The last section controls the graphics output of both the Onyx 2 and the Cluster. This unit allows video graphics from the Onyx 2 or the Cluster to be connected to any of the visual outputs in the Visualization Laboratory. The Blue row has 1 Gig bps fiber network cards, which are connected via a Cisco network switch. The Cluster contains one Linux server and one Windows 2000 server. This allows users to run computations either in Linux or Windows.
Documentation is available here .
It provides a standard commercial supercomputing environment. The IBM and the two SUN Ultra 10s have three RAIDs for storage, archiving, and retrieval of large data sets. It controls the red, green, blue, horizontal sync, and vertical sync, and allows users to switch between the various video inputs and outputs. Switching can be done via a touch panel, web based interface, or computer program. This provides for better use of shared resources, whether computers or video presentation systems.