Setup guide

■ If you need to call Customer Support, familiarity with the hardware setup helps you assist in diagnosing
problems.
■ If you want to move your system at any time, or upgrade certain components, this chapter contains
crucial information.
Power and Air Conditioning Requirements
The values for power consumption and heat output were recorded on an Autodesk certified system with all
of the required peripherals and certified components.
The following table summarizes the peak (at startup) power consumed by the HP Z800 system and the heat
it generates under the maximum processing load produced by a Visual Effects, Finishing, and Colour Grading
application.
Heat (BTUs)WattsCont. Amps (120V
/ 240V)
Startup Amps
(120V / 240V)
QuantityComponent
15564563.8 / 1.94.0 / 2.01HP Z800 (with cards)
205600.5 / 0.250.5 / 0.251Lucid ADA 88192
11403342.78 / 1.393.8 / 1.91
Stone
®
Direct XR storage
chassis
9422762.3 / 1.153.75 / 1.881Stone Direct XE expansion
chassis
21306245.2 / 2.66.41 / 3.21Stone Direct XR + Stone
Direct XE
You must be able to meet the startup power requirement and have a climate control system with the capacity
to maintain the temperature of these components under the maximum processing load. For each Watt of
power consumd by the system, you must provide 3.413 BTU of air conditionning.
Rack Mount Requirements
You can rack mount your system. Plan for sufficient space in your rack mount chassis to install the following
components:
■ The workstation (required rack space: 5U)
■ An AJA OEM-2K breakout box (required rack space: 1U)
■ A Stone
®
Direct storage chassis (XR model) (required rack space: 5U)
■ Additional Stone Direct expansion chassis (XE model), as required (required rack space: 5U each)
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