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Dell 5820 Configuration Manuallines

Dual 8 to 28 core cpu system
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Avid Configuration Guidelines
Dell 5820 Tower workstation
Dual 8 to 28 Core CPU System
Ports & Slots
1. Power button/Power light | 2. Drive activity light | 3. SD card slot | 4. USB 3.0 ports | 5. USB 3.0 Type-C
port with PowerShare | 6. USB 3.0 Type-C port | 7. Headset port | 8. 5.25 inch bay (optional) | 9. Optical
drive | 10. Drive access release latch | 11. Drive carriers | 12. Microphone/Line-in port | 13. PS/2 Mouse port
| 14. USB 3.0 ports | 15. Discrete graphics card slot (optional) | 16. Padlock ring | 17. Security cable slot | 18.
Power cable connector | 19. Line-out port | 20. Serial port | 21. PS/2 Keyboard port | 22. Network port | 23.
USB 3.0 port (supports smart Power-On) | 24. Expansion card slots
– Avid Technology – Dec 22, 2017
Page 1 of 14
Dave Pimm
Rev A

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  • Page 1 Avid Configuration Guidelines Dell 5820 Tower workstation Dual 8 to 28 Core CPU System Ports & Slots 1. Power button/Power light | 2. Drive activity light | 3. SD card slot | 4. USB 3.0 ports | 5. USB 3.0 Type-C port with PowerShare | 6.
  • Page 2 5.) AMD Radeon Pro WX7100 8GB PCI-e video board System Disk Drive – 500 GB (recommended) SATA SSD. Dell offers higher performing solid-state, NVMe, and SAS boot drive options which are acceptable. Recommend a Dell qualified drive be selected. Standard AVID memory configuration: •...
  • Page 3 Not Supported – • Microsoft® Windows 7 – any 32-bit version, or Home or Ultimate • Microsoft Windows 8 or 8.1 – any version Media Composer Application Minimum Rev Media Composer 8.x Media Composer 7.x Not supported NewsCutter 11.x Not Supported * Nvidia P1000, P2000, P4000 require Nvidia driver that ships with the version of MC 8.8 and above * AMD WX7100, WX5100 require AMD driver released 17.Q4 The required GPU files and installation instructions for AMD graphics can be found at the following Avid KB link:...
  • Page 4 Thunderbolt 2 & 3 - higher system over-head, not recommended to share Thunderbolt devices on the same Thunderbolt bus with DNxIO, DNxIQ, DNxIV DELL 5820 supports only one Thunderbolt 3 HBA with dual Thunderbolt 3 ports. DNxIO would require TB3 to TB2 converter...
  • Page 5 Avid artist DnxIQ requires BMD cable kit and PCIe card – Avid HIB card is NOT supported with DNxIQ • Dell thunderbolt 3 PCIe card is only supported in T5820, T5820 and T3820. For older Dell workstations, use Thunderbolt 2 PCIe card from Dell.
  • Page 6 6.) Use of embedded NIC ports for N ex is / ISIS connectivity Important Information The 5820 has one embedded NIC port which is qualified for Nexis For proper operation and connectivity of the Intel network interface with NEXIS the following settings are required:...
  • Page 7 5820 Required system BIOS changes: 1. Verify CPU Processors are set to Hyper-Threading Set 5820 Required system BIOS changes: During boot up press F2 at the Dell splash screen to invoke Set Up. Select the Performance tab Select Hyper-Threading Verify setting is Enabled (or enable if currently set to disable) 8.) Graphics Qualified...
  • Page 8 Set optimized Nvidia driver settings for Avid editing environments: 1. See picture below 2. Right-Click on the desktop and select Nvidia Control Panel 3. Select the “Desktop” menu selection in the control panel menu bar. 4. Enable “Desktop -> Video Editing Mode 5.
  • Page 9 9. For the “Power management mode” feature, select “Prefer maximum performance” as shown in the picture below. 10. Depress the “Apply” button. 11. Nvidia driver optimization settings for Avid environments are complete. – Avid Technology – Dec 22, 2017 Dave Pimm Page 9 of 14 Rev A...
  • Page 10 (Important: Display-ports are not HDMI ports; at first glance they do look very similar to HDMI ports) F.) Serial Port Deck Control The Dell 5820 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...
  • Page 11 Right-Click on My Computer Select Properties On the left side of the menu, locate and select “Advanced system settings” Under the “Advanced” tab depress the “Settings...” button for performance. The “performance Options” window will be displayed. Under the “Visual Effects” tab select the “Adjust for best performance” selection. (Picture below). Depress the “Apply”...
  • Page 12 Intel NIC Port(s) for NEXIS connectivity: For proper operation and connectivity of any Intel NIC port used with NEXIS the settings below are required. Example below is for the Intel PRO 1000 PT. For the performance settings, change the following parameters: Receive Buffers to 1024 Transmit Buffers to 1024 Disable the windows firewall.
  • Page 13 Perform this for each instance of and Intel NIC port which will be used for NEXIS connectivity. J.) Disable the windows firewall: Navigate to Control Panel / Windows Firewall -- Select Turn Windows Firewall on or off – Avid Technology – Dec 22, 2017 Page 13 of 14 Dave Pimm Rev A...
  • Page 14 Revision Date Name Update Nov 10, 2017 Rev A Dave Pimm Initial release of the Dell 5820 configuration guide Rev A.1 Dec 22, 2017 Dave Pimm Clean up – Avid Technology – Dec 22, 2017 Page 14 of 14 Dave Pimm...