Matrox Supersight Installation And Hardware Reference

Matrox Supersight

Installation and Hardware Reference

Manual no. Y11162-101-0301

October 15, 2014

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Contents

Chapter 1: Before you begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Types of units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Documentation conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

SHBs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Inspecting the Matrox Supersight package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Standard components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Optional installed components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Accessing your Matrox Supersight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Starting the Matrox Supersight unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Powering your Matrox Supersight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Limited automatic logins and default passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

BIOS setup utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Restarting individual SHBs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Turning off the Matrox Supersight unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Operating states of the Matrox Supersight unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Front panel LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

LEDs on the bracket of the SHB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Handling precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Manual overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Chapter 2: Connecting peripherals to the

front and back panels of the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Connecting a USB device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Connecting video output display devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Networking connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Chapter 3: Connecting devices to the backplane

and to the Matrox Supersight SHB-5520 board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Removing the chassis cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Removing the retainer guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Removing the drive-tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Adding boards to the backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Establishing which boards can be installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Adding boards to the Matrox Supersight Solo unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Adding boards to the Matrox Supersight e2 unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Connecting devices to the internal connectors of the SHB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Connecting additional mass storage devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Installing a mass storage device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Installing or removing RAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Connecting the chassis’ fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Chapter 4: Power management and temperature control . . . . . 65

Power management and temperature control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

ACPI technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Appendix A: Hardware glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Appendix B: Technical reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Matrox Supersight SHB-5520 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Environmental specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Default hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Optional optical disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Pinout descriptions of external connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

USB connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Gbit Ethernet connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Analog video output connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Pinout descriptions of internal Matrox Supersight SHB-5520 connectors . . . . . . . . . 93

USB header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Serial port headers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Automatic power-up connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Board power-supply connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Fan power-supply connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Pinout descriptions of backplane connectors and LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Chassis fan power-supply connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

LED, system reset, and power connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Voltage rail LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Appendix C: BIOS reference for

Matrox Supersight SHB-5520 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

One SHB at a time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Maximizing performance by default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

The BIOS setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Entering the BIOS setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

The Menu bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

The Legend window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

The Selection window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

The Item Specific Help window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Default settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Advanced menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

PCI Subsystem Settings submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Trusted Computing submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

WHEA Configuration submenu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

ACPI Settings submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

CPU Configuration submenu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Runtime Error Logging submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Spread spectrum (clockgen) configuration submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

SATA Configuration submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

USB Configuration submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Super IO Configuration submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Serial Port n Configuration sub-submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Serial Port Console Redirection submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Console Redirection Settings sub-submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Serial Port for Out-of-band Management/Windows

Emergency Management Services Console

Redirections sub-submenu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Network Stack submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Chipset menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

North Bridge submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Tylersburg IOH Configuration sub-submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Intel VT for Directed I/O Configuration sub-submenu. . . . . . . . . . 133

IOH Thermal Sensors sub-submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

QPI Link sub-submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

DIMM Information sub-submenu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

South Bridge Configuration submenu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

USB Configuration sub-submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Server Mgmt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

System event log submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

BMC network configuration submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Error simulation submenu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

iSCSI menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Boot menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

CD/DVD ROM Drive BBS Priorities submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Hard Drive BBS Priorities submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Security menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Save and Exit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

BIOS messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Types of POST errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Types of beep codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Types of POST messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Appendix D: Listing of Matrox Supersight units . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Key feature changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Index

Regulatory Compliance

Limited Warranty

Chapter

1

Chapter 1:

Before you begin

This chapter introduces you to the key features of your

Matrox Supersight unit.

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Overview

A Matrox Supersight unit is a high-performance computing (HPC) platform that

allows the connection of Matrox Supersight SHB-5520 system Host board(s),

GPU boards (display boards), boards with field-programmable gate arrays

(FPGAs), and frame grabber/processing boards in one chassis. All these boards are

connected to a PCIe switched fabric backplane; allowing Matrox Supersight and

its associated boards to communicate with each other on its own network.

Each Matrox Supersight SHB-5520 in the unit acts as a separate computer with

its own BIOS, operating system, memory, hard disk drives, USB ports, and

network ports. An SHB’s access to an auxiliary board (such as a GPU, FPGA, and

frame grabber/processing board) depends on the number of SHBs connected to

the backplane and on the slot in which the SHB board and the auxiliary board

are connected. Each SHB can either be connected to one or more of its own hard

disk drives.

Types of units

There are two types of Matrox Supersight units available. They differ as follows:

• Matrox Supersight e2 can have up to 4 possible SHBs.

• Matrox Supersight Solo can only have 1 SHB. In addition, there is an 8-connector

version and a 13-connector version. Other than the difference in the number of

PCIe connectors, the two variations function identically.

Backplane 11

The Matrox Supersight units come pre-installed with a backplane, one SHB-5520

with memory modules, Microsoft Windows 7 for Embedded Systems 64-bit, a

mass storage device, a CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive, a power supply, and three

cooling fans; these are encased within a metal chassis.

Documentation conventions

The following conventions are used in this manual.

Node A node consists of one SHB-5520, along with any additional boards that are

connected to the SHB through the backplane, such as GPU boards, boards with

FPGAs, frame grabber boards, and processing boards.

1

Naming convention This manual refers to both Matrox Supersight e2 and Matrox Supersight Solo

units as Matrox Supersight. When necessary, their full names are used.

Backplane

The Matrox Supersight backplane is a switched fabric backplane. A switched fabric

backplane allows one SHB to communicate without additional connectors with

the PCIe 2.0 boards connected to the same backplane and belonging to the same

node. This communication occurs below the operating system level, and can be

accessed by programs like a Distributed MIL application. Note that, since this

communication occurs below the operating system level, no Ethernet network

connection is required.

The Matrox Supersight backplane differs between versions:

1. Note that in previous versions of this manual, a node was referred to as a

cluster.

Hardware differences Matrox Supersight e2 Matrox Supersight Solo

Number of PICMG 1.3 SHB connectors 4 1

Number of x16 PCIe 2.0 connectors

8

*

7

†

or 4

‡

Number of x8 PCIe 2.0 connectors

4

*

13

†

or 8

‡

Number of SATA 2.0 (3 Gbps) connectors 5 -14 (2 on the backplane and 3 per SHB) 5 (2 on the backplane and 3 on the SHB)

*. Depending on the number of SHB’s connected, you can have a maximum of six x16 PCIe boards, and either four x8 PCIe boards or an additional two x16 PCIe

boards.

†. For the 13-connector version, you can have either seven x16 PCIe boards and one x8 PCIe board or thirteen x8 PCIe boards.

‡. For the 8-connector version, you can have either four x16 PCIe boards or eight x8 PCIe boards.

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Matrox Supersight

SHB-5520 in a Matrox

Supersight Solo

13-slot PCIe backplane

Matrox Supersight

SHB-5520 in a

Matrox Supersight Solo

8-slot PCIe backplane

SHB

frame grabber board

Four Matrox Supersight

SHB-5520 in a

Matrox Supersight e2

backplane with four

frame grabbers boards

Backplane 13

Switched fabric

backplanes

As a switched fabric backplane, the Matrox Supersight unit uses a series of PCIe

switches to control the connections between your PCIe boards and the Matrox

Supersight SHB-5520 board(s). A switched fabric backplane allows traffic from

one PCIe connector to pass through to the next available PCIe switch without

being bottlenecked, while providing maximum bandwidth to the SHB.

Some PCIe connectors on the Matrox Supersight backplane are paired, allowing

one of two PCIe connectors to communicate at x16 while the other is

non-functional or both PCIe connectors of the pair to communicate at x8. These

PCIe connector pairs have their PCIe lanes routed through a series of

multiplexers/demultiplexers (muxes/demuxes). These muxes/demuxes are

initialized upon start-up, based on the presence of a board in the PCIe connector

that can be x8 or non-functional (x0).

Matrox Supersight Solo (13-connector version) uses two x16 lanes for

communication with the SHB, while Matrox Supersight e2 and the 8-connector

version of Matrox Supersight Solo uses only one.

x16

x8 x16

x16

PCIe 2.0 switch

Matrox Supersight Solo - 7 + 6 PCIe connector configuration

PCIe 2.0 switch

x16

Mux/Demux

14

x16

x0/x8 x16/x8

x8

13

x16

10 11

Mux/Demux

x16

x0/x8 x16/x8

x8

8 9

Mux/Demux

x16

x0/x8 x16/x8

x8

x16

6

7

Mux/Demux

x16

x0/x8 x16/x8

x8

x16

4

5

Mux/Demux

5

x16

x0/x8 x16/x8

x8

4

x16

Mux/Demux

3

x16

x0/x8 x16/x8

x8

2

x8

1

2 x16

Note that this PCIe connector configuration is only available on the 13-connector version.

Paired PCIe connectors are connectors where either: one works at x16, or both work at x8.

PCIe connectorSHB connector

Legend

Paired connectors

14 Chapter 1: Before you begin

[

o

x16

PCIe 2.0 switch

Mux/Demux

Matrox Supersight Solo - 8 + 5 PCIe connector configuration

PCIe 2.0 switch

2 x16

x16

12

13

x16

x0/x8 x16/x8

x8

Mux/Demux

11

x16

10

11

x16

x0/x8 x16/x8

x8

Mux/Demux

x16

98

†

8

†

x16

*

x0/x8 x16/x8

x8

1

x16

6

7

Mux/Demux

x16

x0/x8 x16/x8

x8

x16

4

5

Mux/Demux

x16

x0/x8 x16/x8

x8

x16

Mux/Demux

3

x16

x0/x8 x16/x8

x8

2

*. These PCIe connectors are only present on the 13 connector v of Matrox Supersight Solo.- ersion

†. PCIe connector 1, and 8 are paired.

Paired PCIe connectors are connectors where either: one works at x16, or both work at x8.

PCIe connectorSHB connector

Legend

Paired connectors

PCIe connectorSHB connector

Legend

Paired connectors

Paired PCIe connectors are connectors where either: one works at x16, or both work at x8.

Matrox Supersight e2

PCIe 2.0 switch

x16

1

PCIe 2.0 switch PCIe 2.0 switch

x16

1

x16

Mux/Demux

2

x16

x16/x0 x /x016

x16

2

5

x16

x16x16

x16

3

PCIe 2.0 switch

3

4

x16

x8

x0/x8 x16/x8

Mux/Demux

6

7

x16

x16 x16

8

x16

x16/x0 x /x016

x16

4

Mux/Demux

9 10

x16

x8

x0/x8 x16/x8

Mux/Demux

SHBs 15

SHBs

The Matrox Supersight SHB-5520 board is a PICMG 1.3 board that intergrates

the following functionality:

• Processing. Processing comes from either one or two multi-core Intel Xeon

processors. There are two types of processors available:

- Intel Xeon Quad-Core E5620 2.4 GHz processor.

- Intel Xeon Six-Core E5645 2.4 GHz processor.

These processors use processor technologies designed to accelerate multimedia and

imaging applications. The processors use multimedia extension (MMX)

technology, streaming SIMD extensions (SSE, SSE2, SSE3, and SSSE3)

technology, and EM64T (Intel 64 architecture) technology. These technologies

are extensions to the Intel architecture, which address the key characteristics of

applications that must handle large amounts of image, video, and graphics data.

• Display. Display capabilities come from a dedicated graphics controller. The

graphics controller allows you to send analog video data to one high-resolution

analog display device, such as an analog monitor or analog flat panel. The

maximum display resolution is 1600 x 1200 with 16 bits/pixel.

• Memory. Memory comes from the SO-DIMM memory modules installed in the

six 204-pin SO-DIMM slots; each slot supports a SO-DIMM memory module

up to 8 Gbytes in size. The DDR3 modules run at up to 666 MHz (DDR3-1333).

The total amount of memory can be 48 Gbytes.

• Mass storage. Mass storage comes from a 2.5-inch SATA hard disk drive,

connected to the first SHB

1

through the backplane. Each SHB must be connected

to a mass storage device containing its operating system; without it, the SHB

cannot boot. The chassis has room for four 2.5-inch SATA hard drives and one

CD RW/DVD ROM drive.

1. The first SHB is the SHB that is in the left-most SHB slot on the backplane, as seen

from the front panel (see the illustration in the Establishing which boards can be

installed section, in Chapter 3: Connecting devices to the backplane and to the

Matrox Supersight SHB-5520 board).

16 Chapter 1: Before you begin

• Networking. Networking comes from the two integrated Gbit Ethernet

interfaces. Each Gbit Ethernet interface supports 10BaseT, 100BaseT, and

1000BaseT, which can be used to connect the Matrox Supersight SHB-5520

board to your network.

• BIOS. The BIOS is stored on an on-board flash memory device. The BIOS acts

as an interface between the operating system and the Matrox Supersight

SHB-5520 board.

The installation of a Matrox Supersight SHB-5520 board can block some PCIe

connectors on the backplane, as each Matrox Supersight SHB-5520 board takes

up to two slots, and partially blocks a third slot. This partially blocked third slot

can still be used, but only by short (1/2 length) PCIe boards or auxiliary I/O

adapter brackets.

SHBs 17

RAM

North bridge

chip

(IOH):

Intel 5520

South bridge

chip

(IOH-IOC):

Intel ICH10R

Intel Xeon

Quad Core

or

Six Core

Processors

Chip

set

PICMG 1.3

edge

connector

to the

backplane

Matrox Supersight

SHB-5520 board

2x SATA

4x USB 2.0

Three SATA

hard drive ports

(on headers)

Two

10/100/1000

BaseT ports

Intel 82576

Gigabit

Ethernet

controller

Two USB 2.0

external ports

(on )bracket

Two USB 2.0

internal ports

(on header)

QPI

Graphics

controller

and Super I/O

controller

ESI

x4 PCIe

RAM

Analog video

display port

Two

RS-232 ports

x1 PCIe

2x USB

LPC

RMII

x4 PCIe

Intel Xeon

Quad Core

or

Six Core

DDR3 204-pin

SO-DIMM

module up to

8 Gbytes

DDR3 204-pin

SO-DIMM

module up to

8 Gbytes

DDR3 204-pin

SO-DIMM

module up to

8 Gbytes

DDR3 204-pin

SO-DIMM

module up to

8 Gbytes

DDR3 204-pin

SO-DIMM

module up to

8 Gbytes

2 x16 PCIe 2.0

DDR3 204-pin

SO-DIMM

module up to

8 Gbytes

1

1. Matrox Supersight SHB-5520 has two x16 PCI 2.0 connections on its edge connector. Note that while Matrox Supersight e2 supportse

only one x16 PCI 2.0 connection, Matrox Supersight Solo supports both connectionse (13-connector version) .

2. The number of CPUs (1 or 2), number of cores (4 or 6), and amount of memory are configurable. Contact your Matrox aless

representative for more information.

2

18 Chapter 1: Before you begin

Operating system

The Matrox Supersight unit is shipped with Microsoft Windows 7 for Embedded

Systems, 64-bit.

The following 32- and 64-bit operating systems are also supported, and can be

installed using Microsoft’s Migration rights

1

:

• Microsoft Windows Vista for Embedded Systems.

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional for Embedded Systems.

If you downgrade to Microsoft Windows XP Professional for Embedded Systems,

you will need to install Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) to take

advantage of all the features available in the Matrox Supersight unit and the Matrox

Imaging Library (MIL).

To downgrade the operating system, contact your Matrox representative.

❖ Note that if you try using any other operating system, there might be driver issues

(for example, driver issues with USB devices). Refer to the documentation

accompanying the operating system for more information.

If installing an operating system on your unit, refer to the readme file on your

Matrox Supersight system drivers and utilities DVD. It contains additional

information regarding installing the appropriate the device driver/utility software

for the Intel chipset, display driver, and Intel Integrated Ethernet driver for your

Matrox Supersight SHB.

1. Migration rights allow you to use prior versions of Microsoft Windows software. For

more information, read about migration rights on http://www.microsoft.com.

Inspecting the Matrox Supersight package 19

Inspecting the Matrox Supersight package

You should check the contents of your Matrox Supersight package when you first

receive it. If something is missing or damaged, contact your Matrox representative.

Standard components

The following components are included with your Matrox Supersight unit:

Standard package item Details

A Matrox Supersight unit Includes the following components pre-installed in a metal chassis:

• An SHB with memory modules

*

.

• A switched-fabric backplane.

•A mass storage device

*

and its associated connection and power

cable.

• Microsoft Windows 7 for Embedded Systems, 64-bit

(pre-installed on the mass storage device).

• A CD-RW/DVD-ROM 5-inch (slim) optical disk drive

†

and its

associated connection and power cable.

• Three cooling fans and a power supply.

*. The exact amount of storage and memory available might change over time. Contact your Matrox representative for more

details. The number of hard disk drives installed in the chassis is determined by your order and the number of Matrox

Supersight SHB-5520 boards installed. If you ordered more hard disk drives than Matrox Supersight SHB-5520 boards,

additional hard disk drives are shipped as additional parts.

†. You can request a Matrox Supersight unit without a pre-installed CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive. Contact your Matrox representa-

tive for more details.

Additional parts • Two retainer bars and a bag of pressure feet (used to secure the

SHB to the unit).

• 4 additional PCIe/EPS power cables with 6+2 connectors

‡

.

• 1 LP4 to floppy power cable.

• A key to unlock the front panel of the unit.

‡. The Matrox Supersight e2 unit comes with 4 PCIe/EPS power cables (with 6 + 2 connectors) either installed (one per

Matrox Supersight SHB-5520 installed) or bundled as additional components. With the Matrox Supersight Solo unit, one is

installed and the other 3 of these cables are bundled as additional components.

DVDs Two DVDs are included with every Matrox Supersight unit:

• A DVD that includes Matrox Supersight system drivers, utilities,

applications needed to use Matrox Supersight, and a ReadMe file.

• A Microsoft Windows Rescue DVD.

Instructions to receive this manual --

20 Chapter 1: Before you begin

Optional installed components

You might have also purchased any of the following optional Matrox components

to complete the unit. Note that, typically, these components are pre-installed if

purchased at the same time as your Matrox Supersight unit.

❖ Note that to order these items separately, contact your Matrox sales representative.

Optional components

You might have also purchased any of the following optional Matrox components

to complete the unit. These will not come pre-installed.

❖ Note that to order these items separately, contact your Matrox sales representative.

Additional component Details

Matrox Supersight

SHB-5520 boards

You can order up to 3 additional Matrox Supersight SHB-5520 boards for a

Matrox Supersight e2 unit.

Hard disk drives You can order three additional SATA hard disk drives (for a maximum total of

four), along with its associated cabling. Note that, in a typical installation, one

hard disk drive for each SHB in your Matrox Supersight will come

pre-installed with an operating system.

Additional component Details

Adapter boards You can install PCIe boards. For third-party GPU boards, contact your Matrox

sales representative for the list of pre-qualified vendors.

USB and COM port I/O

adapter bracket

You can order a USB and COM port I/O adapter bracket, featuring two USB

ports and two COM port connectors (DB-9). This bracket allows you to

access the internal USB ports and/or COM ports of the SHBs from outside of

the chassis.

Additional I/O adapter

bracket

Additional I/O adapter brackets might be available. depending on the adapter

board(s) you order.

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