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Visual Eects and Finishing 2011 Edition

HP®xw Workstation

Hardware Setup Guide

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Title: Autodesk Visual Effects and Finishing 2011Edition HP xw9400 Hardware Setup Guide

Document Version: 3

Date: April 16, 2009

Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Notation Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Contacting Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Chapter 2 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Workflow for Hardware Setup and Application Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Hardware Configuration Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Memory Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Ensuring Proper Environmental Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Power and Air Conditioning Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Rack Mount Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Avoiding Damage from Static Electricity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Grounding Audio Hardware Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Receiving Your Shipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

BIOS and Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

System BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

DVI-Ramp Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

AJA OEM-2K PCI-X Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Chapter 3 Connecting Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Peripherals Connection Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Connecting the Keyboard, Mouse, and Tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Network Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Connecting to Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Connecting to the Infiniband (IB) Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Chapter 4 Setting Up Video Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Video I/O Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Video I/O Setup for Workstations Using a DVI-Ramp2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Video I/O Setup for Workstations Using the NVIDIA Quadro SDI Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Standard VTR Control Cable Pinout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Setting Up VTR Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

VTR Emulation RS-422 Control Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Chapter 5 Setting Up Audio Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

About Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Audio Wiring Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Audio Hardware Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Understanding Remote vs. Local Control of the Lucid Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Audio Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Configuring the Lucid ADA 88192 Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Adjusting Lucid ADA 88192 Converter Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Lucid ADA 88192 Converter Settings for Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Lucid ADA 88192 Converter Settings for Local Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Audio Keywords in the Software Initialisation Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Chapter 6 Connecting Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Connecting Media Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

About Autodesk Stone Direct Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Connecting and Configuring the ATTO Fibre Channel Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Connecting Storage Enclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

XR 6500 Wiring Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

XR 6412 Wiring Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

XR 5402 and XR 5412 Wiring Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Connecting Archiving Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Filesystem Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

SCSI Tape Drive Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

vi | Contents

Introduction

Topics in this chapter:

■About This Guide on page 1

■Related Documentation on page 1

■Notation Conventions on page 2

■Contacting Customer Support on page 2

About This Guide

This guide describes how to set up the HP®xw9400 workstation for your Autodesk®Visual Effects and

Finishing application (Autodesk®Inferno®, Autodesk®Flame®, Autodesk®Flint®, Autodesk®Smoke®,

Autodesk®Backdraft®Conform).

If you already own an HP xw9400 workstation that shipped with a previous release of a Visual Effects and

Finishing application, you normally do not need to change its configuration. But you do need to verify its

BIOS and firmware settings. See BIOS and Firmware.

Use this guide in conjunction with the latest Autodesk Visual Effects and Finishing Installation and Configuration

Guide, to install and configure the hardware and software components of your Visual Effects and Finishing

system.

NOTE In most cases, both hardware setup and application installation is done on delivery by an authorized

technician, so you may not need to perform some of the procedures in these guides.

Related Documentation

This release has documentation that helps you install, configure, and use the software. This documentation

is available from the application DVD, on the Autodesk Web site, and is installed with the product (as PDF

files and as an HTML help system).

For a list of all the documentation available to you, visit http://www.autodesk.com/me-documentation. From

this page you can access the complete documentation library.

You should also refer to your product's release notes for all late-breaking release information.

Notation Conventions

A number of style conventions are used throughout your documentation. These conventions and examples

of their use are shown as follows.

ExampleConvention

install rpm -qa

Text that you enter in a command line or shell appears

in Courier bold. Press the Enter key after each com-

mand.

Variable names appear in Courier, enclosed in angle

brackets.

limit coredumpsize

Feedback from the command line or shell appears in

Courier.

/usr/discreetDirectory names, filenames, URLs, and command line

utilities appear in italics.

Contacting Customer Support

For Autodesk Media and Entertainment Customer Support, visit http://www.autodesk.com/support.

Customer support is also available through your Autodesk reseller. To find a reseller near you, consult the

reseller look-up database at http://www.autodesk.com/resellers.

2| Chapter 1 Introduction

Getting Started

Topics in this chapter:

■Workflow for Hardware Setup and Application Installation on page 3

■Hardware Configuration Guidelines on page 4

■BIOS and Firmware on page 7

Workflow for Hardware Setup and Application Installation

The following procedure provides the general workflow for installing an Autodesk Visual Effects and Finishing

application on a workstation.

To install a Visual Effects and Finishing application on a workstation:

1Review the guidelines for working with hardware components. See Hardware Configuration Guidelines

on page 4.

2Connect all peripherals (mouse, keyboard, Wacom®tablet, graphics monitor) to the proper ports, and

connect your workstation to the Autodesk®Wire®network. See Peripherals Connection Diagrams on

page 13.

3Connect your workstation to the storage. See Connecting Storage on page 35.

4Connect a VTR and a broadcast monitor to your workstation. See Setting Up Video Hardware on page

17.

5Set up the audio hardware. See Setting Up Audio Hardware on page 29.

6Perform the procedures in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4, Update 3 Installation and Configuration

Guide to install your operating system and the Discreet®Kernel Utility (DKU).

7(Optional) If you need to reconfigure your media storage filesystem, see the Autodesk Visual Effects and

Finishing Installation and Configuration Guide for information on setting up a standard filesystem (such

as XFS), or the last version of the Autodesk Stone and Wire Filesystem and Networking Guide for information

on setting up the Stone®filesystem.

8Perform the procedures in the Autodesk Visual Effects and Finishing Installation and Configuration Guide

to install and license your Visual Effects and Finishing application.

Hardware Configuration Guidelines

In most cases, hardware integration and application installation are done on delivery by an authorized

technician, and some of the procedures in this guide may not be necessary. Still, it is a good idea to read

through all chapters to familiarize yourself with the configuration procedures for the following reasons:

■Many suspected problems with your system may be due to loosened connections or improperly configured

devices. This guide helps you troubleshoot problems by providing information about properly configured

systems.

■If you need to call Customer Support, familiarity with this guide allows you to help Customer Support

diagnose problems.

■If you want to move your system at any time, or upgrade certain hardware components, this guide

contains crucial information.

This guide, in conjunction with the Autodesk Stone Direct Configuration Guide, provides complete information

about the configuration of hardware components. However, hardware configuration should only be performed

by an experienced hardware integrator.

Your Autodesk system consists of high-performance hardware that must be configured in an environment

suited to its operational needs. The following sections discuss:

■Memory requirements

■Proper environmental conditions

■Power and air-conditioning

■Rack-mounting

■Static discharges

■Audio grounding

Memory Requirements

The HP xw9400 supports up to 16 GB of memory, and uses DDR2-667 ECC Registered / Unbuffered DIMMs.

The amount of memory required for your Autodesk Visual Effects and Finishing system depends on the

resolution of your projects, the type of work you perform and, in some cases, the platform on which you

are running the application. Refer to the Autodesk Visual Effects and Finishing Software Installation Guide to

determine the memory requirements for your Visual Effects and Finishing application.

Ensuring Proper Environmental Conditions

You should consider the following environmental guidelines for all hardware configuration:

■Place all components in an air-conditioned environment. All hardware components generate heat and

must be kept cool. See Power and Air Conditioning Requirements on page 5.

4| Chapter 2 Getting Started

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