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Table 5-4 HP xw8400 Workstation PCI Slots (continued)
CommentMaximum Slot PowerAssignmentSlot
SI – gigabit Ethernet or InfiniBand25WPCI Express x16 mechanical
(x4 electrical)
4
SI – Myrinet or Quadrics25WPCI-X 1335
Available25WPCI-X 1006
NIC25WPCI-X 1007
5.2.2 xw8400 PCI Slot Rules
The slot rules for the xw8400 are shown in Table 5-5.
Table 5-5 xw8400 PCI Slot Rules
1-2 CPU, Two 2-slot
GPU
1-2 CPU, Two 1-slot
GPU1-2 CPU, 2-slot GPU1-2 CPU, 1-slot GPUSlot Type
Slot
Number
G-SyncG-SyncG-SyncG-SyncPCI1
2-slot Graphics 1Graphics 1GraphicsGraphicsPCI Express x162
NA
1
SI-E
2
NA
1
availablePCI Express x8
(x4)
3
2-slot Graphics 2Graphics 2SI-E
2
SI-E
2
PCI Express x16
(x4)
4
NA
1
SI-X
34
SI-X
34
SI-X
34
PCI-X 1335
SI-X
34
availableavailableavailablePCI-X 1006
NIC
4
NIC
4
NIC
4
NIC
4
PCI-X 1007
1 NA = not available, slot is blocked by GPU
2 IB or GigE PCI-E adapters
3 Myrinet or Quadrics PCI-X adapters
4 ISS card installed by Integration Center
Note:
The 2-slot GPU is an NVIDIA FX4500 or FX5500.
5.2.3 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 Graphics Card
The NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 graphics card includes the following features:
• G70GL graphics processor
• 512 MB GDDR3 graphics memory
• Dual dual-link DVI-I
• SLI capable
• New dual slot thermal solution
• High Precision Dynamic Range Technology (HPDR)
• Full 128-bit Precision Graphics Pipeline, 12-bit sub-pixel precision
• Rotated Grid FSAA
• Infinite length vertex programs and dynamic flow control
• Fully Programmable Video GPU
Figure 5-11 shows an NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 graphics card.
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