This guide is designed as a field upgrade document for Silicon Graphics® trained or approved system support engineers. It covers information about upgrading existing Indigo2™ products to use the higher performance Indigo2 IMPACT™ graphics board(s).
This manual does not cover information regarding older Indigo2 systems graphics upgrades, nor does it cover graphics installation in a non-Indigo2 system. You are encouraged to keep this reference document with other Indigo2 IMPACT related manuals so that all of your Indigo2 information is in one location.
This document is organized as follows:
| Chapter 1 | "Introduction to the Indigo2 IMPACT Upgrade" gives general device information, including technical considerations and allowable device configurations in the Indigo2 desktop product lines. | |
| Chapter 2 | "Installing the Upgrade" provides guidelines on how to properly install the upgrade kit parts and accessories into an Indigo2 and how to configure them. Information on loading the new operating system and installing external identification components is provided at the end of the chapter. | |
| Chapter 3 | "Running Diagnostics and Returning the Old Components" describes Indigo2 IMPACT graphics diagnostics and functionality testing, and what parts to return from the upgraded desktop unit. |
The following documents provide an expanded information base that may be useful for filling in details on topics that are not covered in this guide.
Indigo2 Workstation Owner's Guide (P/N 007-2849-00x)
Note: If you have the -001 version of this manual (p/n 007-2840-001), make sure that you also have the related flyer (p/n 007-3243-001) that is required with this manual. Indigo2 Video for Indigo2 IMPACT Owner's Guide (P/N 007-2201-00x)
Indigo2IMPACTTexture Memory Option Board Installation Guide
(P/N 007-3079-00x)Indigo2 IMPACT VideoProgrammer's Guide (P/N 007-2917-00x)
An electronic version of most of the preceding technical documents may be found by remote copying the files as shown from the following location:
comrade.engr:/usr/people/guest/docdist/i2IMPACT
To access the whole library of Silicon Graphics documentation (including end-user, developer, field service, networking, and system administration manuals) checkout the following site.
http://techpubs.engr.sgi.com
For pertinent patch information, see the Global Customer Service (GCS) or the SGI Technical Support (Oasis on the World Wide Web) web pages at the following sites:
http://bits.csd.sgi.com/digest/patches/
http://morpheus.corp/oasis.html
Note: This web site also contains release note information.
New Product Information (NPI) files contain information about newly released products. such as part numbers, product dependencies, compatibility issues, and related documentation.
An NPI is generated by the Global Customer Service (GCS) group when a new version of a product is released. For a listing of NPIs and any related Indigo2 IMPACT information, see the following web location:
http://bits.csd.sgi.com/cgi-bin/build_npi_html.sh
The service publications group at Silicon Graphics is interested in your comments on this manual. Send any feedback regarding content, technical errors, or needed additions to [email protected]. Be sure to include the title and part number of the document in your e-mail.