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Intel® Server Platform SR870BN4

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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
Configuration Guide
icon Configuration Guide [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]

Populating processors in a four-way board
For optimal performance, populate CPU slots 1 and 3. The other processor sockets are automatically terminated by the integrated termination, provided by the processor board.
Thermal blanks must be installed in the empty processor sockets to ensure proper cooling. If both sockets on one side of the processor board are empty, no thermal blanks are needed on that side of the board.
When installing more than one processor, all processors must be within one stepping of each other, with identical core voltages, cache sizes and bus/core speeds.
+48 V processor power pods must be used.

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

Power Subsystem Supported Feature
Model 0 comes with 1 power supply. A filler panel must be installed in systems using only 1 power supply.
Model 1 comes with 2 power supplies, providing redundancy.
Maximum system configuration requires two 5V DC to DC converters (standard on Model 0 and Model 1) and five 2.5/3.3V DC to DC converter (standard on Model 0 and Model 1)

Product Guide
icon Product Guide [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
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 sr870bn4tA6993m9mupgrade.pdf

TA 0788: Upgrade to Intel® Itanium® 2 Processor 9000
icon TA788_3_SR870BN4.pdf



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