Supportsintelxeon

ProductOverviewTheIntelXeonprocessor5500series,basedonthelatest-generationIntelmicroarchitecturecodenamedNehalem,representsthenextstepinenergyefficiency,performanceandvirtualizationwithanintegratedmemorycontroller.
Theplatformprovideskeyembeddedfeaturessuchasextendedlifecyclesupportandoptionsforthermallyconstrainedapplica-tions,whilemaintainingcompatibilitywithenterpriseplatformconfigurations.
Basedon45nmprocesstechnology,processorscandeliverupto1.
5xmoreperformancewithinthesamethermaldesignpower(TDP)overtheprevious-generationIntelXeonprocessor5400seriesforembeddedcomputing.
1Processorsareavailableinquad-coreanddual-coreoptionswithTDPrangingfrom80Wtoaslowas38W.
Twoprocessoroptionsproviderobustthermalprofiles,idealfortheAdvancedTCA*formfactorandcompliancewithNEBSLevel3thermalspecifications.
Processorscanbeusedinsingleordual-socketconfigurationswiththeIntel5520chipset(seeFigures1and2).
AllIntelXeonprocessorsbasedonthisnewIntelmicroarchitecturehaveacommonelectricalandmechanicalsocketprovidingasimplifiedpathtofutureupgrades.
TheIntelXeonprocessor5500seriesfeaturesnewIntelQuickPathTechnologyandIntelTurboBoostTechnology2which,alongwithIntelHyper-ThreadingTechnology,3delivertopper-formanceforbandwidth-intensiveapplications.
AlsoincludedisIntelVirtualizationTechnology4forflexiblevirtualization.
TheIntel5520chipset,consistingoftheIntel5520I/OHubandIntelI/OControllerHub10R,offersupto42lanesofPCIExpress*(36lanesPCIExpressGen2),SATAportsandsupportforRAID.
Thisplatformprovidestheperformance,memoryandI/Ocapabili-tiesneededtomeetawiderangeofcompute-intensiveembedded,storageandcommunicationsapplicationssuchas:Communicationinfrastructureservers,bladesandappliancesSecurityservers,bladesandappliancesStorageservers,bladesandappliancesCarrier-graderack-mountserversProprietary,non-standardformfactors,suchasroutermodulesAdvancedTCA-basedbladesMedicalservers,bladesandappliancesPlatformBriefIntelXeonProcessor5500SeriesandIntel5520ChipsetEmbeddedComputingIntelXeon5500PlatformforEmbeddedComputingIdealforSingle-orDual-SocketEmbedded,Communications,andStorageApplicationsFPO2MemoryIntelI/OControllerHub10RMemoryUpto9DDR3slotsperprocessorUpto9DDR3slotsperprocessor36lanesPCIExpressGen2IntelXeonProcessor5500SeriesIntelXeonProcessor5500SeriesIntel5520I/OHubFigure1.
Dual-socketconfigurationofIntelXeon5500platformisidealforcompute-intensiveembeddedapplicationsFigure2:Single-socketconfigurationofIntelXeon5500platformisidealforthermallyconstrainedembeddedapplicationsMemoryUpto9DDR3slotsperprocessor36lanesPCIExpressGen2IntelXeonProcessor5500SeriesIntel5520I/OHubIntelI/OControllerHub10R3FeaturesBenefitsSupportsKeyEmbeddedPlatformRequirementsIdealforcompute-intensiveembeddedapplications.
CompatibilitywithIntelenterpriseserversolutionsPotentialtomaximizedesignreusebetweenenterpriseandembeddedsolutions.
ExtendedlifecycleproductsupportProtectssysteminvestmentbyenablingextendedproductavailabilityforembeddedcustomers.
Low-powerandrobustthermalprofileprocessoroptions(L5508at38WTDP;L5518at60WTDP)IdealforNEBSLevel3ambientoperatingtemperaturespecifications(thermalprofile).
Idealforsmallerformfactorswiththermalconstraints(blades),especiallysolutionsrequiringcompliancewithAdvancedTCA*formfactorspecifications(PICMG3.
0).
EmbeddedecosystemsupportAlongwithastrongecosystemofhardwareandsoftwarevendors,includingmem-bersoftheIntelEmbeddedandCommunicationsAlliance(intel.
com/go/eca),Intelhelpstocost-effectivelymeetdevelopmentchallengesandspeedtime-to-market.
IntelligentPerformanceDeliversupto1.
5xperformanceimprovementwithinapowerenvelopesimilartopreviousprocessors.
1IntelTurboBoostTechnology2Boostsperformanceforspecificworkloadsbyincreasingprocessorfrequency.
IntelQuickPathTechnologyDeliversbandwidthimprovementfordata-intensiveapplications.
IntelHyper-ThreadingTechnology3Boostsperformanceforparallel,multi-threadedapplications.
LargememorycapacityUpto144GBofmainmemorysupportshigherperformancefordata-intensiveapplications.
SharedL3cacheBoostsperformancewhilereducingtraffictotheprocessorcores.
AutomatedEnergyEfficiencyReducesidlepowerconsumption.
IntegratedpowergatesAllowsidlingcorestobereducedtonear-zeropowerindependentofothercores.
Automatedlow-powerstatesPutsprocessor,memoryandI/Ocontrollerintothelowestavailablepowerstatesthatwillmeettherequirementsofthecurrentworkload.
FlexibleVirtualizationEnhancesvirtualizationperformance.
IntelXeonprocessor5500SeriesHardwareassistsboostvirtualizationperformancebyallowingOSmoredirectaccesstothehardware.
IntelVirtualizationTechnology4(IntelVT)FlexMigrationenablesseamlessmigrationofrunningapplicationsamongcurrentandfutureIntelprocessor-basedservers.
IntelVTFlexPriorityimprovesvirtualizationperformancebyallowingguestOSstoreadandchangetaskprioritieswithoutVMMintervention.
ExtendedPageTablesprovidebetterperformancebyreducingtheoverheadcausedbypage-tableutilizationofvirtualmachines.
Intel5520chipsetIntelVTforDirectedI/Ohelpsspeeddatamovement,givingdesignatedvirtualmachinestheirowndedicatedI/Odevices,thusreducingperformanceoverheadoftheVMMinmanagingI/Otraffic.
PlatformFeaturesandBenefitsIntelinEmbeddedandCommunications:intel.
com/embeddedIntelprocessornumbersarenotameasureofperformance.
Processornumbersdifferentiatefeatureswithineachprocessorseries,notacrossdifferentprocessorsequences.
Seehttp://www.
intel.
com/products/processor_numberfordetails.
1E5540BenchmarkingresultscollectedbyIntelCorporation,January2009E5440Benchmarkingresultscollectedbyspec.
org,October2008http://www.
spec.
org/cpu2006/results/res2008q4/cpu2006-20081013-05611.
htmlPlatformconfigurations:IntelXeonprocessorE5540,2.
53GHz,8MBL3cache,80W+Intel5520chipset12x4GBRDIMMDDR3-1066MHzIntelXeonprocessorE5440,2.
83GHz,8MBL2cache,80W+Intel5000PChipset8x2GBFBD-DDR2-667MHzSoftwareconfigurations:IntelXeonprocessorE5540:OS:RedHatLinux64bit;Compiler:IntelC/C+11;BenchmarkCPU2006v1.
1IntelXeonprocessorE5440:OS:SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer10(x86_64);Compiler:IntelC/C+11;Benchmark:CPU2006v1.
1Performancetestsandratingsaremeasuredusingspecificcomputersystemsand/orcomponentsandreflecttheapproximateperformanceofIntelproductsasmeasuredbythosetests.
Anydifferenceinsystemhardwareorsoftwaredesignorconfigurationmayaffectactualperformance.
Buyersshouldconsultothersourcesofinformationtoevaluatetheperformanceofsystemsorcomponentstheyareconsideringpurchasing.
FormoreinformationonperformancetestsandontheperformanceofIntelproducts,visitintel.
com/performance/resources/benchmark_limitations.
htm2IntelTurboBoostTechnologyrequiresaPCwithaprocessorwithIntelTurboBoostTechnologycapability.
IntelTurboBoostTechnologyperformancevariesdependingonhardware,softwareandoverallsystemconfiguration.
CheckwithyourPCmanufactureronwhetheryoursystemdeliversIntelTurboBoostTechnology.
Formoreinformation,seehttp://www.
intel.
com/technology/turboboost.
3Hyper-ThreadingTechnologyrequiresacomputersystemwithaprocessorsupportingHyper-ThreadingTechnologyandanHTTechnology-enabledchipset,BIOSandoperatingsystem.
Performancewillvarydependingonthespecifichardwareandsoftwareyouuse.
FormoreinformationincludingdetailsonwhichprocessorssupportHTTechnology,seehttp://www.
intel.
com/products/ht/hyperthreading_more.
htm4IntelVirtualizationTechnologyrequiresacomputersystemwithanenabledIntelprocessor,BIOS,virtualmachinemonitor(VMM)and,forsomeuses,certaincomputersystemsoftwareenabledforit.
Functionality,performanceorotherbenefitswillvarydependingonhardwareandsoftwareconfigurationsandmayrequireaBIOSupdate.
Softwareapplicationsmaynotbecompatiblewithalloperatingsystems.
Pleasecheckwithyourapplicationvendor.
Copyright2009IntelCorporation.
Allrightsreserved.
Intel,theIntellogo,andIntelXeonaretrademarksofIntelCorporationintheU.
S.
andothercountries.
*Othernamesandbrandsmaybeclaimedasthepropertyofothers.
PrintedinUSA0309/KSC/OCG/XX/PDFPleaseRecycle321545-001USIntelXeonProcessor5500SeriesforEmbeddedComputingProcessorNumberCPUFrequencyIntelTurboBoostTechnology2IntelHyper-ThreadingTechnology3L3CacheNumberofCoresPowerRobustThermalProfile(HighTcase)IntelQuickPathLinkSpeed+DDR3MemoryIntelXeonprocessorE55402.
53GHzYesYes8MB480WStandard5.
86GT/s1066/800IntelXeonprocessorE5504Δ2.
00GHzNoNo4MB480WStandard4.
8GT/s800IntelXeonprocessorL5518Δ2.
13GHzYesYes8MB460W70°C(nominal)85°C(short)5.
86GT/s1066/800IntelXeonprocessorL5508Δ2.
00GHzYesYes8MB238W70°C(nominal)85°C(short)5.
86GT/s1066/800+GT/s=giga-transfers/secondIntel5520ChipsetforEmbeddedComputingProductPackageFeaturesIntel5520I/OHub(36D)FCBGA1295SupportsIntelXeonprocessor5500seriesat6.
4GT/s,5.
86GT/sand4.
8GT/sspeedsviaIntelQuickPathTechnologyinterconnect.
Supports36lanesofPCIExpress*2.
0I/O,IntelVT-candIntelVT-denhancementsforvirtualizationOS,andIntelICH10R;27.
1WTDP.
OptionalsecondIntel5520IOHsupportsupto72lanesPCIExpress*2.
0.
IntelI/OControllerHub(ICH10R)PBGA676PCIExpress*6x1;sixSATAports;IntelMatrixStorageTechnologywithRAID0,1,5and10;12USBports,IntegratedGigabitLANcontroller10/100/1000;4.
5WTDP.
SoftwareTheoperatingsystemsandBIOSslistedbelowaresupportedontheIntelXeon5500platformforembeddedcomputing.
ContactyourpreferredvendororanIntelrepresentativeforoperatingsystemandBIOSsolutions.
OperatingSystemContactsMicrosoftWindows*XPIntelprovidesdriversMicrosoftWindowsServer*2008IntelprovidesdriversMicrosoftWindows*2003IntelprovidesdriversRedHatEnterpriseLinux*5RedHatNovellSUSELinux*Enterprise10NovellWindRiverVxWorks*6.
6WindRiverWindRiverLinux*WindRiverBIOSvendor/contacts:AmericanMegatrendsInc.
*InsydeSoftwareCorp.
*PhoenixTechnologies,Ltd.
*