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Version: v5.9.0

Hardware Installation

Quadra Video Transcoders require only minimal CPU resources when running video transcoding tasks.

Processorx64 Intel/AMD 6 Core (12 Threads)
System Memory T1A/T1U16GiB - 2x 8GiB 2133Mhz DDR4 RAM
System Memory T2A32GiB - 2x 16GiB 2133Mhz DDR4 RAM
MotherboardPCIe Gen 4 (PCIe Gen 5 Configure BIOS for PCIe Gen 4)
T1Urequires U.2 x4 slot
T1Arequires x8 slot or x16 slot (Linkup at x4)
T2Arequires x8 slot (bifurcate x4/x4) / x16 slot (x4/x4/x4/x4) or (x4/x4/x8). Connected 8 lanes need to be set for x4/x4 linkup. Remaining 8 lanes don’t matter
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Notes

  1. PCIe Gen 3 can be used but is not recommended due to lower performance
  2. GPU optimized servers are recommended (to improve air flow cooling), e.g. Dell PowerEdge C4140
  3. Only U.2 Cards (T1U) support Hot Plug, AIC Cards (T1A/T2A) do not support Hot Plug
  4. All T2A PCIe Slots require Bifurcation to be enabled in the host BIOS
  5. For U.2 Cards (T1U) Drive Bays must support NVMe technology
  6. It is recommended to use 1GbE or 10GbE interfaces on directly connected network switches.
  • 1000BASE-T or 10GBASE-T link speeds.
  1. It is recommended that all DIMM slots are populated with modules of equal capacity
  2. Set CPU to performance mode (if available)

Quadra leverages Non-Volatile Memory express (NVMe) server technology. NVMe is a host controller interface and storage protocol for high speed data transfer over a server’s high-speed Peripheral Component Interconnect express (PCIe) bus. Quadra is designed to plug directly into host servers.

Quadra modules are available in both U.2 and Add-In-Card (AIC) form factors. AIC cards do not support Hot Plug and require a cold boot of the server after insertion before they are recognized in the host system. Quadra U.2 cards do support Hot Plug.