IBM Z PRO 6223 Hardware Setup Manual page 6

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Introduction
Central to any system is the Master Station or HD Station. The Master Station is a high-end
Windows®- or Linux®-based PC designed to accommodate real-time interactivity in a client-
attended or supervised session. You can add a Lustre Station to improve the efficiency of your
pipeline.
Master Station — Includes the full Lustre toolset and is designed for GPU-accelerated sessions
where the colorist works together with the cinematographer. Contains an extensive creative
toolset for more elaborate visual design and grading using up to 4K resolution and 16-bit files
and for completing tasks like dust removal, conforming, rotoscoping and capture/playout.
HD Station — Cost-effective GPU workstation for conforming, preparing, grading and
mastering short-form and long-form HDTV projects, as well as HD film projects. Input up to
10-bit 2K and output HD and SD.
Lustre Station — Tasks that do not require the direct intervention or supervision of the
colorist can be efficiently handled by a Lustre Station. Multiple Lustre Stations can work in
parallel to increase throughput and can be used for tasks such as dust removal, preparatory
work, fine-tuning creative sessions, conforming data from EDLs, updating editorial changes
using change lists, and mastering to different formats using the real-time deliverables function.
Lustre Workstation Features
The following table describes the features available to each Lustre workstation.
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The features of Lustre 2008 may vary based on your hardware platform. Consult the
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Autodesk Lustre 2008 Release Notes for details.
Station
Master Station
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Configuration
Default —
All features are available including SD and HD I/O, dual link and
HSDL video formats and the DI Pack, which consists of infrared channel
dust removal and support for all standard input and output resolutions
and bit-depths. Certain features require add-on licensing.
Add-Ons —
The following features can be added to the Default
configuration: the Slave Renderer and up to three panels for the Autodesk
control surface. The Slave Renderer requires a separate license.