Intel SE7525GP2 User Manual

Intel^®Server Board

SE7525GP2

Tested Hardware and Operating

System List

Revision 1.5

February, 2005

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction ..........................................................................................................................5

1.1

1.1.1

1.1.2

1.2

Test Overview..........................................................................................................5

Basic Installation Testing.........................................................................................5

Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing ............................................6

Pass/Fail Test Criteria .............................................................................................7

2. Base System Configurations...............................................................................................8

3. Supported Operating Systems............................................................................................9

3.1

Operating System Certifications ............................................................................10

4. Adapters and Peripherals..................................................................................................11

4.1

Video Adapters ......................................................................................................12

Audio Adapters ......................................................................................................12

IEEE 1394 Adapters ..............................................................................................12

PCI RAID ...............................................................................................................12

PCI SCSI ...............................................................................................................13

PCI NIC..................................................................................................................13

Modems.................................................................................................................14

Human Interface Devices ......................................................................................14

CDROM Drives ......................................................................................................14

DVD Drives............................................................................................................15

Tape Drives ...........................................................................................................15

Removable Drives .................................................................................................15

KVM.......................................................................................................................15

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.5

4.6

4.7

4.8

4.9

4.10

4.11

4.12

4.13

5. Hard Disk Drives.................................................................................................................16

6. Tech Tips.............................................................................................................................20

6.1

6.2

6.3

ESB6300 RAID Drivers for Windows XP ...............................................................20

SATA RAID and x16 PCI-E usage.........................................................................20

Adaptec Fireconnect 4300 FireWire Card usage...................................................20

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Introduction

1. Introduction

This document is intended to provide users of the Intel® server board SE7525GP2 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 SE7525GP2 is no longer in production. Each new

release of the document will present updated information as well as continue to provide the

information from previous releases.

Intel will only provide support for those adapters and peripherals under the specified system

configuration (System BIOS and Firmware revisions) and operating systems versions with which

they were tested.

1.1 Test Overview

Testing performed on these boards is classified under two separate categories: Basic

Installation Testing, and 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 server board can install the operating system 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. Testing includes network connectivity and running of

proprietary and industry standard test suites.

The latest version of an operating system signifies the latest supported version

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at the time of the actual test run. Each new release of this document may have

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 and test operating system drivers for each of the server board’s

integrated controllers, provided that the controller vendor has a driver available upon

request. Vendors will not be 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 support customer issues that involve installation and/or functionality of

operating system with the server board’s integrated controllers only if a driver has been

made available.

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Intel will NOT provide support for issues related to use of any add-in adapters or

peripherals installed in the server system when an operating system that received basic

installation testing only is in use.

Support is defined as assistance in root causing issues, and determining a customer

acceptable resolution to the issue associated with the operating system. The resolution

may include, but is not limited to, on-board controller driver changes, engaging the

vendor for resolution, BIOS changes, firmware changes, or determining a customer

acceptable workaround for the issue.

1.1.2

Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing

Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress testing is performed only on the most current

release of a supported operating system at the time of a given validation run. The Adapter /

Peripheral Compatibility and Stress testing process consists of three areas: Base Platform,

Adapter Compatibility, and Stress.

Base Platform: Each base platform will successfully install a given operating system,

successfully run a disk stress test, and successfully run a network stress test.

Adapter Compatibility: Adapter compatibility validation (CV) testing uses test suites to gain an

accurate view of how the server performs with a wide variety of adapters under the primary

supported operating systems. These tests are designed to show hardware compatibility

between the cards and the server platform and include functional testing only. No heavy

stressing of the systems or the cards is performed for CV testing.

Stress Testing: This test sequence uses configurations that include add-in adapters in all

available slots, (depending on chassis used) for a minimum 72-hour test run without injecting

errors. Each configuration passes an installation test, a Network/Disk Stress test, and tape

backup test. Any fatal errors that occur will require a complete test restart.

1.1.2.1

Support Commitment for Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress

Testing

Intel commits to provide the following level of customer support for operating systems that

receive Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress testing:

•

Intel will provide support for customer issues with these operating systems involving

installation and/or functionality of the server board with or without the adapters and

peripherals listed in this document as having been tested under the particular operating

system.

•

Support is defined as assistance in root causing issues, and determining a customer

acceptable resolution to the issue associated with the operating system. The resolution

may include, but is not limited to, on-board controller driver changes, engaging the

vendor for resolution, BIOS changes, firmware changes, or determining a customer

acceptable workaround for the issue.

•

Intel will provide and test operating system drivers for each onboard video, network, and

storage controller.

Intel will enable vendors to provide driver support for add-in adapters using these

operating systems.

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Intel will go through some of the steps to achieve certification to ensure its customers do

not run across any problems, but the actual certification is the responsibility of the

individual customer.

For operating systems, adapter cards, and peripherals not listed in this

document, there is no support commitment. Intel will consider support requests

on a case-by-case basis.

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1.2 Pass/Fail Test Criteria

For each operating system, adapter, and peripheral configuration, a test passes if specific

criteria are met. Specific configurations may have had particular characteristics that were

addressed on a case-by-case basis. In general, a configuration passes testing if the following

conditions are met:

•

The operating system installed without error.

Manufacturer’s installation instructions or Intel’s best-known methods were used for

the operating system installation.

No extraordinary workarounds were required during the operating system installation.

The server system behaved as expected during and after the operating system

installation.

Application software installed and executed normally.

•

Hardware compatibility tests ran to completion without error.

Test software suites executed successfully

Test and data files were created in the correct directories without error.

Files copied from client to server and back compare to the original with zero errors

reported.

Clients remain connected to the server system.

Industry standard test suites run to completion with zero errors reported.

All Intel server board SE7525GP2 testing was performed using the Intel® Server Chassis

SC5300 or Intel Server Chassis SC5275-E.

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2. Base System Configurations

The following table lists the base system configurations tested. Base system configurations will

change as new revisions of the Intel server board SE7525GP2 are released and/or new system

BIOS and BMC firmware are cut onto the board in the factory. Each base system configuration

is assigned an identifier number that is referenced in the tables throughout this document. New

base system configurations are added with each new release of this document.

Intel will only provide support for adapters and peripherals under the specified

base system configuration and operating systems versions with which they

were tested.

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Base System

Configuration

Identifier #

mBMC

Firmware

Revision

PBA

Number

BIOS

Revision

Board Type

FRUSDR

Ver 0.10

Ver 1.20

Notes

SE7525GP2 C55824-401

BC07

P03

2.31

C55824-501

SE7525GP2

Fab mounted with

C1 or C2 MCH

2.31

C55824-601

Fab mounted with

C4 MCH

SE7525GP2 C55824-603

P06

2.40

Ver 1.40

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3. Supported Operating Systems

The following table provides a list of supported operating systems for the Intel® server board

SE7525GP2. Each of the listed operating systems was tested for compatibility with server

board base system configuration listed in Section 2 of this document. Operating systems are

supported only with the specified base system configuration(s) with which they were tested.

The following table also indicates whether each operating system received Basic Installation

Testing, or Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing. For information on the

support commitments for Basic Installation Testing vs. Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and

Stress Testing, please reference Section 1 of this document.

Any variations to the standard operating system installation process are documented in the

Installation Guidelines section of this document. If there are no installation guidelines noted in

the following table, then the operating system installed as expected using manufacturer’s

installation instructions or Intel’s best-known methods.

Operating systems supported by Intel® Server Management software may be

ꢀ

different than the operating systems supported by the server board. Please

reference the Readme and User Guide documents that are included as part of

each Intel Server Management distribution for operating systems that are

supported by that release.

Base System

Notes

Operating System

Configuration Tested &

Type of Testing

Intel’s testing was completed

with Microsoft Windows Server

2003. The Intel Server Board

SE7525GP2 supports the

operating system portion of

Microsoft Windows Small

Business Server 2003 only.

The application portion is not

tested or supported.

Configuration 2&3 –

Microsoft* Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition /

Microsoft* Small Business Server 2003

Compatibility & Stress

Intel’s testing was completed

with Microsoft Windows Server

2000. The Intel Server Board

SE7525GP2 supports the

operating system portion of

Microsoft Windows Small

Business Server 2000 only.

The application portion is not

tested or supported.

Configuration 2&3 –

Microsoft* Windows 2000 Advanced Server,

SP4 / Microsoft* Small Business Server 2000

Compatibility & Stress

Configuration 2&3 –

Compatibility & Stress

Configuration 2&3 –

Compatibility & Stress

Configuration 2&3 –

Windows XP Professional, SP1

Novell NetWare 6.5, SP2

SuSE 9.0 Professional

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Basic Install

Windows NT 4.0 Advanced Server, SP6

SuSE Professional Linux 8.2

RedHat Linux 9.0

Configuration 2&3 –

Basic Install

Configuration 2&3 –

Basic Install

Configuration 2&3 –

Basic Install

SCO OpenServer 5.0.6a

Configuration 2&3 –

Basic Install

Novell NetWare 5.1, SP7

Configuration 2&3 –

Compatibility & Stress

Configuration 2&3 –

Compatibility & Stress

SuSE 9.1 Professional, EM64T

RHEL 3.0 w/update2, EM64T

3.1 Operating System Certifications

Listed below are the operating systems that Intel will certify with the Intel Server Board

SE7525GP2. However, the customer is responsible for their own certification from the

individual operating system vendors. In many cases, the customer may leverage their operating

system certifications from Intel’s testing. See the “Comments” section next to each operating

system in the table below for additional information. Intel’s certifications, pre-certification, and

operating system testing may help reduce some of the risk in achieving customer certifications

with the operating system vendors.

Operating System

Certification Listing

Comments

Microsoft Windows 2003

Enterprise Edition

Certified

http://developer.intel.com/design/servers/whql.htm

Microsoft Windows 2000

Advanced Server

Certified

http://developer.intel.com/design/servers/whql.htm

ATI logo’d: ID 919145

Microsoft Windows XP

Professional

In process

Cert. ID: 76237 (SE7525GP2 with SC5275E)

Cert. ID: 76238 (SE7525GP2 with SC5300)

Novell Netware 6.5

Certified

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4. Adapters and Peripherals

Add-in adapter card and peripheral compatibility and stress testing will only be performed with

the latest version of an operating system at the time the validation testing occurred. The

following table shows the operating system and base system configurations used to validate

each device. The adapters are divided into categories based on their functionality. All

integrated on-board devices are tested by default and are therefore not included in the following

tables.

Note that not all adapter cards were tested under all operating systems. The following notation

is used in the tested adapters and peripherals table below to indicate the support level that Intel

provides for a particular adapter under a particular operating system:

This adapter or peripheral has been tested and is supported under the specific

Number (i.e. 1)

configuration identified in the Base System Configurations Table in Section 2 of this

document.

This adapter or peripheral has been tested, but is NOT supported under the specific

Number in brackets (i.e. [1]) configuration identified in the Base System Configurations Table in Section 2 of this

document.

This adapter or peripheral has not been tested under this operating system and is not

supported under this operating system.

This adapter or peripheral has not been tested under this operating system due to

limitations in IHV driver availability, and is not suported under this operating system.

This adapter is supported, but not tested. This adapter model has not been tested

with this server board, but Intel will support it based on successful testing of a similar

adapter from the same adapter family. Intel has high confidence that this adapter will

function correctly with the server board. This adapter uses the same firmware and

SA (Similar Adapter)

drivers, and has a nearly identical system interface to another adapter of the same

family that has been successfully tested with this server board. In addition, Intel has

secured IHV commitment to support the similar adapters equally. Customers should

always test adapters as part of the final system configuration prior to deployment. All

installation guidelines for the tested adapter also apply to the similar adapter.

Any variations to the standard adapter installation process or to expected adapter functionality

are documented in the Installation Guidelines section of this document. If there are installation

guidelines affecting a particular adapter and operating system combination, these are

referenced in the following table. If there are no installation guidelines noted in the following

table, then the adapter installed and functioned as expected using manufacturer’s installation

instructions or Intel’s best-known methods.

Testing of adapters cards normally is performed with unused add-in adapters

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and onboard controller expansion ROMs disabled in BIOS Setup. Intel

recommends that customers disable the option ROM for add-in controllers

and/or the on-board controllers when not booting from the controller or needing

to use its built in utilities.

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Model Name

Model Number

4.1 Video Adapters

ATI

RADEON 7500

Millenium G450

X300

RADEON 7500

G45FMDVP32DB

X300

1,[2]

1,[2],3

1,[2]

1,[2],3

1,[2]

1,[2],3

1, 2

[2],3

[2]

Matrox

ATI

PVL040GE

RV380-A23

ATI

X600

1,3

X700

PVL040LZ RV410 NT

PVL040BV

X800XT

1,[3]

1,3

[3]

1,[3]

1,3

[3]

1,[3]

1,3

[3]

R423XT-A12

FireGL V3100

FireGL V3200

PVL040GF 370GL

PVL040IB

RV380GL-A23

[3]

PVL0372I &

PVL0372K

nVidia

QuadroFX 330

1,3

PVL04058 &

PVL04059

nVidia

QuadroFX 1300

QuadroFX 3400

1,3

QuadroFX 3400

4.2 Audio Adapters

Creative Sound

Blaster Audigy 2

Creative Labs

70SB024000005

70SB009003002

70SB013000000

70SB006003007

[3]

Creative Sound

Creative Labs Blaster Audigy

Gamer

Creative Sound

Creative Labs

Blaster Extigy

Creative Sound

Creative Labs Blaster Live

CT4769

Voyetra Turtle

Turtle Beach

Beach Santa

Cruise

[3]

4.3 IEEE 1394 Adapters

Test

Adaptec **

Fireconnect 4300

ASR-2110S

1890600

In Test

[1]

In Test

[1]

4.4 PCI RAID

Adaptec

ASR-2110S

[1]

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Adaptec

AAR2410SA

SRCU32U

SRCU42L

AAR2410SA

2,3

Intel

SRCU32U

SRCU42L

[1], 2,3

1, 2, 3

2, [3]

[1],2,3

1, 2, 3

2, [3]

[1],2,3

1, 2, 3

2, [3]

[1],2,3

1, 2, 3

2, [3]

[2],[3] [2]

[2]

2, [3]

SRCU42X

MegaRAID

SCSI 320-2x

MegaRAID

SCSI 320-4x

SRCU42X

MegaRAID

SCSI 320-2x

MegaRAID

SCSI 320-4x

LSI Logic

2, [3]

Express 500

(MegaRAID 475)

LSI Logic

MegaRAID 475

1, 2

MegaRAID SATA

150-6

MegaRAID SATA

150-6

LSI Logic ***

LSI Logic

MegaRAID SATA

150-4

MegaRAID SATA

150-4

Intel

SRCS16

2, 3

SRCS14L

1, 2, 3

1, 2,3

1, 2, 3

4.5 PCI SCSI

Adaptec

LSI Logic

ASC-29160LP

ASC-29160

ASC-29160LP

ASC-29160

1, 2, 3

1,2, 3

ASC-29160N

ASC-29320LP-R

ASC-29320ALP

ASC-29320-R

LSI20160LP

LSI20160

ASC-29160N

ASC-29320LP-R

ASC-29320ALP

ASC-29320-R

LSI20160LP

LSI20160

1, 2, 3

1, [2],3

[2], 3

[1], 2,3

[1],2,3

4.6 PCI NIC

Etherlink 10/100

PCI

3COM

Intel

3C980C-TXM

3C996B-T

1, 2, 3

Gigabit Server

Adapter

PRO/100+ S

Server Adapter

PILA8470D3

PILA8470C3

PILA8472C3

PRO/100+ S

Server Adapter

Intel

PRO/100 + Dual

Port

Intel

1, 2, [3] 1, 2, [3] 1, 2, [3] 1, 2,[3]

1,2,[3]

PRO/1000MT

Gigabit Server

Adapter

Intel

PWLA8490MT

1, 2, 3

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PRO/1000MT

Gigabit Server

Adapter

Intel

PWLA8490MF

PWLA8490XT

PWLA8490XTL

PWLA8490XF

PWLA8490XTL

PWLA8492MT

PRO/1000XT

Gigabit Server

Adatper

1, 2, 3

PRO/1000XT

Gigabit Server

Adatper

PRO/1000XT

Gigabit Server

Adatper

PRO/1000XT

Gigabit Server

Adatper

PRO/1000MT Dual

Port Gigabit

Adapter

1, 2, 3

PRO/1000MT Dual

Port Gigabit

Adapter

PWLA8492MF

SK-9E21D

Syskonnect

4.7 Modems

3COM

SK-9E21D

2, 3

V.Everything 56K

Corporate

3CP3453

1, 2, 3

1, 2

1, 2, 3

1, 2

1, 2, 3

1, 2

1, 2, 3 [2]

56K v.92

Performance Pro

3COM

1, 2

[2]

4.8 Human Interface Devices

Keytronic

Logitech

PROPilot

1, 2, 3

E06101USB-C

Optical Mouse

Internet Navigator

E06101USB-C

930582-0403

Intellimouse

Optical

Microsoft

Rainbow

1, 2

Sentinal Duo

Hardware Key

Sentinal Duo

4.9 CDROM Drives

IOMega

CD-RW 48x24x48 CD-RW 48x24x48 1, 2, 3

1, 2, 3

1, 2

1, 2, 3

1, 2

1, 2, 3

1, 2

1, 2, 3 NT

CRMC-FX5401W

CDROM

CRMC-FX5401W

CDROM

Mitsumi

1, 2

Plexwriter

40x12x40U

CD-RW

40x12x40U

Plextor

1, 2

Samsung

SC-152

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Teac

CD-552E

1, 2, 3

1, 2, 3 NT

CDWF540/Kit

4.10 DVD Drives

Mitsumi

Plextor

Pioneer

Samsung

Sony

SR244W1

DVD-305S

DVD305S

SD-616

1, 2, 3

1, 2

1, 2, 3

1, 2

1, 2, 3

1, 2

1, 2, 3

1, 2

1, 2, 3 NT

DVD-305S

DVD 305S

SD-616

1, 2

DRU500AX

SD-M1401

SD-M1712

DRU500AX

SD-M1401

SD-M1712

1, 2

Toshiba

1, 2

4.11 Tape Drives

Quantum

Sony

DLT, VS80

BH2AA-YF

1, [2]

[1],[2]

1, 2

SDX-900V

SDX-900V(SCSI)

SDX-700C/BM

AIT-3 Desktop

Sony

SDX-700C(SCSI)

1, 2

[1], 2

[1]

1, 2

Sony

SDX-560V

SDX-550V

SDX-560V(ATAPI)

SDX-550V(SCSI)

SDX-S500C/BM

AIT-2 Desktop

SDX-S500C/BM

AIT-2 Desktop

Sony

[1], 2

1, 2

[1]

1, 2

Sony

SDX-S500V/P

SDX-460V

SDX-450V

SDX-260V

SDX-250V

SDX-S500V/P

SDX-460V(ATAPI)

SDX-450V(SCSI)

SDX-260V(ATAPI)

SDX-250V(SCSI)

Scorpion 40 DDS4

DAT 20/40GB

Seagate

STD2401LW-S

4.12 Removable Drives

Zip 750MB USB

IOMega

2.0

32324

1, 2, 3

1, 2

1, 2, 3

1, 2

1, 2, 3

1, 2

1, 2, 3

1, 2

1, 2, 3 NT

VAIO External

USB floppy

Sony

PCGA-UFD5

1, 2

2, 3

Addonics

Teac

Combo HD Kit

FD235-HF

AEMED35AUM

FD235-HF

2, 3

1, 2, 3

1, 2

1, 2, 3

1, 2

1, 2, 3

1, 2

1, 2, 3

1, 2

1, 2, 3 NT

1, 2 NT

Teac

FDO5PUB

4.13 KVM

Belkin

Omniview PRO2

F1DA108T

1, 2, 3

1, 2, 3 NT

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Avocent

1160ES

** Check Tech Tips for more information.

*** Use the latest FW 713N instead of former 713J.

5. Hard Disk Drives

The hard drives listed in the following table have been tested with the Intel Server Board

SE7525GP2 by Intel in its validation labs and/or by individual drive vendors. The following

operating system identifiers are used in the table to specify which OS each drive was tested

under.

Identifier number

Operating System

Microsoft Windows* 2003 Enterprise Edition

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

Microsoft Windows XP* Professional

Novell* Netware* 6.5

SuSE 9.0 Professional

Note that not all hard drives were tested under all operating systems. The following notation is

used in the tested hard drives table below to indicate the support level that Intel provides for a

particular hard drive with a particular operating system:

This hard drive has been tested and is supported under the operating system

Number (i.e. 1)

identified by the operating system identification number.

This hard drive has been tested, but is NOT supported under the operating system

Number in brackets (i.e. [1])

identified by the operating system identification number.

The hard disk drive is supported, but not tested. This hard drive model/capacity has

not been tested with this server board, but Intel will support it based on successful

testing of a larger capacity hard drive from the same hard drive family. Intel has high

confidence that this hard drive will function correctly with the server board. This drive

uses the exact same firmware and drivers as a larger capacity hard drive that has

been successfully tested with this server board. The only difference between this

drive and the one that was used in testing is the storage capacity. Intel provides the

same level of support for all hard drives listed in this document, regardless of whether

the drive was tested or not. Customers should always test hard drives as part of the

SD (Similar Drive)

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This hard drive has been tested and is supported under the operating system

identified by the operating system identification number.

Number (i.e. 1)

final system configuration prior to deployment. Given the fact that a larger capacity

hard drive from the same drive family has successfully completed testing on this

server board, this particular hard drive capacity point will not be tested.

The hard disk drive was tested according to Intel-approved guidelines and test

procedures by the Independent Hardware Vendor (IHV) that manufactured the drive.

Intel provides the same level of support for all hard drives listed in this document,

regardless of whether the drive was tested in an Intel lab or not. IHV test reports

remain the property of the IHV (Intel cannot provide copies of these reports).

IHVT (IHV Tested)

Tested

Product

Family

Drive size

(GB)

Operatin

Manufacturer

Model Number

Interface

RPM

Notes

Systems

SCSI Hard Drives

Fujitsu

Alegro 8LE

Alegro 8LX

Atlas 10K IV

Atlas 10K V

Atlas 15K

MAP3147NC

MAP3367NC

MAP3735NC

MAS3735NC

MAS3367NC

MAS3184NC

8B146J0

U320 SCSI SCA

10,000

147GB

36GB

73GB

36GB

18GB

146GB

74GB

36GB

300GB

147GB

73GB

36GB

18GB

147GB

73GB

36GB

146GB

36GB

73GB

36GB

1,2,3,4,5

Fujitsu

10,000

15,000

10,000

15,000

10,000

15,000

Fujitsu

1,2,3,4,5

Fujitsu

Maxtor

1,2,3,4,5

Maxtor

8B074J0

Maxtor

8B036J0

Maxtor

8D300J0

1,2,3,4,5

Maxtor

8D147J0

Maxtor

8D073J0

Maxtor

8C073J0

1,2,3,4,5

Maxtor

Atlas 15K

8C036J0

Maxtor

Atlas 15K

8C018J0

Maxtor

Atlas 15K II

Cheetah 10.6

8E147J0

1,2,3,4,5

Maxtor

8E073J0

Maxtor

8E036J0

Seagate

ST3146807LC

ST336607LC

ST373307LC

1,2,3,4,5

Cheetah X15.3 ST373453LC

Cheetah X15.3 ST336753LC

1,2,3,4,5

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Seagate

Hitachi

Cheetah X15.3 ST318453LC

Cheetah 10K.7 ST3300007LC

Cheetah 10K.7 ST3146007LC

Cheetah 10K.7 ST3073007LC

U320 SCSI SCA

15,000

18GB

300GB

146GB

73GB

147GB

36GB

72GB

10,000

1,2,3,4,5

DK32EJ

DK32EJ-14

DK32EJ-36

DK32EJ-72

1,2,3,4,5

Hitachi

UltraStar

10K300

Hitachi

UltraStar 10K300

U320 SCSI SCA

10,000

15,000

300GB

73GB

36GB

1,2,3,4,5

UltraStar

15K73

HUS157373EL3800

HUS157373EL3600

HUS157336EL3800

HUS157336EL3600

UltraStar

15K73

U320 SCSI 68

UltraStar

15K73

U320 SCSI SCA

UltraStar

15K73

U320 SCSI 68

Parallel ATA (PATA) Hard Drives

Deskstar

180GXP

Hitachi

IC35L180AVV207-1

IC35L120AVV207-1

IC35L090AVV207-1

IC35L060AVV207-1

IC35L030AVV207-1

6Y160P0

ATA 100

ATA 133

7,200

180GB

120GB

90GB

1,2,3,4,5

Deskstar

180GXP

Hitachi

Deskstar

180GXP

Hitachi

Deskstar

180GXP

Hitachi

60GB

Deskstar

180GXP

Hitachi

30GB

DiamondMax

Maxtor

Plus 9

160GB

200GB

120GB

80GB

1,2,3,4,5

DiamondMax

Maxtor

Plus 9

6Y200P0

DiamondMax

Maxtor

Plus 9

6Y120P0

DiamondMax

Maxtor

Plus 9

6Y080P0

DiamondMax

Plus 9 (Maxline 6Y200P0

Plus II)

200GB

(8MB

cache)

Maxtor

ATA 133

7,200

1,2,3,4,5

IOMEGA

Seagate

ZIP 750

ATA 100

Internal

1,2,3,4,5

Barracuda 5

ATA

120GB

(8MB

ST3120023A

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cache)

120GB

Western Digital

Caviar XL60

WD1200BB-00EEA1 ATA 100

7,200

1,2,3,4,5

200GB

(8MB

cache)

WD2000JB

WD2500JB

WD1800JB

WD1200JB

ATA 100

7,200

250GB

(8MB

cache)

Western Digital

Caviar XL60

ATA 100

180GB

(8MB

cache)

120GB

(8MB

cache)

Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Drives

DiamondMax

Maxtor

Plus 9

6Y120M0

SATA

7,200

120GB

250GB

200GB

160GB

80GB

1,2,3,4,5

DiamondMax

Maxtor

Plus 9

6Y250M0

DiamondMax

Maxtor

Plus 9

6Y200M0

DiamondMax

Maxtor

Plus 9

6Y160M0

DiamondMax

Maxtor

Plus 9

6Y080M0

DiamondMax

Maxtor

Plus 9

6Y060M0

60GB

Barracuda 5

Seagate

SATA

ST3120023AS

ST3200822AS

ST3160827AS

ST3120827AS

ST380817AS

120GB

200GB

160GB

120GB

80GB

1,2,3,4,5

1,2,4

Barracuda 7

Seagate

SATA

Barracuda 7

Seagate

SATA

Barracuda 7

Seagate

SATA

Barracude 7

Seagate

SATA

Western Digital

WD Raptor

WD360GD

WD740GD

SATA

10,000

36GB

74GB

1,2,3,4,5

WD Caviar

XL80 II

Western Digital

WD1600JD-00HBB0 SATA

7,200

160GB

1,2,3,4,5

WD Caviar

XL80 II

Western Digital

WD2000JD-00HBB0 SATA

WD2500JD-00HBB0 SATA

7,200

200GB

250GB

WD Caviar

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XL80 II

DeskStar

7K250

Hitachi

HDS722525VLST80 SATA

HDS722516VLST80 SATA

HDS722512VLST80 SATA

HDS722580VLST80 SATA

HDS724040KLSA80 SATA

7,200

250GB

160GB

120GB

80GB

1,2,3,4,5

DeskStar

7K250

Hitachi

7,200

DeskStar

7K250

DeskStar

7K250

DeskStar

7K400

Hitachi

400GB

1,2,3,4,5

External HDD (USB)

Maxtor

USB 2.0/1.1 &

firewire

5000XT

250GB

1,2,3,4,5

6. Tech Tips

6.1 ESB6300 RAID Drivers for Windows XP

Currently no Microsoft* signed SATA RAID Drivers exist for Windows XP*. Drivers are available

for the ESB6300 SATA RAID functionality from the Intel support website at

http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server.

6.2 SATA RAID and x16 PCI-E usage

Due to limited Option ROM space in the BIOS, the SATA option ROM does not appear during

post when certain x16 PCI-E graphics cards are installed. Several cards using the various

nVidia chipsets seem to have this problem. Disabling the onboard NIC does free up enough

option ROM space to utilize both these devices at the same time. Intel is investigating a BIOS

fix for this issue. Check the support website for updated BIOS to resolve this conflict.

6.3 Adaptec Fireconnect 4300 FireWire Card usage

There are three versions of the Adaptec* Fireconnect* 4300 FireWire card. These versions,

among other things, implement PCI pins A60 & B60 differently, as follows:

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Version A (Green PCB) – both signals are floating

Version B (Red PCB) – both signals are connected directly to 5V

Version C (Blue PCB) – both signals are floating

These two signals are connected to the 6300ESB I/O Bridge and are only 3.3V tolerant.

Version B of this adapter attempts to drive 5V on those two signals and could lead to damage to

the baseboard. The other two versions of this adapter leave those signals floating so they can

be either 3.3V or 5V depending on the system. Because of this, only version A and version C of

the Adaptec Fireconnect 4300 FireWire card are recommended for use with the SE7525GP2

server board.

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