Memory expansion module features and specifications
The following table contains a summary of the features and specifications of the memory expansion module.
Table 4. MAX5 expansion module features and operating specifications
| v Intel 7500 or 7510 scalable memory | DIMMs: | Power supply: | ||||
| 
 | buffer (depending on your model) | v Minimum: 2 DIMMs (two 2 GB | v One or two  | |||
| 
 | with eight memory ports (four | |||||
| 
 | DIMMs on each port) | 
 | DIMMs (4 GB total) | 
 | ac  | |
| v | Xcellerated Memory Technology | v Maximum: 32 DIMM connectors | 
 | (depending on the model) | ||
| v Supports up to two  | ||||||
| v | EXA chip set | 
 | (up 1 TB of memory, depending on | |||
| 
 | the DIMM size) | 
 | 220 V ac  | |||
| v | QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) | 
 | 
 | |||
| v | Type of DIMMs:  | 
 | power supplies with  | |||
| 
 | architecture technology: | 
 | ||||
| 
 | 
 | 1333 MHz or  | 
 | for redundancy support | ||
| 
 | 
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 | 
 | |||
| 
 | – Four 6.4 gigatransfers (GT) per | 
 | 
 | 
 | ||
| 
 | 
 | MHz, ECC, DDR3 registered | Light path diagnostics LEDs: | |||
| 
 | second QuickPath Interconnect | 
 | ||||
| 
 | 
 | SDRAM dual inline memory | ||||
| 
 | links (for up to 2 | 
 | v | Board LED | ||
| 
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 | modules (DIMMs) | ||||
| 
 | microprocessors) | v | Supports 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB, | v | Configuration LED | |
| 
 | – Three 10.0 GT per second EXA | |||||
| 
 | 
 | and 32 GB DIMMs | v | Fan LEDs | ||
| 
 | scalability links | 
 | ||||
| 
 | v Supports l.35 V  | v Link LED (for QPI and EXA links) | ||||
| v | Scalability: | |||||
| 
 | 1.5 V registered DIMMs (see | v | Locate LED | |||
| 
 | – Connects to the x3850 X5 and | 
 | “Installing DIMMs in the memory | |||
| 
 | 
 | v | Memory LEDs | |||
| 
 | x3950 X5 (4U) rack servers using | 
 | expansion module” on page 83 for | |||
| 
 | QPI cables | 
 | more information). | v | ||
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 | v | Power supply LEDs | |
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