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Chapter 3: Maintenance and Component Installation
4-way Motherboards w/Half Memory Configuration Support
Note:
Unbalanced memory configuration decreases memory performance and is not
recommended for Supermicro motherboards.
Memory Population Table for the 4-way Motherboard w/Half Memory Configuration
Support ( w/4 CPUs & 24 DIMMs Installed)
4 CPUs & 24 DIMMs
(6 DIMMs per CPU)
Memory Population Sequence
CPU1 + 6 DIMMs
CPU1: P1-DIMMC1/P1-DIMMB1/P1-DIMMA1/P1-DIMMD1/P1-DIMME1/P1-DIMMF1
CPU2 + 6 DIMMs
CPU2: P2-DIMMC1/P2-DIMMB1/P2-DIMMA1/P2-DIMMD1/P2-DIMME1/P2-DIMMF1
CPU3 + 6 DIMMs
CPU3: P3-DIMMC1/P3-DIMMB1/P3-DIMMA1/P3-DIMMD1/P3-DIMME1/P3-DIMMF1
CPU4 + 6 DIMMs
CPU4: P4-DIMMC1/P4-DIMMB1/P4-DIMMA1/P4-DIMMD1/P4-DIMME1/P4-DIMMF1
Note:
The drawing above shows DIMM module population for each CPU installed on the
motherboard. Please install your processors starting with CPU Socket 1.
DIMMA1
DIMMD1
DIMME1
DIMMF1
DIMMB1
DIMMC1