Setup guide

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.
NOTE Care must be taken to ensure that the filesystems used to store archives are
reliable, stable and properly backed up so as to protect the archive integrity. This
functionality is not provided by the application.
SCSI Tape Drive Devices
SCSI tape drives can be connected to a fibre channel port of the workstation
by way of a fibre-channel-to-SCSI bridge, such as the Atto FibreBridge 2390D.
The tape drive device must meet two criteria. First, the device’s driver must
accept standard UNIX tape device calls. Second, the device must be certified
for use with the currently supported version of the workstation operating
system and kernel.
While Autodesk Media and Entertainment makes no certification 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 SystemCentral User Guide.
Configuring your System BIOS
This section contains information on the certified BIOS settings for the HP
Z800 workstation, as well as instructions on updating your BIOS and restoring
it to the default factory settings. For information on updating your BIOS
version, or reverting the BIOS to factory defaults, consult the Hardware Setup
Guide.
NOTE The BIOS of your workstation is correctly configured prior to shipping, so
you normally do not need to perform the procedures in this section.
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