HP Scalable Visualization Array New Features and Release Notes Version 2.1.1

1 Welcome to the HP Scalable Visualization Array Version
2.1.1 Release
The HP SVA development team is pleased to offer this version of its SVA product. This
visualization solution combines a cluster of industry standard workstations and servers running
HP XC and the software APIs and utilities (that is, the SVA Visualization System Software)
developed by HP. Together, these hardware and software components bring the power of parallel
computing to the task of image visualization for large data sets.
This chapter addresses the following topics:
• “Contents of the HP SVA Version 2.1.1 Patch Kit” (page 7)
• “First Step” (page 7)
• “New Features in this Release” (page 7)
For information and the procedure for installing the HP SVA Version 2.1.1 patch kit, see Chapter 2
(page 9).
For the release notes, see Chapter 3 (page 13).
NOTE: See also the HP XC System Software Installation Guide for information on installing the SVA
product.
1.1 Contents of the HP SVA Version 2.1.1 Patch Kit
The components of the SVA patch kit are:
• A tar.gz file, which contains the HP SVA rpm package file.
• This document.
1.2 First Step
Before you proceed with the installation of this patch kit, verify that the existing HP SVA
installation is installed and running properly by running the SVA OVP (sva_ovp) utility and
verifying that all tests pass.
For information, see “Running the SVA OVP utility” (page 10).
1.3 New Features in this Release
The following list summarizes the new features in this release:
• Updated Graphics driver for NVIDIA® graphics card — also supports NVIDIA Quadro® FX4600
and Gsync II
The latest WGBU-qualified driver for the NVIDIA graphics cards supported under HP SVA
is included in this kit.
This driver also supports:
— NVIDIA Quadro FX4600 graphics card
— Gsync II cards for stereo.
• Additional SVA OVP tests and simplification of current tests.
The functionality of the sva_ovp utility was extended to include tests for render nodes and
enhanced coverage. Additional tests include the following:
— package installation check
— additional hardware configuration checks
— driver configuration checks
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