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Dell PowerEdge C6100 Server Memory configuration problem.
Hello Everyone;
I have Dell PowerEdge C6100 Server (4 nodes) and I'm having trouble configuring the Memory on them.
Server Specs: http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pedge/en/poweredge-c6100-spec-sheet-en.pdf
Server Manual: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/cp_pe_c6100/en/HOM/PDF/6100HM.pdf
So I'm trying to add 2 X 16 DDR3 RAM in to each node, however it only read one stick at a time!, in other words If I add both sticks it should read 32GB but in my case it only reads 16GB.
I tested all RAM sticks that I bought and they all work fine. I could not understand the manual "Memory Module configuration" table on how the Memeory should be set on these nodes,
I add 1 Stick to slot 1 and 12 but that did not work! I also tried number of configurations but I was unsuccessful.
Any ideas? . Thank you kindly.
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Posted January 2nd, 2013 15:00
Hello Akamali
As you see in Table 3-2, you need to populate starting at Channel A, and DIMM0. Slot 1 is Channel C DIMM0, and Slot 12 is Channel C DIMM0. The Channel A DIMM0 slots for the two processors are 5 and 8. I would suggest putting the DIMMs in those slots.
Let me know if that does not fix the problem.
Thanks
akamali
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Posted January 3rd, 2013 07:00
Thanks Daniel;
I actually found out from this table, Memory DIMMs should be configured as 1, 4 , 6 and 12 So technically 2 sticks won't do it,
I haven't had the chance to test it but theoretically speaking:
1 DIMM => Slot 8
4 DIMMs-> CPU 0 Slot 8, 10 | CPU 1 Slot 5,3
6 DIMMs -> CPU0 8,10,12 | CPU 1 Slot 5,3,1
12 DIMMs -> All Slots on both sides.
Will update you with the status.
Thank you
Adam