Intel SE7520AF2 User Manual

Intel

Tested Hardware and Operating System List

Server Board SE7520AF2

Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing

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Revision History Intel® Server Board SE7520AF2

Revision History

Date

August 2004 0.9 1st release. September 2004 1.0 Added newly passed adapters and peripherals. October 2004 1.1 Added newly passed adapters and peripherals. October 2004 1.2 Added SA(similar adapters) into “Adapters and Peripherals” list and

November 2004 1.3 Removed SRCU42X Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 support. December 2004 1.4 Added 5 new Operating Systems into section 3.1 December 2004 1.5 Added new hard disk drives December 2004 1.6 Removed Emulex* LP9802DC support under Novell NetWare* 6.5. February 2005 1.7 Updated section 3 March 2005 1.8 Added Maxtor* SCSI drives. Added Sony* tape drives. Added section 6.5. May 2005 1.9 Added Hitachi* SCSI drives. Added Seagate* SCSI drives. January 2006 1.10 Added 3 Intel* RAID cards. February 2006 2.0 Test on new configuration. Added EM64T OS, SuSE Linux Enterprise

Revision

Number

Modifications

SD(Similar Drives) into “Hard Disk Drive” list.

Server 9, new adapters and drives.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction ..........................................................................................................................3

1.1

Test Overview......................................................................... .................................3

1.1.1 Basic Installation Testing.........................................................................................3

1.1.2 Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing ............................................3

1.2

Pass/Fail Test Criteria ............................ .................................................................3

2. Intel® Server Board SE7520AF2 Base System Configurations ........................................3

3. Supported Operating Systems............................................................................................3

3.1

Operating System Certifications..............................................................................3

4. Adapters and Peripherals....................................................................................................3

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.5

4.6

4.7

PCI SCSI .................................................................................................................3

RAID........................................................................................................................3

PCI Fibre Channel...................................................................................................3

PCI NIC....................................................................................................................3

Modems...................................................................................................................3

Keyboard and Mouse Devices.................................................................................3

CDROM Drives........................................................................................................3

4.8

4.9

4.10

4.11

4.12

DVD Drives.............................. ................................... .............................................3

Tape Drives ............................................................................................................ .3

Removable Drives ...................................................................................................3

KVM.........................................................................................................................3

Graphic....................................................................................................................3

5. Hard Disk Drives...................................................................................................................3

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.4

USB Hard Disks Drives............................................................................................3

ATA Hard Disks Drives............................................................................................3

SATA Hard Disks Drives..........................................................................................3

SCSI Hard Disks Drives...........................................................................................3

6. Installation Guidelines.........................................................................................................3

6.1

6.2

Windows† 2000 Advanced Sever Recognizes Only 4 GB of Memory. ....................3

Potential Data Corruption Manifested Under SuSE† Linux 9.1 Professional

Operating System......................................................................................................................3

6.3

6.4

6.5

Tape drive shown as if 8 tapes are installed............................................................3

Novell NetWare* 6.5 Emulex* LP9802DC driver fails to load..................................3

Sony* Tape Drives fully supportive with SE7520AF2 BIOS P07.............................3

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Seagate* SCSI Hard Disks Drives supportive with SE7520AF2 BIOS P07.............3

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Intel® Server Board SE7520AF2 Introduction

1. Introduction

This document is intended to provide users of the Intel® server board SE7520AF2 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 until the Intel server board SE7520AF2 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 SE7520AF2 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

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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:

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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.

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 from Intel.

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.

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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 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:

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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.

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Intel will provide and test operating system drivers for each onboard video, network, and storage controller.

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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.

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For operating systems, adapter cards, and peripherals not listed in this

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document, there is no support commitment. Intel will consider support requests on a case-by-case basi s.

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 partic ular characteristics that were addressed on a case-by-case basis. In general, a configuration passes testing if the following conditions are met:

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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 opera ting system installation.

- The server system behaved as expected during and after the operating system

installation.

- Application software installed and executed normally.

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Hardware compatibility tests ran to completion without error.

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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 SE7520AF2 testing was performed using the Intel Server Chassis SC5300.

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2. Intel® Server Board SE7520AF2 Base System Configurations

The following table lists the base configurations tested. Base configurations will change as new revisions of the Intel

server board SE7520AF2 are released and/or new system BIOS and BMC firmware are introduced onto the board in Intel’s 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.

Intel will only provide support for adapters and peripherals under the specified

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base system configuration and operating systems versions with which they were tested.

Base

System

Identifier

Board Type Part Number

SE7520AF2

SE7520HPAF2

SE7520AF2

SE7520HPAF2

C48105-401 C47886-401

C48105-702 C47886-702

SC5300

BIOS

Revision

B06 2.31 N/A 1.07 1.06

P9.10 2.40 0048 1.13 1.09

mBMC

Revision

BMC

Firmware

Revision

SCSI

HSC

Firmware

Revision

SC5300

SATA

HSC

Firmware

Revision

Notes

FRU/SDR -

6.6.4 ROMB 514K

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