Intel SR6850HW4 Server User Manual


 
Intel® Server Platform SR6850HW4 TPS System Overview
Revision 1.0
Intel order number D23151-001
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2.5 Internal Chassis Features
2.5.1 Server Board Set SE8500HW4 Mainboard
The Server Board Set SE8500HW4 Mainboard supports the following features:
Four sockets for 64-bit Intel Xeon processors MP with 1MB L2 cache or 64-bit Intel
Xeon processors with up to 8MB L3 cache
Four PCI Express* x16 Memory Board connectors
- Four independent memory interface buses
- Supports hot-remove and hot-add operations
Dual 667 MT/s Front Side Buses (FSB)
Intel E8500 chipset North Bridge (NB) with two shared 64-bit FSB interfaces
configured for symmetric multiprocessing (SMP)
Intel E8500 chipset eXtended Memory Bridge (XMB) for support of memory hot-plug
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6700 PXH 64-bit Hub which acts as the bridge between the NB and PCI-X bus
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82801EB I/O Controller Hub 5 (ICH5) which provides USB 2.0 and SATA
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IOP332 storage I/O Processor for mass storage and PCI-X slots
LSI Logic* 53C1030 Ultra320* SCSI Controller: provides two independent Ultra320
SCSI interfaces
Broadcom* BRCM5704 NetXtreme* Gigabit Ethernet controller: provides two ports
on the rear of the Mainboard
ATI* Radeon* 7000 video controller
- 16MB embedded SDRAM
- Mirrored to both the rear and front I/O ports by default
Advanced I/O slots including PCI Express and PCI-X and support circuits:
- One hot-plug PCI Express x8 slot
- Three hot-plug PCI Express x4 slots
- One hot-plug 64-bit PCI-X 133MHz slot
- Two 64-bit PCI-X 100MHz slots (not hot-plug)
Buttons and LED indicators for PCI hot-plug slots
Low Pin Count (LPC) Super I/O* enables the serial port/EMP
USB 2.0 support
- Two ports at the rear of chassis
- Three ports on front of the chassis
4MB Flash capacity to support rolling BIOS updates
Optional ROMB support: provides two channels of RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 or 50
Optional custom Fibre Channel Module: provides two optical connectors
Server management support via the Intel Management Module (IMM) connector
See the Intel Server Board Set SE8500HW4 Technical Product Specification for a
description of this board.