Multiple Graphics Cards Support; Messages; Polycenter Software Installation - ATI Technologies 100-432001 - RADEON 7500 Multi-monitor Graphics Card Installation Manual

4.7

Multiple Graphics Cards Support

V0300 and later releases of the Radeon software supports up to 4 Radeon cards per system.
You could have one AGP and 3 PCI cards – or you could have 1 to 4 PCI cards. All
operations, including hardware accelerated 3D graphics, are supported on every card in the
system. Consult your Alpha system options documentation for detailed information on
number of cards supported and configuration limitations.
4.7.1 Matching Primary Screen with VGA console
Screen 0 is always the VGA-enabled head and must be installed in the lowest numbered slot
of all installed graphics cards.
If you wish to change a screen with any of the console displays, you alter the logical order
for mapping of physical screens to logical screens by making a copy of the file
DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.TEMPLATE and saving it to a new file named
DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM. You can then make changes to the default
settings by editing the newly created file.
4.8

Messages

Server messages are typically logged to the DECW$SERVER_0_ERROR.LOG file located in
the SYS$MANAGER directory. Be sure to check this file first for messages related to
problems encountered during installation or usage.
4.9

POLYCENTER Software Installation

At the end of the OpenVMS POLYCENTER software installation procedure, a message is
displayed that recommends a reboot of the system. At the conclusion of the installation, the
POLYCENTER software installation utility does not prompt for or enforce a reboot of the
system for the new software image to become effective immediately. The ATI RADEON
7500 AGP and PCI graphics controllers' two-dimensional (2D) support software becomes
active only after the operating system has been rebooted.
If the software is being installed in a clustered environment and it is not convenient to
perform a reboot immediately following installation, then a rolling reboot may be used for
the new image to take effect across all systems.
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