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Dell PowerEdge R420 Systems Owner's Manual

Sample Memory Configurations

The following tables show sample memory configurations that follow the appropriate memory guidelines stated in this section.
  • NOTE: 16 GB quad-rank RDIMMs are not supported.
  • NOTE: 1R, 2R, and 4R in the following tables indicate single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs respectively.
Table 1. Memory Configurations — Single Processor
System Capacity (in GB) DIMM Size (in GB) Number of DIMMs Organization and Speed DIMM Slot Population
2 2 1

1R x8, 1333 MT/s

1R x8, 1600 MT/s

A1
4 2 2

1R x8, 1333 MT/s

1R x8, 1600 MT/s

A1, A2
10 2 5

1R x8, 1333 MT/s

1R x8, 1600 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5
12 4 3

1R x8, 1333 MT/s

1R x8, 1600 MT/s

A1, A2, A3
20 4 5

1R x8, 1333 MT/s

1R x8, 1600 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5
24 8 3

2R x4, 1333 MT/s

2R x4, 1600 MT/s

A1, A2, A3
32 8 4

2R x4, 1333 MT/s

2R x4, 1600 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4
48 16 3

2R x4, 1333 MT/s

2R x4, 1600 MT/s

A1, A2, A3
96 16 6

2R x4, 1333 MT/s

2R x4, 1600 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6
128 32 4

4R x4, 1066 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4
192 32 6

4R x4, 1066 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6
Table 2. Memory Configurations — Two Processors
System Capacity (in GB) DIMM Size (in GB) Number of DIMMs Organization and Speed DIMM Slot Population
4 2 2

1R x8, 1333 MT/s

1R x8, 1600 MT/s

A1, B1
8 2 4

1R x8, 1333 MT/s

1R x8, 1600 MT/s

A1, A2, B1, B2
12 2 6

1R x8, 1333 MT/s

1R x8, 1600 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3
24 4 6

2R x8, 1333 MT/s

2R x8, 1600 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3
48 8 6

2R x4, 1333 MT/s

2R x4, 1600 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3
96 16 6

2R x4, 1333 MT/s

2R x4, 1600 MT/s

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

2R x4, 1333 MT/s

2R x4, 1600 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, B2, B3, B4
160 16 10

2R x4, 1333 MT/s

2R x4, 1600 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5
192 16 12

2R x4, 1333 MT/s

2R x4, 1600 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6
256 32 8

4R x4, 1066 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, B2, B3, B4
384 32 12

4R x4, 1066 MT/s

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

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