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SUPERSERVER 1018D-73MTF User's Manual
Memory Population Guidelines
Please follow the table below when populating the X10SL7-F.
DDR3 Unbuffered ECC (UDIMM) Memory
DIMM Slots per
Channel
DIMMs Populat-
ed per Channel
DIMM Type POR Speeds
Ranks per DIMM (any
combination)
21
Unbuffered
DDR3
1333, 1600 Single Rank, Dual Rank
22
Unbuffered
DDR3
1333, 1600 Single Rank, Dual Rank
Notes
• Be sure to use memory modules of the same type, same speed, same frequency
on the same motherboard. Mixing of memory modules of different types and
speeds is not allowed.
• Due to memory allocation to system devices, the amount of memory that
remains available for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is
used. The reduction in memory availability is disproportional. See the follow-
ing table for details.
• For Microsoft Windows users: Microsoft implemented a design change in the
Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Windows Vista. This change is spe-
cifi c to the behavior of Physical Address Extension (PAE) mode which improves
driver compatibility. For more information, please read the following article at
Microsoft’s Knowledge Base website at: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888137.
Possible System Memory Allocation & Availability
System Device Size
Physical Memory
Remaining (-Available)
(4 GB Total System
Memory)
Firmware Hub fl ash memory (System BIOS) 1 MB 3.99
Local APIC 4 KB 3.99
Area Reserved for the chipset 2 MB 3.99
I/O APIC (4 Kbytes) 4 KB 3.99
PCI Enumeration Area 1 256 MB 3.76
PCI Express (256 MB) 256 MB 3.51
PCI Enumeration Area 2 (if needed) -Aligned on 256-MB
boundary-
512 MB 3.01
VGA Memory 16 MB 2.85
TSEG 1 MB 2.84
Memory available to OS and other applications 2.84