System Memory - Poweredge M905 - Dell PowerEdge M620 Owner's Manual

Non-Optimal Memory Configurations
System performance can be affected if your memory configuration does not
conform to the preceding installation guidelines. Your system may issue an
error message during start-up stating that your memory configuration is non-
optimal.
Memory Sparing Support – PowerEdge M910
Memory sparing (spare bank) is supported in systems that have one of the
memory configurations shown in Table 3-3. The memory sparing feature must
also be enabled in the Memory Information screen of the System Setup
program. See "Memory Settings Screen" on page 140. To use memory sparing,
you must disable node interleaving.
Table 3-3. Memory Sparing Configurations - PowerEdge M910
Total Usable
System System
Memory Memory
128 GB 112 GB
256 GB 224 GB
512 GB 448 GB
System Memory
You can upgrade your system memory to a maximum of 192 GB by installing
up to twenty-four 667 MHz registered DDR2 memory modules in sets of
1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB, or 8 GB memory modules. (Dual-rank 8 GB modules are
supported; quad-rank 8 GB modules are not supported.) Each processor has
four memory channels, organized in sets of two channels.
NOTE:
If more than four memory modules are installed per processor, the memory
modules are downclocked to operate at 533 MHz.
Memory Modules -
Number and Size
Thirty-two 4 GB
Thirty-two 8 GB
Thirty-two 16 GB
PowerEdge M905
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Memory Module Locations
A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, B1, B2,
B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8, C1, C2, C3, C4,
C5, C6, C7, C8, D1, D2, D3, D4, D5,
D6, D7, D8
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