Intel S2600CO series User Manual (English)

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Functional Architecture Overview Intel® Server Board S2600CO Family TPS

24 Revision 1.4

Intel order number G42278-004

8Rx4

(QDP)

32G 64G 1066 1066 1066 1066

3.2.2.2 Memory Slot Identification and Population Rules

Note: Although mixed DIMM configurations may be functional, Intel

only performs platform

validation on systems that are configured with identical DIMMs installed.

Each installed processor provides four channels of memory. On the Intel

Server Board

S2600CO each memory channel support 2 memory slots, for a total possible 16 DIMMs

installed.

 System memory is organized into physical slots on DDR3 memory channels that belong

to processor sockets.

 The memory channels from processor socket 1 are identified as Channel A, B, C and D.

The memory channels from processor socket 2 are identified as Channel E, F, G, and H.

 Each memory slot on the server board is identified by channel and slot number within

that channel. For example, DIMM_A1 is the first slot on Channel A on processor 1;

DIMM_E1 is the first DIMM socket on Channel E on processor 2.

 The memory slots associated with a given processor are unavailable if the

corresponding processor socket is not populated.

 A processor may be installed without populating the associated memory slots provided a

second processor is installed with associated memory.

In this case, the memory is

shared by the processors.

However, the platform suffers performance degradation and

latency due to the remote memory.

 Processor sockets are self-contained and autonomous. However, all memory subsystem

support (such as Memory RAS, Error Management,) in the BIOS setup is applied

commonly across processor sockets.

 The BLUE memory slots on the server board identify the first memory slot for a given

memory channel.

DIMM population rules require that DIMMs within a channel be populated starting with the BLUE

DIMM slot or DIMM farthest from the processor in a “fill-farthest” approach. In addition, when

populating a Quad-rank DIMM with a Single- or Dual-rank DIMM in the same channel, the

Quad-rank DIMM must be populated farthest from the processor. Intel

Memory Reference

Code (MRC) will check for correct DIMM placement.

On the Intel

Server Board S2600CO a total of 16 DIMM slots is provided (2 CPUs – 4

Channels/CPU, 2 DIMMs /Channel). The nomenclature for DIMM sockets is detailed in the

following table:

Table 6. Intel

Server Board S2600CO DIMM Nomenclature

Processor Socket 1 Processor Socket 2

(0)

Channel A

(1)

Channel B

(2)

Channel C

(3)

Channel D

(0)

Channel E

(1)

Channel F

(2)

Channel G

(3)

Channel H

A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2 D1 D2 E1 E2 F1 F2 G1 G2 H1 H2

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Intel S2600CO series Specifications

General

Product Type	Server Board
Maximum Memory Supported	512GB
Form Factor	SSI EEB
CPU Socket Type	LGA 2011
Supported Processors	Intel Xeon E5-2600 series
Chipset	Intel C602
Memory Type	DDR3
Number of Memory Slots	16
RAID Support	Intel Integrated RAID 0, 1, 10, 5
LAN	Dual Gigabit Ethernet
Network Controller	Intel
Management	IPMI 2.0
USB Ports	4 USB 2.0 ports (rear)