HP Graphics Server Blade RedHat Enterprise Linux Quick Start

WS460c G6 and Gen8 Configuration guidelines for Linux.

There are many difference between the WS460c G6 and Gen8, but from the perspective of configuring graphics

on the WS460c, the only difference with impact is that the embedded video cards are different. On the WS406c

G6 the embedded card is an ATI Corporation video card, on the new Gen8 it is a Matrox.

Configuring Hardware Accelerated Graphics on WS460c Graphics Server Blade

The following section covers only configuration requirements specific to the HP WS460c G6 and Gen8 and

graphics configuration, it does not cover the full set of NVIDIA and HP RGS configuration options. See the

documentation specific to vendor for their specific configuration steps.

The following information complements the Blade Workstation documentation with configuration

requirements specific to Blade Workstation WS460c G6 being used for Hardware Accelerated Graphics.

Minimum Recommended Versions

Table 1. Recommend minimum versions

Setting

Value

NVIDIA Linux Driver

304.64

WS460c System BIOS

WS460c Gen8 – 9/20/2013

WS460c G6 – 12/02/2011

HP RGS

5.4.x

Supported Video cards for HP Hardware Accelerated Graphics on WS460c with Linux RHEL

WS460 G6

 NVIDIA Quadro 3800, 4800, 5800, 4000, 5000, 6000

 Quadro MXM 880M, 3600M, 770M, 2800M

WS460 Gen8

 NVIDIA Quadro 4000, 5000, 6000, K4000, K5000, K6000

 Quadro MXM 500M, 1000M, 3000M

Understanding Blade Workstation video subsystem modes

The WS460c G6 blade workstation has four distinct graphics modes (see Figure 3).

User Mode

 This is the primary Production mode when used in all non-virtualized environments.

 In this mode the NVIDIA card is enabled and the embedded ATI/Matrox is disabled.

 In this mode the iLO console is inaccessible because it uses the ATI to generate its video.

 System can be accessed via remote protocol only.

Setup Mode

 This mode has both video cards enabled but the NVIDIA card is secondary.

 In this mode the iLO console is accessible.

 Primary mode for driver installation and maintenance.