Intel NSI2U manual

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    Intel ® Carrier Grade Server TIGI2U & Intel ® IP Network Server NSI2U T ested Hardware and Operating System List Revision 1.3 September, 2006 Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing[...]

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    Revision History Revision 1.3 ii Revision History Date Revision Number Modifications September 2005 1.0 Initial Release Q106 1.1 RoHS Updates Q206 1.2 Supported OS Updat es and Certifications September 2006 1.3 Addition of Suse 9.x SP3 support Disclaimers THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITH NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, [...]

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    Table of Contents Revision 1.3 iii Table of Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................... ....... 1 1.1 Test Overview .......................................................................................................... 1 1.1.1 Basic Installation Tes[...]

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    Introduction Revision 1.3 1 1. Introduction This document is intended to provide users of the Intel ® Carrier Grade Server TIGI2U and the Intel ® IP Network Server NSI2U with a list of the operating systems, adapter cards, and peripherals tested by Intel on this server platform. The Intel ® Carrier Grade Server TIGI2U and the Intel ® IP Network[...]

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    Introduction Revision 1.3 2  The latest version of an operating system signifies the latest supported version at the time of the actual test run. Each new release of this document may have a newly supported release of a given operating system. Previous releases of a supported operating system may not be tested beyond the basic installation test [...]

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    Introduction Revision 1.3 3 1.1.2.1 Support Commitment for Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing Intel commits to provide the following level of customer support for operating systems that receive Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress testing: • Intel will provide support for customer iss ues with these operating systems i[...]

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    Base System Definitions 4 Revision 1.3 4 2. Base System Definitions The following table lists the base system configurations tested for a given validation test run. Each specific product/system software combination tested is assigned a Base System Identifier Number. These numbers are used in the lists of supported adapters and peripherals reference[...]

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    Supported Operating Systems Revision 1.3 5 3. Supported Operating Systems The following table provides a list of supported operating systems for the Intel® Carrier Grade Server TIGI2U and the Intel® IP Network Server NSI2U . Each of the listed operating systems was tested for compatibility with the Intel® Server Board SE7520JR2 in the base syste[...]

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    Supported Operating Systems 6 Revision 1.3 6 Operating System Base System Configuration Tested & Type of Testing Notes Compatibility & Stress SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 9, Service Pack 1 Base Config # - 4 Compatibility & Stress SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 9, Service Pack 2 Base Config # - 4 Compatibility & Stress SuSE* Linux En[...]

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    Supported Operating Systems Revision 1.3 7 Operating System Certification Listing Comments Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4.0 SE7520JR2 Board http://bugzilla.redhat.com/h wcert/show.cgi?id=1648 44 TIGI2U Server http://bugzilla.redhat.com/h wcert/show.cgi?id=1802 63 SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 9, Service Pack 1 SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 9, Service [...]

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    Adapters and Peripherals 8 Revision 1.3 8 4. Adapters and Peripherals Add-in adapter card and peripheral compatibility and stress testing will only be performed with the latest version of an operating system at the time the validation testing occurred. The following table shows the operating system and base system configurations used to validate ea[...]

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    Adapters and Peripherals Revision 1.3 9  Testing of adapters cards normally is performed with unused add-in adapters and onboard controller expansion ROMs disabled in BIOS Setup. Intel recommends that customers disable the option ROM for add-in controllers and/or the on-board controllers when not booting from the controller or needing to use its[...]

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    Adapters and Peripherals Revision 1.3 10 Manufacturer Model Number Model Name Interface Comments Microsoft Windows 2003* EE / SBS 2003 Microsoft Windows 2003* EM64T Edition Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 3.0 (Intel® EM64T Edition ) Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 3.0 Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4.0 R e d H a t* E n t erpr i se Linux 3.0 (Intel® EM64 T Edition[...]

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    Adapters and Peripherals Revision 1.3 11 Manufacturer Model Number Model Name Interface Comments Microsoft Windows 2003* EE / SBS 2003 Microsoft Windows 2003* EM64T Edition Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 3.0 (Intel® EM64T Edition ) Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 3.0 Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4.0 R e d H a t* E n t erpr i se Linux 3.0 (Intel® EM64 T Edition[...]

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    Adapters and Peripherals Revision 1.3 12 Manufacturer Model Number Model Name Interface Comments Microsoft Windows 2003* EE / SBS 2003 Microsoft Windows 2003* EM64T Edition Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 3.0 (Intel® EM64T Edition ) Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 3.0 Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4.0 R e d H a t* E n t erpr i se Linux 3.0 (Intel® EM64 T Edition[...]

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    Adapters and Peripherals Revision 1.3 13 Manufacturer Model Number Model Name Interface Comments Microsoft Windows 2003* EE / SBS 2003 Microsoft Windows 2003* EM64T Edition Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 3.0 (Intel® EM64T Edition ) Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 3.0 Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4.0 R e d H a t* E n t erpr i se Linux 3.0 (Intel® EM64 T Edition[...]

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    Adapters and Peripherals Revision 1.3 14 Manufacturer Model Number Model Name Interface Comments Microsoft Windows 2003* EE / SBS 2003 Microsoft Windows 2003* EM64T Edition Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 3.0 (Intel® EM64T Edition ) Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 3.0 Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4.0 R e d H a t* E n t erpr i se Linux 3.0 (Intel® EM64 T Edition[...]

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    Adapters and Peripherals Revision 1.3 15 Manufacturer Model Number Model Name Interface Comments Microsoft Windows 2003* EE / SBS 2003 Microsoft Windows 2003* EM64T Edition Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 3.0 (Intel® EM64T Edition ) Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 3.0 Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4.0 R e d H a t* E n t erpr i se Linux 3.0 (Intel® EM64 T Edition[...]

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    Adapters and Peripherals Revision 1.3 16 Manufacturer Model Number Model Name Interface Comments Microsoft Windows 2003* EE / SBS 2003 Microsoft Windows 2003* EM64T Edition Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 3.0 (Intel® EM64T Edition ) Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 3.0 Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4.0 R e d H a t* E n t erpr i se Linux 3.0 (Intel® EM64 T Edition[...]

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    Note: Blue shading indicates that the adapter or peripheral is either available or will be available in a lead-free version. Revision 1.3 17 Manufacturer Model Number Model Name Interface Comments Microsoft Windows 2003* EE / SBS 2003 Microsoft Windows 2003* EM64T Edition Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 3.0 (Intel® EM64T Edition ) Red Hat* Enterprise Li[...]

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    Hard Disk Drives Revision 1.3 18 5. Hard Disk Drives The hard drives listed in the following table have been tested with the server board integrated into the Intel ® Carrier Grade Server TIGI2U and the Intel ® IP Network Server NSI2U by Intel in its validation labs and/or by individual drive v endors. The following operating system identifiers ar[...]

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    Intel® Carrier Grade Server TIGI2U & Intel® IP Network Server NSI2U Hard Disk Drives Revision 1.3 19 Manufacturer Model Number Product Family Interface RPM Drive size (GB) Tested Operating Systems Notes SCSI Hard Drives Fujitsu* MAP3147NC MAP SCSI/U320 10,000 147GB 1,3 Fujitsu MAP3367NC MAP SCSI/U320 10,000 36GB SD Fujitsu MAP3735NC MAP SCSI/[...]

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    Hard Disk Drives Revision 1.3 20 Manufacturer Model Number Product Family Interface RPM Drive size (GB) Tested Operating Systems Notes Maxtor 8D073J0 Atlas 10K V SCSI /U320 10,000 73GB SD Maxtor 8D147J0 Atlas 10K V SCSI /U320 10,000 147GB SD Maxtor 8C073J0 Atlas 15K SCSI/U320 15,000 73GB 1,3 QSJNZ3 Maxtor 8C036J0 Atlas 15K SCSI/U320 15,000 36GB SD [...]

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    Intel® Carrier Grade Server TIGI2U & Intel® IP Network Server NSI2U Revision 1.3 21 Manufacturer Model Number Product Family Interface RPM Drive size (GB) Tested Operating Systems Notes Western Digital WD360G D WD Raptor SATA/150 10,000 36GB SD Note: Blue shading indicates that the adapter or peripheral is either available or will be availabl[...]

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    Installation Guidelines & Test Notes Revision 1.3 22 Inst allation Guidelines & T est Notes 5.1 LSI* Add-in RAID Card Option ROM Utility Access Issue Issue: The system will hang when the BIOS assigns PMM segment 2FE00 and the user tries to enter into the Ctrl-M RAID configuration utility. Implication: A user may be unable to access the opti[...]