Avid Configuration Guidelines
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1. Qualified for Avid MediaNetwork AECIFs Qualified for Avid MediaNetwork AECIFs 5 1394 Mojo SDI configuration requirements slot 1 requirement 1394 Mojo SDI must connect via specific add in 1394b PCI Express Firewire cards with 8K buffers which must be installed in Slot 1 The Z800 embedded 1394 port cannot be used for connectivity to 1394 Mojo SDI Current qualified PCI Express 1394b Firewire cards are 1 StarTech PEX1394B3 StarTech PEX1394B3 AVID P N 7030 30029 01 htto www startech com item PEX1394B3 2b 1a PClI Express 1394 FireWire Adapter Card aspx 2 Dynex DX PCI2PF cie adapter aspx htto www dynexproducts com pc 729 2 dynex 2 port firewire 800 and 1 port firewire 400 3 Point Grey Research FWB PCIE 01 http www ptgrey com products firepro adapters FWB PCIE PCle 1394b card datasheet pdf Page 3 of 9 Joe Conforti Avid Technology July 24th 2009 REV A1 6 Utilization of embedded on board 1394 ports Configuration On board 1394 utilization On board 1394 utilization for 1394 Mojo SDI for Camera Deck Disk H W support Drive support Not supported Avid specified add in 1394b 1394 Mojo SDI H W Yes Supports 1394 Deck controller required in slot 1 for 1894 Mojo SDI Camera Disk Drive connectivity For 1394 Mojo SDI configs on board 1394 cannot be used DX H W Yes Supports 1394 Deck N A Camera Disk Drive S W Only Yes Supports 1394 Deck N A Camera Disk Drive HP Z802. Local Storage VideoRAID ST Atto R380 7030 20166 01 5 Local Storage VideoRAID RTR amp Atto UL5D 7030 20002 01 Legacy Avid u320 SCSI storage The UL5D BIOS should be disabled o G S 1394b PCI E Not stocked by AVID FWB PCIE 01 1394b PCI E Not stocked by AVID E Page 2 of 9 Joe Conforti Avid Technology July 24th 2009 REV A1 4 Slot Configuration a DX Hardware 1394 Mojo SDI Hardware x4 PCI E Gen 2 x16 PCI E Gen 2 225Watts Avid HIB DX Interface HBA 1394b PCI Express HBA required Active only w 8K buffers specific info below 7030 20084 01 1394 Mojo SDI must connect here Quadro FX 4800 Quadro FX 4800 Shared Storage Controllers Shared Storage Controllers Atto FC 41ES MediaNet Atto FC 41ES MediaNet Intel PRO 1000 PT ISIS Intel PRO 1000 PT ISIS Intel PRO 1000 PF ISIS Intel PRO 1000 PF ISIS Chelsio S310E SR ISIS 10Gb Chelsio S310E SR ISIS 10Gb x8 PCI E Gen 2 x16 PCI E Gen 2 x16 Local Storage Controllers Local Storage Controllers 225Watts Atto R380 SAS VRII ST support Atto R380 SAS VRII ST support Atto UL5D Legacy u320 SCSI support Atto UL5D Legacy u320 SCSI support The UL5D BIOS should be disabled PCI E 32bit 83MHz PCI 32 33 Secondary SAS Port Embedded Secondary SAS Port Embedded Embedded Broadcom PCI Ex1 Not qualified for Avid ISIS Connectivity Not qualified for Avid ISIS Connectivity BCM5764 GbE NIC Gen 1 x4 PCI E Gen 1 Not Used Not Used 16
3. to Enable Hi F10 to save the Memory Mode Interleave setting Select the Power tab Select OS Power Management lt return gt Select Runtime Power Management Default setting is Enable Change this setting from Enable to Disable Select MWAIT Aware OS Default setting is Enable Change this setting from Enable to Disable Select Idle Power Savings Default setting is Extended Change this setting from Extended to Normal Hi F10 to save the Runtime Power Management MWAIT Aware OS and Idle Power Savings Press F10 twice to Save Save Changes and Exit System will Reboot Nvidia driver 182 65 is the AVID qualified driver for support of the new FX4800 graphics card The previously qualified 169 47 Nvidia driver released with previous versions of Avid editing applications does not support the new generation FX4800 video card Page 6 of 9 Joe Conforti Avid Technology July 24th 2009 REV A1 ATTO UL5D issue When an ATTO ULSD PCI E u320 SCSI controller is installed in slot 5 the UL5D BIOS must be disabled or the following warning may be reported during system boot Also the UL5D BIOS must be disabled for proper operation when connected to an AVID VideoRAID RTR u320 SCSI 110 Out of memory space for option ROMS The option ROM for the following device was unable to run due to memory constraints If you choose to continue one or more PCI devices may not work properly To disable the UL5D BIOS and e
4. 0 Slot Layout Page 4 of 9 Joe Conforti Avid Technology July 24th 2009 REV A1 7 Configuration Issues D X hardware configs Use only the Active version HIB AVID part number 7030 20084 01 Passive version HIB AVID part number 7030 30021 01 should not be used Use only the active HIB pictured below 7030 20084 01 Page 5 of 9 Joe Conforti Avid Technology July 24th 2009 REV A1 Qualified Avid system BIOS version s As of this writing If the Z800 has BIOS version 1 05 or earlier installed it is mandatory that the BIOS be updated to an AVID Qualified BIOS Failure to update the Z800 to an Avid qualified BIOS will result in non optimal operation of the AVID software and hardware 1 06 Minimum BIOS version for Avid environments 1 14 Qualified July 14 2009 Required system BIOS settings for AVID environments Please Note CPU Hyper threading is Disabled by default and should not be enabled on the Z800 for Avid environments Z800 Required system BIOS changes Set Memory Mode Interleave Enable Set Runtime Power Management Disable Set MWAIT Aware OS Disable Set Idle Power Savings Normal OI During boot up press F10 at the HP splash screen to invoke Set Up Select the Advanced tab Select Chipset Memory lt Enter gt Select Memory Mode Interleave Default setting is Disable Change this setting from Disable
5. AV i gt Avid Configuration Guidelines HP Z800 Dual Quad Core CPU Workstation Symphony Media Composer Newscutter 1 HP Z800 AVID Qualified System Specification Microsoft Windows Vista Business 64 bit Edition SP1 SP2 Dual Intel Quad Core Xeon 5570 Processors 2 983GHz 8MB cache 1333MHz memory NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 1 5GB PCl e video board 320GB SATA II 3Gb s 7200RPM Hard Disk Drive Standard AVID memory configuration 6GB 6 x 1GB DDR3 1333 ECC memory Requires six 1GB DIMMs DIMM sizes cannot be mixed sizes 1GB memory modules must be installed in the following memory slots CPU0 DIMM1 CPU0 DIMM3 CPU0 DIMM5 CPU1 DIMM1 CPU1 DIMM3 CPU1 DIMM5 Optional 12GB memory configuration Optional AVID memory configuration 12GB 6 x 2GB DDR3 1333 ECC memory Requires six 2GB DIMMs DIMM sizes cannot be mixed sizes 2GB memory modules must be installed in the following memory slots CPU0 DIMM1 CPU0 DIMM3 CPU0 DIMM5 CPU1 DIMM1 CPU1 DIMM3 CPU1 DIMM5 Memory configuration constraints No other memory configurations are allowed in AVID environments Only the 6GB 6 x 1GB and 12GB 6 x 2GB configurations are supported Memory configurations which mix and match memory module sizes and locations will result in a poor performing non optimal operating environment 2 Sualnice Operating System for Avid Client Editing Applications and Hardware on the HP Z800 Supported Microsoft Windows Vista Business 64
6. bit Edition SP1 SP2 Supported Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit Edition SP1 SP2 Not Supported Microsoft Windows XP any version Not Supported Microsoft Windows Vista 32 bit any version 3 Qualified Avid Editing Applications and Hardware Supported on the HP Z800 workstation 1 Avid Symphony ver 3 5 4 or later Supports Nitris DX 2 Avid Media Composer ver 3 5 4 or later Supports Mojo DX Nitris DX 1394 Mojo SDI or software only 3 Avid Newscutter ver 7 5 4 or later Supports Mojo DX Nitris DX 1394 Mojo SDI or software only Page 1 of 9 Joe Conforti Avid Technology July 24th 2009 REV A1 AVID qualified Hardware Shared Storage Mojo DX Yes MC Symphony v3 5 4 Newscutter 7 5 4 Nitris DX Yes MC Symphony v3 5 4 Newscutter 7 5 4 1394 Mojo SDI DNA Yes MC Symphony v3 5 4 Newscutter 7 5 4 Moe eee N A Symphony Nitris DNA Classic Unity ISIS 1 Gbit Ethernet Client ISIS 2 02 Unity ISIS Hi res 10 Gbit client Yes ISIS 2 02 Unity MediaNet Fibre Yes ISIS 5 1 2 Unity MediaNet AECIFs Yes ISIS 5 1 2 AVID qualified HBA info Location Avid HIB DX Interface HBA 7030 20084 01 1 Avid DX Hardware Interface HBA Active only emenoraorr as raoaansor se 6 ae UM ISS Cn oS Intel PRO 1000 PT ISIS 7030 20139 01 4 maeno overi entity Ava ae SESE N Srono Intel PRO 1000 PF ISIS Not stocked by AVID 4 pe e __ag__ SESE ON RETO Chelsio S310E SR 7030 20171 01 4
7. led using Page Up Page Down Press ESC Press ESC 0 Select 4 Save Parameters and Exit OONDOA Page 7 of 9 Joe Conforti Avid Technology July 24th 2009 REV A1 8 Nvidia FX 4800 monitor connectivity The new generation Nvidia FX 4800 graphics card has a single DVI port and two Display Port ports Important Display ports are not HDMI ports at first glance they do look very similar to HDMI ports The HP Z800 includes one Display Port to DVI adapter HP P N 481409 001 For dual monitor connectivity 1 Use the DVI port and one Display Port Display Port connection can be native display port to monitor via display port connection or use the display port to DVl adapter supplied with the system to connect to a native DVI monitor Or use two Display Ports DVI Port Display Ports 9 SR SAS storage connectivity The Z800 can support two external AVID SR SAS local storage chassis a r Ai aa R lee External SAS Port 2 External SAS Port 1 Page 8 of 9 Joe Conforti Avid Technology July 24th 2009 REV A1 10 Serial Port Deck Control The HP Z800 workstation does have an embedded serial port The embedded serial port has been qualified by Avid and will maintain frame accuracy in Avid environments A USB to serial port adapter is not required unless the user requires simultaneous connection to two decks via a serial port If the user requires simultaneous connectio
8. liminate the above warning perform one of the following A AVID Knowledge Base article 273945 http avid custkb com avid app selfservice search jsp Docld 273945 amp Hilite UL5D Install Atto UL5D configuration tool and launch the software Expand the Express PCI UL5D menu and click on Channel The Boot Driver has to be disabled on both channels of the UL5D Configure the UL5D per this screenshot and do this for both Channel 1 and Channel 2 GO ATTO Configuration Toot AF Fie Heb Derce Listing i naM PEI Info hosts lt a E localhost Common HYRAM Configuration pribes 2562 tea ExpressPO ULSD Fe aber ep Channel 2 a Ey Colenity FC 41ES Temination Auta Selection Timeout mel 250 w Falback Sync Rate MBs 40 20 OAS Enabled Enabled SESI Tagel NAAM Conhguratian Speched Taget LU s Alow Decopmect Tag Command Qieuing Enabled Spre Enabled for this ID Sync Olis le Sync Rate MB s 2007 x e Restate a HYRAN settings loaded B Or during system boot perform the following 1 Reboot the system 2 Hit Escape to clear the HP splash screen 3 Hit Ctrl Z when the following Atto UL5D BIOS message prompts kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk ATTO ExpressPCI Version 2 10 Press Ctrl Z for Setup Utility Select 1 Adapter menu Select 2 Configure Both Adapter Channels Select Host Adapter BIOS Select Disab
9. n to two decks via serial port the deck control for the 2 serial port must be established via a Keyspan Tripp Lite Model USA 19HS USB io serial port adapter The 19HS USB to serial port adapter has been qualified by Avid and will maintain frame accuracy in Avid environments AVID P N 7080 20013 01 htto www tripplite com en products model cfm txtSeries ID 518 amp EID 133848 amp txtModellD 3914 Revision Update a ee Page 9 of 9 Joe Conforti Avid Technology July 24th 2009 REV A1
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