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– Avid Technology – July 11th 2012
E31 Workstation / Minitower Rev A Config Guide (Software only)
4.) Slot Configuration:
Slot #
Electrical
Mechanical
Utilization
1
X16 PCI-E Gen 3
(75Watts)
X16
*2
Optional Graphics Card or Local Storage:
Nvidia Quadro 600
Atto H680
– Avid SAS VideoRAID SR (16-bay) support
Atto R680
– Avid SAS VideoRAID ST (5-bay) support
Atto R680
– SAS Xtore StudioRAID 5Ti (5-bay) support
LSI 9200-8e SAS Xtore 16Re (16-bay) support
LSI 9200-8e SAS Xtore 5Te (5-bay) support
2
x1 PCI-E Gen 2
x1
*2
Not defined for use. Cannot be used for SAS storage. Could be used for optional
secondary Lenovo 1394a PCI-Express HBA
*1
3
PCI 32bit /33MHz
PCI 32/33
*2
StarTech PCI1394MP Firewire adapter.
1394a PCI HBA (Tower ONLY
– no half height cards for SFF)
(Mandatory primary 1394a connectivity for 1394 camera / deck)
4
PCI 32bit /33MHz
PCI 32/33
*2
Do Not Use.
Will cause BUS contention with 1394 controller installed in slot #3.
Embedded Intel
82579LM
GbE NIC
PCI-E x1
Gen 1
Use for connectivity to Avid ISIS 5000 / 7000
*1
Firewire 1394a camera / deck should not be connected to optional Lenovo PCI-Express 1394 HBA. For
Symphony, Media Composer and NewsCutter, a 1394 camera or deck must connect via the StarTech
PCI1394MP PCI 1394a controller which resides in slot #3.
*2
All slots in Tower config are half length. All slots in SFF config are half length and half height
LENOVO E31 Memory DIMM Installation order
DIMMs are Labeled on the motherboard 1, 2, 3, 4 with DIMM 1 closest to the
CPU. Load DIMMs in the following order:
UDIMM
DIMM 1
DIMM 2
DIMM 3
DIMM 4
One UDIMM
X, 1
Two UDIMMs
X, 1
X, 2
Three UDIMMs
X, 3
X, 1
X, 2
Four UDIMMs
X, 3
X, 1
X, 4
X, 2
