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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 Proce s sors @ 2.93GHz 8M B cache / 1333MHz memory - NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 1.5GB PCI-e video[...]
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Page 2 of 9 Joe Conforti – Avid Technology – July 24th, 2 009 REV A1 AVID qualified Hardware / Shared Storage Qualified / Supported Minimum Version S/W 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 1394 Mojo Analog DNA No N/A 1394[...]
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Page 3 of 9 Joe Conforti – Avid Technology – July 24th, 2 009 REV A1 4.) Slot Configuration: DX Hardware 1394 Mojo - SDI Hardware Slot # Electrical Mechanical 1 x4 PCI-E Gen 2 x8 Avid HIB, DX Interface HBA (Active only) 7030-20084-01 1394b PCI-Express HBA required (w 8K buffers) specific info below 1394 Mojo-SDI must connect h ere 2 x16 PCI-E G[...]
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6.) Utilization of embedded (on-board ) 1394 ports Configuration On-board 1394 utilization for Camera / Deck / Disk Drive support On-board 1394 utilization for 1394 Mojo-SDI H/W support 1394 Mojo-SDI H/W Yes - Supports 1394 Deck / Camera / Disk Drive Not supported. Avid specified add-in 1394 b controller required in slot #1 for 1394 M ojo-SDI conne[...]
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7.) Configuration Issues: D/X har dware con figs – Use only the “Active” version HIB (AVID part number 7030-20084 -01) Passive versi on HIB (AVID part num ber 7030-30021-01) shoul d not be used. Use only the active HIB pictured below (7030-20084-01) Do Not Use Passive HIB pictured below (7030-30021-01) Page 5 of 9 Joe Conforti – Avid Techno[...]
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Page 6 of 9 Joe Conforti – Avid Technology – July 24th, 2 009 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 [...]
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ATTO UL5D issue: When an ATTO UL5D PCI -E u320 SCSI controller is installed in slot #5, the UL5D BIOS must be disabled or the following warning may be reported during s ystem boot: (Also t he UL5D BIOS must be disabled fo r proper o peration when connected to an AVID VideoRAID RTR u320 SCSI). 110 – Out of memory space for option ROMS. The option [...]
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8.) Nvidia FX 4800 monitor connectivity: The new generation Nvidia F X 4800 gr aphics card has a single DVI port an d t wo Display-Port ports (Important: Display-ports are not HDMI ports, at first glanc e they do l ook very similar to HDMI ports) The HP Z800 inclu des o ne Display- Port-to-DVI adapter. HP P/N 4814 09-001 For dual monitor connec tiv[...]
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Page 9 of 9 Joe Conforti – Avid Technology – July 24th, 2 009 REV A1 10.) Serial Port Deck Control: The HP Z800 workstation doe s have an embedded serial po rt. The embedded serial-port has bee n qualified by Avid and will maintain frame accuracy in Avid environment s. A USB-to-serial-port adapter is not required unless t he user requires simu [...]