Summary of Contents for Avid Technology HP Z4 G4
- Page 1 Avid Configuration Guidelines HP Z4 G4 workstation 6 to 18 Core CPU System – Avid Technology – Jan 30, 2018 Page 1 of 14 Dave Pimm Rev B...
- Page 2 1.) HP Z4 G4 AVID Qualified System Specification: Z4 G4 Hardware Configuration Supported Intel Xeon Scalable family (Skylake) CPU Choices • Xeon W-2133 3.6 Ghz, turbo up to 3.9Ghz 6-core • Xeon W-2135 3.7 Ghz, turbo up to 4.5Ghz 6-core •...
- Page 3 * AMD WX7100, WX5100 require AMD driver released 17.Q4 or later The required GPU files and installation instructions for AMD graphics can be found at the following Avid KB link: http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/download/AMD-Supported-GPU-Drivers – Avid Technology – Jan 30, 2018 Page 3 of 14 Dave Pimm...
- Page 4 Atto FFRM-NS1, Intel X710 NEXIS / ISIS Ultra Hi-res (dual 10Gbit) ISIS 5500 / 5000 Myricom Dual-Port 10Gbit NEXIS Pro, E2, E4, E5 V7.9 Atto FFRM-NS2, Intel X710 – Avid Technology – Jan 30, 2018 Page 4 of 14 Dave Pimm Rev B...
- Page 5 HP thunderbolt 3 PCIe card will be supported in Z8 G4, Z6 G4 and G4 G4. For older HP workstations, use Thunderbolt 2 PCIe card from HP. – Avid Technology – Jan 30, 2018 Page 5 of 14 Dave Pimm...
- Page 6 For proper operation and connectivity of the Intel network interface with NEXIS the following settings are required: For the Intel NIC driver, under the performance settings, change the following parameters: Receive Buffers to 10 24 Transmit Buffers to 1024 – Avid Technology – Jan 30, 2018 Page 6 of 14 Dave Pimm Rev B...
- Page 7 Program Files / Avid / Utilities / Nvidia. The AMD graphics driver is NOT included with MC release builds. You can find this driver on the AMD web page http://support.amd.com/en-us/download – Avid Technology – Jan 30, 2018 Page 7 of 14 Dave Pimm...
- Page 8 7. Under the “Global Settings” tab select “3D App – Default Global Settings” 8. Scroll down and locate the “Power Management Mode” feature. The default setting is “Adaptive” – Avid Technology – Jan 30, 2018 Page 8 of 14 Dave Pimm...
- 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 – Jan 30, 2018 Page 9 of 14 Dave Pimm Rev B...
- Page 10 F.) Serial Port Deck Control The HP Z4 G4 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 Under the “Visual Effects” tab select the “Adjust for best performance” selection. (Picture below). Depress the “Apply” button Required Windows visual performance settings for Avid environments are now complete. – Avid Technology – Jan 30, 2018 Page 11 of 14 Dave Pimm...
- Page 12 Go to device manager and select each instance of the network adapter device which will be used for NEXIS connectivity. Select performance options and then select Properties. Set Receive Buffers to 1024 Set Transmit Buffers to 1024 – Avid Technology – Jan 30, 2018 Page 12 of 14 Dave Pimm Rev B...
- 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 – Jan 30, 2018 Page 13 of 14 Dave Pimm Rev B...
- Page 14 Date Name Update Dec 22, 2017 Rev A Dave Pimm Initial release of the HP Z4 G4 configuration guide Rev B Jan 30, 2018 Dave Pimm Swapped PCIe slots for GPU – Avid Technology – Jan 30, 2018 Page 14 of 14...
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