Index

32-bit Linux clients
32-Bit Linux

4Dwm window manager
Using Window Managers Other Than 4Dwm

accounting log files
The /var/vizserver/config File
Accounting Log Files

active screens
Graphics Pipe Allocation Guidelines
Allocating Graphics Pipes for OpenGL Vizserver

administrative access
The /var/vizserver/config File

allocation, pipes
Graphics Pipe Allocation Guidelines
Allocating Graphics Pipes for OpenGL Vizserver

authentication libraries
32-bit Linux clients
32-Bit Linux
Mac OS X
IRIX clients
IRIX
IRIX servers
Installing an IRIX Server
Prism servers and clients
Installing a Silicon Graphics Prism Server and Client
Solaris clients
Solaris

authentication, users
The /var/vizserver/config File
User Authentication

AUTH-PAM authentication
Installing an IRIX Server
The /var/vizserver/config File
AUTH-PAM
System Log File

AUTH-PASSWORD authentication
The /var/vizserver/config File
AUTH-PASSWORD

bottlenecks
Estimating the Network Bandwidth Required by OpenGL Vizserver

CCC compression
Optimizing Compression
Calculating Frames Per Second on a Given Network Bandwidth

CGI programs
Main Components

clients
System Requirements
Installing Other Clients

collaborative sessions
How It Operates
Collaborative Session

Color Cell Compression (CCC)
Optimizing Compression
Calculating Frames Per Second on a Given Network Bandwidth

Common Gateway Interface (CGI) programs
Main Components

compression
The /var/vizserver/config File
Optimizing Compression
Optimizing Compression
Calculating Frames Per Second on a Given Network Bandwidth

compression libraries
32-bit Linux clients
32-Bit Linux
Mac OS X
IRIX clients
IRIX
IRIX servers
Installing an IRIX Server
Prism servers and clients
Installing a Silicon Graphics Prism Server and Client
Solaris clients
Solaris

configuration
Configuration

configuration files
Configuration Files

Delta Color Cell compression
Optimizing Compression

Delta Lossless compression
Optimizing Compression
Optimizing Compression

desktop sharing
The /var/vizserver/topology and /var/vizserver/videoGroups Files

detectTopology.pl script
The /var/vizserver/topology and /var/vizserver/videoGroups Files

digital video interactive (DVI) capture device
Hardware Readback

documentation
32-bit Linux clients
32-Bit Linux
Mac OS X
IRIX clients
IRIX
IRIX servers
Installing an IRIX Server
Prism servers and clients
Installing a Silicon Graphics Prism Server and Client
Solaris clients
Solaris
Windows clients
Windows

DVI sources
The /var/vizserver/topology and /var/vizserver/videoGroups Files
Hardware Readback

errors
Troubleshooting and Known Problems

Fedora Core 2 client
System Requirements

file subsystems
32-bit Linux clients
32-Bit Linux
IRIX clients
IRIX
IRIX servers
Installing an IRIX Server
Prism servers and clients
Installing a Silicon Graphics Prism Server and Client
Solaris clients
Solaris

Fuel systems
System Requirements

gdm (See XDM.)
Configuration

gr_osview utility
Measuring the Application Performance Locally
Measuring the Application Performance Locally

graphics pipes (See pipes.)
Allocating Graphics Pipes for OpenGL Vizserver

hardware compositors
The /var/vizserver/topology and /var/vizserver/videoGroups Files

hardware readback devices
The /var/vizserver/config File
The /var/vizserver/topology and /var/vizserver/videoGroups Files
Hardware Readback
Hardware Readback

installation
Installation

ipcrm command
Cleaning Up Shared Memory

ipcs command
Cleaning Up Shared Memory

IRIX clients
System Requirements
IRIX

IRIX MIPS platforms
About This Guide

IRIX server software
System Requirements

JPEG compression
Optimizing Compression

LANs
Optimizing for High-Latency Networks

licenses
Server Log File

Linux clients
32-Bit Linux

local-area networks (LANs)
Optimizing for High-Latency Networks

log files
Troubleshooting and Known Problems
Looking at Log Files

Mac OS X platforms
System Requirements
Mac OS X

Macintosh clients
System Requirements
Mac OS X

man pages
32-bit Linux clients
32-Bit Linux
Mac OS X
IRIX clients
IRIX
IRIX servers
Installing an IRIX Server
Prism servers and clients
Installing a Silicon Graphics Prism Server and Client
Solaris clients
Solaris

MIPS platforms
About This Guide

monitoring tools
application performance
Measuring the Application Performance Locally
network performance
Measuring Network Bandwidth and Latency
OpenGL Vizserver performance
Monitoring OpenGL Vizserver Performance

Netscape Fasttrack web server
Configuring the Reservation Web Interface

network bandwidth
Measuring Network Bandwidth and Latency
Estimating the Network Bandwidth Required by OpenGL Vizserver
Calculating Network Bandwidth Necessary for k Frames Per Second
Calculating Network Bandwidth Necessary for k Frames Per Second
Optimizing for High-Latency Networks

network latency
Optimizing for High-Latency Networks

NIS password database
Adding a User

Octane systems
System Requirements

Octane2 systems
System Requirements

Onyx 300 systems
System Requirements

Onyx 3000 systems
System Requirements
System Requirements

Onyx 350 systems
System Requirements

Onyx2 systems
System Requirements

Onyx4 UltimateVision systems
System Requirements

osview utility
Measuring the Application Performance Locally
Measuring the Application Performance Locally

PAM, Pluggable Authentication Modules (See AUTH-PAM authentication.)
Installing an IRIX Server

password file
Adding a User

PCP tool
Main Components
Measuring the Application Performance Locally
Performance Co-Pilot

Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) tool
Main Components
Measuring the Application Performance Locally
Performance Co-Pilot

performance metrics
PCP OpenGL Vizserver PMDA

Performance Metrics Collection Daemon (PMCD) tool
PCP OpenGL Vizserver PMDA

Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) tool
Main Components
Monitoring OpenGL Vizserver Performance

performance optimization
Tuning

pipes
allocation
Graphics Pipe Allocation Guidelines
Allocating Graphics Pipes for OpenGL Vizserver
managed by OpenGL Vizserver
The /var/vizserver/config File
reservation
Configuring the Reservation Web Interface

platform
System Requirements

Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM). See also AUTH-PAM authentication.
Installing an IRIX Server

PMCD tool
PCP OpenGL Vizserver PMDA

pmchart tool
PCP OpenGL Vizserver PMDA

PMDA tool
Monitoring OpenGL Vizserver Performance

pminfo command
PCP OpenGL Vizserver PMDA

pmval command
PCP OpenGL Vizserver PMDA

Prism systems
System Requirements

problems
Troubleshooting and Known Problems

QuickTransit for Silicon Graphics
About This Guide

readback devices
The /var/vizserver/config File
The /var/vizserver/topology and /var/vizserver/videoGroups Files
Hardware Readback

Red Hat Linux clients
System Requirements

release notes
32-bit Linux clients
32-Bit Linux
Mac OS X
IRIX clients
IRIX
IRIX servers
Installing an IRIX Server
Solaris clients
Solaris

reservation, pipes
Configuring the Reservation Web Interface

rpm utility
Installing a Silicon Graphics Prism Server and Client

sar utility
Measuring the Application Performance Locally
Measuring the Application Performance Locally

Scalable Graphics Capture (SGC) cards. See SGC cards.
The /var/vizserver/topology and /var/vizserver/videoGroups Files

security
Managing Users
The /var/vizserver/config File
Applications Masked as a Cross-Hatch Pattern Image

session startup
The /var/vizserver/config File

SGC cards
The /var/vizserver/config File
The /var/vizserver/topology and /var/vizserver/videoGroups Files
The /var/vizserver/topology and /var/vizserver/videoGroups Files
Hardware Readback

SGI Apache web server
Configuring the Reservation Web Interface

SGI ProPack clients
System Requirements

SGI ProPack server software
System Requirements

shared memory cleanup
Cleaning Up Shared Memory

shared memory input queue (SHMIQ) problem
Shared Memory Input Queue (SHMIQ) Problem

SHMIQ problem
Shared Memory Input Queue (SHMIQ) Problem

software platforms
System Requirements

Solaris clients
System Requirements
Solaris

SUSE LINUX platforms
System Requirements

system architecture
Understanding the OpenGL Vizserver Pipeline
Main Components

system requirements
System Requirements

Tezro systems
System Requirements

timex utility
Measuring the Application Performance Locally
Measuring the Application Performance Locally

top utility
Measuring the Application Performance Locally

troubleshooting
Troubleshooting and Known Problems

ttcp tool
Measuring Network Bandwidth and Latency

tuning
Tuning

users
authentication
The /var/vizserver/config File
User Authentication
database file
The /var/vizserver/users File
management
Managing Users

utmpx database
Dynamic Pipe Allocation

video groups
The /var/vizserver/topology and /var/vizserver/videoGroups Files

VS_LATENCY environment variable
Optimizing for High-Latency Networks
Optimizing for High-Latency Networks

vsadmin command
Configuration Files

vsconfig tool
Configuring the Server

vsmonitor tool
Monitoring OpenGL Vizserver Performance
vsmonitor

WANs
Optimizing for High-Latency Networks

wide-area networks (WANs)
Optimizing for High-Latency Networks

window managers
Using Window Managers Other Than 4Dwm

Windows clients
System Requirements
Windows

wtmpx database
Accounting Log Files

X display manager (XDM)
Configuration

XDM
Configuration
Allocating Graphics Pipes for OpenGL Vizserver
The /var/vizserver/config File

xdm (See XDM.)
Configuration

XFree86 configuration files
The /var/vizserver/config File
XFree86 Log File

XFree86 log file
XFree86 Log File

ZLIB compression
Optimizing Compression