NEC

Express/II 4100 ST


This document represents official notification of the NEC Express/II 4100 ST platform for VINES systems.


A.	Certification Statement

Banyan Systems certifies the NEC EXPRESS/II 4100 ST is compatible with VINES 5.54(0).  System was certified with 32Megs of System Memory.  It is important that all VINES systems which utilize the NEC Express/II 4100 ST hardware adhere to the following configuration guidelines in order to receive proper support.
  

B.	ICA Test
 
	The Two ICA test was run with 32MB of System Memory.  System Memory can't be set to 512K 	in order to run with the ICA set  to 80000.  
      	

C.	Hardware Configuration Certified
	
	
Manufacturer
Model
Type     
Rev     
Bios Rev

Motherboard
NEC
G8MZC
N/A
304
1.00.24

CPU 
INTEL
486DX4
100MHz
N/A
N/A

Video
NEC
N/A
EVGA
N/A
N/A

Disk Controller
NEC
NEC ONBOARD
SCSI
N/A
N/A

Disk 1
NEC
OP-220-30001
SCSI
N/A
N/A

Tape Controller
NEC
NEC ONBOARD
SCSI
N/A
N/A

Tape Drive
NEC
OP-230-30001
SCSI
73Y1
N/A



D.	Disk Drive Configuration / Intelligent Drive Array Configuration	
	Hard Disk Sub-System Formatting Procedure

Install and boot SCU in drive A: .  Use "format Drives" selection from the Main menu to configure your drives.  This is outlined in the Installation and configuration guide. 






E.	Cards & Settings    
	
Card
DMA
IRQ
I/O
RAM
ROM
Test

IBM Token 16/4

3
A20
D8000
CC000
NEC

NE3200

10



NEC

3COM II  3C503

3
300
C8000

Banyan

Banyan ICA

10
140
F00000

Banyan

Banyan ICA

12
360
F40000

Banyan

Banyan ICA

15
340
F20000

NEC

Banyan ICA

11
100
F00000

NEC

DPT OnBoard Controller 

14


C0000
Banyan



System - NEC Express II/4100  

 The NEC Express 11/4100  contains a 100 MHz 80486 CPU, 6 EISA slots.

System Setup / EISA Configuration 

NEC Express II / 466 System Board

 Manufacturer ................. NEC
 ID ........................... NEC1901
 Category ..................... SYS
 Board slot type .............. Embedded
 Readable ID .................. Yes
 Overlay name ................. ISACMOS.OVL
 Overlay version .............. 1.00

 Drive Configurations 
  Drive A: Type............................... 1.44 MB
  Drive B: Type............................... None
  Hard Drive 0 Type........................... None
  Hard Drive 1 Type........................... None
 User Defined Hard Drive Type
  Number of Cylinders......................... 0
 Number of Heads............................. 0
  Number of Sectors per Track................. 0
  Write Precomp............................... 0
  Landing Zone................................ 0
 Misc Disk/Diskette Features
  Built-in Floppy............................. Enable
  Floppy Boot................................. Enable


 
 Floppy Write................................ Enable
  Built-in IDE................................ Disable
 Built-in SCSI SmartROM...................... Enabled
 Built-in SCSI Termination................... Internal
  Port Configurations 
  Parallel Address and IRQ.................... 378h-37Fh, IRQ 7
  Parallel trigger............................ Level
 Serial 1 Address and IRQ.................... 3F8h-3FFh (COM1), IRQ 4
  Serial 1 trigger............................ Level
 Serial 2 Address and IRQ.................... Disabled
  Serial 2 trigger............................ Level
  Modem Configuration 
  Modem Address and IRQ....................... Disabled
Misc Configurations
  Extended Memory (KB)........................ 31744
  Typematic Rate.............................. Maximum
  Boot Error Messages......................... Displayed
  Numlock state at boot....................... ON at boot
  Built-in Mouse Port......................... Disabled
  Global Caching.............................. Enabled
  Memory Gap at 15 Meg........................ Disable
Monitor Scan Rate........................... Enable Automatic detect
 Video Card.................................. VGA or EGA
                                             

 Slot 4 - Banyan ICAplus

 The ICAplus has three resources to configure:  The Interrupt Level, the I/O
 Address, and the Memory Address.  The Interrupt Level and the I/O Address are
 Jumper Selectable, and the Memory Address is Programmable via the Operating
 System.  The ICAplus will not operate in an 8 bit slot. It requires a
 non-cached 128 Kbyte memory address block.

 Manufacturer ................. Banyan Systems Inc.
 ID ........................... BAN0670
 Category ..................... COM
 Board slot type .............. ISA 16 Bit
 Readable ID .................. No
 Skirt ........................ No
 Length ....................... 336  millimeters
 Amperage ..................... 2400 milliamps

 

ICAplus Configuration Options:................ Adapter Resources

  Enter the ICAplus's resources (shown below) in the OS Configuration
  Menu
          Int 10
          I/O Add 140
          Ram F00000


 Slot 5 - Banyan ICA

Software Statement:  1


  Enter the ICA's resources (shown below) in the OS Configuration Menu
          Int 12
          I/O Add 360
          Ram F40000


 SCSI  - DPT SCSI Host Bus Adapter (PM2X22A/9X)

 The Distributed Processing Technology PM2X22A/9X is a high performance SCSI
 Host Bus Adapter with an EISA host interface.

 Manufacturer ................. DPT
 ID ........................... DPTA411
 Category ..................... MSD
 Board slot type .............. Embedded
 Readable ID .................. Yes
 Busmaster Latency ............ 999 microseconds

 CONTROLLER PARAMETERS
   Hardware Mapping
     ISA I/O Ports............................. Primary (WD1003)
     Interrupt Number.......................... 14 - Edge (WD1003)

   HBA SCSI ID................................. 7
   WD1003 Emulation, Drive 0
     SCSI ID................................... 0
     SCSI LUN.................................. 0

   

WD1003 Emulation, Drive 1
     SCSI ID................................... Disabled
     SCSI LUN.................................. 0

 SCSI PARAMETERS
   Maximum Transfer Rate....................... 10MB/s
   Command Queueing............................ Enabled
   Command Timeout............................. Enabled

 CACHE PARAMETERS
   Cache....................................... Enabled (Write-Back)
   Maximum Percentage Dirty.................... 50%
   Maximum Percentage Read-Ahead............... 30%
   Read-Ahead.................................. Enabled (8 blocks)
   Cache Threshold............................. 16 blocks
   Caching Parameters.......................... Use Values Stored on Device

 !DPTA411.CFG Version.......................... 005D5

                                 Used Resources

   Resource                 Slot        Function
   IRQ  4.................. System     Serial 1 Address and IRQ
   IRQ  7.................. System     Parallel Address and IRQ
   IRQ 10.................. Slot 5      ICA Configuration Options:
   IRQ 12.................. Slot 4      ICAplus Configuration Options:
   IRQ 14.................. SCSI        Hardware Mapping
  
   Port 140h - 14Fh........ Slot 5      ICA Configuration Options:
   Port 1F0h............... SCSI               Hardware Mapping
   Port 1F1h - 1F7h........ SCSI          Hardware Mapping
   Port 360h - 36Fh........ Slot 4      ICAplus Configuration Options:
   Port 378h - 37Fh........ System      Parallel Address and IRQ
   Port 3F8h - 3FFh........ System     Serial 1 Address and IRQ

   Memory
   Address       Amount
 # 0...............640K.... System      BaseMem
   0C0000h...........8K.... System      VideoMem



 # 1M................7M.... System      Extended Memory
   15M.............128K.... Slot 4      ICAplus Configuration Options:
   0F40000h........128K.... Slot 5      ICA Configuration Options:

# = Caching

                             System Specifications

 Slot        Slot         Board     Accept   Max     Bus-    Slot
 Name        Type         ID        Skirted  Length  master  Tag(s)
 Slot 1      EISA         (Empty)   No       341mm   Yes
 Slot 2      EISA         (Empty)   No       341mm   Yes
 Slot 3      EISA         PRO6000   No       341mm   Yes
 Slot 4      EISA         BAN0670   No       341mm   Yes
 Slot 5      EISA         BAN0440   No       341mm   Yes
 Slot 6      EISA         (Empty)   No       341mm   Yes
Other        (Empty)   No       1  mm   No      Internal
 SCSI        EISA         DPTA411   No       1  mm   Yes     Internal

Nonvolatile memory ................. 7K

Additional Information
	
	Total System Memory:  16MB,   Dual ICA Test was done at 16MB.
	System Base Memory:   640K ,  Base memory can not be lowered to 512K.
	Processor Type:  100 MHz 80486DX4 
	Manufacturer:     INTEL 
	Bus Type:     EISA,   Ver. 1.00.13
	Controller Unit: On Board DPT 2022A/9X vL04.Z 
	Tape Unit:    Wangtek  5525ES rev. 73Y1
	System is certified with a Maxtor Hard Drive model  LXT 535S  540MB.	


F.	Headquarters

	NEC Technologies
	1414 Massachusetts Avenue
	Boxborough,  MA  01719-2298

	Phone:	(508) 264-8000
	Fax:	(508) 264-8673
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Banyan Systems Certification Notice		Version 1.0
Platform:  NEC Express/II 4100 ST		July, 1994


