Table 3: Supported DIMM Population Order
CPU 2 installed slotsCPU 1 installed slotsDIMMs per CPU
E0A01
E0, F0A0, B02
E0, F0, G0A0, B0, C03
E0, F0, G0, H0A0, B0, C0, D04 (Blue slots)
E0, F0, G0, H0, E1A0, B0, C0, D0, A15
E0, F0, G0, H0, E1, F1A0, B0, C0, D0, A1, B16
E0, F0, G0, H0, E1, F1, G1A0, B0, C0, D0, A1, B1, C17
E0, F0, G0, H0, E1, F1, G1, H1A0, B0, C0, D0, A1, B1, C1, D18 (Blue and black slots)
E0, F0, G0, H0, E1, F1, G1, H1, E2A0, B0, C0, D0, A1, B1, C1, D1,A29
E0, F0, G0, H0, E1, F1, G1, H1, E2, F2A0, B0, C0, D0, A1, B1, C1, D1,A2, B210
E0, F0, G0, H0?E1, F1, G1, H1, E2, F2,
G2
A0, B0, C0, D0, A1, B1, C1, D1,A2, B2, C211
E0, F0, G0, H0, E1, F1, G1, H1, E2, F2,
G2, H2
A0, B0, C0, D0?A1, B1, C1, D1,A2, B2, C2,
D2
12 (Blue, black and beige slots)
Memory Performance
When considering the memory configuration of your blade server, there are several things you need to consider. For example:
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When mixing DIMMs of different densities, the highest density DIMM goes in slot 1 then in descending density.
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Your selected CPU(s) can have some affect on performance.
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DIMMs can be run in a 1DPC, a 2DPC, or a 3DPC configuration. 1 DPC and 2DPC can provide the maximum rated speed that
the CPU and DIMMs are rated for. 3DPC causes the DIMMs to run at a slower speed.
Memory Mirroring and RAS
The Intel CPUs within the blade server support memory mirroring only when an even number of Channels are populated with DIMMs.
If one or three channels are populated with DIMMs, memory mirroring is automatically disabled. Furthermore, if memory mirroring
is used, DRAM size is reduced by 50 percent for reasons of reliability.
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