Page 2 of 24 Joe Conforti – Avid Technology – September 14th, 2012
Rev A - Initial Public Release
1.) HP Z820 AVID Qualified System Specification:
Z820 / AVID Qualified Operating System:
Microsoft® Windows 7 Professional 64-bit Edition with Service Pack 1
Z820 Hardware Configuration
Supported CPU Choices
1.) Dual Intel® 6-Core Xeon® E5-2640 Processors @ 2.5GHz 15MB cache / 1600MHz memory
(The 6-Core Xeon® E5-2640 Processors will run the 1600MHz memory at 1333MHz speed due to the
speed limitation of the memory controller in the E5-2640 Processor).
2.) Dual Intel® 8-Core Xeon® E5-2665
Processors @ 2.4GHz 20MB cache / 1600MHz memory
Supported Video Card
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 2GB PCI-e video board
System Disk Drive - 1TB (minimum recommended) SATA-II 3Gb/s 7200RPM
Standard AVID memory configuration: 16GB (8 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 ECC memory –
(Requires eight 2GB DIMMs, DIMM sizes cannot be mixed sizes)
2GB memory modules must be installed in the following memory slots:
CPU0-DIMM1, CPU0-DIMM3, CPU0-DIMM6, CPU0-DIMM8
CPU1-DIMM1, CPU1-DIMM3, CPU1-DIMM6, CPU1-DIMM8
Memory configuration constraints
- No other memory configurations are formally supported in AVID environments. Only the 16GB (8 x 2GB),
configuration is supported. Un-balanced memory configurations which mix and match memory module
sizes and locations will result in a poor performing, non-optimal operating environment.
2.) Qualified Operating Systems, Avid Client Editing Applications, Hardware and Shared-Storage
support for the HP Z820:
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Media Composer / Symphony 6.x , NewsCutter 10.x or later
- Supported: Only Microsoft® Windows 7 Professional 64-bit Edition with SP1 (SP1 required)
- Not Supported – Any version of Microsoft® Windows XP or Vista
- Not Supported - Microsoft® Windows 7 – any 32-bit version, or any version of Home, Ultimate or
Enterprise editions.
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.
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