Chipset, Overview, Intel 5500 chipset features – Dell R510 User Manual

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PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide

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8 Chipset

8.1 Overview

Introduction of the new Intel Xeon processor 5600 series includes a stepping revision of the Intel 5520 and
5500 chipset, which is required to enable the full 5600 series feature set. Dell servers shipped with the new
chipset revision have the symbol II in the System Revision Field visible through OpenManage™ Server
Administrator (OMSA) and the iDRAC GUI. They are physically marked with a 12 x 6mm rectangular label
containing the symbol II. The memory interface is optimized for 800/1066/1333 MHz DDR3 SDRAM memory
with ECC when running with Intel Xeon processor 5600 series.

8.2 Intel 5500 Chipset Features

The following high-level features are supported by the Intel 5500 chipset:

Package: FCBGA9

Intel QuickPath interconnect: 2 ports

ESI interface: x4 lanes

Virtualization technology

24 PCIe Gen2 lanes

Integrated Management Engine

JTAG support

8.2.1 Intel QuickPath Interconnect

Intel QuickPath Interconnect features include:

Point-to-point cache-coherent interconnect

Fast/narrow unidirectional links

Concurrent bi-directional traffic

Error detection via CRC

Error correction via Link level retry

Intel® Interconnect BIST (Intel® IBIST) toolbox built-in

Packet-based protocol

8.2.2 System Memory Interface

System memory interface features include:

Memory controller integrated in CPU package

3 channels per processor (6 total)

3 DIMMs/channel supported (18 total)

Max memory of 192-GB supported

Single Rank, Dual Rank, and Quad Rank DIMMs supported

Support UDIMM and RDIMM

DDR3 speeds of 800/1066/1333 supported

512 Mb, 1 Gb, 2 Gb, and 4 Gb Technologies/Densities supported

No memory riser support

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