Autodesk HP Z800, Hardware Setup Manual

Page 1: ...Autodesk Visual Effects Finishing and Color Grading HP Z800 Workstation Hardware Setup Guide ...

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Page 3: ...4 Connecting the Keyboard Mouse and Tablet 15 Connecting the Graphics Monitor Calibration Device 15 Network Connections 16 Visual Effects and Finishing Workstation 16 Lustre Workstation 17 Connecting the Autodesk Control Surface to a Lustre Workstation 18 Connecting the Slave Renderer to a Lustre Workstation 19 Chapter 4 Setting Up Video Hardware 21 Video Hardware Components 21 Connecting Video Co...

Page 4: ...g Storage 39 Filesystem Devices 39 SCSI Tape Drive Devices 39 Chapter 7 Configuring the Workstation BIOS 43 Checking the BIOS Settings 43 Updating your System BIOS 44 Restoring BIOS to Default Factory Settings 45 Appendix A VTR Control Cable Pinouts 47 Standard VTR Control Cable Pinouts 47 VTR Emulation RS 422 Control Cables 48 Linux Master to Linux Emulator 48 Third Party Master to Linux Emulator...

Page 5: ...nt Autodesk Smoke and Autodesk Backdraft Conform If you already own an HP Z800 workstation shipped with a previous release of your Visual Effects Finishing and Colour Grading application you do not need to change its configuration But you do need to verify its BIOS settings NOTE In most cases both hardware setup and application installation is done on delivery by an authorized technician If this i...

Page 6: ... with the software For Lustre documentation is also included on the application CD NOTE Please refer to the product s release notes for 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 Example Convention install rpm qa Text that you enter in a command line or ...

Page 7: ...dware components See Hardware Configuration Guidelines on page 9 2 Connect all peripherals mouse keyboard Wacom tablet graphics monitor to the proper ports and connect the workstation to the Autodesk Wire network See Connecting Peripherals on page 13 3 Connect the workstation to external storage See Connecting Storage on page 31 NOTE If repurposing existing storage it is highly recommended you bac...

Page 8: ...tem is not supported by Lustre on the HP Z800 workstation 7 Install and license the Visual Effects Finishing or Colour Grading application As above see the application Installation and Configuration Guide 4 Chapter 2 Getting Started ...

Page 9: ...RIAL INPUT SERIAL OUTPUT 4 SERIAL OUTPUT 3 SERIAL OUTPUT 2 SERIAL OUTPUT 1 LOCK MODEL HD5DA SERIAL DISTRUBUTION AMPLIFIER HDTV AJA HD5DA Distribution Amplifier IN IN OUT OUT IN IN OUT O UT Video Tape Recorder Ref Loop RS 422 SDI 1 A SDI 2 B In Out Ch 1 L Ch 2 R Y G CVBS Pb B Y Pr R C Video MonitorOut Ch 1 2 Ch 3 4 In Out Ch 5 6 In Out In Out Ch 1 2 Out Ch 3 4 Out Ch 5 6 Out Ch 7 8 Out Ch 1 2 In Ch...

Page 10: ...he Master Station can support up to three panels of the Autodesk Control Surface and with an additional license a Slave Renderer HD Station The HD Station is a cost effective GPU workstation for conforming preparing grading and mastering short form and long form HDTV projects as well as HD film projects and mastering to different formats It does not include the film workflow features File input is...

Page 11: ... 2 2 and RGB formats 4 4 4 or 4 2 2 For a list of supported video formats see the Autodesk Lustre User Guide The drivers for the video card and breakout box are installed by the Discreet Kernel Utility DKU Slave Renderer The Slave Renderer is a rack mounted server that frees system resources by automatically off loading render tasks thus ensuring real time interaction on the Lustre system Connect ...

Page 12: ...G EOM P S MISC MORE MORE OUT IN 1 4 7 5 6 9 8 2 0 3 ALT ENTER CURSOR REVERT COMP UNDO REDO DO RECALL OFFSET GRADE CLIP A B CUE F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 Shadow Contrast Brightness SAN options Ref Loop RS 422 SDI 1 A SDI 2 B In Out Ch 1 L Ch 2 R Y G CVBS Pb B Y Pr R C Video MonitorOut Ch 1 2 Ch 3 4 In Out Ch 5 6 In Out In Out Ch 1 2 Out Ch 3 4 Out Ch 5 6 Out Ch 7 8 Out Ch 1 2In Ch 3 4In Ch 5 6In C...

Page 13: ...ntal guidelines for all hardware configuration Place all components in an air conditioned environment All hardware components generate heat and must be kept cool Make sure the rack on which hardware components are mounted is open or well ventilated Follow the ventilation specifications that apply to your system Keep all hardware components in a clean dust free location Minimize vibration and humid...

Page 14: ...stem with the capacity to maintain the temperature of these components under the maximum processing load The following table shows standard conversion benchmarks and an example of how they can be used to determine climate control requirements Example Unit Conversion 456 Watts 1556 33 BTU 1 Watt 3 413 BTU 1556 33 BTU 0 13 Tons of air conditioning 12000 BTU 1 Ton of air conditioning Rack Mount Requi...

Page 15: ... audio components Otherwise ground loops can occur causing humming in the system To ensure proper grounding use the XLR 3 cables shipped with your system Other cables may cause humming Receiving Your Shipment Check all boxes for dents or other markings that might indicate damage during transport If you suspect a component is damaged carefully inspect it before setting up the system If you receive ...

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Page 17: ... Surface to a Lustre Workstation on page 18 Connecting the Slave Renderer to a Lustre Workstation on page 19 Overview of Peripheral Connections The following diagram provides an overview of the adapter card positions and illustrates how to connect peripherals such as the graphics monitor keyboard mouse Wacom Intuos pen tablet and house network to the HP Z800 workstation It is recommended you conne...

Page 18: ...ur workstation can be set up with a second ATTO Fibre Channel adapter in slot 1 Note also that a number of HP Z800 workstations shipped with a 4 port GigE adapter a QLogic DDR InfiniBand adapter or a separate Myricom 10 GigE adapter Connecting the Graphics Monitor The graphics monitor connects to the Nvidia Quadro FX graphics card This is also an opportunity to connect the graphics adapter to its ...

Page 19: ...l units If using an alternate cable ensure it is of type Cat5 To calibrate the tablet Visual Effects and Finishing Calibrate all aspects of the tablet including margins in the Pointer area of the creative application s Preferences menu Lustre In Lustre the tablet acts a mouse and requires no particular calibration Connecting the Graphics Monitor Calibration Device To ensure the graphics monitor ac...

Page 20: ...s equipped with the older QLogic DDR InfiniBand adapter The new Mellanox QDR InfiniBand 10 GigE adapter is not supported NOTE Even though InfiniBand is a point to point architecture an InfiniBand switch is nevertheless needed for any InfiniBand network It is not possible to simply connect two workstations together via their InfiniBand adapters This section presents information on making the hardwa...

Page 21: ...these later when configuring the network Connect the built in GigE ports as follows House network in port 0 Autodesk Control Surface via network switch in port 1 Connect the GigE adapter as follows SAN Private and or dedicated Wire network Incinerator private network For more information see the Autodesk Incinerator Installation and User Guide Connect the optional InfiniBand adapter as follows Por...

Page 22: ...ontrol Surface see the Autodesk Control Surface User Guide 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 PWR NETGEAR 2 Autodesk Control Surface 5V DC 4A Ethernet Autodesk Tablet System Power Link Activit y Network Switch To USB extender Ports 3 and 4 to additional panels To port 1 on USB Extender HP Z800 Workstation NOTE The illustration shows the central panel only the Colour Grading panel This panel is easily identified since ...

Page 23: ... for the Lustre Master Station the Station and the HD Station NOTE In comparison Autodesk Incinerator provides in line processing by several nodes at once For more information see the Autodesk Incinerator Installation and User Guide Connect the Slave Renderer to a switch on your GigE house network Note that the Slave Renderer can only be used by one Lustre workstation Although the Lustre Slave Ren...

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Page 25: ...lies 2K HD or SD video output to a broadcast monitor VTR or SDI projector The card features a BNC genlock connector that connects to your facility s sync generator AJA OEM 2K adapter and breakout box The AJA OEM 2K adapter provides video and audio I O and VTR control The adapter connects to the breakout box and handles SD NTSC PAL and HD at a depth of 8 and 10 bits LCD graphics monitor The graphic...

Page 26: ...of the AJA breakout box The output of the AJA OEM 2K adapter when ported through the AJA breakout box can be used when connected to a VTR that is not being used for Real Time Deliverables You can switch the output between the AJA card and the SDI card though the application user interface VTR control is achieved through the RS 422 port on the AJA breakout box Your facility s sync source connects t...

Page 27: ... For Real Time Deliverables To SD HD SDI Link A onVTR Key to SD HD SDI Link B on VTR for dual link c n y S n e G c n y S n e G from house sync generation Trilevel NTSC PAL not included SD HD SDI In Out SD HD SDI In Out to RS 422 VTR machine control HP Z800 Video I O Sync loop out to NVIDIA Input Control cable and power Fill to Input Setting Up VTR Emulation You can configure your Autodesk Visual E...

Page 28: ...onfiguration Guide 2 Connect the audio I O cables between the devices involved in the VTR emulation process out to in in to out If you intend to use the emulator as a Player it is recommended that you connect an external AES signal such as a tone to the input of the system serving as the VTR emulator This ensures the Player is stable and correctly synced NOTE Connect an RS 422 control cable to the...

Page 29: ...the AJA breakout box It provides connections for audio I O This breakout box connects to the AJA OEM 2K adapter on your workstation The OEM 2K adapter provides real time input and output of uncompressed SD and HD video signals as well as audio data at 24 bit resolution The OEM 2K adapter handles balanced AES EBU audio signals from the Balanced Audio breakout box To wire the audio subsystem 1 Ensur...

Page 30: ...S 422C RS 422B RS 422A Ref Loop RS 422 SDI 1 A SDI 2 B In Out Ch 1 L Ch 2 R Y G CVBS Pb B Y Pr R C Video MonitorOut Ch 1 2 Ch 3 4 In Out Ch 5 6 In Out In Out Ch 1 2 Out Ch 3 4 Out Ch 5 6 Out Ch 7 8 Out Ch 1 2 In Ch 3 4In Ch 5 6In Ch 7 8In AES EBU Audio Ch 7 8 AJA AJA BOB Front Lucid ADA 88192 Converter to serial port 1 on Linux workstation Required for remote control of converter Digital outputs I...

Page 31: ...ust settings The top level setup menu contains the following menu items ADAT AES Analog Meter Route Sync and System Each of these menu items takes you into a submenu from which you can select and adjust settings The procedures below provide basic information on navigating and adjusting settings If you require additional information refer to the Lucid ADA 88192 manual included with your shipment To...

Page 32: ...Control You must configure the following settings to control the converter locally Any setting not listed here either has no effect with the application or can be set to any of the values available for it Comment Menu Item Menu ADAT INs SRC ON ADAT INs SMUX OFF ADAT AES IN1 2 SRC OFF AES IN3 4 SRC OFF AES IN5 6 SRC OFF AES IN7 8 SRC OFF AES IN1 2 SoftClip ON IN3 4 SoftClip ON IN5 6 SoftClip ON IN7...

Page 33: ...evice enables Discreet Native Audio The second MidiDevice determines whether control of the Lucid converter is remote or local NOTE This does not apply to Lustre Setting Keyword AJA Audiodevice If you are using local control of the converter comment out this keyword If you are using remote control of the converter uncomment the keyword set the serial port parameter to dev ttyS1 and leave all other...

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Page 35: ...to other Autodesk Visual Effects and Finishing workstations via the Autodesk Wire network NOTE A Lustre workstation equipped with Incinerator does not use DAS storage Incinerator storage is attached to the Lustre Media Server accessed by way of the InfiniBand network A SAN A storage infrastructure that allows multiple workstations to share simultaneous access to a central storage enclosure Connect...

Page 36: ...s contain two RAID controllers Autodesk Stone Direct uses hardware RAID to provide high performance reliability and protection against data loss The following table outlines the drive sizes maximum number of enclosures and filesystem type supported by each model of Autodesk Stone Direct XR series storage arrays Supported Filesystem type Disk size Max XE enc per XR Storage model 146GB 4 XR146 XR 54...

Page 37: ... 8 bits per channel audio Two 2 loop connections if permitted by chassis or Stone Direct XR plus Stone Direct XE Two streams SD HD 10 bit 32 chan nel 8 bits per channel audio or One stream 2K 12 bit unpacked 8 channel 8 bits per channel audio One 2 loop connection Two 2 loop connections one per enclos ure 2 x Stone Direct XR Two streams SD HD 10 bit 32 chan nel 8 bits per channel audio or One stre...

Page 38: ...fore installing Linux otherwise the Red Hat installer might attempt to format the storage array and use it as the system disk I 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 I 0 HOST 1 8 4 1 2 HOST 0 8 4 1 2 C A S HOST 1 8 4 1 2 HOST 0 8 4 1 2 C A S I 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 XR RAID Enclosure XE EBOD _Expansion Enclosure XE EBOD Expansion Enclosure XE EBOD Expansion Enclosure XE EBOD Exp...

Page 39: ...sure XE EBOD Expansion Enclosure Single XR 6500 RAID enclosure 4 loops To FC adapter port 2 To FC adapter port 3 Cabling for additional enclosures To FC adapter on workstation LMS port 0 To FC adapter port 1 NOTES In a 4 loop configuration you need a minimum of one XE expansion enclosure attached to the XR 6500 RAID enclosure The total number of enlcosures must be an even number Connecting XR 6500...

Page 40: ...ling Linux otherwise the Red Hat installer might attempt to format the storage array and use it as the system disk Cabling for additional enclosures XE EBOD Expansion Enclosure 0 1 0 ID 0 1 0 ID XR RAID Enclosure 0 0 FACTORY USE ONLY FACTORY USE ONLY XE EBOD Expansion Enclosure 0 1 0 ID 0 1 0 ID XE EBOD Expansion Enclosure 0 1 0 ID 0 1 0 ID XE EBOD Expansion Enclosure 0 1 0 ID 0 1 0 ID To FC adapt...

Page 41: ...ansion Enclosure 0 1 0 ID 0 1 0 ID XE EBOD Expansion Enclosure 0 1 0 ID 0 1 0 ID To FC adapter on workstation LMS port 0 To FC adapter port 3 To FC adapter port 1 To FC adapter port 2 Single XR 6412 RAID enclosure 4 loops NOTE In a 4 loop configuration with a XR 6412 RAID enclosure you need a minimum of one XE expansion enclosure attached to the XR RAID enclosure Connecting XR 6412 Storage 37 ...

Page 42: ...two XR RAID enclosures WARNING Do not power on your storage before installing Linux otherwise the Red Hat installer might attempt to format the storage array and use it as the system disk To FC adapter on workstation LMS port 1 To FC adapter port 2 XR RAID Enclosure XE EBOD Expansion Enclosure XE EBOD Expansion Enclosure XE EBOD Expansion Enclosure XE EBOD Expansion Enclosure Cabling for additiona...

Page 43: ... and fibre channel devices This includes filesystems VTRs and tape drives This section discusses the requirements for filesystem and tape drive devices For information on connecting a VTR see Connecting Video Components on page 22 Filesystem Devices USB 2 0 and FireWire IEEE 1394 attached devices must be formatted with one of the following filesystems XFS ext2 ext3 or HFS Mac NTFS is not supported...

Page 44: ...tification statement about any tape drive device you can use the Tape Drive Test plug in in Autodesk SystemCentral to test SCSI tape drives for compatibility For more information see the Autodesk System Central User Guide 40 Chapter 6 Connecting Storage ...

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Page 47: ... Make sure the BIOS version number that appears on screen while booting the workstation matches the certified version If the versions do not match update the BIOS to the certified version after configuring BIOS settings BIOS update instructions are at the end of this chapter To adjust system BIOS settings press F10 while booting the workstation The following table lists the Autodesk certified BIOS...

Page 48: ...M Download Slot 6 PCI32 Updating your System BIOS The BIOS version installed on your system appears on the screen while booting the workstation The following procedure describes how to update a workstation to the certified BIOS version required by your application NOTE Before attempting to update the system BIOS make sure the SATA Emulation option is properly set otherwise your optical drive is no...

Page 49: ...D ROM and press F10 to confirm 13 Select the bin file A confirmation dialog box appears 14 Press F10 to confirm 15 Press any key A message stating that the system ROM flash was successful appears 16 In the Storage menu select Storage Options and set SATA Emulation back to the value documented in the previous table This setting is required for Linux to work properly 17 Press F10 to confirm the chan...

Page 50: ...5 When the workstation reboots press F10 again to re enter the BIOS and configure the recommended Autodesk settings 46 Chapter 7 Configuring the Workstation BIOS ...

Page 51: ...48 Standard VTR Control Cable Pinouts The following diagram depicts the RS 422 control cable pinouts for the standard VTR control cable 1 6 2 7 3 8 4 9 5 1 6 2 7 3 8 4 9 5 WHT BLK BLK RED GND OEM 2K MALE DB9 OEM LH FEMALE DB9 MALE DB9 2 RX 7 RX 3 TX 8 TX 2 TX 7 TX 3 RX 8 RX 4 GND SHIELD 4 GND SHIELD PAIR 1 PAIR 2 Linux AJA VTR RS 422 A 47 ...

Page 52: ...ux Emulator 1 6 2 7 3 8 4 9 5 1 6 2 7 3 8 4 9 5 WHT BLK BLK RED GND 2 R X 7 R X 8 TX 3 TX 8 TX 3 TX 2 R X 7 R X 4 GND SHIELD 4 GND SHIELD P AIR1 P AIR 2 Linux AJA Master Linux AJA Emulator OEM 2K MALE DB9 OEM LH FEMALE DB9 OEM 2K MALE DB9 OEM LH FEMALE DB9 RS 422 Third Party Master to Linux Emulator WHT BLK BLK RED GND MALE DB9 2 RX 7 RX 8 TX 3 TX 8 TX 3 TX 2 RX 7 RX 4 GND SHIELD 4 GND SHIELD PAIR...

Page 53: ...nishing configuration file 29 connecting audio 25 video I O components 22 video I O devices 22 workstation peripherals illustration 13 control surface Autodesk Control Surface connecting 18 customer support contacting 2 D Discreet Native Audio 25 documentation conventions 2 documentation set 1 E EBOD enclosures 32 Effects and Finishing application typical configuration illustration 5 G genlock 21 ...

Page 54: ...o distribution amplifier 21 video hardware components 21 video I O adapter 21 video I O wiring 21 22 video wiring 22 VTR connecting 22 control cable 47 emulation control cable 48 VTR emulation 23 W wiring video I O and broadcast monitor 21 22 workflow hardware setup and software installation 44 workflows application installation 3 audio wiring workflow 25 hardware setup 3 50 Index ...