Intel E7520 user manual About This Manual, Content Overview, Text Conventions

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

1.0About This Manual

This manual describes how to set up and use the evaluation board and other components included in your Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor LV with Intel® E7520 Chipset and Intel® 6300ESB ICH Development Kit.

1.1Content Overview

Chapter 1.0, “About This Manual” – Description of conventions used in this manual and instructions for obtaining literature and contacting customer support.

Chapter 2.0, “Getting Started” – Complete instructions on how to configure the evaluation board and processor assembly by setting jumpers, connecting peripherals, providing power, and configuring the BIOS.

Chapter 3.0, “Theory of Operation” – Information on the system design.

Chapter 4.0, “Platform Management” – Description of jumper settings and functions, and pinout information for each connector.

Chapter 5.0, “Driver and OS Support” – List of supported drivers and operating systems.

Chapter 6.0, “Hardware Reference” – Reference information on the hardware, including locations of evaluation board components, connector pinout information, and jumper settings.

Chapter 7.0, “Board Setup Checklist” – Checklist of items to ensure proper functionality of the evaluation board.

Chapter 8.0, “Debug Procedure” – Debug procedure to determine baseline functionality for the Development Kit.

1.2Text Conventions

The following notations may be used throughout this manual:

#- The pound symbol (#) appended to a signal name indicates that the signal is active low.

Variables - Variables are shown in italics. Variables must be replaced with correct values.

Instructions - Instruction mnemonics are shown in uppercase. When you are programming, instructions are not case-sensitive. You may use either upper- or lowercase.

Numbers - Hexadecimal numbers are represented by a string of hexadecimal digits followed by the character “h”. A zero prefix is added to numbers that begin with A through F. For example, FF is shown as 0FFh. Decimal and binary numbers are represented by their customary notations. That is, 255 is a decimal number and 1111 1111 is a binary number. In some cases, the character “b” is added for clarity.

Signal Names - Signal names are shown in uppercase. When several signals share a common name, an individual signal is represented by the signal name followed by a number, while the group is represented by the signal name followed by a variable (n). For example, the lower chip-select signals are named CS0#, CS1#, CS2#, and so on;

	Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor LV with Intel® E7520 Chipset and Intel® 6300ESB ICH
April 2007	User’s Manual
Order Number: 311274-009	7