OCTANE^™ Duo Installation Guide

Table of Contents

Introduction

Additional Hardware Information

Dual Head System

Software and System Administration Information

Product Support

1. Getting Started

Checking Your Shipment

Installing the Software

Preparing the Workstation

Placement of a Regulatory Label

Removing the Lockbar and Cables

Attaching the Wrist Strap

2. Installing and Removing an Option Drive

Collecting the Drive Materials

About Internal Drives

Removing the Bezel

Sliding In an Internal Option Drive

Removing the Blank Panel

Removing Internal Option Drives

Replacing a Blank Panel

Replacing the Bezel

3. Installing and Removing Memory

Collecting the Materials for the Memory Installation

Removing the System Module

About Memory

Installing Memory

Removing Memory

Replacing the System Module

4. Installing PCI Boards and the PCI Module

About the PCI Bus, Module, and Boards

Collecting the PCI Installation Materials

Inserting a PCI Board in a PCI Module

Identifying PCI Slots

Installing the PCI Module

5. Removing PCI Boards and the PCI Module

Identifying the PCI Module and PCI Slots

Powering Off the OCTANE Workstation

Attaching the Wrist Strap

Removing the PCI Module

Removing a PCI Board

Installing a Blank Panel

Installing the PCI Module

Powering on the Workstation

6. Installing and Removing an OCTANE/SI or /SE Graphics Board

About the Duo Configuration

Collecting the Graphics Board Installation Materials

Removing the XIO Module

About the XIO Module and Graphics Boards

Removing the Blank Panel

Attaching the Secondary OCTANE/SI or /SE Graphics Board to the XIO Module

Removing the Secondary OCTANE/SI or /SE Graphics Board

Anticipating a Problem Area

Replacing the XIO Module

7. Connecting the Secondary Monitor, Keyboard and Mouse

Collecting the Secondary Monitor, Keyboard, and Mouse Materials

Connecting Cables to the Monitors

Connecting the System Module and PCI Cables

Connecting the Power Cables

Powering on the OCTANE Workstation

8. Configuring the System and Verifying the Installation

About the Option Drive

Verifying an Internal Drive Installation

Mounting the Second Drive

Adding Swap Space

Adding Users

Configuring Input Devices

Verifying the Memory Installation

Verifying the PCI and Graphics Board Installations

Selecting the Head on Which a Program Runs

Changing to a Dual Head System

9. Using the Duo System

10. Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting Tips

Information Specific to the XIO Graphics Boards

A. Identifying Graphics Boards and the Ports and Modules on the Back of the Workstation

OCTANE/SI or SE Graphics Board

OCTANE/SI or SE With Texture Memory Option Board

OCTANE/SSI or SSE Graphics Board

OCTANE/MXI or MXE Graphics Board

Back of Workstation

B. Care and Cleaning of the Compression Connectors

Guidelines for Storing and Handling the Compression Connector

Guidelines for Cleaning the Compression Connector

C. Programming Tips

Using Multiple Graphics Heads Under OpenGL, X, or Mixed-Model GL

Using Multiple Heads Under IRIS GL

Specifying Screen Adjacency

D. Cabling and Configuration Information for PCI Networking Boards

About the ioconfig.conf File

Removing the ioconfig.conf File

Mapping the Logical Controller Numbers to the Physical Port Locations

After Installing the Board and Cables

Index