Technical Product Specification

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Intel
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Server Board S5400SF TPS Functional Architecture
Revision 2.02
Intel order number: D92944-007
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At least two SATA hard disk drives attached to on-board SATA connectors
Intel
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Embedded Server RAID Technology II is not available in the following configurations:
When the SATA controller is in compatible mode
When the Intel
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Embedded Server RAID Technology II has been disabled.
3.3.1.2 Intel
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Embedded Server RAID Technology Option ROM
The Intel
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Embedded Server RAID Technology II Option ROM provides a pre-OS user interface
for the Intel
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Embedded Server RAID Technology II implementation. It also provides the ability
for an Intel
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Embedded Server RAID Technology II volume to be used as a boot disk as well as
to detect any faults in the Intel
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Embedded Server RAID Technology II volume(s) attached to
the Intel
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RAID controller.
Refer to the Intel Embedded Server RAID Technology II Users Guide for complete RAID setup
information.
3.3.2 Parallel ATA (PATA) Support
The integrated IDE controller of the Intel
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6321ESB I/O Controller Hub provides one IDE
channel. It redefines signals on the IDE cable to allow both host and target throttling of data and
transfer rates of up to 100 MB/s. For this server board, the IDE channel was designed to provide
slimline optical drive support to the platform. The BIOS initializes and supports ATAPI devices
such as CD-ROM, CD-RW and DVD. The IDE channel is accessed through a single high-
density 44-pin connector (J3G2), which provides both power and I/O signals. The ATA channel
can be configured and enabled or disabled by accessing the BIOS Setup utility during POST.
Note: The IDE connector on this server board is NOT a standard 40 IDE connector. Instead,
this connector has four additional power pins over and above the standard 40 I/O pins. The
design intent of this connector is to provide support for a slimline optical drive only.
The BIOS supports the ATA/ATAPI Specification, Version 6 or later. It initializes the embedded
IDE controller in the Intel
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6321ESB I/O Controller Hub and the IDE devices that are connected
to these devices in accordance to the Intel
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6321ESB I/O Controller Hub BIOS Writers Guide
The BIOS scans the IDE devices and programs the controller and the devices with their
optimum timings. The IDE disk read/write services that are provided by the BIOS use the PIO
mode, but the BIOS programs the necessary ultra DMA registers in the IDE controller so the
operating system can use the ultra DMA modes.
3.3.3 Integrated Baseboard Management Controller (Integrated BMC)
The Integrated BMC component of the Intel
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6321ESB I/O Controller Hub is provided by an
embedded ARC* controller and associated peripheral functionality that is used to provide the
Integrated Baseboard Management Controller functionality that is required for IPMI-based
server management. The following is a summary of the Intel
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6321ESB I/O Controller Hub
management hardware features utilized by the Integrated BMC:
ARC4 processor with 16 Kb I-cache and D-cache
256 KB of internal SRAM with dual ports (one for code accesses and one for all other
accesses).