Installing Memory And Memory Boards; Memory Configuration Guidelines - HP D7171A - NetServer - LPr Upgrade Manual

2 Installing Memory and Memory
Boards

Memory Configuration Guidelines

The HP NetServer accepts one or two memory boards. You remove and
insert the boards through the front of the server. The boards sit
horizontally in two side-by-side bays, and plug into connectors on the
server's midplane board.
Each memory board supports four-way interleaving between its own
DIMMs. There can also be board-to-board interleaving if both boards are
populated identically. For four-way or board-to-board interleaving to take
place, you must follow the DIMM population guidelines set forth later in
this section.
Both boards are physically identical, but the board in the right-hand bay
acts as the primary memory board. This board must always be populated
with at least four DIMMs. The board in the left-hand bay acts as the
secondary memory board, and need not be populated for the system
to run.
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