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Intel® Server Board SE7501BR2

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Product Discontinuance Announcement

Intel® will no longer provide interactive support for these products via telephone or e-mail.

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Software and drivers

Technical specifications
Technical Product Specifications

Product overview, including descriptions and diagrams of the integrated features

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Specification update

An update to the specifications contained in the Technical Product Specification

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Installation and use
4-3-4-4 beep code during POST
Fully populate memory Bank 1(slots 1A and 1B) before populating other memory banks

Adaptec* Host RAID supported RAID Levels
The onboard Adaptec* 7901/7902 SCSI controller supports RAID 0 and RAID 1.

Adaptec* Host RAID User's Guide
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AGP Support on Server Products
Only the Intel® Server Boards T440BX, S845WD1-E, S875WP1-E, and SE7505VB2 have an AGP slot to allow an AGP video card to be plugged in.

Authentication of "None" allowed by management utilities
Download the BMC LAN Fix Utility and the CLI AutoConfig Utility 1.05.

Clearing Memory Errors During POST
BIOS > Advanced > Memory Settings > Memory Retest

Clearing Processor Errors During POST
BIOS > Main > Processor Settings > Processor Retest

Error: "Platform IDs don't match in the Boot Block. The update cannot continue."
Update BMC to 1.11 before updating to BMC 1.14.

Error: CMOS Checksum Bad
Clear the CMOS. See the TPS for instructions.

Error: No Valid Controller Found with a Zero Channel RAID Controller
Disable the Adaptec* Host* RAID option:
  1. During POST, while the Adaptec* Option ROM is initializing, press the [CTRL+A] key combination.
  2. From the device menu that appears, select a channel and press Enter.
  3. From the Main Options menu, select Disable HostRAID and press Enter. (If the controller has two channels, make sure that steps 1 through 3 are performed for the second channel)
  4. Save and exit.


Fan Connector placement on the Intel® Server Chassis SC5250-E
Connect the rear chassis fan to the "SYS FAN 2" header on the server board and the front hard drive fan to "SYS FAN 5".

Guidelines for Using the SCSI Y-Cable with Two Backplanes Connected
Connect the I2C cables to the correct HSBP headers on the motherboard to corerctly assign SCSI IDs. You may also need to disable termination on the SCSI controller.

Hot Swap Backplane Driver does not Install in Microsoft Windows Server 2003*
If a yellow '!' persists in Device Manager, use the following method to install the driver:
  1. Download the Intel® SCA Backplane HSBP driver for Microsoft Windows* Server 2000
  2. Go to Device manager and delete ESG-SHV item from “Other Devices” tree
  3. Choose Actions > Scan for hardware changes
  4. Select Options > Don’t auto detect > Select from list
  5. From the list of Devices select "System"
  6. Choose "Have Disk"
  7. Browse to extracted Windows 2000* driver, and select "Intel® SCA Backplane"
  8. Override the driver signing warnings and choose "Install anyway"


How to set up LAN Alerts

On the managed server:
Boot to the System Setup Utility (SSU) from either the Service Partition or the System Resource CD > Platform Event Manager > Configure LAN > Enable LAN Alerts

On the client side:
Install Intel® Server Management > Start > Programs > Intel Server Management > LAN Alerts Viewer > Configure



IBM* U320 HDDs Not Recognized by Intel® RAID Controllers SRCMRU and SRCZCR
The hard drives require firmware S25K, available from IBM.

Korean EMC Certification
E-G011-02-4579(A)

Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) Data
94,385 hours at a maximum operating temperature of 35 C.

One Boot/Flash Update Utility Appears To Hang
The utility may take up to 45 seconds updating a system with a Hot Swap Controller (HSC).

Platform Confidence Test - Installation and operating instructions
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Power Budget Tool
Power Budget Tool [EXE]

Product Guide
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Quick Start Guide (PDF)

This guide is broken down into two documents.

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Server Installation and Integration Guide (PDF)
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Setting Up a Password for Intel® Server Management
System Setup Utility > Platform Event Manager > Configure LAN > Password

Spares/Parts List and Configuration Guide (PDF)
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System Event Log #83
The BMC logs one or two system boot events in the SEL when the BIOS finishes POST. These messages are normal.

Unknown Devices in Device Manager
Ethernet Controller unknown devices refer to the on-board Network Card PRO/100 Adapter ESG-SHV SCA HSBP M15 SCSI Processor Device refers to the Hotswap Backplane of the SC5200 chassis. The unknown PCI Device and System Interrupt Controller refers to the E7501 Chipset.

VRM is not needed when integrating processor(s)
The baseboard has a single, integrated VRM (Voltage Regulator Module) to support up to two processors. It is compliant with the VRM 9.1 specification and provides a maximum of 130 AMPs.

Which PCI Slot can the Zero Channel RAID Card be installed in?
The ZCR cards are only supported in PCI-X Slot 4.

Windows 2000 Advanced Server* recognizes only 4 GB of memory
The /PAE option must be enabled in the ARC path in the boot.ini file in order for Windows* 2000 to recognize memory above 4.0GB (e.g. multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows 2000 Advanced Server" /PAE /basevideo /sos).

Yellow Exclamation Mark (!) in Device Manager under Ports (Com & LPT)
Check that the Chassis Intrusion Switch is connected to the correct header (J1C3) and not the Emergency Management Port in use jumper (J1C2). Clear the CMOS, then remove the AC cord and the CMOS battery completely for a few seconds.

Compatibility
Tested Chassis
Intel SR1350-E (SR1350E)
Intel SR1350-E (SR1350ENA)
Intel SC5200 (KHD3BASE450)
Intel SC5200 (KHD3HSRP650)
Intel SC5200 (KHD3HSRP650R)
Intel SC5200 (KHD3RP450)
Intel SC5250-E (KPTBASE450)
AIC* RMC1H2-6I-DK8T
AIC* RMC1Q2
AIC* RMC3F2
AIC* RMC2Q2
Aopen* H800A
Chenbro* SR101
Chenbro* SR102
Chenbro* RM212
Chenbro* SR105
Chenbro* SR107
CiDesign* RS1400
CiDesign* RS2100i
CiDesign* RS4100i
Evercase* ECS5000LX
Evercase* R9112B-S35
Guangshing Industrial* GHI-104DX
MaCase* KA-036G
MaCase* KA-066G
Min Maw* MRC-1C
Yeong Yang* YY-W201

Tested Hardware and Operating Systems
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Tested Memory

The board supports up to 8 GB of memory. Memory must be installed in pairs; DIMM Bank1 must be populated before DIMM Bank2; Memory within a DIMM bank must be identical.

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Tested Processors
Intel® Xeon® Processor 3.20 GHz, 2M Cache, 533 MHz FSB
Intel® Xeon® Processor 3.20 GHz, 1M Cache, 533 MHz FSB
Intel® Xeon® Processor 3.06 GHz, 512K Cache, 533 MHz FSB
Intel® Xeon® Processor 3.06 GHz, 1M Cache, 533 MHz FSB
Intel® Xeon® Processor 3.00 GHz, 512K Cache, 400 MHz FSB
Intel® Xeon® Processor 3.00 GHz, 4M Cache, 400 MHz FSB
Intel® Xeon® Processor 2.80 GHz, 512K Cache, 533 MHz FSB
Intel® Xeon® Processor 2.80 GHz, 512K Cache, 400 MHz FSB
Intel® Xeon® Processor 2.80 GHz, 2M Cache, 400 MHz FSB
Intel® Xeon® Processor 2.80 GHz, 1M Cache, 533 MHz FSB
Intel® Xeon® Processor 2.66 GHz, 512K Cache, 533 MHz FSB
Intel® Xeon® Processor 2.60 GHz, 512K Cache, 400 MHz FSB
Intel® Xeon® Processor 2.50 GHz, 1M Cache, 400 MHz FSB
Intel® Xeon® Processor 2.40 GHz, 512K Cache, 533 MHz FSB
Intel® Xeon® Processor 2.40 GHz, 512K Cache, 400 MHz FSB
Intel® Xeon® Processor 2.40 GHz, 1M Cache, 533 MHz FSB
Intel® Xeon® Processor LV 2.40 GHz, 512K Cache, 400 MHz FSB
Intel® Xeon® Processor 2.20 GHz, 512K Cache, 400 MHz FSB
Intel® Xeon® Processor 2.20 GHz, 2M Cache, 400 MHz FSB
Intel® Xeon® Processor 2.00 GHz, 512K Cache, 533 MHz FSB
Intel® Xeon® Processor 2.00 GHz, 512K Cache, 400 MHz FSB
Intel® Xeon® Processor 2.00 GHz, 2M Cache, 400 MHz FSB
Intel® Xeon® Processor 2.00 GHz, 256K Cache, 400 MHz FSB
Intel® Xeon® Processor 1.80 GHz, 512K Cache, 400 MHz FSB

Technical advisories
AA679: Invalid firmware setting is present after using Intel® Server Setup Utilities
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TA629: BIOS Flash Chip Not Fully Write Protected
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TA645: FRUSDR Version 5.5.B does not support default shipping configuration
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TA667: Unexpected Reset Actions from Intel® Server Management
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TA693: Updates Needed After Intel® Server Management Uninstall
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TA742: System Setup Utility Does Not launch When Invoked from Resource CD
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