Intel Server S5400SF User Manual

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Tested Hardware and Operating System List  
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Table of Contents  
Intel® Server Board S5400SF  
Table of Contents  
1. Introduction ..........................................................................................................................1  
1.1  
1.1.1  
1.1.2  
1.2  
Test Overview..........................................................................................................1  
Basic Installation Testing.........................................................................................1  
Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing ............................................2  
Pass/Fail Test Criteria .............................................................................................3  
2. Intel® Server Board S5400SF Base System Configurations.............................................4  
3. Supported Operating Systems............................................................................................5  
3.1  
Operating System Certifications ..............................................................................7  
4. Adapters and Peripherals....................................................................................................8  
4.1  
4.2  
4.3  
4.4  
4.5  
4.6  
4.7  
4.8  
4.9  
PCI NIC....................................................................................................................9  
PCI HW RAID SAS..................................................................................................9  
PCI Fiber Channel ...................................................................................................9  
Video......................................................................................................................10  
Infiniband ...............................................................................................................10  
CD ROM Drives.....................................................................................................10  
DVD Drives............................................................................................................11  
Input.......................................................................................................................11  
Removable Media..................................................................................................11  
5. Hard Disk Drives.................................................................................................................13  
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Introduction  
1. Introduction  
This document is intended to provide users of the Intel® Server Board S5400SF 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 S5400SF is no longer in production. Each new  
release of the document will present updated information as well as information from previous  
releases.  
Intel will only provide support for adapters and peripherals under the specified system  
configuration (system BIOS and firmware revisions) and tested operating systems versions.  
1.1 Test Overview  
Testing performed on the Intel® Server Board S5400SF is classified as either basic installation  
testing, or 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 operating system can be installed on the system correctly 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. On-board RAID is not tested during basic  
installation testing. Network connectivity is tested, and proprietary and industry standard test  
suites are run.  
The latest version of an operating system signifies the latest supported version  
at the time of the test run. Each new release of this document may list 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 tested operating system drivers for each of the server board’s  
integrated controllers, provided that the controller vendor has a driver available.  
Vendors are not 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 provide support to customers who experience issues with the integrated  
controllers on the server board due to the installation or functionality of the operating  
system if a driver is available.  
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Intel will not provide support for issues related to the use of add-in adapters or  
peripherals installed in a server system with an operating system that received only  
basic installation testing.  
Support is defined as helping a customer to root cause an issue and determining an  
acceptable resolution to the problem. The resolution may include, but is not limited to,  
on-board controller driver updates, engaging the vendor, BIOS changes, firmware  
changes, or determining an acceptable workaround for the issue with the customer.  
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 check hardware compatibility  
between the cards and the server platform and include functional testing only. CV testing does  
not include heavy stressing of the systems or the cards.  
Stress Testing: This test sequence uses configurations with add-in adapters installed in all  
available slots (depending on the chassis used) and run for a minimum of 72-hours without  
errors. Each configuration passes an installation test, a network/disk stress test, and a tape  
backup test. Any fatal errors that occur require a complete test restart.  
1.1.2.1  
Support Commitment for Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress  
Testing  
Intel is committed to providing the following level of customer support for operating systems that  
receive adapter / peripheral compatibility and stress testing:  
Intel will provide support to customers who experience operating system issues when  
installing or using the server board whether or not the adapters and peripherals listed in  
this document have been tested with that specific operating system.  
Support is defined as helping a customer to root cause an issue and determining an  
acceptable resolution to the problem. The resolution may include, but is not limited to,  
on-board controller driver updates, engaging the vendor, BIOS changes, firmware  
changes, or determining an acceptable workaround for the issue with the customer.  
Intel will provide tested operating system drivers for each on-board video, network, and  
storage controller.  
Intel will enable vendors to provide driver support for add-in adapters using these  
operating systems.  
Intel will complete selected certification steps to ensure customers do not experience  
problems; however, obtaining the certification is the responsibility of the individual  
customer.  
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There is no support commitment for operating systems, adapter cards, and  
peripherals not listed in this document. Intel will consider requests for support  
on a case-by-case basis.  
1.2 Pass/Fail Test Criteria  
For each operating system, adapter, and peripheral configuration, a test passes when specific  
criteria are met. There may be exceptions for some configurations with a particular  
characteristic. These exceptions will be 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 match the original with zero errors.  
Clients remain connected to the server system.  
Industry standard test suites run to completion with zero errors.  
All Intel® Server Board S5400SF testing was performed using the Intel® Server System  
SR1560SF.  
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Intel® Server Board S5400SF Base System Configurations  
Intel® Server Board S5400SF  
2. Intel® Server Board S5400SF 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 S5400SF are released and/or new system  
BIOS and BMC firmware are cut onto the board in the factory. Each base system configuration  
is assigned a number that is referenced in the tables throughout this document. New base  
system configurations are added with each new release of this document.  
Intel only provides support for adapters and peripherals in the specified base  
system configuration and with the tested operating system version installed.  
Base System  
Configuration  
Identifier #  
BMC  
Firmware  
Revision  
HSBP  
Firmware  
Revision  
Board  
Type  
PBA  
Number  
BIOS  
Revision  
Notes  
1
2
3
4
S5400SF  
S5400SF  
S5400SF  
S5400SF  
D87491-401  
D87491-401  
D87491-402  
D87491-402  
R0018  
R0019  
R0018  
R0019  
SFBMC06  
SFBMC07  
SFBMC06  
SFBMC07  
FSF_06  
FSF_07  
FSF_06  
FSF_07  
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Supported Operating Systems  
3. Supported Operating Systems  
The following table provides a list of supported operating systems for the Intel® Server Board  
S5400SF. Each of the listed operating systems was tested for compatibility with Intel® Server  
Board S5400SF base system configuration listed in Section 2 of this document. Operating  
systems are supported only with the specified base system configuration(s) they were tested  
with.  
The table below 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 the manufacturer’s  
installation instructions or Intel’s best-known methods.  
Operating systems supported by Intel® Server Management software or  
LANDesk* Client Manager software may be different than the operating  
systems supported by the Intel® Server Board S5400SF. Please refer to the  
Readme and User Guide documents that are included as part of each Intel®  
Server Management and LANDesk* Client Manager package for supported  
operating systems.  
Base System Configuration  
Tested & Type of Testing  
Operating System  
Notes  
Testing was completed with Microsoft  
Windows Server 2003*. The Intel® Server  
Board S5400SF supports the operating  
system portion of Microsoft Windows Server  
2003* SP2 32 bit only. The application  
portion is not tested or supported.  
Configuration 1 – OS  
installation & Stress  
Microsoft Windows  
Server 2003* SP2 32  
bit  
Configuration 2 - Stress  
Configuration 4 – OS  
installation & Compatibility  
Testing was completed with Microsoft  
Windows Server 2003*. The Intel® Server  
Board S5400SF supports the operating  
system portion of Microsoft Windows Server  
2003* SP2 64 bit only. The application  
portion is not tested or supported.  
Configuration 1 – OS  
installation & Stress  
Microsoft Windows  
Server 2003* SP2 64  
bit  
Configuration 2 - Stress  
Configuration 4 – OS  
installation & Stress  
Configuration 1 – OS  
installation & Stress  
Testing was completed with Red Hat*  
Enterprise Linux AS 5.0 32 bit. The Intel®  
Server Board S5400SF supports the  
operating system portion of Red Hat*  
Enterprise Linux AS 5.0 32 bit only. The  
application portion is not tested or supported.  
Configuration 2 – OS  
installation  
Red Hat* Enterprise  
Linux AS 5.0 32 bit  
Configuration 3 –Stress  
Configuration 4 –  
Compatibility  
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Supported Operating Systems  
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Base System Configuration  
Tested & Type of Testing  
Operating System  
Notes  
Testing was completed with Red Hat*  
Configuration 1 – OS  
installation & Stress  
Enterprise Linux AS 5.0 64 bit. The Intel®  
Server Board S5400SF supports the  
operating system portion of Red Hat*  
Enterprise Linux AS 5.0 64 bit only. The  
application portion is not tested or supported.  
Red Hat* Enterprise  
Linux AS 5.0 64 bit  
Configuration 2 – OS  
installation  
Configuration 1 – OS  
installation & Stress  
Testing was completed with SUSE* Linux  
Enterprise Sever 10 SP1 32 bit. The Intel®  
Server Board S5400SF supports the  
operating system portion of SUSE* Linux  
Enterprise Sever 10 SP1 32 bit only. The  
application portion is not tested or supported.  
SUSE* Linux  
Enterprise Sever 10  
SP1 32 bit  
Configuration 2 – OS  
installation  
Configuration 3–Stress  
Configuration 4 –  
Compatibility  
Testing was completed with SUSE* Linux  
Enterprise Sever 10 SP1 64 bit. The Intel®  
Server Board S5400SF supports the  
operating system portion of SUSE* Linux  
Enterprise Sever 10 SP1 64 bit only. The  
application portion is not tested or supported.  
Configuration 1 – OS  
installation  
SUSE* Linux  
Enterprise Sever 10  
SP1 64 bit  
Configuration 2 – OS  
installation & Stress  
Configuration 4 – Stress  
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Supported Operating Systems  
3.1 Operating System Certifications  
Listed below are the operating systems certified with the Intel® Server Board S5400SF. Each  
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 the testing  
completed by Intel. See the comments column in the table below for more information. Intel’s  
certifications, pre-certification, and operating system testing might make it easier to obtain  
customer certifications from the operating system vendors.  
Operating System  
Certification Listing  
Comments  
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Adapters and Peripherals  
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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 available at the time of testing. 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.  
Not all adapter cards were tested with 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.  
NT  
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.  
ND  
This adapter is supported, but has not been tested with this server board. Intel will  
support the adapter based on successful testing of a similar product 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 drivers, and has a nearly  
SA (Similar Adapter)  
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 adapter equally. Customers should always test an  
adapter 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.  
Adapters cards are normally tested with the unused add-in adapters and on-  
board 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 using the built in  
utilities.  
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Adapters and Peripherals  
Manufacturer  
Model Name  
Model Number  
Interface  
Comments  
4.1 PCI NIC  
Syskonnect  
SK-9E22  
SK-9E22  
PCI  
Express*  
PCI  
Express*  
PCI  
Express*  
PCI  
Express*  
PCI  
Express*  
4
4
[4]  
4
[4]  
4
[4]  
4
[4]  
4
Intel  
Intel® PRO/1000 PT  
Server Adapter  
Intel® PRO/1000 PF  
Server Adapter  
Intel® PRO/1000 PT  
Server Adapter  
Intel® PRO/1000 PT  
Dual Port Server  
Adapter  
EXPI9400PT  
EXPI9400PF  
EXPI9300PT  
EXPI9402PT  
4
4
Intel  
SA  
SA  
4
SA  
SA  
4
SA  
SA  
4
SA  
SA  
4
SA  
SA  
4
SA  
SA  
4
Intel  
Intel  
Intel  
Intel® PRO/1000 PF  
Dual Port Server  
Adapter  
EXPI9402PF  
PCI  
Express*  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
4.2 PCI HW RAID SAS  
Intel  
Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS 144E  
SRCSAS144E  
PCI  
Express*  
4
4
4
4
4
4
4.3 PCI Fiber Channel  
LSI Logic  
LSI Logic  
LSI Logic  
Emulex  
LSI7204EP-LC  
LSI7104EP-LC  
LSI7404EP-LC  
LP10000ExDC  
LSI7204EP-LC  
LSI7104EP-LC  
LSI7404EP-LC  
PCI  
Express*  
4
4
4
4
4
4
PCI  
Express*  
SA  
SA  
4
SA  
SA  
4
SA  
SA  
4
SA  
SA  
4
SA  
SA  
4
SA  
SA  
4
PCI  
Express*  
LP10000ExDC-M2 PCI  
Express*  
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Intel® Server Board S5400SF  
Manufacturer  
Emulex  
Model Name  
Model Number  
LP10000Ex-M2  
Interface  
Comments  
LP10000Ex  
PCI  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
Express*  
Qlogic  
Qlogic  
QLE2462  
QLE2460  
QLE2462  
QLE2460  
PCI  
Express*  
PCI  
4
4
4
4
4
4
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
Express*  
4.4 Video  
ASUS  
ATI X1300  
EAX1300/TD/256  
M
PCI  
Express*  
4
4
[4]  
[4]  
[4]  
[4]  
ATI  
ATI X1300(R515)  
X1300  
PCI  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
Express*  
4.5 Infiniband*  
Mellanox  
Mellanox  
Mellanox  
Mellanox  
Voltaire  
Infinihost* III Ex  
MHGA28-XTC  
MHGA28-1TC  
MHEA28-XTC  
MHEA28-1TC  
400Ex  
PCI  
Express*  
4
4
4
4
4
4
Infinihost* III Ex  
Infinihost* III Ex  
Infinihost* III Ex  
HCA 4X0  
PCI  
Express*  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
SA  
PCI  
Express*  
PCI  
Express*  
PCI  
Express*  
Voltaire  
HCA 4X0  
400Ex-D  
PCI  
Express*  
4.6 CD ROM Drives  
Samsung  
SN-124P  
SN-124P  
IDE/Slimline  
4
4
4
4
4
4
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Adapters and Peripherals  
Manufacturer  
TEAC  
Model Name  
Model Number  
CD-224E-NZ3  
Interface  
Comments  
CD-224E-NZ3  
IDE/Slimline  
IDE/Slimline  
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4.7 DVD Drives  
Iomega  
Super DVD Writer  
Super DVD Writer  
16x16 Dual Layer  
16x16 Dual Layer  
GWA-4082N  
DV-224E-C93  
DV-224E-C83  
DV-28EN83  
DV-28E  
HLDS  
TEAC  
TEAC  
TEAC  
TEAC  
Toshiba  
GWA-4082N  
DV-224E-C93  
DV-224E-C83  
DV-28EN83  
DV-28E  
IDE/Slimline  
IDE/Slimline  
IDE/Slimline  
IDE/Slimline  
IDE/Slimline  
IDE/Slimline  
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
SD-R2212  
SD-R2212  
4.8 Input  
Logitech  
G5 Laser mouse  
G5 Laser mouse  
USB 2.0  
4
4
4
4
4
4
4.9 Removable Media  
SanDisk  
Cruzer Mini USB  
Flash  
SDCZ2-4096  
FD-O5PUB  
USB 2.0  
USB  
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
TEAC  
FD-O5PUB  
TEAC  
FD05PUW268  
FD05PUW268  
USB  
TEAC  
PNY  
FD005U396  
Attache’ 2 GB  
FD005U396  
P-FD02GU20  
USB  
USB 2.0  
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Memorex  
1 GB Travel Drive  
32509363  
USB 2.0  
4
4
4
4
4
4
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Adapters and Peripherals  
Intel® Server Board S5400SF  
Manufacturer  
Sony  
Model Name  
Model Number  
VPG-UFD1  
Interface  
Comments  
VAIO USB floppy  
drive  
USB  
NT  
NT  
NT  
NT  
NT  
NT  
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5. Hard Disk Drives  
A list of qualified hard drives for the Intel® Server Board S5400SF is now available in the Server  
Hard Drive Validation Test Report. See  
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