Lenovo ThinkServer TD100x User Manual

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The

server

supports

memory

mirroring

(mirroring

mode)

and

online-spare

memory.

Memory

mirroring

replicates

and

stores

data

on

DIMMs

within

two

branches

simultaneously.

You

must

enable

memory

mirroring

through

the

Configuration/Setup

Utility

program.

To

enable

memory

mirroring

in

the

Configuration/Setup

Utility

program,

select

Devices

and

I/O

Ports

Advanced

Chipset

Control

Memory

Branch

Mode.

Use

the

arrow

keys

to

change

the

Memory

Branch

Mode

setting

to

Mirror;

then,

save

your

changes.

For

more

information

on

the

Configuration/Setup

Utility

program,

see

the

User

Guide.

When

you

use

memory

mirroring,

consider

the

following

information:

-

For

TD100

models,

the

maximum

available

memory

is

reduced

to

16

GB,

instead

of

the

32

GB

available

in

non-mirroring

mode.

-

For

TD100x

models,

the

maximum

available

memory

is

reduced

to

24

GB,

instead

of

the

48

GB

available

in

non-mirroring

mode.

-

The

minimum

memory

configuration

is

four

identical

DIMMs.

You

must

install

identical

pairs

of

fully

buffered,

dual-inline

memory

modules

(DIMMs)

in

all

four

DIMM

connectors

(same

size,

type,

speed,

and

technology).

These

DIMMs

must

span

across

both

branches

and

all

four

channels.

For

example,

when

you

install

the

first

four

DIMMs,

you

must

install

two

DIMMs

in

branch

0

(one

in

channel

0

and

one

in

channel

1)

and

two

DIMMs

in

branch

1

(one

in

channel

2

and

one

in

channel

3).

See

Table

3

for

the

DIMM

installation

sequence.

-

When

you

upgrade

the

server

to

eight

or

12

DIMMs,

the

DIMMs

that

are

next

to

each

other

(for

example,

DIMM

connector

1

and

DIMM

connector

4)

within

the

channels

of

a

branch

must

be

identical

in

size,

type,

speed,

and

technology.

However,

the

DIMMs

in

the

connectors

above

or

below

each

other

within

the

channels

of

a

branch

do

not

have

to

be

identical

to

each

other

(for

example,

the

DIMMs

in

DIMM

connector

1

and

DIMM

connector

2).

-

Both

branches

operate

in

dual-channel

mode.

The

following

table

shows

the

DIMM

configuration

upgrade

sequence

for

operating

in

mirroring

mode.

Table

3.

DIMM

upgrade

configuration

sequence

in

mirroring

mode

Number

of

DIMMs

DIMM

connectors

4

1,

4,

7,

10

8

1,

4,

7,

10,

2,

5,

8,

11

12

(TD100x

Machine

Types

4203,

4204,

4205,

4206)

1,

4,

7,

10,

2,

5,

8,

11,

3,

6,

9,

12

Note:

For

TD100

models

(Machine

Types

6398,

6399,

6419,

6429),

DIMM

connectors

3,

6,

9,

and

12

are

not

functional.

Do

not

install

DIMMs

in

these

connectors.

Online-spare

memory

disables

a

failed

rank

pair

of

DIMMs

from

the

system

configuration

and

activates

an

online-spare

rank

pair

of

DIMMs

to

replace

the

failed

rank

pair

of

DIMMs.

For

an

online-spare

pair

of

DIMMs

to

be

activated,

you

must

enable

this

feature

and

have

installed

an

additional

rank

pair

of

DIMMs

of

the

same

speed,

type,

size

(or

larger),

and

technology

as

the

failed

pair

of

DIMMs.

You

must

enable

the

feature

through

the

Configuration/Setup

Utility

program.

To

enable

online-spare

memory

in

the

Configuration/Setup

Utility

program,

select

Devices

and

I/O

Ports

Advanced

Chipset

Control

Memory

Branch

Mode.

Use

the

arrow

keys

to

change

the

setting

for

Branch

0

Rank

Sparing

or

Branch

1

Rank

Sparing

to

Enabled;

then,

save

your

Chapter

2.

Installing

options

17

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