Revision History Intel® Server Boards S3210SH/S3200SH
Revision History
Revision
Date
Sep 2007 1.0 Initial release.
Nov 2007 1.1 Added updates to NIC adapters.
Dec 2007 1.2 Added updates to RAID adapters.
Jan 2008 1.3 Removed HDDs and added updates to RAID adapters.
Mar 2008 1.4 Removed Microsoft Windows 2000* support due to ICH9R
Mar 2008 1.5 Added SAS HW RAID adapters.
Apr 2008 1.6 Removed 3 HW RAID adapters and added Windows XP
Apr 2008 1.7 Added SAS HW RAID adapters.
May 2008 1.8 Added Windows 2008
Jun 2008 1.9 Added several Adaptec SAS RAID cards
Sep 2008 2.0 Added Solaris 10U5 as P2 OS
Oct 2008 2.1 Added Teac DV-28S-VZ3
Nov 2008 2.2 Added RAID adapters
Number Modifications
compatibility issues.
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Intel® Server Boards S3210SH/S3200SH Disclaimers
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The hardware vendor remains solely responsible for the design, sale and functionality of its product, including any liability arising
3.1 Operating System Certifications..............................................................................6
4. Adapters and Peripherals....................................................................................................9
5. Hard Disk Drives.................................................................................................................17
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Intel® Server Boards S3210SH/S3200SH Introduction
1. Introduction
This document is intended to provide users of the Intel® Server Boards S3210SH/S3200SH with
a guide to the different operating systems, adapter cards, and peripherals tested by Intel on this
platform.
This document will continue to be updated as new adapters, peripherals, and operating systems
are tested or until the Intel
Each new release of the document will present updated information as well as continue to
provide the information from previous releases.
Intel will only provide support for those adapters and peripherals under the specified system
configuration (System BIOS and Firmware revisions) and operating systems versions with which
they were tested.
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Server Boards S3210SH/S3200SH are no longer in production.
1.1 Test Overview
Testing performed on the Intel® Server Boards S3210SH/S3200SH are classified under two
separate categories: Basic Installation Testing, and Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and
Stress Testing.
1.1.1 Basic Installation Testing
Basic installation testing is performed with each supported operating system. Basic installation
testing validates that the server board can install the operating system and that the base
hardware feature set is functional. A small set of peripherals is used for installation purposes
only. No add-in adapter cards are tested. Testing includes network connectivity and running of
proprietary and industry standard test suites.
The latest version of an operating system signifies the latest supported version
at the time of the actual test run. Each new release of this document may have
a newly supported release of a given operating system. Previous releases of a
supported operating system may not be tested beyond the basic installation
test process.
1.1.1.1 Support Commitment for Basic Installation Testing
Intel commits to provide the following level of customer support for operating systems that
receive only basic installation testing:
•Intel will provide and test operating system drivers for each of the server board’s
integrated controllers, provided that the controller vendor has a driver available upon
request. Vendors will not be required by Intel to develop drivers for operating systems
that they do not already support. This may limit the functionality of certain server board
integrated controllers.
•Intel will support customer issues that involve installation and/or functionality of
operating system with the server board’s integrated controllers only if a driver has been
made available.
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•Intel will NOT provide support for issues related to use of any add-in adapters or
peripherals installed in the server system when an operating system that received basic
installation testing only is in use.
•Support is defined as assistance in root causing issues, and determining a customer
acceptable resolution to the issue associated with the operating system. The resolution
may include, but is not limited to, on-board controller driver changes, engaging the
vendor for resolution, BIOS changes, firmware changes, or determining a customer
acceptable workaround for the issue.
1.1.2 Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing
Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress testing is performed only on the most current
release of a supported operating system at the time of a given validation run. The Adapter /
Peripheral Compatibility and Stress testing process consists of three areas: Base Platform,
Adapter Compatibility, and Stress.
Base Platform: Each base platform will successfully install a given operating system,
successfully run a disk stress test, and successfully run a network stress test.
Adapter Compatibility: Adapter compatibility validation (CV) testing uses test suites to gain an
accurate view of how the server performs with a wide variety of adapters under the primary
supported operating systems. These tests are designed to show hardware compatibility
between the cards and the server platform and include functional testing only. No heavy
stressing of the systems or the cards is performed for CV testing.
Stress Testing: This test sequence uses configurations that include add-in adapters in all
available slots, (depending on chassis used) for a minimum 72-hour test run without injecting
errors. Each configuration passes an installation test, a Network/Disk Stress test, and tape
backup test. Any fatal errors that occur will require a complete test restart.
1.1.2.1 Support Commitment for Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress
Testing
Intel commits to provide the following level of customer support for operating systems that
receive Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress testing:
•Intel will provide support for customer issues with these operating systems involving
installation and/or functionality of the server board with or without the adapters and
peripherals listed in this document as having been tested under the particular operating
system.
•Support is defined as assistance in root causing issues, and determining a customer
acceptable resolution to the issue associated with the operating system. The resolution
may include, but is not limited to, on-board controller driver changes, engaging the
vendor for resolution, BIOS changes, firmware changes, or determining a customer
acceptable workaround for the issue.
•Intel will provide and test operating system drivers for each onboard video, network, and
storage controller.
•Intel will enable vendors to provide driver support for add-in adapters using these
operating systems.
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•Intel will go through some of the steps to achieve certification to ensure its customers do
not run across any problems, but the actual certification is the responsibility of the
individual customer.
For operating systems, adapter cards, and peripherals not listed in this
document, there is no support commitment. Intel will consider support requests
on a case-by-case basis.
1.2 Pass/Fail Test Criteria
For each operating system, adapter, and peripheral configuration, a test passes if specific
criteria are met. Specific configurations may have had particular characteristics that were
addressed on a case-by-case basis. In general, a configuration passes testing if the following
conditions are met:
− The operating system installed without error.
− Manufacturer’s installation instructions or Intel’s best-known methods were used for
the operating system installation.
− No extraordinary workarounds were required during the operating system installation.
− The server system behaved as expected during and after the operating system
installation.
− Application software installed and executed normally.
− Hardware compatibility tests ran to completion without error.
− Test software suites executed successfully
− Test and data files were created in the correct directories without error.
− Files copied from client to server and back compare to the original with zero errors
reported.
− Clients remain connected to the server system.
− Industry standard test suites run to completion with zero errors reported.
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All testing with the Intel
Entry Server Chassis SC5295-E.
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2. Base System Configurations
The following table lists the base system configurations tested. Base system configurations will
change as new revisions of the Intel
®
Server Boards S3210SH/S3200SH are released and/or
new system BIOS is cut onto the board in the factory. Each base system configuration is
assigned an identifier number that is referenced in the tables throughout this document. New
base system configurations are added with each new release of this document.
Intel will only provide support for adapters and peripherals under the specified
base system configuration and operating systems versions with which they
were tested.
Intel® Server Boards S3210SH/S3200SH Supported Operating Systems
3. Supported Operating Systems
The following table provides a list of supported operating systems for the Intel® Server Boards
S3210SH/S3200SH. Each of the listed operating systems was tested for compatibility with the
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Intel
Server Boards S3210SH/S3200SH base system configuration listed in Section 2 of this
document. Operating systems are supported only with the specified base system
configuration(s) with which they were tested.
The following table also indicates whether each operating system received Basic Installation
Testing, or Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing. For information on the
support commitments for Basic Installation Testing vs. Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and
Stress Testing, please reference Section 1 of this document.
Any variations to the standard operating system installation process are documented in the
Installation Guidelines section of this document. If there is no installation guidelines noted in the
following table, then the operating system installed as expected using manufacturer’s
installation instructions or Intel’s best-known methods.
Operating systems supported by Intel® System Management software or
LANDesk* Client Manager software may be different than the operating
systems supported by the Intel
®
Server Boards S3210SH/S3200SH. Please
reference the Readme and User Guide documents that are included as part of
each Intel Server Management and LANDesk* Client Manager distribution for
operating systems that are supported by that release.
Operating System
Microsoft Windows Server 2003* Enterprise
Edition, SP2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003* Enterprise
Edition for EM64T, SP2
SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 10 , SP1
SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 10, SP1,
EM64T
RedHat* Enterprise Linux 5.0 AS, Update1
RedHat* Enterprise Linux 5.0 AS, Update1
EM64T
Base System
Configuration Tested &
Type of Testing
SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 9 , SP4
SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 9, SP4,
EM64T
Novell* NetWare 6.5, SP6
Configuration 1, 4, 5, 6 –
Basic Installation
Configuration 4, 5 and 6
– Basic Installation
Configuration 4, 5 and 6
– Basic Installation
Configuration 1, 4, 5, 6 –
Basic Installation
Windows XP Professional, SP2, 32-bit
Configuration 1, 4, 5, 6 –
Basic Installation
Solaris 10U5 Configuration 15 – Basic
Installation
Notes
Note: Doesn’t support install from an
external USB DVD drive when RAID
mode is enabled.
Note: To use X-Windows GUI, edit the
script /usr/bin/X11/Xserver and use the
following arguments to make color depth
not larger than 16 bit
SERVERARGS="-depth 16 -fbbpp 16"
3.1 Operating System Certifications
Listed below are the operating systems that Intel will certify with the Intel® Server Boards
S3210SH/S3200SH. However, the customer is responsible for their own certification from the
individual operating system vendors. In many cases, the customer may leverage their operating
system certifications from Intel’s testing. See the “Comments” section next to each operating
system in the table below for additional information. Intel’s certifications, pre-certification, and
operating system testing may help reduce some of the risk in achieving customer certifications
with the operating system vendors.
Intel® Server Boards S3210SH/S3200SH Adapters and Peripherals
4. Adapters and Peripherals
Add-in adapter card and peripheral compatibility and stress testing will only be performed with
the latest version of an operating system at the time the validation testing occurred. The
following table shows the operating system and base system configurations used to validate
each device. The adapters are divided into categories based on their functionality. All
integrated on-board devices are tested by default and are therefore not included in the following
tables.
Note that not all adapter cards were tested under all operating systems. The following notation
is used in the tested adapters and peripherals table below to indicate the support level that Intel
provides for a particular adapter under a particular operating system:
This adapter or peripheral has been tested and is supported under the specific
Number (i.e. 1)
Number in brackets (i.e. [1])
configuration identified in the Base System Configurations Table in Section 2 of this
document.
This adapter or peripheral has been tested, but is NOT supported under the specific
configuration identified in the Base System Configurations Table in Section 2 of this
document.
NT
ND
SA (Similar Adapter)
This adapter or peripheral has not been tested under this operating system and is not
supported under this operating system.
This adapter or peripheral has not been tested under this operating system due to
limitations in IHV driver availability, and is not suported under this operating system.
This adapter is supported, but not tested. This adapter model has not been tested
with this server board, but Intel will support it based on successful testing of a similar
adapter from the same adapter family. Intel has high confidence that this adapter will
function correctly with the server board. This adapter uses the same firmware and
drivers, and has a nearly identical system interface to another adapter of the same
family that has been successfully tested with this server board. In addition, Intel has
secured IHV commitment to support the similar adapters equally. Customers should
always test adapters as part of the final system configuration prior to deployment. All
installation guidelines for the tested adapter also apply to the similar adapter.
Any variations to the standard adapter installation process or to expected adapter functionality
are documented in the Installation Guidelines section of this document. If there are installation
guidelines affecting a particular adapter and operating system combination, these are
referenced in the following table. If there are no installation guidelines noted in the following
table, then the adapter installed and functioned as expected using manufacturer’s installation
instructions or Intel’s best-known methods.
Testing of adapters cards normally is performed with unused add-in adapters
and onboard controller expansion ROMs disabled in BIOS Setup. Intel
recommends that customers disable the option ROM for add-in controllers
and/or the on-board controllers when not booting from the controller or needing
to use its built in utilities.
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12, 1312, 1312, 1312, 1312, 1312, 13
Intel SASWT4I SAS 3GB 4 internal
ports
Intel SASUC8I SAS 3GB 8 internal
ports
PCI ExpressX4 PCI-Med10, 11,
12, 13
PCI ExpressX8 PCI-Med10, 11,
12, 13
Adaptec ASC-48300 8 port SAS PCI-X 133Universal PCI-LP/RP 3, 10, 11,
12, 13
LSI Logic 3442E 8 port SW SAS RAID PCI ExpressX8 PCI-LP/RP 3, 10, 11,
12, 13
LSI Logic MegaRAID
SAS 8480E
LSI Logic MegaRAID
SAS 8308ELP
LSI Logic MegaRAID
SAS 8344ELP
Brockton/1068 SAS
3GB 8 external ports
Brockton/1068 SAS
3GB 8 internal ports
Brockton/1068 SAS
3GB 4 internal / 4
PCI ExpressX8 PCI-Med2, 3, 42, 3, 42, 3, 42, 3, 42, 3, 42, 3, 4
PCI ExpressX4 PCI-LP/RPSA SA SA SA SA SA 10, 11,
PCI ExpressX4 PCI-LP/RPSA SA SA SA SA SA
SAS 3GB 8 ports PCI ExpressX8 PCI-Med8 8 8
SAS 3GB 8 ports PCI ExpressX8 PCI-MedSA SA SA
SAS 3GB 8 ports PCI ExpressX8 PCI-MedSA SA SA
SAS 3GB 12 ports PCI ExpressX8 PCI-Med8 8 8
SAS 3GB 4 ports PCI ExpressX4 PCI-Med8 8 8
SAS 3GB 16 ports PCI ExpressX8 PCI-Med8 8 8
SAS 3GB 8 ports PCI ExpressX4 PCI-Med8 8 8
SAS 3GB 8 ports PCI ExpressX8 PCI-MedSA SA SA
SAS 3GB 8 ports PCI ExpressX8 PCI-Med9 9 9 9
SAS 3GB 4 ports PCI ExpressX8 PCI-MedSA SA SA SA
SAS 3GB 4 ports PCI ExpressX8 PCI-MedSA SA SA SA
SAS 3GB 8 ports PCI ExpressX8 PCI-MedSA SA SA SA
SAS 3GB 30 ports PCI ExpressX8 PCI-Med9 9 9 9
10, 11,
12, 13
10, 11,
12, 13
3, 10, 11,
12, 13
3, 10, 11,
12, 13
10, 11,
12, 13
10, 11,
12, 13
3, 10, 11,
12, 13
3, 10, 11,
12, 13
10, 11,
12, 13
10, 11,
12, 13
3, 10, 11,
12, 13
3, 10, 11,
12, 13
10, 11,
12, 13
10, 11,
12, 13
3, 10, 11,
12, 13
3, 10, 11,
12, 13
10, 11,
12, 13
10, 11,
12, 13
3, 10, 11,
12, 13
3, 10, 11,
12, 13
10, 11,
12, 13
10, 11,
12, 13
10, 11,
12, 13
10, 11,
12, 13
12, 13
10, 11,
12, 13
10, 11,
12, 13
10, 11,
12, 13
10, 11,
12, 13
10, 11,
12, 13
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Intel® Server Boards S3210SH/S3200SHHard Disk Drives
5. Hard Disk Drives
The hard drives previously in this section have now been listed separately in the Server Hard
Drive Validation Test Report, which includes the qualified hard drives for the Intel
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Server
Boards S3210SH/S3200SH. It is located on Intel’s secure website IBL and at the web link below: