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This document explains the revisions of hardware and firmware/BIOS that are required to support the multi-core 64-bit Intel® Xeon® processor 7000 sequence processors on the Intel® Server Board Set SE8500HW4 and provides information on the upgrade process and dependencies.
The following steps are required to upgrade to the new processor:
1. Verify hardware support for the processors.
2. Possibly upgrade the processor core VRMs.
3. Upgrade the system BIOS and BMC firmware.
4. Possibly upgrade the operating system to add support for multi-core processors.
5. Install the new processors.
Please see the attached document for more details.
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Upgrade Procedure [PDF] |
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File Name: SE8500HW4-7000-sequence-Upgrade1-2.pdf
Size: 39,299 bytes
Date: January 2006
File Revision: 1.2 |
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