IBM System x3850 X6 Installation And Service Manual page 85

v A minimum of four DDR3 compute books must be installed in the 8-socket
v Each DDR3 compute book must have a minimum of one microprocessor and
v The 4-socket (x3850 X6) server supports DDR3 compute book configurations of
Table 17. Installation sequence for the two compute books configuration for a 4-socket
server
Compute book
1
2
Table 18. Installation sequence for the four compute books configuration for a 4-socket
server
Compute book
1
2
3
4
v The 8-socket (x3950 X6) server supports DDR3 compute book configurations of
Table 19. Installation sequence for the four compute books configuration for an 8-socket server
Compute Top node
book (bay 1)
1 compute
book 1
2
3
4
Table 20. Installation sequence for the six compute books configuration for an 8-socket server
Compute Top node
book (bay 1)
1 compute
book 1
2
3
4
(x3950 X6) server.
one DIMM installed.
two or four. These are the only configurations supported. The following tables
list the installation sequence for the supported DDR3 compute book
configurations.
bay 1
compute book 1
Bay 1
compute book 1
four, six, or eight. These are the only configurations supported. The following
tables list the installation sequence for the supported DDR3 compute book
configurations.
Top node Top node
(bay 2) (bay 3)
compute
book 2
Top node Top node
(bay 2) (bay 3)
compute
book 2
bay 2
compute book 2
Bay 2
compute book 2
Top node Bottom
(bay 4) node (bay 1)
compute
book 3
Top node Bottom
(bay 4) node (bay 1)
compute
book 3
bay 3
Bay 3 Bay 4
compute book 3
compute book 4
Bottom Bottom
node (bay 2) node (bay 3)
compute
book 4
Bottom Bottom
node (bay 2) node (bay 3)
compute
book 4
Chapter 2. Installing optional devices
bay 3
Bottom
node (bay 4)
Bottom
node (bay 4)
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