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Processor Conguration Memory population Memory population information
• For 16 DIMMs:
A1, A2, A4, A5, A7, A8, A10, A11
B1, B2, B4, B5, B7, B8, B10, B11
Mirroring population order
A{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6},
B{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6},
A{7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12},
B{7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12}
Mirroring is supported with 6 or 12 DIMMs per
processor.
Single rank sparing
population order
A{1}, B{1},
A{2}, B{2},
A{3}, B{3},
A{4}, B{4},
A{5}, B{5},
A{6}, B{6}
• DIMMs must be populated in the order
specied.
• Requires two ranks or more per channel.
Multi rank sparing
population order
A{1}, B{1},
A{2}, B{2},
A{3}, B{3},
A{4}, B{4},
A{5}, B{5},
A{6}, B{6}
• DIMMs must be populated in the order
specied.
• Requires three ranks or more per channel.
Fault resilient population
order
A{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6},
B{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6},
A{7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12},
B{7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12}
Supported with 6 or 12 DIMMs per processor.
Table 40. Optimized population rules
Single processor A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 A12
1 DIMM ✔ – – – – – – – – – – –
2 DIMMs ✔ ✔ – – – – – – – – – –
3 DIMMs ✔ ✔ ✔ – – – – – – – – –
4 DIMMs (Exception
from traditional rules)
✔ ✔ – ✔ ✔ – – – – – – –
5 DIMMs ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ – – – – – – –
6 DIMMs (Recommended
for best performance)
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ – – – – – –
7 DIMMs ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ – – – – –
8 DIMMs (Exception
from traditional rules)
✔ ✔ – ✔ ✔ – ✔ ✔ – ✔ ✔ –
9 DIMMs ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ – – –
10 DIMMs ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ – –
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