Table of Contents SE7500CW2 Server Board Technical Product Specification
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1. Introduction .............................................................................................................................1
1.1 Audience.............................................................................................................................1
2. SE7500CW2 Server Board Overview...................................................................................2
2.1 SE7500CW2 Feature Set...................................................................................................2
3. Functional Architecture..........................................................................................................4
3.1 Processor and Memory Subsystem...................................................................................4
3.1.1 Processor Support........................................................................................................4
3.1.2 Memory Subsystem......................................................................................................6
3.2 Intel E7500 Chipset...........................................................................................................10
3.2.1 MCH Memory Architecture Overview..........................................................................11
3.2.2 MCH North Bridge.......................................................................................................12
3.2.3 P64H2 .........................................................................................................................12
3.2.4 ICH3-S.........................................................................................................................13
3.3 Super I/O...........................................................................................................................15
3.3.1 Serial Ports .................................................................................................................15
3.3.2 BIOS Flash..................................................................................................................16
4. Included PCI Devices...........................................................................................................17
4.1 ATA-100 RAID...................................................................................................................17
4.2 Video Controller ................................................................................................................18
4.3 Network Interface Controller (NIC)....................................................................................20
4.4 Optional SCSI Card..........................................................................................................20
4.5 Interrupt Routing ...............................................................................................................21
4.5.1 Legacy Interrupt Routing.............................................................................................21
4.5.2 APIC Interrupt Routing ................................................................................................22
4.5.3 Serialized IRQ Support...............................................................................................22
4.5.4 IRQ Scan for PCIIRQ..................................................................................................23
5. Hardware Monitoring............................................................................................................27
5.1 Intel
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LANDesk
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Client Manager.......................................................................................30
6. System BIOS..........................................................................................................................31
6.1.1 System Flash ROM Layout.........................................................................................31