Workstation Board Features
Intel® Workstation Board S5520SC Service Guide
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When Intel
®
Embedded Server RAID Technology II is enabled with embedded SATA controller, enclosure management is
provided through the SATA_SGPIO connector on the workstation board when a cable is attached between this connector and
the backplane or I
2
C interface.
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NOTE
For help with navigating the BIOS Setup utility, see the Intel
®
Workstation Board S5520SC Technical Product Specification.
For information about configure RAID, see the RAID software user’s guide at:
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/S5520SC/howto.htm
For help with enclosure management cabling, see the Enclosure Management Cabling Guide for Pedestal Systems with Hot-
swap Drive Backplanes. This guide is available at:
http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/S5520SC/compat.htm
Hardware Requirements
To avoid integration difficulties and possible board damage, your system must meet the following requirements outlined. For
a list of qualified components, see the links under
“Additional Information and Software”
.
Processor
One or two Intel
®
Xeon
®
Processor 5500 series.
For a list of supported processors, see the links under
“Additional Information and Software”.
You must populate the processors in sequential order. You must populate processor socket 1 (CPU 1) before processor
socket 2 (CPU 2).
For optimum performance when two processors are installed, both must be the identical revision and have the same core
voltage and Intel
®
QPI / Core speed.
Memory
The Intel
®
Workstation Boards provides twelve DIMM sockets in six channels. Each channel contains two DIMM sockets:
Channel A contains DIMM sockets A1 and A2
Channel B contains DIMM sockets B1 and B2
Channel C contains DIMM sockets C1 and C2
Channel D contains DIMM sockets D1 and D2
Channel E contains DIMM sockets E1 and E2
Channel F contains DIMM sockets F1 and F2
