Silicon Graphics OCTANE2 User manual

Silicon Graphics®Octane2™Duo
Installation Guide
007-4506-001

CONTRIBUTORS
Written by Eric Zamost
Illustrated by Dan Young
Production by Karen Jacobson
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Version Description
001 November 2001
Initial version

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Contents
Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
About This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Related Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Obtaining Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Reader Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
1. Octane2 Duo Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Description of the Silicon Graphics Octane2 Duo Option. . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Octane2 Duo Upgrade Kit Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Octane2 Duo Upgrade System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Duo Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Verifying Your IRIX Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
IRIX 6.5.13 or Earlier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
IRIX 6.5.14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
IRIX 6.5.15 or Later (When Available) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Performing a System Backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Backing Up the Xserver File and Enabling Duo Software . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3. Octane2 Duo Upgrade Hardware Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Preparing the Workstation for the Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing the Option Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Installing the Additional System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing the PCI Module and PCI Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Attaching the Regulatory Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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4. Connecting the Secondary Keyboard and Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting Cables to the System Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting Cables to the Graphics Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting Cables to the PCI Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5. Configuring the System and Verifying Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
About the Option Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Verifying an Internal Drive Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Mounting the Second Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Adding Swap Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Adding Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Configuring Input Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Configuring a Serial Input Device for Head 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Configuring a Serial Input Device for Head 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Listing Serial Input Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Verifying the Memory Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Verifying the PCI Card Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Selecting the Head on Which a Program Runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Configuring a Duo System to Function as a Dual Head System . . . . . . . . . . 34
6. Using the Octane2 Duo System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
7. Troubleshooting the Duo Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Troubleshooting Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
8. Removing the Duo Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Preparing the Workstation for the Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Removing the Option Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Removing the Additional System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Removing the PCI Module and PCI Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
A. Care and Cleaning of Compression Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Guidelines for Storing and Handling Compression Connectors . . . . . . . . . . 50
Guidelines for Cleaning Compression Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
B. Choosing a Graphics Head (for Developers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Using Multiple Graphics Heads Under OpenGL, X, or Mixed-Model IRIS GL . . . . . . 55

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Using Multiple Heads Under IRIS GL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Specifying Screen Adjacency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
C. Cabling and Configuring PCI Ethernet Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
About the ioconfig.conf File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Removing the ioconfig.conf File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Mapping the Logical Controller Numbers to the Physical Port Locations . . . . . . . 60
Logical Controller Number Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Hardware, Node, and Bus Type Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Physical XIO Slot ID Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Bus Type Column. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Slot ID Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Port Type Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Serial Port ID Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
After Installing the Board and Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

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Figures
Figure 1-1 Octane2 Duo Upgrade Kit Contents . . . . . . . . . . 2
Figure 3-1 Locating the System Label. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Figure 4-1 Connecting the Keyboard and Mouse Cables to the PCI Card . . 19
Figure A-1 Identifying the Bristled Pad of the Compression Connector . . . 49
Figure A-2 Spraying the Compression Connector . . . . . . . . . 52
Figure C-1 Physical XIO Identification Numbers and Software Designations . 62
Figure C-2 PCI Module Slot Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

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Tables
Table 5-1 Serial Devices and Their Modular Names . . . . . . . . 30
Table 6-1 Tasks with Duo-Specific Instructions . . . . . . . . . 36
Table 7-1 Troubleshooting Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Table C-1 Identification of Information in the ioconfig.conf File . . . 60
Table C-2 XIO Slot ID Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Table C-3 Port Type Abbreviations and Definitions . . . . . . . . 65
Table C-4 Determining Which Boards to Configure . . . . . . . . 66

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About This Guide
This guide describes the installation, use, troubleshooting, and removal of the Duo
upgrade in an Octane2 workstation.
The Octane2 Duo upgrade allows a single Octane2 workstation to be simultaneously
used by two people.
The guide is organized as follows:
• This section provides additional hardware information, software and system
administration information, and product support information.
• Chapter 1 provides an overview of the Octane2 Duo option, describes the kit
contents, and lists the requirements for a system to be upgradable.
• Chapter 2 provides information about installing the software for the Duo upgrade.
• Chapter 3 provides information about installing the hardware for the Duo upgrade.
• Chapter 4 provides information about connecting the secondary keyboard and
mouse.
• Chapter 5 provides information about configuring the system and verifying the
installation.
• Chapter 6 provides information about using the Duo system.
• Chapter 7 provides troubleshooting information.
• Chapter 8 provides information about removing the Duo upgrade.
• Appendix A provides information about the care and cleaning of the compression
connectors.
• Appendix B provides information about choosing a graphics head (for software
developers).
• Appendix C provides information about cabling and configuring the PCI Ethernet
card.
• An Index completes this guide.

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Related Publications
The following documents contain additional information that may be helpful:
•Octane2 Workstation Owner's Guide
•Silicon Graphics Octane2 Dual Head Installation Guide
•Silicon Graphics Octane2 Workstation Dual Channel Display Installation Guide
•Personal System Administration Guide
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http://techpubs.sgi.com
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... Ellipses indicate that a preceding element can be repeated.
GUI This font denotes the names of graphical user interface (GUI)
elements such as windows, screens, dialog boxes, menus, toolbars,
icons, buttons, boxes, fields, and lists

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Chapter 1
1. Octane2 Duo Overview
This chapter provides an overview of the Silicon Graphics Octane2 Duo option.
Description of the Silicon Graphics Octane2 Duo Option
The Silicon Graphics Octane2 Duo option allows the connection of a second keyboard
and a second mouse to an Octane2 workstation, thus allowing a Dual Head Octane2
workstation to be simultaneously used by two people.
In addition to adding connections for the keyboard and mouse, the upgrade kit also adds
more main memory and an additional hard disk drive.
Octane2 Duo Upgrade Kit Contents
The Octane2 Duo upgrade kit contains the following items (illustrated in Figure 1-1):
• The Silicon Graphics Octane2 Duo Installation Guide (this manual)
• Screwdriver
• Disposable wrist strap
• PCI module (PCI card cage)
• PCI card (with ports for keyboard, mouse, and Ethernet)
• Keyboard
• Mouse
• 24 foot (7.3 meter) extension cable for keyboard and mouse
• Additional system memory
• Additional internal hard disk drive (“option drive”)

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Figure 1-1 Octane2 Duo Upgrade Kit Contents
Reversible
screwdriver
Documentation
Cap on
compression
connector
PCI Module
Wriststrap
Mouse
Keyboard
Memory
PCI card
24 ft. (7.3m) extension cable
for keyboard and mouse
Option drive

Octane2 Duo Upgrade System Requirements
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Octane2 Duo Upgrade System Requirements
To install the Octane2 Duo upgrade, your Silicon Graphics Octane2 workstation must
meet the following minimum requirements:
• It must have an Octane2 Dual Head VPro graphics option installed and fully
functional
• It must have at least two monitors (one on each graphics head)
• In must have two CPUs
• It must have IRIX version 6.5.14 installed with patch 4426, or any later version of
IRIX