Hardware Release Notes
6.15 Open3D Graphics Licensing Change
6.15 Open3D Graphics Licensing Change
V8.2
The 3D graphics display capability has traditionally been licensed separately
from the OpenVMS operating system. Since its initial offering, the Open3D
layered product has required a separately orderable license. When Open3D
software began shipping as part of the OpenVMS operating system, the 3D
graphics display feature continued to be a separately licensed capability. An
example of this licensing is Open3D licensing to support 3D graphics display with
the 3X-PBXGG-AA ATI RADEON 7500 PCI 2D/3D graphics adapter.
Starting with OpenVMS Version 8.2, the 3D graphics display feature is licensed
with the operating system for both AlphaServers and Integrity servers. Therefore,
the Open3D license is not available for Version 8.2 of OpenVMS. Previous
versions of OpenVMS still require the Open3D license to be installed on the
system for 3D display operation.
HP will continue to support 3D device drivers shipped with OpenVMS Version
7.3-2 under standard contract or Mature Product Support, depending on your
support agreement. Device drivers for the following adapters have shipped with
Version 7.3-2 of OpenVMS:
• PowerStorm 300 and 350 PCI graphics adapters (SN-PBXGD)
• ATI RADEON 7500 PCI and AGP graphics adapters (3X-PBXGG)
These adapters will continue to run 3D graphics display under OpenVMS Version
8.2 but will no longer require a license. In addition, the following 2D graphics
adapters continue to be supported with OpenVMS Version 8.2:
• ELSA Gloria Synergy (SN-PBXGK)
• 3Dlabs Oxygen VX1 (SN-PBXGF)
The ATI RADEON 7500 PCI graphics adapter will be supported on OpenVMS
Integrity servers Version 8.2 in the near future. Testing is currently in progress.
An announcement will be posted on the following website when support for this
graphics card is available:
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/new/
6.16 PowerStorm 300/350 PCI Graphics Support for OpenVMS
V8.2
For release notes on the PowerStorm 300/350 PCI graphics controller support
for a Compaq Workstation running OpenVMS Alpha, refer to the PowerStorm
300/350 OpenVMS Graphics Release Notes Version 2.0. These documents, release
notes, and installation guides are shipped with the graphics cards.
Open3D License No Longer Checked
Starting with OpenVMS Version 8.2, the license to use 3D (OpenGL) support is
included as part of the OpenVMS license. See Section 6.15 for details.
Hardware Release Notes 6–15
