Removing A Memory Module - Dell EMC PowerEdge FC640 Installation And Service Manual

Processor
Dual processor (Start
with processor1.
processor1 and
processor 2 population
should match)

Removing a memory module

Prerequisites
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in
2 Follow the procedure listed in
3 Remove the air shroud.
4 Remove the drive backplane.
WARNING: Allow the memory modules to cool after you power off the system. Handle the memory modules by the card edges
and avoid touching the components or metallic contacts on the memory module.
CAUTION: To ensure proper system cooling, memory module blanks must be installed in any memory socket that is not occupied.
Remove memory module blanks only if you intend to install memory modules in those sockets.
Steps
1 Locate the appropriate memory module socket.
2 Push the ejectors outward on both ends of the memory module socket to release the memory module from the socket.
3 Lift and remove the memory module from the system.
70 Installing and removing system components
Configuration
Multi rank sparing population order
Fault resilient population order
Optimized (Independent channel)
population order
Mirroring population order
Single rank sparing population order A{1}, B{1}, A{2}, B{2}, A{3}, B{3}
Multi rank spare population order
Fault resilient population order
Safety instructions.
Before working inside your
Memory population
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
A{1}, B{1}, A{2}, B{2}, A{3}, B{3}
...
A{1,2,3,4,5,6},
B{1,2,3,4,5,6}
...
A{1}, B{1}, A{2}, B{2}, A{3}, B{3}
...
A{1,2,3,4,5,6},
B{1,2,3,4,5,6}
system.
Memory population information
Populate in this order, odd amount per
processor allowed. Requires three
ranks or more per channel.
Supported with 6 DIMMs per
processor.
Odd amount of DIMMs per processor
allowed.
Mirroring is supported with 6 DIMMs
per processor.
Populate in this order, odd amount per
processor allowed. Requires two ranks
or more per channel.
Populate in this order, odd amount per
processor allowed. Requires three
ranks or more per channel.
Supported with 6 DIMMs per
processor.