Intel® Server Board S5500HV/Intel® Server System SR1670HV TPS Appendix A: Product Usage Tips
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Appendix A: Product Usage Tips
When adding or removing components or peripherals from the server board, AC power
must be removed. With AC power plugged into the server board, 5-Volt standby is still
present even though the server board is powered off.
Each time AC power is applied to the server, the Blue System ID LED will turn on, the
power button will be disabled, and a delay of 30-45 seconds will occur before the system
is able to power on. This delay is needed to reset the BMC controller on the BMC
Management Module. Once the BMC reset has completed, the System ID LED will turn
off, and the power button will be re-enabled allowing for the system to be powered on.
Only the Intel
®
Xeon
®
Processor 5500 Series and 5600 Series with
130 Watt
and less
Thermal Design Power (TDP) are supported on the
Intel
®
Server Board S5500HV
.
Previous generations of the Intel
®
Xeon
®
processors are not supported.
Only the Intel
®
Xeon
®
Processor 5500 Series and 5600 Series with
95 Watt
and less
Thermal Design Power (TDP) are supported in the
Intel
®
Server System SR1670HV
.
Previous generations of the Intel
®
Xeon
®
processors are not supported.
Only registered DDR3 DIMMs (RDIMMs) and unbuffered DDR3 DIMMs (UDIMMs) are
supported on this server board. Mixing of RDIMMs and UDIMMs is not supported.
For the best performance, the number of DDR3 DIMMs installed should be balanced
across both processor sockets and memory channels. For example, a two-DIMM
configuration performs better than a one-DIMM configuration. In a two-DIMM
configuration, DIMMs should be installed in DIMM sockets A1 and D1. A six-DIMM
configuration (DIMM sockets A1, B1, C1, D1, E1, and F1) performs better than a three-
DIMM configuration (DIMM sockets A1, B1, and C1).
Due to thermal requirements needed to support Quad Rank x4 DDR3 DIMMs, this
memory type is not supported in the
Intel
®
Server System SR1670HV
. Support for this
memory type should be verified with other server chassis/system manufacturers
planning to support this server board.
Memory is only populated using DIMM slots associated with a given installed processor.
Ie.) With only one processor installed, only the DIMM slots associated with that
processor should be populated. Memory installed into DIMM slots for a processor that is
not installed are non-functional.
The Management NIC port is only enabled with the BMC Module installed on to the
server board. With no BMC module installed, the Management NIC port, located above
the rear external USB ports, will be non-functional.
Reference the Intel
®
Server System SR1670HV Service Guide for RAID setup
information
Reference the Intel
®
Server System SR1670HV Service Guide for BIOS setup
information
Reference the Intel
®
Server System SR1670HV Service Guide for System Update Utility
usage information
Reference the Intel
®
Server System SR1670HV Service Guide for system service and
support information
.
