Intel E7520 Before You Begin, Setting up the Evaluation Board, AMIBIOS* for the Development Kit

Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor LV / E7520 Chipset / 6300ESB ICH

Drivers included:

Windows

Chipset INF Install Utility version 7.0.0.1019

Optional Intel 6300ESB ICH chipset driver updates

Linux Driver Packages

RedHat* Enterprise Linux 3.0 Server driver updates

Note: Software in the kit is provided free by the vendor and is only licensed for evaluation purposes.

Refer to the documentation in your Development Kit for further details on any terms and conditions that may be applicable to the granted licenses. Customers using tools that work with other third party products must have licensed those products. Any targets created by those tools should also have appropriate licenses. Software included in the kit is subject to change.

Refer to http://developer.intel.com/design/intarch/devkits for details on additional software from other third party vendors.

2.4.1AMIBIOS* for the Development Kit

The evaluation board is pre-installed and licensed with a copy of AMIBIOS* from American Megatrends*.

2.5Before You Begin

	Table 2 presents the additional hardware you may need for your Development Kit.
Warning:	Do not install the power supply until all other installation steps have been completed.
Table 2.	Additional Hardware
	VGA Card and Monitor	You can use any standard VGA or greater resolution monitor using a VGA card.
	Keyboard	You can use a keyboard with a PS/2 style connector or adapter as well as USB.
	Mouse	You can use a mouse with a PS/2 style connector or adapter as well as USB.
	Hard Drives	You can connect up to two IDE and two SATA devices to the evaluation board.
	Floppy Drive	You can connect a floppy drive to the connector on the evaluation board. No floppy
	(optional)	drives or cables are included in the Development Kit.
		The evaluation board behaves much like a standard PC motherboard. Many PC-
	Other Devices and	compatible peripherals can be attached and configured to work with the evaluation
		board. For example, you may want to install a sound card or additional network
	Adapters
		adapters. You are responsible for procuring and installing any drivers required for
		additional devices.

2.6Setting up the Evaluation Board

Once you have gathered the hardware described in Section 2.5, follow the steps below to set up your Development Kit. This manual assumes you are familiar with basic concepts involved with installing and configuring hardware for a PC or server system.

	Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor LV with Intel® E7520 Chipset and Intel® 6300ESB ICH
April 2007	User’s Manual
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