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Chapter 5
5. Installing and Removing XIO Graphics and Option
Boards
Several XIO graphics and option board configurations are possible in the OCTANE
workstation. Depending on the size of the graphics board, you may install either two or
three option boards, such as the OCTANE Personal Video option board, the Ultra SCSI
option board, or a second graphics board to create a Dual Head configuration. Option
board configuration information is included in the documentation that ships with the
option board.
Optionand graphics boardsattach to theXIO module,which slides outof thechassis for
board installation. To see movies of XIO option boards being installed, see OCTANE
HardwareCentral, foundthrough Netscape byentering the followingURL inthe location
window:
file:/usr/share/Insight/library/SGI_bookshelves/SGI_EndUser/books/
Octane_HWCntl/index.html
Or, fromthe Toolchest >Help >Online Books> SGI EndUser,choose OCTANE Hardware
Central. (If that reference guide is no longer installed on your system disk, see the
Introduction to this guide for installation instructions.)
The following topics are covered in this chapter
• “About the XIO Module and XIO Boards” on page 133
• “Preparing the Workstation to Install or Remove XIO Boards” on page 134
• “Removing the XIO Module” on page 137
• “Removing a Blank Panel With Baffle” on page 153
• “Removing a Graphics Board, Option Board, or Blank Panel With No Baffle” on
page 142
• “Installing a Graphics Board, Option Board, or Blank Panel” on page 154
• “Placing a Texture Memory Option Board on the Graphics Board” on page 166
• “Removing a Texture MemoryOption Board Fromthe Graphics Board” on page 170
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