Installing a memory module, Installing, Memory – Lenovo RD120 User Manual

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Installing

a

memory

module

The

following

notes

describe

the

types

of

dual

inline

memory

modules

(DIMMs)

that

the

server

supports

and

other

information

that

you

must

consider

when

installing

DIMMs:

v

The

server

supports

up

to

12

Fully

Buffered

DIMM

PC2-5300

512

MB,

1

GB,

2

GB,

and

4

GB

DIMMs,

for

a

maximum

of

48

GB

of

system

memory.

See

http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver/

for

a

list

of

memory

modules

that

you

can

use

with

the

server.

Note:

Because

some

memory

is

reserved

for

system

operation,

the

actual

usable

memory

size

that

is

reported

by

the

operating

system

is

less

than

the

total

installed

size.

v

The

server

comes

with

a

minimum

of

two

512

MB

DIMMs,

installed

in

slots

1

and

4.

When

you

install

additional

DIMMs,

you

must

install

two

identical

DIMMS

at

a

time,

in

the

order

shown

in

the

following

table,

to

maintain

performance.

Table

3.

DIMM

installation

sequence

Pair

DIMM

connectors

1

1

and

4

2

7

and

10

3

2

and

5

4

8

and

11

5

3

and

6

6

9

and

12

Note:

When

only

one

pair

of

DIMMs

is

installed

in

the

server

and

the

BIOS

code

level

is

version

1.04

(GGE127A)

or

later,

you

can

improve

performance

by

installing

the

DIMMs

in

connectors

1

and

7

instead

of

1

and

4.

However,

because

the

connectors

in

the

pair

are

not

on

the

same

memory

branch

(see

the

following

illustration),

Advanced

ECC

memory

protection

is

disabled.

60

ThinkServer

RD120

Types

6444,

6445,

6446,

and

6447:

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