Scientific Development and Visualization Laboratory Hardware
The lab offers the following hardware:
Workstations
Macintosh Computers
| Name |
Type |
CPU |
Memory |
Storage |
OS Version |
Display |
Other |
Location |
| m2 |
G4 Tower |
2 x PowerPC G4 1 GHz |
1.5 GB |
80 GB HD IDE, 2 x 78 GB UW 160 SCSI |
Mac OS |
Apple 23" Cinema Flat Panel Display |
Epson Firewire Scanner |
585 |
| m3 |
Power Mac G5 |
2 x PowerPC G5 2.5 GHz |
2 GB |
2 x 250 GB Serial ATA |
Mac OS |
Nvidia GeForce 6800 Ultra Graphics, Apple 20" Cinema Flat Panel Display |
Adaptec 39160 UW SCSI Card; Promac Analong/Digital Firewire Input |
585 |
The Macintosh m3 has video editing software installed.
Linux Workstations
| Name |
Type |
CPU |
Memory |
OS Version |
Graphics |
Location |
| l1 |
Dell Precision 490n |
Quad Core Intel Xeon 2.33 GHz |
16 GB |
SLED 10.1 |
Nvidia QuadroFX 4500 |
575 |
| l2 |
Dell Precision 490n |
Quad Core Intel Xeon 2.33 GHz |
16 GB |
SLED 10.1 |
Nvidia QuadroFX 4500 |
575 |
| l3 ** |
Dell Precision 670n |
2 x Intel Xeon 3.4 GHz |
4 GB |
CentOS 4.6 |
Nvidia QuadroFX 3400 |
575 |
| l4 ** |
Dell Precision 670n |
2 x Intel Xeon 3.4 GHz |
4 GB |
SLED 10.1 |
Nvidia QuadroFX 3400 |
575 |
| l5 |
HP XW9300 |
Dual AMD Opteron250 2.4 GHz |
8 GB |
CentOS 4.6 |
Nvidia QuadroFX 4500 |
585 |
| l6 |
HP XW9300 |
Dual AMD Opteron250 2.4 GHz |
8 GB |
CentOS 4.6 |
Nvidia QuadroFX 4500 |
585 |
| l7 |
HP XW9300 |
Dual AMD Opteron250 2.4 GHz |
8 GB |
SLED 10.1 |
Nvidia QuadroFX 4500 |
575 |
| l8 |
Foxtrot system |
Quad core AMD 2.4 GHz |
8 GB |
CentOS 4.6 |
Nvidia QuadroFX 4500 |
575 |
| l9 ** |
Dell Precision 490n |
Quad Core Intel Xeon 2.33 GHz |
16 GB |
SLED 10.1 |
Nvidia QuadroFX 4500 |
575 |
| l10 ** |
Dell Precision 490n |
Quad Core Intel Xeon 2.33 GHz |
16 GB |
SLED 10.1 |
Nvidia QuadroFX 4500 |
575 |
| l11 ** |
Dell Precision 490n |
Quad Core Intel Xeon 2.33 GHz |
16 GB |
SLED 10.1 |
Nvidia QuadroFX 4500 |
575 |
| l12 |
Dell Precision 490n |
Dual Quad Core Intel Xeon 2.33 GHz |
16 GB |
SLED 10.1 |
Nvidia QuadroFX 3450 |
575 |
| l13 |
Dell Precision 490n |
Dual Quad Core Intel Xeon 2.33 GHz |
16 GB |
SLED 10.1 |
Nvidia QuadroFX 3450 |
575 |
| l14 |
Dell Precision 370 |
Intel Pentium 4 2.80 GHz |
1 GB |
SLED 10.1 |
nVidia Quadro FX 1400 |
585 |
Machines l3, l4, l9, l10, and l11 have restricted access during the hours of 8:00am till 9:00pm. The restriction is only on remote access and for submitting jobs to the PBS queue. These measures have been taken to allow full access to the resources for users located at SDVL. Users submitting jobs to other machines can continue to do so.
Windows PCs
| Name |
Type |
CPU |
Memory |
OS Version |
Graphics |
Location |
| pc1.msi.umn.edu |
Dell Precision 670 |
Dual Intel Xeon 3.2 GHz |
2 GB |
Windows XP |
Nvidia QuadroFX 3400 |
585 |
| pc2.msi.umn.edu |
Dell Precision 670 |
Dual Intel Xeon 3.2 GHz |
2 GB |
Windows XP |
Nvidia QuadroFX 3400,19" 3D LCD Display-True View MkIII from Ampronix Inc. |
585 |
| pc3.msi.umn.edu |
Dell Precision 670 |
Dual Intel Xeon 3.2 GHz |
2 GB |
Windows XP |
Nvidia QuadroFX 3400 |
585 |
| pc4.msi.umn.edu |
Dell Precision 490 |
Quad core Intel Xeon 3.0 GHz |
16 GB |
Windows XP |
Nvidia QuadroFX 3500 |
575 |
SGI Workstation
| Name |
Type |
CPU |
Memory |
OS Version |
Graphics |
Location |
| i3 |
Octane2 |
2 x R14000 600 MHz |
2.5 GB |
IRIX 6.5 |
V10 |
585 |
SUN Workstations
| Name |
Type |
CPU |
Memory |
OS Version |
Graphics |
Location |
| s6 |
Sunblade 2000 |
2 x UltraSparcIII 900 MHz |
6 GB |
Solaris 9 |
Elite3D |
585 |
| s7 |
Sunblade 2000 |
2 x UltraSparcIII 900 MHz |
6 GB |
Solaris 9 |
Elite3D |
585 |
| s8 |
Sunblade 2000 |
2 x UltraSparcIII 900 MHz |
6 GB |
Solaris 9 |
Elite3D |
585 |
| s9 |
Sunblade 2000 |
2 x UltraSparcIII 900 MHz |
6 GB |
Solaris 9 |
Elite3D |
585 |
| s10 |
SunFire V440 |
4 x UltraSparcIIIi 1.28 GHz |
16 GB |
Solaris 9 |
XVR-1200 |
585 |
Servers
Windows Servers
| Name |
Type |
CPU |
Memory |
OS Version |
| sdvlapp32.msi.umn.edu |
Dell PowerEdge 6950 |
8 x AMD Opteron Processor 8220 SE 2.80 GHz (32 bit) |
32.0 GB |
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x32 Edition |
| sdvlapp2.msi.umn.edu |
IBM x3950 |
16 x Intel Xeon MP 2.83 GHz (64 bit) |
31.5 GB |
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition |
To access these Windows Server computers, you will use your MSI Windows acount username/passwd through either Remote Desktop Connection or Citrix Client.
Linux Servers
| Name |
Type |
CPU |
Memory |
OS Version |
| quantum |
Quantum Cube Nodes |
4 nodes of 2 AMD Opteron 1.8 GHz |
4 GB per node |
SLED 10.1 |
Printers
Black and White Printers
| Model |
Name |
Cost per sheet |
Location |
| HP LaserJet 9050dn |
hp1-ss (single sided) |
$0.05 |
585 |
| HP LaserJet 9050dn |
hp1-ds (duplex) |
$0.05 |
585 |
| HP LaserJet 8000 |
hp2-ss (single sided) |
$0.05 |
585 |
| HP LaserJet 8000 |
hp2-ds (duplex) |
$0.05 |
585 |
Each research group may print out 200 sheets per month without charge on the Black/White printer. Printing on both sides of a page is considered a single sheet.
Color Printers
| Model |
Name |
Cost per sheet |
Location |
| Tektronix 860 |
860-ss (single sided) |
$1.00 |
575 |
| Tektronix 860 |
860-ds (duplex) |
$2.00 |
575 |
| Xerox 8860 |
8860-ss (single sided) |
$1.00 |
575 |
| Xerox 8860 |
8860-ds (duplex) |
$2.00 |
575 |
