Lenovo ThinkStation C30 Configuration Manuallines
Dual 6-core, dual 8-core, dual 12-core cpu workstation media composer 6.5.x, symphony 6.5.x, newscutter 10.5.x and later
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- Page 1 Avid Configuration Guidelines Lenovo ThinkStation C30 Dual 6-Core, Dual 8-Core, Dual 12-core CPU Workstation Media Composer 6.5.x, Symphony 6.5.x, NewsCutter 10.5.X and later – Avid Technology – 10 December 2013 Page 1 of 20 David Pimm Rev - D...
- Page 2 2.) Qualified Operating Systems for Avid Editing Applications, and Shared-Storage connectivity for the LENOVO C30 with Media Composer / Symphony 6.5.x , NewsCutter 10.5.x or later: Supported: Only Microsoft® Windows 7 Professional 64-bit Edition with SP1 (SP1 required) Supported: Only Microsoft® Windows 8.x Professional 64-bit Edition Not Supported –...
- Page 3 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 and announce formal support when testing is completed.
- Page 4 AVID qualified HBA info Slot AVID qualified HBA AVID Part Number Location Function Local SAS Storage Support – Atto R680 Not stocked by AVID Avid VideoRAID ST (5-bay) Xtore StudioRAID 5Ti (5-bay) SAS Local Storage: LSI 9200-8e SAS controller 7030-30036-01 Xtore StudioRAID 16Re (16-bay) chassis Xtore StudioRAID 5Te (5-bay) chassis Nvidia Quadro 4000/K4000...
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Page 5: Slot Configuration
4.) Slot Configuration: Slot Configuration Information Slot # Electrical Mechanical x4 PCI-E Gen 3 Local SAS Storage Controllers: Half Length Atto R680 LSI 9200-8e x16 PCI-E Gen 3 Graphics Card: Quadro 4000/K4000 PCI 32bit /33MHz PCI 32/33 Not used x16 PCI-E Gen 3 Shared Storage Controllers ISIS 5000 / 7000: Intel PRO 1000 PT Intel PRO 1000 PF... - Page 6 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...
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Page 7: Software Version
C.) Required system BIOS settings for AVID environments: Hyper-Threading Setting: Please Note: CPU Hyper-threading should be enabled in all configurations per the chart below. It is currently enabled by default by LENOVO for shipping C30’s with BIOS ver A1KT39A Hyper-Threading Setting Software Version... - Page 8 Set C30 Required system BIOS changes: During boot up press F1 at the LENOVO splash screen to invoke Set Up. Select the Advanced tab Select CPU Config <Enter> Select Hyper-Threading Verify setting is Enable If Hyper-Threading is set for Disable then it must be changed to Enable...
- Page 9 D.) Nvidia Qualified Driver: Nvidia qualified drivers AVID Software Version(s) Nvidia GPU Nvidia Driver Required 6.0 – 6.0.3.2 Media Composer / Symphony Quadro 4000 275.89 10.0 – 10.0.3.2 NewsCutter 6.0.3.3 and later Media Composer / Symphony 6.5.2.1 and later Quadro 4000/K4000 310.90 NewsCutter 10.0.3.3 and later...
- Page 10 5. Select Manage 3D Settings 6. Select “Global Settings” Tab 7. Under the “Global Settings” tab select “Base Profile 8. Scroll down and locate the “Power Management Mode” feature. Select “Prefer maximum performance” as shown in the picture below. – Avid Technology – 10 December 2013 Page 10 of 20 David Pimm Rev - D...
- Page 11 9. Depress the “Apply” button. Make the following setting for “Multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration” 10. Scroll down and locate the “Multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration” feature. See picture below. The setting should be set to “Multiple display performance mode”. If not set properly, select Multiple display –...
- Page 12 performance mode and depress the “Apply” button. (The other settings are “Single display performance mode” and “Compatibility performance mode”. These settings are not recommended for Avid editing environments). 11. Depress the “Apply” Button 12. Nvidia driver optimization settings for Avid environments are complete. –...
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Page 13: Display Ports
E.) Nvidia Quadro GPU monitor connectivity: The Nvidia Quadro 4000/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.) Display Ports are digital only. - Page 14 F.) Serial Port Deck Control: Serial Port Deck Control: The LENOVO C30 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...
- Page 15 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” 5.
- Page 16 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). – Avid Technology – 10 December 2013 Page 16 of 20 David Pimm Rev - D...
- Page 17 9. Depress the “Apply” button 10. Reboot Windows 11. Required Windows visual performance settings for Avid environments are now complete. Intel NIC Port(s) for ISIS connectivity: Intel PRO 1000 Dual Gb HBA / Intel i350-T2 Dual Gb NIC HBA Intel PRO 1000 PT Driver: The proper driver can be found in the ISIS software directory: Tools_3rdParty / Drivers_and_Firmware For proper operation and connectivity of any Intel NIC port used with ISIS the settings below are required.
- Page 18 Set Receive Buffers to 1024 Set Transmit Buffers to 1024 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 19 Select Turn off windows firewall in both network locations, OK to save – Avid Technology – 10 December 2013 Page 19 of 20 David Pimm Rev - D...
- Page 20 Revision Update Revision Date Name Update Initial draft of the C30 configuration guide for support of Media Rev A Septembert 14 Dave Pimm Composer 6.x, Symphony 6.x and NewsCutter 10.x 2012 Rev B Dec 7th, 2013 Dave Pimm Changed 8 core CPU and add 32GB mem config Rev C Mar 28th, 2013 Dave Pimm...