Product specifications

52 • Workstation Setup & Administration Guide
Chapter 4 • Assembling the System
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Avid Unity MediaNetwork
Avid Unity MediaNetwork is the facility-class media network for content
creators that lets you share a single storage between multiple workstations. You
need to have an ATTO optical fibre channel controller installed in your Avid|DS
workstation to connect to MediaNetwork. The ATTO optical fibre channel
controller is available as an option when you purchase Avid|DS. Contact your
Avid|DS reseller for more information on using Avid|DS with MediaNetwork.
Installing the ATTO
Optical Fibre Channel
Controller
Before you can use Avid|DS with MediaNetwork, you must install the ATTO
card and relevant drivers in your Avid|DS workstation.
To install the ATTO optical Fibre Channel controller and drivers
1. Shut down your workstation and open the cover—refer to the Compaq
W8000 user’s guide.
2. Install the ATTO optical card in PCI slot 6 of your workstation.
3. Restart your workstation.
Windows 2000 will detect the presence of the ATTO optical card.
4. Follow the instructions in the MediaNetwork installation instructions to
complete the driver installation.
Once this is complete, refer to the Avid Unity MediaNetwork Windows Client
Setup Guide for more information.
The ATTO card is supported with Avid Unity MediaNetwork v3.0 or
later.
A Compaq W8000 user’s guide can be found in PDF format on the
Workstation Reference Library CD that ships with the Compaq
W8000 system.
ATTO Optical card
The ATTO optical card must
be installed in PCI slot 6