Technical Product Specification

Appendix A: Integration and Usage Tips Intel® Server Board S2600IP and Intel® Workstation Board W2600CR TPS
122 Intel order number G34153-004 Revision 1.4
Appendix A: Integration and Usage Tips
 When adding or removing components or peripherals from the server board, AC power
must be removed. With AC power plugged into the server board, 5-V standby is still
present even though the server board is powered off.
 This server board supports the Intel
®
Xeon
®
Processor E5-2600 product family and Intel
®
Xeon
®
E5-2600 v2 product family with a Thermal Design Power (TDP) up to and
including 135 Watts (TDP up to 150W only for Workstation board). Previous generations
of Intel
®
Xeon
®
processors are not supported.
 Processors must be installed in order. CPU 1 must be populated for operating the server
board.
 On the back edge of the server board are eight diagnostic LEDs that display a sequence
of amber POST codes during the boot process. If the server board hangs during POST,
LEDs display the last POST event run before the hang.
 This server board only supports registered DDR3 DIMMs (RDIMMs), unbuffered DDR3
DIMMs (UDIMMs) and Load Reduced DIMMs (LRDIMMs). Mixing of RDIMMs, UDIMMs
and LRDIMMs is not supported.
 For the best performance, the number of DDR3 DIMMs installed should be balanced
across both processor sockets and memory channels. For example, a two-DIMM
configuration performs better than a one-DIMM configuration. In a two-DIMM
configuration, DIMMs should be installed in DIMM sockets A1 and D1.
 The Intel
®
Remote Management Module 4 (Intel
®
RMM4) connector is not compatible
with any previous versions of the Intel
®
Remote Management Module (Product Order
Code – AXXRMM, AXXRMM2, and AXXRMM3).
 Clear the CMOS with AC power cord plugged. Removing the AC power before
performing the CMOS clear operation causes the system to automatically power up and
immediately power down after the CMOS clear procedure is followed and AC power is
re-applied. If this happens, remove the AC power cord, wait 30 seconds, and then
reconnect the AC power cord. Power up the system and proceed to the <F2> BIOS
Setup utility to reset the desired settings.
 Normal Integrated BMC functionality is disabled with the BMC Force Update jumper set
to the “enabled” position (pins 2-3). The server should never be run with the BMC Force
Update jumper set in this position and should only be used when the standard firmware
update process fails. This jumper should remain in the default (disabled) position (pins 1-
2) when the server is running normally.
 When performing a normal BIOS update procedure, the BIOS recovery jumper must be
set to its default position (pins 1-2).