Intel SE8500HW4 - Manual (Page 3)

Intel® Server Board Set SE8500HW4 Product Overview
Revision 1.0
Intel order number D22893-001
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Table of Contents
1. Product Overview ................................................................................................................. 1
1.1 Board Set Features.................................................................................................. 2
2. Processor and Chipset ........................................................................................................ 5
2.1 Processors Supported ............................................................................................. 5
2.1.1 Heat Sink ................................................................................................................. 6
2.1.2 Installation Order ..................................................................................................... 7
2.2 Intel ® E8500 Chipset................................................................................................ 8
2.2.1 North Bridge (NB) .................................................................................................... 8
2.2.2 eXtended Memory Bridge (XMB) ............................................................................. 8
2.2.3 Intel ® IOP332 Storage I/O Processor....................................................................... 9
2.2.4 Intel ® 82801EB I/O Controller Hub 5 (ICH5) ............................................................ 9
2.2.5 Intel ® 6700 PXH 64-bit Hub (PXH).......................................................................... 9
3. I/O Subsystems .................................................................................................................. 11
3.1 PCI Subsystem ...................................................................................................... 11
3.1.1 PCI Interrupts......................................................................................................... 11
3.1.2 PCI IDSEL Signal .................................................................................................. 12
3.1.3 Bus Arbitration Signals .......................................................................................... 13
3.1.4 Wake On LAN........................................................................................................ 13
3.1.5 PCI Hot Plug* Support ........................................................................................... 14
3.2 Ultra320 SCSI Subsystem ..................................................................................... 16
3.3 Intel® RAID On Motherboard (ROMB) .................................................................. 17
3.3.1 Intel ® RAID Activation Key (RAK) .......................................................................... 17
3.3.2 DDR2 RAID DIMM ................................................................................................. 17
3.3.3 Intel ® RAID Smart Battery (RSB) ........................................................................... 17
3.4 Gigabit Ethernet..................................................................................................... 18
3.5 Serial ATA (SATA) ................................................................................................. 18
3.6 Fibre Channel ........................................................................................................ 18
3.7 Firmware Hubs ...................................................................................................... 18
3.8 Video...................................................................................................................... 19
3.9 USB 2.0 ................................................................................................................. 19
3.10 Serial...................................................................................................................... 19
4. Intel ® Server Board Set SE8500HW4 Memory Board ...................................................... 21