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Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA Tested Hardware and Operating System List Revision 2.9 December 2008 Enterprise Platforms and Services Division
Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA Tested Hardware and Operating System List Revision 2.9 December 2008 Enterprise Platforms and Services Division
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..., including any intellectual property rights is granted by this document is provided in medical, life saving, or life sustaining applications. Disclaimers Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA Disclaimers THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITH NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY...
..., including any intellectual property rights is granted by this document is provided in medical, life saving, or life sustaining applications. Disclaimers Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA Disclaimers THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITH NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY...
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...bit OS test results. Updated Base System Configuration Matrix with ESRTII SATA RAID. Added Installation Guidelines for the Intel® Server Board S5000XVN. Updated Installation Guidelines for the installation of RHEL5 with refresh SKU added. Added installation guideline for ...Certification on fail to Basic Installation Testing. Updated Installation guidelines 6.5 Revision 2.9 iii Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA Revision History Revision History Date May 2006 June 2006 June 2006 June ...
...bit OS test results. Updated Base System Configuration Matrix with ESRTII SATA RAID. Added Installation Guidelines for the Intel® Server Board S5000XVN. Updated Installation Guidelines for the installation of RHEL5 with refresh SKU added. Added installation guideline for ...Certification on fail to Basic Installation Testing. Updated Installation guidelines 6.5 Revision 2.9 iii Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA Revision History Revision History Date May 2006 June 2006 June 2006 June ...
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... Installation Testing 1 1.1.2 Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing 2 1.2 Pass/Fail Test Criteria 3 2. Installation Guidelines ...60 6.1 List of Contents 1. Table of Contents Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA Table of currently unsupported features for S5000PSLSATAR and S5000XVNSASR in Solaris 10 U4 08/07 ...60 6.2 Solaris 10 U4...
... Installation Testing 1 1.1.2 Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing 2 1.2 Pass/Fail Test Criteria 3 2. Installation Guidelines ...60 6.1 List of Contents 1. Table of Contents Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA Table of currently unsupported features for S5000PSLSATAR and S5000XVNSASR in Solaris 10 U4 08/07 ...60 6.2 Solaris 10 U4...
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Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA Table of Contents 6.4 Installing Red Hat* Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 (or RHEL5 Update 1) on RAID with onboard SATA (ESB2) Controller 61 6.5 Recommend to install following RAID Controllers in PCI Slot other than Slot 4 .... 61 Revision 2.9 v
Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA Table of Contents 6.4 Installing Red Hat* Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 (or RHEL5 Update 1) on RAID with onboard SATA (ESB2) Controller 61 6.5 Recommend to install following RAID Controllers in PCI Slot other than Slot 4 .... 61 Revision 2.9 v
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Table of Contents Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA vi Revision 2.9
Table of Contents Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA vi Revision 2.9
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... support for operating systems that they were tested. 1.1 Test Overview Testing performed on the Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA is classified under two categories: Basic Installation Testing Adapter ...document serves as new adapters, peripherals, and operating systems are tested or until the Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA are not tested. This may not be tested beyond the basic installation ...
... support for operating systems that they were tested. 1.1 Test Overview Testing performed on the Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA is classified under two categories: Basic Installation Testing Adapter ...document serves as new adapters, peripherals, and operating systems are tested or until the Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA are not tested. This may not be tested beyond the basic installation ...
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... responsibility of the individual customer. The resolution may include, but is not limited to, on a case-by-case basis. 2 Revision 2.9 Introduction Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA Support is defined as assistance in root causing issues and determining a customer acceptable resolution to the issue associated...
... responsibility of the individual customer. The resolution may include, but is not limited to, on a case-by-case basis. 2 Revision 2.9 Introduction Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA Support is defined as assistance in root causing issues and determining a customer acceptable resolution to the issue associated...
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... and after the operating system installation. - The server system behaved as expected during the operating system installation. - The testing of the Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL and Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN was performed with zero errors reported. - ...addressed on a case-by-case basis. Files copied from client to server and back compare to the server system. - Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA Introduction 1.2 Pass/Fail Test Criteria For each operating system...
... and after the operating system installation. - The server system behaved as expected during the operating system installation. - The testing of the Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL and Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN was performed with zero errors reported. - ...addressed on a case-by-case basis. Files copied from client to server and back compare to the server system. - Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA Introduction 1.2 Pass/Fail Test Criteria For each operating system...
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... S5000XVNSATA S5000XVNSATA S5000PSLSATA S5000PSLSAS S5000XSLSATA SC5400RA S5000PSLSATA S5000PSLSAS S5000XSLSATA S5000PSLROMB S5000XVNSAS S5000XVNSATA S5000PSLSAS S5000XVNSATA S5000PSLSATA S5000PSLSATA S5000PSLSAS S5000XSLSATA S5000PSLROMB S5000XVNSAS S5000XVNSATA S5000PSLROMB S5000XVNSATA S5000XVNSATA S5000XVNSATA PBA Number D44771-701 D25028-601 ... configuration and operating system versions with each new release of the Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA are released and/or new system BIOS and BMC...
... S5000XVNSATA S5000XVNSATA S5000PSLSATA S5000PSLSAS S5000XSLSATA SC5400RA S5000PSLSATA S5000PSLSAS S5000XSLSATA S5000PSLROMB S5000XVNSAS S5000XVNSATA S5000PSLSAS S5000XVNSATA S5000PSLSATA S5000PSLSATA S5000PSLSAS S5000XSLSATA S5000PSLROMB S5000XVNSAS S5000XVNSATA S5000PSLROMB S5000XVNSATA S5000XVNSATA S5000XVNSATA PBA Number D44771-701 D25028-601 ... configuration and operating system versions with each new release of the Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA are released and/or new system BIOS and BMC...
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Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA 28 S5000PSLSATA D44771-803 R0074 58 29 S5000XVNSATA D37261-901 R0074 58 30 S5000PSLSATA D44771-803 R0078 59 31 S5000PSLSAS D44749-803 R0078 ...
Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA 28 S5000PSLSATA D44771-803 R0074 58 29 S5000XVNSATA D37261-901 R0074 58 30 S5000PSLSATA D44771-803 R0078 59 31 S5000PSLSAS D44749-803 R0078 ...
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... Client Manager software may be different from the operating systems supported by the Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, and Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN. Type of testing that came with which they were tested. Operating ... are documented in Chapter 6. Operating System Installation Configuration 25 - Supported Operating Systems Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA 3. Operating System Installation and Compatibility Configuration 23 - Operating systems are supported...
... Client Manager software may be different from the operating systems supported by the Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, and Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN. Type of testing that came with which they were tested. Operating ... are documented in Chapter 6. Operating System Installation Configuration 25 - Supported Operating Systems Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA 3. Operating System Installation and Compatibility Configuration 23 - Operating systems are supported...
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... - Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA Supported Operating Systems Microsoft Windows Server 2000*, Service Pack 4 Configuration 1 - Operating System Installation Configuration 18 - Compatibility Configuration 6 - Operating System Installation Microsoft Windows Server 2003* R2 32bit, Service Pack 2 Configuration 30 - Compatibility Server Boards: S5000PSLSATA/S5000PSLSATAR, S5000PSLSAS/S5000PSLSASR, S5000PSLROMB/S5000PSLROMBR, S5000XSLSATA/S5000XSLSATAR. Server Boards and Server System...
... - Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA Supported Operating Systems Microsoft Windows Server 2000*, Service Pack 4 Configuration 1 - Operating System Installation Configuration 18 - Compatibility Configuration 6 - Operating System Installation Microsoft Windows Server 2003* R2 32bit, Service Pack 2 Configuration 30 - Compatibility Server Boards: S5000PSLSATA/S5000PSLSATAR, S5000PSLSAS/S5000PSLSASR, S5000PSLROMB/S5000PSLROMBR, S5000XSLSATA/S5000XSLSATAR. Server Boards and Server System...
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... System Installation and Compatibility Server Boards: S5000PSLSATA/S5000PSLSATAR, S5000PSLSAS/S5000PSLSASR, S5000PSLROMB/S5000PSLROMBR, and S5000XSLSATA/S5000XLSTATR. Workstation Boards: S5000XVNSATA/S5000XVNSATAR and S5000XVNSAS/S5000XVNSASR. Intel® Server System SC5400RA. Compatibility Configuration 49 - Workstation Boards: S5000XVNSATAR and S5000XVNSASR. Server Boards: S5000PSLSATAR, S5000PSLSASR, S5000PSLROMBR. Workstation Boards: S5000XVNSATAR and S5000XVNSASR. Server Boards: S5000PSLSATA/S5000PSLSATAR, S5000PSLSAS/S5000PSLSASR, S5000PSLROMB/S5000PSLROMBR, and S5000XSLSATA...
... System Installation and Compatibility Server Boards: S5000PSLSATA/S5000PSLSATAR, S5000PSLSAS/S5000PSLSASR, S5000PSLROMB/S5000PSLROMBR, and S5000XSLSATA/S5000XLSTATR. Workstation Boards: S5000XVNSATA/S5000XVNSATAR and S5000XVNSAS/S5000XVNSASR. Intel® Server System SC5400RA. Compatibility Configuration 49 - Workstation Boards: S5000XVNSATAR and S5000XVNSASR. Server Boards: S5000PSLSATAR, S5000PSLSASR, S5000PSLROMBR. Workstation Boards: S5000XVNSATAR and S5000XVNSASR. Server Boards: S5000PSLSATA/S5000PSLSATAR, S5000PSLSAS/S5000PSLSASR, S5000PSLROMB/S5000PSLROMBR, and S5000XSLSATA...
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...Operating System Installation and Compatibility Configuration 39 - Operating System Installation and Compatibility Configuration 42 - Server Boards and Server System Only: S5000PSLSATA/S5000PSLSATAR, S5000PSLSAS/S5000PSLSASR, S5000PSLROMB/S5000PSLROMBR, and S5000XSLSATA/S5000XSLSATAR. Workstation Boards: S5000XVNSATA/S5000XVNSATAR and S5000XVNSAS/S5000XVNSASR. Server Boards: S5000PSLSATA/S5000PSLSATAR, S5000PSLSAS/S5000PSLSASR, S5000PSLROMB/S5000PSLROMBR, and S5000XSLSATA/S5000XSLSATAR. Compatibility Configuration 16 - Compatibility and Stress Configuration 40 - Compatibility Configuration...
...Operating System Installation and Compatibility Configuration 39 - Operating System Installation and Compatibility Configuration 42 - Server Boards and Server System Only: S5000PSLSATA/S5000PSLSATAR, S5000PSLSAS/S5000PSLSASR, S5000PSLROMB/S5000PSLROMBR, and S5000XSLSATA/S5000XSLSATAR. Workstation Boards: S5000XVNSATA/S5000XVNSATAR and S5000XVNSAS/S5000XVNSASR. Server Boards: S5000PSLSATA/S5000PSLSATAR, S5000PSLSAS/S5000PSLSASR, S5000PSLROMB/S5000PSLROMBR, and S5000XSLSATA/S5000XSLSATAR. Compatibility Configuration 16 - Compatibility and Stress Configuration 40 - Compatibility Configuration...
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... S5000XVNSAS/S5000XVNSASR. Server Boards: S5000PSLSATA/S5000PSLSATAR, S5000PSLSAS/S5000PSLSASR, S5000PSLROMB/S5000PSLROMBR, and S5000XSLSATA/S5000XSLSATAR. Compatibility Server Boards: S5000PSLSATA/S5000PSLSATAR, S5000PSLSAS/S5000PSLSASR, S5000PSLROMB/S5000PSLROMBR, and S5000XSLSATA/S5000XSLSATAR. Server Boards: S5000PSLSATA/S5000PSLSATAR, S5000PSLSAS/S5000PSLSASR, S5000PSLROMB/S5000PSLROMBR, and S5000XSLSATA/S5000XSLSATAR. Supported Operating Systems Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA Red...
... S5000XVNSAS/S5000XVNSASR. Server Boards: S5000PSLSATA/S5000PSLSATAR, S5000PSLSAS/S5000PSLSASR, S5000PSLROMB/S5000PSLROMBR, and S5000XSLSATA/S5000XSLSATAR. Compatibility Server Boards: S5000PSLSATA/S5000PSLSATAR, S5000PSLSAS/S5000PSLSASR, S5000PSLROMB/S5000PSLROMBR, and S5000XSLSATA/S5000XSLSATAR. Server Boards: S5000PSLSATA/S5000PSLSATAR, S5000PSLSAS/S5000PSLSASR, S5000PSLROMB/S5000PSLROMBR, and S5000XSLSATA/S5000XSLSATAR. Supported Operating Systems Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA Red...
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...Installation Configuration 18 - Operating System Installation Configuration 43 - Workstation Boards: S5000XVNSATA/S5000XVNSATAR and S5000XVNSAS/S5000XVNSASR. Server Boards and Server System Only (ESRTII Disabled): S5000PSLSATA/S5000PSLSATAR, S5000PSLSAS/S5000PSLSASR, S5000PSLROMB/S5000PSLROMBR, and S5000XSLSATA/S5000XSLSATAR. Intel® Server System SC5400RA. Compatibility and Stress Supported Operating Systems Server Boards: S5000PSLSATA/S5000PSLSATAR, S5000PSLSAS/S5000PSLSASR, S5000PSLROMB/S5000PSLROMBR, S5000XSLSATA/S5000XSLSATAR. S5000XVNSASR (ESRTII Disabled). The application...
...Installation Configuration 18 - Operating System Installation Configuration 43 - Workstation Boards: S5000XVNSATA/S5000XVNSATAR and S5000XVNSAS/S5000XVNSASR. Server Boards and Server System Only (ESRTII Disabled): S5000PSLSATA/S5000PSLSATAR, S5000PSLSAS/S5000PSLSASR, S5000PSLROMB/S5000PSLROMBR, and S5000XSLSATA/S5000XSLSATAR. Intel® Server System SC5400RA. Compatibility and Stress Supported Operating Systems Server Boards: S5000PSLSATA/S5000PSLSATAR, S5000PSLSAS/S5000PSLSASR, S5000PSLROMB/S5000PSLROMBR, S5000XSLSATA/S5000XSLSATAR. S5000XVNSASR (ESRTII Disabled). The application...
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... for their specific product. Passed S5000PSLROMB Submission ID: 1202133 Microsoft Windows Server 2003* R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2003* R2 WHQL Test - http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/default.mspx http://developer.intel.com/design/servers/whql.htm OEM must request certification... to each operating system in the following table lists the operating systems that Intel will certify with the Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA. In many cases, the customer may leverage their specific product...
... for their specific product. Passed S5000PSLROMB Submission ID: 1202133 Microsoft Windows Server 2003* R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2003* R2 WHQL Test - http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/default.mspx http://developer.intel.com/design/servers/whql.htm OEM must request certification... to each operating system in the following table lists the operating systems that Intel will certify with the Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA. In many cases, the customer may leverage their specific product...
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... for their specific product. Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA Supported Operating Systems Operating System Certification Listing Microsoft Windows WHQL Test - Passed Server 2003* EM64T R2 Submission ID: 1200724 S5000PSLSATA Updated MCH hardware and BIOS support for Intel® Xeon® processor 5300 series. Passed S5000PSLROMB Server 2003* EM64T R2...
... for their specific product. Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA Supported Operating Systems Operating System Certification Listing Microsoft Windows WHQL Test - Passed Server 2003* EM64T R2 Submission ID: 1200724 S5000PSLSATA Updated MCH hardware and BIOS support for Intel® Xeon® processor 5300 series. Passed S5000PSLROMB Server 2003* EM64T R2...
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... 87707, 87709, S5000PSLSATA Server 10 EM64T 87735, 87745, 87751, 87752, 87753 SUSE* Linux Enterprise Bulletin ID: 87738, 87775 S5000PSLROMB Server 10 32-bit SUSE* Linux Enterprise Bulletin ID: 87741, 87776, S5000PSLROMB Server 10 EM64T 88036 Comments ...intel.com/design/servers/whql.htm Novell checks Intel's test results, certifies ( if appropriate), and posts the certificate on their website. Supported Operating Systems Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA Operating System Microsoft Windows Server...
... 87707, 87709, S5000PSLSATA Server 10 EM64T 87735, 87745, 87751, 87752, 87753 SUSE* Linux Enterprise Bulletin ID: 87738, 87775 S5000PSLROMB Server 10 32-bit SUSE* Linux Enterprise Bulletin ID: 87741, 87776, S5000PSLROMB Server 10 EM64T 88036 Comments ...intel.com/design/servers/whql.htm Novell checks Intel's test results, certifies ( if appropriate), and posts the certificate on their website. Supported Operating Systems Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL/S5000XSL, Intel® Workstation Board S5000XVN, and Intel® Server System SC5400RA Operating System Microsoft Windows Server...