IBM Intel Xeon X5570 44T1887 User Manual

Product codes
44T1887
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Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series Datasheet, Volume 2
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DIMM Population Requirements
§
Table 3-5.
RDIMM Population Configurations Within a Channel for 
Two Slots per Channel
Configuration 
Number
Maximum Supported 
Speed
1
Notes:
1. If a DIMM faster than the maximum supported speed is populated, BIOS will force the memory to run at the
maximum supported speed.
1N or 2N
DIMM1
DIMM0
1
DDR3-1333
1N
Empty
Single-rank
2
DDR3-1333
1N
Empty
Dual-rank
3
DDR3-1066
1N
Empty
Quad-rank
4
DDR3-1066
1N
Single-rank
Single-rank
5
DDR3-1066
1N
Single-rank
Dual-rank
6
DDR3-1066
1N
Dual-rank
Single-rank
7
DDR3-1066
1N
Dual-rank
Dual-rank
8
DDR3-800
1N
Single-rank
Quad-rank
9
DDR3-800
1N
Dual-rank
Quad-rank
10
DDR3-800
1N
Quad-rank
Quad-rank
Table 3-6.
UDIMM Population Configurations within a Channel for Two Slots per Channel
Configuration 
Number
Maximum Supported Speed
1
Notes:
1. If a DIMM faster than the maximum supported speed is populated, BIOS will force the memory to run at the
maximum supported speed.
1N or 2N
DIMM1
DIMM0
1
DDR3-1333
1N
Empty
Single-rank
2
DDR3-1333
1N
Empty
Dual-rank
3
DDR3-1066
2N
Single-rank
Single-rank
4
DDR3-1066
2N
Single-rank
Dual-rank
5
DDR3-1066
2N
Dual-rank
Single-rank
6
DDR3-1066
2N
Dual-rank
Dual-rank
Table 3-7.
MetaSDRAM R-DIMM
1
 Population Configurations within a Channel for 
Two Slots per Channel
Notes:
1. 8 GB DDR3 MetaSDRAM R-DIMM only.
Configuration 
Number
Maximum Supported Speed
2
2. If a DIMM faster than the maximum supported speed is populated, BIOS will force the memory to run at the
maximum supported speed.
1N or 2N
DIMM1
DIMM0
1
DDR3-1066
1N
Empty
Dual-rank
2
DDR3-1066
1N
Dual-rank
Dual-rank