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    This document provides guidelines for configuring an HP xw8600 workstation for use with Avid Media Composer software and hardware. It specifies the required and optional components for each PCI and PCI-E slot, including video cards, interface boards, storage controllers, and network adapters. It also provides notes on connectivity requirements for ISIS shared storage and Adrenaline/Mojo systems.

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    This document provides guidelines for configuring an HP xw8600 workstation for use with Avid Media Composer software and hardware. It specifies the required and optional components for each PCI and PCI-E slot, including video cards, interface boards, storage controllers, and network adapters. It also provides notes on connectivity requirements for ISIS shared storage and Adrenaline/Mojo systems.

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    Avid Configuration Guidelines Media Composer HP xw8600 Dual Quad-Core Workstation AVID qualified and recommended Slot Configuration:

    Slot 1 - PCI 32-bit 33MHz (Firewire card required for Adrenaline / Mojo connectivity)
    Required: 1394 Firewire Card, FW323 Agere based with 4K buffer

    Slot 2 - PCI-E(2) x16 Video Board


    Required: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 or NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

    Slot 3 (PCI-E x8 mechanical - x4 electrical)


    Optional: 1394 PCI-E adapter for Avid Studio 002, DV camera / deck

    Slot 4 PCI-E(2) x16 mechanical - (set to x8 electrical via system BIOS)


    AVID PCI Express Interface Board for DX Hardware (HIB)

    Slot 5 PCI-E x8 mechanical (set to x8 electrical via system BIOS)


    Local Storage Connectivity: Option 1: No HBA required for AVID VideoRAID II SR 16-bay SAS Chassis (connects direct via SAS port on back of XW8600) Atto R380 SAS RAID controller. For connectivity to AVID VideoRAID II ST 5-bay JBOD chassis Atto UL5D PCI-E u320 Dual-Channel SCSI controller (u320 SCSI connectivity to original AVID Video RAID 5-bay, 10-bay, MediaDock, R&S, etc )

    Option 2:

    Option 3:

    Slot 6 (PCI-E x8 mechanical - x4 electrical)


    Shared Storage Connectivity: Option 1: Atto Celerity FC-41EL / FC-41ES Fibre adapter (Unity MediaNet Fibre connectivity) Intel Pro 1000PT Copper network adapter (Unity ISIS GbE connectivity) (Required only for Vista / Adrenaline or Mojo / ISIS configurations. Not required for WinXP environments) Intel Pro 1000 PF Optical Gb Ethernet HBA

    Option 2:

    Option 3:

    Slot 7 (PCI-X 133MHz) **


    ** Important This slot shares the same bus as the embedded SAS 1068 controller. Installation of any non-specified HBA into this slot (in particular a PCI 32-bit/33MHz HBA) will result in severely degraded performance of the SAS controller. Use only specified HBAs in this slot.
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    HP XW8600 Layout

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    ISIS Connectivity
    Important ISIS Connectivity Notes: On-board Broadcom NIC ports are qualified for ISIS connectivity in the following configurations: (Use dual-port embedded Broadcom NIC ports on rear of XW8600) 1. Any configuration utilizing Avid DX hardware 2. Adrenaline / Mojo environments running in WinXP operating system. 3. Any software only configuration For Adrenaline / Mojo configurations running in Vista OS environment an add-in Intel Pro 1000PT Copper network adapter is required in slot #6. See slot #6 info above. For Broadcom functionality with ISIS, find all instances of the RxStdDescCnt registry key and increase its value from 200 to 511 and reboot the system.
    BroadCom NIC Ports

    Adrenaline and Mojo Connectivity


    Adrenaline and Mojo must connect via an add-in 1394a Firewire card (with 4K buffer) installed in Slot #1 The XW8600 embedded 1394 port should not be used. Qualified Firewire cards are: a.) H.P. p/n PA997A 1394a Firewire Card, PCI 32-bit/33MHz http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/11955_ca/11955_ca.html#Technical%20Specifica tions b.) Sonnet Technologies Allegro FW400 1394a PCI 32-bit/33MHz http://www.sonnettech.com/product/allegro400.html

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    Current qualified BIOS ver: 1.0.7

    Required system BIOS change to set PCI-E speeds for slots #4 and #5
    During boot up press F10 at the white HP screen, for Set Up. Select English. <Enter> Select the Advanced tab Select Chipset / Memory. <Enter> Select PCIe Lane Allocation (SLOT4: SLOT5) Default setting is AUTO Change this setting from AUTO to x8:x8 Press F10 to Save Save Changes and Exit
    Revision Update Revision Date A1 Jan 30th 2008 B March 21st 2008 C June 17 2008

    Name Joe Conforti Mike Fortin Joe Conforti

    Update Initial Release Added 4K buffer 1394 card for Adrenaline and Mojo configurations Added further clarification for the Intel PT Pro 1000 HBA requirement / utilization.

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