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Intel® Server Board SDS2

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Identify your product
Product Discontinuance Announcement
Intel® will no longer provide interactive support for these products via telephone or e-mail.

Software and drivers
BIOS/Firmware, drivers, and utilities

Technical specifications
Technical Product Specifications
Product overview, including descriptions and diagrams of the integrated features.
icon Technical Product Specifications [PDF]

Specification update
An update to the specifications contained in the Technical Product Specification.
icon Specification Update [PDF]

Installation and Use
1-3-3-1 beep code
Replace memory.

Chassis datasheets
Chenbro SR207 icon A2011.PDF
Chenbro SR101 icon A9671.PDF
Chenbro SR102 icon A9791.PDF
Chenbro SR103 icon A9891.PDF
Chenbro SR104 icon A9991.PDF
Enlight EN-8950 icon en8950.pdf
CiDesign RS2100 icon RS2100.PDF
CiDesign RS4100 icon RS4100.PDF

Configuration Guide
icon SDS2_CONFIG.PDF

Disable SCSI option ROM
F2 | Advanced | PCI Configuration | Embedded SCSI | Option ROM Scan | Disabled

Disabling Chassis Intrusion Detection
Short the 2-pin ADM1026 with a jumper.

Error: "Could Not Open Boot Partition to check for signature"
The Adaptec* 2000S RAID controller not initializing. An update or recovery of the firmware on the Adaptec* 2000S controller is required. Contact Adaptec for additional help.

Error: "System Voltage Out of Range"
Error 0B75, SEL Event #11. Intel® Server Control reports the VBAT voltage is below non-critical Reapply the FRU/SDR update, or remove the battery, buff it lightly, then reinstall.

Hard drive LED does not show hard drive activity
The Intel® server board SDS2 does not support IDE activity lights on the front panel, only SCSI.

How To Set Up LAN Alerts
Boot to the System Setup Utility (SSU) from either the Service Partition or the System Resource CD supplied with your server board.
Select Utilities | System Setup Utility | Platform Event Manager | Configure LAN

Installing the Server Board Platform Confidence Test Package
Insert the resource CD into a Windows* based system. If the GUI does not auto-launch, double-click your CDROM drive.
Utilities | Platform Confidence Test | Create Diskette
Run the ****PCT.exe (where **** refers to the code for a particular board) to extract the Platform Confidence Test to floppy
Reboot the server to the resource CD, and chose Quit | Quit Now
Insert the floppy disk, and run MKBOOT.BAT file. This will make the floppy bootable
Reboot your system to the floppy, to run the PCT.

LPT2 Port Seen In Device Manager
Re-install Operating System with ACPI support. Do not press F5 or F8 during installation.

PCI slot numbers
Slot 1 is closest to the processors, with slot 6 at the bottom of the board. Slots 1,2,5, and 6 are 64-bit 66MHz slots, and slots 3 and 4 are 32-bit 33MHz slots.

Product Guides
Simplified Chinese icon PRODGUIDE_SCHINESE.PDF
English icon SDS2_PG.PDF

Quick Start Guide
icon SDS2_QSG.PDF

RAID Resource CD May Fail to Launch Storage Console
  1. Boot to the Intel RAID Resource CD.
  2. As soon as the Startup screen appears, press F8.
  3. Choose Y to each option in line EXCEPT the following: DEVICE=\UTILS\STORCON\SRCX000.EXE
  4. At C:\> prompt, type "CD Utils\Storcon".
  5. At C:\Utils\Storcon> prompt, type ""SRCX000"" to load STORCON DOS driver.
  6. After driver loads, type "STORCON" to start Storage Console.


Troubleshooting Guide
icon SDS2_TSG.PDF

Zero Channel RAID controller
All RAID On Motherboard (ROMB) cards need to be installed into PCI slot 6, furthest away from the processor sockets.

Compatibility
Tested Chassis
Intel® SC5100
Chenbro* SR101
Chenbro SR102
Chenbro SR103
Chenbro SR104
Chenbro SR207
CiDesign* RS-2100
CiDesign RS-4100
Enlight* EN-8950
Enlight EN-8960
Macase* KI-P50BP
Macase KA-036
Yeong Yang* YY-0221

Tested Hardware and Operating Systems
To install Novell NetWare* v6.0 SP1: Create a 200MB bootable DOS partition on the installation hard drive
Format the partition and create a directory called 'nwupdate'
Copy server.exe from the SP1 directory 'startup' into the 'nwupdate' directory
Launch the Novell NetWare* v. 6.0 install, and select 'Use the existing boot partition'
icon SDS2_HWOS.PDF

Tested Memory
The Intel® sds2 Server Board supports up to 4Gb of 3.3v, 133 MHz, PC133-compliant registered ECC SDRAM DIMMs.
icon sds2_MEM.PDF

Tested Processors
Speed (Ghz) System Bus Speed S-Spec Stepping L2 Cache Size (KB) MM# Boxed Intel® Pentium® III or non-boxed Intel® Pentium® III Processor
1B Ghz 133 SL5QJ cDO 256 836606 Non-boxed
1.13 Ghz 133 SL5PU tA1 512 836716 Non-boxed
1.13 Ghz 133 SL5LV tA1 512 836384 Boxed
1.13 Ghz 133 SL6BW tB1 512 851298 Boxed
1.26 Ghz 133 SL5QL tA1 512 836721 Non-boxed
1.26 Ghz 133 SL5LW tA1 512 836583 Boxed
1.4 Ghz 133 SL5XL tA1 512 838253 Non-boxed
1.4 Ghz 133 SL657 tA1 512 843849 Boxed
1.4 Ghz 133 SL6BY tB1 512 851297 Boxed
1.26 Ghz 133 SL6BX tB1 512 851289 Boxed


Technical advisories
AA 0679: Invalid firmware settings using Intel® Server Setup Utilities
icon aa6791invalidlanconfiguration040504.pdf

TA 0507: RAID Controllers Halt During POST
icon ta-507.pdf

TA 0512: Two Issues With System Resource CD
icon TA-512-1.PDF

TA 0521: Incorrect I/O Gasket
icon TA_521.PDF

TA 0585: Intel® RAID Controller SRCMR No Longer Compatible
icon ta_585.pdf



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