Table12.MemorymirroredchannelmodeDIMMpopulationsequence(continued)
NumberofinstalledmicroprocessorsDIMMconnectorpopulationsequence
1,4
13,16
9,12
21,24
2,5
14,17
8,11
20,23
19,22
3,6
15,18
2
7,10
Memoryranksparing
Thememoryranksparingfeaturedisablesthefailedmemoryfromthesystemconfigurationandactivatesa
ranksparingDIMMtoreplacethefailedactiveDIMM.
YoucanenableranksparingmemoryintheSetuputility,selectSystemSettings➙Memory.Formore
information,see“UsingtheSetuputility”onpage46.Whenyouusethememoryranksparingfeature,
considerthefollowinginformation:
•ThememoryranksparingfeatureissupportedonservermodelswithanIntelXeon™E5-2600v3series
microprocessor.
•Themaximumavailablememoryisreducedwhenmemoryranksparingmodeisenabled.
ThefollowingdiagramliststheDIMMconnectorsoneachmemorychannel.
Figure98.Connectorsoneachmemorychannel
Followtheinstallationsequenceforranksparingmode:
•Installatleasttwosingle-rankordual-rankDIMMsinachannel.
Table13.MemoryranksparingmodeDIMMpopulationsequence
NumberofDIMMs
Numberofinstalled
microprocessorDIMMconnector
FirstpairofDIMMs
11,2
SecondpairofDIMMs
14,5
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