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General memory module installation guidelines
NOTE:
If your system's memory configurations fail to observe these guidelines, your system might not boot, might stop
responding during memory configuration, or might operate with reduced memory.
The system supports Flexible Memory Configuration, enabling the system to be configured and run in any valid chipset architectural
configuration. The following are the recommended guidelines for installing memory modules:
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RDIMMs and LRDIMMs must not be mixed.
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x4 and x8 DRAM based memory modules can be mixed. For more information, see the Mode-specific guidelines section.
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Up to two RDIMMs can be populated per channel regardless of rank count.
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Up to two LRDIMMs can be populated per channel regardless of rank count.
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If memory modules with different speeds are installed, they will operate at the speed of the slowest installed memory module(s) or
slower depending on the system DIMM configuration.
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Populate memory module sockets only if a processor is installed. For dual-processor systems, sockets A1 to A12 and sockets B1 to B12
are available.
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Populate all the sockets with white release tabs first, followed by the black release tabs.
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When mixing memory modules with different capacities, populate the sockets with memory modules with the highest capacity first. For
example, if you want to mix 8 GB and 16 GB memory modules, populate 16 GB memory modules in the sockets with white release tabs
and 8 GB memory modules in the sockets with black release tabs.
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In a dual-processor configuration, the memory configuration for each processor should be identical. For example, if you populate socket
A1 for processor 1, then populate socket B1 for processor 2, and so on.
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Memory modules of different capacities can be mixed provided other memory population rules are followed (for example, 8 GB and 16
GB memory modules can be mixed).
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Mixing of more than two memory module capacities in a system is not supported.
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Populate six memory modules per processor (one DIMM per channel) at a time to maximize performance.
Mode-specific guidelines
Six memory channels are allocated to each processor. The configurations allowed depend on the memory mode selected.
Memory optimized (independent channel) mode
This mode supports Single Device Data Correction (SDDC) only for memory modules that use x4 device width. It does not impose any
specific slot population requirements.
Memory sparing
NOTE:
To use memory sparing, this feature must be enabled in BIOS menu of System Setup.
Table 28. Memory sparing
Memory sparing (Single Rank)
Memory sparing (Multi Rank)
Memory sparing allocates one rank per channel as a spare. If
excessive correctable errors occur in a rank or channel, they are
moved to the spare area while the operating system is running to
prevent errors from causing an uncorrectable failure. Requires
population of two ranks or more per channel.
Memory sparing allocates two ranks per channel as a spare. If
excessive correctable errors occur in a rank or channel, they are
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