Table 62. Supported NVDIMM-N for dual processor configurations (continued)
Configuration Description Memory population rules
RDIMMs NVDIMM-N
Configuration 3 16x (16 GB/32 GB/64 GB)
RDIMMs + 2x NVDIMM-N
Processor1 {A1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8}
Processor2 {B1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8}
Processor1 {A9}
Processor2 {B9}
Configuration 4 16x (16 GB/32 GB/64 GB)
RDIMMs + 8x NVDIMM-N
Processor1 {A1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8}
Processor2 {B1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8}
Processor1 {A9, 10, 11, 12}
Processor2 {B9, 10, 11, 12}
Configuration 5 28x (16 GB/32 GB/64 GB)
RDIMMs + 4x NVDIMM-N
Processor1 {A1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16}
Processor2 {B1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16}
Processor1 {A9, 10}
Processor2 {B9, 10}
Configuration 6 24x (16 GB/32 GB/64 GB)
RDIMMs + 8x NVDIMM-N
Processor1 {A1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10, 11, 12}
Processor2 {B1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12}
Processor1 {A13, 14, 15, 16}
Processor2 {B13, 14, 15, 16}
NOTE: Populate only A slots for single processor configuration.
NVDIMM sizing options
The following are the supported memory configurations when using NVDIMMs:
Table 63. Supported NVDIMM memory configurations
Capacity Con
fig
#
Shorthand
(RDIMMs +
NVDIMMs)
No. CPU
per system
No. of
RDIMMs
CPU
No. of
NVDIMMs
per server
Total memory capacity
TB TiB Total Std
volatile
memory
capacity
Total
NVDIMM
capacity
NOTE: The 256GB of memory defined for single-socket SO nodes are for future proofing for co-location.
< = 44.8TB < 40.75 TiB NV1-
1
4+2 1 4 2 128GB/
256GB
32GB
44.8TB< X
<= 92.16TB
40.75< X <=
83.82 TiB
NV2
-1
8+4 1 8 4 128GB/
256GB
64GB
92.16< X <=
128TB
83.82< X <=
116.4 TiB
NV3
*-1
8+6* 1 8 6 128GB/
256GB
96GB
NOTE: Dual-socket SO custom nodes
< = 44.8TB < 40.75 TiB NV3
-1
8+1;8+1 2 16 2 256GB 32GB
44.8TB< X
<= 60TB
40.75< X <=
54.56 TiB
NV3
-2
4+2;4+2 2 8 4 256GB 64GB
60TBTB< X
<= 92.16TB
54.56< X <=
83.82 TiB
NV3
-2
4+2;4+2 2 8 4 256GB 64GB
> 92.16TB > 83.82 TiB NV3
-4
4+4; 4+4 2 8 8 256GB 128GB
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