Last year, i found an indigo2 on ebay, had some fun cleaning it up and putting it in operation i was a little sad that the used octane market has brought them up in price, and, the current set of community built irix packages are not well maintained on the mips3 architecture. Sgi unveils octane iii personal supercomputer business wire. This book is intended for the use of any octane workstation user or technical. Silicon graphics, irix, and octane are registered trademarks, and sgi. The sgi octane, and its exceedingly similar successor, the sgi octane2, were produced by silicon graphics between 1997 and 2004. Preparing the workstation to remove and install a cpu and memory 38.
Were happy to help you by phone, email, or online through mysgi. Used sgi octane2 r14k 600mhz, 4gb ram, 300gb hdd, v12. Custom hardware boosts medical scanning speed and imaging. The hpe sgi 8600 system is a liquid cooled, traybased, scalable, highdensity clustered computer system designed from the ground up to run complex high performance computing hpc workloads at petaflop speeds. Aside from the imposing looks on the desk and the hum of power consumption haha it just felt the best all rounder of the machines. One of the ports is used for the processor and memory subsystem, one is. Silicon graphics octane2 owners manual pdf download.
It was designed as a successor to the indigo2 workstations and was sgis first multiprocessor desktop workstation. You can access this information by choosing toolchest help online books sgi end user. Make offer sgi silicon graphics maximum impact r10k base, 195mhz cpu, 384mb memory. The workstation is based on a crossbar switch architecture, which when coupled with the highperformance peripheral interface and memory bandwidth provides a product well suited to environments such as digital content creation.
It will come with an original, still wrapped sgi octane2 workstation owners guide, order number 0074207001. View and download silicon graphics octane2 owners manual online. Octane iii is optimized for use with multiple display solutions for expanded advanced visual. Silicon graphics octane iii user manual pdf download. All items are used and in good working condition unless otherwise stated. They were sgis uppermidrange workstation offerings, slotted between the lowend sgi o2 and the highend deskside sgi onyx2. Sgi octane the silicon graphics octane is a graphics workstation from 1997. This is the main system asic, which integrates a xio widget, a sdram memory controller 8 nonstandard dimms and a 64bit sysad bus controller that can service up to four r0, r12000 or r14000 processors.
Silicon graphics, sgi,o2, octane,onyx,indigo,indy, challenge and origin are registered trademarks and. See our latest covid 19 response page for details on how to reach us. It has a v12 graphics card, the fastest graphics available for the sgidesktop. For some reason, sgi hasnt made a fourprocessor octane so there are only one and twoprocessor modules available. We continuously collaborate, build, validate, and deliver secure, innovative, productionlevel hpc solutions with leadingedge technologies and services. I suppose they were far more powerful compared to an average pc of the time, i mean than anything apple is willing to offer with the new mac pro. One of the ports is used for the processor and memory subsystem, one is available for pcix expansion and. Sgi origin 350 compute module and compute expansion as a standalone technical server, the compute sgi origin 350 compute module boasts two or four processors, up to 8gb memory, 4 pcix slots1, two drive bays, and integrated power, all in 3. Power off 25 using the toolchest to shut down 27 using the toolchest to restart 29 installing and removing the cpu and memory 31. For me personally octane and octane 2, or as we referred to it inside the company, speed racer, was the end of an era for sgi. Their new system looks pretty sweet too, with the potential of up to 80 cores, and 1 tb of memory.
I had a small sgi collection for a while indigo, indigo2, o2, indy, origin 2000 and an octane 2 and the octane was my favourite by far. All systems valued more than 100 ukp come with the octane octane2 demos cd, my custom sgi nekoware split 8 cds and my sgi gifts cds. Sgi releases first new product since bankruptcy, octane iii 10 years sgi has been quiet as of late, in fact we havent heard much since they declared bankruptcy and were bought by rackable. The sgi o2 is an entrylevel unix workstation introduced in 1996 by silicon. So now that we have an sgi graphic board with texture memory, lets retest those fancy sgi irix 3d demos again. Outstanding performance in an industry standard cluster. Sgi withdrew the octane2 from the price book on may 26 2004, and ceased octane2. A single, conveniently placed button turns it on and off. Installing or removing memory and option boards 23. Meet the sgi octane a 3d graphics powerhouse from 1997. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we. Sgi octane r12000 400mhz, 1gb ram, 300gb hdd, esi graphics. Get the best deals on sgi vintage workstations when you shop the largest online selection at. High performance computing solutions reliable, available.
Memoryx has been your source for sun components and memory upgrades for over 5 years. Amounts shown in italicized text are for items listed in currency other than canadian dollars and are approximate conversions to canadian dollars based upon bloombergs conversion rates. We supply memory for computer ram, rdram, flash memory, ddr memory, pc memory, notebook memory, rambus memory, compaq memory, cisco memory, mac memory, dell memory, toshiba memory, imac memory, ibm memory, apple memory, sun memory, sgi memory, printer memory, digital camera memory. In many ways, the octane was a scaleddown version of the onyx2 or origin. Sgi releases first new product since bankruptcy, octane iii. Silicon graphics, iris, irix, and octane are registered trademarks and the silicon. The sgi tezro is a series of highend computer workstations sold by sgi from 2003 until 2006. Regardless of the system configuration it is always recommended to use irix 6. Octane iii is office ready with a pedestal, one foot by two foot form factor, quiet operation, ease of use features, low maintenance requirements and support for standard office power outlets. Inside the sgi octane, disassemble and ram upgrade. Like the indy, the o2 used a single mips microprocessor and was intended to be used mainly for multimedia. Hpe and our global partners have created a high performance computing hpc ecosystem to help solve the worlds most complex problems. It comes with 4gb ram, a new and quiet 300gb hard drive, and single 600mhz r14000 cpu. The octane workstation hardware guide describes how the system module is removed from octane octane 2 systems.
Later, sgi released a newer motherboard to support faster processors and increased ram capacity up to 8gb instead of the original 2gb limit. Importantly, unlike many dual processor systems especially pcs, octanes design permits maximum exploitation of both cpus at the same time, ie. The octane and the similar octane2 are irix workstations marketed by sgi. The monitor that sgi ships with the o2 has an hd15 super vgatype connector on it. The relevant statutes should be consulted to interpret and apply the law the saskatchewan drivers handbook a guide to safe driving is a helpful resource for becoming a knowledgeable and good driver. The octane supports 256 mb to 8 gb of system memory, using proprietary. The sgi octane workstation then traces the rays through the volume and. Sgi octane irix 3d demos, how much faster is the impact. Products may also be returned in original condition within 14 days of delivery for full credit minus shipping.
Sgi withdrew the octane2 from the price book on may 26, 2004, and ceased. Octane iii enjoys the same cost saving power efficiencies inherent in all sgi ecological com. Octane series memoryten products carry a lifetime exchange or repair warranty against manufacturing defects. Octane iii cluster server cooling octane iii cluster server cooling the sgi octane iii server is cooled using 12 fans six on the front and six on the rear. Silicon graphics octane2 visual workstation with advanced. The o2 is an entrylevel unix workstation introduced in 1996 by silicon graphics, inc. Worse still, it seems all that numa goodness that made origin 200s, 300s, and the rackmount tezro such kick arse workstations is missing sure, you can have 960gb ram in an octane iii, but its not global shared memory. We may have it, and if not, we can probably get it for you. The six front fans push air into the enclosure while the rear six fans pull it out the back. The octane was the direct successor to the indigo2, and itself was succeeded by the tezro, and its immediate sibling was the o2.
If you need something we dont have listed here, please email us. Laptop replacement parts free delivery possible on eligible purchases. We also supply unlimited lifetime tech support for this item. The goal of this handbook is to help you become a knowledgeable and good driver. Silicon graphics, opengl, irix, octane, inperson, and iris are registered trademarks, and sgi, octane2. However, it is only a reference source, covering basic driving rules and techniques. Sgi workstations and servers have been highly regarded by hpc scientists, engineers and analysts, and the new system with up to 80 highperformance cores and 1tb of memory. The stored data are transferred over a 100baset ethernet connection to a vme chassis controlled by a 604e powerpc motherboard from cetia toulon, france. For regulatory and compliance information, see your octane workstation owners. Using mips cpus and running irix, it is the immediate successor to the sgi octane line. Powering on the octane workstation 65 verifying memory installation 66 3. The octane iii is being billed as the personal supercomputer, and it comes to market 16 years after sgi s.