Perle Systems RIO 5500036-17 - Manual (Page 191)

RIO Remote I/O System User Guide
Installing a dual host fail-safe link (UNIX only)
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Chapter 2 Installing hardware and software
Installing a dual host failsafe link under Solaris
Installing for normal operation
To install a dual host fail-safe system for normal operation proceed as follows;
1. Install the host cards and RIO drivers on both systems. See Installing a Universal 3.3/
5V PCI host card on page 156 , Installing an ISA host card on page 158 and Installing
device drivers and utilities on page 39 .
2. Install the RTAs you want onto master system only (no link connection to slave). See
Installing Remote Terminal Adaptors (RTAs) on page 161 .
3. On the master system, run the rioconfig utility to add RTAs and port devices. See
Updating your RIO system configuration on page 51 .
4. On the slave system, display the rio.cf file (located in the etc/rio/ directory) and note the
host card details (for example, HOST:a5000387:HOST 1:boot: ). See also Appendix B
rio.cf administration file .
Note
In the event of master system failure, you will need to configure the slave system to take
over using the procedure given in Transferring control to the slave system on
page 194 .