IBM System x3650 User Manual

In the configuration that you use, install the largest DIMMs first.
Table 5. Online-spare DIMM configurations, basic scheme
Number of
DIMMs DIMM connectors Results
4 1 and 4 (largest DIMMs)
2 and 5
Online-sparing on branch 0
6 1 and 4 (largest DIMMs)
2 and 5
3 and 6
Online-sparing on branch 0
8 1 and 4 (largest DIMMs)
2 and 5
3 and 6
7 and 10 (dual-rank DIMMs only)
Online-sparing on branch 0
Online-sparing on dual-rank DIMMs on
branch 1
10 1 and 4 (largest DIMMs)
2 and 5
3 and 6
7 and 10
8 and 11
Online-sparing on branch 0
Online-sparing on branch 1
12 1 and 4 (largest DIMMs)
2 and 5
3 and 6
7 and 10
8 and 11
9 and 12
Online-sparing on branch 0
Online-sparing on branch 1
Table 6. Online-spare DIMM configurations, alternative scheme (requires BIOS code version
1.04 or later)
Number
of DIMMs DIMM connectors Results
4 7 and 10 (largest DIMMs)
8
and 11
Online-sparing on branch 1
6 7 and 10 (largest DIMMs)
8 and 11
9 and 12
Online-sparing on branch 1
8 7 and 10 (largest DIMMs)
8 and 11
9 and 12
1 and 4 (dual-rank DIMMs only)
Online-sparing on branch 1
Online-sparing on dual-rank DIMMs on
branch 0
10 1 and 4 (largest DIMMs)
2
and 5
7 and 10
8 and 11
9 and 12
Online-sparing on branch 0
Online-sparing
on branch 1
12 N/A N/A
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IBM System x3650 Specifications

General

Processor	Intel Xeon
Drive Bays	3.5"
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 10
Power Supply	hot-swap
Network Interface	Dual Gigabit Ethernet
Expansion Slots	6 PCI-Express
Operating System Support	Windows Server, Linux, VMware