User ManualTable of ContentsProduct Overview1Board Set Features2Processor and Chipset5Processors Supported5Heat Sink6Installation Order7Intel® E8500 Chipset8North Bridge (NB)8eXtended Memory Bridge (XMB)8Intel® IOP332 Storage I/O Processor9Intel® 82801EB I/O Controller Hub 5 (ICH5)9Intel® 6700 PXH 64-bit Hub (PXH)9I/O Subsystems11PCI Subsystem11PCI Interrupts11PCI IDSEL Signal12Bus Arbitration Signals13Wake On LAN13PCI Hot Plug* Support14Ultra320 SCSI Subsystem16Intel® RAID On Motherboard (ROMB)17Intel® RAID Activation Key (RAK)17DDR2 RAID DIMM17Intel® RAID Smart Battery (RSB)17Gigabit Ethernet18Serial ATA (SATA)18Fibre Channel18Firmware Hubs18Video19USB 2.019Serial19Intel Server Board Set SE8500HW4 Memory Board21DDR2 DIMM Support22Installation Order22Memory Initialization22Data Correction and Scrubbing23Memory Board Components23Button, Retention Latch and LEDs24Temperature Sensors and FRU25I2C25Independent Memory Interface (IMI)25Serial Presence Detect (SPD)25Power26Memory Hot Plug26Prerequisite for Memory Hot Plug26Memory Board Hot Remove26Memory Board Hot Add26Server Management27Sahalee Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)29Sensor Data Record SDR (SDR) Repository30Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) Inventory Devices30System Event Log (SEL)31Rolling BIOS31First Boot with a New IMM31Fan Control and Temperature Monitoring32Memory Throttling33Processor Throttling33ACPI Power Control34S1 Sleep State Support34S5 Sleep State Support34Secure Mode Operation34Fault Resilient Booting (FRB)35FRB335FRB236Reset Control36Front Panel Reset36Warm Reset36Remote Management and External Interfaces to the BMC37Intelligent Platform Management Buses (IPMB)38Keyboard Controller Style (KCS)/Low Pin Count (LPC) Bus38Inter-Chassis Management Bus (ICMB)38Serial Over LAN (SOL)39Emergency Management Port (EMP) Interface39Event Filtering and Alerting40Platform Event Filtering (PEF)40Dial Page Alerting41Alert over LAN41Alert over Serial/PPP42Jumpers43Mainboard43Circuit Breaker Type Jumper44Intel® Management Module45Connectors47SCSI47100-pin Front Panel48COM2 Serial Port49USB50SATA50Power51Rear Panel Connectors52Video52Network52COM1 Serial Port54USB55Server Management and Diagnostics555-pin ICMB Header553-pin IPMB Header553-pin Chassis Intrusion56I2C POST Code Headers56Electrical Specifications57Power Generartion57Power Timing58Power-Up Sequence58Power-Down Sequence59Reset60Interrupts61Clocks62Programmable Logic Devices63Mechanical and Thermal Specifications65Mechanical Specifications65Mainboard65Memory Board67Thermal Specifications6810. System BIOS69Advanced Memory Modes69Sparing70Maximum Compatibility70Maximum Performance71Memory Mirroring71Memory RAID71Rolling BIOS73Initialization73Processors73Memory75I/O Devices77Operating System78Remote Management78Serial Configuration Settings78Keystroke Mappings79Limitations79Interface to Server Management79IPMI Serial/Modem Interface80Channel Access Modes80Interaction with BIOS Console Redirection80Serial Over LAN80Wired For Management81PXE BIOS Support81System Management BIOS81Security8111. BIOS User Interface83Overview83System State Window83Logo/Diagnostic Window83Current Activity Window84System Diagnostic Screen84Systems Options Menu Screen85Error Manager85Boot Maintenance Manager86BIOS Setup Utility94Setup Utility Layout94Keyboard Commands95Server Platform Formset9612. Error Handling111LEDs111POST Progress LEDs111CPU Diagnostic LEDs113Beeps114BIOS Recovery Beep Codes114POST Messages115Reference Documents120Figure 1. Intel® Server Board Set SE8500HW4, Populated2Figure 2. Intel® Server Board Set SE8500HW4 Interconnect Diagram3Figure 3. 64-bit Intel® Xeon™ Processors MP5Figure 4. Memory Board Outline Diagram21Figure 5. Memory Board Component Diagram22Figure 6. Memory Board Block Diagram23Figure 7. Server Management Block Diagram28Figure 8. I2C Block Diagram29Figure 9. External Interfaces to the BMC37Figure 10. Mainboard Jumper Locations43Figure 11. 68-Pin SCSI Connector47Figure 12. Stacked Ethernet Connector52Figure 13. Power Distribution Block Diagram57Figure 14. Typical Power-Up Sequence58Figure 15. Typical Power-Down Sequence59Figure 16. Reset Block Diagram60Figure 17. Interrupt Block Diagram61Figure 18. PLD Connections63Figure 19. Mainboard Outline and Hole Location Drawing65Figure 20. Mainboard Pin 1 Location Drawing66Figure 21. Memory Board Mechanical Outline Drawing67Figure 22. Memory Board Pin 1 Location Drawing67Figure 23. BIOS Display83Figure 24. System Diagnostics Display84Table 1. Processor Feature Overview5Table 2. Processor Installation Order7Table 3. PCI Expansion Slot Features11Table 4. PCI Interrupt Mapping11Table 5. IDSEL Mapping12Table 6. Arbitration Connections13Table 7. PCI Hot Plug LEDs14Table 8. Memory Board LEDs25Table 9. FRU Device Location and Size30Table 10. Example Rolling BIOS Behavior with a New IMM31Table 11. Fan States32Table 12. Secure Mode Affect on ACPI States34Table 13. System Reset Sources and Actions36Table 14. Platform I2C Buses38Table 15. Default Event Filters40Table 16. Mainboard Jumpers44Table 17. 68-Pin SCSI Connector Pinout47Table 18. 100-pin Front Panel Connector Pinout48Table 19. COM2 Serial Header Pinout49Table 20. 4-pin Internal USB Header50Table 21. SATA Connector Pinout50Table 22. 12-pin Power Connector Pinout51Table 23. 30-pin Power Signal Header Pinout51Table 24. Video Connector Pinout52Table 25. Stacked Ethernet Connector Pinout53Table 26. Server Management Ethernet Connector Pinout54Table 27. COM1 Serial Port Pinout54Table 28. Stacked USB Connector Pinout55Table 29. 5-pin ICMB Header Pinout55Table 30. 3-pin IPMB Header Pinout55Table 31. 3-pin Chassis Intrusion Pinout56Table 32. 5-pin I2C POST Code Header Pinout56Table 33. Power Budget58Table 34. Typical Power-Up Timings59Table 35. Typical Power-Down Timings60Table 36. Reset Types61Table 37. PLD Functions63Table 38. Thermal Specifications68Table 39. Memory Hot Plug Support Under Different Memory Modes70Table 40. Memory Modes Supporting Sparing70Table 41. System Options Menu85Table 42. Error Manager Menu85Table 43. Boot Maintenance Manager Menu86Table 44. Boot Options Menu86Table 45. Change Boot Order Menu87Table 46. Add Boot Option Menu87Table 47. Delete Boot Option Menu88Table 48. Select Legacy Floppy Order Menu88Table 49. Select Legacy Hard Drive Order Menu89Table 50. Select Legacy CD-ROM Order Menu89Table 51. Set Embedded NIC Order Menu90Table 52. Select Legacy BEV Order Menu90Table 53. Driver Options Menu90Table 54. Add Driver Option Menu91Table 55. Add Driver Option Using File Menu91Table 56. Add Driver Option Using Handle Menu92Table 57. Delete Driver Option Menu93Table 58. Change Driver Order Menu93Table 59. Set Time Out Value Menu94Table 60. BIOS Setup Utility Layout94Table 61. BIOS Setup: Keyboard Command Bar95Table 62. Main Menu96Table 63. Time and Date Menu97Table 64. Processor Menu97Table 65. Processor #n Information Menu98Table 66. Memory Menu98Table 67. Configure System RAS and Performance Menu99Table 68. View Memory Configure Details Menu100Table 69. Memory Board #n Menu101Table 70. DIMM Labels Menu102Table 71. Devices Menu102Table 72. IDE Controller Menu102Table 73. Mass Storage Menu103Table 74. LAN Menu104Table 75. Video Menu104Table 76. USB Menu104Table 77. Serial Ports Menu105Table 78. PCI Menu105Table 79. Server Management Menu106Table 80. Console Redirection Menu106Table 81. COM1 Console Redirection Menu107Table 82. FRU Information Menu107Table 83. LAN Management Menu108Table 84. SEL Menu108Table 85. FRB Information Menu109Table 86. Security Menu109Table 87. Save, Restore and Exit Menu110Table 88. POST Progress LED Location and Example111Table 89. POST Progress LED Codes111Table 90. Processor Diagnostic LED Locations113Table 91. Beep Codes114Table 92. BIOS Recovery Beep Codes114Table 93. POST Messages115ICH51Size: 1.13 MBPages: 132Language: EnglishOpen manual
User ManualTable of ContentsProduct Overview1Board Set Features2Processor and Chipset5Processors Supported5Heat Sink6Installation Order7Intel® E8500 Chipset8North Bridge (NB)8eXtended Memory Bridge (XMB)8Intel® IOP332 Storage I/O Processor9Intel® 82801EB I/O Controller Hub 5 (ICH5)9Intel® 6700 PXH 64-bit Hub (PXH)9I/O Subsystems11PCI Subsystem11PCI Interrupts11PCI IDSEL Signal12Bus Arbitration Signals13Wake On LAN13PCI Hot Plug* Support14Ultra320 SCSI Subsystem16Intel® RAID On Motherboard (ROMB)17Intel® RAID Activation Key (RAK)17DDR2 RAID DIMM17Intel® RAID Smart Battery (RSB)17Gigabit Ethernet18Serial ATA (SATA)18Fibre Channel18Firmware Hubs18Video19USB 2.019Serial19Intel Server Board Set SE8500HW4 Memory Board21DDR2 DIMM Support22Installation Order22Memory Initialization22Data Correction and Scrubbing23Memory Board Components23Button, Retention Latch and LEDs24Temperature Sensors and FRU25I2C25Independent Memory Interface (IMI)25Serial Presence Detect (SPD)25Power26Memory Hot Plug26Prerequisite for Memory Hot Plug26Memory Board Hot Remove26Memory Board Hot Add26Server Management27Sahalee Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)29Sensor Data Record SDR (SDR) Repository30Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) Inventory Devices30System Event Log (SEL)31Rolling BIOS31First Boot with a New IMM31Fan Control and Temperature Monitoring32Memory Throttling33Processor Throttling33ACPI Power Control34S1 Sleep State Support34S5 Sleep State Support34Secure Mode Operation34Fault Resilient Booting (FRB)35FRB335FRB236Reset Control36Front Panel Reset36Warm Reset36Remote Management and External Interfaces to the BMC37Intelligent Platform Management Buses (IPMB)38Keyboard Controller Style (KCS)/Low Pin Count (LPC) Bus38Inter-Chassis Management Bus (ICMB)38Serial Over LAN (SOL)39Emergency Management Port (EMP) Interface39Event Filtering and Alerting40Platform Event Filtering (PEF)40Dial Page Alerting41Alert over LAN41Alert over Serial/PPP42Jumpers43Mainboard43Circuit Breaker Type Jumper44Intel® Management Module45Connectors47SCSI47100-pin Front Panel48COM2 Serial Port49USB50SATA50Power51Rear Panel Connectors52Video52Network52COM1 Serial Port54USB55Server Management and Diagnostics555-pin ICMB Header553-pin IPMB Header553-pin Chassis Intrusion56I2C POST Code Headers56Electrical Specifications57Power Generartion57Power Timing58Power-Up Sequence58Power-Down Sequence59Reset60Interrupts61Clocks62Programmable Logic Devices63Mechanical and Thermal Specifications65Mechanical Specifications65Mainboard65Memory Board67Thermal Specifications6810. System BIOS69Advanced Memory Modes69Sparing70Maximum Compatibility70Maximum Performance71Memory Mirroring71Memory RAID71Rolling BIOS73Initialization73Processors73Memory75I/O Devices77Operating System78Remote Management78Serial Configuration Settings78Keystroke Mappings79Limitations79Interface to Server Management79IPMI Serial/Modem Interface80Channel Access Modes80Interaction with BIOS Console Redirection80Serial Over LAN80Wired For Management81PXE BIOS Support81System Management BIOS81Security8111. BIOS User Interface83Overview83System State Window83Logo/Diagnostic Window83Current Activity Window84System Diagnostic Screen84Systems Options Menu Screen85Error Manager85Boot Maintenance Manager86BIOS Setup Utility94Setup Utility Layout94Keyboard Commands95Server Platform Formset9612. Error Handling111LEDs111POST Progress LEDs111CPU Diagnostic LEDs113Beeps114BIOS Recovery Beep Codes114POST Messages115Reference Documents120Figure 1. Intel® Server Board Set SE8500HW4, Populated2Figure 2. Intel® Server Board Set SE8500HW4 Interconnect Diagram3Figure 3. 64-bit Intel® Xeon™ Processors MP5Figure 4. Memory Board Outline Diagram21Figure 5. Memory Board Component Diagram22Figure 6. Memory Board Block Diagram23Figure 7. Server Management Block Diagram28Figure 8. I2C Block Diagram29Figure 9. External Interfaces to the BMC37Figure 10. Mainboard Jumper Locations43Figure 11. 68-Pin SCSI Connector47Figure 12. Stacked Ethernet Connector52Figure 13. Power Distribution Block Diagram57Figure 14. Typical Power-Up Sequence58Figure 15. Typical Power-Down Sequence59Figure 16. Reset Block Diagram60Figure 17. Interrupt Block Diagram61Figure 18. PLD Connections63Figure 19. Mainboard Outline and Hole Location Drawing65Figure 20. Mainboard Pin 1 Location Drawing66Figure 21. Memory Board Mechanical Outline Drawing67Figure 22. Memory Board Pin 1 Location Drawing67Figure 23. BIOS Display83Figure 24. System Diagnostics Display84Table 1. Processor Feature Overview5Table 2. Processor Installation Order7Table 3. PCI Expansion Slot Features11Table 4. PCI Interrupt Mapping11Table 5. IDSEL Mapping12Table 6. Arbitration Connections13Table 7. PCI Hot Plug LEDs14Table 8. Memory Board LEDs25Table 9. FRU Device Location and Size30Table 10. Example Rolling BIOS Behavior with a New IMM31Table 11. Fan States32Table 12. Secure Mode Affect on ACPI States34Table 13. System Reset Sources and Actions36Table 14. Platform I2C Buses38Table 15. Default Event Filters40Table 16. Mainboard Jumpers44Table 17. 68-Pin SCSI Connector Pinout47Table 18. 100-pin Front Panel Connector Pinout48Table 19. COM2 Serial Header Pinout49Table 20. 4-pin Internal USB Header50Table 21. SATA Connector Pinout50Table 22. 12-pin Power Connector Pinout51Table 23. 30-pin Power Signal Header Pinout51Table 24. Video Connector Pinout52Table 25. Stacked Ethernet Connector Pinout53Table 26. Server Management Ethernet Connector Pinout54Table 27. COM1 Serial Port Pinout54Table 28. Stacked USB Connector Pinout55Table 29. 5-pin ICMB Header Pinout55Table 30. 3-pin IPMB Header Pinout55Table 31. 3-pin Chassis Intrusion Pinout56Table 32. 5-pin I2C POST Code Header Pinout56Table 33. Power Budget58Table 34. Typical Power-Up Timings59Table 35. Typical Power-Down Timings60Table 36. Reset Types61Table 37. PLD Functions63Table 38. Thermal Specifications68Table 39. Memory Hot Plug Support Under Different Memory Modes70Table 40. Memory Modes Supporting Sparing70Table 41. System Options Menu85Table 42. Error Manager Menu85Table 43. Boot Maintenance Manager Menu86Table 44. Boot Options Menu86Table 45. Change Boot Order Menu87Table 46. Add Boot Option Menu87Table 47. Delete Boot Option Menu88Table 48. Select Legacy Floppy Order Menu88Table 49. Select Legacy Hard Drive Order Menu89Table 50. Select Legacy CD-ROM Order Menu89Table 51. Set Embedded NIC Order Menu90Table 52. Select Legacy BEV Order Menu90Table 53. Driver Options Menu90Table 54. Add Driver Option Menu91Table 55. Add Driver Option Using File Menu91Table 56. Add Driver Option Using Handle Menu92Table 57. Delete Driver Option Menu93Table 58. Change Driver Order Menu93Table 59. Set Time Out Value Menu94Table 60. BIOS Setup Utility Layout94Table 61. BIOS Setup: Keyboard Command Bar95Table 62. Main Menu96Table 63. Time and Date Menu97Table 64. Processor Menu97Table 65. Processor #n Information Menu98Table 66. Memory Menu98Table 67. Configure System RAS and Performance Menu99Table 68. View Memory Configure Details Menu100Table 69. Memory Board #n Menu101Table 70. DIMM Labels Menu102Table 71. Devices Menu102Table 72. IDE Controller Menu102Table 73. Mass Storage Menu103Table 74. LAN Menu104Table 75. Video Menu104Table 76. USB Menu104Table 77. Serial Ports Menu105Table 78. PCI Menu105Table 79. Server Management Menu106Table 80. Console Redirection Menu106Table 81. COM1 Console Redirection Menu107Table 82. FRU Information Menu107Table 83. LAN Management Menu108Table 84. SEL Menu108Table 85. FRB Information Menu109Table 86. Security Menu109Table 87. Save, Restore and Exit Menu110Table 88. POST Progress LED Location and Example111Table 89. POST Progress LED Codes111Table 90. Processor Diagnostic LED Locations113Table 91. Beep Codes114Table 92. BIOS Recovery Beep Codes114Table 93. POST Messages115ICH51Size: 1.13 MBPages: 132Language: EnglishOpen manual