Product Brief
Intel® Server Board S5500WB
Intel® Server System SR1690WB
Intel® Server System SR1695WB
Intel® Server Board S5500WB
Intel® Server System SR1690WB
Intel® Server System SR1695WB
Rack-optimized server products, purpose-built for high energy efficiency
and lowest total cost of ownership in dense computing applications.
Key Features
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Supports up to two Intel® Xeon® Processor
5500 or 5600 series
Highly scalable DDR3 memory (8 DIMMs)
One PCI Express* 2.0 x16 (x8 electrical) slot plus
one Intel® I/O Expansion Module (PCI Express 2.0 x8)
Flexible storage controller options
Designed with state-of-the-art power and cooling optimizations for demanding
data-center performance and reduced energy consumption
Optimized for low TCO with policy-based power management through Intel® Intelligent
Power Node Manager and integrated DCMI / IPMI 2.0 manageability
Target Applications:
High-density computing environments where energy costs
and total cost of ownership are paramount such as Internet portal data centers, cloud
computing and High Performance Computing (HPC).
Board Features and Benefits
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Support for one or two Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 or 5600 series
Increase server performance with no increase in
power consumption
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Power efficient board architecture with optimized voltage regulator designs and a specialized layout for efficient cooling
Voltage-regulator optimization reduces the excess heat produced by inefficient and wasteful power conversion and a spread-core
lay-out allows lower fan speeds, reducing the power used to move air across the board. Together these optimizations reduce
power consumption
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Fast, scalable and energy-efficient DDR3 memory
Eight, registered or unbuffered DIMMs at up to 1333 MHz, and 6 memory
channels ensure energy-efficient performance for any application
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Expandable I/O architecture
One PCIe 2.0 slot plus an optional Intel® I/O Expansion Module provide maximum flexibility in 1U rack
mount applications
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Multiple storage controller options
Six integrated 3 Gbps SATA ports or optional SAS via Intel® I/O Expansion Modules with either
SAS or SAS RAID support maximize storage flexibility without consuming the PCI Express slot
System Features and Benefits
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Purpose built, 1U rack server chassis
Energy efficient design optimized for integration with Intel® Server Board S5500WB
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High efficiency power-supply options
Systems with either a 650-watt high efficiency (80 Plus) power supply or 450-watt high
efficiency AC or DC (1+0) or redundant (1+1) power supply configurations, all PMBus capable supporting Intel® Intelligent Power
Node Manager for policy-based power capping to enable increased rack densities and improved data center utilization
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Optimized fan speed control & thermal solutions
BIOS optimizations include custom fan speed control that enables slower fan
speeds, reducing system power requirements, saving energy and reducing TCO
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Flexible storage configuration
Four hot swap SAS/SATA drive bays supporting either 3.5” or 2.5” HDD in the same drive carrier,
providing the flexible storage configurations you need
Technology that Defines Innovation
Intel server technologies provide powerful capabilities designed
to make Intel® Server Products more reliable, more efficient,
more available, and easier to service. These innovative tech-
nologies are seamlessly integrated into Intel® Server Products
to complement the capabilities of the latest generation Intel®
Xeon® processor and chipset technologies.
Intel SpeedStep® Technology
Dynamically adjusts processor
core frequency and voltages which can in turn reduce power
consumption and reduce operating costs for data centers
Intel® Active Airflow Control
Operates chassis fans at the
minimum speed required to cool the system, reserving additional
speed for those times when ambient conditions or high work-
loads require it
Intel® Server Management
Allows increased IT efficiency
with a combination of hardware and software products that
streamline the deployment and management of servers
According to the Climate Savers Computing Initiative,
the typical server wastes 30-40% of its input
power. This wasted power is given off as heat in the data center which adds significantly to the air
conditioning load of the data center and makes the true cost of ownership of inefficient servers much
higher than just the power it consumes. In a traditional data center, each Watt of power dissipated
requires an additional Watt of electricity in air handling and chilling, so the impact can be doubled
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http://www.climatesaverscomputing.org/about/faq/
UP TO 30% WALL POWER SAVINGS
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32W Savings
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42W Savings
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Intel® Server Board S5500WB
Intel® Server Board S5520UR
An optimized system built around the Intel® Server Board S5500WB saves 32W at the wall over a typical 1U server such as the
Intel® Server System SR1600UR. This equates to total data center power savings of 64W (in a typical data center with PUE of
2.0)
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Over a four year life, with electricity cost of $0.10 per KWh, that would amount to over $224 in power costs saving for
each server deployed.
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Intel® ESAA Makes it Easy
Getting components from different vendors to work seamlessly in a single, reliable solution can be a challenge. The Intel® Enabled
Server Acceleration Alliance (Intel® ESAA) gives system builders access to pre-verified solution configuration guides (“recipes”) for
Intel® Server Products that are jointly developed with ISVs around the globe. Applications include HPC, virtualization, storage, backup
and recovery, database, and more.
Available exclusively for Intel® Server Products, Intel® ESAA recipes provide detailed hardware and software requirements and com-
prehensive configuration and deployment instructions to help meet complex customer requirements rapidly.
For added customer confidence, resellers can request a certificate stating that Intel and the application vendor stand behind their
branded Intel Server Product-based solution. VMware, Red Hat, Citrix, and EMC solutions may also qualify for free pass-through
branded system certification and listing on the vendor’s Hardware Compatibility List (HCL).
Intel® Cluster Ready (ICR) Certification is also available for the Intel® Server Board S5500WB family of products. The ICR program
defines a common basis for clusters in collaboration with OEMs, channel members, and ISVs. Intel ESAA offers recipes that detail the
configuration of HPC clusters on Intel® Server Products for validation with ICR tools.
Available recipes for the Intel® Server Board S5500WB, Intel Server System SR1690WB and Intel Server System SR1695WB include:
High-Performance Computing (HPC) Deployments:
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Platform Cluster Manager* 1.2 and Intel® Cluster Ready Configuration on Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 5.3
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QLogic TrueScale InfiniBand* HPC Cluster on Linux*
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Voltaire InfiniBand* Interconnect for Linux* HPC Cluster:
OS Certifications:
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Oracle Enterprise Linux* 5.3
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 5.3
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 5.3 with Integrated Virtualization
Pass Through System Certifications:
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VMware Infrastructure 3 for ESX* 3.5
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VMware vSphere 4 for ESX* 4.0/ ESXi 4.0 Installable*
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EMC* Storage
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Citrix XenServer* 5.5
With help from the Intel ESAA program, you can get to market early with leading-edge solutions based on
the Intel® Server Board S5500WB family of products— and stay ahead of the competitive curve.
For more information go to:
www.intel.com/go/esaa
Intel® Server Board S5500WB Technical Specifications
Form Factor
Processor
Chipset
Intel® Quick Path Technology
Memory Capacity
Storage
Intel® RAID Support
SSI EEB (12” x 13”)
Supports one or two Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 or 5600 series
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Intel® 5500 chipset with Intel® ICH10R
4.8GT/s, 5.86GT/s and 6.4GT/s
Eight DDR3 DIMM sockets (Registered or Unbuffered)
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Six channel native (800/1066/1333MHz)
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Six SATA ports (3 Gbps) via ICH10R with Intel® Embedded Server RAID Technology
Modular four-port SAS and SAS RAID options via Intel® I/O Expansion Module
Integrated SATA
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Intel® Embedded Server RAID Technology with host-based SW RAID levels 0/1/10
Optional SW RAID 5 with activation key
Optional internal SAS modules do not consume a valuable PCI slot like a traditional add-in card:
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Intel® SAS Module AXX4SASMOD with RAID 0, 1, 1E, 10, and optional host-based SW RAID 5
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Intel® RAID Controller SROMBSASMR with RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 and optional Intel® RAID Smart Battery
Validated with Intel® RAID Controllers
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Expansion Slots
Up to two expansion slots in a 2U chassis:
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1 PCI Express* 2.0 x8 slot (x16 mechanical)
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1 PCI Express 2.0 x4 slot (x8 mechanical)
One expansion slot in a 1U chassis:
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1 PCI Express 2.0 x8 slot (x16 mechanical)
Either 1U or 2U chassis can also accommodate one Intel I/O Expansion Module (PCI Express 2.0 x8)
Optional Intel® I/O Expansion Modules include:
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4 port external or internal SAS (based on LSI* 1064e)
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4 port internal SAS RAID (see Intel® RAID Support above)
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Dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet
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Dual and Quad-port Gigabit Ethernet
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InfiniBand* (Mellanox*)
Embedded Intel® Dual Gigabit Controller 82576EB with support for Intel® Virtualization Technology
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Server Engine* LLC Pilot II* Controller with 64 MB DDR2 memory, 8MB allocated to graphics
Integrated IPMI 2.0 Baseboard Management Controller
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Fan speed control
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Diagnostic LEDs
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Temperature monitoring and recovery
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SMASH CLP (command line interface)
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Email alerting
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Power management with Intel® Intelligent Power Node Manager
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Support for the Data Center Manageability Interface (DCMI 1.0)
Optional Intel® Remote Management Module
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KVM & Virtual Media redirection
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Dedicated 3rd NIC
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Remote Power on/off
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Embedded Web UI
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Event log and configuration
Integrated LAN
Integrated Graphics
Management Hardware
Management Software
Intel® Deployment Assistant
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Wizard based UI to deploy, configure and update server
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BIOS, BMC and RAID array configuration
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Unattended OS install
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Online patch updates
Intel® Server Management Software
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View critical or warning events
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Power on/off/reset
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View sensor (fan speeds, temperature, power)
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Full IPMI 2.0 interface
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Chassis Intrusion detection
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Serial Over LAN (Text Console Redirection)
Chassis
Intel® Server System SR1690WB or SR1695WB
See
support.intel.com
for 3rd party chassis option