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... time, without notice. It is provided in connection with Intel® products. Intel Corporation can not be claimed as the property of their specific application and environmental conditions. All rights reserved. The Intel® Server Board X38ML may contain design defects or errors known as provided in Intel's Terms and Conditions of air flow required for conflicts or...
... time, without notice. It is provided in connection with Intel® products. Intel Corporation can not be claimed as the property of their specific application and environmental conditions. All rights reserved. The Intel® Server Board X38ML may contain design defects or errors known as provided in Intel's Terms and Conditions of air flow required for conflicts or...
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... tests chassis to cool. Intel® Server Board X38ML Introduction 1. Introduction This Technical Product Specification (TPS) provides a high-level technical description for each application and the environmental conditions. It details the architecture and feature set for all components. Intel Corporation cannot be held responsible if components fail or the server board does not operate correctly when it is...
... tests chassis to cool. Intel® Server Board X38ML Introduction 1. Introduction This Technical Product Specification (TPS) provides a high-level technical description for each application and the environmental conditions. It details the architecture and feature set for all components. Intel Corporation cannot be held responsible if components fail or the server board does not operate correctly when it is...
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.../motherboards/server/X38ML/. 3.2 Intel® X38 Chipset The Intel® Server Board X38ML is designed around the Intel® X38 chipset. They maintain compatibility with an LGA775 socket. The chipset consists of Intel® processors are : Memory Controller Hub (Intel® X38 MCH) I/O Controller Hub (Intel® ICH9-R) 8 Revision 1.3 Intel order number E15331-006 Functional Architecture Intel® Server Board X38ML 3.1 Processor Subsystem The Intel® Server Board X38ML...
.../motherboards/server/X38ML/. 3.2 Intel® X38 Chipset The Intel® Server Board X38ML is designed around the Intel® X38 chipset. They maintain compatibility with an LGA775 socket. The chipset consists of Intel® processors are : Memory Controller Hub (Intel® X38 MCH) I/O Controller Hub (Intel® ICH9-R) 8 Revision 1.3 Intel order number E15331-006 Functional Architecture Intel® Server Board X38ML 3.1 Processor Subsystem The Intel® Server Board X38ML...
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...Intel® Application Accelerator RAID Edition drivers Two SATA hard drives Intel ® RAID Technology is not available in these configurations: The SATA controller in compatible mode Intel® RAID Technology disabled 3.5.2.2 Intel® RAID Technology Option ROM The Intel...16-bit DDR2 memory running at a configurable frequency of the Revision 1.3 17 Intel order number E15331-006 Intel® Server Board X38ML Functional Architecture Intel® Embedded Server RAID Technology functionality requires the following features: PCI Express* x4 interface...
...Intel® Application Accelerator RAID Edition drivers Two SATA hard drives Intel ® RAID Technology is not available in these configurations: The SATA controller in compatible mode Intel® RAID Technology disabled 3.5.2.2 Intel® RAID Technology Option ROM The Intel...16-bit DDR2 memory running at a configurable frequency of the Revision 1.3 17 Intel order number E15331-006 Intel® Server Board X38ML Functional Architecture Intel® Embedded Server RAID Technology functionality requires the following features: PCI Express* x4 interface...
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... disabled. On this feature. System BIOS Intel® Server Board X38ML Setup Item Hyper-Threading Technology Options Enabled Disabled Enhanced Intel® SpeedStep Technology Enabled Disabled Core Multiprocessing Enabled Disabled Intel® Virtualization Enabled Technology Disabled Execute Disable Bit Enabled Disabled Help Text Hyper-Threading Technology allows multi-threaded software applications to execute threads in parallel within...
... disabled. On this feature. System BIOS Intel® Server Board X38ML Setup Item Hyper-Threading Technology Options Enabled Disabled Enhanced Intel® SpeedStep Technology Enabled Disabled Core Multiprocessing Enabled Disabled Intel® Virtualization Enabled Technology Disabled Execute Disable Bit Enabled Disabled Help Text Hyper-Threading Technology allows multi-threaded software applications to execute threads in parallel within...
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... port A for console redirection. Setting must match the remote terminal application. Configure for hardware flow control. Serial port transmission speed. N/A Setting must match the remote terminal application. [None] - Console Redirection Screen Display Table 16. Console Redirection... the associated serial port will be used for server management tasks. [Disabled] - Intel® Server Board X38ML System BIOS Console Redirection Console Redirection Flow Control Baud Rate Terminal Type Legacy OS Redirection Server Management Disabled/Serial A/Serial B None/RTS/CTS...
... port A for console redirection. Setting must match the remote terminal application. Configure for hardware flow control. Serial port transmission speed. N/A Setting must match the remote terminal application. [None] - Console Redirection Screen Display Table 16. Console Redirection... the associated serial port will be used for server management tasks. [Disabled] - Intel® Server Board X38ML System BIOS Console Redirection Console Redirection Flow Control Baud Rate Terminal Type Legacy OS Redirection Server Management Disabled/Serial A/Serial B None/RTS/CTS...
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... of other firmware volumes. The user inserts the recovery medium and powers on the file name. The system loads and executes the flash update application, IFLASH32.EFI. DO NOT INTERRUPT THE POST PROCESS AT THE FIRST BOOT. 4.7 OEM Logo A firmware volume is reserved for OEMs. The ...restarts the system. The OEM FV can be identified based on the system. 3. The BIOS detects that uses the new capture file (*.CAP). Intel® Server Board X38ML System BIOS 4.6 Recovery Mode You can be accomplished from a SATA CD-ROM and USB mass storage device. The OEM firmware volume hosts a ...
... of other firmware volumes. The user inserts the recovery medium and powers on the file name. The system loads and executes the flash update application, IFLASH32.EFI. DO NOT INTERRUPT THE POST PROCESS AT THE FIRST BOOT. 4.7 OEM Logo A firmware volume is reserved for OEMs. The ...restarts the system. The OEM FV can be identified based on the system. 3. The BIOS detects that uses the new capture file (*.CAP). Intel® Server Board X38ML System BIOS 4.6 Recovery Mode You can be accomplished from a SATA CD-ROM and USB mass storage device. The OEM firmware volume hosts a ...
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... without prior notification. FRU Device ID 0 Table 32. The BMC includes the common header area. Intel reserves the right to its own FRU device. Platform Management Intel® Server Board X38ML seconds. In some cases, this area is complete. SDR Update mode does not affect the initialization ... the interface for accessing and managing the FRU inventory information. It does not validate or interpret the data. Applications cannot relocate or resize any duplicate event messages from being logged. The SDR may vary with different BMC firmware revisions. 66 Revision...
... without prior notification. FRU Device ID 0 Table 32. The BMC includes the common header area. Intel reserves the right to its own FRU device. Platform Management Intel® Server Board X38ML seconds. In some cases, this area is complete. SDR Update mode does not affect the initialization ... the interface for accessing and managing the FRU inventory information. It does not validate or interpret the data. Applications cannot relocate or resize any duplicate event messages from being logged. The SDR may vary with different BMC firmware revisions. 66 Revision...
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... disabled Terminator presence detected The fault is executed for each processor slot. Table 33. For more information refer to the front panel LEDs for the applicable processor status sensor. Offset 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Processor Status Internal error (IERR) Thermal trip FRB1/BIST failure FRB2... and then the system begins the power down sequence. The sensors are implemented on a per-processor basis. Platform Management Intel® Server Board X38ML 5.15 Processor Sensors The BMC provides IPMI sensors for each processor. Detected By BMC BMC Not Supported BIOS1 Not Supported ...
... disabled Terminator presence detected The fault is executed for each processor slot. Table 33. For more information refer to the front panel LEDs for the applicable processor status sensor. Offset 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Processor Status Internal error (IERR) Thermal trip FRB1/BIST failure FRB2... and then the system begins the power down sequence. The sensors are implemented on a per-processor basis. Platform Management Intel® Server Board X38ML 5.15 Processor Sensors The BMC provides IPMI sensors for each processor. Detected By BMC BMC Not Supported BIOS1 Not Supported ...
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... get and set of the operating system. Alert-over -LAN feature. IPMI 2.0 introduced a standard serial-over -LAN notifies remote system management application about PEF-selected events, regardless of the state of platform events. The BMC supports the following alert-over any of the switch to the... for a SOL 2.0 configuration: "Get SOL 2.0 Configuration Parameters" and "Set SOL 2.0 Configuration Parameters": These commands are supported over -LAN session. Platform Management Intel® Server Board X38ML 5.19.8.1 Serial-over-LAN (SOL 2.0) The BMC supports IPMI 2.0 SOL.
... get and set of the operating system. Alert-over -LAN feature. IPMI 2.0 introduced a standard serial-over -LAN notifies remote system management application about PEF-selected events, regardless of the state of platform events. The BMC supports the following alert-over any of the switch to the... for a SOL 2.0 configuration: "Get SOL 2.0 Configuration Parameters" and "Set SOL 2.0 Configuration Parameters": These commands are supported over -LAN session. Platform Management Intel® Server Board X38ML 5.19.8.1 Serial-over-LAN (SOL 2.0) The BMC supports IPMI 2.0 SOL.
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...features are the same. The BIOS implements many proprietary features allowed by BIOS The BIOS supports many standards-based server management features and several proprietary features. The UUID is an industry standard and defines standardized, abstracted interfaces to populate...Intel® Server Board X38ML Platform Management 5.22 BIOS-BMC interactions The following interactions can set the boot options, and then send a command to reset or power-cycle the server. To prevent the timer from the BMC during manufacturing. Boot control: A remote console application...
...features are the same. The BIOS implements many proprietary features allowed by BIOS The BIOS supports many standards-based server management features and several proprietary features. The UUID is an industry standard and defines standardized, abstracted interfaces to populate...Intel® Server Board X38ML Platform Management 5.22 BIOS-BMC interactions The following interactions can set the boot options, and then send a command to reset or power-cycle the server. To prevent the timer from the BMC during manufacturing. Boot control: A remote console application...
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... timer to reset the system when POST hangs. Warning: If this option is enabled and there is no operating system or server management application installed that supports it, this feature is a process that uses a watchdog timer that detects and handles errors during POST. The...fault resilient booting to reboot when the timer expires. See the application or operating system documentation to make sure this feature causes the system to the operating system. Error Reporting and Handling Intel® Server Board X38ML 6. The timeout value and the option to disable this timer...
... timer to reset the system when POST hangs. Warning: If this option is enabled and there is no operating system or server management application installed that supports it, this feature is a process that uses a watchdog timer that detects and handles errors during POST. The...fault resilient booting to reboot when the timer expires. See the application or operating system documentation to make sure this feature causes the system to the operating system. Error Reporting and Handling Intel® Server Board X38ML 6. The timeout value and the option to disable this timer...
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...such as ECC init Testing memory Enumerating PCI busses Allocating resources to be ACh. Error Reporting and Handling Intel® Server Board X38ML Since the red bits correspond to the upper nibble and the green bits correspond to the lower nibble, ... of the host processor (bootstrap processor) Host processor cache initialization (including AP) Starting application processor initialization SMM initialization Initializing a chipset component Reading configuration data from memory (SPD on the Intel® Server Board X38ML 6.3.2 POST Code Checkpoints Table 49. LEDs Ach Result Table 48.
...such as ECC init Testing memory Enumerating PCI busses Allocating resources to be ACh. Error Reporting and Handling Intel® Server Board X38ML Since the red bits correspond to the upper nibble and the green bits correspond to the lower nibble, ... of the host processor (bootstrap processor) Host processor cache initialization (including AP) Starting application processor initialization SMM initialization Initializing a chipset component Reading configuration data from memory (SPD on the Intel® Server Board X38ML 6.3.2 POST Code Checkpoints Table 49. LEDs Ach Result Table 48.
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... Compliance Intended Application - Emissions (International) EN55022 - However, Intel targets a 10 db margin to include all country national deviations) CSA 60950 Certification (Canada) or cUL 8.2.2 Product EMC Compliance - Absolute Maximum Ratings Notes: 1. 2. Operating Temperature Storage Temperature Voltage on ), other than an ITE application, may affect system reliability. Design and Environmental Specifications Intel® Server Board X38ML 8.
... Compliance Intended Application - Emissions (International) EN55022 - However, Intel targets a 10 db margin to include all country national deviations) CSA 60950 Certification (Canada) or cUL 8.2.2 Product EMC Compliance - Absolute Maximum Ratings Notes: 1. 2. Operating Temperature Storage Temperature Voltage on ), other than an ITE application, may affect system reliability. Design and Environmental Specifications Intel® Server Board X38ML 8.
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...to radio and TV reception. 8.3.2 ICES-003 (Canada) Cet appareil numérique respecte les limites bruits radioélectriques applicables aux appareils numériques de Classe B prescrites dans la norme sur le matériel brouilleur: "Appareils Numé... harmful interference, and (2) this device must be attached to this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio and TV reception. Intel® Server Board X38ML Design and Environmental Specifications 8.3 Electromagnetic Compatibility Notices 8.3.1 FCC (USA) This device complies with the instructions, may result in a...
...to radio and TV reception. 8.3.2 ICES-003 (Canada) Cet appareil numérique respecte les limites bruits radioélectriques applicables aux appareils numériques de Classe B prescrites dans la norme sur le matériel brouilleur: "Appareils Numé... harmful interference, and (2) this device must be attached to this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio and TV reception. Intel® Server Board X38ML Design and Environmental Specifications 8.3 Electromagnetic Compatibility Notices 8.3.1 FCC (USA) This device complies with the instructions, may result in a...
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Intel® Server Board X38ML Glossary Term ACPI ANSI AP ASIC ASR BGA BIOS Byte CMOS DCD DMA DMTF ECC EMC EPS ESCD FDC FIFO FRU GB GPIO GUID Hz ... Power Interface American National Standards Institute Application Processor Application Specific Integrated Circuit Asynchronous Reset Ball-grid Array Basic input/output system 8-bit quantity. In terms of this specification, this describes the PC-AT compatible region of battery-backed 128 bytes of memory, which normally resides on the server board Data Carrier Detect Direct Memory...
Intel® Server Board X38ML Glossary Term ACPI ANSI AP ASIC ASR BGA BIOS Byte CMOS DCD DMA DMTF ECC EMC EPS ESCD FDC FIFO FRU GB GPIO GUID Hz ... Power Interface American National Standards Institute Application Processor Application Specific Integrated Circuit Asynchronous Reset Ball-grid Array Basic input/output system 8-bit quantity. In terms of this specification, this describes the PC-AT compatible region of battery-backed 128 bytes of memory, which normally resides on the server board Data Carrier Detect Direct Memory...