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3 Dell EMC NUMA Configuration for AMD EPYC (Naples) Processors | version 1.0
Table of contents
Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Executive summary ............................................................................................................................................................. 4
1 AMD EPYC Architecture .............................................................................................................................................. 5
1.1 Zeppelin Die Layout ............................................................................................................................................ 5
1.2 Memory Interleaving ........................................................................................................................................... 6
1.2.1 Memory Interleaving Rules ................................................................................................................................. 6
1.2.2 NUMA Domains per Memory Interleave Option ................................................................................................. 6
2 Performance Tuning ..................................................................................................................................................... 8
2.1 Memory DIMM Population Guidelines ................................................................................................................ 8
2.2 PCIe Configuration Guidelines ........................................................................................................................... 9
3 BIOS Setup ................................................................................................................................................................. 10
4 Platform Specific NUMA/Die Domain Details ............................................................................................................. 11
5 Technical support and resources ............................................................................................................................... 13
5.1 Dell .................................................................................................................................................................... 13
5.2 AMD .................................................................................................................................................................. 13