User Manual

Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-1600/ E5-2600/E5-4600 Product Families 3
Datasheet Volume One
Contents
1Overview.................................................................................................................13
1.1 Introduction .....................................................................................................13
1.1.1 Processor Feature Details ........................................................................14
1.1.2 Supported Technologies .......................................................................... 14
1.2 Interfaces ........................................................................................................15
1.2.1 System Memory Support.........................................................................15
1.2.2 PCI Express* .........................................................................................16
1.2.3 Direct Media Interface Gen 2 (DMI2).........................................................17
1.2.4 Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (Intel® QPI) .............................................. 18
1.2.5 Platform Environment Control Interface (PECI)...........................................18
1.3 Power Management Support ...............................................................................19
1.3.1 Processor Package and Core States...........................................................19
1.3.2 System States Support ...........................................................................19
1.3.3 Memory Controller..................................................................................19
1.3.4 PCI Express...........................................................................................19
1.3.5 Intel QPI...............................................................................................19
1.4 Thermal Management Support ............................................................................19
1.5 Package Summary.............................................................................................20
1.6 Terminology .....................................................................................................20
1.7 Related Documents ...........................................................................................22
1.8 State of Data....................................................................................................23
2Interfaces................................................................................................................25
2.1 System Memory Interface ..................................................................................25
2.1.1 System Memory Technology Support ........................................................25
2.1.2 System Memory Timing Support...............................................................25
2.2 PCI Express* Interface.......................................................................................26
2.2.1 PCI Express* Architecture ....................................................................... 26
2.2.2 PCI Express* Configuration Mechanism .....................................................27
2.3 DMI2/PCI Express* Interface..............................................................................28
2.3.1 DMI2 Error Flow.....................................................................................28
2.3.2 Processor/PCH Compatibility Assumptions..................................................28
2.3.3 DMI2 Link Down.....................................................................................28
2.4 Intel QuickPath Interconnect...............................................................................28
2.5 Platform Environment Control Interface (PECI)......................................................30
2.5.1 PECI Client Capabilities ...........................................................................30
2.5.2 Client Command Suite ............................................................................31
2.5.3 Client Management.................................................................................69
2.5.4 Multi-Domain Commands ........................................................................74
2.5.5 Client Responses....................................................................................75
2.5.6 Originator Responses..............................................................................76
2.5.7 DTS Temperature Data ...........................................................................76
3 Technologies ...........................................................................................................79
3.1 Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT) ........................................................79
3.1.1 Intel VT-x Objectives ..............................................................................79
3.1.2 Intel VT-x Features.................................................................................80
3.1.3 Intel VT-d Objectives..............................................................................80
3.1.4 Intel Virtualization Technology Processor Extensions ................................... 81
3.2 Security Technologies ........................................................................................81
3.2.1 Intel® Trusted Execution Technology........................................................ 81
3.2.2 Intel Trusted Execution Technology – Server Extensions..............................82
3.2.3 Intel® Advanced Encryption Standard Instructions (Intel® AES-NI).............. 82