Setting Up The Hardware; Nvidia Gsync Card; Setting Up The X Window System - HP xw3400 User Manual

Setting Up the Hardware

The workstation hardware should be ordered as a unit and arrive with desired processors, graphics
cards, displays and memory. Displays can be arranged as 3 or 4 in a row (horizontally), or in a 2x2
matrix.
If using large-screen LCD displays instead of CRTS, you cannot use active stereo today. There is no
need for overlap for the visualization station as with the vizcenter projectors, although you might
desire to have "gaps" behind the monitor bezels instead of projector overlap. Unless you have some
different requirements than the norm, you can probably use the vizconfig setup tool to setup the X
window system of the visualization workstation. (See "Setting Up the X Window System")

NVIDIA Gsync Card

If stereo is required, then the Gsync card will need to be added. To do this, first open the chassis of
the xw9300 or xw9400 workstation. Next, place the Gsync card in the PCI-X slot next to the bottom
graphics card. Some pressure will need to be applied to the back of the workstation (near the card
slot) as you try to push the card into the slot. This is because the spacing on the Gsync card is a little
off for PCI-X slots (it is optimal for PCI-express slots). This is OK because the Gsync card is not
electrically connected to the PCI-X slot; the slot just provides mechanical stability for the card.
As of NVIDIA release 8756 or greater, a single Gsync card will synchronize both graphics cards.
The two ribbon cables included with the Gsync card should be connected to the two graphics cards
as indicated in the photo below. The connectors for the primary graphics card and the secondary
graphics cards are labeled on the Gsync card. Eternal connectors are not needed for this
configuration; the external connectors are used when connecting to other graphics cards and to an
external sync signal. The StereoGraphics glasses can be plugged into the 3-pin DIN connector on
the top (primary) graphics card.

Setting Up the X Window System

Simple visualization station configurations can be set up easily and interactively using HP's graphics
configuration tool, vizconfig. Vizconfig will set up the xorg.conf file or XF86Config file for you. You
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