Intel Xeon 5080 (HH80555KH1094M) Integration Guide for New Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor-Based Servers With the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Rev 1.1)

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Integration Guide for New Dual-Core Intel

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Integration Guide for New Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor-Based Servers (or Workstations) Rev 1.1

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction.....................................................................................4

1.1 Document Overview ....................................................................... 4

1.2 Target Audience ............................................................................ 4

1.3 Document Objective....................................................................... 4

2 Platform Overview.............................................................................5

3 Plaform Hardware Requirements ..........................................................7

3.1 Motherboard Integration ................................................................. 7

3.2 Fully Buffered DIMM (FBDIMM) Memory ............................................ 8

3.3 Processor and Thermal Solutions...................................................... 8

3.4 Server System Infrastructure (SSI) Compliant Chassis...................... 13

3.5 SSI Compliant Power Supply ......................................................... 14

3.6 Other System Components............................................................ 16

4 Recommended Server Components ....................................................19

5 Setup and Configuration of Microsoft* Windows* 2003 64-Bit Edition .........20

6 Setup and Configuration of VMWare* Workstation 5.5 (Windows) ...............27

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1 Introduction

1.1 Document Overview

This document outlines the procedures for deploying a new Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor-based server (or workstation) with the Microsoft* Windows* Server 2003 64-Bit Edition Operating System.

The process of properly integrating a new server (or workstation) system typically requires access to several source documents, each containing pertinent information. The purpose of this document is to extract the essential information needed from the various sources and place it into one comprehensive document.

See the References section of this document for the complete list of source documents used.

In addition this document will provide any useful “tips and tricks” that may have been discovered during the development of this system.

1.2 Target Audience

z Intel Channel program members who currently integrate Intel® Server Products or are new to server

platforms

z System integrators who deploy the new Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor-based servers (or

workstations)

1.3 Document Objective

Our intent is to better enable system integrators in meeting the competitive challenges they face in the server market and to keep program members up-to-date on emerging server technologies. By following the steps outlined in this document you will be able to deploy a stable new Dual-Core Intel processor-based server (or workstation) using Intel components running Microsoft* Windows* Server 2003 64-Bit Edition Operating System in a timely and effective manner.

Xeon®

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2 Platform Overview

The new platform consists of the Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5000 sequence, Intel® 5000P or

Intel

5000V or Intel® 5000X Memory Control Hub, and the Intel® 6311ESB or 6312ESB I/O Controller Hub. The new Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor-based server enhances platform performance, bandwidth, flexibility, and I/O integration. Intel’s innovation around the new platform is a leap ahead of our prior generation servers and offers the best business server platform for IT available in the marketplace.

z Lower Power 64-bit Dual-Core Processors

z Intel

z Hardware assisted Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT)

z New dual independent point-to-point bus

z Fully Buffered DDR2 DIMM Memory (FBDIMM)

z Intel

z Embedded RAID technology (optional)

z Quad-Core support

z Intel® EM64T 64 bit computing (standard since 2004)

z PCI Express

z Intel

Core™ Micro-Architecture

I/O Acceleration Technology (optional)

(standard since 2004)

Execute Disable Bit (XD-bit) (since 2005)

z Intel® Software Optimization Tools (optional)

z Intel

New Dual Independent Point-to-Point Bus

¾ To balance the higher throughput requirements from dual core CPUs, Intel comes up with the new

Power Efficient Micro Architecture

¾ Power-efficient Intel

¾ Improve Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and server density with 80W Dual-Core Intel

Intel

¾ Intel® Virtualization Technology is part of a collection of premier Intel designed and manufactured

Power Efficiency Tools (optional)

front side bus architecture – DIB (Dual Independent bus). This new point to point bus enables faster FSB speeds (1066 MHZ and 1333 MHZ), much higher throughput (17-21GB/s transfer rate) and better performance.

Xeon® processor-based servers feature Intel® CoreTM Micro-Architecture, software and management tools to help you maximize performance density while providing tremendous improvements in performance, utilization and reliability

Xeon® processor 5100 series based servers that deliver up to 2x the performance of yesterday’s servers with up to 3x the power efficiency

Virtualization Technology

silicon technologies that deliver new and improved computing benefits for home, business users, and IT managers. Virtualization enhanced by Intel run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions. With virtualization, one

Virtualization Technology will allow a platform to

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computer system can function as multiple ‘virtual’ systems. With processor and I/O enhancements to Intel’s various platforms, Intel® Virtualization Technology can improve the performance and robustness of today’s software-only virtual machine solutions.

Intel

Active Server Manager

¾ Intel® Active Server Manager (ASM) delivers the best combination of integrated management

hardware, software, and firmware required to manage today's server environments. Intel

ASM can help IT Track the health and status of connected servers, remotely diagnose and repair systems even when the operating system is not running, and keep software and virus protection up-to-date. Intel ASM features, launching with the Dual-Core Intel

Xeon® processor 5000 sequence, includes:

9 Support for IPMI 2.0 9 Remote power control and asset management 9 Advanced features such as IDE-redirection and remote monitoring (KVM pass-through)

capability.

Intel

6311ESB/6312ESB I/O Controller Hub

¾ Intel® 6311ESB/6312ESB I/O Controller Hub is a highly integrated I/O chipset. It integrates bridge

functionality for PCI Express*, PCI-X*, conventional PCI*, LPC, USB*, SATA*, IDE and SMBus, and Dual-Gigabit Ethernet MAC components as well as numerous board management functions. It provides for all system I/O, allowing for simpler system board architectures and smaller board areas than if discrete components were used.

Intel® I/O Acceleration Technology

¾ Intel

I/O Acceleration Technology, unlike NIC-centric solutions (such as TCP Offload Engine), is a platform level solution that addresses all packet and payload processing bottlenecks throughout the server platform. It increases CPU efficiency and delivers data to and from applications faster than possible with current server platforms. Most importantly, Intel

I/OAT scales with future platform improvements, providing a path for further reducing infrastructure costs by consolidating hardware and software, and ultimately growing your business.

Fully Buffered DIMM (FBDIMM) Memory Technology

¾ Fully Buffered DIMM (FBDIMM) memory enables both increased capacity and memory bandwidth

requirements needed to keep pace with the processor and I/O performance enhancements on today's dual-core server processors.

¾ FBDIMM technology offers better RAS (reliability, availability, serviceability) by extending the

currently available ECC (error-correcting code, a method of checking the integrity of data in DRAM) to include protection of commands and address data. Additionally, FBDIMM technology automatically retries when an error is detected, allowing for uninterrupted operation in case of transient errors.

¾ The FBDIMM channel pin count is approximately 69 pins per channel, compared with about 240 pins

for today's parallel channel. This results in less routing complexity and less routing area between the memory controller and DIMMs, thereby saving board cost to system manufacturers.

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3 Plaform Hardware Requirements

This hardware integration section demonstrates the base line of how to integrate a server system using a motherboard based on new Dual-Core Intel and power supply, as well as FBDIMM memory and other standard off-the-shelf components. The target audiences of this integration guideline are system designers and system integrators. The validation of server functions and performance optimization will not be discussed here.

As a functional server, new Dual-Core Intel building blocks:

z Motherboard

z Memory

z Processor and Intel designed thermal solution

z Chassis

z Power supply

z Other system components

Xeon® processors together with an SSI compliant chassis

Xeon® processor-based servers should include the following

3.1 Motherboard Integration

The server boards should be compliant with one of the following Server System Infrastructure (SSI) specifications for building block compatibility and interchangeability between different blocks:

z EEB 3.61

¾ EEB (Entry- level Electronics Bay) 3.51 for Entry Pedestal Servers and Workstations.

z TEB 2.11

¾ TEB (Thin Electronics Bay) 2.11 for rack mount optimized servers.

z CEB 1.1

¾ CEB (Compact Electronics Bay) 1.1 for value form factor servers.

The following system features are defined by the SSI specification:

z Baseboard maximum volumetric and mounting-hole locations

z Power and signal connector pin-outs

z ATX-compliant I/O aperture and dimensions that define its location

z Chassis keep-out volume and board/processor mounting requirements

USEFUL INTEGRATION TIPS:

z SSI specifications can be obtained from SSI website at http://ww.ssiforum.org

z The motherboard should be SSI-compliant, which defines motherboard dimension, component and

chassis attachment interface, board block layout directions, as well as power connectors

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3.2 Fully Buffered DIMM (FBDIMM) Memory

Fully Buffered DIMM (FBDIMM) memory provides increased bandwidth and capacity for new Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor-based servers. It increases system bandwidth up to 21GB/s (with DDR2-667 FBD memory), and increased memory capacity up to 64GB in a 4 channel 16 DIMM server system.

FBDIMM memory has different versions in terms of the DRAM used in the memory module: DDR2-533 FBD memory and DDR2-667 FBD memory, and has different capacities: 512MB, 1GB, 2GB and 4GB. DIMM pairs must be identical with respect to size, speed and manufacturer.

The picture below illustrates an example of an FBDIMM.

Figure 3.2.2 FBDIMM Example

USEFUL INTEGRATION TIPS

1) To take advantage of the Intel® E5000P chipset, Intel recommends using at least 4 FBDIMMs in new

Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor-based servers to achieve optimal throughput. Example: For 2GB

configurations use 4 x 512M FBDIMMs rather than 2 x 1GB FBDIMMs.

2) To boot up the system, one FBDIMM should be installed in the first FBDIMM slot.

3) Intel has completed FBDIMM validation for different memory configurations. System integrators can

find the complete list of tested memory modules at:

http://developer.intel.com/technology/memory/

3.3 Processor and Thermal Solutions

The boxed version of the Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5000 sequence supports a passive 2U+ thermal solution, as well as a combination active/1U passive solution (as figure 3.3.1 and 3.3.2 shows). The 2U passive solution can be used in 2U+ rack chassis and pedestal systems; the active solution is a combined solution that supports pedestal chassis with the fan attached, and 1U rack systems with the fan removed (as figure 3.3.3 shows).

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Figure 3.3.1 Active solution Figure 3.3.2 2U passive solution

Figure 3.3.3 Combined Active Solution

The boxed Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5000 sequence requires the heat sink to be directly attached to the chassis, in order to securely attach the heat sink. As shown in Figure 3.3.4, verify the Common Enabling Kit (CEK) spring is installed on both processor sockets before motherboard installation. Refer to your motherboard documentation for more information, or contact your motherboard manufacturer to obtain a CEK spring for each processor socket if not included with the motherboard.

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CEK Spring

Figure 3.3.4 Verify the CEK Spring is Installed for Each Processor Socket

Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor Installation

CAUTION

When unpacking a processor, hold by the edge only to avoid touching the contacts.

A. Open the socket lever

1) Push the lever handle down and away from the socket to release it.

2) Pull the lever and raise until it stops.

B. Open the load plate

1) Push the rear tab with your finger tip to bring the front end of the load plate up slightly.

2) Open the load plate as shown.

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C. Remove the processor protective cover

1) Take the processor out of the box remove the protective shipping cover.

D. Remove socket protective cover

1) Grasp the socket protective cover tab and pull away from the load plate as shown.

2) Remove the socket protective cover and store for future use.

E. Install the processor

1) Orient the processor with the socket so that the processor cut-outs match the socket notches.

2) Install the processor as shown.

F. Close load plate and socket lever

1) Close the load plate all the way as shown.

2) With your finger, push down on the load plate as shown.

3) Close the socket lever and ensure that the load plate tab engages under the socket lever when fully closed.

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G. Removing the plastic shield for the heat sink

H. Attach the heat sink to the chassis

I. Tighten screws

J. Connect the fan header if you are using the active solution.

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3.4 Server System Infrastructure (SSI) Compliant

Chassis

Server System Infrastructure (SSI) compliant chassis provides component attachment, adequate airflow, electronic emission protection, as well as data storage and management. The quality of chassis will greatly impact server system performance. Compared to a desktop PC chassis, the requirement for server chassis on thermal, power supplies and data management is much higher.

USEFUL INFORMATION

z Rack mount chassis include 1U rack chassis and 2U+ chassis. The height of 1U chassis is 1.75’’ and

2U chassis is 3.5’’.

z SSI specifications can be obtained from SSI website at http://ww.ssiforum.org

3.4.1 Chassis Form Factor

Pedestal and rack mount are two types of form factors. Pedestal chassis should be compliant to EEB 3.61 or CEB 1.1, and rack mount chassis should be compliant to TEB 2.11.

EEB is mainly used for entry-level servers with larger form factors, and CEB is targeted at value servers with smaller form factors and lower cost.

The EEB chassis can install one motherboard based on the ATX form factor ‘stretched’ to 12” X 13”, a size sometimes known as “full ATX”. This represents the maximum size of board in one EEB chassis, though smaller sizes are possible. The maximum motherboard size in CEB Chassis is 12’’ X 10.5’’; there is a 2.5’’ difference in length. The TEB baseboard is based on the EEB baseboard size of 12” X 13”.

There are specific requirements on rack chassis width and height to make sure they are compliant to rack system. The 1U and 2U maximum height dimensions allow for 1.3mm clearance between adjacent systems when they are installed in a typical rack configuration. The 445.0mm maximum width includes chassis width, rails, and tolerance; chassis with typical 3/8” roller-bearing slide rails are limited to

428.0mm. System typical depth is 610mm to 660mm.

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Figure 3.4.1

3.5 SSI Compliant Power Supply

The power supply provides adequate power to the processor, motherboard and other key components. As shown by research data, most of the server shut-down issues are caused by a power supply failure, including over-heat protection and over-current protection. So, choosing a reliable power supply is an important consideration for proper server integration.

Based on the SSI form factor, there are three types of SSI power supplies, EPS1U is used in 1U rack mount server, EPS2U is used in 2U rack mount server and EPS12V is used in pedestal server. Additional to that, there are redundant power supplies for 2U and pedestal server, they are ERP2U and ERP12V respectively.

3.5.1 Mechanical form factors

Below are detailed mechanical dimensions for SSI compliant power supplies:

Form Factor Application Height Width Length

EPS1U 1U rack 40mm 106mm 355mm

EPS2U 2U rack 42.2mm 106mm 348.2mm

ERP2U 2U rack Redundant

EPS12V Pedestal 86mm 150mm 140mm (<450W)

ERP12V Pedestal Redundant 86mm 150mm 260mm

Table 3.4.3 Power Supply Form Factors

There is no specified requirement on position and length of wire harness of power supply, the base line is wire harness must make integration and wire plug easier and more beneficial for maintaining.

Some time, the power supply will influence cable layout because of card edge dimensions and small gaps between the power supply and the chassis, especially in rack mount server where cable layout is important may impact system thermal performance.

83mm 108mm

400mm(Regular)

350mm(Hot Swap)

180mm (450W~750W)

230mm (>800W)

3.5.2 Power level and output rails

Below figure is one typical power budget in one new Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® based server system. There are 8 rails recommended in SSI specification for the new platform compliant power supplies, as below:

Figure 3.4.11 System Power Level in 5000 Series Platform

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The following table provides recommendations for the power and current ratings for different form factors:

Spec

EPS1U 600 10 21 16 16 16 16 0.5 3

EPS2U 700 24 30 16 16 16 16 0.5 3

ERP2U 750 24 30 16 16 16 16 0.5 3

EPS12V 650 24 30 16 16 16 16 0.5 3

ERP12V 700 24 30 16 16 16 16 0.5 3

Power

(W)

Table 3.4.4 SSI recommended power levels and current rating

+3.3V +5V 12V1 12V2 12V3 12V4 -12V +5VSB

Current Rating (A)

3.5.3 Power supply connectors

Normally, the power supply distribution board shall have the following output connectors and wire harness configuration:

Connectors Pins No.

Base board power connector 24

Processor power connector 8

+12V4 base board power connector, required

for 700W, 750W and 800W power levels

Fan power with fan speed control 4

Peripheral power connectors 4

Floppy power connectors 4

Serial ATA power connectors 5

Server signal connectors 5

Table 3.4.5 SSI recommended power supply connectors

Integrators must ensure these power connectors provide the proper output and that they are connected properly. Different colors have been used to mark different power output voltages. One power connector may have several colors in one stripe along the colored wire

3.3VDC 3.3VRS +5VDC +12V1 +12V2 +12V3 +12V4 -12V 5VSB PS_ON

Orange

White

Red

Table 3.4.6 SSI recommended power supply triples color

Yellow Yellow Yellow

Black

Yellow

Blue Green

Blue Purple Green

3.5.4 Hot swap and redundant power supplies

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It is recommended to use the hot swap and redundant power supplies for new Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor-based servers. Hot swapping a power supply is the process of inserting and extracting a power supply from a server while it is operating, without interruption.

3.6 Other System Components

3.6.1 Hard drive

1) SCSI HDD

The SCSI specification was developed to provide a common interface that could be used across all peripheral platforms and system applications. The SCSI interface addresses a wider range of applications, such as Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) storage, and has a broader command set than the parallel ATA interface. The SCSI system contains the SCSI controller (initiator), the SCSI bus (cable or backplane), and one or more target devices. The SCSI controller may be built into the motherboard or housed on a SCSI host bus adapter (HBA) card in a PCI or PCI-X slot. Both configurations are shown in Figure 3.6.1.

SCSI cables can connect up to 16 devices, including the SCSI controller. SCSI cables consist of 34 twisted pairs of multi-stranded flexible copper wires for a total of 68 conductors. SCSI devices inside the server are connected to the SCSI controller by a 68-pin ribbon cable. The ribbon cable has a connector at each end and one or more connectors along its length. External SCSI devices are attached to the SCSI HBA by a round 68-pin cable. Two sets of terminators, one at each end of the SCSI bus, prevent signal reflections within the cables.

Figure 3.6.1 SCSI components

Since 1981, there have been seven generations of the SCSI protocol. Each new generation has doubled the performance of the previous one (Figure 3.6.2). SCSI performance has ranged from an 8-bit, single-ended interface transferring data up to 4 MB/s (SCSI-1) to the latest 16-bit, low-voltage differential interface transferring data at 320 MB/s per channel (Ultra320 SCSI).

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Figure 3.6.2 Bandwidths of seven generations of SCSI

SCSI hard drives provide some benefits:

¾ Fast data transfer (up to 320 MB/s transfer rate per channel)

¾ High MTBF (Mean Time between Failures)

¾ Support multiple HDD on one channel, such as a single channel of Ultra 320 can support 15 hard

drivers, two channels can support up to 30 hard drivers, and all of hard drivers in the same channel use only one IRG

¾ SCSI controller can offload some CPU tasks which used to handling the storage commands; CPU

utilization rate for SCSI HDD processing is low. This is good for multiple task system.

2) SATA HDD

Serial ATA 1.0 (SATA)

SATA specification was developed in 2001, SATA is the first generation of the new disk interface technology replacing Parallel ATA. In desktops, SATA is expected to replace Parallel ATA as the primary internal storage for PCs. SATA1.0 delivers a maximum data transfer rate of 1.5 Gb/sec (150 MB/sec) per port and its future roadmap shows growth to 6.0 Gb/sec (600 MB/sec). Advantages of SATA include a point-to-point interconnect that enables full bandwidth available to each device, lower pin-count, lower voltage, hot-plug capability, thin cabling, longer cable length and register-level compatibility with Parallel ATA. These added features make SATA an option for DAS, NAS and some Storage Area Network (SAN) systems where Parallel ATA may not have been considered.

Serial ATA II (SATA II)

SATA II is the second-generation SATA disk interface technology currently under development by the SATA working group. The SATA II specification picks up where SATA 1.0 left off, and will be deployed in 2 phases. The first phase, called “Extensions to Serial ATA 1.0”, focuses primarily on addressing the needs of servers and networked storage. These include queuing, enclosure services, hot plug, cold presence detect, cabling and backplane improvements. The second phase is anticipated to scale performance to 3.0 Gb/sec (300 MB/sec) per port. These combined enhancements will make SATA II a good option for DAS, NAS and SAN storage systems where price/performance and cost are key factors.

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3) SAS HDD

SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) is a point-to-point architecture in which all storage devices connect directly to a SAS port rather than sharing a common bus as traditional SCSI devices do. Point-to-point links increase data throughput and improve the ability to locate and fix disk failures. More importantly, the SAS architecture solves the clock skew and signal degradation problems of parallel SCSI at higher signaling rates. SAS inherits its command set from parallel SCSI, frame formats from Fibre Channel, and physical characteristics from Serial ATA.

The SAS and SATA technologies have several common features, including low-voltage differential signaling, 8b/10b encoding, and full duplex communication. The Serial Attached SCSI standards committee designed the SAS infrastructure to be compatible with SATA drives, allowing the coexistence of both storage technologies in the same system and opening the door to SATA scalability. Because the SAS architecture features a proven SCSI command set, advanced command queuing, and advanced verification/error correction, SAS is the ideal solution for mission-critical enterprise storage applications.

z Performance

The speed of the first-generation SAS link is 3.0 gigabits/second (Gb/s). The speed of the second-generation SAS link will be 6.0 Gb/s . SAS links are full duplex; they send and receive information simultaneously, thereby reducing a major source of latency. The SAS interface allows for combining multiple links to create 2x, 3x, or 4x connections for scalable bandwidth.

z SAS/SATA interoperability

The SAS architecture enables system designs that deploy both SAS and SATA devices, a breakthrough for enterprise customers. This capability provides a broad range of storage solutions that give IT managers the flexibility to choose storage devices based on reliability, performance, and cost.

z Greater scalability

Serial Attached SCSI enables highly scalable topologies—internal, external, or a combination of both—to give manufacturers and customers the flexibility to design and deploy a range of solutions. The Serial ATA Tunneling Protocol (STP) enables SAS HBAs to communicate with SATA devices through expanders and, therefore, is key to SATA scalability in the SAS domain.

USEFUL INFORMATION

z More detail information about the disk interface technology can be found at

http://www.intel.com/technology/serialATA/pdf/NP2108.pdf

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4 Recommended Server Components

Before you begin system integration, you may want to become more familiar with some of the server components. The following section contains a brief overview of the products used in this integration guide. Intel recommends that before beginning system integration, the integrator sources all recommended components needed to complete integration. A recommended list of components needed can be found below.

Table 1- Recommended Server Components List

Server System

Boxed Intel Server Board

Qty: 1

Processor

Boxed Dual-Core Intel®

Xeon

processor

Qty: 2

Product code:

Intel® Server Board S5000PSL

Product code:

Intel® Xeon® Processor 5000 Series, or Xeon® Processor 5100 Series

For more information please refer to:

http://intel.com/design/servers/boards/

For more information please refer to:

http://support.intel.com/support/processors/ xeon

Server Chassis

Intel Server Chassis

Qty: 1

Memory Configuration

512MB FBDIMM 533MHz

Qty: 4

Product code:

Intel® Server Chassis SC5299-E

Product code:

Kingston* KVR533D2S8F4/512

For more information please refer to:

http://intel.com/design/servers/chassis/

For more information please refer to:

http://developer.intel.com/technology/memo ry/

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5 Microsoft* Windows* Server 2003 64-Bit Edition Operating System Installation

Outline of Microsoft* Windows* Server 2003 64-Bit

Edition Operating System Installation

Here are the steps you’re going to perform to install the Operating System

1. Text Based Installation

2. Graphics Based Installation

Note: These instructions assume that you are installing Microsoft* Windows* Server

2003 on a computer that is not already running Windows. If you are upgrading from an older version of Windows, some of the installation steps may differ.

Text Based Installation

1. Turn on the system and quickly insert Microsoft* Windows* Server 2003 64-bit

Edition disk.

a. If you are unable to ‘beat’ the server to the boot device selection step in

the boot sequence with inserting the CD into the drive, simply complete inserting the CD into the drive and power off the system. Once this is complete, power the system back on and continue with step 2.

2. The installation will request that you press F6 if installing third party SCSI or RAID Controller. You will need to perform this action – press F6 when this text appears across the bottom of the screen.

3. ask for disk in a:

4. After the installation has finished loading necessary files, you will see “Welcome to Setup”. Press <Enter> to set up Windows now

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5. After reading the Windows Licensing Agreement and agreeing to its terms, press F8 to continue.

Before the installation can begin it must prepare a new hard disk drive to receive the installation therefore it must create a partition and format it

6. Press <C> to create partition on your new Hard Disk Drive

7. When asked, type desired partition size and press <Enter> to create partition

8. Scroll to the newly created partition (most likely will be the only partition available) and Press <Enter> to Install the operating system on that partition

9. To format the partition using the ‘NTFS file system (Quick)’ Press <Enter>

This step is necessary to ensure the operating system is as consistent upon installation. Formatting the partition accomplishes this by deleting all information that could possibly be on this newly created partition and scanning the entire space to ensure the entire

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partition is without flaws before installing the operating system.

The installation formats the partition, completes a simple windows installation and then proceeds to restart the system allowing it to boot into a GUI Based environment

to complete the installation.

GUI-Based Install

10.The Microsoft* Windows* Server 2003 64-Bit Edition Setup Wizard detects and installs devices. This can take several minutes, and during the process your screen may flicker.

11.Select the appropriate Regional and Language Options for your usage. Once you have made the appropriate selections, please click ‘Next’ to continue.

This window allows you to select different customizations based on your region of the world and customs. Further you are allowed to pick the native language of the system and decide to install other language packets to use with the operating system.

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12. Personalize Your Software for the required task. Once you have entered your name and organization, please click ‘Next’ to continue.

This window allows you to further customize and identify this specific server by entering your name and organization; further, these entries will be default when other software asks for the same information.

Note: The example companies, organizations depicted herein are fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, person is intended or should be inferred.

13. Enter Your Product Key to verify authenticity. Once you have entered the 25 character alphanumeric product key, please click ‘Next’ to continue.

To ensure you are installing an authentic and unique version of Microsoft* Windows* Server 2003 64-Bit Edition the installation requests that you enter the product key located in the software documentation.

14. Enter the Computer Name and Administrator Password to further

uniquely identify the server and allow more robust IT support. Once you have entered a computer name and selected an administrative password, please click ‘Next’ to continue.

This window allows the user or more specifically the network administrator to organize the specific network by giving the server a specific computer name. Also, the network administrator is allowed to select a password allowing

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him/her access to all the servers functions incase the system needs to be serviced.

15. Set Date and Time Settings to the correct values. Once you have verified or corrected the date and time settings on the server, please click ‘Next’ to continue.

This window allows the user to specify the date, time and time zone of the region that the server is located in. programs that use time in any way access these settings to establish the correct time, therefore these settings are important for successful use of this server.

16. Choose preferred setting at Networking Settings. Use Typical Settings if you don’t

want to manually configure the networking components.

17. Workgroup or Computer Domain

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The software will now complete the installation and proceed to restart the system and boot into Microsoft* Windows* Server 2003 64-Bit Edition.

You will now notice that your server has a fully functioning operating system installed and the system will boot into windows and require you to enter a valid name and password. At this point the only name and password that is valid is the name “administrator” and the password you entered in the previous section’s graphics based step 14.

Update Drivers

The final step to hardware configuration is verifying that all hardware devices are installed and operating properly, if not we must update the drivers for the errant devices.

Verify Hardware Functionality

To verify that all the hardware in the server is functioning properly, we will access the ‘Device Manager’ which will inform us of our systems health.

1. Click ‘Start’ on the server task bar to bring up the start menu

2. Click ‘Control Panel’ on the start menu to open the control panel

3. Double-click ‘System’ on the control panel to open system properties

4. Click the ‘Hardware’ tab in the system properties to access the hardware

options

5. Click ‘Device Manager’ to open the device manager window

If any devices have dysfunctional drivers there will be a yellow caution triangle on the left edge of the window and the devices name next to it. The next step is to take record of each device that needs an updated driver and either use the software that came with the device to update the driver or look online for the newest driver.

Locate and Install Latest Intel Drivers

1. Open an internet browser and visit http://support.intel.com

2. Click ‘Download’ link located on the top of the middle column

3. In the ‘Find Downloads’ search area on the left border of the page search for

the server board you have. (

Intel® Server Board S5000PSL)

4. On the search results page click on your server board

5. In the ‘Select your operating system‘ scroll menu, scroll and enter ‘Microsoft*

Windows* 2003 Server’ as the operating system

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6. Locate the specific driver updates you would like to install.

7. Look at the dates the drivers were posted to find the most recent.

Note: the ‘

’ icon indicates the update is the latest version.

8. Download the most recent releases of each of your selected drivers and save

them to a local disk.

9. Unzip the files and follow the specific instructions given by each driver in their

‘readme.txt’ file to install each driver update.

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6 Setup and Configuration of VMWare* Workstation 5 Ver. 5.5 Windows Host

Outline of VMWare* Workstation 5.5 Installation

Here are the steps you’re going to perform to install the VMWare Workstation 5.5.

1. Graphic based coping files

2. Graphic based installation and configuration

Before you begin to install VMware* Workstation 5.5 on your system, be sure you have:

¾ A server system can support Intel® Virtualization Technology

¾ The installation CD or disks or files for your host operation system (in this case, Microsoft*

Windows* Server 2003 64-Bit Edition)

¾ Your VMWare* Workstation serial number. The serial number is included in the VMware

Workstation package or in the email message confirming your electronic distribution order.

The steps bellow describes an installation from a CD-ROM disc. If you downloaded the software, the steps are the same except that you start from the directory where you saved the installer file you downloaded. The filename is similar to VMware-Workstation-<xxxx>.exe, where <xxxx> is a series of numbers representing the version and build numbers.

1. Log on to your Microsoft* Windows* Server 2003 64-Bit Edition host as a local administrator.

2. Insert VMware* Workstation 5 (Ver. 5.5) disk into your CD-ROM. You will be prompted a screen with 3 options: Install/Run/Exit.

Click Install button to start the installation.

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3. The system then starts preparing for installation.

4. Click Next to proceed the installation wizard.

5. After reading the End User License Agreement and agreeing to its terms, select Yes, I accept the

terms in the license agreement option, then click Next to continue.

6. Choose the directory in which to install VMware Workstation.

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To install it in a directory other than default , click Change and browse to your directory of choice. If the directory does not exist, the installer creates it for you. Click Next.

Caution: Do not install VMware* Workstation on a network drive.

7. Select the shortcuts that you want the installer to create.

This step allows you choosing to create start shortcut at Desktop, Start Menu, and Quick Launch toolbar. Deselect any shortcuts you do not want the installer to create.

8. If the installer detects that the Windows CD-ROM autorun feature is enabled, you see a message that gives you the option to disable this feature. Disabling autorun prevents undesirable interactions with the virtual machines you install on this system.

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9. The installer has now gathered the necessary information and is ready to begin installing the software.

Click Install to allow the installer to begin copying files to your computer. It will take several minutes to complete the installation.

10. (Optional) Enter you name, company name and serial number, then click Next. Your serial number is on the registration card in your package. The user and company information you enter there is then made available in the About box (Help > About WMware Workstation).

Note: If you skip this step, you must enter your serial number later, before you can power on a virtual machine.

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11. Click Finish. The VMware* Workstation software is installed.

12. Some installations may require that you reboot your PC. Reboot now to allow VMware* Workstation to complete the installation correctly.

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