HP SVA V2.0 Release Notes

1 Welcome to the HP Scalable Visualization Array V2.0
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 HP-developed software APIs and utilities (SVA Visualization System Software).
Together, these hardware and software components bring the power of parallel computing to
the task of image visualization for large data sets.
This Readme First document has several important sections:
• Contents of the SVA V2.0 Kit.
• How to Install the Documentation Library.
• Release Notes.
1.1 SVA V2.0 Kit
This section describes the current distribution and setup for the software components of the SVA.
1.1.1 Contents of the Kit
You should receive the following SVA kit components:
• This Read Me First/Release Notes document
This document explains how to manually install all the online documentation and also
contains the release notes.
• A single SVA V2.0 CD and a single HP XC DVD
The SVA software includes a set of rpm files that includes the HP-developed Visualization
System Software (VSS), and a set of online documentation and release notes. The HP XC
DVD contains HP XC System Software V3.1.
1.1.2 First Steps
The main task you or HP Field Service needs to carry out before you can use the SVA is to
complete any site-specific configuration work for the cluster at your site. You also should verify
that the SVA is working as expected. You should begin these two tasks by reviewing the SVA
Software Installation Guide and the Readme/Release Notes (this document) found on the SVA CD.
To access the SVA Software Installation Guide on the CD:
1. Place the SVA CD into the CD-ROM drive on your PC. (You could also do this using a Linux
workstation.)
2. You now have several options:
• Locate the SVA Software Installation Guide (vis_install.pdf) and the Readme/Release
Notes (readme.pdf ) in the top-level directory. You can view the SVA Software Installation
Guide using Adobe Acrobat and print it out for reference.
• You can also access the complete online Documentation Library, which includes the
SVA Software Installation Guide. See Section 1.1.3 for more information.
3. Use the Cluster Platform Linux hardware installation documentation (available at
www.docs.hp.com) to finish configuring the hardware for your cluster. Note that the cluster
was cabled and set up before it left HP so the remaining tasks are mainly site-specific
configuration, including setting up displays. Once you or HP Field Service complete these
tasks, use the SVA Software Installation Guide to run some tests to verify the SVA operation.
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