Intel SE7501WV2ATA, SE7501WV2 Hardware Manual
Intel® Server Board
SE7501WV2
Tested Hardware and Operating
System List
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Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing
Revision History Intel® Server Board SE7501WV2
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Revision History
Date
Revision
Number Modifications
January 2003 0.5 Initial Draft
February 2003 1.0 Adding additional validated parts. Testing is still in process.
March 2003 1.1 Adding SCSI & ATA validated parts.
March 2003 1.2 Removed 3COM 3C996B-T card. Removed Adaptec “code” names.
Added additional Installation Guidelines
October 2003 2.0 Added new parts (In shaded area). Update verbiage for ATA drives
July 2004 3.0
Adding SCSI & ATA validated parts, Change
IBM/Hitachi, to
“Hitachi”,Adding HD validated parts, adding SuSE9.0 ,RH AS3.0
and Netware 6.5 operati ng system.
Aug, 2004 3.1 Adding new Maxtor Hard Drive. (In shaded area).
Nov, 2004 3.2 Adding Hitachi Ultrastar 10K300 HDD (In shaded area)
Jan, 2005 3.3 Adding Seagate Cheetah 10K.7 and 15.4 HDD
Oct, 2005 3.4 Correct the RAID card information
Jun, 2006 3.5 Adding Maxtor hard drives
Intel® Server Board SE7501WV2 Disclaimers
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Disclaimers
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WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR ANY WARRANTY OTHERWISE
ARISING OUT OF ANY PROPOSAL, SPECIFICATION, OR SAMPLE.
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®
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ................................ ............................................................................................ 1
1.1 Test Overview................................ ..... ... .. ...... .. ...... .. ...... .. ... ..... ... ..... ... ... ..... ... ..... ... ..... ... .... 1
1.1.1 Compatibility Testing......................... . .. . ............... . ............... . ............... . .. . . . .. . .. . . . .. . .. . . ..1
1.1.2 Stress Testing.............................................................................................................. 2
1.2 Pass/Fail Test Criteria............................. ...... .. ... ..... ... ..... ... ... ..... ... ..... ... .. ...... .. ...... .. ... ..... ..2
2. Intel® Server Board SE7501WV2 Base System Configurations.............................. .......... 3
3. Supported Operating Systems.............. ... ..... ... .. ...... .. ... ... ..... ... .. ...... .. ... ... ..... ... .. ...... .. ... ... ....4
3.1 Server Management Software Support........................................................... .................. 4
3.2 Operating System Certifications............................ ..................................... ....................... 5
4. Adapters and Peripherals ........................... ...................................... ....................................7
4.1 PCI RAID................................. ........................................ .................................................. 8
4.2 PCI SCSI ............................................................... ........................................ ..................17
4.3 PCI MROMB.................................................................................................. .................. 19
4.4 PCI Fiber Channel Host Adapters................................................................................... 20
4.5 PCI Network Interface Cards ........................................................................................ ..22
4.6 Modems.............................................. ............................................................................. 26
4.7 USB/PS2 Devices.................................................. .......................................................... 27
4.8 CDROM/DVD-ROM Drives ................................ ............................................................. 27
4.9 DVD Drives...... ... ..... ... ..... ... ..... ... ... ..... ... ..... ... ..... ... ..... ... .. ...... .. ...... .. ...... .. ...... .. ... ..... ... .....29
4.10 Removable Drives........................................... ..................................... ........................ 31
4.11 Tape Drives........................................................................................ ..........................34
4.12 Keyboard/Video/Mouse switch boxes................................ ..... ... .. ... ..... ... ... ..... ... .. ... .....34
5. Hard Disk Drives ........................................ ..................................... ..................................... 37
6. Installation Guidelines......................................... ................................................................43
6.1 Novell NetWare* 6.0 fails to detect the Promise Fast Track TX2000 adapter when the
on-board Promises driver is enabled ........................................................ ................................43
6.2 SuSE* 8.0 installation hangs while formatting a hard drive on Adaptec ASC39320...... 43
6.3 SuSE* 8.0 installation must be completed before the installing Adaptec ASR-2110..... 43
6.4 Samsung SP8004H Polaris 40 hard drive jumpers should be removed for proper sizing44
6.5 Red Hat Linux* 7.3 segmentation fault with an Intel® RAID controller installed............ 44
6.6 Red Hat Linux* 8.0 segmentation fault with an Intel® RAID controller installed............ 45
Intel® Server Board SE7501WV2 Introduction
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1. Introduction
This document is intended to provide users of the Intel® server board SE7501WV2 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 add-in cards, peripherals, and operating
systems are tested or until the Intel server board SE7501WV2 is 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 to those add-in cards and peripherals under the specified system
configuration (System BIOS and firmware) and operating systems and versions to which they
were tested.
1.1 Test Overview
Testing performed on the Intel server board SE7501WV2 is classified under two separate
categories: Compatibility Testing and Stress Testing.
1.1.1 Compatibility Testing
Basic compatibility testing is performed with each supported operating system. Basic
compatibility testing validates the server board can be used to 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 cards are tested. Testing may include network
connectivity and running of proprietary and industry standard test suites.
Extended compatibility testing will occur on only the latest versions of a supported operating
system. Extended compatibility testing will test for functionality of a variety of add-in adapters
and peripherals. Test applications used will consist of both proprietary as well as 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 compatibility
test process.
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1.1.2 Stress Testing
Stress testing is performed only on the most current release of a supported operating system at
the time of a given validation run. The stress test process consists of three areas: Base platform,
Multiple Adapter, and Endurance.
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.
Multiple Adapters: Multiple adapter validation (MAV) testing uses configurations and test suites
to gain an accurate view of how the server performs under varying complex configurations while
interacting with network clients. Each configuration is tested for at least 12 hours.
Endurance Test: This test sequence uses configurations that include 2-6 add-in adapters
(depending on chassis used) for a minimum 72-hour test run without injecting errors. Three
servers operating under Microsoft* Windows* 2000 Advanced Server, Novell NetWare*, and
Linux* are tested in parallel. Each configuration passes an installation test, a Network/Disk
Stress test, and tape backup test. Any fatal errors t hat occur will require a complete test restart.
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.
Intel server board SE7501WV2 testing was performed using the Intel server chassis SR1300 &
SR2300.
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2. Intel® Server Board SE7501WV2 Base System
Configurations
The following table lists the base configurations tested. Base configurations will change as new
revisions of the Intel
®
server board SE7501WV2 are released and/or new system BIOS and
BMC firmware are cut onto the board in the factory. Each base configuration is assigned an
identifier number that is referenced in the tables throughout this document. New base
configurations are added with each new release of this document.
Base
System
Identifier #
Board Type
Part
Number
BIOS
Revision
BMC
Firmware
Revision
SR1300/
SR2300
HSC
Firmware
Revision
Notes
1 SCSI A99386-105 P01 1.0.5 Rev.5 / 7
2 SCSI A99386-105 P01 1.0.9 Rev.5 / 7
3 SCSI A99386-105 P05 1.1.0 Rev.5 / 7
4 ATA A99388-105 P01 1.0.8
5 ATA A99388-105 P01 1.1.0
6 SCSI A99388-108 P09 1.1.9 Rev.5 / 7
7 SCSI A99388-108 P28 1.1.9 Rev.5 / 7
8 SCSI
A99388-105
A4+P
P28 1.1.9 Rev.5 / 7
9 SCSI A99388-109 P28 1.1.9 Rev.5 / 7
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3. Supported Operating Systems
The following table provides a list of supported operating systems for the Intel® server board
SE7501WV2. Each of the listed operating systems was tested for compatibility with a base Intel
server board SE7501WV2 configuration. Operating system compatibility testing verifies that the
operating system will install and function with all on-board devices.
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 S ystem Base Configuration Tested
Microsoft* Windows Server 2003* Enterprise Edition 6,7,8,9
Linux* Red Hat* 8.0 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Linux* SuSE* 8.0 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Novell NetWare* 6.0, Service Pack 2 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Microsoft* Windows* 2000 Advanced Server, Service Pack 3 (Legacy OS) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Microsoft* Windows NT* Server 4.0 (Enterprise Edition) (Legacy OS) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Linux* Red Hat* 7.3 (Legacy OS) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Linux* SuSE* 9.0 7,8,9
Novell netWare 6.5 7,8,9
Linux *RedHat AS 3.0 7,8,9
Novell NetWare* 5.1 (Legacy OS) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
3.1 Server Management Software Support
The following table provides information on the type and version of server management software
which has been tested and is supported with each operating system on the Intel
®
server board
SE7501WV2.
Operating S ystem
Server Management Software
Package and version
Microsoft* Windows Server 2003* Enterprise Edition Intel Server Management 5.5.3
Linux* Red Hat* 8.0 Intel Server Management 5.5.3
Linux* SuSE* 8.0 Intel Server Management 5.5.3
Novell NetWare* 6.0, Service Pack 2 Intel Server Management 5.5.3
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3.2 Operating System Certifications
Listed below are the operating systems that Intel will certify Server board SE7501WV2.
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.
Operating System Certification Listing Comments
Microsoft* Windows
Server 2003* Enterprise
Edition
Intel® SE7501WV2
Server
OEM must request certification by Microsoft for their
specific product.
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdq/hcl/search.asp
(Search on SE7501WV2)
http://developer.intel.com/design/servers/whql.htm
Microsoft* Windows*
2000 Advanced Server
Intel® SE7501WV2
Server
OEM must request certification by Microsoft for their
specific product.
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdq/hcl/search.asp
(Search on SE7501WV2)
http://developer.intel.com/design/servers/whql.htm
Novell NetWare* 6.0
Intel® SE7501WV2
Server
Novell checks Intel’s test results, certifies (if appropriate),
and posts the certificate on their web site.
Customer can leverage the Intel certification, if customer
product meets the operating system vendor standard.
http://developer.novell.com/yes/67676.htm
Novell NetWare* 6.5
Intel® SE7501WV2
Server
Novell checks Intel’s test results, certifies (if appropriate),
and posts the certificate on their web site.
Customer can leverage the Intel certification, if customer
product meets the operating system vendor standard.
http://developer.novell.com/yes/67676.htm
Red Hat* Linux 8.0
Intel® SE7501WV2
Server
Red Hat checks Intel’s results, certifies (if appropriate),
and posts the certificate on their web site.
Customer can leverage the Intel certification, if customer
product meets the operating system vendor standard.
http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl/?pagename=hcl&view=ce
rtified&vendor=399&class=8#list
Red Hat* Linux AS 3.0
Intel® SE7501WV2
Server
Red Hat checks Intel’s results, certifies (if appropriate),
and posts the certificate on their web site.
Customer can leverage the Intel certification, if customer
product meets the operating system vendor standard.
http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl/?pagename=hcl&view=ce
rtified&vendor=399&class=8#list
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Operating System Certification Listing Comments
SuSE* Linux 8.0
Intel® SE7501WV2
Server
SuSE checks Intel’s results, certifies (if appropriate), and
posts the certificate on their web site.
Customer can leverage the Intel certification, if customer
product meets the operating system vendor standard.
SuSE* Linux 9.0
Intel® SE7501WV2
Server
SuSE checks Intel’s results, certifies (if appropriate), and
posts the certificate on their web site.
Customer can leverage the Intel certification, if customer
product meets the operating system vendor standard.
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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 configurations used to validate each
device. The adapters are divided into categories based on their functionality. All integrated onboard 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:
Number (i.e. 1)
This adapter or peripheral has been tested and is supported under the specific
configuration identified in the Base System Configurations Table in Section 2 of this
document.
Number in brackets (i.e. [1])
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
This adapter or peripheral has not been tested under this operating system and is not
supported under this operating system.
ND
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.
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.
Note: When using some external SCSI devices it may be necessary to power the system on
before powering on the external device.
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Manufacturer
Model
Name
Model
Number
Interface Comments
Microsoft Windows*
2000 Advanced
Server, SP3
Microsoft* Windows
Server 2003*
Enterprise Edition
Novell NetWare* 6.0,
SP2
Red Hat Linux* 8.0
RedHat Linux AS 3.0
Netware 6.5
SuSE Linux9.0
SuSE Linux 8.0
4.1 PCI RAID
3 Ware 7500-8
Escalade
7500-8
ATA-RAID
PCI-64/33
Special instructions:
SCSI: Bootable device only.
SuSE - Must manually select
3Ware driver.
ATA: All enabled
Device BIOS:BE7X 1.08.00.036
Device FW: FE7X 1.05.00.023
Device Driver Version:
Win2K:SCSI BB- 1.12.00.006;
ATA BB-1.12.00.006 L
Red Hat 8:Embedded
SuSE 8: Embedded
1,4 NT 1
1,4
Adaptec
ASR2000
S
2000S PCI-64/66
Special instructions:
SCSI: Need to enable EDBA
Device BIOS:1.62
Device FW: GA0H
Device Driver Version:
Win2K: 5.3.1.3
RedHat 8: Enabled
SuSE 8: Enabled
NetWare 6:3.1c
1 ND 1
1
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Manufacturer
Model
Name
Model
Number
Interface Comments
Microsoft Windows*
2000 Advanced
Server, SP3
Microsoft* Windows
Server 2003*
Enterprise Edition
Novell NetWare* 6.0,
SP2
Red Hat Linux* 8.0
RedHat Linux AS 3.0
Netware 6.5
SuSE Linux9.0
SuSE Linux 8.0
Adaptec
ASR2010
S
2010S PCI-64/66
Special instructions:
SCSI: Need to enable EDBA
Device BIOS:1.62
Device FW: GA0H
Device Driver Version:
Win2K: 5.3.1.3
RedHat 8: Enabled
SuSE 8: Enabled
NetWare 6:3.1c
1 ND 1
1
Adaptec
ASR2200
S
2200S PCI-64/66
Special instructions:
SCSI: Need to enable EDBA
Device BIOS: 4.0-0 [6003]
Device FW:
Device Driver Version:
SuSE 9.0, NW6.5: Embedded.
Win 2k3: 4.0.6011.
RH3.0AS: 1.1.4-2302
9 9 9 9
Adaptec
ASR-
2110S
2110S PCI-64/66
Special instructions:
SCSI - Need to enable EDBA
ATA – W2K – All enabled
Device BIOS:1.62
Device FW: 380E
Device Driver Version:
Win2K: 3.10
Embedded
RedHat 8: Enabled
SuSE 8: Enabled
W2K3: 5.3.1.3.
RH3: 2.5.0-2302.
NW6.5: Embedded
2, 4 6,8 2 2 8 8 [8]
2, 4
See
IG
#6.3
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Manufacturer
Model
Name
Model
Number
Interface Comments
Microsoft Windows*
2000 Advanced
Server, SP3
Microsoft* Windows
Server 2003*
Enterprise Edition
Novell NetWare* 6.0,
SP2
Red Hat Linux* 8.0
RedHat Linux AS 3.0
Netware 6.5
SuSE Linux9.0
SuSE Linux 8.0
Adaptec
ASR-
3410S
3410S PCI-64/66
Special instructions:
SCSI - Need to enable EDBA
ATA – W2K All Option ROMs
enabled, RedHat – Disable USB
legacy
Device BIOS:1.62
Device FW: 370E
Device Driver Version:
Win2K:3.10 Win2K3:
Embedded
RedHat 8: Enabled
SuSE 8: Enabled
NetWare 6:3.04
2, 4 6 2, 4 2, 4
2, 4
Adaptec
ASC39160
ASC-39160 PCI-64/66
Special instructions:
All option ROM’s enabled
6
Adaptec
ASC3932
0D-R
ASC39320D
-R
PCI-X133
Special instructions:
All option ROM’s enabled
Device Driver Version:
Win2K3: 2.0.0.0
6
LSI
Elite 1600
(MegaRAI
D 493)
4932010232
A
PCI-64/66
Special instructions:
ATA – All option ROMs enabled
Device BIOS:G170
Device FW: F316
Device Driver Version:
Win2K:5.25 Win2K3: 6.36.32
RedHat AS3: Enabled
SuSE 9: Enabled
NetWare 6.5
3, 4 6,7,9 3, 4 3, 4 7,9
7,
9
7,9 3, 4
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Manufacturer
Model
Name
Model
Number
Interface Comments
Microsoft Windows*
2000 Advanced
Server, SP3
Microsoft* Windows
Server 2003*
Enterprise Edition
Novell NetWare* 6.0,
SP2
Red Hat Linux* 8.0
RedHat Linux AS 3.0
Netware 6.5
SuSE Linux9.0
SuSE Linux 8.0
LSI
Logic
Enterprise
1600
(MegaRAI
D 471)
4714010232
A
PCI-64/66
Special instructions:
ATA – All option ROMs enabled
Device BIOS:G170
Device FW: F316
Device Driver Version:
Win2K:5.25 Win2K3: 5.32
RedHat 8: Enabled
SuSE 8: Enabled
NetWare 6.02d
2, 4 6, [7],[9] 2, 4 2, 4
[7],
[9]
[7]
,
[9]
[7],
[9]
2, 4
LSI
MegaRAI
D SCSI
320-1
MegaRAID
320-1
(520-1)
PCI-64/66
Special instructions:
ATA – All option ROMs enabled
Device BIOS:G112
Device FW: IL26
Device Driver Version:
Win2K3:6.36.32
RedHat AS3.0: Enabled
SuSE 9: Enabled
NetWare 6.5
7,9 7,9
7,
9
7,9
LSI
MegaRAI
D SCSI
320-2
MegaRAID
320-2
(518)
PCI-64/66
Special instructions:
ATA – All option ROMs enabled
Device BIOS:G112
Device FW: IL26
Device Driver Version:
Win2K3:6.36.32
RedHat AS 3.0: Enabled
SuSE 9: Enabled
NetWare 6.5
7,9 7,9
7,
9
7,9
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