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Intel®Server Chassis SR1500
Intel®Server System SR1500AL
Technical Product Specification
Intel order number D31981-008
Revision 1.4
October 2007
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Revision History
Date Revision
Number Modifications
June 2006 1.0 Initial release.
January 2007 1.1 Replaced pin J6B2 with J4B3 in table 27. Updated regulatory section.
June 2007 1.2 Corrected Wattage rating on page 9. Minor formatting and editing changes.
August 2007 1.3 Edited processor support and platform control section.
October 1.4 Updated Table 37.

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Table of Contents Intel® Server System SR1500AL
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Table of Contents
1. Product Overview.................................................................................................................1
1.1 Chassis Views .........................................................................................................1
1.2 Chassis Dimensions ................................................................................................2
1.3 System Components ...............................................................................................2
1.4 System Boards ........................................................................................................3
1.5 Control Panel Options..............................................................................................4
1.6 Hard Drive and Peripheral Bays..............................................................................6
1.7 Power Sub-system...................................................................................................6
1.8 System Cooling........................................................................................................7
1.9 Chassis Security......................................................................................................7
1.10 Rack and Cabinet Mounting Options.......................................................................7
1.11 Front Bezels.............................................................................................................8
2. Power Sub-System...............................................................................................................9
2.1 Mechanical Overview...............................................................................................9
2.2 Output Connectors.................................................................................................10
2.3 Efficiency ...............................................................................................................11
2.4 AC Input Voltage Requirement..............................................................................12
2.5 Protection Circuits..................................................................................................12
2.5.1 Over-Current Protection (OCP)............................................................................12
2.5.2 Over-voltage Protection (OVP)..............................................................................13
2.5.3 Over-temperature Protection (OTP).......................................................................13
2.6 Power Supply Status LED .....................................................................................13
2.7 AC Power Cord Specification Requirements.........................................................14
3. Cooling Sub-System ..........................................................................................................15
3.1 Five-Fan Module....................................................................................................15
3.2 Power Supply Fans................................................................................................16
3.3 CPU Air Duct and Air Baffle...................................................................................16
3.4 Drive Bay Population.............................................................................................18
4. Platform Control.................................................................................................................19
4.1 Overview................................................................................................................19
5. Peripheral and Hard Drive Support...................................................................................20
5.1 Optical and Floppy Drive Support..........................................................................20
5.1.1 USB Floppy Drive Support.....................................................................................20
5.1.2 Optical Drive Support.............................................................................................21
5.2 Hard Disk Drive Support........................................................................................22

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5.2.1 Hot-swap Hard Disk Drive Trays ...........................................................................22
5.2.2 Drive Blanks...........................................................................................................22
5.3 Hot-Swap Backplane Support................................................................................23
5.3.1 Feature set:............................................................................................................24
5.3.2 Vitesse* VSC410 Enclosure Management Controller............................................28
5.3.3 LSI* SAS1064E 3.0 Gbit/s Serial Attached SCSI Controller..................................28
5.3.4 LED Support..........................................................................................................30
5.3.5 Backplane Connector Definitions...........................................................................31
6. Standard Control Panel .....................................................................................................38
6.1 Control Panel Buttons...........................................................................................39
6.2 Control Panel LED Indicators ................................................................................39
6.2.1 Power / Sleep LED ................................................................................................40
6.2.2 System Status LED................................................................................................41
6.2.3 Drive Activity LED..................................................................................................42
6.2.4 System Identification LED......................................................................................42
6.3 Control Panel Connectors......................................................................................42
7. Intel®Local Control Panel..................................................................................................44
7.1 LED Functionality...................................................................................................45
7.1.1 Power / Sleep LED ................................................................................................45
7.1.2 System Status LED................................................................................................46
7.1.3 Drive Activity LED..................................................................................................47
7.1.4 System Identification LED......................................................................................47
8. PCI Riser Cards and Assembly.........................................................................................48
8.1 Riser Card Options................................................................................................49
9. Supported Intel®Server Boards........................................................................................53
9.1 Intel®Server Board S5000PAL..............................................................................53
9.1.1 Processor Support.................................................................................................56
10. Environmental and Regulatory Specifications................................................................57
10.1 System Level Environmental Limits.......................................................................57
10.2 Serviceability and Availability.................................................................................57
10.3 Replacing the Back up Battery ..............................................................................58
10.4 Product Regulatory Compliance............................................................................59
10.5 Use of Specified Regulated Components..............................................................59
10.6 Electromagnetic Compatibility Notices ..................................................................61
10.6.1 USA .......................................................................................................................61
10.6.2 FCC Verification Statement ...................................................................................62
10.6.3 ICES-003 (Canada)...............................................................................................62
10.6.4 Europe (CE Declaration of Conformity) .................................................................62

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10.6.5 Japan EMC Compatibility ......................................................................................62
10.6.6 BSMI (Taiwan).......................................................................................................63
10.6.7 RRL (Korea)...........................................................................................................63
10.6.8 CNCA (CCC-China)...............................................................................................63
10.7 Product Ecology Compliance.................................................................................64
10.8 Other Markings ......................................................................................................66
Appendix A: Integration and Usage Tips..........................................................................LXVIII
Appendix B: POST Code Diagnostic LED Decoder.................................................................II
Appendix C: POST Error Beep Codes......................................................................................VI
Glossary.....................................................................................................................................VII
Reference Documents.............................................................................................................VIII

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List of Figures
Figure 1. Front View with Bezel – Showing the Intel®Local Control Panel Option.......................1
Figure 2. Front View without Bezel – Showing the Standard Control Panel Option .....................1
Figure 3. Rear Chassis View ........................................................................................................1
Figure 4. Major Chassis Components...........................................................................................2
Figure 5. Back Panel Feature Overview .......................................................................................3
Figure 6. Control Panel Modules ..................................................................................................4
Figure 7. Standard Control Panel Overview .................................................................................5
Figure 8. LCD Control Panel Overview.........................................................................................5
Figure 9. Drive Bay Overview.......................................................................................................6
Figure 10. Optional Front Bezel....................................................................................................8
Figure 11. Front Bezel Options.....................................................................................................8
Figure 12. Power Supply Mechanical Drawing.............................................................................9
Figure 13. Fan Module Assembly...............................................................................................15
Figure 14. Air Baffle....................................................................................................................17
Figure 15. CPU Air Duct .............................................................................................................17
Figure 16. Hard Drive Carrier......................................................................................................18
Figure 17. Intel®Server Chassis SR1500 Peripheral Bay Configuration Options.......................20
Figure 18. View of Slimline Drive Bay.........................................................................................21
Figure 19. Hard Drive Tray Assembly.........................................................................................22
Figure 20. Drive Tray with Drive Blank .......................................................................................23
Figure 21. Hot-swap Passive SAS/SATA Backplane Layout......................................................25
Figure 22. Active SAS Backplane Layout...................................................................................26
Figure 23. Hot-swap Passive SAS/SATA Backplane Functional Diagram .................................27
Figure 24. Hot-swap Active SAS Backplane Functional Diagram...............................................27
Figure 25. Bridge Board Layout..................................................................................................31
Figure 26. Standard Control Panel Assembly Module................................................................38
Figure 27. Control Panel Buttons................................................................................................39
Figure 28. Control Panel LED Indicators ....................................................................................39
Figure 29. Intel®Local Control Panel Assembly Module.............................................................44
Figure 30. Intel®Local Control Panel Overview..........................................................................44
Figure 31. PCI Riser Card Assembly - FH View.........................................................................48
Figure 32. PCI Riser Card Assembly – LP View.........................................................................49
Figure 33. 1U Low Profile PCI-X* Riser Card Mechanical Drawing............................................50
Figure 34. 1U Full Height PCI-X* Riser Card Mechanical Drawing.............................................51
Figure 35. 1U Full Height PCI Express* Riser Card Mechanical Drawing..................................52

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Figure 36. Intel®Server Board S5000PAL..................................................................................54
Figure 37. Intel®Server Board S5000PAL Components.............................................................56
Figure 39. Diagnostic LED Placement Diagram ...........................................................................II

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List of Tables
Table 1. Chassis Dimensions .......................................................................................................2
Table 2. Cable Harness Definition.............................................................................................10
Table 3. P1 – Main Power Connector Pin-out.............................................................................10
Table 4. P2 – Processor Power Connector Pin-out...................................................................11
Table 5. P3 – Back Plane Power Connector Pin-out ..................................................................11
Table 6. P4 – Baseboard Signal Connector Pin-out ...................................................................11
Table 7. Power Supply Efficiency ...............................................................................................11
Table 8. AC Input Rating.............................................................................................................12
Table 9. Over-current Protection (OCP) ....................................................................................12
Table 10. Over-Voltage Protection (OVP) Limits........................................................................13
Table 11. LED Indicators ............................................................................................................13
Table 12 Non-redundant Cooling Zones....................................................................................15
Table 13. Individual Fan Assembly Pin-out.................................................................................16
Table 14. 4-pin USB Floppy Connector Pin-out..........................................................................20
Table 15. 44-pin Internal CD-ROM Connector Pin-out ...............................................................21
Table 16. LED Function..............................................................................................................30
Table 17. Hard Drive Activity LED Functionality.........................................................................30
Table 18. Backplane Power Connector Pin-out (J1B1) ..............................................................31
Table 19. Bridge Board Connector Pin-out (J5A1) .....................................................................32
Table 20. Backplane Control Panel Connector Pin-out (J9C1)...................................................33
Table 21. 1x10 Pin Control Panel USB Connector Pin-out (J6B1) .............................................34
Table 22. SAS/SATA Hard Drive Connector Pin-outs (J8N1, J6N1, J3N1)................................34
Table 23. SATA/SAS Drive Control Connector Pin-out (J3C1, J4B2, J4A1) ..............................35
Table 24. 4-pin floppy connector Pin-out (J2B1).........................................................................35
Table 25. System Fan Connector Pin-outs.................................................................................36
Table 26. IPMB Connector Pin-out (J1C1) .................................................................................37
Table 27. Add-in Card Connector Pin-out (J4B3 – Passive Only)..............................................37
Table 28. Control Button and Intrusion Switch Functions...........................................................39
Table 29. Control Panel LED Functions......................................................................................40
Table 30. SSI Power LED Operation..........................................................................................40
Table 31. Control Panel LED Operation .....................................................................................41
Table 32. External USB Connectors (J1B1) ...............................................................................42
Table 33. Video Connector (J1A1)..............................................................................................42
Table 34. Control Panel LED Functions......................................................................................45
Table 35. SSI Power LED Operation..........................................................................................45

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Table 36. Control Panel LED Operation .....................................................................................46
Table 38. System Environmental Limits Summary .....................................................................57
Table 39. Product Safety & Electromagnetic (EMC) Compliance...............................................60
Table 40: POST Progress Code LED Example ............................................................................II
Table 41. Diagnostic LED POST Code Decoder.........................................................................III
Table 42. POST Error Beep Codes .............................................................................................VI
Table 43. BMC Beep Codes........................................................................................................VI

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1. Product Overview
The Intel®Server Chassis SR1500 is a 1U server chassis that is designed to support the Intel®
Server Board S5000PAL/S5000XAL. The server board and the chassis have features that are
designed to support the high-density server market. This chapter provides a high-level overview
of the chassis features. Greater detail for each major chassis component or feature is provided
in the following chapters.
The chassis differs from previous generation products in that the majority of cables have been
removed from the system and in their place are a series of board-to-board interconnects. The
benefits of using board-to-board interconnects are simplification of platform integration and
improved airflow for more reliable cooling.
1.1 Chassis Views
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Figure 1. Front View with Bezel – Showing the Intel®Local Control Panel Option
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Figure 2. Front View without Bezel – Showing the Standard Control Panel Option
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Figure 3. Rear Chassis View

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1.2 Chassis Dimensions
Table 1. Chassis Dimensions
Height 43.25 mm 1.703”
Width without rails 430 mm 16.930”
Width with rails 451.3 mm 17.77”
Depth without CMA 692 mm 27.25”
Depth with CMA 838.2 mm 33.0”
Max. Weight 14.1 kg 31 lbs
1.3 System Components
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A Rack handles (optional) I PCI card bracket (low profile)
B Backplane J Processor air duct
C Air baffle K Fan module
D Power supply fans L Bridge board
E Power supply M Control panel (standard control panel shown)
F Server board N Hard drive bays (drives not included)
G PCI card bracket (full height) O Slimline drive bay (drive not included)
H PCI add-in riser assembly P Front bezel (optional)
Figure 4. Major Chassis Components

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The I/O connector locations on the back of the chassis are pre-cut, so the use of an I/O shield is
not required. The supplied EMI gasket must be installed to maintain Electromagnetic
Interference (EMI) compliance levels.
A B C
MKL JI
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Figure 5. Back Panel Feature Overview
A PS2 mouse connector H USB 2 connector
B PCI card bracket (low profile) I Video connector
C PCI card bracket (full height) J NIC 1 connector
D AC Power Receptacle K NIC 2 connector
E Management Network Interface (optional) L RJ45 serial B port
F IO module external connector (optional) M PS2 keyboard connector
G USB 1 connector
1.4 System Boards
The complete system includes the use of several system boards which are used as internal
interconnects and provide feature accessibility. The following provides a brief description for
each.
•Bridge Board – PCB used to route signals from the server board to the back-plane and
control panel boards.
•Backplane – Hot-swap backplane capable of supporting both SATA and SAS hard drives.
oActive SAS RAID (Product Code – ASR1500SASBP) – cable less solution with
onboard SAS controller
oPassive SATA (Product Code – ASR1500PASBP) – cabled to SATA ports on the
server board or from add-in adapter.
•Riser Cards – PCI riser cards used to provide up to two add-in card slots to the system.
Available riser card options for this system include:
oLow Profile, one slot PCI Express*
oFull Height (Product Code – ADWPCIXR), one slot PCI-X
oFull Height (Product Code – ADWPCIEXPR), one slot PCI Express*
•Optical Drive Interposer Card – Used to interface optical drive with 44-pin IDE cable as
cabled from the server board.

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•Control Panel – A PCB providing system status and control functionality features. Two
control panel options are available for this system
oStandard Control Panel (Product Code – AXXRACKFP)
oIntel®Local Control Panel with LCD support (Product Code – AXXLCPRACK)
•RAID Activation Key (Product Code – )
oSoftware SATA/SAS RAID 5 Activation Key – This RAID key plugs into a
connector on the server board or the Active back-plane. It is used to enable the
software SATA RAID 5 functionality of the ESB2 SATA ports of the server board
when cabled to the passive backplane or the SAS RAID 5 functionality of the
active backplane.
1.5 Control Panel Options
The server chassis can support either of two control panels, the standard control panel and the
Intel®Local Control Panel with LCD support. The control panel assemblies are pre-assembled
and modular in design. The entire module assembly slides into a predefined slot in the front of
the chassis.
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The standard control panel supports several push buttons and status LEDs, along with USB and
video ports to centralize system control, monitoring, and accessibility to within a common
compact design. The following diagram overviews the layout and functions of the control panel.
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Figure 7. Standard Control Panel Overview
A NIC 2 Activity LED G System Identification LED
B NIC 1 Activity LED H System Identification Button
C Power / Sleep Button I System Reset Button
D Power / Sleep LED J USB 2.0 Connector
E Hard Drive Activity LED K Recessed NMI Button (Tool Required)
F System Status LED L Video Connector
The Intel®Local Control Panel utilizes a combination of control buttons, LEDs, and LCD display
to provide system accessibility, monitoring, and control functions. The following diagram
provides an overview of this control panel.
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Figure 8. LCD Control Panel Overview
A USB 2.0 Port I Power / Sleep Button
B LCD Display J System Status LED
C Menu control button, scroll up K NIC 2 Activity LED
D Menu control button, scroll down L NIC 1 Activity LED
E Menu control button, scroll left M Hard Drive Activity LED
F Menu control button, enter N System Reset Button
G System ID LED O USB 2.0 Port
H Power / Sleep LED

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1.6 Hard Drive and Peripheral Bays
The chassis is designed to support up to three hot-swappable SAS (Serial Attach-SCSI) or
SATA (Serial ATA) hard drives and one slimline optical device.
The slimline peripheral bay is designed to support a single slimline IDE optical drive or a
slimline USB floppy drive.
If both an optical drive and floppy drive are required, the hard drive bay below the slimline bay
can be used to support an optional USB Floppy drive. The optional floppy drive kit includes the
necessary drive tray and cables.
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Figure 9. Drive Bay Overview
A Slimline drive bay (drive not included)
B Control panel (standard control panel
shown)
C Hard Drive Status LEDs
D Hard drive bays (drives not included)
1.7 Power Sub-system
The power sub-system of the chassis consists of a single non-redundant 600 Watt power supply
and provides several integrated management features including:
•Status LED
•Over-temperature protection circuitry
•Over-voltage protection circuitry
With the addition of an Intel®Remote Management Module and Intel®System Management
Software, the power subsystem is capable of supporting several system management features
including:
•Remote Power On/Off
•Status Alerting
•FRU Information Reporting

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The power supply operates within the following voltage ranges and ratings
PARAMETER MIN RATED MAX Start up
VAC Power Off
VAC
Max Input
AC Current
Max Rated
Input AC
Current
Voltage (110) 90 Vrms 100-127 Vrms 140 Vrms 85Vac +/-
4Vac 75Vac +/-5Vac 9.5Arms1,3 8.55Arms 4
Voltage (220) 180 Vrms 200-240 Vrms 264 Vrms 4.75Arms2,3 4.3Arms 4
Frequency 47 Hz 50/60Hz 63 Hz
1. Maximum input current at low input voltage range shall be measured at 90Vac, at max load.
2. Maximum input current at high input voltage range shall be measured at 180VAC, at max load.
3. This is not to be used for determining agency input current markings.
4. Maximum rated input current is measured at 100VAC and 200VAC.
1.8 System Cooling
The chassis provides a non-redundant multi-system fan assembly and dual non-redundant
power supply fans. When external ambient temperatures remain within specified limits, the
cooling system will provide sufficient air flow for all hot-swap drive configurations, processors,
supported memory, and add-in cards.
1.9 Chassis Security
The chassis provides support for a lockable front bezel which prevents unauthorized access to
the system control buttons and hard drives. In addition, a chassis intrusion switch is integrated
into the low profile riser allowing server management software to monitor removal of the top
cover from the chassis.
1.10 Rack and Cabinet Mounting Options
The chassis was designed to support 19” wide by up to 30” deep server cabinets. The chassis
supports three rack mount options:
•A fixed mount relay rack / cabinet mount kit (Product order code - AXXBRACKETS ) which
can be configured to mount the system into either a 2-post rack or 4-post cabinet
•A tool-less full extracting slide rail kit (Product order code – AXXHERAIL) designed to
support an optional cable management arm (Product order code – AXXRACKCARM).
•A basic slide rail kit (Product order code – AXXBASICRAIL) designed to mount the chassis
into a standard (19” by up to 30” deep) EIA-310D compatible server cabinet.

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1.11 Front Bezels
The optional front bezel is made of molded plastic and uses a snap-on design. When installed,
its design allows for maximum airflow to maintain system cooling requirements. Separate front
bezels are available to support systems that use either a standard control panel (Product Code
– ADWBEZBLACK) or an Intel®Local Control Panel (Product Code – ADWLCDBEZEL).
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Figure 10. Optional Front Bezel
Light pipes in the front bezel supporting the standard control panel allow the system status
LEDs to be monitored with the bezel installed. When the local control panel is used, the control
panel module can be adjusted to extend further out from the chassis face to allow the LCD
panel to protrude from the front bezel.
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Figure 11. Front Bezel Options
A Ventilation E Opening for Intel®Local Control Panel
B Key Lock F Key Lock
C System Status LEDs G Ventilation