Intel® Server Board SE7520AF2 Table of Contents
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Table of Contents 1.
Introduction ..........................................................................................................................3
1.1
Test Overview..........................................................................................................3
1.1.1
Basic Installation Testing.........................................................................................3
1.1.2
Adapter / Peripheral Compatibility and Stress Testing ............................................3
1.2
Pass/Fail Test Criteria .............................................................................................3
2.
Intel
®
Server Board SE7520AF2 Base System Configurations ........................................3
3.
Supported Operating Systems............................................................................................3
3.1
Operating System Certifications..............................................................................3
4.
Adapters and Peripherals....................................................................................................3
4.1
PCI SCSI .................................................................................................................3
4.2
RAID ........................................................................................................................3
4.3
PCI Fibre Channel...................................................................................................3
4.4
PCI NIC....................................................................................................................3
4.5
Modems...................................................................................................................3
4.6
Keyboard and Mouse Devices................................................................................. 3
4.7
CDROM Drives........................................................................................................3
4.8
DVD Drives..............................................................................................................3
4.9
Tape Drives .............................................................................................................3
4.10
Removable Drives ...................................................................................................3
4.11
KVM.........................................................................................................................3
4.12
Graphic ....................................................................................................................3
5.
Hard Disk Drives...................................................................................................................3
5.1
USB Hard Disks Drives............................................................................................3
5.2
ATA Hard Disks Drives............................................................................................ 3
5.3
SATA Hard Disks Drives..........................................................................................3
5.4
SCSI Hard Disks Drives...........................................................................................3
6.
Installation Guidelines.........................................................................................................3
6.1
Windows
†
2000 Advanced Sever Recognizes Only 4 GB of Memory. ....................3
6.2
Potential Data Corruption Manifested Under SuSE
†
Linux 9.1 Professional
Operating System......................................................................................................................3
6.3
Tape drive shown as if 8 tapes are installed............................................................ 3
6.4
Novell NetWare* 6.5 Emulex* LP9802DC driver fails to load ..................................3
6.5
Sony* Tape Drives fully supportive with SE7520AF2 BIOS P07 .............................3