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Dell PowerEdge R730 Owner's Manual

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Sample memory configurations

The following tables show sample memory configurations for one and two processor configurations that follow the appropriate memory guidelines.
NOTE: 1 R, 2 R, 4 R and 8 R in the following tables indicate single, dual, and quad-rank DIMMs respectively.
Table 1. Memory configurations—single processorThis section describes the memory configurations for a single processor.
System capacity—in GB DIMM size—in GB Number of DIMMs DIMM rank, organization, and frequency DIMM slot population
4 4 1

1 R, x8, 2400 MT/s

1 R, x8, 2133 MT/s

A1

8 4 2

1 R, x8, 2400 MT/s

1 R, x8, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2

16 4 4

1 R, x8, 2400 MT/s

1 R, x8, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4

8 2

1 R , x8, 2400 MT/s

1 R, x8, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2

24 4 6

1 R, x8, 2400 MT/s

1 R, x8, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6

48 4 12

1 R, x8, 1866 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, A11, A12

8 6

1 R, x8, 2400 MT/s

1 R, x8, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6

96 8 12

1 R, x8, 1866 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, A11, A12

16 6

2 R, x8, 2400 MT/s

2 R, x8, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6

128 16 8

2 R, x8, 2400 MT/s

2 R, x8, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8

144 8 10

1 R, x8, 1866 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A11*

16 10

2 R, x8, 1866 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A11*

256 32 8

2 R, x4, 2400 MT/s

2 R, x4, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8

384 32 12

2 R, x4, 1866 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, A11, A12

512 64 8

4 R, x4, 2133 MT/s

4 R, x4, 2400 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8
768 64 12

4 R, x4, 1866 MT/s

4 R, x4, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, A11, A12
1536 128 12 8 R, x4, 2133 MT/s A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, A11, A12

* 16 GB DIMMs must be installed in slots numbered A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, and A8 and 8 GB DIMMs must be installed in slots A9 and A11.

NOTE: If all 3 slots in the channel are populated with 128 GB LRDIMMS, the clock speed drops to 2133MHz.
Table 2. Memory configurations—2 processorsThis section describes the memory configurations for a 2 processors.
System capacity—in GB DIMM size—in GB Number of DIMMs DIMM rank, organization, and frequency DIMM slot population
16 4 4

1 R, x8, 2400 MT/s

1 R, x8, 2133 MT/s

A1, A2, B1, B2

32 4 8

1 R, x8, 2400 MT/s

1 R, x8, 2133 MT/s

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

64 4 16

1 R, x8, 2400 MT/s

1 R, x8, 2133 MT/s

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

8 8

1 R, x8, 2400 MT/s

1 R, x8, 2133 MT/s

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

96 4 24

1 R, x8, 1866 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

8 12

1 R, x8, 2400 MT/s

1 R, x8, 2133 MT/s

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

128 8 16

1 R, x8, 2400 MT/s

1 R, x8, 2133 MT/s

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

16 8

2 R, x8, 2400 MT/s

2 R, x8, 2133 MT/s

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

160 8 20

1 R, x8, 1866 MT/s

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

192 8 24

1 R, x8, 1866 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

16 12

2 R, x8, 2400 MT/s

2 R, x8, 2133 MT/s

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

256 16 16

2 R, x8, 2400 MT/s

2 R, x8, 2133 MT/s

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

384 16 24

2 R, x8, 1866 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

32 12

2 R, x4, 2400 MT/s

2 R, x4, 2133 MT/s

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

512 32 16

2 R, x4, 2400 MT/s

2 R, x4, 2133 MT/s

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

64 8

4 R, x4, 2400 MT/s

4 R, x4, 2133 MT/s

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

768 32 24

2 R, x4, 1866 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

1024 64 16

4 R, x4, 2133 MT/s

4 R, x4, 2400 MT/s

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

1536 64 24

4 R, x4, 1866 MT/s

4 R, 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

3072 128 24 8 R, 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

* 16 GB DIMMs must be installed in 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.

NOTE: If all 3 slots in the channel are populated with 128 GB LRDIMMS, the clock speed drops to 2133MHz.

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