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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:
- Verify hardware support for the processors.
- Possibly upgrade the processor core VRMs.
- Upgrade the system BIOS and BMC firmware.
- Possibly upgrade the operating system to add support for multi-core processors.
- 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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