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Intel Server Board S5400SF
Tested Hardware and Operating System List
Rev 1.0
November 2007
Enterprise Platforms and Services Division
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Revision History Intel® Server Board S5400SF Revision History Revision Date Number Modifications November 2007 1.0 Initial Release ii Rev 1.0
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Intel® Server Board S5400SF Disclaimers Disclaimers THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITH NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR ANY WARRANTY OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF ANY PROPOSAL, SPECIFICATION, OR SAMPLE. ® Information in this document is provided in connection with Intel products. No license, express or implied, by estoppel or otherwise, to any intellectual property rights is granted by this doc
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Table of Contents Intel® Server Board S5400SF Table of Contents 1. Introduction ..........................................................................................................................1 1.1 Test Overview..........................................................................................................1 1.1.1 Basic Installation Testing.........................................................................................1 1.1.2 Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility an
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Intel® Server Board S5400SF Introduction 1. Introduction ® This document is intended to provide users of the Intel Server Board S5400SF with a guide to the different operating systems, adapter cards, and peripherals tested by Intel on this platform. This document will continue to be updated as new adapters, peripherals, and operating systems ® are tested, or until the Intel Server Board S5400SF is no longer in production. Each new release of the document will present updated information a
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Introduction Intel® Server Board S5400SF • Intel will not provide support for issues related to the use of add-in adapters or peripherals installed in a server system with an operating system that received only basic installation testing. • Support is defined as helping a customer to root cause an issue and determining an acceptable resolution to the problem. The resolution may include, but is not limited to, on-board controller driver updates, engaging the vendor, BIOS changes, firmware
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Intel® Server Board S5400SF Introduction There is no support commitment for operating systems, adapter cards, and ✏ peripherals not listed in this document. Intel will consider requests for support on a case-by-case basis. 1.2 Pass/Fail Test Criteria For each operating system, adapter, and peripheral configuration, a test passes when specific criteria are met. There may be exceptions for some configurations with a particular characteristic. These exceptions will be addressed on a
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Intel® Server Board S5400SF Base System Configurations Intel® Server Board S5400SF ® 2. Intel Server Board S5400SF Base System Configurations The following table lists the base system configurations tested. Base system configurations will ® change as new revisions of the Intel Server Board S5400SF are released and/or new system BIOS and BMC firmware are cut onto the board in the factory. Each base system configuration is assigned a number that is referenced in the tables throughout this
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Intel® Server Board S5400SF Supported Operating Systems 3. Supported Operating Systems ® The following table provides a list of supported operating systems for the Intel Server Board ® S5400SF. Each of the listed operating systems was tested for compatibility with Intel Server Board S5400SF base system configuration listed in Section 2 of this document. Operating systems are supported only with the specified base system configuration(s) they were tested with. The table below also indic
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Supported Operating Systems Intel® Server Board S5400SF Base System Configuration Operating System Notes Tested & Type of Testing Testing was completed with Red Hat* ® Configuration 1 – OS Enterprise Linux AS 5.0 64 bit. The Intel Red Hat* Enterprise installation & Stress Server Board S5400SF supports the Linux AS 5.0 64 bit operating system portion of Red Hat* Configuration 2 – OS Enterprise Linux AS 5.0 64 bit only. The installation application portion is not tested or supported.
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Intel® Server Board S5400SF Supported Operating Systems 3.1 Operating System Certifications ® Listed below are the operating systems certified with the Intel Server Board S5400SF. Each customer is responsible for their own certification from the individual operating system vendors. In many cases, the customer may leverage their operating system certifications from the testing completed by Intel. See the comments column in the table below for more information. Intel’s certifications, pr
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Adapters and Peripherals Intel® Server Board S5400SF 4. Adapters and Peripherals Add-in adapter card and peripheral compatibility and stress testing will only be performed with the latest version of an operating system available at the time of testing. The following table shows the operating system and base system configurations used to validate each device. The adapters are divided into categories based on their functionality. All integrated on-board devices are tested by default and a
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Intel® Server Board S5400SF Adapters and Peripherals Manufacturer Model Name Model Number Interface Comments 4.1 PCI NIC Syskonnect SK-9E22 SK-9E22 PCI 4 4 [4] [4] [4] [4] Express* ® Intel Intel PRO/1000 PT EXPI9400PT PCI 4 4 4 4 4 4 Server Adapter Express* ® Intel Intel PRO/1000 PF EXPI9400PF PCI SA SA SA SA SA SA Server Adapter Express* ® Intel Intel PRO/1000 PT EXPI9300PT PCI SA SA SA SA SA SA Server Adapter Express* ® Intel Intel PRO/1000 PT EXPI9402PT PCI 4 4 4 4 4 4 D
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Adapters and Peripherals Intel® Server Board S5400SF Manufacturer Model Name Model Number Interface Comments Emulex LP10000Ex LP10000Ex-M2 PCI SA SA SA SA SA SA Express* Qlogic QLE2462 QLE2462 PCI 4 4 4 4 4 4 Express* Qlogic QLE2460 QLE2460 PCI SA SA SA SA SA SA Express* 4.4 Video ASUS ATI X1300 EAX1300/TD/256 PCI 4 4 [4] [4] [4] [4] M Express* ATI ATI X1300(R515) X1300 PCI SA SA SA SA SA SA Express* 4.5 Infiniband* Mellanox Infinihost* III Ex MHGA28-XTC PCI 4 4 4 4 4 4 E
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Intel® Server Board S5400SF Adapters and Peripherals Manufacturer Model Name Model Number Interface Comments TEAC CD-224E-NZ3 CD-224E-NZ3 IDE/Slimline 4 4 4 4 4 4 4.7 DVD Drives Iomega Super DVD Writer Super DVD Writer IDE/Slimline 4 4 4 4 4 4 16x16 Dual Layer 16x16 Dual Layer HLDS GWA-4082N GWA-4082N IDE/Slimline 4 4 4 4 4 4 TEAC DV-224E-C93 DV-224E-C93 IDE/Slimline 4 4 4 4 4 4 TEAC DV-224E-C83 DV-224E-C83 IDE/Slimline 4 4 4 4 4 4 TEAC DV-28EN83 DV-28EN83 IDE/Slimline 4
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Adapters and Peripherals Intel® Server Board S5400SF Manufacturer Model Name Model Number Interface Comments Sony VAIO USB floppy VPG-UFD1 USB NT NT NT NT NT NT drive 12 Rev 1.0 Microsoft Windows Server 2003* SP2 32 bit Microsoft Windows Server 2003* SP2 64 bit Red Hat* Enterprise Linux AS 5.0 32 bit Red Hat* Enterprise Linux AS 5.0 64 bit SUSE* Linux Enterprise Sever 10 SP1 32 bit SUSE* Linux Enterprise Sever 10 SP1 64 bit
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Intel® Server Board S5400SF Hard Disk Drives 5. Hard Disk Drives ® A list of qualified hard drives for the Intel Server Board S5400SF is now available in the Server Hard Drive Validation Test Report. See http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/sb/CS-025416.htm. Rev 1.0 13
