HP Z800 manual Connections Overview, Connecting the Graphics Monitor, Connecting Peripherals

Connections Overview

The following diagram provides an overview of the adapter card positions and general connection requirements for the HP Z800 workstation.

HP Z800 Workstation

To keyboard, mouse, tablet, monitor calibrator

To Lustre control surface

To house network

GigE Adapter to SAN and/or private network, Incinerator node

Atto Celerity FC84-EN

to direct attached storage

Qlogic DDR InfinBand to Wire network, Lustre Media Server (optional)

Power

Nvidia Quadro FX 5800

To graphics monitor

AJA OEM-2K

to video/audio i/o, VTR

Nvidia Quadro SDI Output to reference monitor, Real- Time Deliverables VTR, sync generator

NOTE This diagram illustrates a 2-port GigE adapter in slot 1. You also have the option of using a 10-GigE adapter or a second ATTO Fibre Channel adapter in slot 1. On the HP Z800 workstation, the slots are numbered 1–7 from top to bottom. Note also that a number of HP Z800 workstations shipped with a 4-port GigE adapter instead of the 2-port adapter.

Connecting the Graphics Monitor

The graphics monitor connects to the Nvidia® Quadro® FX 5800 graphics adapter card. This is also an opportunity to connect the graphics adapter to its add-on card, the Nvidia Quadro SDI Output adapter.

To connect the monitor:

1Use the short DVI cable (included in TP.FX5800DI) to connect port 1 of the Nvidia Quadro FX 5800 graphics adapter card to the DVI port of the Nvidia Quadro SDI Output adapter (the add-on card).

12 Chapter 3 Connecting Peripherals