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Hardware Requirements
Processor
The MAXDATA PLATINUM 3200 I Server Board supports up to two Intel
an FC-mPGA4 using Socket 604, and an 800-MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) with frequencies starting at
2.8 GHz using the 90-nanometer technology. Previous generations of the Intel
are not supported.
When two processors are installed, both must be of identical revision, core voltage, cache size, and
bus/core speed. When a single processor is installed, it must be in the socket labelled CPU1.
Memory
The MAXDATA PLATINUM 3200 I Server Board includes three banks of DIMMs across two channels.
Channel A consists of DIMMs 1A, 2A, and 3A. Channel B consists of DIMMs 1B, 2B, and 3B. Bank
1 (DIMMs 1A and 1B) is closest to the edge of the server board. DIMMs must be identical within
each bank.
The minimum allowed memory is 128 MB, using a single 128 MB DIMM in DIMM slot 1B. The
system operates in single channel when only a single DIMM is installed. The maximum allowed
usable memory is 24 GB of DDR 266 and 16 MB of DDR 333, using 4 GB DIMMs.
DIMMs must meet the following requirements:
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Use only DDR-266/333 ECC, registered DDR DIMM modules
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Have a DIMM organization x72 ECC
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Use 184-pin DIMM modules
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Support the following sizes: 128 MB, 256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB
The Intel
E7520 chipset includes hardware that supports memory mirroring and memory on-line
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sparing. Both memory mirroring and memory on-line sparing provide a way to prevent data loss in
case a DIMM fails.
With memory mirroring the system maintains two copies of all data in the memory subsystem. If a
DIMM fails, the data is not lost because the second copy of the data is available from the mirrored
DIMM. The system will not fail due to memory error unless both the primary and the mirrored copy
of the data become corrupt at the same time.
In a mirrored system, the maximum usable memory is one-half of the installed memory, with a
minimum of four DIMMs installed. Since the data is duplicated across DIMMs, it means that up to
four DIMMs are actively in use at any one time. If six 2 GB DIMMs are installed, the maximum usable
memory is 6 GB. The remaining three 2 GB DIMMs are used for mirroring.
For memory on-line sparing, one DIMM per channel is used as the memory spare. If a DIMM begins
to fail, the content of the failing DIMM is copied to the spare DIMM in that channel. When all of the
data is copied to the spare DIMM, the primary DIMM is removed from service and the spare DIMM
takes its place.
When memory on-line sparing is used, the spare DIMMs must be equal to or larger than the largest
in-service DIMM in that channel.
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