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Dell T5600 Configuration Manuallines

Dell T5600 Configuration Manuallines

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
Dell T5600 Dual Six-Core / Dual Eight-Core CPU Workstation
Media Composer 6.x Symphony 6.x NewsCutter 10.x and later
– Avid Technology – June 24th, 2013
Page 1 of 23
Mike Fortin
Rev E

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  • Page 1 Avid Configuration Guidelines Dell T5600 Dual Six-Core / Dual Eight-Core CPU Workstation Media Composer 6.x Symphony 6.x NewsCutter 10.x and later – Avid Technology – June 24th, 2013 Page 1 of 23 Mike Fortin Rev E...
  • Page 2 1.) Dell T5600 AVID Qualified System Specification: T5600 / AVID Qualified Operating System: Microsoft® Windows 7 Professional 64-bit Edition with Service Pack 1 Microsoft® Windows 8 Professional 64-bit T5600 Hardware Configuration Supported CPU Choices 1.) Dual Intel® 6-Core Xeon® E5-2630 Processors @ 2.2GHz 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 qualified HBA info Slot Location AVID qualified HBA AVID Part Number Function Vendor qualified 3 party hardware interface requiring: Not stocked by AVID Vendor qualified 3 party hardware interface. release notes and Avid website for information x4 PCI-E or lesser interface regarding supported 3 party hardware ¾...
  • Page 5 4.) Slot Configuration: Slot Configuration Information Slot # Electrical Mechanical Local SAS Storage Controllers: x4 PCI-E Gen 3 Atto R680 LSI 9200-8e Graphics Card: x16 PCI-E Gen 3 Nvidia Quadro 4000 Nvidia K4000 (225Watts) X1 PCI-E Gen 2 Shared Storage Controllers ISIS 5000 / 7000: x16 PCI-E Gen 3 (225Watts) Intel PRO 1000 PT...
  • Page 6 Disable the windows firewall. 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 7 B.) Qualified Avid system BIOS version(s): (As of this writing): Failure to update the T5600 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 8 C.) Required system BIOS settings for AVID environments: Hyper-Threading Setting: Please Note: CPU Hyper-threading should be enabled in all configurations per the chart below. It is currently enabled by default by Dell for shipping T5600’s with BIOS ver A.04 or earlier Hyper-Threading Setting Software Version...
  • Page 9 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 6.0.3.4 and later Media Composer / Symphony 6.5.2.1 and later Quadro 4000/K4000 310.90 NewsCutter 10.0.3.4 and later...
  • Page 10 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: – Avid Technology – June 24th, 2013 Page 10 of Mike Fortin Rev E...
  • Page 11 Page 11 of Mike Fortin – Avid Technology – June 24th, 2013 Rev E...
  • Page 12 8. Scroll down and locate the “Power Management Mode” feature. The default setting is “Adaptive” as shown in the picture below. – Avid Technology – June 24th, 2013 Page 12 of Mike Fortin Rev E...
  • Page 13 9. For the “Power management mode” feature, select “Prefer maximum performance” as shown in the picture below. 10. Depress the “Apply” button. – Avid Technology – June 24th, 2013 Page 13 of Mike Fortin Rev E...
  • 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: Page 15 of Mike Fortin –...
  • Page 16 17. Depress the “Apply” button 18. Nvidia driver optimization settings for Avid environments are complete. Page 16 of Mike Fortin – Avid Technology – June 24th, 2013 Rev E...
  • Page 17 Nvidia GPU video card.) The Dell T5600 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 18 Serial Port Deck Control: The Dell T5600 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 19 H.) 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 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). – Avid Technology – June 24th, 2013 Page 20 of Mike Fortin Rev E...
  • Page 21 8. Under the “Visual Effects” tab select the “Adjust for best performance” selection. (Picture below). – Avid Technology – June 24th, 2013 Mike Fortin Page 21 of 23 Rev E...
  • Page 22 9. Depress the “Apply” button 10. Reboot Windows 11. Required Windows visual performance settings for Avid environments are now complete. – Avid Technology – June 24th, 2013 Mike Fortin Page 22 of 23 Rev E...
  • Page 23 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 24 Set Receive Buffers to 1024 Set Transmit Buffers to 1024 Once both Buffers are set select OK. J.) Disable the windows firewall: Navigate to Control Panel / Windows Firewall -- Select Turn Windows Firewall on or off – Avid Technology – June 24th, 2013 Page 24 of 23 Mike Fortin Rev E...
  • Page 25 Select Turn off windows firewall in both network locations, OK to save – Avid Technology – June 24th, 2013 Page 25 of 23 Mike Fortin Rev E...
  • Page 26 Date Name Update Rev A Oct18 , 2012 Initial release of the Dell T5600 configuration guide for support Mike Fortin of Media Composer 6.x, Symphony 6.x and NewsCutter 10.x Rev B Oct 22, 2012 Mike Fortin Removed mention of second Network port...