Chapter 1
Operating System Setup and Installation
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Configuring SLI Support
Refer to
for more information on Scalable Link Interface (SLI)
and the latest supported drivers.
NVIDIA SLI (Scalable Link Interface) is a high-performance technology that
intelligently combines and scales graphics performance and visual quality by having
multiple NVIDIA GPUs in a single system. SLI technology can scale both geometry
and fill rate performance for two GPUs.
In order to enable SLI functionality, you need two of same cards installed. The
following graphics cards are supported for Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation SLI
operation:
■
FX3500
■
FX5500
If these cards are already installed in your workstation, the SLI connector will be
already installed.
Enabling SLI for Windows XP
To enable SLI for Windows XP:
1. Install the NVIDIA graphics driver located on the Tools and Drivers CD if it is
not previously installed.
See
“Installing Windows XP Operating System Drivers” on page 12
.
2. Right click on the desktop or click on the NVIDIA setting icon located on the
taskbar and select nvidia display ->
the attached monitor type
.
3. Select SLI-Multi GPU and select the enable SLI multi-GPU checkbox.
A message will appear stating SLI is enabled and that a reboot is required.
4. Reboot the workstation.
