Connections Overview; Connecting The Graphics Monitor - HP Z800 Hardware Setup Manual

Connections Overview

The following diagram provides an overview of the adapter card positions and general connection
requirements for the HP Z800 workstation.
To keyboard, mouse,
tablet, monitor calibrator
To Lustre control surface
To house network
GigE Adapter
to SAN and/or private
network, Incinerator node
Atto Celerity FC84-EN
to direct attached storage
Qlogic DDR InfinBand
to Wire network, Lustre
Media Server (optional)
NOTE This diagram illustrates a 2-port GigE adapter in slot 1. You also have the option of using a 10-GigE adapter
or a second ATTO Fibre Channel adapter in slot 1. On the HP Z800 workstation, the slots are numbered 1–7 from
top to bottom. Note also that a number of HP Z800 workstations shipped with a 4-port GigE adapter instead of
the 2-port adapter.

Connecting the Graphics Monitor

The graphics monitor connects to the Nvidia
opportunity to connect the graphics adapter to its add-on card, the Nvidia Quadro SDI Output adapter.
To connect the monitor:
1 Use the short DVI cable (included in TP.FX5800DI) to connect port 1 of the Nvidia Quadro FX 5800
graphics adapter card to the DVI port of the Nvidia Quadro SDI Output adapter (the add-on card).
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HP Z800 Workstation
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Quadro
Power
Nvidia Quadro FX 5800
To graphics monitor
AJA OEM-2K
to video/audio i/o, VTR
Nvidia Quadro SDI Output
to reference monitor, Real-
Time Deliverables VTR,
sync generator
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FX 5800 graphics adapter card. This is also an