Avid Configuration Guidelines
Dell T7610 workstation & R7610 2 U r a c k
Dual 6-Core, Dual 8-Core & Dual 12-Core CPU
Media Composer 6.5.4 Symphony 6.5.4 NewsCutter 10.5.4 and later
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1.) Dell T7610/R7610 AVID Qualified System Specification:
T7610/R7610 AVID Qualified Operating System:
Microsoft® Windows 7 Professional 64-bit Edition with Service Pack 1
Microsoft® Windows 8 Professional 64-bit Edition
Microsoft® Windows 8.1 Professional 64-bit Edition
T7610/R7610 Hardware Configuration
Supported CPU Choices
Dual Intel® 6-Core Xeon® E5-2630V2 Processors @ 2.6GHz 15MB cache / 1866MHz memory
(The 6-Core Xeon® E5-2630 Processors will run the 1866MHz memory at 1600MHz speed due to the speed limitation of the memory controller in the E5-2630V2 Processor).
Dual Intel® 8-Core Xeon® E5-2650V2 Processors @ 2.6GHz 20MB cache / 1866MHz memory
Dual Intel® 12-Core Xeon® E5-2695V2 Processors @ 2.4GHz 30MB cache / 1866MHz memory
*** Requires 32GB mem option ***
Supported Video Card
Nvidia Quadro K4000 PCI-e video board
System Disk Drive - 1TB (minimum recommended) SATA-II 3Gb/s 7200RPM
Standard AVID memory configuration: 16GB (8 x 2GB) DDR3 1866 ECC memory
– (Requires eight 2GB DIMMs, DIMM sizes cannot be mixed sizes )
2GB memory modules must be installed in the following memory slots: CPU1-
DIMM1, CPU1-DIMM2, CPU1-DIMM3, CPU1-DIMM4 CPU2-DIMM1, CPU2-
DIMM2, CPU2-DIMM3, CPU2-DIMM4
Optional AVID memory configuration: 32GB (8 x 4GB) DDR3 1866 ECC memory
–
(Requires eight 4GB DIMMs, DIMM sizes cannot be mixed sizes )
Memory configuration constraints
-
No other memory configurations are formally supported in AVID environments. Only the 16GB (8 x 2GB), and 32 GB
(8 x 4GB) configurations are supported. Un-balanced memory configurations which mix and match memory module sizes and locations will result in a poor performing, non-optimal operating environment.
2.) Qualified Operating Systems, Avid Client Editing Applications, Hardware and Shared-Storage support
for the Dell T7610/R7610:
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Media Composer / Symphony 6.5.4 , NewsCutter 10.5.4 or later
Microsoft® Windows 7 Professional 64-bit Edition with SP1 (SP1 required)
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Media Composer / Symphony 7.x , NewsCutter 11.x or later
Microsoft® Windows 7 Professional 64-bit Edition with SP1 (SP1 required)
Microsoft® Windows 8.x Professional 64-bit Edition
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Not Supported
– Any version of Microsoft® Windows XP or Vista
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Not Supported - Microsoft® Windows 7
– any 32-bit version, or any version of Home, Ultimate or
Enterprise editions.
Note regarding Service packs:
As of this writing Service Pack 1 is the current Service Pack release for Win7. SP1 is required for Media Composer 6.x,
Symphony 6.x and NewsCutter 10.x. As future Service Packs are released Avid will evaluate
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3.) Qualified O.S., Hardware and shared storage supported:
Nitris DX / Mojo DX
3 rd
Party Qualified Hardware
Unity ISIS 1Gb Ethernet Client
Unity ISIS Hi-res (10 Gbit) client
Qualified / Supported
Yes
See release notes and Avid website for information regarding supported 3 rd party hardware (vendor qualified)
ISIS 5000 / 7000 V4.5
ISIS 5000 / 7000 V4.5
Qualified Operating System
1394 Adrenaline DNA
1394 Mojo-SDI DNA
1394 Mojo-Analog DNA
Win 7 Pro 64-bit with SP1
Win 8 Pro 64-bit
N/A Not Supported
N/A Not Supported
N/A Not Supported
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AVID qualified HBA info
AVID qualified HBA
Vendor qualified 3 rd party hardware interface requiring: x4 PCI-E or lesser interface
¾ Length PCI form factor or smaller
Avid HIB, DX Interface HBA
**
Atto R680
AVID Part Number
Not stocked by AVID
Active: 7030-30048-01
Active: 7030-20084-01
Passive: 7030-30021-01
Not stocked by AVID
Slot
Location
#1
#3
#4
LSI 9200-8e SAS controller
Vendor qualified 3 rd party hardware interface requiring: x8 PCI-E or greater interface
Full Length PCI form factor
Intel PRO 1000 PT
Intel i350-T2
– Dual Gb NIC
Intel PRO 1000 PF - ISIS
7030-30036-01
Not stocked by AVID
7030-20139-01
Not stocked by AVID
Not stocked by AVID
#4
#P2-1
#P2-2
#P2-2
#P2-2
*
*
*
*
Function
Vendor qualified 3 rd party hardware interface.
See release notes and Avid website for information regarding supported 3 rd party hardware
Avid DX Hardware Interface HBA
Local SAS Storage Support
– Avid VideoRAID ST (5bay) Xtore StudioRAID 5Ti
(5-bay)
SAS Local Storage:
Xtore StudioRAID 16Re (16-bay) chassis Xtore StudioRAID 5Te (5-bay) chassis
Vendor qualified 3 rd party hardware interface.
See release notes and Avid website for information regarding supported 3 rd party hardware
Shared Storage: Unity ISIS Copper Gb-Ethernet
Dual Gb ISIS Connectivity
Shared Storage: Unity ISIS Copper Gb-Ethernet
Dual Gb ISIS Connectivity
Shared Storage: Unity ISIS Optical Gb-Ethernet
Myricom
10G-PCIE-8B-S
7030-30041-01
#P2-2
*
Shared Storage: Unity ISIS 10Gb-Ethernet for Hi-Res client
(ISIS 5000 / 7000)
Red Rocket Accelerator
Not stocked by AVID
#P1-1
* or
#P2-2
*
Accelerator for RED files
*
Top slot 1&2 are running off the second CPU
**
Avid DX Interface HBA Support Note: (See reference pictures on page 7 of this guide ).
All 3 versions of the DX interface HBA are supported on the T7610/R7610 with 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
4.) Slot Configuration:
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Slot #
1
2
3
4
5
P2
1
P2
2
Slot Configuration Information
Electrical x4 PCI-E Gen 3
Mechanical x8
Open- ended
Connector x16
Vendor
Qualified 3 rd
Party Hardware PCI-e Interface requiring: x4 PCI-E or lesser interface
¾ Length PCI form factor or smaller x16 PCI-E Gen 3
(225Watts)
Graphics Card:
Nvidia K4000
X4 PCI-E Gen 2 x16 PCI-E Gen 3
(225Watts) x16 PCI-E Gen 3
(CPU2 75watts) x16 x16
PCI-E 32bit /33MHz x16 PCI-E Gen 3
(CPU2 75watts)
PCI 32/33 x16 x16
Avid HIB, DX Interface HBA
Active: 7030-30048-01 & 7030 20084-01
Passive: 7030-30021-01
Local SAS Storage Controllers:
Atto R680 LSI 9200-8e
or Pro Tools HD h/w
or Red Rocket Accelerator
Vendor
Qualified 3 rd
Party Hardware PCI-e Interface requiring: x8 PCI-E or greater interface Full - Length
PCI form factor
or Red Rocket Accelerator
Shared Storage Controllers ISIS 500/7000:
Intel PRO 1000 PT
Intel PRO 1000 PF
Intel i350-T2
Myricom
10G-PCIE-8B-S
or Red Rocket Accelerator
Embedded Intel
82574L
Gb NIC
Embedded Intel
82579LM
Gb NIC
PCI-E x1
Gen 1
PCI-E x1
Gen 1
Qualified for Avid ISIS 5000 / 7000 connectivity.
Qualified for Avid ISIS 5000 / 7000 connectivity.
5.) Use of embedded NIC ports for ISIS connectivity Important Information
The T7610/R7610 has two embedded NIC ports. One port is the 82574L. The other port is an 82579LM. Both ports are qualified for ISIS.
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Embedded Intel network interface for ISIS connectivity:
For proper operation and connectivity of the Intel 82574L network interface with ISIS 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
2. 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
Passive DX interface HBA (7030-30021-01)
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B.) Qualified Avid system BIOS version(s): (As of this writing):
Failure to update the T7610/R7610 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.
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Minimum BIOS ver A.02
C.) Required system BIOS settings for AVID environments:
Hyper-Threading Setting:
Please Note: CPU Hyper-threading should be enabled in all configurations. It is currently enabled by default by Dell for shipping T7610
’s & R7610’s with BIOS ver A.02 or earlier
T7610/R7610 Required system BIOS changes:
1. Verify CPU Processors are set to Hyper-Threading Current version BIOS vA.02 has Hyper-
Threading enabled by default
2. Set Turbo boost
–
Disable
3. Set C State Control - Disable
Set T7610/R7610 Required system BIOS changes:
- During boot up press F12 at the Dell splash screen to invoke Set Up.
- Select the Performance tab
- Select Processor
- Select Hyper-Threading
- Verify setting is Enable
If Hyper-Threading is set for Disable then it must be changed to Enable
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- Select Turbo Boost-Disable
- Select C State Control-Disable
- In the bottom right corner select accept
- Exit system reboots
D.) Nvidia Qualified Driver:
Nvidia qualified drivers
AVID Software
Media Composer / Symphony
NewsCutter
Media Composer / Symphony
NewsCutter
Version(s)
6.5.4
10.5.4
7.03/11.03 Win 7 or 8.0
7.03/11.03 Win 8.1
Nvidia GPU
Quadro K4000
Quadro K4000
Nvidia Driver Required
310.90
320.78
331.65
After installation of the AVID software the supported Nvidia driver can be found in the following directory:
Program Files / Avid / Utilities / Nvidia. The Nvidia driver, 310.90, is NOT included with the 6.5.4 patch. You can find this Nvidia driver on the Avid Knowledge Base.
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Set optimized Nvidia driver settings for Avid editing environments:
1. See picture below
2. Right-Click on the 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” Tab
7. Under the
“Global Settings” tab select “Base Profile”
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8. Scroll down and locate the
“Power Management Mode” feature. The default setting is “Adaptive” as shown in the picture below.
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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 Avid environments are complete.
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E.) Nvidia Quadro GPU monitor connectivity:
The Nvidia Quadro K4000 graphics card has a single DVI port and two Display-Port ports
(Important: Display-ports are not HDMI ports; at first glance they do look very similar to HDMI ports)
( Please Note: Only two of the three video ports can simultaneously be used. Connecting to all three video ports at the same time will result in non-functioning video output from the Nvidia GPU video card.)
The Dell T7610/R7610 includes one Display-Port-to-DVI adapter.
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).
2. Or use two Display-Ports (Requires monitors with native display-port connections, two displayport to DVI adapters are not recommended when using dual display-port connections).
F.) Serial Port Deck Control
The Dell T7610/R7610 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 be established via two methods (both of which have been qualified by Avid and will maintain frame accuracy in Avid environments)
1. Addenda model
RS-USB / 4 direct USB-to-RS422 serial adapter. This is a simple device which connects directly from a USB port to the RS422 port of a deck. http://www.addenda.com/addenda-elect/products/rsUSB4.php
2. Combination of a Keyspan (Tripp-Lite) Model USA-19HS USB-to-serial-port adapter with
Addenda 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&txtMode lID=3914
- Addenda Rosetta Stone (or equivalent) model RS
– 2/8 RS232-to-RS422 converter (AVID P/N 7070-00507-01) http://www.addenda.com/addenda-elect/products/rs28.php
To connect the Keyspan 19HS / Addenda RS -2/8 combination:
- Install the Keyspan 19HS driver before plugging the device into USB port.
- Once the Keyspan 19HS driver is installed then plug the Keyspan 19HS into a USB port.
- The Keyspan 19HS will now show up in device driver.
- Using a serial cable, connect the 9-pin serial port of the Keyspan 19HS USB adapter to the port of the Addenda marked RS232 from PC
- Using a 2 nd serial port cable connect the port of the Addenda marked
“RS422 to VTR” to the deck control serial port of the deck.
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G.) O.S. setting recommendations for optimum performance with Avid Editing
applications:
The following links provide O.S. setting suggestions for ensuring optimum performance when working with your Avid editing application with a Windows operating system.
- Optimizations for Video Editors - Windows 7 http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/troubleshooting/en349411
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”
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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.
8. Under the
“Visual Effects” tab select the “Adjust for best performance” selection. (Picture below).
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9. Depress the
“Apply” button
10. Required Windows visual performance settings for Avid environments are now complete.
I.) 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.
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Example below is for the Intel 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 buffers:
Go to device manager and select each instance of the network adapter device which will be used for ISIS connectivity.
Select performance options and then select Properties.
Set Receive Buffers to 1024 Set Transmit Buffers to 1024
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Perform this for each instance of and Intel NIC port which will be used for ISIS connectivity.
J.) Disable the windows firewal l:
Navigate to Control Panel / Windows Firewall -- Select Turn Windows Firewall on or off
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Select Turn off windows firewall in both network locations, OK to save
Revision Update
Revision Date
Rev A Dec 6 th
, 2013
July 15 th
, 2014 Rev B
Name
Dave Pimm
Update
Initial release of the Dell T7610 configuration guide
Dave Pimm Add Rack workstation R7610 (very similar)
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