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Server Board S5400SF

Rev 1.9

November 2008

Enterprise Platforms and Services Division

Summary of content (20 pages)

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Intel® Server Board S5400SF Tested Hardware and Operating System List Rev 1.
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Revision History Intel® Server Board S5400SF Revision History Date Revision Number Modifications November 2, 2007 1.0 Initial release. November 27, 2007 1.1 Added one adapter. December 5, 2007 1.2 Added additional HW RAID adapters. January 20, 2008 1.3 Added additional validated peripherals. March 23, 2008 1.4 Added Adaptec SAS HW RAID adapters. April 30, 2008 1.5 Update with Q1’08 regression test May 26, 2008 1.
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Intel® Server Board S5400SF Disclaimers Disclaimers THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITH NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR ANY WARRANTY OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF ANY PROPOSAL, SPECIFICATION, OR SAMPLE. ® Information in this document is provided in connection with Intel products. No license, express or implied, by estoppel or otherwise, to any intellectual property rights is granted by this document.
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Table of Contents Intel® Server Board S5400SF Table of Contents 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Test Overview.......................................................................................................... 1 1.1.1 Basic Installation Testing ......................................................................................... 1 1.1.
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Intel® Server Board S5400SF Introduction 1 Introduction This document is intended to provide users of the Intel® Server Board S5400SF, with a guide to the different operating systems, adapter cards, and peripherals tested by Intel on this platform. This document will continue to be updated as new adapters, peripherals, and operating systems are tested, or until the Intel® Server Board S5400SF is no longer in production.
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Introduction • Intel® Server Board S5400SF Support is defined as assistance in root causing issues, and determining a customer acceptable resolution to the issue associated with the operating system. The resolution may include, but is not limited to, on-board controller driver changes, engaging the vendor for resolution, BIOS changes, firmware changes, or determining a customer acceptable workaround for the issue. 1.1.
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Intel® Server Board S5400SF ✏ Introduction For operating systems, adapter cards, and peripherals not listed in this document, there is no support commitment. Intel will consider support requests on a case-by-case basis. 1.2 Pass/Fail Test Criteria For each operating system, adapter, and peripheral configuration, a test passes if specific criteria are met. Specific configurations may have had particular characteristics that were addressed on a case-by-case basis.
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Intel® Server Board S5400SF Base System Configurations Intel® Server Board S5400SF 2 Intel® Server Board S5400SF Base System Configurations The following table lists the base system configurations tested. Base system configurations will change as new revisions of the Intel® Server Board S5400SF are released and/or new system BIOS and BMC firmware are cut onto the board in the factory. Each base system configuration is assigned an identifier number that is referenced in the tables throughout this document.
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Intel® Server Board S5400SF Supported Operating Systems 3 Supported Operating Systems The following table provides a list of supported operating systems for the Intel® Server Board S5400SF. Each of the listed operating systems was tested for compatibility with Intel® Server Board S5400SF base system configuration listed in Section 2 of this document. Operating systems are supported only with the specified base system configuration(s) with which they were tested.
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Supported Operating Systems Operating System Base System Configuration Tested & Type of Testing Compatibility Configuration 1 – OS installation & Stress Red Hat* Enterprise Linux AS 5.1 (32-bit) Configuration 2 – OS installation Configuration 3 –Stress Configuration 4 – Compatibility Red Hat* Enterprise Linux AS 5.
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Intel® Server Board S5400SF Supported Operating Systems 3.1 Operating System Certifications Listed below are the operating systems that Intel will certify on the Intel® Server Board S5400SF. However, the customer is responsible for their own certification from the individual operating system vendors. In many cases, the customer may leverage their operating system certifications from Intel’s testing. See the “Comments” section next to each operating system in the table below for additional information.
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Adapters and Peripherals Intel® Server Board S5400SF 4 Adapters and Peripherals Add-in adapter card and peripheral compatibility and stress testing will only be performed with the latest version of an operating system at the time the validation testing occurred. The following table shows the operating system and base system configurations used to validate each device. The adapters are divided into categories based on their functionality.
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SuSE* Linux Enterprise Sever 10 SP2 (32-bit) SuSE* Linux Enterprise Sever 10 SP2 (64-bit) SA SA SA SA SA SA SA SA SA SA SA SA 5,8 5 4,6,7,8 4,6 4,6,7 4,6,7 4,6,7 4,6,8 PCIe x4 SA SA SA SA SA SA SA SA EXPI9404PT PCIe x4 5 5,8 6 6,7,8 6,7 6,7,8 6,8 6,7 EXPI9404PF PCIe x4 SA SA SA SA SA SA SA SA AXXGBIOMOD PCIe x4 SA SA SA SA SA SA SA SA 5,8 5 4,6,7,8 4,6 4,6,7,8 4,6,7 Microsoft Windows Server 2003* SP2 (64- bit) SA Microsoft Windows Server 2
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008* SP1 (64- bit) Microsoft Windows Server 2003* SP2 (32- bit) Microsoft Windows Server 2003* SP2 (64- bit) Red Hat* Enterprise Linux ES 5.2 (32-bit) Red Hat* Enterprise Linux ES 5.2 (64-bit) SuSE* Linux Enterprise Sever 10 SP2 (32-bit) SuSE* Linux Enterprise Sever 10 SP2 (64-bit) Intel® Server Board S5400SF Microsoft Windows Server 2008* SP1 (32- bit) Adapters and Peripherals Intel SRCSAS18E SRCSAS18E PCIe x8 Rev.
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008* SP1 (64- bit) Microsoft Windows Server 2003* SP2 (32- bit) Microsoft Windows Server 2003* SP2 (64- bit) Red Hat* Enterprise Linux ES 5.2 (32-bit) Red Hat* Enterprise Linux ES 5.
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4.3 Red Hat* Enterprise Linux ES 5.2 (64-bit) SuSE* Linux Enterprise Sever 10 SP2 (32-bit) SuSE* Linux Enterprise Sever 10 SP2 (64-bit) Adaptec Adaptec RAID 52445 Adaptec RAID 51245 Adaptec RAID 51645 ASC-29320 LPE Red Hat* Enterprise Linux ES 5.
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4.5 NT [8] NT [8] [8] [8] [8] SuSE* Linux Enterprise Sever 10 SP2 (64-bit) [8] Comments SuSE* Linux Enterprise Sever 10 SP2 (32-bit) PCIe x16 Interface Microsoft Windows Server 2003* SP2 (64- bit) GeForce PCX 7900GT Model Number Microsoft Windows Server 2003* SP2 (32- bit) Red Hat* Enterprise Linux ES 5.2 (64-bit) GeForce 7900 Red Hat* Enterprise Linux ES 5.
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HLDS GWA-4082N Super DVD Writer 16x16 Dual Layer GWA-4082N TEAC DV-224E-C93 DV-224E-C93 TEAC DV-224E-C83 DV-224E-C83 TEAC DV-28EN83 DV-28EN83 TEAC DV-28E DV-28E Lite-on SSC-2485K SSC-2485K Toshiba SD-R2212 SD-R2212 4.
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SuSE* Linux Enterprise Sever 10 SP2 (64-bit) USB SuSE* Linux Enterprise Sever 10 SP2 (32-bit) VAIO USB floppy drive USB USB 2.0 USB 2.0 USB 2.0 Red Hat* Enterprise Linux ES 5.2 (64-bit) Sony FD005U396 P-FD02GU20 32509363 IOMega DVD RW VPG-UFD1 Comments Red Hat* Enterprise Linux ES 5.
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Hard Disk Drives Intel® Server Board S5400SF 5 Hard Disk Drives The hard drives previously in this section have now been listed separately in the Server Hard Drive Validation Test Report, which includes the qualified hard drives for the Intel® Server Board S5400SF. It is located on Intel’s secure website IBL and at the web link below: http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/sb/CS-025416.htm 16 Rev 1.