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Slipstreaming Intel Matrix Storage Drivers in XP Pro

webadmin@intel.com — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:11:52 GMT

I was hoping someone on this board could help me with slipstreaming Intel's latest Matrix Storage driver into an unattended XP install CD. I am looking to slipstream the files as TEXTMODE drivers, which should make the task easier. Unfortunately, all efforts to do this so far have resulted in failure.

First, before I tried anything, I slipstreamed SP3 into XP, copied my WINNT.SIF file to the I386 directory of the CD, and created a bootable XP unattended install disk that works like a charm. So I know the basic disk works.

Second, I modified this base XP install CD as such:

-At the root of the CD I created a directory called $OEM$ and then created a folder within that called TEXTMODE. Inside this $OEM$\TEXTMODE folder I copied the files from Intel's latest Matrix Storage F6 floppy driver (f6flpy3286.zip):
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?strState=LIVE&ProductID=2842&DwnldID=17061&agr=Y&lang=eng&PrdMap=2842

    TXTSETUP.OEM
    iaahci.cat
    iaAHCI.inf
    iastor.cat
    iaStor.inf
    IaStor.sys

-In the I386 directory of the CD, I created a folder called $OEM$ and once again, copied the contents of Intel's latest F6 floppy (f6flpy3286.zip).

Note: So I now have two directories that hold the contents of Intel's latest F6 floppy: $OEM$\TEXTMODE and I386\$OEM$

-Then I modified the WINNT.SIF by changing the line OEMPreinstall=NO to OEMPreinstall=YES

-Finally, I added the [MassStorageDrivers]* and [OEMBootFiles] sections to the WINNT.SIF as below:

[MassStorageDrivers]
    "Intel(R) ESB2 SATA AHCI Controller" = OEM
    "Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA AHCI Controller" = OEM
    "Intel(R) ICH7M/MDH SATA AHCI Controller" = OEM
    "Intel(R) ICH8R/DH/DO SATA AHCI Controller" = OEM
    "Intel(R) ICH8M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller" = OEM
    "Intel(R) ICH9R/DO/DH SATA AHCI Controller" = OEM
    "Intel(R) ICH9M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller" = OEM
    "Intel(R) ICH10D/DO SATA AHCI Controller" = OEM
    "Intel(R) ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller" = OEM
    "Intel(R) ESB2 SATA RAID Controller" = OEM
    "Intel(R) ICH7R/DH SATA RAID Controller" = OEM
    "Intel(R) ICH7MDH SATA RAID Controller" = OEM
    "Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R/DO SATA RAID Controller" = OEM
    "Intel(R) ICH8M-E/ICH9M-E SATA RAID Controller" = OEM
    "IDE CD-ROM (ATAPI 1.2)/PCI IDE Controller" = "RETAIL"

[OEMBootFiles]
    TXTSETUP.OEM
    iaahci.cat
    iaAHCI.inf
    iastor.cat
    iaStor.inf
    IaStor.sys

*The OEM entries under [MassStorageDrivers] came from the [SCSI] section of the TXTSETUP.OEM file.

-After all this, I make a bootable CD like before and test it.

Now, technically, this should work. But each time I've tried it, I get the following error during XP's TEXTMODE setup period:

File TXTSETUP.OEM caused an unexpected error (18) at line 1747 in d:\xpsp\base\boot\setup\oemdisk.c.

Does anyone know what needs to be modified to get this to work? I'd rather not use a program like nLite since it makes changes I'm not aware of and I would like to keep this as simple and straightforward as possible.

i want to know if my laptop can run Modern Warfare 2?

jaredaallen@gmail.com — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:56:33 GMT

i have a P-6822 gateway laptop

About Intel CPU VT test

webadmin@intel.com — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:03:26 GMT

How to validation this technology? help me, thanks a lot!!!!!

s5000psl and e5430 processor

webadmin@intel.com — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:53:57 GMT

Can I use e5430 with s5000psl motherboard? the product number is d44771-804 . How do I get the product code and Material Master Number ?

can't go to setup

webadmin@intel.com — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:24:35 GMT

I have dx48bt2 intel motherboard, I can not go to setup cmos, because Key has not detect until boots up go to windows, keyboard is ON.

If keyboard is ON when computer start, I can press F2 to go to setup, But keyboard is not ON.

How can I do?

s5000psl and e5430 processor

webadmin@intel.com — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:41:33 GMT

can I use s5000psl with e5430 processor? my board part number is d44771-804. How do I identify the product code and Material Master Number

Looking for some career advice

webadmin@intel.com — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:56:09 GMT

Hello there.

I'm a fas student currently studying for my CompTIA Essentials, A+ and Network+ exams and I am looking for some advice from someone experienced in the field. I've heard large corporations such as Intel offer sponsored training and that they offer internships to third level students.

Could anyone tell me whether there is an opening for volunteers and/or work experience for those not currently studying for a degree?

Thanks

Jacqui

Motherboard Replacement

jrmbenicia@comcast.net — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:16:58 GMT

Hi:

I need to replace a Dell Motherboard. It has a Intel P/4 Prescott DR3.4 @800FSB. Can someone recomend a Motherboard. Just a basic board, its used for email, internet searches etc. Its has 2GB DDR2 SDRAM 800Mhz. Dell wants $190.00 for a refurbished, If I have to spend that much, I think I would be better off buying a new basic computer. Are there Motherboards for under $100.

G965 Express Chipset and SATA Drive using AHCI

webadmin@intel.com — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:32:24 GMT

I have an Intel DG965RY motherboard & chipset and am having major problems trying

to install Vista (32 bit) with AHCI for my SATA-II drive.

I can install Vista and the drive fine using the BIOS SATA IDE Setting (though the

UDMA does not seem to be what I expected) but whenever I change the BIOS setting

to AHCI, I get problems upon installing.

I am using Vista 32-bit, and it's my understanding that I do not use the F6 method

for installation, but merely Select the "Load Driver" button during the Vista

installation.

I downloaded the files as per the Intel site and have put them onto a floppy.

However, when I click on "Load Driver", the only way I can see any items is to

unselect the "only show compatible drivers for your hardware" checkbox.

So my first question is why are there no "compatible" items shown in the first

place?

According to the Intel site, the DG965RY chipset supports transfer rates of up to

3Gb/s and AHCI. In addition, the AHCI option appears in the BIOS (though there is

no RAID option).

So, based on this information, I would have expected to be able to take advantage

of AHCI.

So this is as far as I have been able to get.

Do I need to do something else? Have I missed something? Between the mobo, the

BIOS, Vista, Drivers and the AHCI Controller, I'm lost and have no idea what to do

or try next.

I am out of ideas!

Any help appreciated.

Thanks,
Darren

Greening Data Centers or Make 'em Efficient?

webadmin@intel.com — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:32:22 GMT

Welcome All! Let's really chat about this one. I had a meeting with a company responsible for managing cooling within data centers last week and it sounded like they were leaning my way by saying "when you make that data center efficient, you essence begin greening or reducing your carbon footprint..."

Below is what I said awhile ago in a blog, but let's vet this out today and in the future. I need to tell a story and you can help me write it.

Rgds...Brently

As you all know Green is taking off -- our world is becoming concerned with the legacy we'll leave for our children and their children. I admire that because it identifies how we're a caring nation in the U.S. as well as a compassionate world.

But I believe we're mixing the messages down at the lower levels; In my opinion, "Green" means giving something back to mother earth. It means offsetting your carbon impact by planting trees (as I learned from one of the earlier companies I worked for), or it means buying energy from alternative means such as wind power -- the direction Intel and other companies are moving towards. Those are green efforts from my point of view. However "Efficiency," is defined by Encarta's North America dictionary as this.. "The ability to do something well or achieve a desired result without wasted energy or effort."

Those are two different directions as I see them, and companies running programs to enable more efficient Data Centers must understand how to correctly identify their approach.

So, what does everyone else thing about Green vs. Efficient?

Share your opinion here

intel lan driver

webadmin@intel.com — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:25:35 GMT

Dear Support,

I neet intel lan driver ( intel WG82567LM LOM ) for opensuse 11.0 ,How download , How install.

Please kindly help me,

Thanks

D865PERL

stmasi@hotmail.com — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:57:12 GMT

I am wondering where I might go for support on this device as it appears it is no longer supported by Intel tech support. I'm attempting to install Vista on this device, with a SATA CD-ROM on SATA-0 and a 300GB SATA HDD on SATA-1. When I get to the point where Vista is asking for which drive to install to, I get the following error message:

This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu.

However, the computer is able to boot to this disk, but only if it is on SATA-0, apparently. Unfortunately, this cannot be done as I need to be able to boot from the DVD in order to start the installation.

I've tried every combination of physical hard drives and DVD players (IDE and SATA) and every combination in the BIOS, but nothing seems to work. It is almost as if when I place a device on the IDE chain, the SATA chain doesn't work as it should, and vice-versa.

Any ideas out there in cyberspace?

Thanx.

Shortened URL - do u like them or hate them?

webadmin@intel.com — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:13:16 GMT

The shortened URL's (like bit.ly or tinyurl) is a great idea to share long URL's, especially in Twitter. As a person sharing those URL's, it's a great help. Some services help you to track statistics for click on the URL's, too. As a person on the receiving ending, I am starting to hate them as more and more pops up. Why? I just can't tell if the web site is safe or not by looking at the URL. With a regular URL, I can inspect the domain name and the content of the URL to help determining if it's a legitimate site or a malicious site. You just can't do that with the shortened URL. It's a jump of faith everytime I click on one of those.

Do you like them or hate them? Any BKM (best known method) on making sure I don't click on the wrong one?

845 Family Chipset questions

webadmin@intel.com — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:01:05 GMT

Hi, I hope this is the right place to ask these questions. I have an older P4 PC that I want to add a second hard drive (500 Gb). The Intel Chipset is the 845 family and I am unsure if I need to install the Intel Application Accelerator software to update the chipset for a larger hard drive. The original hard drive is only 80 Gb, and I read that there can be an issue with hard drives larger than 137 Gb for the older chipsets, including the 845 family.

System:

P4, 1.9 Ghz
2 Gb RAM
Windows XP Home SP3

I searched the Intel Knowledge Base, and found the Application Accelerator software for the 845 Family chipset. The Readme file said to install the Installation Utility software before installing the Application Accelerator software, so I have downloaded both software files.

Q1: Is it better to install the Application Accelerator software before I install the new larger hard drive, or should I wait to see if there will be any issues after installation?

Q2: Is there any harm in installing the Application Accelerator software if it is not needed?

Thanks for your help,

Cyndi

Intel® Centrino® 2 Processors vs Intel® Core™2 Duo Processors

webadmin@intel.com — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:33:10 GMT

Please could someone explain me the difference between Intel® Centrino® 2 Processors and Intel® Core™2 Duo Processors?Thanks in advance

about the SU2700 processor

webadmin@intel.com — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:05:24 GMT

Is it or isn't the SU2700 intel processor a dual core or single core?

Mig

I want to know how can i find the SPDIF Jumper on my board?

webadmin@intel.com — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:43:57 GMT

I can speak english and spanish so anyone can help me with this, i want to install my video card in order to use the HDMI conection i need to have this jumper conected.

My board is DG33BU, please i will really aprecciate your help.

Hi

webadmin@intel.com — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:36:13 GMT

What has Intel and other Pioneers tried to tackle Email Volumes that works ?

david.statham@centrica.com — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:51:27 GMT

I did read back in an Oct 2007 that Intel was looking at having email free days on Fridays and other companies such as Carphone Warehouse have trialled this as well. Was the Intel trial successful, did it become a global program and did it work or not ? What are the key things to watch out for when trialling this in a global business with a multitude of cultures, timezones, locations, etc ? Is the problem something actually different, e.g. task overload, communication overload, information overload or an etiquette issue. And is it simply a way of life today where everyone has to multitask more than ever before ?

WiFi Link 5300 AGN Trouble- incompatible with WPA/TKIP/PEAP/MSChapV2?

webadmin@intel.com — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:48:27 GMT

Hello,

We're having trouble getting this to work with the Windows XP ProSet drivers. I've tried the latest version, and there is no option to authenticate with the machine certificate. Switching to Wireless Zero, and having Windows manage the connection does not work unless we first get it to connect with ProSet. With some work, we were able to get things to connect temporarily, but once we reboot, the connection fails again.

Also, the wireless connection works fine with this card in Vista. Any ideas??

DG45ID onboard audio IDT Problem 5.1 working as 2 channels. Why?

webadmin@intel.com — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:14:45 GMT

OK so i have a DG45ID motherboard with onboard audio wich should be working in my 5.1 channel configuration but is curently using only front left and right. Odd thing is in the Controls IDT Audio Setting that came with the moterboard cd the 5.1 channels work if tested, but when running audio or video files it reverts to using only 2 channels.

I tried the latest drivers at intel, but the problem persists.

This is happening on my Vistax64 OS. On the XP OS it is working fine on the same pc. I could use any help provided. Anyone?

made my own pc need a little help please

flyhigh427@hotmail.com — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:43:57 GMT

hi i bought intels dp45sg board and all went well building my pc but after its up and running my pc locks up,its not over heating ..

i get no error codes is something wrong ,could it be in my bios setup or worse?

is there a program i can test this with and get an answer to my prob?

thanks william

WGL_EXT_swap_control extension What is it? and how can i fix it?

r0_boy@hotmail.com — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:16:12 GMT

somone help me please! what is this extension? i've surched the web several time and it just tells me a whole load of giberish that no one but they can understand.

whats more is i've tried updating my video driver to v.14 but it still says that it's on v.6 and my game still doesnt work. and yes i have tried uninstalling my current video driver (much to my distress) and instaling the one i got from intell and it still says its on v.6!

can somone please help me i realy wont to play this game! my chipset is Intel[R] 82945G Express Family Chipset v.6.14.10.4926

please please help!

Intel Chipset Q35/ICH9 - LAN Controller

jason.techone@gmail.com — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:43:34 GMT

Afternoon,

This request is coming from many hours of troubleshooting that I'll try my best to detail out in this post. I'm am working with Windows XP SP2 and SP3 systems with updated drivers from Dell and Intel connected to Cisco 3500XL and Catalyst 3550 Series Switches.

Condition 1: When connected with an Optiplex 755 Series PC to the Cisco 3500XL switch which is less than 60 feet away the PC will not negotiate higher than 10MB Full consistantly. My indicators are both the light on the front of the PC that shows NIC status state(solid on = good) - (Flashing on/off = bad). I have fluked all the wires and even replaced them to make sure that it was ok on that end, they all test to be able to handle 1gig connections. Take into account that my computers are standard to Auto negotiate straight from my image that I put on after I get them from dell (built off of dell drivers).

Dell Driver Information:

Driver Provider: Intel

Driver Date: 4/13/2007

Driver Version: 9.8.20.0

I have also tried the Intel Driver and have recieved the same results in network performance.

Intel Driver PRO2kXP_v13_1_2.exe

Several Forums have sited this problem not only with Dell but with HP running the same chipset/Switch combonation:

HP Forum - Intel/Cisco Switch

Intel/Cisco Switch

So the only commonality in this situation is the style of switch and the model of the network. As I worked with Optiplex 745 that run a Broadcom and they have no troubles at all. I have also tested with a D600, D620 and all of them had no problems negotiating at 100 Full.

Condition 2:

This problem relates more to the Catalyst 3550 Series and the Intel NIC discussed. With throwing more variables in that have been verified from other model pc's that work just fine. A user working in a webapp using a print function(java controlled) will only print one word on the entire printout. This output can be duplicated on another 755. We tested with a 745/D630/D620 and did not get the same results with all using the same wiring and setup with the same user and network rights. The only change is the model in which the user is working from.

The NIC in this case negotiates fine at 100 Full and doesn't show any indications as in Condition 1.

Any insight on this would be helpful as we know it's a compatability issue between Intel and Cisco. Cisco has said it is not on thier side so that is why I'm posting here. I'd like to find a solution as we are deploying hundreds of 755 computers on our network.

Thank you

d5400 motherboard

vahanian@hotmail.com — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:42:44 GMT

I just upgraded the bios now my computer does not boot can sombody help

Can my system run quad core?

olly2006@hotmail.co.uk — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:50:49 GMT

i want to know whether my system is capable of running quad core. i currently have a pentium 4 HT CPU 3.40 Ghz and had it for 2 years, it is a dell motherboard and i am wondering whether this can run a quad core as i think single cores are very slow, and i multitask also and pentium 4 is just very slow for that. so can u please help me find out whether my system can run Intel quad core. Thanks

D845WN Motherboard Chipset Drivers - Install when OS won't load?

webadmin@intel.com — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:18:05 GMT

I'm trying to update / install the chipset drivers on the D845WN Motherboard, but the issue is that the machine won't boot. I've switched to a much more powerful PSU, and that didn't fix the problem.

I believe that the Chipset needs updated drivers. Can I do this? If I put the Driver Executable on a Floppy and boot up with floppy selected as the default device, will it install?

If not how might I go about doing this?

Thanks,

Brian

please let me know...

webadmin@intel.com — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:48:07 GMT

Does G45 chipset support E8500 processor?

DP35DP raid

webadmin@intel.com — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:58:18 GMT

Has any one had a problem with the raid using 1TB seagate drives?

I have a new system Quad core 2.66GHz, 4GB 800MHz memory. DP35dp mb bios 0437 5/21/2008, raid rom 7.6.0.1011, matrix storage console and driver 8.2.0.1001.

The system was built raid-ready on a seagate ST1000340AS 1TB drive and then migrated to a raid 1. With 12 seconds remaining on the build (thats about 6.5 hrs) the console states that the verify failed and the raid is degraded.

The other interesting detail is that the system runs on either drive, by resetting the original drive in the raid bios as a non-raid drive or running on the degraded raid-1 volume. Note: resetting the drive as non-raid did NOT destroy the data.

Before another long build cycle any feed back would be appreciated.

Be more realistic about how things going on

haspider@gmail.com — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:07:49 GMT

Hi all

I have one Question to ask from all

CAN Hardware's run without Softwares ?

you can take this many views as you want. but i think it's the time to be real. software use to run hardwares and the major theory is as we know most of the hardware part is done almost 50% than software part. so in IT part we have still stuff to come up with. so this descussion will open for targeting that

How can the Intel Cores are used to do Real world applications more powerfully , for 22th genaration. Financial, automation, Dress making

So all can gether here

thanks

Haspider

ASUS P5Q Pro/Intel Duo E8500 Driver Ver 9.0.0.1009 conflict ?

webadmin@intel.com — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:51:43 GMT

Hello,

I recently got a new PC and have much trouble. Everytime I start a 3D-Application (game/demo) the system reboots.

I reinstalled the OS (WIN XP Pro + SP2) and all drivers to no avail. No system errors are given, no signs of overheating, monitoring tools say all systems o.k.

Now I looked on the intel chiset driver site and saw the driver version number differs from the installed one.

The P5Q Pro came with driver ver 9.0.0.1009, the site starts with 9.0.0.1008. Also 9.0.0.1008 seem not to support WINXP Pro, so the correct driver should be 9.0.0.1007.

Can this be the problem ? Wrong chipset drivers?

And is there a way to downgrade the drivers instead of reinstalling the OS once more ?. I already tried removing drivers from system via hardware manager but they stay there.

Any advices ?

Thank You.

Asynchronous Collaboration - What do you use?

webadmin@intel.com — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:13:21 GMT

We are wrapping up our asynchronous collaboration analysis of the various vendors. We have looked at about 30 different types of solutions for this space. We currently use Microsoft in this space. I am trying to gather any additional thoughts on this subject. If you are using anything different than Microsoft - can you please share what you are using and your thoughts?

Once we have completed our analysis - I would like to contact folks to share our findings. If you like to see, please let me know.

Thanks

Social Networking - Sites, Tools, and Techniques

webadmin@intel.com — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:46:57 GMT

This is a forum for discussion based on social networking posts from IT @ Intel blogs.

Post 1: Social Networking Inside Your Browser

Excerpt:
For the last month or so, I’ve been using a browser plug-in from StumbleUpon. It’s a nice little toolbar (connected to its associated website), available for both Firefox* and Internet Explorer, that creates social networking right inside your browser.
Usually when I think of social networking
I’m thinking about places like myspace, Facebook, LinkedIn, and the
like. They are websites you visit, log in, and start interacting with
people and provided content. You can do that via many built-in
functions like blogs, forums, bulletin posts, or even embedded
applications. Personally, I will admit that I’m addicted to the Scrabulous*
game on Facebook. It has given me the opportunity to virtually interact
with people from around the world who have a liking for “word art”. If
I hop over to myspace, one of my favourite areas to interact with is
music. I’ve found numerous independent and emerging artists who offer
free musical downloads, and I have then gone on to make purchases of
their albums if I like what I hear. The ability to follow that
6-Degrees of Separation to see where it takes me is pretty interesting.
But again, these are all websites within my browser, and I’m limited to
what those sites provide me, and I’m also limited to who else has
chosen to create an account on those same sites.

Post 2: You have received a new friend request from Heath

Excerpt:
Uh oh…not another one of those messages from a spam bot on myspace* or
facebook*. How many of those do you get every day - none if you haven’t
joined the bandwagon of social networking. Whether it’s myspace,
facebook, or even things like sixdegrees from years past, there is a
little bit of internet for everyone.
I’m a fan of social networking - having been one of the original
joiners on sixdegrees when it first started. Back then you were
basically chatting online with the same people you were chatting with
offline. They were coworkers, friends, or family members who then
linked you to their coworkers, friends, or family members, until you
had a network of people you didn’t know going out into the Nth
dimension.
Little has changed.

Let's get things started with a discussion about social networking tools that you have found effective. One of my recent posts at IT @ Intel was about the StumbleUpon toolbar for your browser. This type of plug-in offers the ability to "stumble" across any number of websites across the planet. You are linked in to the page, the person who created the page, the person who found the page, the people who liked the page, and all of the pages those people subsequently liked. It's exponential social networking.

What tools have you found successful in your search to expand your social network? For the moment (unless someone wants to start that side of the thread), let's talk about tools/techniques, vs. websites (i.e. Facebook, myspace, LinkedIn, etc.).

Get Real

webadmin@intel.com — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:58:08 GMT

Get Real. Get Real IT. That is what IT@Intel is all about. Intel's IT group is frequently asked to discuss our own IT operations such as our data center strategy; addressing security concerns in a more mobile & wireless environment; and the metrics behind our business value to Intel's bottom line. We decided to develop a more formalized and proactive approach to sharing our tribal knowledge and at the same time gain insight into how our peers are successfully practicing the art of IT. As a result we are a "zone" within Open Port. We look forward to great interactions around robust topics. What kind of topics would you would like to discuss and understand from Intel's IT perspective? We'll do our best to find the right IT expert to address your requested subjects. So enjoy, interact, discuss, share, learn and get real.....Real IT.

SSD: Throw out your hard disks!

webadmin@intel.com — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:55:59 GMT

Wait, not all of them just yet! I'm officially jumping on the hype bandwagon as I've been exercising and testing Intel SSDs (read long hours here) for the last three months. The comments from several online hardware reviewers are flattering, but they don't tell the whole story as they focus on single disk client machines. BTW, my Vista Ultimate Intel quad-core takes 20 seconds from POST complete to login with an Intel SSD. But, I'm a hardware guy at heart I need to know what implications these devices have for the datacenter and my apps. So we took the SSDs, dumped them into a number of differing servers and controllers to really work them and find out what breaks and where. Results, fantastic - RAIDed SSDs beat out their 15k spinning cousins in sequential reads and almost best them in sequential writes - ho hum you say? This is where the paradigm shifts, the more interesting story is around random I/O. Somewhere between 6x and 12x the performance of traditional disk is where these cool operators land, depending on block size and queue depth of course. Massive throughput gains and latency reductions with a SATA device attached to a SAS controller, which downgrades the SATA bus speed to 1.5gbps and imposes the overhead of SATA Tunneling Protocol. That's not bad for a hamstrung Olympian?

Backing away from the face melting speed of the SSDs random I/O, what does this mean for the computing? Yes fast, yes low latency, yes.... We've been designing applications, firmware, and everything we know about I/O to get around the random stuff. Ever since your first ST-506... We cache it, lay it down in stripes, defrag it religiously, anything to make it more sequential than random. What if that doesn't matter anymore? What if we don't have to engineer and program around the I/O bottleneck? Time to pull out the random I/O paradigm and watch it crumble. The great part about this shift is that it starts today and only gets better with initial SATA and then native SAS devices at 3gbps. Today NAND is limited by write cycles, needs some time to charge cells, more time in a multi-level cell device (MLC), and has block erase cycles and write amplification to contend with. 3-5 years from now... BOOM - phase change memory replaces traditional NAND for more endurance (+100x), faster read/write (µs vs. ns), and single bit alterability. Passengers, please sit back and place an extra fan on your Northbridge or array controller, we are entering a time when your I/O doesn't lag behind your CPU by a factor of 100x. What can this change, what can this change improve, and what will this do for your business?

Economics or Ecology?; How does 'Green' fit in Data Center investment decision making.

bradley.ellison@intel.com — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:30:40 GMT

Economy or Ecology? What does 'Green' really mean in the context of business in a free market? Have companies become more altruistic in the wake of 'An Inconvenient Truth' and $4+/gallon gasoline? I think not, though I would love to hear your feedback.....

Those of us who buy into global warming, the emerging energy crisis, and the implications of overconsumption to our collective well being (full disclosure - this includes me) want very much to believe that companies will and are wholeheartedly investing in Green processes, technologies and products. To a degree, this is true. But micro-economic theory simply does not support the notion of investing in Green for the sake of Green, absent some perceived profit or other tangible benefit to the owner's of the company.

Over the past couple of years much has been made of Man's impact on global climate change and messages about unsustainability of current standards of living appear virtually every where I look. To a large degree, Al Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth' has had exactly the impact that he intended; 'Green' has become an integral part of daily conversations and general cultural awareness for most of us.

But how much of this is truly resulting in changes to the way corporations and (specifically) IT organizations make decisions and do business, and how much is plain old capitalistic 'green-washing' to increase product desirability and subsequent sales? Has 'Green-think' changed the fundamental business decisions that corporations make or is it business as usual with 'Green' as a nifty new catch phrase added to processes and products in order to change the perception of value and accomplishment?

Data Centers make up one of the most rapidly growing energy consuming sectors of the global economy and also represent large investments for most corporations. 2005 data from studies conducted by the EPA and Lawrence Berkeley National Labs estimate data center energy consumption at some 1.2% of the world's energy production. The data also indicates that consumption has doubled between 2000 and 2005 and accelerate based on the sheer amount of data center capacity being added to support the explosion in Internet content and services. As a result, a great deal of discussion has occurred regarding making data centers 'Green'. But is the growth in data center energy consumption alone sufficient to cause companies to pursue energy efficient design and procurement strategies? Most likely, the growth in consumption is insufficient motivation for changing the way companies design and operate data centers.

Other data published by the Uptime Institute indicate that we are, or soon will be at a point in time where the cost of energy consumed by a server over its depreciable life is higher than the capital cost of purchasing that server. If true, this is much more likely to change current practices since there is a direct impact to profitability! To the extent that energy costs impact profit, corporations are highly motivated to change and to the degree that these profit motivated improvements align with the Green agenda (i.e. energy efficiency), we will in fact, begin to conserve energy and consequent carbon emissions.

Absent profit motives, only regulation will bring about the pursuit of Green practices. Welcome to free enterprise!

Comments, Questions, Criticisms?

Getting Requirements vs Want This or That

webadmin@intel.com — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:03:57 GMT

One of the most difficult times within my organization is defining what the real requirement is. We have spent plenty of time trying to gather the requirements from a variety of methods (brainstorming sessions, blog entries, forums, reviewing the many posts that state issues and questionnaires or surveys). There is plenty of information available - very few "real" requirements. Next step is to run out and spend time with the user base to see what they are doing

and ask more pointed questions. All this work - leads to having to make assumptions on what the "real" requirements are.

We have started to see successes with the forums and other social media tools.

Does anyone have a better way?

hallo

sneepy00@yahoo.com — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:36:43 GMT

im intersting in new program STHI in intel..but i want to learn more...

ProSet/Wireless drivers antenna diversity settings

webadmin@intel.com — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:45:00 GMT

Hello,

Does anyone know what are data ranges and their meanings for the following

registry values under Windows:

Diversity11a

Diversity11b

Diversity11g

DiversityOverride

These settings are available for every type of Wi-Fi adapters Intel produces:

Calexico, Calexico II, Kedron, etc...

Regards,

Hyper-V VLAN No Connectivity

webadmin@intel.com — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:20:28 GMT

Hello All,

I have a desktop running Windows Server 2008 Standard edition. I run two Hyper-v Guest that network connect to a Intel EXPI9400PT NIC. The NIC connects to a un-managed switch and then to a Linksys BEFSR41 Router. Everything is working great so far. All have internet connection.

The problem I’m having is when I try to separate the two vitual machines onto their own vlan by adding a VLAN ID to the network adapter for the virtual machines my internet connectivity goes away. Anyone having this problem or know of a reason why the connection is lost?

Best Regards

I would like to hear more about how you do client architecture..

webadmin@intel.com — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:37:23 GMT

I believe having an architecture awareness & future plans is critical to shaping your IT shop. What does Intel IT do in this arena, who are the pro's and what GEMs can you share w/ the rest of the community?

Thank You

Multithreading capability in XEON and ITANIUM

webadmin@intel.com — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:17:05 GMT

This is my first question to this group. The question is about the multithreading capability of intel processors(Xeon and Itanium).

Is Itanium processor and Xeon Quad and Dual core processors multithreading capable? I will try to explain the context and that would help in getting me the correct answers.

If a process (eg: java process which spawns 100 threads on a quad core xeon processor) spawns exceptionally large number of threads than the number of cores , will the performance be good or will it be bad? ie if I have 2 quad processors (ie 8 cores) and spawns 100 threads and each thread does have say 20% time involved in IO process, will this setup work for Itanium as well as Xeon processors? Or is the multithreading capability present only in Itaniumns?

I was planning to replace the itaniums with Xeons. What are the basic points I should consider taking into conisderation that my application is a multithreaded java application, 30% IO and 80% computation.?

Also I have read that a processor core executes only one instruction at a time. I have a thread dump of a java application executed on a 4 core machine. Atleast 20 thread shows runnable when there are only 4 cores performing the processing?

Is there any formula or guidlines to decide the number of threads a core can execute? Or is it based only on the IO time and the processing time only?

How have you implemented application isolation?

webadmin@intel.com — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 22:23:43 GMT

One of the issues I am struggling with is application isolation. As our organization moves forward implementating a shared hosting model, we can come to expect that every once and a while we will complete an application release that will disrupt the whole entire platform. What tools should we be looking into for debugging purposes? What processes do you implement?

Do you add value?

webadmin@intel.com — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:42:18 GMT

I want to ask a simple question. Do you add value? Ok, of course you add value....why else would you be doing the job in the first place.

So how about your IT project, team, group or department? Any value-add there? Sure there's value, right? Right!

Ok, next question, and it gets just a little harder. Does the value you, your project, team, group or department add exceed the cost you create for the organization? Yes, no, not sure?

For those of you who said yes....I have one last BIG question. Can you prove it? Yup, that's what I asked, can you prove it? Hmmm.

What would you say if tomorrow your boss (after reading this? Sorry ), or worse the CEO asked you that question? How would you answer?

The first time I really had to address this question, and I mean at a really ugly level was when the CIO (my boss at the time) asked me what would happen if we did not upgrade as planned from version 9.x to version 10.x of our ERP application. At that time I was working for a medium-sized technology company and we had just concluded a very successful 2-year project to implement a fully-functional world-wide ERP solution. I knew that our CIO was a fan of our efforts, and believed in our strategy, so why was he suddenly losing faith?

My thoughts were of course we have to upgrade! We had customers who needed and wanted new features, business scenarios that depended on functional upgrades, manufacturing problems that magically would cease to exist, all because of version 10x! Leave all of that behind? Not to mention the loss of patches, fixes and support from our vendor? Where did I go wrong, how did I lose the faith of the CIO, my biggest fan and supporter?

My mistake was a simple one. I had begun to take our team's success for granted and had not spent the time or effort to justify the investment the upgrade would take. Pressures to control spending had caught up with my project, and I had left its value in question.

How do you justify and defend your budget, projects, plans, ideas and strategies? What works for you? How do you show that you add value? How do you prove it?

Ron Miller

IT@Intel Technical and Business Operations Manager