Appendix A: Integration and Usage Tips

When adding or removing components or peripherals from the server board, AC power must be removed. With AC power plugged into the server board, 5-volt standby is still present even though the server board is powered off.

Processors must be installed in order. CPU 1 is located near the edge of the server board and must be populated to operate the board.

On the back edge of the server board are four diagnostic LEDs that display a sequence of red, green, or amber POST codes during the boot process. If the server board hangs during POST, the LEDs will display the last POST event run before the hang.

Only Fully Buffered DIMMs (FBDIMMs) are supported on this server board. For a list of supported memory for this server board, see the Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL, S5000XSL, S5000XVN, and Server System SC5400RA Tested Memory List.

For a list of Intel supported operating systems, add-in cards, and peripherals for this server board, see the Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL, S5000XSL, S5000XVN, and Server System SC5400RA Tested Hardware and Operating System List.

For a list of Intel supported hard disk drives for this workstation board, see the Intel® Server Board/Systems Tested Hard Drive List.

Only Intel® Xeon® processors with system bus speeds of 667 (Intel® Xeon® processors

5000 series only), 1066, or 1333 MHz are supported on this server board. Previous generation Intel® Xeon® processors are not supported.

For the best performance, the number of FBDIMMs installed should be balanced across both memory branches. For example, a four-DIMM configuration performs better than a two-DIMM configuration. In a four-DIMM configuration, FBDIMMs should be installed in DIMM sockets A1, B1, C1, and D1. An eight-DIMM configuration performs better than a six-DIMM configuration.

The Intel® RMM connector is not compatible with the Intel® Server Management Module Professional Edition (Product Code: AXXIMMPRO) or with the Intel® Server Management Module Advanced Edition (Product Code: AXXIMMADV).

Removing AC power before performing the CMOS Clear operation causes the system to automatically power up and immediately power down after the CMOS Clear procedure is followed and AC power is re-applied. If this happens, remove the AC power cord, wait 30 seconds, and then re-connect the AC power cord. Power up the system and proceed to the <F2> BIOS Setup utility to reset the desired settings.

Normal BMC functionality is disabled with the force BMC update jumper set to the “enabled” position (pins 2-3). The server should never be run with the BMC force update jumper set in this position and should only be used when the standard firmware update process fails. This jumper should remain in the default (disabled) position (pins 1-2) when the server is running normally.

When performing a BIOS update procedure, the BIOS select jumper must be set to its default position (pins 2-3).

Appendix B: BMC Sensor Tables

This appendix lists the sensor identification numbers and information about the sensor type, name, supported thresholds, assertion and de-assertion information, and a brief description of the sensor purpose. See the Intelligent Platform Management Interface Specification, Version 2.0, for sensor and event/reading-type table information.

Sensor Type

The Sensor Type values are the values enumerated in the Sensor Type Codes table in the IPMI specification. The Sensor Type provides the context in which to interpret the sensor, such as the physical entity or characteristic that is represented by this sensor.

Event/Reading Type

The Event/Reading Type values are from the Event/Reading Type Code Ranges and Generic Event/Reading Type Codes tables in the IPMI specification. Digital sensors are a specific type of discrete sensor, which have only two states.

Event Offset/Triggers

Event Thresholds are event-generating thresholds for threshold types of sensors.

-[u,l][nr,c,nc]: upper nonrecoverable, upper critical, upper non-critical, lower nonrecoverable, lower critical, lower non-critical

-uc, lc: upper critical, lower critical

Event Triggers are supported event-generating offsets for discrete type sensors. The offsets can be found in the Generic Event/Reading Type Codes or Sensor Type Codes tables in the IPMI specification, depending on whether the sensor event/reading type is generic or a sensor-specific response.

Assertion/De-assertion Enables

Assertion and de-assertion indicators reveal the type of events the sensor generates:

-As: Assertions

-De: De-assertion

Readable Value/Offsets

-Readable Value indicates the type of value returned for threshold and other nondiscrete type sensors.

-Readable Offsets indicate the offsets for discrete sensors that are readable with the Get Sensor Reading command. Unless otherwise indicated, all event triggers are readable; Readable Offsets consist of the reading type offsets that do not generate events.

Event Data

Event data is the data that is included in an event message generated by the sensor. For threshold-based sensors, the following abbreviations are used:

-R: Reading value

-T: Threshold value

Rearm Sensors

The rearm is a request for the event status for a sensor to be rechecked and updated upon a transition between good and bad states. Rearming the sensors can be done manually or automatically. This column indicates the type supported by the sensor. The following abbreviations are used in the comment column to describe a sensor:

-A: Auto-rearm

-M: Manual rearm

Default Hysteresis

The hysteresis setting applies to all thresholds of the sensor. This column provides the count of hysteresis for the sensor, which can be 1 or 2 (positive or negative hysteresis).

Criticality

Criticality is a classification of the severity and nature of the condition. It also controls the behavior of the Control Panel Status LED.

Standby

Some sensors operate on standby power. These sensors may be accessed and/or generate events when the main (system) power is off, but AC power is present.

Intel order number: D41763-008

Intel order number: D41763-008

Intel order number: D41763-008