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Dell PowerEdge M830 (For Dell PowerEdge VRTX Enclosure) Owner's Manual

Sample memory configurations

The following tables show sample memory configurations that follow the appropriate memory guidelines stated in this section.
NOTE: 1R, 2R, and 4R in the following tables indicate single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs.
Table 1. Memory configurations – two processorsThe table describes the system capacity, DIMM size in GB, number of DIMMS, and the DIMM slot population.
System capacity (in GB) DIMM size (in GB) Number of DIMMs Organization and speed DIMM slot population
32 4 8

1R x8, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, B2, B3, B4
64 4 16

1R x8, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8
64 8 8

1R x8, 2400 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, B2, B3, B4
64 8 8

2R x8, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, B2, B3, B4
96 4 24

1R x8, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, A11, A12, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8, B9, B10, B11, B12
96 8 12

2R x8, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6
128 8 16

1R x8, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8
128 16 8

2R x4, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, B2, B3, B4
128 16 8

2R x8, 2400 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, B2, B3, B4
160 8 20

2R x8, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8, B9, B10
160 16 and 8 12

2R x4, 2133 MT/s

2R x8, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6

NOTE: 16 GB DIMMs must be installed in the slots numbered A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, B2, B3, and B4 and 8 GB DIMMs must be installed in slots A5, A6, B5 and B6.
192 8 24

1R x8, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, A11, A12, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8, B9, B10, B11, B12
192 16 12

2R x4, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6
256 16 16

2R x4, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8
384 16 24

2R x4, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, A11, A12, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8, B9, B10, B11, B12
512 32 16

2R, x4, 2400 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8
512 32 16

4R, x4, 2133 MT/s

2R, x4, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8
768 32 24

4R, x4, 2133 MT/s

2R, x4, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, A11, A12, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8, B9, B10, B11, B12
1536 64 24

4R, x4, 2400 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, A11, A12, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8, B9, B10, B11, B12
Table 2. Memory configurations – four processorsThe table describes the system capacity, DIMM size in GB, number of DIMMS, and the DIMM slot population.
System capacity (in GB) DIMM size (in GB) Number of DIMMs Organization and speed DIMM slot population
64 4 16

1R x8, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, B2, B3, B4, C1, C2, C3, C4, D1, D2, D3, D4
96 8 24

1R x8, 2400 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6
96 8 24

2R x8, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6
128 4 32

1R x8, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6, D7, D8
128 8 16

2R x8, 2400 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, B2, B3, B4, C1, C2, C3, C4, D1, D2, D3, D4
192 4 48

1R x8, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, A11, A12, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8, B9, B10, B11, B12, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, C10, C11, C12, D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6, D7, D8, D9, D10, D11, D12
192 8 24

2R x8, 2400 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6
256 16 16

2R x4, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, B2, B3, B4, C1, C2, C3, C4, D1, D2, D3, D4
256 16 16

2R x8, 2400 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6
384 16 24

2R x4, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6
512 32 16

4R, x4, 2133 MT/s

2R, x4, 2400 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, B2, B3, B4, C1, C2, C3, C4, D1, D2, D3, D4
768 32 24

4R, x4, 2133 MT/s

2R, x4, 2400 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6
1024 32 32

4R, x4, 2133 MT/s

2R, x4, 2400 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6, D7, D8
1024 64 16

4R, x4, 2400 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6, D7, D8
1536 32 48

4R, x4, 2133 MT/s

2R, x4, 2400 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, A11, A12, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8, B9, B10, B11, B12, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, C10, C11, C12, D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6, D7, D8, D9, D10, D11, D12
3072 64 48

4R, x4, 2133 MT/s

2R, x4, 2400 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, A11, A12, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8, B9, B10, B11, B12, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, C10, C11, C12, D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6, D7, D8, D9, D10, D11, D12

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