Independent memory mode installation order
Independent memory mode provides the highest level of memory performance, but lacks failover protection. The DIMM installation order for independent memory mode varies based on the number of processors and memory modules installed in the server.
Follow the rules below when installing memory modules in independent mode:
- All DDR5 memory modules must operate at the same speed in the same system.
- Memory population must be identical between processors.
- Memory modules from different vendors are supported.
- In each memory channel, populate the slot farthest from the processor (slot 0) first.
- All memory modules must be DDR5 memory modules.
- x8 memory modules and x4 memory modules cannot be mixed in a system.
- Mixing 16Gbit-based, 24Gbit-based, 32Gbit-based memory module is not allowed in a system.
- All memory modules to be installed must be of the same type. Value RDIMM cannot be mixed with non-value RDIMMs in a system.
- All memory modules in a system must have the same number of ranks.
The following table shows the sequence of populating memory modules for independent mode.
| Total DIMMs | Processor 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||
| 16 DIMMs †‡ | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | |||||||||
| 32 DIMMs †‡ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |
| Total DIMMs | Processor 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | ||
| 16 DIMMs †‡ | 17 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 32 | |||||||||
| 32 DIMMs †‡ | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | |
Note
† Sub NUMA Clustering (SNC2) feature can only be enabled when DIMMs are populated in this specified sequence. The SNC2 feature can be enabled via UEFI.
‡ DIMM configurations that support Software Guard Extensions (SGX), see Enable Software Guard Extensions (SGX) to enable this feature.
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