Product Overview Intel® Server Board Set SE8500HW4
Revision 1.0
Intel order number D22893-001
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8.2.1 Power-Up Sequence..............................................................................................58
8.2.2 Power-Down Sequence.........................................................................................59
8.3 Reset .....................................................................................................................60
8.4 Interrupts................................................................................................................61
8.5 Clocks....................................................................................................................62
8.6 Programmable Logic Devices................................................................................63
9. Mechanical and Thermal Specifications ..........................................................................65
9.1 Mechanical Specifications .....................................................................................65
9.1.1 Mainboard..............................................................................................................65
9.1.2 Memory Board .......................................................................................................67
9.2 Thermal Specifications ..........................................................................................68
10. System BIOS.......................................................................................................................69
10.1 Advanced Memory Modes .....................................................................................69
10.1.1 Sparing ..................................................................................................................70
10.1.2 Maximum Compatibility..........................................................................................70
10.1.3 Maximum Performance..........................................................................................71
10.1.4 Memory Mirroring...................................................................................................71
10.1.5 Memory RAID ........................................................................................................71
10.2 Rolling BIOS ..........................................................................................................73
10.3 Initialization............................................................................................................73
10.3.1 Processors.............................................................................................................73
10.3.2 Memory..................................................................................................................75
10.3.3 I/O Devices ............................................................................................................77
10.3.4 Operating System..................................................................................................78
10.4 Remote Management ............................................................................................78
10.4.1 Serial Configuration Settings .................................................................................78
10.4.2 Keystroke Mappings ..............................................................................................79
10.4.3 Limitations..............................................................................................................79
10.4.4 Interface to Server Management ...........................................................................79
10.5 IPMI Serial/Modem Interface .................................................................................80
10.5.1 Channel Access Modes.........................................................................................80
10.5.2 Interaction with BIOS Console Redirection............................................................80
10.5.3 Serial Over LAN.....................................................................................................80
10.6 Wired For Management.........................................................................................81
10.6.1 PXE BIOS Support ................................................................................................81