Hardware Installation

The Nara server is supplied as a pre-configured HPZ4 Rack G5 workstation. This is a 1U high unit designed to be mounted in a standard server rack.

Internally, there is a dual width A6000 GPU fitted along with a 15TB NVMe drive (used for image caching) and a 10GBase-T Flex IO module to provide a 10 Gigabit Ethernet connection to your media network. There is one free PCIe slot available so if you prefer, you can install an alternative NIC to connect to your network.

The inside of the server is shown below:

Physical Connections

Connections to the server should be made according to the following diagram:

Dual power supplies are installed in order to provide sufficient power for the GPU - ensure that power cables are connected to both power inlets. The server will not run reliably and may fail to boot if one of the power cables is missing.

The Nara server does not provide any power redundancy so you should ensure that it is powered from a suitably backed up power supply such as a UPS. See the hardware specifications section for power requirements and other specifications.

The 1GbE port can be used to connect the server to your admin network switch; the 10GbE is normally used to connect to the media network, often via a different switch to the admin network.

Please refer to the software setup section for full details of networking options.

For normal operation you should not need to connect any devices to the USB or Display connectors, however these can be used for a standard keyboard, mouse and monitor if you need to configure the machine locally or for diagnostic purposes.