How to Build a Cluster - Intel® Server Board S5000PAL
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Hardware Components
Quantity per
node
Item Manufacturer Model
1 Intel
®
Server Board Intel S5000PAL
1 Intel
®
Server Chassis Intel SR1500
1 Intel
®
HDD
Backplane –
SR1500 1U
SATA/SAS passive
Intel ASR1500PASBP
4GB Per
Server
Board
Memory Any supported
Please refer to the Tested Memory List at
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/s5000
pal/sb/CS-022919.htm
2 Per Server
Board
Intel® Xeon®
Processors
Intel Please refer to the Qualified and Supported Processor List
at Please refer to the Tested Memory List at
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/sb/CS-
022346.htm
2 Per Server
Board
1U passive heatsink
(light weight with
heat pipe)
Intel AXXUPHS
1 (minimum)
Per Server
Board
SATA 3.5” hard
drive
Any supported
Please refer to the Intel® Tested Hardware and Operating
System List at
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/sb/CS-
022920.htm
1 Per Server
Board
PCI-E InfiniBand*
Host Channel
Adapter
QLogic
7104-HCA-LPX2P - Dual port PCIExpress 8x SDR
MemFree
7104-HCA-LPX2P-DDR - Dual port PCIExpress 8x DDR
MemFree
Please refer to SilverStorm (QLogic) recipes for cluster
configurations from 8 to 256 nodes for SDR or DDR
1 Optional
Per Server
Board
InfiniBand* Host
Channel Adapter
Qlogic
QLE 7140-CK - Single Port 10 GBs InfiniBand to x8 PCI
Express Adapter
Please refer to SilverStorm (QLogic) recipes for cluster
configurations from 8 to 256 nodes for SDR or DDR