HP Xw8400 - Workstation - 4 GB RAM User manual

Slot
Description/Function
Card
Avid Part Number
1
PCI 32-bit 33Mhz / Not Used
Empty
N/A
2
PCI-E x16 (x16 Electrical ) / Video Board
Nvidia Quadro FX 3500 256MB
or FX1500
N/A
3
PCI-E x8 (x4 Electrical) / Optional controller for
shared storageconnectivity
Option A
AVID Unity ISIS connectivity
Intel PRO/1000 PT Dual Gbit NIC
7030-20139-01
Option B
AVID Unity-MediaNet connectivity
Atto FC41-ES 4Gbit HBA
7030-20004-01
Option C
AVID Unity-MediaNet connectivity
Atto FC41-EL 4Gbit HBA
7030-20135-01
4
PCI-E x16 (x4 Electrical) / Not Used
Empty (Dual Boot systems may
haveDual-Link card fitted)
N/A
5
PCI-X 133 MHz / Nitris Base
ARCADIA
7030-03152-02
6
PCI-X 100Mhz / Nitris CODEC
CLIO
7030-03153-08
7
PCI-X 100Mhz / Local SCSI Storage connectivity
Atto UL4D
7030-03218-01
Slot 5 133 Mhz PCI-X slot must be de-rated to 100Mhz operation in BIOS config
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XW8400 Dual Quad Core2.33 Ghz is the only model supported
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4GBs RAM Required. 4GBs (and more) supported in DS dual Boot systems
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Green Indicates PCI Segment 1 shared with integrated IEEE1394 Firewire
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Red Indicates standalone PCI Segment with no shared devices
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Blueindicates PCI Segment 6 shared with integrated LSI SAS Controller
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Confirming the HP XW8400 BIOS Config for Symphony Nitris
The 8400 workstation BIOS is re-programmed; some options must be verified to avoid any hardware conflict with
Avid Symphony Nitris.
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The Symphony Nitris application will not load past initialising hardware. Error "The hardware configuration is wrong.
Check BIOS settings and ensure each PCI card is in the correct slot." You can click OK but another error appears that
says, "Problem detected i nitializing VDM: PCI-X HW bus i mproperl y configured 0xA:"
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You add a Storage Controller to the Workstation and get a "Low Memory Resources" error.
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For the first two situations, confirm that PCI-X slot 5 is configured to run at 100 MHz:
Reboot the workstation.
At the Blue HP computer start-up screen, press F10 to enter the computer BIOS configuration.
After selecting your languageof choice, use the keyboard arrow keys (up, down, left and right) to select
(highlight) thefollowing option: Advanced > Slot5 - PCI-X 133.
Press Enter.
Using the arrow right or arrow left key, select 100MHz PCI-X M1.
Press F10 (to accept).
Press F10 again.
Select Save Changes and Exit, and press Enter (the computer now restarts).
If you are adding a controller card to connect to a local storage, you must disablethe onboard LSI SAS BIOS,
It may be necessary to check the configuration of the HP XW8400 computer when:
XW8400 Slot Guide for Symphony Nitris
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If you are adding a controller card to connect to a local storage,you must disablethe onboard LSI SAS BIOS,
otherwise you will get "low memory resources" messages:
Reboot the workstation.
At the Blue HP computer start-up screen, press F10 to enter the computer BIOS configuration.
After selecting your languageof choice, use the keyboard arrow keys (up, down, left and right) to select
(highlight) thefollowing option: Advanced > Device Options > SAS Option ROM Download.
Press Enter.
Select Disable.
Press F10 (to accept).
Press F10 again.
Select Save Changes and Exit, and press Enter (the computer now restarts).
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