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Dave Pimm
– Avid Technology – Jan 30, 2018
Rev B
5.) Slot Configuration:
Slot Configuration Information
Slot #
Electrical
Mechanical
1
x16 PCI-E
Gen 3
X16
Graphics Card:
Nvidia P1000, P2000,P4000
AMD WX-7100
2
X4 PCI-E
Gen 3
X4
open
ended
HP Thunderbolt 3 adapter card (available 1H’18)
Or 3
rd
party PCIe OpenIO card
3
X16 PCI-E Gen
3
x16
Shared Storage Controllers Nexis/ISIS
Intel X710, i350-T2
Atto FFRM-NS11/NS12
Myricom
10G-PCIE-8B-S
4
X4 PCI-E Gen 3
X4 open
ended
Avid/BMD HIB card for DNxIO/DNxIQ
Or 3
rd
party PCIe Open IO card
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
Gb NIC
PCI-E x1
Gen 3
Qualified for Avid Nexis/ISIS
Embedded Intel
I210
Gb NIC
PCI-E x1
Gen 3
Qualified for Avid Nexis/ISIS
6.) Use of embedded NIC ports for N ex i s / ISIS connectivity
Important Information
The Z4 G4 has two embedded NIC ports. Both ports are qualified for Nexis
For proper operation and connectivity of the Intel network interface with NEXIS the following settings are required:
1.
For the Intel NIC driver, under the performance settings, change the following parameters:
-
Receive Buffers to 10 24
-
Transmit Buffers to 1024
