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HP Z820 Instruction Manual

Dual six-core / dual eight-core cpu workstation media composer 6.x symphony 6.x newscutter 10.x and later
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Avid Configuration Guidelines
HP Z820 Dual Six-Core / Dual Eight-Core CPU Workstation
Media Composer 6.x Symphony 6.x NewsCutter 10.x and later
Page 1 of 24
Joe Conforti
– Avid Technology – September 14th, 2012
Rev A - Initial Public Release

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  • Page 1 Avid Configuration Guidelines HP Z820 Dual Six-Core / Dual Eight-Core CPU Workstation Media Composer 6.x Symphony 6.x NewsCutter 10.x and later Page 1 of 24 Joe Conforti – Avid Technology – September 14th, 2012 Rev A - Initial Public Release...
  • Page 2 1.) HP Z820 AVID Qualified System Specification: Z820 / AVID Qualified Operating System: Microsoft® Windows 7 Professional 64-bit Edition with Service Pack 1 Z820 Hardware Configuration Supported CPU Choices 1.) Dual Intel® 6-Core Xeon® E5-2640 Processors @ 2.5GHz 15MB cache / 1600MHz memory (The 6-Core Xeon®...
  • Page 3 3.) Qualified O.S., Hardware and shared storage supported: Qualified / Supported Nitris DX / Mojo DX See release notes and Avid website for Party Qualified Hardware information regarding supported 3 party hardware (vendor qualified) Unity ISIS 1Gb Ethernet Client ISIS 5000 / 7000 V4.0 Unity ISIS Hi-res (10 Gbit) client ISIS 5000 / 7000 V4.0 Qualified Operating System...
  • Page 4 Avid DX Interface HBA Support Note: (See reference pictures on page 7 of this guide). All 3 versions of the DX interface HBA are supported on the Z820 with Media Composer / Symphony 6.x and NewsCutter 10.x 1) Active DX interface HBA 7030-30048-01...

  • Page 5: Slot Configuration

    4.) Slot Configuration: Slot Configuration Information Slot # Electrical Mechanical x4 PCI-E Gen 3 Vendor requiring: Qualified 3 Party Hardware PCI-e Interface x4 PCI-E or lesser interface Open- ¾ Length PCI form factor or smaller ended Connector (Secondary slot location) Local SAS Storagec ontrollers: Atto R680 LSI 9200-8e x16 PCI-E Gen 3...
  • Page 6 Important Information The Z820 has two embedded NIC ports. One port is the 82574L. The 82574L port is qualified for ISIS and should be used for single Gb connectivity to ISIS 5000 / 7000. The 82574L port is the port directly above the Firewire port. The other embedded NIC port is an 82579LM.
  • Page 7 7.) Various Configuration Details: A.) D/X hardware configs – All 3 versions of the DX interface HBA are supported with the Media Composer / Symphony 6.x and NewsCutter 10.x 1) Active DX interface HBA 7030-30048-01 2) Active DX interface HBA 7030-20084-01 3) Passive DX interface HBA 7030-30021-01 Active DX interface HBA 7030-30048-01 Active DX interface HBA 7030-20084-01...

  • Page 8: Software Version

    B.) Qualified Avid system BIOS version(s): (As of this writing): Failure to update the Z820 to an “Avid qualified BIOS” and set the BIOS settings per the instructions below may result in non-optimal operation of the AVID software and hardware.
  • Page 9 Set Z820 Required system BIOS changes: During boot up press F10 at the HP splash screen to invoke Set Up. Select the Advanced tab Select Device Options <Enter> Select Hyper-Threading Verify setting is Enable  If Hyper-Threading is set for Disable then it must be changed to Enable...
  • Page 10 D.) Nvidia Qualified Driver: Nvidia qualified drivers AVID Software Version(s) Nvidia GPU Nvidia Driver Required Media Composer / Symphony 6.0 and later Quadro 4000 275.89 NewsCutter 10.0 and later After installation of the AVID software the supported Nvidia driver can be found in the following directory: Program Files / Avid / Utilities / Nvidia Set optimized Nvidia driver settings for Avid editing environments: 1.
  • Page 11 5. Select Manage 3D Settings 6. Select “Global Settings” Tab 7. Under the “Global Settings” tab select “Base Profile” as shown in the picture below: Page 11 of 24 Joe Conforti – Avid Technology – September 14th, 2012 Rev A - Initial Public Release...
  • Page 12 8. Scroll down and locate the “Power Management Mode” feature. The default setting is “Adaptive” as shown in the picture below. Page 12 of 24 Joe Conforti – Avid Technology – September 14th, 2012 Rev A - Initial Public Release...
  • Page 13 9. For the “Power management mode” feature, select “Prefer maximum performance” as shown in the picture below. 10. Depress the “Apply” button. Page 13 of 24 Joe Conforti – Avid Technology – September 14th, 2012 Rev A - Initial Public Release...
  • Page 14 Make the following setting for “Multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration” 11. Stay in the “Manage 3D Settings” and “Base Profile” area 12. Select “Global Settings” Tab 13. Scroll down and locate the “Multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration” feature. See picture below. The setting should be set to “Multiple display performance mode”. If not set properly, select Multiple display performance mode and depress the “Apply”...
  • Page 15 Make the following additional setting for “3D App-Video Editing” 14. Stay in the “Manage 3D Settings” area 15. Select “Global Settings” Tab 16. Under “Global Settings” tab select “3D App-Video Editing” setting as shown in picture below: 17. Depress the “Apply” button 18.

  • Page 16: Display Ports

    Nvidia GPU video card.) The HP Z820 includes one Display-Port-to-DVI adapter. HP P/N 481409-002 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-DVI-adapter supplied with the system to connect to a native DVI monitor).
  • Page 17 Serial Port Deck Control: The HP Z820 workstation does have an embedded serial port. The embedded serial-port has been qualified by Avid and will maintain frame accuracy in Avid environments. Primary or secondary / additional serial port deck control can...
  • Page 18 AVID VideoRAID SR (16-bay) Xtore StudioRAID 16Re (16-bay) / 5Te (5-bay) chassis The Z820 can support: a. Up to two external AVID VideoRAID SR (16-bay) SAS local storage chassis b. Mix and match of up to two external Xtore StudioRAID 16Re (16-bay) / 5Te (5-bay) chassis Simultaneous connectivity of AVID VideoRAID and Xtore chassis is not formally qualified or recommended.
  • Page 19 I.) Set Windows “Visual Effects” for “best performance”: 1. Right-Click on My Computer / Computer 2. Select Properties 3. The screen below will be displayed: 4. On the left side of the screen above, locate and select “Advanced system settings” Page 19 of 24 Joe Conforti –...
  • Page 20 5. The System properties window will be displayed. (Picture below). 6. Under the “Advanced” tab depress the “Settings...” button for performance. 7. The “performance Options” window will be displayed. (Picture below). Page 20 of 24 Joe Conforti – Avid Technology – September 14th, 2012 Rev A - Initial Public Release...
  • Page 21 8. Under the “Visual Effects” tab select the “Adjust for best performance” selection. (Picture below). 9. Depress the “Apply” button 10. Reboot Windows 11. Required Windows visual performance settings for Avid environments are now complete. Page 21 of 24 Joe Conforti –...
  • Page 22 J.) Intel NIC Port(s) for ISIS connectivity: Embedded 82574L port / Intel PRO 1000 Dual Gb HBA / Intel i350-T2 Dual Gb NIC HBA For proper operation and connectivity of any Intel NIC port used with ISIS the settings below are required. Example below is for the Intel PRO 1000 PT.
  • Page 23 Set Receive Buffers to 1024 Set Transmit Buffers to 1024 Perform this for each instance of and Intel NIC port which will be used for ISIS connectivity. K.) Disable the windows firewall: Navigate to Control Panel / Windows Firewall -- Select Turn Windows Firewall on or off Page 23 of 24 Joe Conforti –...
  • Page 24 Update Initial Sept 18 , 2012 Joe Conforti Initial release of the Z820 configuration guide for support of Release Media Composer 6.x, Symphony 6.x and NewsCutter 10.x Page 24 of 24 Joe Conforti – Avid Technology – September 14th, 2012...