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Note: The amount of usable memory is reduced depending on the system configuration. A certain
amount of memory must be reserved for system resources. To view the total amount of installed memory
and the amount of configured memory, run the Setup Utility. For additional information, see "Using the
Setup Utility" on page 294.
• A minimum of one DIMM must be installed for each microprocessor. For example, you must install a
minimum of two DIMMs if the server has two microprocessors installed. However, to improve system
performance, install a minimum of three DIMMs for each microprocessor.
• The maximum operating speed of the server is determined by the slowest DIMM install in the server.
• The server comes with a minimum of two 1 GB DIMMs, installed in slots 3 and 6.
• When you install additional DIMMs in independent mode, install them in the order shown in the
following table to optimize system performance. All three channels on the memory interface for each
microprocessor can be populated in any order and have no matching requirements.
Table 8. Independent mode DIMM installation sequence
Installed microprocessors
Microprocessor socket 1
Microprocessor socket 2
Note: DIMM connectors 1, 4, 9, and 12 are not functional. Do not install DIMMs in these connectors.
• The server supports memory mirroring (mirroring mode):
– Memory-mirroring mode replicates and stores data on two pairs of DIMMs within two channels
(channels 0 and 1) simultaneously. If a failure occurs, the memory controller switches from the primary
pair of memory DIMMs to the backup pair of DIMMs. To enable memory mirroring through the Setup
Utility, select System Settings ® Memory. For more information, see "Using the Setup Utility" on
page 294. When you use the memory mirroring feature, consider the following information:
– When you use memory mirroring, you must install a pair of DIMMs at a time. One DIMM must be in
channel 0, and the mirroring DIMM must be in the same slot in channel 1. The two DIMMs in each
pair must be identical in size, type, and rank (single or dual) , and organization, but not in speed. The
channels run at the speed of the slowest DIMM in any of the channels.
– Channel 2, DIMM connectors 7, 8, 15, and 16 are not used in memory-mirroring mode.
– The maximum available memory is reduced to half of the installed memory when memory mirroring
is enabled. For example, if you install 48 GB of memory, only 24 GB of addressable memory is
available when you use memory mirroring.
The following table lists the usable DIMM connectors on each memory channel.
Table 9. Connectors on each memory channel
Memory channel
Channel 0
Channel 1
Channel 2
The following table lists the installation sequence for installing DIMMs in memory-mirroring mode.
Table 10. Memory-mirroring mode DIMM population sequence
DIMMs
First pair of DIMMs
Second pair of DIMMs
DIMM connector population sequence
3, 6, 8, 2, 5, 7
11, 14, 16, 10, 13, 15
DIMM connectors
2, 3, 10, 11
5, 6, 13, 14
7, 8, 15, 16
Number of installed
microprocessors
1
1
DIMM connector
3, 6
2, 5
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