Intel(R) Corporation
Intel® Server Platform SR870BH2

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Identify your products
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 download

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

System 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
Cable Carrier Installation Instructions
icon CMAINSTALL.PDF

Configuration Guide
icon SR870BH2_Intel_Configuration_Guide_rev_2_0.pdf

Continuous Beep Code During POST
The server is in automatic BIOS recovery mode. Perform a BIOS recovery:
Identify your Itanium® 2 Processor core.
Download the correct BIOS recovery ISO image and burn it into a CD.
Insert the CD and reset the server. SA81 switch #1 does not need to be toggled One full beep indicates the recovery image (S870BN4C.REC) is loading from disk to memory.
Wait two minutes. Video will not displayed during the upgrade process.
Two beeps indicate the BIOS recovery has completed successfully and the system will automatically reboot.

Error 8193: CPUID, Processor stepping are different
Mixed steppings of processors are only supported with the following paired combinations:
SL7SD and SL8CY
SL7ED and SL8CX
SL7EC and SL8CW
SL7EB and SL8CV
SL87H and SL8CU
SL7EF and SL8CZ

When mixed stepping processors are detected, you may see notifications that the stepping or models are different. This is normal, and will not pause the boot process


Error Reference Guide
icon REFERENCE GUIDE [PDF]

Error: Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel
If external storage is connected, your drive order may have changed.
F2 | BIOS | EFI Boot Manager | EFI Shell [Built-in].
Type 'map -r' to list the partitions
Locate the EFI service partition
Type 'edit \efi\redhat\elilo.conf'
Determine the device name of your internal hard drive. For example, if you have two logical drives on your external storage, then your internal hard drive would have changed from ""sda"" to ""sdc"".
Press F8, type the original drive designation, then press enter.
Type the new drive designation and press enter, and chose 'a' to replace all
Press F3 | y to save and exit
Typing 'exit'
Boot to Red Hat* Linux Advanced Server 2.1, and edit /etc/fstab replacing the original drive designation with the new

Power Cable
Input Connector IEC 320-C14, 15A.
Cord and Service
North America: UL Listed/CSA Certified, 18/3, 65°C type SJT/SVT, with NEMA 5-15P or NEMA 6-15P attachment plug and IEC 320 C13 outlet.
Other: flexible VDE certified or HAR rated 250V, 0.75mm minimum conductor size with IEC 320 C13 outlet, and rated for no less than the product ratings. The AC wall attachment plug shall be a three conductor grounding type, rated at 125% of the total input current rating and must be for the configuration of the specific region or country. The AC wall attachment plug must bear at least an accepted safety agency certification mark for the specific region or country.
The cord must be no longer than 4.5 meters (14.76 feet).
Do not attempt to modify or use an AC power cord that is not the exact type required.
System Power Consumption
16.9 Amp max while operating at 90 VAC
15.2 Amp max while operating at 100 VAC
7.2 Amp max while operating at 200 VAC
Reference vendor Vendor Name: Quail Electronics

Product Guide
icon Product Guide [PDF]

Quick Start User's Guide
icon sr870bh2qsg_v3.pdf

Rail Kit Installation Instructions
icon RAILKIT.PDF

Restoring a Windows* Server 2003 Boot Path
F2 | BIOS | Boot Options | EFI Shell
Type map -r to list the partitions
To locate the EFI service partition, type 'ls' and look for /efi and /MSUtil. If they are not on fs0:, try succeeding fs numbers
Type cd \efi\microsoft\winnt50
Type ls
Note the name of the Windows boot path
Typing nvrboot
Press I
Type \efi\microsoft\winnt50\ where is taken from the previous step
Press p
Type the number that corresponds to the Windows Server 2003, Enterprise boot option
Type q
Type exit
Reboot

System Configuration Utility User Guide
icon Installation and User Guide [PDF]

Compatibility
Tested Hardware and Operating Systems
icon Tested Hardware and Operating System List [PDF]

Tested Memory
icon Tested Memory List [PDF]

Technical advisories
TA 0685: Unresponsive to IPMI Commands
icon TA0685-1.PDF

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

TA 0699: Upgrade to Itanium® 2 Processors with up to 9MB L3 Cache
icon SR870BH2tA6993m9mupgrade.pdf

TA 0789: Upgrade to Intel® Itanium® 2 Processor 9000
icon TA789_3_SR870BH2.pdf



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