Setup guide

Connection Diagram for the HP xw8400 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting the Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting the Keyboard, Mouse, and Monitor Calibration
Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Storage for Windows-Based Workstations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Storage for Linux-Based Workstations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Network Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Infiniband Network Support for Lustre on Windows-based
Workstations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4-Port Broadcom Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Integrated Network Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Chapter 3 Connecting System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Workflow for Connecting System Components in the Lustre
Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Connecting the Autodesk Control Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Assigning an IP Address to the Autodesk Control Surface . . . . . . . . 35
Configuring Lustre to Connect to the Autodesk Control Surface . . . . 38
Connecting a Stand-Alone Tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Connecting the Slave Renderer to a Lustre Workstation . . . . . . . . . 39
Connecting Video I/O to a Master or HD Station . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Video I/O for Real-Time Deliverables and Without Real-Time
Deliverables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Video I/O without Real-Time Deliverables . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Setting Up VTR Emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
VTR Emulation RS-422 Control Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Connecting to a High-Speed Data Link Device (HSDL) . . . . . . . . . 46
Connecting Audio Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Audio Wiring Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Audio Hardware Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Understanding Local Control of the Lucid Converter . . . . . . . 48
Audio Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Configuring the Lucid ADA 88192 Converter . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
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