Hp C3700 - workstation User manual

fx Graphics Card Installation

and Conﬁguration Guide

HP VISUALIZE fxe,fx5and fx10 Graphics

Family

HP Part No. A1299-90002

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Contents

1. Introduction

Related Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Making Software and Device-Speciﬁc Changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

System Conﬁguration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Special Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Higher Resolution 3D on fxe (rev-B) Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Checklist For Making Software Changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

General Hardware Installation Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Supported Graphics Slot Conﬁgurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

B1000 and C3x00 Graphics Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

B2000 Graphics Slots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

J6x00 Graphics Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

J5x00 and J7000 Graphics Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Fixing Common Installation Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Monitor Does Not Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

System’s X-server or CDE Does Not Come Up

or Recognize the Graphics Card24

A. Monitor Timing

1280 x1924 75 Hz VESA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

1024 x768 75 Hz VESA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

1280 x1024 60 Hz Digital Flat Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

1600 x1200 75 Hz VESA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

1600 x 1024 76 Hz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

1920 X 1200 60 Hz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

1920 x 1080 68 Hz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Contents

1280 x 1024 100 Hz Stereo in a Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

1024 x 768 120 Hz Stereo in a Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

1280 x 1024 85 Hz VESA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

1280 x 1024 75 Hz VESA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

1024 x 768 85 Hz VESA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

1024 x 768 85 Hz VESA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

B. Regulatory Information

FCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

VCCI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Chapter 1 7

1 Introduction

This manual covers the installation and conﬁguration of the HP

Visualize fx family of graphics cards (fxe,fx5,fx10a and fx10b) into HP

Workstations released after September1999. These workstations include

the B1000, B2x00, C3x00, J5x00, J6x00 and J7000.

Introduction

Chapter 18

The HP A4982A Visualize fxe card is an entry level, 2D/3D graphics card

with 18 Mbytes of SGRAM. It provides analog video only through a

standard 15-pin miniature D-sub connector.

The A4982B version of the HP Visualize fxe card (above) has 24 Mbytes

of SDRAM and features an available texture memory at 1280 x 1024

resolution of 9.5 Mbytes instead of the 3.5 MBytes for the A4982A. The

two cards are fully pixel compatible. Applications qualiﬁed to run on the

rev-A card will run without difference on the rev-b card.

The extra memory provided by the A4982B card allows 1600x1200 and

1600x1024 resolutions previously only supported on 2D. Due to the

change in memory type (from SGRAM to SDRAM) some applications

may see some interactive windowing operations (for example moving

opaque windows) run slightly slower. A new revision of the X server will

minimize these problems. For HP-UX 10.20 users, get patch

PHSS_23535 or its replacement; for HP-UX 11.x users, get PHSS_23546

or its replacement.

To take advantage of the increased resolution provided by the rev-b card,

see page 15 for instructions.

NOTE To determine which fxe card is in your Workstation, check the following

ﬁle: /opt/graphics/common/bin/graphinfo - under

CONFIGURATION INFORMATION, the line ‘Total framebuffer

memory’ will show 24 Mbytes for the rev-b card and 18 Mbtyes for the

rev-a card. If you execute /opt/graphics/common/bin/setmon -rv, the

newer card will show the HPA4982B product number.

The HP Visualize fx52D/3D graphics accelerator card is a mid-level

graphics card. The fx5Pro features 64MB of SDRAM, a single geometry

accelerator ASIC and a single ASIC for rastering and texturing.

The HP Visualize fx10a 2D/3D graphics accelerator card is an high-end

graphics card. The fx10a Pro features dual geometry accelerator ASIC's,

and a single rastering and texturing ASIC

The HP Visualize fx10b 2D/3D graphics accelerator card is also an

high-end graphics card. The fx10b Pro features 128 Mbytes of DDR RAM,

dual geometry accelerator ASIC's, and a single rastering and texturing

ASIC. It replaces the fx10a as of November 2000.

Introduction

Related Documents

Chapter 110

•http://www.docs.hp.com is the website for documents regarding

HP-UX systems

•http://www.hp.com/workstations/support is the website for

software and ﬁrmware patches

Introduction

Prerequisites

Chapter 1 11

Prerequisites

To support the HP Visualize fx family of graphics cards, your workstation

must meet the following prerequisites:

1. Your workstation must be running one of the following versions of the

HP-UX operating system and have the appropriate Additional Core

Enhancement (ACE) software bundle and Workstation Quality Pack

installed:

• HP-UX revision 10.20 with the ACE software bundle (December

1999 or later) and the B6825AA graphics bundle or

• HP-UX revision 11.00 with the ACE software bundle (November

1999 or later) and the B6268 graphics bundle plus

• an HP Visualize fx family graphics card installed.

2. To verify that the proper ACE software bundle is installed on your

workstation:

At a command prompt, type:

/usr/sbin/swlist -l bundle | grep ACE

Scan the output for the following ACE software bundles:

• The HP-UX 10.20 B6193EA ACE software bundle with the

description:

Workstation ACE for HP-UX 10.20 (December 1999)

B6825AA Graphics Enablement Bundle

This line indicates that the December 1999 ACE software bundle

and the B6825AA graphics bundle are installed.

• Or the HP-UX 11.00 B3782FA ACE software bundle with the

description

Workstation ACE for HP-UX 11.00 (November 1999)

B6268AA Graphics Technical Computing Environment

This line indicates that the November 1999 Workstation ACE

software and the B6268AA graphics bundle are installed.

NOTE Because the ACE software bundles are updated occasionally, the ACE

Introduction

Prerequisites

Chapter 112

revision date that is listed in the output may be later than the one

shown above. For example, if the ACE revision date listed for HP-UX

10.20 is later than December 1999, then the proper ACE software

bundle is installed on your workstation for Visualize fx products.

If you are not running HP-UX, revision 10.20 or 11.0 with these ACE

bundles or a later release, you need to update your software before

installing your graphics card. Contact your designated service

representative for information on receiving an update. The ACE

software bundles and Quality Packs are also available for

downloading from the http://software.hp.com website. The

bundles will require approximately 133 Mb of disk space.

3. You must have an HP-supported monitor running at 75Hz with a

1280X1024 resolution, or a full multimode color monitor.

For fxe, fx5and fx10 graphics cards, monitors with Enhanced Video

Connector (EVC), D-Sub connectors or 5 BNC connectors (RGB,

vertical sync, horizontal sync) will work.The HP Visualize fx family

graphics card will not function with older HP monitor types that use

a sync on green signal. This includes monitors such as the HP

1097A/B/ C/D, A2088A, and A2828A/B which only have 3 RGB

connectors.

The fxe graphics card supports the following monitor resolutions:

Table 1-2 Visualize fxe Supported Resolutions

Width x Height Frequency Font Description

1280x1024 75Hz 10x20 VESA

1024x768 75Hz 8x16 VESA

1600x1200 75Hz 10x20 VESA

1600x1024 76Hz 10x20

Introduction

Prerequisites

Chapter 1 13

The fx5and fx10 graphics card supports the following monitor

resolutions:

You may also need one of the following adapters to use on a monitor with

Enhanced Video Connector (EVC):

Table 1-3 Visualize fx5and fx10 Supported Resolutions

Width x Height Frequency Font Description

1280x1024 75Hz 10x20 VESA

1024x768 75Hz 8x16 VESA

1280x1024 60Hz 10x20 Digital Flat Panel

1600x1200 75Hz 10x20 VESA

1600x1024 76Hz 10x20

1920x1200 60Hz 10x20

1920x1080 68Hz 10x20

1280x1024 100Hz 10x20 Stereo in a Window

1024x768 120Hz 8x16 Stereo in a Window

1280x1024 85Hz 10x20 VESA

1024x768 85 Hz 8x16 VESA

Table 1-4 EVC Adapters

Product Number Description

A4167A (for fxe) EVC receptacle to 15-pin Miniature D-Sub Plug Adapter

A4168A EVC Male to 15-Pin Miniature D-Sub Female Adapter

Introduction

Making Software and Device-Speciﬁc Changes

Chapter 114

Making Software and Device-Speciﬁc Changes

System Conﬁguration

For important information on conﬁguring your system for your graphics

option (for example, creating a device ﬁle with mknod), refer to your

workstation and HP-UX documentation. If you are installing a

multiple-display system and you will be using the Common Desktop

Environment (CDE), you will need to refer to the Common Desktop

Environment User's Guide for important conﬁguration information. If

you will be using HP VUE, see the HP Visual User Environment User's

Guide.

If you are adding a new graphics card or moving a current one to a new

slot location, you will need to reconﬁgure some HP-UX device ﬁles. Begin

by deleting the old device ﬁles for the old card location and create new

ones for the new slot location. Follow these steps in order for HP-UX to

recognize the new card location or graphics card:

1. Place the new card in the new slot location and boot to HP-UX. It will

not boot into CDE or VUE, but will allow you to login at the command

line level as root.

2. Delete the old graphics card ﬁles as the super user by typing

rm /dev/crt*

3. Create the new device ﬁles by typing

insf -ev

4. Type init 3 to ﬁnish booting to CDE or VUE.

Special Considerations

To make sure that your system has the most up-to-date core software, it

is recommended that the most recent release of the Workstation

Additional Core Enhancements (ACE) starting from December 1999 be

installed. The graphics bundles containing the fx5and fx10 drivers must

also be installed; B6825A for HP-UX 10.20 ACE5 or B6268AA for HP-UX

11.X. In addition, if your applications are based on HP’s implementation

of OpenGL Runtime Libraries, it is highly recommended that you update

these Libraries from the June 200 (or later) Application Release from the

HP website.

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Making Software and Device-Speciﬁc Changes

Chapter 1 15

If you do not have the CD-ROM's that contain the latest Workstation

ACE release or HP's implementation of the OpenGL runtime libraries,

you can download them from the Hewlett-Packard website using this

URL:

http://www.software.hp.com/

For information on installing Workstation ACE and HP's

implementation of the OpenGL runtime libraries, read the documents

provided with those products or go to:

http://www.hp.com/visualize/support

Higher Resolution 3D on fxe (rev-B) Card

To take advantage of the higher resolution offered by the newer fxe

(rev-B) card, make sure you have an up-to-date version of the 3D

graphics libraries. For HP-UX 10.20 systems, you’ll need patches

PHSS_22595 - PHSS_22603 or their replacements. For HP-UX 11.x

systems, you’ll need patches PHSS_22604 - PHSS_22614 or their

replacements.

The X server will create the needed visuals for the fxe (rev-b) card (not

supported on the rev-a card). The new 3D capability is only accessible by

choosing screen option “enableFxeGlx1600”

Example 1-1 Accessing fxe (rev-B) 3D capability

In your /etc/X11/XOscreens ﬁle:

Screen /dev/crt

ScreenOptions

EnableFxeGl1600

Introduction

Checklist For Making Software Changes

Chapter 116

Checklist For Making Software Changes

1. Read this Entire Document

It contains information for product installation conﬁguration.

2. Check the Available File System Space

Before installing this product, make sure there is enough available

space in your ﬁle system in /opt/graphics. Your workstation needs

at least 133 megabytes of available disk space for all ﬁle sets and

patches.

3. Install the Latest Version of the Workstation ACE Software

Bundle and Graphics Bundle

Once you have installed the December 1999 (or later) Workstation

ACE bundle (B6825AA) for HP-UX 10.20 or November 1999 for

HP-UX 11.X; plus the graphics bundle (B6268A), you will have all the

necessary software to support the fx family product.

To install the ACE software or graphics bundle, execute the following

command as root:

/usr/sbin/swinstall

Choose the ACE software or graphics bundle and select Match What

Target Has in the Actions menu. Follow the standard procedure to

load that software.

4. Install 3D Graphics Application Programming Interfaces

(APIs)

If you are using or planning to use any of the following products, you

must install what you need from the HP-UX Developer’s CD. prior to

installing the Texture Accelerator Kit software.

• Starbase Dev. Kit

• HP PEX lib Dev. Kit

• OpenGL Dev. Kit

• OpenGL Runtime

The OpenGL runtime libraries are available from the latest DART

Release or by searching for OpenGL at the

http://www.software.hp.com website

Introduction

Checklist For Making Software Changes

Chapter 1 17

To determine whether these products are properly installed, try

compiling and running an application on your system that uses

one of the above Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).

• Check: /var/adm/sw/swinstall.log

Once you have completed the API installation process, look at the

contents of the ﬁle /var/adm/sw/swinstall.log. This ﬁle

identiﬁes the ﬁlesets loaded, identiﬁes the customize scripts that

ran during the installation process, and includes informative

messages. Error messages that resulted from attempts to write

across an NFS mount point will appear in this ﬁle and may be

ignored.

5. Verify that the Product Installation is Complete

An easy way to verify that your installation is complete, is to compile,

link and run one of your existing Application Programming Interface

(API) programs (that is, programs created using HP's implementation

of OpenGL, Starbase, or HP PEX). If you do not have an existing

program, then make sure that you install the demonstration ﬁlesets

that comes with your API. When you or your system administrator

have properly installed these ﬁlesets, one or more of the following

demo directories will be created:

•/opt/graphics/OpenGL/demos

•/opt/graphics/PEX5/demos

•/opt/graphics/Starbase/demos

You can run any of the texture-mapping programs in these directories

to verify that the installation is complete. When running the texture

demos, notice the performance prior to installing the texture-memory

hardware. You will see a noticeable performance improvement in

textured rendering after your texture-memory hardware has been

installed.

Introduction

General Hardware Installation Instructions

Chapter 118

General Hardware Installation Instructions

NOTE Before you install your graphics card, you must read the workstation

documentation for important system conﬁguration information.

CAUTION Graphics boards are susceptible to electrostatic shock. When handling

your graphics board, always wear a properly grounded wrist strap and

handle the board carefully. Always unplug the AC power cord from the

workstation before opening the cabinet and performing any installation

inside the workstation

1. Per your workstation documentation, install the graphics board(s)

into the appropriate slot(s) (see supported slot information in the

Supported Graphics Slot Conﬁgurations section of this guide). Slide

the board(s) into the appropriate slot(s), ensuring that you align

Bulkhead Pin(s), Board Connector(s) and Board Guide Extender(s).

Note that you will need to have a PCI Extension Clip attached to the

corresponding slot on the PCI Retainer for an HP Visualize graphics

card. The location of the PCI Extension Clip is shown in the ﬁgure

below. This Clip bridges the gap between the graphics card and the

PCI Retainer.

PCI Extension Clip (shown w/ B2000 I/O Cards)

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General Hardware Installation Instructions

Chapter 1 19

2. After installing your graphics hardware, before turning on your

workstation, you must refer to your workstation documentation for

information on deﬁning the boot console and monitor type.

3. Refer to your workstation documentation for instructions on using

SAM to verify your graphics conﬁguration.

4. Plug the AC power cord into the workstation and power on the

workstation.

5. Refer to your workstation documentation for instructions on using

the HP-UX System Administration Manager (SAM) utility to verify

your graphics conﬁguration.

Introduction

Supported Graphics Slot Conﬁgurations

Chapter 120

Supported Graphics Slot Conﬁgurations

See the ﬁgures below for supported graphics slot conﬁgurations, based on

your workstation model.

B1000 and C3x00 Graphics Slots

Use the Primary Graphics Slot for the highest performance graphics

card. Use the Secondary Graphics Slot for the second graphics card and

then the remaining 64 bit wide slots for any additional supported

graphics cards.

Supported B1000 and C3x00 Graphics Conﬁgurations:

• 4 Visualize EG cards or

• 4 Visualize fxe or

• 1 Visualize fx5or

• 1 Visualize fx10

PCI slot 1 64 bits wide/33Mhz

PCI slot 2 64 bits wide/66Mhz - Primary Graphics Slot

PCI slot 3 h64 bits wide/33 Mhz

PCI slot 4 64 bits wide/33Mhz - Secondary Graphics Slot

PCI slot 5 32 bits wide/33Mhz

PCI slot 6 32 bits wide/33Mhz

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