Silicon Graphics Octane2

Technical Specifications www.sgi.com/workstations/octane2/

System Features Display Options System and Network Management
Processor Support Monitors
•SGIconsole™, Embedded Support Partner (ESP), FailSafe™
high-availability solution, Performance Co-Pilot™, Platform
Datasheet
•1–2 MIPS RISC 64-bit R14000A •21" color monitor
Computing Load Sharing Facility (LSF) Suite, TCP/IP, NFS V2/V3,
•2MB L2 cache •24" color monitor
RSVP, DHCP, Bulk Data Service (BDSpro), SNMP, network load
•18" Silicon Graphics® flat panel display
Memory Capacity balancing software
•22" Silicon Graphics® flat panel display
•256MB–8GB synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) Filesystem and Data Management
Internal Storage
•18GB, 36GB, or 73GB 10,000 RPM fast/wide Ultra SCSI drive
Graphics
•Dual Head option (two V10 or two V12 graphics boards); available in
a PowerDuo configuration to support two users on the same system
•XFS® 64-bit journaled filesystem with guaranteed rate I/O,
CXFS™ shared filesystem for SANs, Network File System, Samba®
Desktop Environments
Silicon Graphics® Octane2™ Visual Workstation with
Advanced VPro™ Graphics
Graphics Subsystem •Dual Channel Display option (Octane2 V12); 80MB texture memory
•Full hardware acceleration of OpenGL 1.2, GLX™ 1.3, OpenGL ARB available when using this option; can be combined with V12 Dual •IRIX Interactive Environment with Personal System Administration
imaging extensions Head option to drive up to four displays for ease of use without system administrator assistance; Common
Desktop Environment; GNOME (Freeware); KDE (Freeware)
Graphics Memory
•VPro V6: 32MB graphics memory, including up to 8MB texture memory Digital Media Development Tools
•VPro V10: 32MB graphics memory, including up to 8MB texture memory Features •MIPSpro™ C, C++, Fortran 787/90 compilers, ProDev™
•VPro V8: 128MB graphics memory, including up to 104MB texture memory WorkShop debugger with SGI® SpeedShop™ performance analysis
•VPro V12: 128MB graphics memory, including up to 104MB texture memory
Analog Audio
tool, Power Fortran, APO (Automatic Parallelization Option), SCSL
The Silicon Graphics Octane2 visual workstation delivers Features Benefits
•Mono-microphone, self-powered stereo
Graphics Architecture •Desktop loudspeakers with headphone output, stereo scientific and math libraries, and MPT (Message Passing Toolkit) the world’s most advanced desktop visualization. Advanced VPro Graphics
for MPI and SHMEM programming
•Integrated vertex processing engine analog—10 dBV line level (18-bit A to D and D to A) Octane2 combines the groundbreaking VPro 3D graphics Outstanding scalable graphics Extremely fast geometry and fill-rate
•Integrated image and texture engine Interoperability
•12-bit-per-component color and alpha, double-buffered
Options
•NFS V3, Samba (Freeware) system, the industry-leading crossbar architecture, performance with VPro™ V10 or V12 performance for high-speed drawing,
Digital Audio graphics even with very complex designs, and
•24-bit eye space Z buffer and 8-bit stencil buffers •24-bit AES-3id I/O (2 channels) Collaboration Software and the high-performance MIPS® processor in an
•10-bit digital-to-analog (DAC) display interface •24-bit ADAT optical I/O (8 channels) •OpenGL Vizserver (client and server) and SGI® Web Server high-speed image generation even with
•Multiple concurrent visuals (8-bit window ID) affordable power desktop package. fully textured designs
DMediaPro™ DM2 High-Definition and Utility Software
Hardware Lighting and Shading Standard-Definition Video I/O •InfoSearch for online documentation, RoboInst™ for streamlined Advanced texture management with Interactive rendering of volumetric
•Flat shading, Gouraud shading
•Specular shading with normal interpolation for accurate lighting and
•SMPTE 259M and 292M SDI inputs and outputs for video and alpha software and update installation across a network of SGI systems, Octane2 is designed to support a suite of industry-leading up to 104MB of texture memory data sets; high-performance
•SD video formats: 480i (NTSC), 576i (PAL) Impressario™ printing software
specular highlights •HD video formats: 720p, 1080i, 1080p options such as the Dual Head and Dual Channel Display processing of large textures
•Separate specular color (post-texture lighting) Security
DMediaPro™ DM5 High-Definition and Standard-Definition •CAPP certification for IRIX, LSPP with Trusted IRIX™; SGI® IPfilter options that maximize your visualization resources, the new OpenGL on a Chip™ Hardware acceleration of OpenGL® core
Hardware Texturing Graphics-to-Video Output firewall; strong-encrypted/random number generation; OpenSSL features, including 3D textures for
•3D textures, texture color tables, texture coordinate clamp, •Compatible with DM3 and DM6 and supports respective file formats cryptography library; Open SSH secure networking
cost-effective PowerDuo configuration that allows two users volume rendering and imaging
texture LOD bias, texture scale bias, detail texture, pixel texture
DMediaPro™ DM6 Standard-Definition Digital I/O Digital Media Software to share the same high-performance system, and the extensions
Effects
•Convolution, histogram, color matrix, color table
•SMPTE 259M SDI video I/O •SoundEditor, MovieMaker, ImageWorks, SoundTrack, FX Builder, DMediaPro™ video options for the most powerful and Hardware-accelerated specular shading Improved realism and accuracy for
•PAL and NTSC support MediaPlayer, Audio Panel, Synth Panel, Media Convert
•Hardware-accumulation buffer (Octane2 V8, V12) complete high-definition solution on the desktop. (Phong effects) lighting of 3D models
•Quad-buffered stereo support
•Perspective-correct texture and color Expansion Options Support Services 48-bit (12-bit-per-component) RGBA Cinematic quality and highest precision for
•Per-pixel fog, fog function, fog offset XIO Embedded Support Partner (ESP) You can tackle the world’s most challenging desktop with 16-bit Z buffer capability 2D/3D imaging
•Line anti-aliasing •Quad-port Ultra SCSI (differential) •7x24 system monitoring, flexible real-time notification and
•Hardware-assisted full-scene anti-aliasing •Quad-port 100Base-TX and 6 460Kb/sec serial ports computing problems with Octane2 and its unprecedented Support for high resolutions, including Capacity to display large data sets at
proactive system management for increased system availability
•Blend color, blend logic op, blend minmax, blend subtract •Dual-port 1GB Fibre Channel HDTV; full-screen stereo support and high resolutions; stereo viewing options
•Single-port 2GB Fibre Channel
SGI Supportfolio™ accuracy, interactivity, and performance. stereo in a window
Visual Formats •Instant Web access to customer support information
•32-bit RGBA (8,8,8,8) double-buffered, 24-bit Z buffer, 8-bit stencil
•32-bit RGBA (10,10,10,2) double-buffered, 24-bit Z buffer, 8-bit stencil SGI Knowledgebase 96-bit hardware-accelerated High performance and accuracy with
PCI (Requires PCI Expansion Unit)
•48-bit RGBA (12,12,12,12) (Octane2 V6, V10, V8, V12); double-buffered •PCI digital audio •Dual-port Ultra160 SCSI LVD
•Online access to thousands of proven support solutions accumulation buffer depth of field, full-scene anti-aliasing,
(Octane2 V8, V12); 16-bit Z buffer (Octane2 V12 only) •Single-port 1000Base-T •Single-port 2GB Fibre Channel Hardware and Software Support motion blurs, and other effects
•16-bit RGBA quad-buffered (stereo), 24-bit Z buffer, 8-bit stencil •Single-port 100Base-TX •Dual-port 2GB Fibre Channel •Mission Critical, SGI® FullExpress™, SGI® FullCare™, HardwareCare,
•12-bit Colorindex, double-buffered, 24-bit Z buffer, 8-bit stencil •Single-port differential Ultra SCSI •Single-port 1GB Fibre Channel SoftwareCare
High-speed, user-configurable Flexibility to make optimal use of color
•12-bit Colorindex, quad-buffered (stereo), 24-bit Z buffer, 8-bit stencil •Single-port single-ended Ultra SCSI •ISDN basic rate interface graphics memory resolution, off-screen graphics
•8-bit overlay and 8-bit window ID memory, and screen resolution
•96-bit (24,24,24,24) hardware-accumulation buffer (Octane2 V8, V12)
Physical Environment
Storage Options System High-definition and standard-definition High-quality, uncompressed, multi-
Display Resolutions •SGI® Total Performance 900
•From 640x480 at 60 Hz
Internal
(TP900), SGI® Total
•16.25" H x 11.0" W x 13.25" D Relative Humidity video formats, including 4:4:4 RGB and resolution, and multiformat real-time
•3 internal 3.5" storage bays •14.75" D (depth in localized •10% to 80% operating, real-time graphics-to-video output with video input and output for broadcast,
•Up to 1920x1200 pixels at 60 Hz and 72 Hz Performance 9100 (TP9100),
area of power supply) no condensation
External SGI® Total Performance 9300
•16.25" D (depth in localized •10% to 95% nonoperating,
the DMediaPro video options post-production, and film
For the full list of supported resolutions for each graphics option, •3.5" 120MB superdisk floppy drive (TP9300), SGI® Total
area of optional PCI module) no condensation Industry-leading options for innovative Versatile display options with Dual Head
see www.sgi.com/go/resolution. •20GB 4 mm DAT drive Performance 9400 (TP9400),
•54 lb
•12X DVD-ROM1 SGI® Total Performance 9500
•21" monitor:
Altitude visualization and cost-effective use of and Dual Channel Display capabilities;
I/O •40X CD-ROM (TP9500) storage systems, •10,000 ft operating system resources PowerDuo lets two users share the
17.6" H x 16" W x 16.5" D
•Crossbar: 1.6GB/sec/port (6 ports, 4 available for XIO™ systems •DVD RAM2 SGI® NAS and SAN solutions •40,000 ft nonoperating
Voltage and Frequency same high-performance system
like graphics and end-user options) Vibration
Software •100–120/200–240 VAC
•Internal single-ended SCSI controller •0.02", 5–19 Hz; 0.35G, 19–500 Hz Optimized System Architecture
•External single-ended SCSI controller Heat Dissipation
•4 XIO board slots (Octane2 V6, V8, V10, or V12 graphics require
System Regulatory Agency Single/dual, 600/550 MHz R14000A™ Processing power, speed, and
•IRIX 6.5 Advanced Workstation Environment supports UNIX® 95, •2,400 BTU/hour
2 of the 4 slots) •+13°C to +35°C operating
•Electromagnetic FCC Class A processors, 2MB Level 2 cache throughput with symmetric
MIPS®ABI, Year 2000
•Single half-height, dual full-height PCI slots with optional PCI cardcage
•REACT™ real-time extensions •-10°C to +65°C nonoperating Emissions multiprocessing (SMP) architecture
•Canada DOC Class A
Communication
Graphics APIs •CISPR22 Class A
Crossbar architecture for high-speed Dynamically and directly links any two
•Single 10Base-T/100Base-TX port computer subsystems; error-checked
•Dual serial RS422/RS423 DB-9 ports
•OpenGL, OpenGL Performer™, OpenGL Volumizer™, OpenGL Shader™, •VCCI Class A multipoint I/O interconnect
•Single bidirectional parallel port
OpenGL Multipipe™ SDK, OpenML® and Digital Media Software operations
Development Kit (dmSDK)
•6 audio I/O ports 8GB SDRAM memory capacity; fully Superior interactivity, even with very
1 Requires IRIX® 6.5.20 addressable with the 64-bit system large data sets
2 Requires IRIX 6.5.21
and OS
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 Industry-Leading Feature Set Designed for and interactivity. Octane2 with VPro graphics
Customer Value features OpenGL® on a Chip for full hardware
The Silicon Graphics Octane2 visual workstation acceleration of the OpenGL 1.2 pipeline. The Choose Octane2 for Extreme Visual Quality
with VPro graphics advances the state of the integrated image and texture engine dramatically and Accuracy
art on the power desktop. speeds up texture loading for fast rendering of large, Octane2 features a 12-bit-per-color component path
complex models or volumetric data. The (48-bit RGBA) for all operations throughout the pixel
VPro graphics for Octane2 offer the very Gouraud shading Hardware-accelerated asynchronous texture download capability pipeline. The higher resolution, combined with
best graphics performance available with an emphasizes the specular shading with
coarseness of this the same model streamlines texture management for even better perspective-correct color and texture, equates to more
unprecedented feature set, including many model’s underlying provides smoother graphics performance when processing large accurate color, more realistic blending of colors for
industry firsts: geometry. highlights for a more textures. High-speed, configurable graphics transparent objects, higher-quality volume
•48-bit (12-bit-per-component) RGBA with realistic effect.
memory allows you to customize and vary the visualization using 3D textures, and expanded image-
16-bit Z buffer VPro graphics innovations for Octane2 are
resolution and the size of the frame buffer for the processing capabilities. High resolution is retained
•96-bit hardware-accelerated accumulation designed for the requirements of leading-edge
requirements of particular imaging operations. through the display interface, where 10-bit-per-
buffer for depth of field, full-scene anti- professionals in manufacturing, entertainment,
component digital-to-analog converters ensure display
aliasing, motion blurs, and other effects visual simulation, defense imaging, medical
The unsurpassed crossbar switch design of accuracy.
•Hardware-accelerated specular shading (or imaging, the oil and gas industries, and other
Octane2 provides excellent levels of interactivity with
per-pixel lighting) for Phong effects without fields of science.
The Octane2 workstation’s hardware-accelerated specular
a performance penalty shading also introduces a new level of accuracy to
•Advanced texture management with Octane2 Delivers Optimal Application
desktop graphics. Specular shading, or per-pixel lighting
Octane2 offers the asynchronous texture download capability Performance for Power Users
with normal interpolation, produces highly accurate
•Perspective-correct textures and colors For power users in 3D modeling and advanced
highest level of lighting and highlights to create very realistic shaded
•High-performance hardware clipping visualization and imaging, Octane2 optimizes
surfaces for 3D modeling. Traditional Gouraud lighting
visualization: application performance:
can distort color and highlights, especially when
•3D modeling: Octane2 brings a new level of
•Breakthrough graphics Octane2 now provides four breakthrough VPro visualization power and functionality to power
coarsely tessellated solids are being rendered. This is the
graphics options. The newest graphics result of calculating the color only at each triangle vertex
architecture subsystems, the next-generation VPro V10 and CAD and power 3D-animation professionals by
and then interpolating that color across the triangle.
V12, double the geometry performance of the offering the best graphics performance, new
•Optimized high- MIPS RISC R14000A By contrast, specular shading interpolates normals
industry-leading V6 and V8 graphics. VPro features, and more interactivity with large models. 600 MHz processor
(not colors) and does an interpolation for each pixel. In
performance system graphics are available in two graphics memory Two users can achieve further cost-benefit and
this way, specular shading provides a more accurate
configurations on Octane2: resource efficiencies by sharing one high-
architecture representation of the curvature of surfaces, improving
•32MB (V6 and the high-performance V10) performance system with the PowerDuo
the viewer’s ultimate understanding of the model.
•Industry-leading •128MB (V8 and the high-performance V12 with configuration.
its expanded feature set) •Advanced visualization and imaging: Octane2
options Choose Octane2 for Versatility
provides industry-leading visual precision and
and Interoperability
data management for professionals in CAD
Octane2 is built on IRIX, the advanced, high-
styling and digital prototyping, the geosciences,
performance 64-bit operating system from SGI, and is
entertainment, and the medical and advanced
complemented by the industry’s most comprehensive
simulation fields. The visual precision and
selection of software tools and applications. Octane2
system performance of Octane2 drive enhanced VPro graphics featuring combines IRIX, digital media capabilities, and a full
realism and interactivity with fully assembled OpenGL on a Chip
complement of interoperability, connectivity, and
models. With the high-performance Octane2
system administration tools. This allows broad appli-
V12 system, you can roam through gigabytes of
cation utilization and convenient integration into
volumetric data. Innovative visualization options
critical data transfers, such as loading a 3D model heterogeneous environments. This versatility and
such as Dual Head let you drive stereo displays
from memory to the screen or processing high- interoperability translate directly into time and cost
on two monitors or power up to four
definition video images in real time. The 1.0GB-per- savings.
monodisplays with a single system. The Octane2
second peak main memory bandwidth and 1.6GB-per-
V12 system—with its large texture memory
second peak bandwidth between subsystems ensure Choose Octane2 for Long-Term Value
capacity, support for 3D textures, and 8GB
that you experience smooth, fluid operations while When you purchase an Octane2 system, your
system memory capacity—is specifically
completing even the most complex tasks. The Octane2 investment becomes a long-term asset. Scalable
designed for high performance with big data.
workstation’s 8GB memory capacity gives you components let you easily upgrade your system as your
The deep pixel resolution (12-bit-per-component
increased power to handle bigger data sets for computational and application requirements grow. For
RGBA) dramatically increases the accuracy of
more accurate analysis in less time. example, you can easily upgrade to higher processors,
imaging operations. Combined with the
more memory, and new graphics.
industry-leading DMediaPro video options,
Configured with single or dual MIPS processors,
Octane2 V12 delivers unprecedented video
Octane2 delivers the power to quickly complete one An evolution of proven technology, Octane2 offers the
quality, versatility, and performance on the
task or simultaneously tackle multiple tasks such as stability and reliability required in demanding real-world
desktop.
design and analysis or motion modeling and behavior applications. Octane2 is designed with future product
scripting. The exceptional system responsiveness enhancements in mind, ensuring that you can take
Choose Octane2 for Performance
means that you can perform more tasks on more advantage of ongoing visualization and performance
and Interactivity
data than ever before at the desktop level. advancements from SGI.
Octane2 offers high-performance graphics in a
high-bandwidth system for maximum performance
 Industry-Leading Feature Set Designed for and interactivity. Octane2 with VPro graphics
Customer Value features OpenGL® on a Chip for full hardware
The Silicon Graphics Octane2 visual workstation acceleration of the OpenGL 1.2 pipeline. The Choose Octane2 for Extreme Visual Quality
with VPro graphics advances the state of the integrated image and texture engine dramatically and Accuracy
art on the power desktop. speeds up texture loading for fast rendering of large, Octane2 features a 12-bit-per-color component path
complex models or volumetric data. The (48-bit RGBA) for all operations throughout the pixel
VPro graphics for Octane2 offer the very Gouraud shading Hardware-accelerated asynchronous texture download capability pipeline. The higher resolution, combined with
best graphics performance available with an emphasizes the specular shading with
coarseness of this the same model streamlines texture management for even better perspective-correct color and texture, equates to more
unprecedented feature set, including many model’s underlying provides smoother graphics performance when processing large accurate color, more realistic blending of colors for
industry firsts: geometry. highlights for a more textures. High-speed, configurable graphics transparent objects, higher-quality volume
•48-bit (12-bit-per-component) RGBA with realistic effect.
memory allows you to customize and vary the visualization using 3D textures, and expanded image-
16-bit Z buffer VPro graphics innovations for Octane2 are
resolution and the size of the frame buffer for the processing capabilities. High resolution is retained
•96-bit hardware-accelerated accumulation designed for the requirements of leading-edge
requirements of particular imaging operations. through the display interface, where 10-bit-per-
buffer for depth of field, full-scene anti- professionals in manufacturing, entertainment,
component digital-to-analog converters ensure display
aliasing, motion blurs, and other effects visual simulation, defense imaging, medical
The unsurpassed crossbar switch design of accuracy.
•Hardware-accelerated specular shading (or imaging, the oil and gas industries, and other
Octane2 provides excellent levels of interactivity with
per-pixel lighting) for Phong effects without fields of science.
The Octane2 workstation’s hardware-accelerated specular
a performance penalty shading also introduces a new level of accuracy to
•Advanced texture management with Octane2 Delivers Optimal Application
desktop graphics. Specular shading, or per-pixel lighting
Octane2 offers the asynchronous texture download capability Performance for Power Users
with normal interpolation, produces highly accurate
•Perspective-correct textures and colors For power users in 3D modeling and advanced
highest level of lighting and highlights to create very realistic shaded
•High-performance hardware clipping visualization and imaging, Octane2 optimizes
surfaces for 3D modeling. Traditional Gouraud lighting
visualization: application performance:
can distort color and highlights, especially when
•3D modeling: Octane2 brings a new level of
•Breakthrough graphics Octane2 now provides four breakthrough VPro visualization power and functionality to power
coarsely tessellated solids are being rendered. This is the
graphics options. The newest graphics result of calculating the color only at each triangle vertex
architecture subsystems, the next-generation VPro V10 and CAD and power 3D-animation professionals by
and then interpolating that color across the triangle.
V12, double the geometry performance of the offering the best graphics performance, new
•Optimized high- MIPS RISC R14000A By contrast, specular shading interpolates normals
industry-leading V6 and V8 graphics. VPro features, and more interactivity with large models. 600 MHz processor
(not colors) and does an interpolation for each pixel. In
performance system graphics are available in two graphics memory Two users can achieve further cost-benefit and
this way, specular shading provides a more accurate
configurations on Octane2: resource efficiencies by sharing one high-
architecture representation of the curvature of surfaces, improving
•32MB (V6 and the high-performance V10) performance system with the PowerDuo
the viewer’s ultimate understanding of the model.
•Industry-leading •128MB (V8 and the high-performance V12 with configuration.
its expanded feature set) •Advanced visualization and imaging: Octane2
options Choose Octane2 for Versatility
provides industry-leading visual precision and
and Interoperability
data management for professionals in CAD
Octane2 is built on IRIX, the advanced, high-
styling and digital prototyping, the geosciences,
performance 64-bit operating system from SGI, and is
entertainment, and the medical and advanced
complemented by the industry’s most comprehensive
simulation fields. The visual precision and
selection of software tools and applications. Octane2
system performance of Octane2 drive enhanced VPro graphics featuring combines IRIX, digital media capabilities, and a full
realism and interactivity with fully assembled OpenGL on a Chip
complement of interoperability, connectivity, and
models. With the high-performance Octane2
system administration tools. This allows broad appli-
V12 system, you can roam through gigabytes of
cation utilization and convenient integration into
volumetric data. Innovative visualization options
critical data transfers, such as loading a 3D model heterogeneous environments. This versatility and
such as Dual Head let you drive stereo displays
from memory to the screen or processing high- interoperability translate directly into time and cost
on two monitors or power up to four
definition video images in real time. The 1.0GB-per- savings.
monodisplays with a single system. The Octane2
second peak main memory bandwidth and 1.6GB-per-
V12 system—with its large texture memory
second peak bandwidth between subsystems ensure Choose Octane2 for Long-Term Value
capacity, support for 3D textures, and 8GB
that you experience smooth, fluid operations while When you purchase an Octane2 system, your
system memory capacity—is specifically
completing even the most complex tasks. The Octane2 investment becomes a long-term asset. Scalable
designed for high performance with big data.
workstation’s 8GB memory capacity gives you components let you easily upgrade your system as your
The deep pixel resolution (12-bit-per-component
increased power to handle bigger data sets for computational and application requirements grow. For
RGBA) dramatically increases the accuracy of
more accurate analysis in less time. example, you can easily upgrade to higher processors,
imaging operations. Combined with the
more memory, and new graphics.
industry-leading DMediaPro video options,
Configured with single or dual MIPS processors,
Octane2 V12 delivers unprecedented video
Octane2 delivers the power to quickly complete one An evolution of proven technology, Octane2 offers the
quality, versatility, and performance on the
task or simultaneously tackle multiple tasks such as stability and reliability required in demanding real-world
desktop.
design and analysis or motion modeling and behavior applications. Octane2 is designed with future product
scripting. The exceptional system responsiveness enhancements in mind, ensuring that you can take
Choose Octane2 for Performance
means that you can perform more tasks on more advantage of ongoing visualization and performance
and Interactivity
data than ever before at the desktop level. advancements from SGI.
Octane2 offers high-performance graphics in a
high-bandwidth system for maximum performance
 Silicon Graphics Octane2
Technical Specifications www.sgi.com/workstations/octane2/
System Features Display Options System and Network Management
Processor Support Monitors
•SGIconsole™, Embedded Support Partner (ESP), FailSafe™
high-availability solution, Performance Co-Pilot™, Platform
Datasheet
•1–2 MIPS RISC 64-bit R14000A •21" color monitor
Computing Load Sharing Facility (LSF) Suite, TCP/IP, NFS V2/V3,
•2MB L2 cache •24" color monitor
RSVP, DHCP, Bulk Data Service (BDSpro), SNMP, network load
•18" Silicon Graphics® flat panel display
Memory Capacity balancing software
•22" Silicon Graphics® flat panel display
•256MB–8GB synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) Filesystem and Data Management
Internal Storage
•18GB, 36GB, or 73GB 10,000 RPM fast/wide Ultra SCSI drive
Graphics
•Dual Head option (two V10 or two V12 graphics boards); available in
a PowerDuo configuration to support two users on the same system
•XFS® 64-bit journaled filesystem with guaranteed rate I/O,
CXFS™ shared filesystem for SANs, Network File System, Samba®
Desktop Environments
Silicon Graphics® Octane2™ Visual Workstation with
Advanced VPro™ Graphics
Graphics Subsystem •Dual Channel Display option (Octane2 V12); 80MB texture memory
•Full hardware acceleration of OpenGL 1.2, GLX™ 1.3, OpenGL ARB available when using this option; can be combined with V12 Dual •IRIX Interactive Environment with Personal System Administration
imaging extensions Head option to drive up to four displays for ease of use without system administrator assistance; Common
Desktop Environment; GNOME (Freeware); KDE (Freeware)
Graphics Memory
•VPro V6: 32MB graphics memory, including up to 8MB texture memory Digital Media Development Tools
•VPro V10: 32MB graphics memory, including up to 8MB texture memory Features •MIPSpro™ C, C++, Fortran 787/90 compilers, ProDev™
•VPro V8: 128MB graphics memory, including up to 104MB texture memory WorkShop debugger with SGI® SpeedShop™ performance analysis
•VPro V12: 128MB graphics memory, including up to 104MB texture memory
Analog Audio
tool, Power Fortran, APO (Automatic Parallelization Option), SCSL
The Silicon Graphics Octane2 visual workstation delivers Features Benefits
•Mono-microphone, self-powered stereo
Graphics Architecture •Desktop loudspeakers with headphone output, stereo scientific and math libraries, and MPT (Message Passing Toolkit) the world’s most advanced desktop visualization. Advanced VPro Graphics
for MPI and SHMEM programming
•Integrated vertex processing engine analog—10 dBV line level (18-bit A to D and D to A) Octane2 combines the groundbreaking VPro 3D graphics Outstanding scalable graphics Extremely fast geometry and fill-rate
•Integrated image and texture engine Interoperability
•12-bit-per-component color and alpha, double-buffered
Options
•NFS V3, Samba (Freeware) system, the industry-leading crossbar architecture, performance with VPro™ V10 or V12 performance for high-speed drawing,
Digital Audio graphics even with very complex designs, and
•24-bit eye space Z buffer and 8-bit stencil buffers •24-bit AES-3id I/O (2 channels) Collaboration Software and the high-performance MIPS® processor in an
•10-bit digital-to-analog (DAC) display interface •24-bit ADAT optical I/O (8 channels) •OpenGL Vizserver (client and server) and SGI® Web Server high-speed image generation even with
•Multiple concurrent visuals (8-bit window ID) affordable power desktop package. fully textured designs
DMediaPro™ DM2 High-Definition and Utility Software
Hardware Lighting and Shading Standard-Definition Video I/O •InfoSearch for online documentation, RoboInst™ for streamlined Advanced texture management with Interactive rendering of volumetric
•Flat shading, Gouraud shading
•Specular shading with normal interpolation for accurate lighting and
•SMPTE 259M and 292M SDI inputs and outputs for video and alpha software and update installation across a network of SGI systems, Octane2 is designed to support a suite of industry-leading up to 104MB of texture memory data sets; high-performance
•SD video formats: 480i (NTSC), 576i (PAL) Impressario™ printing software
specular highlights •HD video formats: 720p, 1080i, 1080p options such as the Dual Head and Dual Channel Display processing of large textures
•Separate specular color (post-texture lighting) Security
DMediaPro™ DM5 High-Definition and Standard-Definition •CAPP certification for IRIX, LSPP with Trusted IRIX™; SGI® IPfilter options that maximize your visualization resources, the new OpenGL on a Chip™ Hardware acceleration of OpenGL® core
Hardware Texturing Graphics-to-Video Output firewall; strong-encrypted/random number generation; OpenSSL features, including 3D textures for
•3D textures, texture color tables, texture coordinate clamp, •Compatible with DM3 and DM6 and supports respective file formats cryptography library; Open SSH secure networking
cost-effective PowerDuo configuration that allows two users volume rendering and imaging
texture LOD bias, texture scale bias, detail texture, pixel texture
DMediaPro™ DM6 Standard-Definition Digital I/O Digital Media Software to share the same high-performance system, and the extensions
Effects
•Convolution, histogram, color matrix, color table
•SMPTE 259M SDI video I/O •SoundEditor, MovieMaker, ImageWorks, SoundTrack, FX Builder, DMediaPro™ video options for the most powerful and Hardware-accelerated specular shading Improved realism and accuracy for
•PAL and NTSC support MediaPlayer, Audio Panel, Synth Panel, Media Convert
•Hardware-accumulation buffer (Octane2 V8, V12) complete high-definition solution on the desktop. (Phong effects) lighting of 3D models
•Quad-buffered stereo support
•Perspective-correct texture and color Expansion Options Support Services 48-bit (12-bit-per-component) RGBA Cinematic quality and highest precision for
•Per-pixel fog, fog function, fog offset XIO Embedded Support Partner (ESP) You can tackle the world’s most challenging desktop with 16-bit Z buffer capability 2D/3D imaging
•Line anti-aliasing •Quad-port Ultra SCSI (differential) •7x24 system monitoring, flexible real-time notification and
•Hardware-assisted full-scene anti-aliasing •Quad-port 100Base-TX and 6 460Kb/sec serial ports computing problems with Octane2 and its unprecedented Support for high resolutions, including Capacity to display large data sets at
proactive system management for increased system availability
•Blend color, blend logic op, blend minmax, blend subtract •Dual-port 1GB Fibre Channel HDTV; full-screen stereo support and high resolutions; stereo viewing options
•Single-port 2GB Fibre Channel
SGI Supportfolio™ accuracy, interactivity, and performance. stereo in a window
Visual Formats •Instant Web access to customer support information
•32-bit RGBA (8,8,8,8) double-buffered, 24-bit Z buffer, 8-bit stencil
•32-bit RGBA (10,10,10,2) double-buffered, 24-bit Z buffer, 8-bit stencil SGI Knowledgebase 96-bit hardware-accelerated High performance and accuracy with
PCI (Requires PCI Expansion Unit)
•48-bit RGBA (12,12,12,12) (Octane2 V6, V10, V8, V12); double-buffered •PCI digital audio •Dual-port Ultra160 SCSI LVD
•Online access to thousands of proven support solutions accumulation buffer depth of field, full-scene anti-aliasing,
(Octane2 V8, V12); 16-bit Z buffer (Octane2 V12 only) •Single-port 1000Base-T •Single-port 2GB Fibre Channel Hardware and Software Support motion blurs, and other effects
•16-bit RGBA quad-buffered (stereo), 24-bit Z buffer, 8-bit stencil •Single-port 100Base-TX •Dual-port 2GB Fibre Channel •Mission Critical, SGI® FullExpress™, SGI® FullCare™, HardwareCare,
•12-bit Colorindex, double-buffered, 24-bit Z buffer, 8-bit stencil •Single-port differential Ultra SCSI •Single-port 1GB Fibre Channel SoftwareCare
High-speed, user-configurable Flexibility to make optimal use of color
•12-bit Colorindex, quad-buffered (stereo), 24-bit Z buffer, 8-bit stencil •Single-port single-ended Ultra SCSI •ISDN basic rate interface graphics memory resolution, off-screen graphics
•8-bit overlay and 8-bit window ID memory, and screen resolution
•96-bit (24,24,24,24) hardware-accumulation buffer (Octane2 V8, V12)
Physical Environment
Storage Options System High-definition and standard-definition High-quality, uncompressed, multi-
Display Resolutions •SGI® Total Performance 900
•From 640x480 at 60 Hz
Internal
(TP900), SGI® Total
•16.25" H x 11.0" W x 13.25" D Relative Humidity video formats, including 4:4:4 RGB and resolution, and multiformat real-time
•3 internal 3.5" storage bays •14.75" D (depth in localized •10% to 80% operating, real-time graphics-to-video output with video input and output for broadcast,
•Up to 1920x1200 pixels at 60 Hz and 72 Hz Performance 9100 (TP9100),
area of power supply) no condensation
External SGI® Total Performance 9300
•16.25" D (depth in localized •10% to 95% nonoperating,
the DMediaPro video options post-production, and film
For the full list of supported resolutions for each graphics option, •3.5" 120MB superdisk floppy drive (TP9300), SGI® Total
area of optional PCI module) no condensation Industry-leading options for innovative Versatile display options with Dual Head
see www.sgi.com/go/resolution. •20GB 4 mm DAT drive Performance 9400 (TP9400),
•54 lb
•12X DVD-ROM1 SGI® Total Performance 9500
•21" monitor:
Altitude visualization and cost-effective use of and Dual Channel Display capabilities;
I/O •40X CD-ROM (TP9500) storage systems, •10,000 ft operating system resources PowerDuo lets two users share the
17.6" H x 16" W x 16.5" D
•Crossbar: 1.6GB/sec/port (6 ports, 4 available for XIO™ systems •DVD RAM2 SGI® NAS and SAN solutions •40,000 ft nonoperating
Voltage and Frequency same high-performance system
like graphics and end-user options) Vibration
Software •100–120/200–240 VAC
•Internal single-ended SCSI controller •0.02", 5–19 Hz; 0.35G, 19–500 Hz Optimized System Architecture
•External single-ended SCSI controller Heat Dissipation
•4 XIO board slots (Octane2 V6, V8, V10, or V12 graphics require
System Regulatory Agency Single/dual, 600/550 MHz R14000A™ Processing power, speed, and
•IRIX 6.5 Advanced Workstation Environment supports UNIX® 95, •2,400 BTU/hour
2 of the 4 slots) •+13°C to +35°C operating
•Electromagnetic FCC Class A processors, 2MB Level 2 cache throughput with symmetric
MIPS®ABI, Year 2000
•Single half-height, dual full-height PCI slots with optional PCI cardcage
•REACT™ real-time extensions •-10°C to +65°C nonoperating Emissions multiprocessing (SMP) architecture
•Canada DOC Class A
Communication
Graphics APIs •CISPR22 Class A
Crossbar architecture for high-speed Dynamically and directly links any two
•Single 10Base-T/100Base-TX port computer subsystems; error-checked
•Dual serial RS422/RS423 DB-9 ports
•OpenGL, OpenGL Performer™, OpenGL Volumizer™, OpenGL Shader™, •VCCI Class A multipoint I/O interconnect
•Single bidirectional parallel port
OpenGL Multipipe™ SDK, OpenML® and Digital Media Software operations
Development Kit (dmSDK)
•6 audio I/O ports 8GB SDRAM memory capacity; fully Superior interactivity, even with very
1 Requires IRIX® 6.5.20 addressable with the 64-bit system large data sets
2 Requires IRIX 6.5.21
and OS
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