Intel® Server Board SE8500HW4
Installation Guidelines
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7.12 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 U1 and SuSE* Linux Enterprise
Server 9 SP2, IA32 versions, require an extra kernel parameter
when using more than 2 Intel
®
Xeon
®
processor 7000 sequence
Issue:
The default kernels included in these releases do not support more than eight
logical processors by default.
Guideline:
Adding acpi=bigsmp to the kernel command line during boot this will allow the
installation to continue and support up to 16 logical processors.
Status:
A fix from the vendor will be available in the future.
7.13 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 U6, EM64T version, installation does
not support using more than 2 Intel
®
Xeon
®
processor 7000
sequence
Issue:
The kernel included with this release does not support more than eight logical
processors. If more than eight logical processors are installed in the system, the
installation kernel will not boot.
Guideline:
Either use the 32-bit version of the operating system or disable Hyper Threading
in BIOS Setup. Disabling Hyper Threading will lower the logical processors seen
by the operating system to six/eight.
Status:
A fix from the vendor will be available in the future.
7.14 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 U1, EM64T version, fully supports
only 2 Intel
®
Xeon
®
processor 7000 sequence
Issue:
The kernel included with this release cannot use more than eight logical
processors. The installation process will complete but the operating system will
only be able to utilize eight processors.
Guideline:
Either use the 32-bit version of the operating system, or disable Hyper Threading
in BIOS Setup. Disabling Hyper Threading will lower the logical processors seen
by the operating system to six/eight.
Status:
A fix from the vendor will be available in the future.
7.15 Installation and reinstallation of Intel Fibre Channel Module
drivers on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition 32-
bit fails
Issue:
The installation and reinstallation of the Intel Fibre Channel Module fails because
the drivers do not have a valid security catalog file and the .inf file does not
correctly identify the installed card when running the hardware wizard.
