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Table of Contents 

Intel® Server Board SE7501WV2 

 

  

Revision 3.5 

 

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Table of Contents 

1.

 

Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 1

 

1.1

 

Test Overview.................................................................................................................... 1

 

1.1.1

 

Compatibility Testing ................................................................................................... 1

 

1.1.2

 

Stress Testing .............................................................................................................. 2

 

1.2

 

Pass/Fail Test Criteria ....................................................................................................... 2

 

2.

 

Intel

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 Server Board SE7501WV2 Base System Configurations........................................ 3

 

3.

 

Supported Operating Systems ............................................................................................. 4

 

3.1

 

Server Management Software Support............................................................................. 4

 

3.2

 

Operating System Certifications........................................................................................ 5

 

4.

 

Adapters and Peripherals ..................................................................................................... 7

 

4.1

 

PCI RAID ........................................................................................................................... 8

 

4.2

 

PCI SCSI ......................................................................................................................... 17

 

4.3

 

PCI MROMB .................................................................................................................... 19

 

4.4

 

PCI Fiber Channel Host Adapters................................................................................... 20

 

4.5

 

PCI Network Interface Cards .......................................................................................... 22

 

4.6

 

Modems ........................................................................................................................... 26

 

4.7

 

USB/PS2 Devices............................................................................................................ 27

 

4.8

 

CDROM/DVD-ROM Drives ............................................................................................. 27

 

4.9

 

DVD Drives ...................................................................................................................... 29

 

4.10

 

Removable Drives........................................................................................................ 31

 

4.11

 

Tape Drives .................................................................................................................. 34

 

4.12

 

Keyboard/Video/Mouse switch boxes.......................................................................... 34

 

5.

 

Hard Disk Drives .................................................................................................................. 37

 

6.

 

Installation Guidelines......................................................................................................... 43

 

6.1

 

Novell NetWare* 6.0 fails to detect the Promise Fast Track TX2000 adapter when the 

on-board Promises driver is enabled ........................................................................................ 43

 

6.2

 

SuSE* 8.0 installation hangs while formatting a hard drive on Adaptec ASC39320...... 43

 

6.3

 

SuSE* 8.0 installation must be completed before the installing Adaptec ASR-2110 ..... 43

 

6.4

 

Samsung SP8004H Polaris 40 hard drive jumpers should be removed for proper sizing44

 

6.5

 

Red Hat Linux* 7.3 segmentation fault with an Intel® RAID controller installed ............ 44

 

6.6

 

Red Hat Linux* 8.0 segmentation fault with an Intel® RAID controller installed ............ 45

 

 

Summary of Contents for SE7501WV2 - Server Chassis - SR2300

Page 1: ...Intel Server Board SE7501WV2 Tested Hardware and Operating System List Revision 3 5 June 2006 Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing...

Page 2: ...Added additional Installation Guidelines October 2003 2 0 Added new parts In shaded area Update verbiage for ATA drives July 2004 3 0 Adding SCSI ATA validated parts Change IBM Hitachi to Hitachi Addi...

Page 3: ...ty relating to sale and or use of Intel products including liability or warranties relating to fitness for a particular purpose merchantability or infringement of any patent copyright or other intelle...

Page 4: ...Devices 27 4 8 CDROM DVD ROM Drives 27 4 9 DVD Drives 29 4 10 Removable Drives 31 4 11 Tape Drives 34 4 12 Keyboard Video Mouse switch boxes 34 5 Hard Disk Drives 37 6 Installation Guidelines 43 6 1...

Page 5: ...ng and Stress Testing 1 1 1 Compatibility Testing Basic compatibility testing is performed with each supported operating system Basic compatibility testing validates the server board can be used to in...

Page 6: ...s test and tape backup test Any fatal errors that occur will require a complete test restart 1 2 Pass Fail Test Criteria For each operating system adapter and peripheral configuration a test passes if...

Page 7: ...uration is assigned an identifier number that is referenced in the tables throughout this document New base configurations are added with each new release of this document Base System Identifier Board...

Page 8: ...nfiguration Tested Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition 6 7 8 9 Linux Red Hat 8 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Linux SuSE 8 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Novell NetWare 6 0 Service Pack 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 Microsoft Windows 200...

Page 9: ...hcl search asp Search on SE7501WV2 http developer intel com design servers whql htm Novell NetWare 6 0 Intel SE7501WV2 Server Novell checks Intel s test results certifies if appropriate and posts the...

Page 10: ...priate and posts the certificate on their web site Customer can leverage the Intel certification if customer product meets the operating system vendor standard SuSE Linux 9 0 Intel SE7501WV2 Server Su...

Page 11: ...fied in the Base System Configurations Table in Section 2 of this document NT This adapter or peripheral has not been tested under this operating system and is not supported under this operating syste...

Page 12: ...D 3 Ware 7500 8 Escalade 7500 8 ATA RAID PCI 64 33 Special instructions SCSI Bootable device only SuSE Must manually select 3Ware driver ATA All enabled Device BIOS BE7X 1 08 00 036 Device FW FE7X 1 0...

Page 13: ...e BIOS 1 62 Device FW GA0H Device Driver Version Win2K 5 3 1 3 RedHat 8 Enabled SuSE 8 Enabled NetWare 6 3 1c 1 ND 1 1 Adaptec ASR2200 S 2200S PCI 64 66 Special instructions SCSI Need to enable EDBA D...

Page 14: ...Disable USB legacy Device BIOS 1 62 Device FW 370E Device Driver Version Win2K 3 10 Win2K3 Embedded RedHat 8 Enabled SuSE 8 Enabled NetWare 6 3 04 2 4 6 2 4 2 4 2 4 Adaptec ASC 39160 ASC 39160 PCI 64...

Page 15: ...Device BIOS G170 Device FW F316 Device Driver Version Win2K 5 25 Win2K3 5 32 RedHat 8 Enabled SuSE 8 Enabled NetWare 6 02d 2 4 6 7 9 2 4 2 4 7 9 7 9 7 9 2 4 LSI MegaRAI D SCSI 320 1 MegaRAID 320 1 520...

Page 16: ...abled Device BIOS G112 Device FW 5 07 02 Device Driver Version Win2K3 6 36 32 RedHat AS3 0 Enabled SuSE 9 Enabled NetWare 6 5 3 03 03 7 7 7 7 LSI Logic Express 500 MegaRAID 475 PCI 32 33 Special instr...

Page 17: ...08b Device FW 2 28 06 R04C Device Driver Version Win2K 3 02 Win2K3 Embedded RedHat 8 Enabled SuSE 8 Enabled NetWare 3 11 2 4 6 2 2 4 2 4 ICP Vortex GDT851 4RZ GDT8514R Z PCI 64 66 Special instruction...

Page 18: ...rial ATA SATA Special instructions SCSI Bootable device option ROM enabled only Have to power drives down every reboot ATA All option ROMs enabled Device BIOS 7 03C Device FW 2 42 00 R072 Device Drive...

Page 19: ...n ROMs enabled Device BIOS 7 03C Device FW 2 34 00 R030 Device Driver Version Win2K 1 5 7 Win2K3 8 0 RedHat 8 Enabled SuSE 8 Enabled NetWare 1 5 7 1 4 6 6 1 4 6 1 4 6 1 4 6 Intel SRCU42X SRCU42X PCI 6...

Page 20: ...ll Pioneer Square II PCI 64 66 Special instructions Device BIOS 7 03C Device FW 2 34 00 R043 Device Driver Version Win2K 1 57 Win2K3 Embedded RedHat 8 Enabled SuSE 8 Enabled NetWare 1 57 2 6 2 6 2 6 2...

Page 21: ...Linux9 0 SuSE Linux 8 0 4 2 PCI SCSI Adaptec ASC 29160LP ASC 29160LP PCI 64 66 Special instructions All option ROMs enabled Device BIOS 3 1 Device FW 3 1 Device Driver Version Win2K 6 0 4000 200 SuSE...

Page 22: ...ion ROMs enabled Device BIOS 3 1 Device FW 3 1 Device Driver Version Win2K 6 0 4000 200 RedHat 8 6 2 10 SuSE Enabled NetWare 6 16 21 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 Adaptec ASC 39320 ASC39320 PCI X133 Special instruc...

Page 23: ...l option ROMs enabled Device BIOS 5 02 00 Device FW 1 00 14 Device Driver Version Win2K 1 8 16 Win2K3 Embedded RedHat 8 Embedded SuSE 8 2 02 00 NetWare 6 2 00 2 5 6 2 5 2 5 2 5 LSI Logic ITI6200U3 LP...

Page 24: ...PCI 64 66 Special instructions All option ROMs enabled Device BIOS 7 03C Device FW 2 34 00 R036 Device Driver Version Win2K 1 57 RedHat 8 Embedded SuSE 8 Embedded Netware 6 1 57 2 2 2 2 4 4 PCI Fiber...

Page 25: ...2LP PCI 64 66 Special instructions All option ROMs enabled Device BIOS CB1 63A2 Device FW CS3 90A7 Device Driver Version Embedded W2K3 ns5 5 01a0cs NVL 2 12b RH3 1 23a NT 6 9 NT NT 9 9 NT NT Emulex LP...

Page 26: ...FW 1 81 Device Driver Version Win2K 8 1 5 1 Win2K3 8 1 5 15 RH 3 0 6 06 10 NVL 6 50z 3 6 8 3 4 6 4 6 8 8 NT NT QLogic QLA2340 QLA2340 PCI X133 Special instructions All option ROMs enabled No install...

Page 27: ...NetWare6 Embedded 2 4 6 2 4 2 4 2 4 Dlink DFE 530 TX DFE 530 TX PCI 32 33 Special instructions All option ROMs enabled Device Driver Version Win2K 5 390 1019 2000 Win2K3 RedHat 8 SuSE 8 NetWare6 Embe...

Page 28: ...7 2 17 Win2k3 v8 0 RH9 5 2 16 SuSE 8 4 3 15 NetWare 6 6 70 1 4 6 8 1 4 1 4 6 8 8 8 1 4 Intel PWLA849 0SX PRO 1000F Gigabit Server Adapter PCI 64 66 Special instructions All option ROMs enabled Device...

Page 29: ...Hat AS3 SuSE 9 NetWare 6 5 3 4 6 6 9 3 4 6 3 4 6 9 9 9 3 4 6 Intel PWLA849 2MF PRO 1000M F Dual Port Gigabit Server Adapter PCI X133 Special instructions All option ROMs enabled Device Driver Version...

Page 30: ...r Version Win2K 6 4 16 RedHat 8 4 3 15 SuSE 8 4 3 15 NetWare 6 6 70 3 6 6 3 6 3 6 3 6 Intel PILA8470 D3 PRO 100 S Server PCI 32 33 Special instructions All option ROMs enabled Device Driver Version Wi...

Page 31: ...Embedded 3 4 NT 3 4 3 4 4 7 USB PS2 Devices Rainbow Sentinal Duo Sentinel Duo Hardware Key USB Special instructions All option ROMs enabled Device Driver Version Win2K SSD 5 39b03 3 4 ND NT NT Logitec...

Page 32: ...0 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 Plextor PX 40TASUW PX 40TSUW SCSI UW Special instructions All option ROMs enabled Device Driver Version Win2K Embedded 3 NT NT NT Plextor CD RW 40x12x40 U PlexWriter 40x12x40U USB Sp...

Page 33: ...5 3 5 3 5 3 5 Samsung SN 124q SN 124q ATA33 Special instructions All option ROMs enabled Device Driver Version Win2K Embedded RedHat 8 Embedded SuSE 8 Embedded NetWare 6 Embedded 2 4 9 2 4 2 4 9 9 9 2...

Page 34: ...l option ROMs enabled Device Driver Version All Embedded 3 6 3 3 3 Toshiba SD M1401 SD M1401 SCSI N Special instructions All option ROMs enabled Device Driver Version All Embedded 3 6 ND 3 3 Toshiba S...

Page 35: ...bedded 3 NT NT NT Fujitsu MCJ3230 AP MCJ3230AP ATA Special instructions All option ROMs enabled Device Driver Version Win2K Embedded 3 5 5 5 NT IOMEGA 32324 ZIP 750MB USB 2 0 USB 2 0 Special instructi...

Page 36: ...NT 3 5 3 5 Sony PCGA UFD5 VAIO External USB floppy USB Special instructions All option ROMs enabled Device Driver Version Win2K Embedded RedHat 8 Embedded SuSE 8 Embedded 2 4 NT 2 4 2 4 Teac FD 235HF...

Page 37: ...dded 2 5 8 2 5 2 5 8 8 8 2 5 Microsoft Intellimou se Optical Intellimouse Optical PS 2 and USB Special instructions All option ROMs enabled Device Driver Version Win2K Embedded RedHat 8 Embedded SuSE...

Page 38: ...bled Device Driver Version Win2K Embedded RedHat 8 Embedded SuSE 8 Embedded 3 ND 3 3 Sony SRD 500C BM AIT 2 Desktop SCSI U2 Special instructions All option ROMs enabled Device Driver Version Win2K 2 0...

Page 39: ...Version W2K3 6 14 10 RH9 embedded 6 9 9 9 9 Keytronic E06101U SB C E06101USB C USB Keyboard Special instructions All option ROMs enabled Device Driver Version All Embedded 2 5 6 2 5 6 2 5 6 ND Keytro...

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Page 41: ...used in the table to specify which OS each drive was tested under Identifier number Operating System 1 SCSI 5 ATA Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server 2 SCSI 6 ATA Novell NetWare 6 0 3 SCSI 7 ATA R...

Page 42: ...s the storage capacity Intel provides the same level of support for all hard drives listed in this document regardless of whether the drive was tested or not Customers should always test hard drives a...

Page 43: ...46Z10 IC35L073UCDY10 SCSI U320 SCA 10 000 73 SD Hitachi Ultrastar 146Z10 IC35L036UCDY10 SCSI U320 SCA 10 000 36 SD Hitachi Ultrastar 146Z10 IC35L036UCDY10 SCSI U320 SCA 10 000 18 SD Hitachi Ultrastar...

Page 44: ...SCSI U160 SCA 15 000 36 SD Maxtor DiamondMax D540DX 4G160J8 ATA 133 5400 160 1 5 6 7 8 Notes Win2k only sees 128GB of the 160GB on the drive during setup Fixed in SP3 by adding a registry entry Maxto...

Page 45: ...9 Maxtor Atlas 15K 8C036J0 SCSI U320 SCA 15 000 36 SD Maxtor Atlas 15K 8C018J0 SCSI U320 SCA 15 000 18 SD Maxtor Atlas 15K II 8E147J0 SCSI U320 SCA 15 000 147 1 3 13 Maxtor Atlas 15K II 8E073J0 SCSI...

Page 46: ...15K 3 ST373453LC SCSI U320 SCA 15 000 73 1 3 9 Seagate Cheetah 15K 3 ST336753LC SCSI U320 SCA 15 000 36 SD Seagate Cheetah 15K 3 ST318453LC SCSI U320 SCA 15 000 18 SD Seagate Cheetah 15K 4 ST3146854LC...

Page 47: ...FAIL Guideline Disable the on board Promise driver Status Intel is currently working to determine root cause of this issue 6 2 SuSE 8 0 installation hangs while formatting a hard drive on Adaptec ASC3...

Page 48: ...ve is reported as a 32GB drive Implication Drive capacity is not identified correctly by the system Guideline Remove all jumpers which will put the drive in slave mode with full capacity Status Root c...

Page 49: ...sults in a segmentation fault 5 It is not possible to use some tools such as storcon 6 Accessing the proc file system via cat proc scsi gdth where stands for the controller number also results in a se...

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