Dell T630 owner manual General memory module installation guidelines, Mode-specific guidelines

DIMM Type	DIMMs Populated/	Operating Frequency (in	Maximum DIMM Rank/Channel
	Channel	MT/s)
		1.2 V
	1	2133, 1866, 1600, and 1333	Single rank or dual rank
RDIMM	2	2133, 1866, 1600, and 1333	Single rank or dual rank
	3	1866, 1600, and 1333	Single rank or dual rank
	1	2133, 1866, 1600, and 1333	Quad rank
LRDIMM	2	2133, 1866, 1600, and 1333	Quad rank
	3	1866, 1600, and 1333	Quad rank

General memory module installation guidelines

Your system supports Flexible Memory Configuration, enabling the system to be configured and run in any valid chipset architectural configuration. The following are the recommended guidelines for installing memory modules:

•RDIMMs and LRDIMMs must not be mixed.

•x4 and x8 DRAM based memory modules can be mixed. For more information, see Mode-specific guidelines.

•Up to three dual- or single-rank RDIMMs can be populated per channel.

•Up to three LRDIMMs can be populated per channel regardless of rank count.

•Populate memory module sockets only if a processor is installed. For single-processor systems, sockets A1 to A12 are available. For dual-processor systems, sockets A1 to A12 and sockets B1 to B12 are available.

•Populate all sockets with white release tabs first, then black, and then green.

•Populate the sockets by highest rank count in the following order — first in sockets with white release levers, then black, and then green. For example, if you want to mix single-rank and dual-rank memory modules, populate dual-rank memory modules in the sockets with white release tabs and single-rank memory modules in the sockets with black release tabs.

•When mixing memory modules with different capacities, populate the sockets with memory modules with highest capacity first. For example, if you want to mix 4 GB and 8 GB memory modules, populate 8 GB memory modules in the sockets with white release tabs and 4 GB memory modules in the sockets with black release tabs.

•In a dual-processor configuration, the memory configuration for each processor should be identical. For example, if you populate socket A1 for processor 1, then populate socket B1 for processor 2, and so on.

•Memory modules of different capacities can be mixed provided other memory population rules are followed (for example, 4 GB and 8 GB memory modules can be mixed).

•Mixing of more than two memory module capacities in a system is not supported.

•Populate four memory modules per processor (one DIMM per channel) at a time to maximize performance.

Mode-specific guidelines

Four memory channels are allocated to each processor. The allowable configurations depend on the memory mode selected.

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