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Intel® Server Board S5400SF Introduction
Rev 1.0
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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 as well as information from previous
releases.
Intel will only provide support for adapters and peripherals under the specified system
configuration (system BIOS and firmware revisions) and tested operating systems versions.
1.1 Test Overview
Testing performed on the Intel
®
Server Board S5400SF is classified as either basic installation
testing, or adapter / peripheral compatibility and stress testing.
1.1.1 Basic Installation Testing
Basic installation testing is performed with each supported operating system. Basic installation
testing validates that the operating system can be installed on the system correctly and that the
base hardware feature set is functional. A small set of peripherals is used for installation
purposes only. No add-in adapter cards are tested. On-board RAID is not tested during basic
installation testing.
Network connectivity is tested, and proprietary and industry standard test
suites are run.
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The latest version of an operating system signifies the latest supported version
at the time of the test run. Each new release of this document may list a newly
supported release of a given operating system. Previous releases of a
supported operating system may not be tested beyond the basic installation
test process.
1.1.1.1 Support Commitment for Basic Installation Testing
Intel commits to provide the following level of customer support for operating systems that
receive only basic installation testing:
• Intel will provide tested operating system drivers for each of the server board’s
integrated controllers, provided that the controller vendor has a driver available.
Vendors are not required by Intel to develop drivers for operating systems that they do
not already support. This may limit the functionality of certain server board integrated
controllers.
• Intel will provide support to customers who experience issues with the integrated
controllers on the server board due to the installation or functionality of the operating
system if a driver is available.