Chapter 2: Installation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 2 - DDR3 ECC Registered (RDIMM) Memory Support

RDIMM

1Gb (x8 DRAM)

2Gb (x8 DRAM)

Single Rank

Up to 6GB

Up to 12GB

 

(6 x 1GB DIMM Modules)

(6 x 2GB DIMM Modules)

Dual Rank

Up to 12GB

Up to 24GB

 

(6 x 2GB DIMM Modules)

(6 x 4GB DIMM Modules)

Quad Rank

Up to 16GB

Up to 32GB

 

(4 x 4GB DIMM Modules)**

(4 x 8GB DIMM Modules)**

Note: All other memory sizes, types, die, density, that are not listed in these tables are NOT supported. **For Quad Rank RDIMMs, only Slot 1 and Slot 2 are

populated per channel.

Slot 1, Channel B

(Blue colored)

Slot 2, Channel B

Slot 3, Channel B

DDR3 1066/1333 UDIMM/RDIMM required

DIMM1C DIMM1B DIMM1A DIMM2C DIMM2B DIMM2A

FAN

Slot 1, Channel A

(Blue colored)

Slot 2, Channel A

Slot 3, Channel A

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Memory Population Guidelines

Please follow the tables below when populating the X8SIA/X8SIA-F.

DDR3 ECC UDIMM Memory

DIMM Slots

DIMMs

DIMM Type

POR Speeds

Ranks per DIMM

per Channel

Populated

 

 

(any combination)

 

per Channel

 

 

 

3

1

Unbuffered

1066, 1333

Single Rank, Dual

 

 

DDR3 ECC

 

Rank

3

2

Unbuffered

1066, 1333

Single Rank, Dual

 

 

DDR3 ECC

 

Rank

3

3

N/A

Not Supported

Single Rank, Dual

 

 

 

 

Rank

Note: For ECC UDIMMs , only Slot 1 and/or Slot 2 may be populated per chan- nel.

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