Preface

The SPARCstation 10 Installation Guide is the first book in the Desktop SPARC Owner's Set for the SPARCstation 10 system. It guides you through unpacking the shipping cartons to connecting major system components and powering up. It also includes a brief description of the operating system software that comes with the SPARCstation 10 system.

The SPARCstation 10 Installation Guide provides illustrated instructions for adding hardware such as printers, terminals, and modems to your system.

The appendixes cover specialized topics, such as opening and closing the system unit and installing printed circuit boards, monitors, and cables.

The SPARCstation 10 runs under the SunOS operating system. The instructions and examples in this manual reflect the SunOS release current at the time of publication. If you are using a different version of the SunOS operating system, some of the commands may not appear or operate exactly as described in this manual.

Who Should Read This Book

The SPARCstation 10 Installation Guide is for new users of Sun workstations. You should be somewhat familiar with working on computers, but you do not need to be a computer expert to use this book.

How to Use This Book

Each chapter and appendix begins with an introduction that tells you what the chapter or appendix contains. By reading the introduction, you can quickly determine whether a particular chapter or appendix relates to what you want to do.

The chapters contain all the information you need to install and power up your basic SPARCstation 10 system. The appendixes tell you how to add internal parts and peripheral devices to your system, and also give you additional information about your SPARCstation 10 system.

This book contains several procedures. Before beginning a procedure, skim all the steps so you will know what to expect.

No two readers will use this book in exactly the same way. Some readers will prefer reading or skimming the chapters and appendixes sequentially to become thoroughly familiar with the system components. Other readers will want to read the first two chapters and then skip to whatever chapters are of particular interest, or perhaps skip to the other two books in the Desktop SPARC Owner's Set:

• Sun System User's Guide

• Sun System and Network Manager's Guide

All three books in the owner's set contain information to help you get started using your SPARCstation 10 system.

Typographic Conventions

This book uses a number of typographic conventions:

• Italic font is used for titles of books or to give special emphasis.
  For example:

When you press the switch, the power goes on.

• Courier font indicates messages or prompts from the system that appear on your screen. For example:

Configuration successfully completed.

It is also used to represent SunOS commands, as in:

Use the stty command.

• Courier bold font is used within text instructions and in screen examples to show characters or words that you type. For example:

At the prompt, type passwd.

• A capitalized word within text indicates a key that you press. For example:

Press Return.

When you see two key names, press and hold the first key, and then type the second character. For example:

To press Control-c, press and hold the Control key, and then type a lower case c.

Safety Precautions

The following international symbols appear in this book when you must perform procedures requiring proximity to electrical current.

Caution -

Safety information is contained in a section titled "Safety Agency Compliance" in the front of this book. Be sure to read the entire section before installing and operating this equipment.

operating this equipment.

This information also appears in French, German, and Spanish translations.