Online Spare Population Guidelines - HP ProLiant DL160 Gen8 User Manual

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UDIMM: A through H, sequentially in alphabetical order. Do not populate DIMM slots I through L.
After installing the DIMMs, use RBSU to configure Advanced ECC, online spare, or lockstep memory support.
Multi-processor Lockstep population order
For Lockstep memory mode configurations with multiple processors, populate the DIMM slots for each
processor in the following order:
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RDIMM
First: A, B, C, and D
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Next: E, F, G, and H
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Last: I, J, K, and L
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UDIMM
First: A, B, C, and D
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Last: E, F, G, and H
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Do not populate slots I, J, K, or L.
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After installing the DIMMs, use RBSU to configure the system for Lockstep memory support.

Online Spare population guidelines

For Online Spare mode configurations, observe the following guidelines:
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Observe the general DIMM slot population guidelines (on page 40).
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DIMM configuration on each channel of a processor must be identical.
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Each processor must have a valid Online Spare configuration.
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In multi-processor configurations, each processor can have a different valid Online Spare
configuration.
Single-processor Online Spare population order
For Online Spare memory mode configurations with a single processor, observe the following guidelines:
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Observe the general DIMM slot population guidelines.
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Each channel must have a valid online spare configuration.
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Each channel can have a different valid online spare configuration.
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Each populated channel must have a spare rank.
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A single dual-rank DIMM is not a valid configuration.
After installing the DIMMs, use RBSU to configure the system for Online Spare memory support.
Multi-processor Online Spare population order
For Online Spare mode configurations with multiple processors, observe the following guidelines:
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Observe the general DIMM slot population guidelines.
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Each channel must have a valid online spare configuration.
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