Single quad-core cpu minitower workstation, no embedded firewire qualified for software only, symphony 6.x, media composer 6.x, & newscutter 10.x (19 pages)
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Avid Configuration Guidelines Dell T7600 Dual Six-Core / Dual Eight-Core CPU Workstation Media Composer 6.x Symphony 6.x NewsCutter 10.x and later Page 1 of 24 Mike Fortin – Avid Technology – October 25th, 2012 Rev B - Initial Public Release...
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1.) Dell T7600 AVID Qualified System Specification: T7600 / AVID Qualified Operating System: Microsoft® Windows 7 Professional 64-bit Edition with Service Pack 1 T7600 Hardware Configuration Supported CPU Choices 1.) Dual Intel® 6-Core Xeon® E5-2630 Processors @ 2.2GHz 15MB cache / 1600MHz memory (The 6-Core Xeon®...
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N/A Not Supported 1394 Mojo-Analog DNA N/A Not Supported AVID qualified HBA info Slot AVID qualified HBA AVID Part Number Location Function Page 3 of 24 Mike Fortin – Avid Technology – October 25th, 2012 Rev B - Initial Public Release...
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1) Active DX interface HBA 7030-30048-01 2) Active DX interface HBA 7030-20084-01 3) Passive DX interface HBA 7030-30021-01 4.) Slot Configuration: Page 4 of 24 Mike Fortin – Avid Technology – October 25th, 2012 Rev B - Initial Public Release...
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Gb connectivity to ISIS 5000 / 7000. The other embedded NIC port is an 82579LM. The 82579LM will not work Page 5 of 24 Mike Fortin – Avid Technology – October 25th, 2012 Rev B - Initial Public Release...
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Intel 82579LM network interface for any ISIS connectivity. Receive Buffers to 10 24 Transmit Buffers to 1024 Disable the windows firewall. Page 6 of 24 Mike Fortin – Avid Technology – October 25th, 2012 Rev B - Initial Public Release...
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3) Passive DX interface HBA 7030-30021-01 Active DX interface HBA 7030-30048-01 Active DX interface HBA 7030-20084-01 Passive DX interface HBA (7030-30021-01) Page 7 of 24 Mike Fortin – Avid Technology – October 25th, 2012 Rev B - Initial Public Release...
BIOS vA.02 has Hyper-Threading enabled by default Set Turbo boost – Disable 3. Set C State Control - Disable 4. Set hyper thread - Enable Page 8 of 24 Mike Fortin – Avid Technology – October 25th, 2012 Rev B - Initial Public Release...
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After installation of the AVID software the supported Nvidia driver can be found in the following directory: Program Files / Avid / Utilities / Nvidia Page 9 of 24 Mike Fortin – Avid Technology – October 25th, 2012 Rev B - Initial Public Release...
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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 10 of 24 Mike Fortin – Avid Technology – October 25th, 2012 Rev B - Initial Public Release...
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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 Mike Fortin – Avid Technology – October 25th, 2012 Rev B - Initial Public Release...
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9. For the “Power management mode” feature, select “Prefer maximum performance” as shown in the picture below. 10. Depress the “Apply” button. Make the following setting for “Multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration” Page 13 of 24 Mike Fortin – Avid Technology – October 25th, 2012 Rev B - Initial Public Release...
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“Compatibility performance mode”. These settings are not recommended for Avid editing environments). Make the following additional setting for “3D App-Video Editing” Page 14 of 24 Mike Fortin – Avid Technology – October 25th, 2012 Rev B - Initial Public Release...
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16. Under “Global Settings” tab select “3D App-Video Editing” setting as shown in picture below: 17. Depress the “Apply” button 18. Nvidia driver optimization settings for Avid environments are complete. Page 15 of 24 Mike Fortin – Avid Technology – October 25th, 2012 Rev B - Initial Public Release...
Nvidia GPU video card.) The Dell T7600 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).
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Serial Port Deck Control: The Dell T7600 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...
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4. On the left side of the screen above, locate and select “Advanced system settings” 5. The System properties window will be displayed. (Picture below). Page 18 of 24 Mike Fortin – Avid Technology – October 25th, 2012 Rev B - Initial Public Release...
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7. The “performance Options” window will be displayed. (Picture below). 8. Under the “Visual Effects” tab select the “Adjust for best performance” selection. (Picture below). Page 19 of 24 Mike Fortin – Avid Technology – October 25th, 2012 Rev B - Initial Public Release...
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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. Page 20 of 24 Mike Fortin – Avid Technology – October 25th, 2012 Rev B - Initial Public Release...
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Go to device manager and select each instance of the network adapter device which will be used for ISIS connectivity. Select performance options and then select Properties. Set Receive Buffers to 1024 Set Transmit Buffers to 1024 Page 21 of 24 Mike Fortin – Avid Technology – October 25th, 2012 Rev B - Initial Public Release...
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Perform this for each instance of and Intel NIC port which will be used for ISIS connectivity. J.) Disable the windows firewall: Navigate to Control Panel / Windows Firewall -- Select Turn Windows Firewall on or off Page 22 of 24 Mike Fortin – Avid Technology – October 25th, 2012 Rev B - Initial Public Release...
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Date Name Update Initial Oct18 , 2012 Mike Fortin Initial release of the Dell T7600 configuration guide for support Release of Media Composer 6.x, Symphony 6.x and NewsCutter 10.x Release Oct 25 , 2012 Mike Fortin Removed 1394 and firewire refrences and modified Memory...
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