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Sun Microsystems XVR-300 User Manual

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Part No. 819-6651-13
June 2007, Revision A
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  • Page 1 XVR-300 ™ Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide Sun Microsystems, Inc. www.sun.com Part No. 819-6651-13 June 2007, Revision A Submit comments about this document at: http://www.sun.com/hwdocs/feedback...
  • Page 2 Etats-Unis et dans d’autres pays et licenciée exclusivement par X/Open Company, Ltd. Sun, Sun Microsystems, Solaris, Sun Fire, et le logo Sun sont des marques de fabrique ou des marques déposées de Sun Microsystems, Inc. aux Etats-Unis et dans d’autres pays.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Preface xv Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator Overview 1 Installation Kit 1 Features 2 Video Formats 4 Technical Support 6 Installing the Hardware and Software 7 Before Installation 7 Installing the Hardware 8 Supported Systems and PCI-Express Slots 8 Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator Software 10...
  • Page 4 DMS-59 Video Port 38 DMS-59 Connector Pinouts 39 DVI Connector Pinouts 42 HD15 (VGA) Connector Pinouts 44 Color Depth Options 45 Default Color Depth 45 Setting Color Depth Options 46 Index 47 Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide • June 2007...
  • Page 5 Full-Height Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator 2 FIGURE 1-1 Low-Profile Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator 3 FIGURE 1-2 Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator DMS-59 Video Port 3 FIGURE 1-3 Replacing the I/O Bracket 9 FIGURE 2-1 DMS-59 Video Port Connection Using DMS-59 – 2xDVI Adapter Splitter Cable 34 FIGURE A-1 DMS-59 Video Port Connection Using DVI–HD15 Adapters 35...
  • Page 6 Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide • June 2007...
  • Page 7 Tables Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator Video Formats 4 TABLE 1-1 Supported Systems and Maximum Number of Graphics Accelerators Per System 8 TABLE 2-1 Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator CD Directories 10 TABLE 2-2 Location of Sun XVR-300 Software Packages 11 TABLE 2-3...
  • Page 8 Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide • June 2007...

  • Page 9: Preface

    XVR-300 graphics accelerator hardware and software in a Sun system. How This Book Is Organized Chapter 1 provides an overview of the Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator. Chapter 2 provides hardware and software installation information. Chapter 3 describes procedures for configuring multiple frame buffers.
  • Page 10 Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide. words to be emphasized. These are called class options. Replace command-line To delete a file, type rm filename. variables with real names or values. x Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide • June 2007...
  • Page 11 Shell Prompts Shell Prompt C shell machine-name% C shell superuser machine-name# Bourne shell and Korn shell Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser Documentation, Support, and Training Sun Function Documentation http://www.sun.com/documentation/ Support http://www.sun.com/support/ Training http://www.sun.com/training/ Third-Party Web Sites Sun is not responsible for the availability of third-party web sites mentioned in this document.
  • Page 12 You can submit your comments by going to: http://www.sun.com/hwdocs/feedback Please include the title and part number of your document with your feedback: Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide, part number 817-5454-10 xii Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide • June 2007...

  • Page 13: Sun Xvr-300 Graphics Accelerator Overview

    C H A P T E R Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator Overview The Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator is a 24-bit high-resolution PCI-Express graphics frame buffer. The Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator runs on Sun PCI-Express full-height or low-profile system platforms. “Installation Kit” on page 1 ■...

  • Page 14: Features

    Features The Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator offers the following features for full-height and low-profile Sun PCI-Express systems: 2D 24-bit graphics ■ Flexible 8- and 24-bit color application support ■ 24-bit color, high resolution for multihead display supported systems ■ HD15 (VGA) and DVI monitor connectors for a wide range of Sun and third party ■...

  • Page 15: Figure 1-2 Low-Profile Sun Xvr-300 Graphics Accelerator

    Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator. FIGURE 1-2 Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator: low-profile DMS-59 video port Low-Profile Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator FIGURE 1-2 shows the DMS-59 video port on the full-height I/O bracket. FIGURE 1-3 DMS-59 video port Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator DMS-59 Video Port...

  • Page 16: Video Formats

    Video Formats lists the monitor video formats supported by the Sun XVR-300 graphics TABLE 1-1 accelerator. ● To get a list of available screen resolutions for your display device, type: fbconfig -res \? host% If you have selected a resolution where support for this resolution cannot be...

  • Page 17: Video Display Ports

    Note – Digital resolution 1920 x 1080 x 60 is not supported on the 24 in. LCD flat panel color monitor (Kenari) (X7203A, 365-1427-01). Note – The Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator only supports XOR composite sync. Note – Not all resolutions are supported by all monitors. Using resolutions that are not supported by the monitor might damage the monitor.

  • Page 18: Technical Support

    For assistance and other information not found in this document concerning the Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator, see Support Services at: http://www.sun.com/service/online/ For the most up-to-date version of this document, go to: http://www.sun.com/documentation Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide • June 2007...

  • Page 19: Installing The Hardware And Software

    C H A P T E R Installing the Hardware and Software This chapter provides Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator hardware and software installation information. “Before Installation” on page 7 ■ “Installing the Hardware” on page 8 ■ “Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator Software” on page 10 ■...

  • Page 20: Installing The Hardware

    Sun Fire V245 system Sun Fire V445 system Note – If installing a Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator in a Sun Fire V215, Sun Fire V245, or Sun Fire V445 system, refer to the system Release Notes for specific instructions and considerations.

  • Page 21: Figure 2-1 Replacing The I/O Bracket

    To Replace the Full-Height Bracket With the ▼ Low-Profile Bracket Your system might require replacing the Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator full- height bracket with a low-profile bracket. The low-profile bracket is included in the installation kit. 1. Remove the two hexagon screws that secure the mounting bracket to the board...

  • Page 22: Sun Xvr-300 Graphics Accelerator Software

    Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator Software The Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator software is bundled with the Solaris 9 9/05 HW and Solaris 10 11/06 Operating Systems. The minimum Solaris Operating System version required is Solaris 9 9/05 HW or Solaris 10 1/06 Operating Systems.

  • Page 23: Software Packages

    Sun XVR-300 Graphics System Software Device Driver (64-bit) SUNWnfb Sun XVR-300 Graphics Window System Support SUNWnfbw Sun XVR-300 Graphics Manual Pages SUNWnfbmn Note – Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator drivers can be downloaded from the Sun Download Center. Chapter 2 Installing the Hardware and Software...

  • Page 24: Sun Opengl For Solaris Software

    Sun OpenGL for Solaris Software The Sun OpenGL 1.5 for Solaris software supports the Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator through software implementation. If you require Sun OpenGL for Solaris to run certain applications, download the Sun OpenGL 1.3 for Solaris software from the following site: http://wwws.sun.com/software/graphics/opengl/download.html...

  • Page 25: Installing The Software

    Installing the Software ▼ To Install the Software 1. After installing a Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator into your system, boot your system at the ok prompt: ok boot 2. Log in as superuser. 3. Insert the Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator CD-ROM into the drive.
  • Page 26 Software is intended to be used. Do you accept the license agreement? [y/n]: y At the end of the licensing agreement information, you are asked to accept it. Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide • June 2007...
  • Page 27 Reboot this system as soon as possible using the shutdown command and the ’boot -r’ PROM command (see the shutdown(1M) and boot(1M) manual pages for more details). You can use the following command to check if the Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator is already on your system. Type: /usr/bin/pkginfo | grep SUNWnfb 6.
  • Page 28 To Remove the Software ▼ 1. Log in as superuser. 2. Insert the Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator CD-ROM into the drive. If the drive is already mounted, type the following, and go to Step 3: ■ # cd /cdrom/cdrom0 If the CD-ROM is not already mounted, type: ■...

  • Page 29: Default Console Display

    Enter Selection, q to quit: 2. Select the graphics accelerator you want to be the default console display. In this example, you would select b for the Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator. Enter Selection, q to quit: b /pci@1e,600000/pci@0/pci@8/SUNW,XVR-300@0 has been selected.
  • Page 30 5. Store the alias name that you have created. ok setenv use-nvramrc? true 6. Reset the output-device environment: ok reset-all 7. Connect your monitor cable to the Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator on your system back panel. Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide • June 2007...

  • Page 31: Man Pages

    Man Pages The Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator man pages describe how you can query and set frame buffer attributes such as screen resolutions and visual configurations. Use the fbconfig(1M) man page for configuring all Sun graphics accelerators. SUNWnfb_config(1M) contains Sun XVR-300 device-specific configuration information.
  • Page 32 Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide • June 2007...

  • Page 33: Configuring Multiple Frame Buffers Through The Xservers File

    Through the Xservers File To run more than one frame buffer you must modify your Xservers file. The Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator device name is nfb (for example, nfb0 and nfb1 for two Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator devices). To Modify the Xservers File ▼...
  • Page 34 :0 Local local_uid@console root /usr/X11/bin/Xserver :0 -dev /dev/fbs/kfb0 -dev /dev/fbs/nfb0 This example shows how to remove two Sun XVR-2500 graphics accelerators and add one Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator in the Xservers configuration file. Old Xservers configuration file with two Sun XVR-2500 graphics accelerators: ■...

  • Page 35: Xinerama

    Xinerama When the window system is started in Xinerama mode, all windows can be seamlessly moved across screen boundaries, thus creating one large, super high- resolution, virtual display. With Sun OpenGL 1.3 for Solaris, or subsequent compatible releases, this functionality is extended to OpenGL applications. No recompilation is necessary for a legacy application to work with Xinerama mode across multiple screens, even if the application was compiled with an older version of Sun OpenGL for Solaris.

  • Page 36: Restrictions When Using Xinerama

    ■ same height to be combined using Xinerama. Both screens that the X window system thinks are above and below must have the ■ same width to be combined using Xinerama. Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide • June 2007...

  • Page 37: Using Features

    Video Output Methods You may choose one of the three methods described in this section for video output from which to choose with the Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator. This section lists the options: Single video output on a single screen (default) ■...

  • Page 38: Setting Up Video Output Methods

    Setting Up Video Output Methods When there are two Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerators in a system, they are numbered from 0 and by ones (0, 1, 2, ...) To Set Up Single Video Output (Default) ▼ This enables the DVI video output “1” only. This is the default the system uses if no fbconfig commands have been given, or after fbconfig -dev nfb0 -defaults.

  • Page 39: Frame Buffer

    Frame Buffer This enables two monitor support without the use of Xinerama software. This means that the Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator creates one wide (or tall) frame buffer, displayed across two screens using both DVI ports. This example shows doublewide mode.
  • Page 40 2. Select an independent screen resolution for each frame buffer. For example: fbconfig -dev nfb0a -res 1280x1024x60 host% fbconfig -dev nfb0b -res 1152x900x66 host% 3. Log out, then log back in. Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide • June 2007...
  • Page 41 To Duplicate Video Output ▼ 1. Use the -clone option to duplicate the DVI video port “1” display to the DVI video port “2” display. For example: fbconfig -dev nfb0 -clone enable host% Note – Both monitor displays must have the same screen resolution. 2.

  • Page 42: Checking Device Configuration

    Checking Device Configuration Use fbconfig to check the X window system (-propt) and Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator (-prconf) device configuration values. The fbconfig -propt option displays the values of all options (for the specified device) saved in the OWconfig file (see below for an example). These are the values...
  • Page 43 -dev nfb0 -prconf --- Hardware Configuration for /dev/fbs/nfb0 --- Type: XVR-300 ASIC: version 0x5b64 REV: version 0x3800080 PROM: version 1.6 Monitor/Resolution Information: Monitor 1: Monitor Manufacturer: SUN Product code: 1415 Serial #: 28722509 Manufacture date: 2003, week 24...
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  • Page 45: Cable Adapters

    A P P E N D I X Monitor Cable Adapters This appendix describes Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator cabling for DVI and HD15 (VGA) type monitor video ports. “Cable Adapters” on page 33 ■ “Connecting Monitors With DVI Video Ports” on page 34 ■...

  • Page 46: Connecting Monitors With Dvi Video Ports

    To DMS-59 video port (DMS-59 – 2xDVI adapter splitter cable) To DVI video port DVI cable connector To DVI video port DMS-59 Video Port Connection Using DMS-59 – 2xDVI Adapter Splitter FIGURE A-1 Cable Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide • June 2007...

  • Page 47: Figure A-2 Dms-59 Video Port Connection Using Dvi-Hd15 Adapters

    To Connect Monitors With HD15 Video Ports 1. Connect the DMS-59 end of the DMS-59–DVI adapter splitter cable to the Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator DMS-59 video port. 2. Connect a DVI–HD15 adapter to each end of the DMS-59–DVI adapter splitter...
  • Page 48 Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide • June 2007...

  • Page 49: Board Specifications

    A P P E N D I X Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator Specifications This appendix provides the Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator product specifications. “Board Specifications” on page 37 ■ “DMS-59 Video Port” on page 38 ■ “DMS-59 Connector Pinouts” on page 39 ■...

  • Page 50: Figure B-1 Sun Xvr-300 Graphics Accelerator Dms-59 Video Port

    Power-on: 5 to 90% RH Power-off: 0 to 95% RH Temperature gradient Less than 15° C/hr DMS-59 Video Port shows the Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator DMS-59 video port. FIGURE B-1 DMS-59 video port Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator DMS-59 Video Port FIGURE B-1...

  • Page 51: Figure B-2 Dms-59 Connector

    DMS-59 Connector Pinouts shows the DMS-59 connector and pinout signals. FIGURE B-2 TABLE B-2 DMS-59 Connector FIGURE B-2 Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator DMS-59 Pinout TABLE B-2 Signal Ground A_R_DAC1_F A_B_DAC1_F Ground +5_VESA DDCCLK_DAC1_R DDCDATA_DAC1_R Ground DDCDATA_DAC2_R DDCCLK_DAC2_R +5_VESA2 Ground A_R_DAC2_F...
  • Page 52 TMDS_TX2P TMDS_TX2N Ground No Connect Ground TX2P_EXT TX2M_EXT TX1P_EXT TX1M_EXT TX0P_EXT TX0M_EXT TXCP_EXT TXCM_EXT Ground Ground Ground HPD_ExtTMDS_LFH No Connect Ground No Connect HPD_DMS59 Ground Ground Ground TMDS_TXCN TMDS_TXCP Ground A_G_DAC2_F Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide • June 2007...
  • Page 53 Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator DMS-59 Pinout (Continued) TABLE B-2 Signal No Connect Ground A_HSYNC_DAC2_R A_VSYNC_DAC2_R Ground No Connect Ground A_VSYNC_DAC1_R A_HSYNC_DAC1_R Ground No Connect A_G_DAC1_F Ground Appendix B Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator Specifications...

  • Page 54: Figure B-3 Dms-59 - 2Xdvi-I Adapter Splitter Cable Dvi Connector

    Signal TMDS Data2— TMDS Data2+ TMDS Data2/4 Shield No Connect Ground DDC clock DDC data Analog VSYNC TMDS Data1– TMDS Data1 + TMDS Data1/3 Shield No Connect No Connect +5V Power Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide • June 2007...
  • Page 55 TABLE B-3 Signal Ground Hot-Plug Detect TMDS Data0– TMDS Data0+ TMDS Data0/5 Shield No connect No connect TMDS Clock Shield TMDS Clock+ TMDS Clock– Analog R Analog G Analog B Analog HSYNC Analog GND Appendix B Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator Specifications...

  • Page 56: Figure B-4 Hd15 (Vga) Connector

    Pin Number Signal Red analog video Green analog video Blue analog video No Connect Ground Ground Ground Ground +5V Supply Ground No Connect Monitor ID1 Horizontal Sync Vertical Sync Monitor ID2 Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide • June 2007...

  • Page 57: Default Color Depth

    A P P E N D I X Color Depth Options This appendix provides color depth option information. “Default Color Depth” on page 45 ■ “Setting Color Depth Options” on page 46 ■ Default Color Depth Use the -depth option to set the default depth (bits per pixel) on the device. Possible values are 8 or 24.

  • Page 58: Setting Color Depth Options

    -depth 24 Using -fake8 enable if you need both 8-bit and 24-bit visuals simultaneously. ■ The default is 24-bit. When the Sun XVR-300 graphics accelerator is set to , it can only run -depth 24 OpenGL applications with RGBA visual.

  • Page 59: Index

    Index -doublehigh, 27 -doublewide, 27 adapters, cable DMS-59-2xDVI adapter splitter cable, 33, 34 duplicating video output, 29 DVI-HD15 adapter, 33, 35 DVI connector pinouts, 42 cable adapters -fake8, 46 DMS-59-2xDVI adapter splitter cable, 33, 34 fbconfig, 4, 19 DVI-HD15 cable adapter, 33, 35 -clone, 29 cabling for DVI and HD15 (VGA) type video -depth, 45...
  • Page 60 4 video output methods, 25 single video output, 26 screen resolutions, 4 two independent video outputs, 28 Setting, 46 two video outputs, one large frame buffer, 27 software installing, 10, 13 Sun XVR-300 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide • June 2007...
  • Page 61 Xinerama restrictions, 24 using, 23 Xservers file, 21, 22, 28 Index...
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