Computer Hardware User Manual

Intel® Server Board SE7320SP2 Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ..........................................................................................................................5
1.1 Test Overview..........................................................................................................5
1.1.1 Basic Installation Testing.........................................................................................5
1.1.2 Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing ............................................6
1.2 Pass/Fail Test Criteria .............................................................................................7
2. Intel
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Server Board SE7320SP2 Base System Configurations ........................................8
3. Supported Operating Systems............................................................................................9
3.1 Operating System Certifications ............................................................................10
4. Adapters and Peripherals..................................................................................................12
4.1 PCI RAID ...............................................................................................................13
4.2 PCI SCSI ...............................................................................................................15
4.3 PCI Fiber Channel .................................................................................................16
4.4 PCI NIC..................................................................................................................17
4.5 Modems.................................................................................................................18
4.6 Human Interface Devices ......................................................................................18
4.7 CDROM Drives ......................................................................................................19
4.8 DVD Drives............................................................................................................20
4.9 Tape Drives ...........................................................................................................21
4.10 Removable Drives .................................................................................................21
4.11 KVM.......................................................................................................................22
5. Hard Disk Drives.................................................................................................................23
5.1 SCSI Hard Disk Drives ..........................................................................................24
5.2 Parallel ATA Hard Disk Drives...............................................................................25
5.3 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disk Drives.....................................................................26
5.4 External Hard Disk Drives......................................................................................26
6. Tech Tips.............................................................................................................................27
6.1 Emulex* LP1050Ex and Qlogic* QLE2360 Fibre Channel Adpaters Experience
Delayed Write Failures during Extended Stress Testing .........................................................27
6.2 Emulex* LP9802DC PCI-X fibre channel host adapter issue under Netware 6.5..27
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