HP XW8400 Manual

XW8400 Slot Guide for Symphony Nitris
22 August 2007
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Slot Description/Function
1 PCI 32-bit 33Mhz / Not Used
2 PCI-E x16 (x16 Electrical) / Video Board
3 PCI-E x8 (x4 Electrical) / Optional controller for
shared storage connectivity
Option A AVID Unity ISIS connectivity
Option B AVID Unity-MediaNet connectivity
Option C AVID Unity-MediaNet connectivity
4 PCI-E x16 (x4 Electrical) / Not Used
5 PCI-X 133 MHz / Nitris Base
6 PCI-X 100Mhz / Nitris CODEC
7 PCI-X 100Mhz / Local SCSI Storage connectivity
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Slot 5 133 Mhz PCI-X slot must be de-rated to 100Mhz operation in BIOS config
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XW8400 Dual Quad Core 2.33 Ghz is the only model supported
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4GBs RAM Required. 4GBs (and more) supported in DS dual Boot systems
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Green Indicates PCI Segment 1 shared with integrated IEEE1394 Firewire
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Red Indicates standalone PCI Segment with no shared devices
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Blue indicates PCI Segment 6 shared with integrated LSI SAS Controller
Confirming the HP XW8400 BIOS Config for Symphony Nitris
It may be necessary to check the configuration of the HP XW8400 computer when:
• The 8400 workstation BIOS is re-programmed; some options must be verified to avoid any hardware conflict with
Avid Symphony Nitris.
• The Symphony Nitris application will not load past initialising hardware. Error "The hardware configuration is wrong.
Check BIOS settings and ensure each PCI card is in the correct slot." You can click OK but another error appears that
says, "Problem detected initializing VDM: PCI-X HW bus improperly configured 0xA:"
• You add a Storage Controller to the Workstation and get a "Low Memory Resources" error.
For the first two situations, confirm that PCI-X slot 5 is configured to run at 100 MHz:
Reboot the workstation.
At the Blue HP computer start-up screen, press F10 to enter the computer BIOS configuration.
After selecting your language of choice, use the keyboard arrow keys (up, down, left and right) to select
(highlight) the following option: Advanced > Slot5 - PCI-X 133.
Press Enter.
Using the arrow right or arrow left key, select 100MHz PCI-X M1.
Press F10 (to accept).
Press F10 again.
Select Save Changes and Exit, and press Enter (the computer now restarts).
If you are adding a controller card to connect to a local storage, you must disable the onboard LSI SAS BIOS,
Nvidia Quadro FX 3500 256MB
or FX1500
Intel PRO/1000 PT Dual Gbit NIC
Atto FC41-ES 4Gbit HBA
Atto FC41-EL 4Gbit HBA
Empty (Dual Boot systems may
have Dual-Link card fitted)
ARCADIA
Atto UL4D
Nitris Testing Page 1
Card Avid Part Number
Empty N/A
N/A
7030-20139-01
7030-20004-01
7030-20135-01
N/A
7030-03152-02
CLIO 7030-03153-08
7030-03218-01