Lenovo ThinkStation P700 User Manual Download

Page: 1 / 15

background image

Page 1 of 15

Dave Pimm

– Avid Technology – Dec 24th, 2014

Rev A

Avid Configuration Guidelines

Lenovo P700 workstation

Dual 8-Core, Dual 10-Core & Dual 12-Core CPU

1
2
3
...
»

Summary of Contents for ThinkStation P700

Page 1: ...Page 1 of 15 Dave Pimm Avid Technology Dec 24th 2014 Rev A Avid Configuration Guidelines Lenovo P700 workstation Dual 8 Core Dual 10 Core Dual 12 Core CPU ...

Page 2: ...A II 3Gb s 7200RPM Lenovo offers higher performing solid state and SAS boot drive options which are acceptable options Recommend a Lenovo qualified drive be selected Standard AVID memory configuration 32GB 8 x 4GB DDR4 2133MHz ECC memory Requires eight 4GB DIMMs DIMM sizes cannot be mixed sizes 4GB memory modules must be installed in equal numbers of memory modules in both sets of microprocessor D...

Page 3: ...0 4 1 can be found at the following Avid KB link http avid force com pkb articles en_US compatibility NewsCutter 11 0 4 1 Nvidia GPU Update 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 3 Qualified O S Hardware...

Page 4: ...AID 16Re 16 bay chassis Xtore StudioRAID 5Te 5 bay chassis Intel PRO 1000 PT 7030 20139 01 4 Shared Storage Unity ISIS Copper Gb Ethernet Dual Gb ISIS Connectivity Intel i350 T2 Dual Gb NIC Not stocked by AVID 4 Shared Storage Unity ISIS Copper Gb Ethernet Dual Gb ISIS Connectivity Intel PRO 1000 PF ISIS Not stocked by AVID 4 Shared Storage Unity ISIS Optical Gb Ethernet Myricom 10G PCIE 8B S Myri...

Page 5: ...hared Storage Controllers Or Pro Tools HD h w Or Red Rocket Accelator 4 x16 PCI E Gen 3 x16 Local SAS Storage Controllers or Pro Tools HD h w or Red Rocket Accelerator 5 PCI 32bit 33MHz PCI 32 33 Not used 6 x4 PCI E Gen 2 X4 Avid HIB DX Interface HBA 7030 30048 01 7030 30048 01 7030 20084 01 OR Lenovo Thunderbolt Adapter Embedded Intel I218 LM Gb NIC PCI E x1 Gen 2 Qualified for Avid ISIS 5000 700...

Page 6: ... Hyper Threading 2 Memory option for NUMA Disable Set P700 Required system BIOS changes During boot up press F2 at the Lenovo splash screen to invoke Set Up Select the Advanced tab Select CPU configuration Bullet Select Hyper Threading Verify setting is Enabled If Hyper Threading is set for Disable then it must be changed to Enable Select Memory Configuration Bullet Set NUMA disabled Avid MC runs ...

Page 7: ... 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 3D App Default Global Settings 8 Scroll down and locate the Power Management Mode feature The default setting is Adaptive ...

Page 8: ...hnology Dec 24th 2014 Rev A 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 ...

Page 9: ...lished 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 ad...

Page 10: ...rformance 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 Ad...

Page 11: ...ystem 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 ...

Page 12: ...ndows visual performance settings for Avid environments are now complete I Intel NIC Port s for ISIS connectivity Embedded I218 I210 ports 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 ...

Page 13: ...meters 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 ...

Page 14: ...hnology Dec 24th 2014 Rev A Perform this for each instance of and Intel NIC port which will be used for ISIS connectivity J Disable the windows firewall Navigate to Control Panel Windows Firewall Select Turn Windows Firewall on or off ...

Page 15: ... Technology Dec 24th 2014 Rev A Select Turn off windows firewall in both network locations OK to save Revision Update Revision Date Name Update Rev A Dec 24 th 2014 Dave Pimm Initial release of the Lenovo P700 configuration guide ...

Reviews:

No comments

Related manuals for ThinkStation P700

Brand: National Instruments Pages: 93

Brand: Acer Pages: 17

Brand: Acer Pages: 19

Brand: Acer Pages: 18

Brand: Acer Pages: 20

Brand: Acer Pages: 20

Brand: Acer Pages: 30

Brand: Acer Pages: 17

Brand: Acer Pages: 7

Brand: Acer Pages: 4

Aspire Z5600 Series

Brand: Acer Pages: 11

T230H - Bmidh Wide Touch Screen Display

Brand: Acer Pages: 12

Brand: Acer Pages: 81

Brand: Acer Pages: 83

Brand: Acer Pages: 89

Brand: Acer Pages: 106

Brand: Acer Pages: 100

Veriton Hornet N260G

Brand: Acer Pages: 22

Brands by name

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Popular brands

Load more brands