QuickSpecs
HP SmartMemory
New HP SmartMemory now provides additional protection for your servers. With HP Authentication it can verify that you have true HP
Qualified Memory in your HP ProLiant Gen8 server. With HP SmartMemory your new HP ProLiant server can take advantage of
additional Gen8 enhancements in performance, durability and future manageability support through HP Active Health System.
For detailed memory configuration rules and guidelines, please use the Online DDR3 Memory Configuration Tool:
www.hp.com/go/ddr3memory-configurator
Memory Sub-system Architecture
As shown in the figure above, memory cartridge to processor association as follows:
Memory cartridges installed without a corresponding processor are not utilized:
Processor 1 corresponds to memory cartridges 1 and 2.
Processor 2 corresponds to memory cartridges 3 and 4.
Processor 3 corresponds to memory cartridges 5 and 6.
NOTE:
Memory cartridges 5 and 6 are not recognized if processor 3 is not installed.
Processor 4 corresponds to memory cartridges 7 and 8.
NOTE:
Memory cartridges 7 and 8 are not recognized if processor 4 is not installed.
Each memory cartridge contains 12 DIMM slots as shown in figure below:
QuickSpecs
HP ProLiant DL580 Generation 8 (Gen8)
Memory
DA - 14743 North America — Version 1 — February 18, 2014
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