-The maximum available memory is reduced to half of the installed memory when memory mirroring is enabled. For example, if the memory expansion module has 64 GB of memory installed, only 32 GB of addressable memory is available when you use memory mirroring.
-The following table lists the DIMM installation sequence for
Table 13.
Sets of 4 DIMMs | DIMM connector population sequence |
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Set 1 | 9, 16, 28, 29 |
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Set 2 | 1, 8, 20, 21 |
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Set 3 | 11, 14, 26, 31 |
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Set 4 | 3, 6, 18, 23 |
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Set 5 | 10, 15, 27, 30 |
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Set 6 | 2, 7, 19, 22 |
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Set 7 | 12, 13, 25, 32 |
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Set 8 | 4, 5, 17, 24 |
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Note: When you populate DIMMs in the memory expansion module, populate the larger capacity DIMMs first, then the smaller capacity DIMMs.
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