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Figure137.DIMMconnectorslocation
DIMMinstallationsequence
Dependingontheservermodel,theservermaycomewithaminimumofone2GBor4GBDIMMinstalled
inslot1.WhenyouinstalladditionalDIMMs,installthemintheordershowninthefollowingtableto
optimizesystemperformance.
Ingeneral,allthreechannelsonthememoryinterfaceforeachmicroprocessorcanbepopulatedinany
orderandhavenomatchingrequirements.
Table21.NormalmodeDIMMinstallationsequence
Numberofinstalled
microprocessorDIMMconnectorpopulationsequence
Onemicroprocessorinstalled
1,4,9,12,2,5,8,11,3,6,7,10
Twomicroprocessorsinstalled1,13,4,16,9,21,12,24,2,14,5,17,8,20,11,23,3,15,6,18,7,19,10,22
Memorymirroredchannel
MemorymirroredchannelmodereplicatesandstoresdataontwopairsofDIMMswithintwochannels
simultaneously.
Ifafailureoccurs,thememorycontrollerswitchesfromtheprimarypairofmemoryDIMMstothebackup
pairofDIMMs.ToenablememorymirroredchannelthroughtheSetuputility,selectSystemSettings➙
Memory.Formoreinformation,see“UsingtheSetuputility”onpage97
.Whenyouusethememory
mirroredchannelfeature,considerthefollowinginformation:
•Whenyouusememorymirroredchannel,youmustinstallapairofDIMMsatatime.ThetwoDIMMsin
eachpairmustbeidenticalinsize,type,andrank(single,dual,orquad),andorganization,butnotin
speed.ThechannelsrunatthespeedoftheslowestDIMMinanyofthechannels.
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