R540 2nd CPU & Memory Configuration

Question

Hello Everybody, I have a Dell Poweredge R540 with 1 CPU (Xeon Silver 4110 (DP/N: 7KW7T) AND 2 X 16 GB 3200 MT/S RDIMM (DP/N: FM38U) Sticks installed. I will be installing a 2nd CPU, exact same model & park number as CPU #1, but I have different memory already on hand that I would like to use instead of buying new sticks. I would be installing these 2 x 16GB 2666 MT/S RDIMM sticks (DP/N:M1G12) on the memory slots for the 2nd CPU. I just want to make sure this will work ok and have a good understanding of the potential effects it may have. I understand there will be a performance hit using the slower memory, but I'm not too concerned with it as I don't use memory intensive applications. I have a more CPU/GPU heavy workload. Will the 1st CPU operate with its 2 RAM chips at 3200 and the 2nd CPU operate with its 2 RAM chips at 2666, or will it slowdown the 3200 chips to match the 2666 speed? All in all I want to make sure it works and is stable. The memory speed decrease is not a big concern for me. Thank you all and have a great day.

DELL-Young E · Answer

Hi, thanks for choosing Dell. You can use 2666 MT/s DDR4 memory.

DELL-Shine K · Answer

@Nealio You can also refer below link for more details on memory configuration for R540

https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/poweredge-r540/per540_ism_pub/system-memory?guid=guid-4114dbc0-d984-4e10-ab9f-5f042bcb9aa0&lang=en-us

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