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Dave Pimm 

– Avid Technology – Jan 30, 2018 

Rev   B 

 

 

 
 

 
 

 

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  

 

Xeon W-2145  3.7 Ghz, turbo up to 4.5Ghz 8-core  

 

Xeon W-2155  3.3 Ghz, turbo up to 4.5Ghz 10-core  

 

Xeon W-2195  2.3 Ghz, turbo up to 4.3Ghz 18-core  
 

 

 

Note: high power CPUs with high end graphics require the 750W power supply option 
 
Supported Video Cards 

1.)

 

NVIDIA P1000 4GB PCI-e video board  

2.)

 

NVIDIA P2000 5GB PCI-e video board  

3.)

 

NVIDIA P4000 8GB PCI-e video board  

4.)

 

AMD Radeon Pro WX5100 8GB PCI-e video board 

5.)

 

AMD Radeon Pro WX7100 8GB PCI-e video board 

 

System Disk Drive 

– 500 GB (recommended) SATA SSD. 

HP offers higher performing solid-state, NVMe, and SAS 

boot drive options which are acceptable.  Recommend a HP qualified drive be selected. 

 

 

Standard AVID memory configuration:   

 

Systems using the 

new Xeon W series  Skylake CPU’s will use DDR4

-2666MHz memory (up to 8 DIMMs per system) 

 

Each CPU has 4 memory lanes - optimal bandwidth when all 4 memory lanes filled 

 

o

 

32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4  2666MHz ECC memory 

 (Requires four 8GB DIMMs)  

 

Memory modules must be installed according to 

manufacturer’s

 requirements 

 

Optional AVID memory configuration:

   

 

64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR4 2666 ECC memory 

 (Requires  eight 8GB DIMMs) 

 

64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4 2666 ECC memory 

 (Requires  four 16GB DIMMs) 

 

128GB (8 x 16GB) DDR4 2666 ECC memory 

 (Requires eight 16GB DIMMs)  

 

Memory configuration constraints

 

No other memory configurations are formally supported in AVID environments.   

Un-balanced memory configurations which mix and match memory module sizes and locations will 
result in a poor performing, non-optimal operating environment. 

NUMA should be disabled in BIOS 
 

 

2.)  Qualified  Operating  Systems,  Avid  Client  Editing  Applications,  Hardware  and  Shared-
Storage support for  the  HP Z8 G4:

 

 

Summary of Contents for HP Z4 G4

Page 1: ...Page 1 of 14 Dave Pimm Avid Technology Jan 30 2018 Rev B Avid Configuration Guidelines HP Z4 G4 workstation 6 to 18 Core CPU System...

Page 2: ...which are acceptable Recommend a HP qualified drive be selected Standard AVID memory configuration Systems using the new Xeon W series Skylake CPU s will use DDR4 2666MHz memory up to 8 DIMMs per sys...

Page 3: ...indows 8 or 8 1 any version Media Composer Application Minimum Rev Media Composer 8 x 8 8 Media Composer 7 x Not supported NewsCutter 11 x Not Supported Nvidia P1000 P2000 P4000 require Nvidia driver...

Page 4: ...DNxIV Support for HP Thunderbolt card will be first half 2018 DNxIO would require TB3 to TB2 converter Thunderbolt 3 offers support of cable lengths up to 60 meters via qualified Corning Thunderbolt...

Page 5: ...by AVID 4 or 2 Vendor qualified 3 rd party hardware interface See release notes and Avid website for information regarding supported 3 rd party hardware Atto FFRM NS11 NS12 10 Gb single or dual port N...

Page 6: ...ard 5 X8 PCI E Gen 3 X8 open ended Local SAS Storage Controllers M 1 M 2 slot 1 PCI E Gen 3 M 2 x4 HP nVMe storage cards M 2 M 2 slot 2 PCI E Gen 3 M 2 x4 HP nVMe storage cards Embedded Intel I219 LM...

Page 7: ...s During boot up press F10 at the HP 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 Qualifi...

Page 8: ...he 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 Select Manage 3D Settings 6 Select Global Settings Ta...

Page 9: ...hnology Jan 30 2018 Rev B 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...

Page 10: ...Rosetta Stone model RS 2 8 RS232 to RS422 converter Keyspan Tripp Lite Model USA 19HS AVID P N 7080 20013 01 http www tripplite com en products model cfm txtSeriesID 518 EID 13384 txtModelID 3914 Add...

Page 11: ...t Advanced system settings 4 Under the Advanced tab depress the Settings button for performance 5 The performance Options window will be displayed 6 Under the Visual Effects tab select the Adjust for...

Page 12: ...ntel PRO 1000 PT 1 For the performance settings change the following parameters Receive Buffers to 1024 Transmit Buffers to 1024 2 Disable the windows firewall To set the Intel NIC Receive Transmit bu...

Page 13: ...nology Jan 30 2018 Rev B 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...

Page 14: ...Rev B Select Turn off windows firewall in both network locations OK to save Revision Update Revision Date Name Update Rev A Dec 22 2017 Dave Pimm Initial release of the HP Z4 G4 configuration guide Re...

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