Processor Cores, Qpi Links And Ddr3 Channels Frequency Configuration - Intel BB5520UR Technical Product Specification

Functional Architecture
Mixing of RDIMMs and UDIMMs is not supported.
Mixing memory type, size, speed and/or rank on this platform has not been
validated and is not supported
Mixing memory vendors is not supported on this platform by Intel
Non-ECC memory is not supported and has not been validated in a server
environment
Both Intel
following DIMM and DRAM technologies:
RDIMMs:
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UDIMMs:
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3.3.3

Processor Cores, QPI Links and DDR3 Channels Frequency Configuration

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The Intel Xeon 5500 series processor connects to other Intel
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and Intel 5500/5520 IOH through the Intel
cores and the QPI links of Intel
There are no gear-ratio requirements for the Intel
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Intel 5500/5520 IOH supports 4.8 GT/s, 5.86 GT/s, and 6.4 GT/s frequencies for the QPI links.
During QPI initialization, the BIOS configures both endpoints of each QPI link to the same
supportable speeds for the correct operation.
During memory discovery, the BIOS arrives at a fastest common frequency that matches the
requirements of all components of the memory system and then configures the DDR3 DIMMs
for the fastest common frequency.
In addition, rules on the following tables (Tables 3 and 4) also decide the global common
memory system frequency.
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Server Board S5520HC and Intel
Single-, Dual-, and Quad-Rank
x 4 or x8 DRAM with 1 Gb and 2 Gb technology, no support for 2 Gb
DRAM based 2 GB or 4 GB RDIMMs
DDR3 1333 (Single- and Dual-Rank only), DDR3 1066, and DDR3 800
Single- and Dual-Rank
x8 DRAM with 1 Gb or 2 Gb technology
DDR3 1333, DDR3 1066, and DDR3 800
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Xeon 5500 series processor are independent from each other.
Intel order number E39529-013
Intel® Server Boards S5520HC, S5500HCV, and S5520HCT TPS
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Server Board S5500HCV support the
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QPI link interface. The frequencies of the processor
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Xeon Processor 5500 Series.
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Xeon 5500 series processors
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