Intel 5000 Series User Manual

System BIOS Intel® 5000 Series Chipsets Server Board Family Datasheet
Revision 1.1
Intel order number D38960-004
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provide adequate cooling to the memory. If the air flow is not sufficient to meet the needs of the
server even after throttling has occurred, the system may shut down due to excessive platform
thermals.
By default, the Altitude option is set to 301Meters – 900 Meters which is believed to cover the
majority of the operating altitudes for these server platforms.
The following Diagrams show which BIOS Setup Utility menu is used to configure the desired
Fan Profile.
Advanced
System Acoustic and Performance Configuration
Set Fan Profile Performance / Acoustics
Altitude 300 M or less / 301 M - 900 M / Higher than 900 M
Setup Item Option Help Text Comments
Set Fan Profile
Performance
Acoustic
Select the fan control profile that will be
used to cool the system.
Performance mode favors
using fans over throttling
memory bandwidth to cool
the system.
Altitude 300 M or less
301 M - 900 M
Higher than 900 M
300 M or less (<= 980ft): Provides the best
performance option for servers operating
at or near sea level.
301 M – 900 M (980ft - 2950ft): Provides
the best performance option for servers
operating at moderate altitudes above sea
level.
Higher than 900 M (>2950ft): Provides the
best performance option for servers
operating at high elevations above sea
level.
Note: Fan speed control for non-Intel chassis, as configured after running the FRUSDR utility
and selecting the Non-Intel Chassis option, is limited to only the CPU fans. The BMC only
requires the processor thermal sensor data ito determine how fast to operate these fans. The
remaining system fans will operate at 100% operating limits due to unknown variables
associated with the given chassis and its fans. Therefore, regardless of whether the system is
configured for Performance Mode or Acoustics Mode, the System fans will always run at 100%
operating levels providing for maximum airflow. In this scenario the Performance and Acoustic
mode settings only affects the allowable performance of the memory (higher BW for the
Performance mode).

Intel 5000 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Intel
Model	5000 Series
Category	Server Board
Language	English