Magma PCIHIF68 User Manual

1 Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide What’s New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Introduction . . . . .

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide10 Ultra SCSI and Older 3-slot Systems Ultra SCSI will not work on older 3-slot PCI machines (7500, 7600

Technical Notes 11 Power Computing Clones As of November 1998, Power Computing clones are no are longer recommended. Media 100 has removed the Po

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide12 ▼ MediaPress Suite Configurations MediaPress Suite is an MPEG encoding and decoding solution. You can

MediaPress Suite Configurations 13 Accelerated Transcoding Configuration For accelerated transcoding of QuickTime files to MPEG files, configure your

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide14 ▼ Power Suite Configurations Media 100 has tested and approved Power Suite 4.0.3 with Ultra Ice config

Media 100 Configurations 15 ▼ Media 100 ConfigurationsThis section explains the CPU and expansion chassis configurations for your Media 100 system: “G4

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide16 ATTO PCI-UL2D ATTO PCI-DCd ATTO PCI-PSC

Media 100 Configurations 17 9600 Media 100 Hardware Vincent™, Vincent 601, P6000 HDRfx, E6000, E6001 DV600 (attached to P6000) SD600 (attached to E

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide18 Only one dual-channel SCSI card or two single-channel SCSI cards be used within the CPU at one time.

Media 100 Configurations 19 Beige G3 Configurations Both the G3 Minitower and the G3 Desktop models have been tested and are recommended. The Beige G3 h

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide2 Media 100 has tested and approved the configurations in this guide. For the most up-to-date information

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide20Beige G3 Fibre Channel Cards Emulex Fibre ChannelBeige G3 Media 100 Hardware Vincent™, Vincent 601, P

Media 100 Configurations 21 Beige G3 with Bit 3 (ME-21/22) Expansion ChassisNOTE In an expansion chassis, without the E6000/HDRfx, the P6000/Vincent 60

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide22Beige G3 with Magma (PCI-7-TX-400V) Expansion Chassis NOTE In an expansion chassis, without the E6000

Media 100 Configurations 23 Blue and White G3 ConfigurationsMedia 100 Inc. has approved the blue and white G3/350, G3/400, and G3/450 in conjunction wit

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide24Blue and White G3 Media 100 Hardware Vincent 601, P6000 HDRfx, E6000, E6001 DV600 (attached to P6000

Media 100 Configurations 25 Blue and White G3 and Media 100 xr Expansion Chassis ConfigurationsThis section describes Media 100 xr configurations in the

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide26Bit 3 (ME-34) Expansion Chassis ConfigurationChassis 8 EmptyG3 1 ATI Rage 128 (factory installed)G3 2 Bi

Media 100 Configurations 27 Magma (PCI-7-TX-400V) Expansion Chassis Configuration Slot Assignments: Blue and White G3 Slot Internal ATA Drive Configur

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide28▼ G4 ConfigurationsPower Mac G4 Models (Digital Audio)The Power Mac G4 Digital Audio systems have proces

G4 Configurations 29 Magma 7-Slot ATX Tower Model P7TThe Magma P7T is a 32-bit ATX PCI/PCI expansion system with a 300 W power supply and a one meter,

Introduction 3 All of the peripherals in the same category are not equal. It is the responsibility of the reseller and consumer to research the

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide30Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio) Computers G4/733-MHz G4/667-MHz Dual G4/533 -MHz G4/533-MHz G4/466-MH

G4 Configurations 31 Media 100 Lossless Option (Digital Audio) ConfigurationsThe Media 100 Lossless Option is approved in the Power Mac G4 Digital Audio

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide32Power Mac G4 Models (Gigabit Ethernet)The Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet) systems have processor speeds

G4 Configurations 33 Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet) Graphics Card ProMax DH-MAX ATI Rage 128Pro (OEM installed) ATI Rage 128-PCI Formac Proformanc

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide34Power Mac G4 Models (AGP, PCI)Media 100 has approved the following Apple Power Mac G4 configurations:

G4 Configurations 35 Power Mac G4 (AGP and PCI) Computers G4/500-MHz AGP G4/450-MHz AGP G4/400-MHz AGP G4/400-MHz PCI G4/350-MHz PCIPower Mac G4

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide36Power Mac G4 (AGP and PCI) Graphics Cards ATI Nexus 128 PCI ATI Rage 128 GL AGP card (AGP slot) – G4/

G4 Configurations 37 Power Mac G4 (AGP and PCI) Expansion Chassis ConfigurationsThis section describes approved slot configurations for G4 systems with e

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide38Bit 3 ME-21 ConfigurationBit 3 ME-31/32 Configuration Slot Assignments: Power Mac G4 AGP/PCI Systems Slo

G4 Configurations 39 Magma PCI-7-TX-400V or PCI-7-TX-300V Configuration Slot Assignments: Power Mac G4 AGP/PCI Systems Slot i/xr Configuration Non-Real

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide4 ▼ Media 100, Mac OS, and CPU Compatibility The following table provides a compatibility overview of M

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide40Magma 7-Slot ATX Tower Model P7T ConfigurationThis expansion chassis is a 32-bit ATX PCI/PCI system with

RFE Peripherals 41 ▼ RFE PeripheralsMedia 100 Inc. delivers a turnkey Remote Field Editing (RFE) system based on the Apple PowerBook G3. We have teste

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide42Media 100 Inc. iStor disk arrays are approved for all models. iStor disk arrays feature Seagate 10,000

Storage Solutions 43 Media 100 has listed some two-drive arrays for xr. Since individual drives are becoming faster, it is feasible to run xr at 300KB

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide44Hammer StorageSledgePro2LVD 2 18GB 10,000 rpm drives on a single bus1Seagate (Cheetah) ST 118202LC2 dri

Storage Solutions 45 JEMS Data JEMINI Jaguar 4 9GB Ultra2 10,000 rpm drives on a single LVD busSeagate ST39102LC4 drives striped across 1 channel with

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide46MicroNet TechnologyDDV219IDCU2plusDDV219UPG4 9GB 10,000 rpm IBM Ultrastar drives in 2 Data DocksIBM Ult

Storage Solutions 47 Rorke Data MaxArray-FC-72B or 72C4 18GB 7,200/10,000 rpm Fibre Channel drives (removable tower)Seagate ST118273FC or ST118202FC2

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide48Sagitta Performance SystemsS9000 SSA 6 9GB SSA 7,200 rpm drivesIBM Scorpion 9 GB6 drives striped togeth

Storage Solutions 49 JEMS Data JEMINI 3000 6 9GB Ultra Wide 7,200 rpm drives with a hardware RAID controllerSeagate ST19171WRAID 3 controllerJEMS Data

Media 100, Mac OS, and CPU Compatibility 5 5.5.1 RFE 04.26.99 8.6, 8.5.1 4.0 (only with Mac OS 8.6), 3.0.2PowerBook G3 Series 3005.5 02.11.99 8.6

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide50MountainGate Stampede Mini Array4 bay chassis with split backplane 9GB Ultra Wide 7,200 rpm drivesSeaga

Storage Solutions 51 LaCie, Limited Speed 2 SSA array 2 9GB SSA 7,200 rpm drivesIBM Scorpion 9GB2 drives striped together on a single loopMountainGate

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide52▼ Miscellaneous PeripheralsThis section contains information on the following peripherals: “Backup Sub

Miscellaneous Peripherals 53 RAID SoftwareMedia 100 recommends ATTO ExpressRaid 2.2 and CharisMac Raid 2.14. There may be issues with certain versions

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide54▼ SAN SolutionsMedia 100 has been investigating and testing various Storage Area Network (SAN) solution

SAN Solutions 55 The hub was used to segment our network into two loops, dividing the bandwidth equally between the workstations. Two machines shared

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide56ATTO AccelWare is an easy to use Macintosh-based SAN volume management software. This user-friendly sof

Backup and Tape Subsystems 57 Notes: Due to the bandwidth requirements of video, best results are achieved by dedicating an array to a system. If you

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide58▼ Third-Party Peripheral PartnersPeripheral Partners Contact Information Company Address Phone Fax Web

Third-Party Peripheral Partners 59 JEMS Data Unlimited, Inc.52 Stiles RoadSalem, NH 03079603-896-6319 603-894-9760 www.jemsdata.comKeyspan(division of

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide6 Media 100 qx, Mac OS, and CPU Compatibility ChartMedia 100 qx VersionMedia 100 Test VersionAdobe® Prem

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide60ProMax Technology, Inc.16 Technology Dr., #106Irvine, CA 92718800-977-6629 714-727-3546 www.promax.comR

Media 100, Mac OS, and CPU Compatibility 7 NOTE The Media 100 qx product line has been discontinued. Media 100 qx Version 5.2 was the last releas

Media 100 Legacy Compatible Peripherals Guide8 ▼ Technical Notes This section addresses issues found with CPUs and Disk Drive Controllers, includin

Technical Notes 9 ATTO ExpressPCI UL2S SCSI Controller ATTO ExpressPro-Tools utility is required to slow down the synchronous transfer rate of th