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HP Scalable Visualization Array Software User Manual

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Main software components provided by HP (

Table 3-3

).

Main software components provided by third parties (

Table 3-4

).

Application development tools available on the SVA (

Table 3-5

).

Table 3-3 HP SVA System Software

Description

Software

Collection of various categories, including:

Visualization System Software (VSS)

SVA Visualization System Software Reference Guide

• Data Access Functions that permit an application to access and use

the Configuration Data Files for job allocation and launch.

• Command syntax for job launch scripts commands.

Transmits 2D and 3D images across standard computer networks to remote
users.

(optional)

HP Remote Graphics Software

http://www.hp.com/workstations/software/remote/

Table 3-4 Third Party System Software

Description

Software

Primary interface programmers use to create images.

OpenGL

Contains routines that build on the lower level OpenGL library to perform
such tasks as setting up matrices for specific viewing orientations and
projections, performing polygon tessellation, and rendering surfaces.

OpenGL Utility library (GLU)

This library masks a number of the operating system specific calls for
creating windows and managing input devices.

freeglut

http://freeglut.sourceforge.net/

Royalty-free version of Motif®, the industry standard graphical user
interface. It provides users with the industry's most widely used environment
for standardizing application presentation on a wide range of platforms.

OpenMotif

An open source application that provides a proxy X Server that distributes
its display over multiple X Servers.

Distributed MultiHead X (DMX)

http://dmx.sourceforge.net/

X Server available as part of the Red Hat distribution.

X Server (X.Org)

A system for interactive rendering on clusters of graphics workstations.

Chromium

http://chromium.sourceforge.net/

Table 3-5 Application Development Tools

Description

Software

Included as part of the Red Hat distribution.

Default GNU C and C++ compilers and run-time

Included as part of the Red Hat distribution.

gdb

GNU debugger

Scripting tools available as part of the Red Hat distribution.

Perl, Tcl/tk, Python

64 bit Linux applications are supported on SVA systems. 34 bit applications may run if their providers have
validated them to run on 64 bit Linux systems. You may find that you need to install additional libraries. You
may also find that certain libraries, for example, MPI, don't work for particular hardware configurations.

SVA Software Summary

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