Silicon Graphics® Onyx4 UltimateVision
User's Guide

Document Number: 007-4634-002

CONTRIBUTORS

Written by Eric Zamost

Illustrated by Dan Young and Chrystie Danzer

Production by Karen Jacobson

Additional contributions by Jerry Brainard, Mike Brown, Dick Brownell, Mark Cabrales, Michel Castejon, Terrence Crane, David Diederichs, Nancy Heller, Andrew James, Eric Kunze, Matthew Marchese, Jeff Milo, Jim Ostrom, Jim Passint, Francisco Razo, Keith Rich, Mark Schwenden, Armando Serrato, Dave Shreiner, Gary Spilde, Andrew Spray, Lyle Stoll, Joe Surprenant, Mike Travis, Jimmy Wang, and Mike Wright.

COPYRIGHT

© 2004, Silicon Graphics, Inc. All rights reserved; provided portions may be copyright in third parties, as indicated elsewhere herein. No permission is granted to copy, distribute, or create derivative works from the contents of this electronic documentation in any manner, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of Silicon Graphics, Inc.

LIMITED RIGHTS LEGEND

The software described in this document is “commercial computer software” provided with restricted rights (except as to included open/free source) as specified in the FAR 52.227-19 and/or the DFAR 227.7202, or successive sections. Use beyond license provisions is a violation of worldwide intellectual property laws, treaties and conventions. This document is provided with limited rights as defined in 52.227-14.

TRADEMARKS AND ATTRIBUTIONS

Silicon Graphics, SGI, the SGI logo, IRIX, and Onyx are registered trademarks and NUMAlink, Onyx4, Onyx4 UltimateVision, and XIO are trademarks of Silicon Graphics, Inc., in the United States and/or other countries worldwide. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.

Record of Revision

Revision 001June 2003 
Original publication

Revision 002June 2004 

Updated branding

Added L1 rack- and slot-numbering section

Updated XIO and NUMAlink cabling section

Updated ImageSync section to include ImageSync2, Genlock, Framelock, and swap-ready cabling

Added stereo-sync section

Added XF86Config file section

Added information about SG2.1 graphics board

Changed pipe numbering terminology

Changed “head” and “channel” terminology

Updated L1 information

Updated power and thermal figures

Added graphics board removal and replacement information

Updated list of video modes

Added additional pinouts