Steps to Install the NVIDIA Quadro Sync Card

1. Power Off and Prepare the Server

   • Disconnect the power cord(s) from the power supply module(s).

2. Open the Chassis

   • Remove the screws securing the cover.

   • Slide the cover toward the rear and lift it off.
     

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3. Identify the PCIe Slot

   • Locate a free PCIe slot suitable for the Quadro Sync card.
     

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4. Install the Quadro Sync II Card

   • Unbox the card. Package includes: Quadro Sync II Card, four 12-inch sync cables, two 24-inch sync cables, Quick Start Guide.
     

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   • Place the Quadro Sync II card in a free PCI Express slot on the motherboard. Note the PCIe edge fingers may not bottom out in the PCIe slot 1
     

   • Connect up to four NVIDIA RTX/Quadro cards to the Quadro Sync II card GPU connectors using the included cables. 2
     

   • Connect power to the Quadro Sync II card using either a 6-pin PCIe or SATA power cable 4
     

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5. Connect GPUs to the Sync Card

   • Connect up to four Quadro cards to the Quadro Sync II card GPU connectors ( 2 in Figure ) using the included cables.

6. Close the Chassis

7. Power On and Verify Installation

   • Reconnect power and boot system.

   • Enter BIOS/UEFI to ensure detection of GPUs and Sync card.
     

Reference Video:

• Installing Quadro Sync II: 
  

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Visualization Cluster Setup Order

Start with the Timing Server

·         If using a G-SYNC display, disable G-SYNC.

·         Enable stereo with the correct stereo mode if using stereo.

·         If using Mosaic, configure Mosaic before enabling framelock.

·         Enable framelock as the timing server.

Configure each client machine.

·         If using a G-SYNC display, disable G-SYNC.

·         Enable stereo with the correct stereo mode if using stereo.

·         If using Mosaic, configure Mosaic before enabling framelock.

·         Enable framelock on each machine as timing clients

Configure Framelock Server

configure the Timing Server first, and then the client machines so you can verify each client synchronizes correctly as you add it.

Configure Framelock

·         Open the NVIDIA X Server Settings on the server machine.

·         Select Framelock from the left menu.

·         Select Add Devices… from the right menu.

Enter the name of the hostname/ip address and XServer ID of the XServer you want to add. For example: localhost:0.0 or in this case our machine named viz0:0.0.

Select the display that is the Server and those that are clients. There can only be one server per Framelock group.

Add the other nodes in the same way as Step 2 and set the Client displays as desired. Click ‘Enable Framelock.’

Linux Nvidia-settings command line tool

On Linux, the configuration can be done at the command line using the nvidiasettings application that is installed with the driver. This tool can be used to query the current state, change the settings, and enable and disable framelock.

·         To query the current state:
nvidia-settings –V all –q gpus

·         From the output of the above command, you can query the framelock configuration for a particular display, e.g.:
nvidia-settings –q [dpy:6]/FramelockDisplayConfig

·         The FramelockDisplayConfig variable can then be set to 1 for a timing client or 2 for a timing server, e.g.:
nvidia-settings –a [dpy:6]/FramelockDisplayConfig=2

·         Then framelock is enabled with this command:
nvidia-settings –a [gpu:0]/FramelockEnable=1

Synchronize to an External Sync Source for Linux

·         Open the NVIDIA X Server Settings.

·         Select Framelock from the left menu.

·         Select Add Device if needed and configure a display to be the timing server.

·         Select Input within House Sync Mode drop-down box and define any other options needed.

Select Enable Framelock. Once enabled, the UI reflects the status in the Device list, and the House Sync options are grayed out until Framelock is disabled.