BSLRRRNBRE Table of Contents vTable of Contents Installing the UCO7/08 in the MicroVAX-II and LSI-11 .. 4.20 eA Maintaining FCC Class A Compliance .. 4-20 2 Physically Installing the UCO7/08 PCBA .. 4.21 21 ‘System Preparation oo 4-21 5.2.2 Slot Selection - 422 2.3 Mounti | 2.4 SCSI Controller Preparation . - 422 25 Subsystem Placement . 4:23 3 Cabling 4-24 3.1 Termination ........ 424 5311 Termination Power ..... 4.24 2.1.2 Dual-wide UCO7 Installation 4-24 Operation . 425 oA Indicators .. 4-25 SECTION 5 NOVRAM SETUP AND SUBSYSTEM TESTING Overview... SA NOVRAM 51 PRD 51 Starting F.R.D. 5-2 Starting F.R.D. on a MicroVAX Il or MicroVAX Ill 52 Starting F.R.D. on an LSI-11 System . 54 F.R.D. Conventions .. 55 Terminating F.R.D. .. 5-6 DISK P.R.D. seessssseees 5-6 Option 14 - Edit or Load NOVRAM . DMA Threshold DMA Burst Delay Host Adapter SCSI Addre: Enable SCSI Parity Checking . Enable ESP Chip Stow Cable Mode «. Unit Offset or Autoboot Unit Number Autoboot Unit Number .... Unit Offset Type Code Block Size Number of Blocks per Track Size of Drive in Blocks Total Number of Physical Sectors per Track Total Number of Physical Heads Total Number of Physical Cylinders Number of Spare Sectors per Track Number of Alternate/Spare Cylinders Enable MSCP Replacements « Enable Transparent Replacements Ignore FCT Ertors «ss... Split Drive .. Starting Block Number for Second Logical Drive « RERLED EEE EB ee Uaa RGR oNe BSSBRRREGRES vi Table of ContentsTable of Contents Reduced Write Current Cylinder Write Precompensation Cylinder .. Step Code 5: 5: 5: 5 Removable Media . 5: Disable SCSI Disconnects... 5: Prevent Manual Spindowns 5: Enable Synchronous Data Transfers 5: Disable Host Adapter of Polling Drives... 5-21 5: Defining Addresses for Physical Drives : 521 5: Defect Management «.....orece fesseeeeennsseee 522 5: Host-Initiated Bad Block Replacement ....ss.esssee + 522 5: Controller-Initiated Bad Block Replacement .. 5-23 5: Non-Block-Replaceable Device Mode . 5-24 5. 5-25 5 ) 5-26 5: Emulex MD21, MD23, and MD25 (SCSI/ESDI) 5-26 5 Non-Emulex SCSI Devices .. see 5.27 5. Magneto-Optical Devices 5.27 5. Option 2 - Verify 5.27 5. Option 3 - Format and Verify 5-28 5. Option 4 - Data Reliability Test 5.28 5. Option 5 - Format, Verify, and Reliability Test 5-29 5. Option 6 - Read-Only Test 7 5-29 5. Option 7 - List Known U: 5-30 5. Option 8 - Replace Block .. oe = 500 5. Option 11 - Optical Write a Diagnostic Sector 531 5. Option 10 - Optical Read All Diagnostic Sectors ... 531 5. Option 9- Write RCT .. 531 5: Option 12 - Issue Mode Select 531 5 Option 13 - Display NOVRAM .. 531 5. Tape F.R.D. . 5-32 5. Initial Screen .....01 5-32 5. Tape F.R.D. Main Menu 5-33 5. ‘All Tests .... 5:35 5. NOVRAM Maintenance . 5:36 5. Test Selection 5-40 5 Display Switch Settings .. 5-42 5. Integration and Operation 5-43 5. Testing and Indicators .... 5-43, 5. Operation ... 5-43 Table of Contents viiTable of Contents SECTION 6 TROUBLESHOOTING 6.1 Overview 62 Service 63 Fault Isolation Procedure 6.4 Power-Up Self-Diagnostic 65 Fatal Error Codes .. SECTION 7 MSCP/TMSCP COMPATIBILITY AND ODT PROGRAMMING Overview Overview of MSCP Subsystem MSCP and TMSCP Command Compati ‘Command Support ... ‘Minimal Disk or Tape Subset Diagnostic and Utility Protocol (DUP) . Registers esses Bootstrap Command (Disk Only) . BESBBONE BE SECTION 8 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION 81 Overview 8.2 UCO7 and UC08 Host Adapter Architecture SECTION 9 INTERFACES Overview Host Adapter to Q-Bus Interface Interrupt Priority Level .... Register Address DMA Operations ..... Host Adapter to SCSI Bus Interface .. SCSI Interface Physical Description Cable Requirements Shielded Connector Requirement SCSI Interface Electrical Description SCSI Bus Signals and Timi SCSI Bus Signals .. SCSI Bus Timing . Ro be bbbbbuUbNAE Boohenn Re vit Table of ContentsTable of Contents SECTION 10 SCSI PROTOCOL DESCRIPTION Overview. SCSI Bus Overview ‘Technical Manual Conventions SCSI Bus Phases .. Arbitration Phase Selection and Reselection Phases Information Transfer Phases <1 Command Phase .. 2 Data Phase . 3 Status Phase 3.1 Status Byte Format mn Message Phase .. 10.4 SCSI Bus Phase Sequen 10.5 SCSI Bus Conditions 10.5.1 Reset 10.5.2 Attention 10.6 SCSI Commands 10.7 SCSI Group Code 0 Command Descriptions .. 10.7.1 Format Unit (Opcode 04H) . 10.7.2. Inquiry (Opcode 12H) 107.3 Rewind (Opcode OH, Tape Only). Mode Select (Opcode 15H) . 1073 Mode Sense (Opcode 1AH) . 10.7.6 Read (Opcode 08H, Tape) 10.7.7 Read (08H, Disk) ... 10.7.8 _Re-Assign Block (Opcode 07H) 10.7.8.1 Re-assign Block Header ... 10.7.8.2 Re-assign Block Defect Descriptor Format 10.7.9 Request Sense (Opcode 03H) 10.7.9.1 Extended Sense Byte Format 10.7.10 _Start/Stop Unit (Opcode 1BH) 10.7.11 Test Unit Ready (Opcode 00H) 10.7.12 Write Filemarks (Opcode 10H, Tape Only) 10.7.13 Space (Opcode 11H, Tape Only) . 10.7.14 Erase (Opcode 19H, Tape Only) 10.7.15 Load/Unload (Opcode 1BH, Tape Only) 10.7.16 Write (Opcode 0AH, Tape) 107.17 __Write (Opcode 0AH, DBk) ~ 10.8 SCSI Group Code 1 Command Descriptions 10.8.1 Read Capacity (Opcode 25H) ..... 10.8.2 Read (Extended) (Opcode 28H) .. 10.8.3 __ Write (Extended) (Opcode 2AH) . 10.9. SCSI Group Code 7 Command Descriptions 10.9.1 Read Long (Opcode E8H) 10.9.2. Write Long (Opcode EAH) .. 10-1 10-1 10-2 10-4 10-4 10-5 105 10-6 10-6 10-7 10-7 10-8 10-10 10-11 10-11 10-12 10-12 10-13 10-15 10-17 10-18 10-19 10-20 10-21 10-22 10-23 10-24 10-25 10-26 10-27 10-29 10-30 10-31 10-32 10-33 10-4 10-35 10-36 10-37 10-39 10-40 10-42 10-43 10-45 10-46 Table of Contents ixTable of Contents APPENDIX A AUTOCONFIGURE, CSR AND VECTOR ADDRESSES Overview oo... beer rcereererreecet Determining the CSR Address for use with Autoconfigute ......sesessevvess Determining the Vector Address for use with Autoconfigure A System Configuration Example ...ssssssseees ppp APPENDIX B PROM REMOVALAND REPLACEMENT B.A Overview ..... B.2_ Exchanging PROMS APPENDIX C DRIVE PARAMETERS C1 UCO4 Optical Drive Compati : C2 UCO4 Magnetic Drive Compatibility .. C3 General Drive Parameter Settings APPENDIX D TERMINATION POWERS Da Overview D.2__Termination.. D214 Termination Powe! D211 SCSI Bus Noise Sen: ¥Tahle of ContentsTable of Contents LIST OF TABLES Table Title Page 14 UCO7 Basic Contents 1.9 12 UC08 Basic Contents 19 13 UCO7-IIl Basic Contents . 19 14 UCOB-III Basic Contents .. 19 15 UCO7 and UCO8 Options . 112 24 UCO07/08 General Specifications 22 22 UCO7I08 Environmental Specifications 25 23 UCO7108 Physical Specifications 25 24 UCO7I08 Electrical Specifications .. 26 41 ‘UCO7I08 Switch Definitions and Factory Configuration 4-6 42 Emulation Selection esnseeee 47 43 MSCP Emulation Bus Address Settings ........ 48 14 TMSCP Emulation Bus Address Settings 49 45 Autoboot eee 49 46 Interrupt Priority Level Quad-wide a 4-10 47 Interrupt Priority Level Dual-wide (Ut . 410 5-1 MicroVAX Offsets for MSCP Emulation .. oe 53 5-2 MicroVAX Offsets for TMSCP Emulation .. te 58 53 LSI-11 Offsets for MSCP Emulation .......- 5-4 54 LSI-11 Offsets for TMSCP Emulation 55 61 LED Error Codes « oe 6-4 6-2 MSCP and TMSCP Fatal Error Codes used by the UCO7/08 . 65 63 Fatal Error Codes a 6-6 71 LSI-11 Offsets for MSCP Emulation : = 91 UC07/08 SCSI Bus Pin Assignments 95 9-2 SCSI Bus Signals ........0 97 93 SCSI Bus Timings. 9.9 10-1 Status Codes. 10-8 10-2 UCO7/08 SCSI Messages 10-9 10-3 UCO7I08 Controller Format Modes 10-16 10-4 —_Extended Sense Byte Sense Keys 10-28 Al SYSGEN Device Table .. A2 A-2. Priority Ranking for Floating Vector Addresses Ad A3 CSRand Vector Address Example .. Ab A4 Floating CSR Address Assignment Example AT Table of Contents xiTable of Contents Figure RGLSSS & peeseeee © SSALERe SSS ce = IC Pin 1 Orientation.. Optical Drive NOVRAM Settings for UCO4 Compatit Drive Parameters for Emulex MDO1-based Subsystems . ESDI Drive Parameters for Emulex MD21, MD23, and Mi LIST OF FIGURES Title SCSI Bus Overview Typical UCO7 Subsystem Configuration: ‘Typical UCO8 Subsystem Configuration. Dual CPU UC08 Subsystem Configuratio: UCOS-I and UCOS Fost Adapters. UCO7 Dual-wide Component Locations Complex UCO8 Configuration ..... UCO7/08 Configuration Reference Sheet. UC07/08 Host Adapter Assembly. UC07/08-II Host Adapter Assembly . Mounting the UCO7/08-I PCBA in a MicroVAX 3500/3600 Basic Cabling .. UC07/08-IN Distribution Panel Rack-Mount Panel..... UC07/08-II Subsystem Cabling. Disk F.R.D. Main Menu Tape F.R.D. Main Menu. Drive Configuration Menu. Sample TMSCP NOVRAM Maintenance Menti.........+ Sample Tape F.R.D. Test Selection Menu ... Sample SW1 or SW2 Switch Setting Display .. Sample SW3 or SW4 Switch Setting Display Fault Isolation Chart ...... UCO7 Block Diagram «so...Table of Contents Q-Bus Interface Pin Assignments UC07/08 SCSI Bus Signals Termination SCSI Bus Timing Diagram a Sample SCSI Bus Configurations. 10-3 SCSI Bus Phase Sequences....... 10-11 Sample Group 0 Command Descriptor Block 10-14 Sample Group 7 Command Descriptor Block 10-44 IC Pin 1 Orientation. BA ‘Termination Power Schematic (Factory Configuration] D3 Termination Power Schematic (Alternate 1) D4 Termination Power Schematic (Alternate 2)... D5 ‘Termination Power Schematic (Alternate 3) D6 Table of Contents xiiiBLANKSection 1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION ee 4.4 Introduction ‘This manual is designed to help you install and use your UCO7 or UCO8 Intelligent Host Adapter. It assumes that you have some knowledge of hardware configuration, LSI-11 bus architecture and terminology, and interpretations of error messages and device register contents. The contents of the nine sections and two appendices are described as follows: Section 1 (General Description): This section contains an overview of the UCO7/08 Intelligent Host Adapter. Section 2 (Controller Specifications): This section contains the specifications for the UCO7/08 Host Adapter. Section 3 (Installation and Configuration Planning): This section contains a discussion of possible configurations and some considerations for planning the configuration. Section 4 (Installation): This section contains the information needed to set up and physically install the controller, including switch settings and cabling. Section 5 (NOVRAM Setup and Subsystem Testing): This section describes the firmware-resident diagnostics and contains instructions for loading drive configuration parameters into the NOVRAM. Section 6 (Troubleshooting): This section describes fault isolation procedures that can be used to pinpoint trouble spots. Section 7 (MSCP/TMSCP Compatibility and ODT Programming): This section describes the UCO7/08's registers and presents an overview of the ‘Mass Storage Control Protocol (MSCP). Section 8 (Functional Description): This section describes the controller architecture. Section 9 (Interfaces): This section describes the controller, LSI-11 bus, and SCSI interfaces. Section 10 (SCSI Protocol Description): This section describes the protocol used on the SCSI bus. General Description 1-1Subsystem Overview ee = Appendix A (Autoconfigure, CSR and Vector Addresses): This appendix describes the DEC algorithm for the assignment of CSR addresses and vector addresses. = Appendix B (PROM Removal and Replacement): This appendix contains instructions to remove and replace the firmware so that the user can upgrade the UCO7/08 Host Adapter in the field. = Appendix C (Drive Parameters): This appendix provides NOVRAM. parameter-setting information for various optical and magnetic disk drives and subsystems. 4.2 Subsystem Overview ‘The UCO7 Host Adapter connects high-capacity SCSI-compatible magnet optical disk, or magnetic tape subsystems to the Q-Bus in computers manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). Via switch selection, the UCO7 implements either DEC’s Mass Storage Control Protocol (MSCP) for disk subsystems or Tape Mass Storage Control Protocol (TMSCP) for tape subsystems to provide a software-transparent interface for the host DEC computer. The Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) peripheral interface provides traditional Emulex flexibility in peripheral selection. disk, ‘The UCO8 Host Adapter combines the capabilities of two UCO7s on a single printed circuit board assembly. This allows the user to separate slow and fast SCSI peripherals, attaching slower tape devices or optical drives to one SCSI bus, while high-speed magnetic drives use the other SCSI bus. 4.2.4 Mass Storage Control Protocol (MSCP) MSCP is a software interface designed to lower the host computer's mass storage overhead by offloading much of the work associated with file management into an intelligent mass storage subsystem. In concert with SCSI- compatible peripherals, the UC07 provides just such a subsystem. ‘The UCO? relieves the host CPU of many file maintenance tasks. The UCO7 Host Adapter performs these MSCP functions: error checking and correction, bad block replacement, seek optimization, command prioritizing and ordering, and data mapping. 1-2 General DescriptionSubsystem Overview Neen eee eee Eel 4.2.2 | Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) The Small Computer System Interface, which is used as the UCO7 Host ‘Adapter’s peripheral interface, complements the MSCP protocol well. SCSI architecture is designed to allow up to eight host adapters and intelligent peripheral controllers to be connected together on an eight-bit data bus (the 5cSi bus; see Figure 1-1). Host adapters, such as the UCO7, connect computers to the SCSI bus. Intelligent peripheral controllers support mass-storage peripherals such as mini-Winchester disk drives or 8mm tape drives. The devices Fommunicate over the SCSI bus using a device-independent protocol that largely masks the data structure of the peripheral. Thus, SCSI architecture allows the host computer to become device independent within certain classes of devices. SCSI also provides for a large volume of data storage that can be configured in many ways. The bus is fast enough to support modern Winchester-technology disks, and the interface allows seeks and other types of positioning and data ‘Commands to be overlapped if there is more than one peripheral controller on the bus. General Description 1-3Subsystem Overview ‘compuren | PERIPNERAL UNITS SUCH AS RIGID DISKS, FLEXIBLE DISKS, MAGNETIC TAPE. REMOVABLE DISKS OR OPTICAL DISKS ‘CONTROLLER SINGLE PuTIATOR, SINGLE TARGET ‘conTRoLLER CcontnotLeR SINGLE muTATOR, MULTI TARGET sesiaus _} conrroten Ou ~O ~_)}contmo.ten 7 } | conrmouen | ——___ coe) Ts sf conven | Be contmouen one ¢ mur mmiaron, MULT TARGET Figure 1-1. SCSI Bus Overview ee 1-4 General Description :Physical Organization Overview aii ooo . Physical Organization Overview ‘The UCO7 or UC08 Intelligent Host Adapter is a quad-wide printed circuit board that contains either one (UCO7) or two (UCO8) microprocessor-based SCSI host adapters. The board connects directly to the host computer's Q-Bus. InMSCP mode, each UCO7 or UCO8 SCSI port can support up to seven SCSI peripheral controllers. Each peripheral controller can have from one to eight devices attached to it. Regardless of the combination scheme, eight (8) is the maximum number of logical units that can be attached to a single UCO7 or UCO8 SCSI Port. The SCSI devices can be a mixture of magnetic disk or optical disk devices. Special software might be required when mixing optical and magnetic devices on the same UCO7 or UCO8. In TMSCP mode, each UCO7 or UCO8 SCSI port can support up to seven tape devices with a SCSI interface. ‘Aggregate data storage capacities are limited only by the capacities of the peripherals. Figure 1-2 shows two possible SCSI configurations for the UCO7; Figure 1-3 shows a possible configuration for the UC08. The configuration in Figure 1-3 is a single CPU, multi-initiator, multi-target configuration. Figure 1-4 shows a dual CPU scheme which offers multiple access to a shared set of peripherals. Special software is required to support this application. General Description 1-5Physical Organization Overview opricat pr} ois DRIVE r i ! 1 a £01 oR SMD On ST506 | | Msce | | CONTROLLER ! ! fe : i 1 tae scsi 1 | sige] 1 1 It ! i i ! J a A e e Figure 1-2. Typical UCO7 Subsystem Configurations 1-6 General DescriptionPhysical Organization Overview scsi DEVICE CONTROLLER ESDI OR SMD OR ST5OS scsi mE mus Figure 1-3. Typical UCO8 Subsystem Configuration General Description 1-7Host Adapter Models and Options oevice CONTROLLER scsi emeepoeo) ( emBeDDED ISK ‘ISK Figure 1-4. Dual CPU UCO8 Subsystem Configuration EMBEDDED) ISK Host Adapter Models and Options ‘The intelligent host adapter, with appropriate peripherals, provides a DEC MSCP-compatible or TMSCP-compatible mass storage subsystem. The host adapter is available in four basic models: the UCO7, the UC08, the UCO7-IL, and the UCO8-II. The UCO7 and UCO7-IIl each have a single SCSI port; the UCO8 and UCO8-Hii are dual versions, each board having two SCSI ports. The UCO7-IIL and the UCO8-Il are designed for use with the MicroVAX III, while the UCO7 and UC08 are for use with the LSI-11. Figure 1-5 shows a photograph of a UCO8-IIL board and a UCO8 board. ‘The current version of the UCO7 is contained on a quad-wide printed wiring board, EMULEX is in the process of 1-8 General DescriptionHost Adapter Models and Options ———————— favor of a dual-wide board. With the exception of a change in form factor, jumper locations, and the selection of termination power, switch definitions are Identical to the current quad-wide version, Only the physical location of the components has changed. Component locations on the dual-wide version are shown in Figure 1-6. Jumper configuration for the dual-wide version are shown in Table 4.7. The new board is completely backward compatible with older firmware and hardware revisions of the UCO7. See Appendix D for details about termination power jumpering on the dual-wide UCO7. Each intelligent host adapter board is identified by a top level assembly tag that is glued to the 8031 microprocessor chip on the printed circuit board assembly. Fables 1-1 through 1-4 give the top level assembly number of each of the four models of host adapters, along with the part numbers of the items that are delivered with them. Table 1-1. UCO7 Basic Contents Itm | Qty Description Part Number 1 | 1 | Host Adapter, Quad-wide | UCO710201-02 2 | 1 | Manual 1UCO751001-00 3 | 1 | Host Adapter, Dual-wide — | UCO0710205-02 Table 1-2. UCOS Basic Contents Tem | Qty Description Part Number 1 | 1 | Host Adapter Uc0s10201-02 2 | 1 | Manual 1UCO751001-00 ‘Table 1-3, UCO7-I1] Basic Contents tm | Qty Description Part Number 1 | 1 | Host Adapter UC0710201-04 2 | 1 | Manual UC0751001-00 3 | 1 | Distribution Panel 1UC0710203-00 4 | 2 | Gap Filler Panel Qr1420102-00 Table 1-4. UCO8-III Basic Contents Ttm | Qty Description Part Number 1 | 1 | Host Adapter UCO810201-04 2 | 1 | Manual UC0751001-00 3 | 1 | Distribution Panel 1UC0710203-00 4 | 2 | Gap Filler Panel Qri420102-00 General Description 1-9Host Adapter Models and Options Figure 1-5. UCO8-IIT and UCO8 Host Adapters ealHost Adapter Models and Options sw a o fe @ 3 1 7 i i : GH | est oo i we on = 2 = 7 (SE suse ures on Say ssceeee cer ae Figure 1-6. UCO7 Dual-wide Component Locations General Description 1-11Host Adapter Models and Options a 4.4.4 Subsystem Options Table 1-5 lists the options that can be ordered to lailor your UCO7 or UCO8 to your particular application. Options are specified as separate line items on a bales order. : Table 1-5, UCO7 and UCO8 Options Option Description PU0213001 MICRO/PDP/VAX Cable Kit for MICRO/PDP-11 or MicroVAX chassis patch panels. Converts UCO7 J1, UC08 JI, or UCO8J2._ | to AMP connector. Includes SCSI cable, adapter, and | hardware. Fully compatible with all Emulex SCSI subsystems. | PU0120105 MICRO/PDP/VAX Patch Panel. Required for installation of Emulex CP24 Distribution Panel and UCO7/08 Controllers. Ordered in addition to PU0213001, above. i | Puo113003 Rack mount cable kit for universal RETMA rack mount | applications. Converts UCO7 J1, UC08 J1, or UCOB J2 to AMP connector. Includes SCSI cable, rack mount, adapter, and hardware. Fully compatible with all Emulex SCSI subsystems. PUO113004 LSI-11/23 Chassis Mount Kit for LSI-11/23 BC type chassis. | Mounts AMP connector in LSI-11/23 BC chassis, Includes SCSI cable, adapter, and hardware. Fully compatible with all Emulex SCSI subsystems. CKUCO7-15 High-density Cable Kit. Contains one 15-foot, 50-pin, i high-density shielded cable necessary for UCO7-IIl and ' UCOB-II. Connects host adapter located in CPU chassis to distribution panel located in adjacent peripheral cabinet. Two kits necessary for UCO8-IIl. 1-12 General DescriptionFeatures 4.5 154 1.5.2 15.3 Features ‘The following features enhance the usefulness of the UCO7/08 Host Adapter. Microprocessor Design ‘The UCO7/08 design incorporates an eight-bit, high-performance CMOS microprocessor to perform all controller functions. ‘The microprocessor approach provides a reduced component count, high reliability, easy maintainability, and the microprogramming flexibility that allows MSCP to be implemented without expensive, dedicated hardware. Improved Throughput By using our custom designed buffer controller chip and host adapter controller chip, the UC07/08 can perform DMA transfers on the host LSI-11 bus in excess ‘of 2M bytes per second with a peak rate of 950 nanoseconds per word. Firmware-resident Diagnostics ‘The UCO7/08 host adapter firmware incorporates a self-contained set of media preparation and diagnostic utilities. ‘These utilities allow the user to communicate directly with the UCO7/08 via a firmware-resident terminal driver that is compatible with either CRT or hardcopy devices connected to an LSI-11 or MictoVAX console port. These firmware- resident diagnostics (F.R.D.) provide several important configuration and media preparation functions, including the ability to: Configure the host adapter NOVRAM Format magnetic disk drives Test the media surface of disk drives and replace defective blocks Perform reliability testing of the attached disk or tape subsystem Initialize the RCT area on optical media Provide read/write test capability on a special diagnostic area of the optical media General Description 1-13Features 1.5.4 15.5 1.5.6 4.5.7 45.8 oe Custom Configuration Capability An onboard NOVRAM can be programmed to support as many as seven SCSI-compatible controllers with peripherals of varying storage capacities. The user can specify many different drive configurations. Using the firmware- resident utilities, you can control drive parameters such as the number of disk sectors per track. Self-test ‘The UCO7/08 incorporates an internal self-test routine which exercises all parts of the microprocessor, the onboard memory, the buffer controller, the Host Adapter Controller (HAC), and the ESP chip. Although this test does not completely test all circuitry, successful execution indicates a very high probability that the host adapter is operational. If the UCO7/08 fails the self-test, it leaves three light-emitting diodes (LEDs) ON and sets an error bit in the Status and Address (SA) register (base address plus two). Error Control and Block Replacement ‘The UCO7108 offers a choice of three different methods of error control which are user-selectable via NOVRAM. Each of these modes has unique advantages depending on the application. Manual Bad Block Replacement For magnetic disk devices, the firmware-resident diagnostics allow the user to manually enter bad blocks that are not replaceable with normal methods. Command Queuing ‘The UCO7/08 has a buffer which can store up to fifteen MSCP commands. The UCO7/08 has the ability to sort these stored commands to provide optimal access to the attached disk drives. The ability to store and sort commands makes the UC07/08 particularly cfficient in heavily loaded mulit-user systems. DisconnectiReconnect ‘The UCO7/08 fully supports standard SCSI arbitration, including disconnect/reconnect. Using this feature, drives that are performing time- consuming tasks (e.g., seeks) release the SCSI bus temporarily and reconnect when the seek is complete. Support of this feature permits the UCO7/08 to initiate commands simultaneously on multiple controllers; thus, several operations can be performed at once. The disconnect/reconnect option ensures efficient use of the SCSI bus and provides maximum overall subsystem throughput. fal DescrivtionFeatures 4.5.40 1.5.12 4.5.43 4BABA Adaptive DMA ‘During each DMA data transfer burst, the UCO7/08 monitors the LSI-1) bus for other pending DMA requests and suspends its own DMA aclivity to permit other DMA transfers to occur. The host processor programs the DMA burst length during the MSCP or TMSCP initialization sequence, or the UCO7/08 defaults to 16 words per burst. In addition, the UCO7/08 allows the user to select the delay between data bursts via NOVRAM. Because of these adaptive DMA techniques, the UCO7/08 ensures that CPU functions, including interrupt servicing, are not locked out for excessive periods of time by high-speed disk or tape transfers. Block-mode DMA ‘The UCO7/08 supports block-mode DMA for accessing memory. In this mode, the initial address of the data is transmitted, followed by a burst of up to 16 words of data. The memory address is automatically incremented to accommodate this burst. Block mode transfers considerably reduce the overhead associated with DMA operations. 22-bit Addressing ‘The UCO7/08 supports the 22-bit addressing capal bus. ty of the extended LSI-11 Multi-CPU Support ‘The UCO7/08 offers two kinds of multi-CPU support: MSCP emulation and TMSCP emulation. MSCP Emulation ‘The use of dynamic multi-initiator configurations in multiple CPUs has been added. This feature is required in multi-CPU configurations where asynchronous and unsolicited SCSI resets from one CPU must not be allowed to interfere with ongoing operations performed by other CPUs on the same SCSI bus. If this feature is used, all devices on the SCSI bus must support disconnects. Note that the current SCSI specification does not clearly define conditions that can occur if, some SCSI devices on the same SCSI bus are powered OFF. Therefore, Emulex requires that all devices sharing a common SCSI bus be powered ON for proper operation. Write Once Read Many (WORM) optical drives are not supported in this configuration unless used for read-only purposes. Ensure that proper SCSI termination is observed, as well as maximum SCSI cable length. (See Table 2-1 for cable length details.) General Description 1-15Features 41.5.13.2 45.44 1545 15.16 TMSCP Emulations ‘The UCO7/08 supports the use of multi-CPU configurations with the TMSCP emulation. However, because some SCSI tape devices could go into self-test modes which will run for up to 1.5 minutes, dynamic sharing of tape devices is not allowed. Emulex recommends each tape device be logically mounted to only one CPU ata time. Fast File Search (Tape Emulation Only) UC08 firmware revision “G" and above supports the use of high speed file search operations available on EXABYTE tape drives. Certain limitations in the way high speed searches operate on the EXABYTE drive miight not be compatible with all operations performed by various DEC operating systems; therefore, this feature can be disabled via a switch located on the UC07/08. Refer to Table 4-1 for switch settings. User Selectable SCSI Autoconfigure This feature allows the user to ask the UCO7/08 to load its NOVRAM device formation by using the INQUIRY, MODE SELECT, MODE SENSE, ot READ. CAPACITY commands to locate and identify all disk devices present on the SCSI bus. The autoconfigure process also loads each device’s physical geometry information into the NOVRAM for use as default values, unless modified by the user. This feature autoconfigures all available SCSI devices and all attached logical units until a maximum of eight drives are found. Once a device is identified, it is listed on the console with the vendor identification, the product identification, and the revision level (if the device is CSS compatible). Once completed, the default values are displayed if you wish to edit any entry. Only disk devices allow for autoconfigure. Multiple Tape Drive Support The UCO7/08 supports up to seven SCSI tape devices by appearing to the system. as multiple drives attached to a single TMSCP tape coupler. Each device can be accessed individually. Multi-drive configurations are very useful in applications that require automated unattended backups. With seven 8mm drivers attached to a single UCU7 port, over 14 gigabytes of unattended backup capability are provided. In addition to the above convenience, the UCO7 supports any mix of SCSI tape devices, including: 4mm DAT 8mm Helical Scan 112" cat 11/2" reel-to-reel Full 3480 compatibility 1-16 General Description