HP sv6 hp visualization center sv6 components

installation and user information

product overview

visualization center hp visualization center sv6 cluster is made up of one 2D master node and a supported number of 3D slave nodes. The 2D node is responsible for rendering the GUI and X11 rendering primitives. The 3D slave nodes, also called “pipes,” are responsible for rendering all or some part of the 3D scene. The video output from each node is then combined, or composited, to a single monitor.

To obtain multiple channels of output, multiple clusters can be used. A “channel” refers to one output device, typically a monitor. This allows for more screen “real estate” (two or three displays) by using multiple hp visualization center sv6 clusters.

hp visualization center sv6 components

•A cluster of racked, graphics-enabled hp workstations j6000 (A5990A), j6700 (A7278B) or b2600 (A6070A).

•Scalable Visualization Digital Compositor (A6061A).

•Private, High-Speed Gigabit Network - hp ProCurve switch 4108gl (J41865A).

•hp ProCurve 10/100 Base-T 2524 switch (J4813A) for LAN connection.

•Digi EtherLite-32 Terminal Server (DGZ1469C).

•EasySetup HP-UX 11.0 operating system (B5532A).

•Scalable Visualization-enabled software (X Server, OpenGL, 3DCommon, etc.).

•Customized Conﬁguration Files (see Chapter 3).

Figure 2-2 is an example of a 16-pipe system that shows the hardware components.

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Chapter 2

Contents

installation and user’s guide hp visualization center sv6 legal notices hp product warranty statement Page for additional information http://www.hp.com/go/workstationsupport/documentation/manuals /user_guides http://www.hp.com/go/workstationsupport Web site Contents 1. safety and support information 2. installation and user information 3.ﬁle conﬁguration 4.projector calibration targets A. hp scalable visualization digital compositor B. hp mini-sv6conﬁguration C. regulatory information glossary Page safety and support information how to obtain support for your sv6 system Page safety warnings rack stability power distribution units (PDUs) Page metallic particulate contamination Page installation and user information document purpose section descriptions Page product overview hp visualization centers sv6 (j6700) and mini-sv6(b2600) hp visualization center sv6 components 16-pipesystem conﬁguration Single Display Channel Multiple Display Channels hp visualization center sv6 architecture Application Server: Xserver: Compositor Controller: Accelerate Mode: Figure 2-6Accelerate Mode - Vertical slice, Horizonal slice and Grid Accumulate Mode: Accumulate Mode Mixed Mode: Mixed Mode supported conﬁgurations Table Hardware Conﬁgurations Three or Four 3D Pipes Per Channel Seven or Eight 3D Pipes Per Channel software conﬁgurations Page installation process assessment preparation for wide ﬁeld displays hp visualization center sv6 installation 2.Position console monitors http://www.hp.com/ergo 3.Connect Power, I/O Devices Figure 2-11Workstation Cabling Figure 2-12Connecting Compositor to Monitor or Other Display Device Figure 2-13Connecting HP ProCurve Hub to LAN Figure 2-14Power I/O Devices 4.Conﬁguration For hp visualization center sv6 conﬁgurations, follow these procedures: 5.Boot Up BOOT AND CONFIGURE THE MASTER SYSTEM BEFORE BOOTING THE SLAVE SYSTEMS a. Specify Compositor Serial Port (Optional) Conﬁgure System Software 6.Veriﬁcation Do not use any other options with -test http://www.hp.comgo/workstationsupport 7.Conﬁgure ds2100 http://www.hp.com/cposupport/manual_set/lpg28796.pdf 8.Run Your Application software setup speciﬁcations updating software maintain current graphics patches Installation Steps uninstallation steps installing to all sv6 systems using HP Software Distributor step 1: preparation step 2: copy and register locally step3: install step 4: veriﬁcation advanced setup for multiple display channels additional X server /usr/lib/X11/misc/slsd/config conﬁguring offset overlap Edge Blending Page backdrops 3840 x 1024 3x(1280 x 1024) Figure 2-213072 x 768 3x(1024 x 768) usage changing resolution •Customized Resolutions: Select one of the video timing ﬁles from /usr/lib/X11/Xserver/misc/slsd/videotiming Reference it in the /etc/X11/X0screens as follows: •Stereo Resolutions how to use hp visualization center sv6 tools xsetpipes GUI •xadvsetpipes GUI •setpipes Command Line Tool Page Page Page •jitter ﬁle tool /opt/graphics/OpenGL/sv/bin/jitter –help sv6 diagnostics Page Test Results Machine Name Forw Giga Rsh Back Tnet Comp Ping Digi stereoscopic viewing active stereo overview passive stereo overview stereo hardware installation changing to stereo monitor mode Simple stereoscopic application optimization Accelerate Mode Panes Figure 2-23Panes —X and y offset adjustments - Use the xadvsetpipes tool (see Figure 2-24X and Y Offset Adjustments Environment Variables •Optimizing image quality Accumulate Mode - See the Method #1: Method #2: pass through mode Do not add this environment variable to /etc/X11/X0screens. That would disable all scaling for everything rendered to the screen By applying it only to the desired application, you can leave scaling enabled for everything else not inside the immediate mode application’s windows. In short, you should never set this gamma value ﬁle conﬁguration /.rhosts /etc/X11/X0screens For networking to function properly, hostnames used in X0screens must match the hostnames and IP addresses in all other ﬁles described here /etc/inittab #/etc/inittab init:4:initdefault: •/etc/hosts - Update this ﬁle on ALL systems if it is changed —The 192.168.1.* preﬁx is the static IP address /etc/rc.config.d/netconf /etc/hosts /etc/rc.config.d/slsd projector calibration targets how to use projector calibration targets More Colors for Desktop Number of Colors To Use Okay Restart Workspace Manager Number of Colors to Use hp_line.pm 64X64 grid lines (tiled example shown) hp_gray.pm gray scale (tiled example shown) hp_color.pm color scale (tiled example shown) hp_eye1.pm eye chart #1 (tiled example shown) hp_eye2.pm eye chart #2 (tiled example shown) Additional capital “E” letters for display alignments hp scalable visualization digital compositor compositor cards Figure A-1 Compositor Cards Figure A-2 Compositor Backplane compositor parts list compositor conﬁgurations sv6 compositor frame delay Page introduction interface procedure testing output or input cards testing controller cards LED indicators hp mini-sv6conﬁguration mini-sv6conﬁguration See the template ﬁle at /usr/lib/X11/Xserver/misc/slsd/templates/XOscreens.p3c1 for details Page regulatory information regulatory information FCC radio frequency interference statement (USA only) Page Page Page glossary active stereo active stereo CAT 5 cable CAT 6 cable channel cluster master mode mixed mode mini-sv6 module panes