Table of Contents Intel® Server System S7000FC4UR
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14.1.10 Hardware Prefetch............................................................................................... 100
14.1.11 Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch ............................................................................. 100
14.1.12 Intel
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Core Multi-Processing (CMP)..................................................................... 101
14.1.13 Intel
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Virtualization Technology ........................................................................... 101
14.1.14 “Fake MSI” Support .............................................................................................102
14.1.15 Direct Cache Access (DCA) ................................................................................103
14.1.16 Snoop Filter ......................................................................................................... 104
14.1.17 Platform Environmental Control Interface (PECI) ................................................ 104
14.1.18 Processor Configuration Errors ...........................................................................105
14.2 Memory................................................................................................................ 107
14.2.1 Memory Sub-System Nomenclature .................................................................... 107
14.2.2 Memory Population Table.................................................................................... 109
14.2.3 Modes of Operation ............................................................................................. 112
14.2.4 Single and Dual Channel Configuration Population Rules ..................................112
14.2.5 DIMM Sparing Population Rules.......................................................................... 119
14.2.6 Mirroring Population Rules ..................................................................................122
14.2.7 Memory Sizing and Configuration........................................................................ 123
14.2.8 Support for Mixed-Speed Memory Modules ........................................................ 123
14.2.9 Memory Reservation for Memory-Mapped Functions.......................................... 124
14.2.10 Memory Interleaving ............................................................................................ 124
14.2.11 POST Memory Test ............................................................................................. 125
14.2.12 Publishing System Memory ................................................................................. 125
14.2.13 Memory Reliability, Availability, Serviceability (RAS)........................................... 126
14.2.14 Memory Sub-System Errors................................................................................. 128
14.2.15 Server Management Aspects of Memory and Memory RAS ............................... 138
14.3 I/O Subsystem ..................................................................................................... 141
14.3.1 I/O Subsystem Specification Compliance............................................................ 141
14.3.2 Crystal Beach Technology................................................................................... 141
14.3.3 Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Bus ................................................... 141
14.3.4 PCI Express* Hot-plug......................................................................................... 143
14.3.5 PnP ISA ............................................................................................................... 146
14.3.6 Keyboard / Mouse................................................................................................ 146
14.3.7 Universal Serial Bus (USB).................................................................................. 146
14.3.8 Serial ATA (SATA) Support ................................................................................. 147
14.3.9 Removable Media Drives..................................................................................... 147