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Four-socket upgradable

These configurations allow a simple upgrade to eight-socket configurations in the future, while support up to 12 drives and 15 rear PCIe slots. The upper tray slot requires a upper tray filler.

The four-socket upgradable configurations support two or four processors with the following requirements/capabilities:

  • Only 8100 series processors are supported.
  • Fan 1 to 6 are required to be installed.
  • The upper tray filler is installed in the upper tray slot.
  • Up to 12 drives (bay 0 - 11) are supported.

See the following for the support variations depending on number of processors that are installed:

Note
  • When four processors are installed, they must be configured in a ring topology.
  • These configurations allow a simple upgrade to 8-socket ones. See Eight-socket storage rich for details about 8-socket configurations.

Four-socket upgradable, two processors​

This configuration comes with two processors, requires at least one 1100/1600-watt PSU, and supports up to:

  • 24 memory modules.
  • six rear PCIe slots.

See the following tables for the location of the supported components.

Table 1. Location of the two processors and 24 supported memory module slots (viewed from the front).
   

Upper tray filler

   
      
 

Not populated

Not populated

 
 CPU 1 and DIMM 1-12CPU 2 and DIMM 13-24 
Table 2. Location of the six supported PCIe slots (viewed from the rear)
        
  
   
  
  PCIe 5PCIe 6PCIe 7PCIe 8(ML2)PCIe 9(LOM) PCIe 17
 
  
 

Four-socket upgradable, four processors​

This configuration comes with four processors, requires at least two 1100/1600-watt PSUs, and supports up to:

  • 48 memory modules.
  • 15 rear PCIe slots.

See the following tables for the location of the supported components.

Table 3. Location of the four processors and 48 supported memory module slots (viewed from the front)
   

Upper tray filler

   
      
 CPU 3 and DIMM 25-36CPU 4 and DIMM 37-48 
 CPU 1 and DIMM 1-12CPU 2 and DIMM 13-24 
Table 4. Location of the 15 supported PCIe slots (viewed from the rear)
   PCIe 11 PCIe 10 2PCIe 16 
PCIe 23PCIe 11 4
 PCIe 3PCIe 12
PCIe 4PCIe 13
  PCIe 5PCIe 6PCIe 7PCIe 8(ML2)PCIe 9(LOM) PCIe 17
 
  
 
1 This slot is blank if a 2 x16 riser is installed.
2 This slot is blank if a 2 x16 riser is installed.
3 This slot is blank if a 2 x16 riser is installed.
4 This slot is blank if a 2 x16 riser is installed.