Intel S5000XAL User Manual

 

The Intel

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 Server Board S5000PAL and Intel

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 Server Board S5000XAL are monolithic printed circuit 

boards with features that were designed to support the high-density 1U and 2U server markets.  

Processors 

771-pin LGA sockets supporting 1 or 2 Dual-Core Intel

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 Xeon

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 processors 5000 sequence, 

with system bus speeds of 667 MHz, 1066 MHz, or 1333 MHz  

Memory 

8 Keyed DIMM slots supporting fully buffered DIMM technology (FBDIMM) memory. 240-pin 
DDR2-533 and DDR2-677 FBDIMMs must be used. 

Chipset Intel

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 5000 Chipset Family which includes the following components: 

Intel

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5000P Memory Controller Hub or Intel

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5000X Memory Controller Hub 

Intel

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 6321ESB I/O Controller Hub1  

Note: Intel will only make available an OEM SKU of this server board using the Intel

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 5000X 

Memory Controller Hub. 

On-board 
Connectors/Headers 

External connections: 
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  Stacked PS/2* ports for keyboard and mouse 

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  RJ45 Serial B port 

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  Two RJ45 NIC connectors for 10/100/1000 Mb connections 

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  Two USB 2.0 ports 

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 Video Connector 

Internal connectors/headers: 
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  One USB port header, capable of  providing two USB 2.0 ports 

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  One DH10 Serial A header 

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  Six SATA ports via the ESB-2 supporting 3Gb/s and integrated SW RAID 0/1/10 support 

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  One  44pin (power + I/O) ATA/100 connector for optical drive support 

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 One Intel

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 Remote Management Module (Intel

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 RMM) connector (Intel

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 RMM use is 

optional) 

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 One Intel

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 I/O Expansion Module Connector supporting: 

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  Dual GB NIC Intel

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 I/O Expansion Module (Optional) 

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  External SAS Intel

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 I/O Expansion Module (Optional) 

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  Infiniband* I/O Expansion Module (Optional) 

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  SSI-compliant 24-pin control panel header 

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  SSI-compliant 24-pin main power connector, supporting the ATX-12V standard on the first 

20 pins 

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  8-Pin +12V Processor Power Connector 

Add-in PCI, PCI-X*, PCI 
Express* Cards 

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One low profile riser slot supporting 1U or 2U PCIe* riser cards 

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One full height riser slot supporting 1U or 2U PCI-X* and PCIe* riser cards 

On-board Video 

ATI* ES1000 video controller with 16MB DDR SDRAM 

On-board Hard Drive 
Controller 

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Six ESB-2 3Gb/s SATA ports.  

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 Intel

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 Embedded Server RAID Technology II with SW RAID levels 0/1/10.  

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Optional support for SW RAID 5 with activation key.2 

LAN 

Two 10/100/1000 Intel

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 82563EB PHYs supporting Intel

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 I/O Acceleration Technology 

System Fans 

Six 4-pin Fan Headers supporting two processor fans, and four system fans 

System Management  

Support for Intel

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 System Management Software  

 

                                                 

1

 For the remainder of this document, the Intel

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 6321ESB I/O Controller Hub will be refferred to as ESB-2. 

2

 Onboard SATA SW RAID 5 support provided as a post-launch product feature.