Product specifications

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Product Overview
Meridien Display Controller Board
The system uses the Meridien display controller board to connect the
Bin and Edit monitors using one PCI board. Avid now ships a new
Meridien display controller board (EDC4). You can distinguish
between the older version of the display controller board and the new
EDC4 display controller board by looking at the metal PCI bracket.
The new EDC4 board has EDC4 labeled on the top of the metal PCI
bracket.
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The new display controller board cannot be interchanged with an
older display controller board without updating the software driver.
See “Installing the EDC Display Controller Driver” on page 7-3 for
more information.
SCSI Adaptec 29160LP System Controller Board
The SCSI Adaptec 29160LP system controller board acts as the SCSI
controller for the system disk. It also provides SCSI LVD support for
external LVD media drives. You should never attach single-ended
drives to this controller board. If you need to stripe SCSI drives for
your project, you should purchase the optional SCSI UL3D/160
dual-channel LVD board.
Fibre Channel Controller Board
This optional Emulex
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LP850 F/C controller board is used in
standalone mode (or for Avid Unity MediaNet) to interface and
control the F/C drives.
SCSI UL3D/160 Dual-Channel LVD Board
The optional UL3D board is used with all Avid rS MediaDrives and
the Avid MediaDock™ LVD storage system.
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If you attach any single-ended, fast and wide device to the UL3D board, the
SCSI channel with that drive attached changes to single-ended, fast and wide
mode.