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Supermicro X12 Series User Manual

Supermicro X12 Series User Manual

Memory configuration for motherboards based on the 3rd gen intel xeon scalable processors
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DIMM Population Guidelines
Memory Configuration
for
Supermicro X12 Series
Motherboards
based on
The 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon Scalable Processors
USER'S GUIDE
Revision 1.0a
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Summary of Contents for Supermicro X12 Series

  • Page 1 DIMM Population Guidelines Memory Configuration Supermicro X12 Series Motherboards based on The 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon Scalable Processors USER’S GUIDE Revision 1.0a...
  • Page 2 State of California, USA. The State of California, County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes. Supermicro's total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product.
  • Page 3: Esd Precautions

    RDIMM/RDIMM DDR4 (288-pin) ECC memory with speeds of 3200/2933/2666 memory modules. (See Note 1 and Note 2 below.) Note 1: This memory configuration user's guide is written for Supermicro X12UP/DP/ MP motherboards based on the 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon Scalable (83xx/63xx/53xx/4314 Series) processors.
  • Page 4: Memory Installation Sequence

    Memory modules for the X12 Series motherboards (Note below) are populated using the "Fill First" method. The blue memory slot of each channel is considered the "first DIMM module" of the channel, and the black slot, the second module of the channel.
  • Page 5: Dimm Population Guidelines For Optimal Performance

    DIMM Population Guidelines 5. DIMM Population Guidelines for Optimal Performance For optimal memory performance, follow the instructions listed in the tables below when populating memory modules. 5.1 Key Parameters for DIMM Configuration Key Parameters for DIMM Configurations Parameters Possible Values Number of Channels Number of DIMMs per Channel 1DPC (1 DIMM Per Channel) or 2DPC (2 DIMMs Per Channel) DIMM Type RDIMM (w/ECC), 3DS RDIMM, LRDIMM, 3DS LRDIMM...
  • Page 6 X12UP motherboard (Note below). These memory population tables were created based on the general memory population guidelines provided by Intel to support Supermicro X12UP motherboards, excluding the X12ST Series motherboards. Note: The memory support information provided in this section is for the X12UP Series motherboards that are based on the 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (83xx/63xx/53xx/4314 Series) processors only.
  • Page 7 DIMM Population Guidelines PMem 200 Series Population Table for X12UP Motherboards Note: PMem 200 Series are supported by the 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (83xx/63xx/53xx/4314 Series) Processors. PMem 200 Series Population Table for X12UP 8-DIMM Motherboards DDR4+PMem Mode DIMMA1 DIMMB1 DIMMC1 DIMMD1 DIMME1...
  • Page 8 Supermicro Memory Configuration User Guide for the X12 Series Motherboards Memory Population Tables for the X12DP Motherboards For your system memory to work properly, please follow the memory population tables below to install the memory modules on your motherboard. These memory population tables were created based on the general memory population guidelines provided by Intel to support Supermicro X12DP motherboards.
  • Page 9 2 CPUs & 14 DIMMs CPU1: P1-DIMMA1/P1-DIMME1/P1-DIMMC1/P1-DIMMG1/P1-DIMMB1/P1-DIMMF1/P1-DIMMD1/P1-DIMMH1 CPU2: P2-DIMMA1/P2-DIMME1/P2-DIMMC1/P2-DIMMG1/P2-DIMMB1/P2-DIMMF1 2 CPUs & 16 DIMMs (Note) CPU1: P1-DIMMA1/P1-DIMME1/P1-DIMMC1/P1-DIMMG1/P1-DIMMB1/P1-DIMMF1/P1-DIMMD1/P1-DIMMH1 CPU2: P2-DIMMA1/P2-DIMME1/P2-DIMMC1/P2-DIMMG1/P2-DIMMB1/P2-DIMMF1/P2-DIMMD1/P2-DIMMH1 Note: This memory configuration is recommended by Supermicro for optimal memory performance. Please use this configuration to maximize your memory performance.
  • Page 10 Supermicro Memory Configuration User Guide for the X12 Series Motherboards CPU1 CPU2 Memory Population on X12DP 16-DIMM Motherboards Note: The drawing above shows DIMM module population for each CPU installed on the motherboard. Please install your processors starting with CPU Socket 1.
  • Page 11 DIMM Population Guidelines PMem 200 Series Population Table for X12DP Motherboards (with 16 Slots) ® Note: The Intel Optane Persistent Memory (PMem) 200 Series are supported by the 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (83xx/63xx/53xx/4314 Series) Processors. PMem 200 Series Population Table for X12DP 16-DIMM Motherboards (within 1 CPU socket) DDR4+PMem Mode AD Interleave...
  • Page 12 (P2-DIMMB2: Reserved for PMem 200 Series only) ® Note 1: P1-DIMMB2 and P2-DIMMB2 are reserved for Intel Optane PMem 200 Series only. Note 2: This memory configuration is recommended by Supermicro for optimal memory performance. Please use this configuration to maximize your memory performance.
  • Page 13 DIMM Population Guidelines CPU2 CPU1 Memory Population on X12DP 18-DIMM Motherboards Note: The drawing above shows DIMM module population for each CPU installed on the motherboard. Please install your processors starting with CPU Socket 1.
  • Page 14 Supermicro Memory Configuration User Guide for the X12 Series Motherboards PMem 200 Series Population table for X12DP Motherboards (with 18 Slots) ® Note: The Intel Optane Persistent Memory (PMem) 200 Series are supported by the 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (83xx/63xx/53xx/4314 Series) Processors.
  • Page 15 (P1-DIMMC2 & P1-DIMMG2: Reserved for PMem 200 Series only) Note 1: P1-DIMMC2 and P1-DIMMG2 are reserved for Intel® OptaneTM PMem 200 Series only. Note 2: This memory configuration is recommended by Supermicro for optimal memory performance. Please use this configuration to maximize your memory performance.
  • Page 16 Supermicro Memory Configuration User Guide for the X12 Series Motherboards CPU1 CPU2 Memory Population on X12DP 20-DIMM Motherboards Note: The drawing above shows DIMM module population for each CPU installed on the motherboard. Please install your processors starting with CPU Socket 1.
  • Page 17 DIMM Population Guidelines PMem 200 Series Population table for X12DP Motherboards ® Note: The Intel Optane Persistent Memory (PMem) 200 Series are supported by the 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (83xx/63xx/53xx/4314 Series) Processors. PMem 200 Series Population Table for X12DP 20-DIMM Motherboards (within 1 CPU socket) DDR4+PMem Mode AD Interleave...
  • Page 18 Supermicro Memory Configuration User Guide for the X12 Series Motherboards 5.3.5 Memory Population for the X12DP Motherboards with 32 DIMM Slots Note: The memory table below supports the X12DP motherboards with 32 DIMM memory slots, such as X12DPU-6, X12DGO-6, and X12DPG-OA6.
  • Page 19 DIMM Population Guidelines CPU2 CPU1 Memory Population on X12DP 32-DIMM Motherboards Note: The drawing above shows DIMM module population for each CPU installed on the motherboard. Please install your processors starting with CPU Socket 1.
  • Page 20 Supermicro Memory Configuration User Guide for the X12 Series Motherboards PMem 200 Series Population table for X12DP Motherboards (with 32 Slots) ® Note: The Intel Optane Persistent Memory (PMem) 200 Series are supported by the 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (83xx/63xx/53xx/4314 Series) Processors.
  • Page 21 DIMM Population Guidelines Validation Matrix (DDR4 DIMMS with PMem 200 Series) DIMM Capacity (GB) Ranks Per DIMM DIMM Type & Data Width DRAM Density (Stack) 16Gb 1Rx8 1Rx4 16GB 32GB RDIMM (up to 3200) 1Rx8 16GB 32GB 1Rx4 32GB 64GB 4Rx4 (2H) 128GB RDIMM 3DS...
  • Page 22 X12MP (4-way) motherboards based on the Intel Xeon Scalable-SP platform. All memory population tables included in this user guide were created based on the general memory population guidelines provided by Intel to support Supermicro X12MP motherboards.
  • Page 23 DIMM Population Guidelines 5.4.2 Memory Population for the 4-way Motherboard with Full Memory Configuration Support based on the 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (83xx/63xx/53xx Series) Processors Memory Population Table for the 4-Way X12MP Motherboards (with Full Memory Configuration Support) (with 48 DIMM Slots Installed) DDR4 Memory Population Table for the 4-way X12MP Motherboards with Full Memory Configuration Support (with 4 CPUs & 48 DIMMs Installed 4 CPUs &...
  • Page 24 Supermicro Memory Configuration User Guide for the X12 Series Motherboards PMem 200 Series Population Tables for the X12MP Motherboards based on the 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (83xx/63xx/53xx Series) Processors For your system memory to work properly, please follow the memory population tables below to install your memory modules on the X12MP (4-way) motherboards with the 3nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors.
  • Page 25: Dimm Installation

    DIMM Population Guidelines DIMM Installation JVGA1 USB0/1 IPMI_LAN (3.0) 1. Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots based on the recommended DIMM population tables in the previous section. Locate BATTERY AIOM:CPU1 PCI-E 4.0 X16 DIMM memory slots on the motherboard as shown on the right. X12DPFR-AN6 REV:1.00A CMOS CLEAR...