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Dave Pimm 

– Avid Technology – Jan 30, 2018 

Rev   B 

 

 

 
 
 

4.) AVID qualified HBA info

 

 

 

AVID qualified HBA

 

 

AVID Part Number

 

Slot 

Location

 

 

Function

 

 

Avid Artist DNxIO HBA 

 

Avid Artist DNxIQ HBA

 

 

Avid part # 7030-30048-02 

 

BMD PCie cable kit 

 

 

 

#4 

 

Avid Artist DnxIO interface HBA 

 

Avid Artist DNxIQ interface HBA 

 

HP Thunderbolt 3 adapter 

card 

 

 

 
 

Not stocked by AVID 

 

#2 

 
 
 
 

 

TB3 not available until 1H’18

 

 
 

 

 

Atto R680, H680 

 

Not stocked by AVID 

 

#5 

Local SAS Storage 

Support 

– Avid 

VideoRAID ST (5-bay) 

Xtore StudioRAID 5Ti 

(5-bay) 

 

LSI 9200-8e SAS controller 

 

7030-30036-01

 

 

#5 

SAS Local Storage: 

Xtore StudioRAID 16Re (16-bay) 

chassis Xtore StudioRAID 5Te (5-bay) 

chassis

 

 

Vendor qualified 3

rd 

party hardware 

x8 PCI-E 

 

 

Not stocked 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 

 

 

Not stocked by AVID 

 

#3

 

 

Shared Storage: NEXIS Optical Gb-Ethernet 

 

Intel i350-T2 

– Dual Gb NIC 

 

Not stocked by AVID 

 

#3

 

 

Shared Storage: NEXIS Copper Gb-Ethernet 

Dual Gb NEXIS Connectivity 

 

Intel X710 dual port 10Gb 

 

 

Not stocked by AVID

 

 

 

#3

 

 

Shared Storage: NEXIS Optical Gb-Ethernet 

 

Myricom 

10G-PCIE-8B-S 

Myricom 

10G-PCIE-8B2-2S 

 

7030-30041-01 

 

#3

 

 

Shared Storage: NEXIS 10Gb-Ethernet

 

 

Notes: 

 

Avid HIB part # 7030-30048-01 is no longer supported with DNxIO (use # 7030-30048-02 only)

 

 

Avid artist DnxIQ requires BMD cable kit and PCIe card 

– Avid HIB card is NOT supported with DNxIQ

 

 

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.

 

 

 

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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