Intel S2600CO series User Manual

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

Intel S2600CO series Specifications

General

Brand	Intel
Model	S2600CO series
Category	Server Board
Language	English