Intel SE7210TP1SCSI, SE7210TP1-E, SR1325TP1-E Hardware Manual
Intel® Server Board
SE7210TP1-E
&
Intel
®
Server Platform
SR1325TP1-E
Tested Hardware and Operating
System List
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Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing
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Revision History
Date
Revision
Number Modifications
March 2004 1.0 First release.
March 2004 1.1
Add call-out to Server Platform SR1325TP1-E
Added Installation Instructions section
April 30, 2004 1.11 Removed Adaptec ASR-2010S PCI SCSI RAID, not compatible
May 03, 2004 1.12
Added SATA RAID support details for SuSE 9.0 and Red Hat Enterprise
Linux AS 3.0.
May 14, 2004 1.20
Corrected Maxtor SATA HDD model Number.
Removed: RH Linux 8.0, SuSE Linus 8.2, and MS Windows NT 4.0 from the
supported OS list (basic installation) due to lack of chipset support in these
operating systems.
Sep, 1 , 2004 1.21 Added Hitachi Hard disk Drives and Seagate Hard disk drives
November, 1,
2004
1.3 Removed Maxtor Hard Disk Drives.
December 30,
2004
1.31 Add one errata for Emulex LP9802DC-F2 adapter
Feb 2005 1.32 Add Fujitsu AL-9LE and AL-9LX Hard Disk Drives
Apr 2005 1.33 Update the list with Q2’05 test report , and Add Hitachi hard drives
May 2005 1.34 Add Sony tape drives
Aug 2005 1.35 Update the list with Q3’05 test report
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ..........................................................................................................................1
1.1 Test Overview..........................................................................................................1
1.1.1 Basic Installation Testing.........................................................................................1
1.1.2 Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing ............................................2
1.2 Pass/Fail Test Criteria .............................. ................................ ...............................3
2. Intel® Server Board SE7210TP1-E Base System Configurations....................................1
3. Supported Operating Systems............................................................................................2
3.1 Operating System Certifications..............................................................................4
4. Adapters and Peripherals....................................................................................................5
4.1 PCI SCSI RAID ........................................................................................................6
4.2 Fibre Channel,.........................................................................................................7
4.3 PCI SATA RAID .......................................................................................................8
4.4 PCI SCSI .................................................................................................................9
4.5 PCI NIC..................................................................................................................10
4.6 PCI VIDEO.............................................................................................................12
4.7 MODEMS...............................................................................................................12
4.8 REMOVABLE MEDIA............................................................................................13
4.9 TAPE DRIVES.......................................................................................................13
4.10 KVM (KEYBOARD/VIDEO/MOUSE).....................................................................14
4.11 INPUT DEVICES...................................................................................................15
4.12 CDROM DRIVES...................................................................................................15
4.13 DVDROM DRIVES.................................................................................................16
5. Hard Disk Drives.................................................................................................................19
5.1 SCSI Hard Drives ........................................ ..........................................................20
5.2 Parallel ATA (PATA) Hard Drives..........................................................................21
5.3 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Drives.............................................................................22
5.4 USB Hard Disk Drives ...........................................................................................22
6. Installation Guidelines.......................................................................................................24
6.1 Steps to install Red Hat* Linux 9.0 SMP kernel on a UP system. .........................24
6.2 Microsoft* Windows* 2003 Enterprise Edition does not shutdown succsessfully
with SATA OS-boot drive and PATA drive attached................................................................24
6.3 Gigabit NIC failed in PCI slot 6 when during stress testing under Linux................24
6.4 Red Hat Linux 8.0 installation does not have enough conventional memory to run.25
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6.5 Red Hat Linux 9.0 and SuSE Linux 8.2 kernels do not support Intel® 6300ESC I/O
Controller Hub..........................................................................................................................25
6.6 Set Supervisor Password, <F1> key has no function when entering the wrong
password three times............................ ................................ ...................................................25
6.7 SCSI card not seen in PCI slot #6 or #3 when onboard SCSI is enabled and PCI
slots #1 & #2 are populated.....................................................................................................25
6.8 Novell Netware 6.5 failed to load driver for onboard SCSI .................................... 26
6.9 System hang during POST while enumerating USB hub (on USB keyboard).......26
6.10 There are no SATA RAID drivers available for Red Hat Linux* AS 3.0 and SuSE*
Linux 9.0 Professional.............................................................................................................26
6.11 The Emulex LP9802DC-F2 adapter driver is not recognized by Novell Netware
*6.5 26
Tested Hardware and Operating System List Introduction
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1. Introduction
This document is intended to provide users of the Intel® server board SE7210TP1-E and the
Intel® server platform SR1325TP1-E 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® server board SE7210TP1-E and the Intel® server platform
SR1325TP1-E are no longer in production. 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.
1.1 Test Overview
Testing performed on the Intel® server board SE7210TP1-E is 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 cha nges, 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 te st, 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 cha nges, 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 requ ired during the operating system inst allation.
- The server system behaved as expected during and after the operating system
installation.
- Application softwa re installed and execu ted 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.
All Intel® server board SE7210TP1-E testing was performed using the Intel® server chassis
SC5250 and Intel® server platform SR1325TP1-E.
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2. Intel® Server Board SE7210TP1-E Base System
Configurations
The following table lists the base system configurations tested. Base system configurations will
change as new revisions of the Intel® server board SE7210TP1-E are released and/or new
system BIOS and BMC firmware are 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.
Base System
Configuratio
n Identifier #
Board
Type
PBA
Number
BIOS
Revision
BMC
Firmware
Revision
SC5200
HSC
Firmware
Revision
Notes
1 SATA C42681-503 P01 02.31 NA
2 SCSI C42680-503 P01 02.31 NA
3 SATA C44059-503 P01 02.31 NA
SR1325TP1-E
platform with single
PCI-slot riser in
slot #1
4 SCSI C42681-602 P08 02.40 NA
5 SATA C42680-602 P08 02.40 NA
6
Telco
(Chesnee)
C42682-602 P08 02.40 NA
7
Kahana 1U
Low profile
C44059-602 P08 02.40 NA
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3. Supported Operating Systems
The following table provides a list of supported operating systems for the Intel® server board
SE7210TP1-E. Each of the listed operating systems was tested for compatibility with Intel®
server board SE7210TP1-E 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 are 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® Server Management software or
LANDesk* Client Manager software may be different than the operating
systems supported by the Intel Server Board SE7210TP1-E. 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
Base System Configuration
Tested & Type of Testing
Notes
Microsoft* Windows* Server 2003 / Microsoft
Windows Small Business Server 2003
Configuration 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 –
Compatibility & Stress
Intel’s testing was completed
with Microsoft Windows Server
2003. The Intel Server Board
SE7210TP1-E supports the
operating system portion of
Microsoft Windows Small
Business Server 2003 only.
The application portion is not
tested or supported.
See Installation Guidelines 6.2
Microsoft* Windows* Small Business
Server operating systems 2003
Configuration 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 –
Basic installation
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Service Pack
4 / Microsoft Windows Small Business Server
2000
Configuration 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 –
Compatibility & Stress
Intel’s testing was completed
with Microsoft Windows 2000
Server. The Intel Server Board
SE7210TP1-E supports the
operating system portion of
Microsoft Windows Small
Business Server 2000 only.
The application portion is not
tested or supported.
Microsoft Windows* XP
Configuration 1,4,5,6,7–
Basic Installation
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