Quick Start Dimm Installation Guidelines - HP ML570 - ProLiant - G2 Installation Manual

Memory
Use the following Table 1-1 as a quick reference for DIMM installation guidelines
specific to your desired memory configuration.
Table 1-1: Quick Start DIMM Installation Guidelines
Advanced ECC
(Standard) Memory
One or two memory
boards can be
installed.
A memory board
may be installed in
either slot.
* Memory board slot 1 is the memory board slot closest to the PCI-X slots.
1-4
Online Spare Memory
One or two memory
boards can be
installed.
Memory board slot 1
must be populated.
This configuration has
no hot-plug
capabilities.
DIMMs in the online
spare bank must be of
equal or greater
capacity than DIMMs in
each remaining bank.
Bank D on memory
board 1 must always
be populated.
Bank D of memory
board 1* is the online
spare bank, even if two
boards are installed.
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Single-Board
Mirrored Memory
Install only one
memory board.
Memory board slot 1
must be populated.
This configuration has
no hot-plug
capabilities.
DIMMs in the mirrored
banks must be
configured identically
to the banks they are
mirroring.
Banks A and C must
always be populated.
Bank C mirrors
bank A.
Bank D mirrors
bank B.
Hot-Plug Mirrored
Memory
Two memory boards
are required.
Both memory board
slots must be
populated.
"Ready to Hot Plug"
LED indicates when
memory board can be
hot-plugged.
Both memory boards
must be configured
identically.