10 Getting Started With Your System
Memory
Architecture 1333 MHz DDR3 registered or
unbuffered Error Correcting Code (ECC)
DIMMs
Memory module sockets Eight 240-pin
Memory module capacities 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB, or 8 GB
Minimum RAM 1 GB with a single processor (1 DIMM
per processor)
Maximum RAM 64 GB (8 GB dual-rank DIMMs)
128 GB (16 GB quad-rank DIMMs)
(when available)
Drives
Hard drives
Eight–hard-drive systems
Twelve–hard-drive systems
Up to eight 3.5" or 2.5", hot-swappable SAS,
SATA, or SSD drives
Up to twelve 3.5" or 2.5", hot-swappable SAS,
SATA, or SSD drives and up to two cabled
2.5" SAS or SSD drives
NOTE: For twelve–hard-drive systems with
additional internal hard drives, it is
recommended that you install the operating
system on the internal hard drives in a RAID 1
configuration.
Optical drive Optional internal slim-line SATA DVD-ROM
or DVD+/-RW
Optional external USB DVD-ROM
NOTE: Twelve–hard-drive systems support
only an external USB DVD-ROM.