Lenovo System x3500 M4 - DIMM Installation Sequence

DIMM 3 DIMM 9 DIMM 6 DIMM 12 DIMM 2 DIMM 8 DIMM 5 DIMM 11 DIMM 1 DIMM 7 DIMM 4 DIMM 10
Microprocessor 1
DIMM 15 DIMM 21 DIMM 18 DIMM 24 DIMM 14 DIMM 20 DIMM 17 DIMM 23 DIMM 13 DIMM 19 DIMM 16 DIMM 22
Microprocessor 2
Figure41.ThelocationoftheDIMMconnectorsonthesystemboard
DIMMinstallationsequence
Dependingontheservermodel,theservermaycomewithaminimumofone2GBor4GBDIMMinstalled
inslot1.WhenyouinstalladditionalDIMMs,installthemintheordershowninthefollowingtableto
optimizesystemperformance.
Ingeneral,allthreechannelsonthememoryinterfaceforeachmicroprocessorcanbepopulatedinany
orderandhavenomatchingrequirements.
Table5.IndependentmodeDIMMinstallationsequence
Numberofinstalled
microprocessorDIMMconnectorpopulationsequence
Onemicroprocessorinstalled
1,4,9,12,2,5,8,11,10,7,6,3
Twomicroprocessorsinstalled1,13,4,16,9,21,12,24,2,14,5,17,8,20,11,23,22,10,19,7,18,6,15,3
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