Specifications

vi MDR User’s Guide
8.1 Header Files.............................................................................................................. 45
8.2 Error Conditions ....................................................................................................... 46
8.3 API Function Description......................................................................................... 46
8.4 MDR API Example Programs .................................................................................. 61
8.5 MDR API Limitation................................................................................................ 62
8.6 Compilation Instructions .......................................................................................... 62
8.7 Externals Libraries.................................................................................................... 63
9 MDR Operations 64
9.1 Disk Groups.............................................................................................................. 64
9.2 Transfer Operations.................................................................................................. 65
9.3 Recovery from power failure.................................................................................... 69
10 Configuration Files 71
10.1 Summary Table ........................................................................................................ 72
10.2 Item modification ..................................................................................................... 73
10.3 MDR system configuration file (mdr.ini)................................................................. 74
10.4 VxWorks configuration file (vxbsp.ini) ................................................................... 78
10.5 VxWorks boot parameters file (vxbp.txt)................................................................. 80
10.6 MIDAS Monitor configuration file (mmon.ini) ....................................................... 81
10.7 Configuring an MDR Unit by Preloading the Boot Parameter Files ........................ 82
A Troubleshooting 85
B Error Messages 86
C Upgrading the MDR System Software 89
MDR Firmware (mdrvxst.hex) ............................................................................................... 89
Version Upgrade Matrix ......................................................................................................... 89
Restoring Corrupt FLASH...................................................................................................... 92
D Supported PMCs Documentation 94
Fibre Channel Storage ............................................................................................................ 94
FPDP - Digital I/O.................................................................................................................. 97
Ethernet Host Interface ......................................................................................................... 105
SCSI PMC Backup ............................................................................................................... 107
E MDR Standard Configurations 110
F Miscellaneous Functionalities 111
MDR Status Block mapped to VMEbus ............................................................................... 111
MDR Server boot status........................................................................................................ 112
G Glossary 115
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