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Supported Memory Configurations

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The following table describes the callouts in Figure 4-2. Item Description 1 Hard drive cage 2 Fan assembly 3 Fan assembly connectors (2) 4 System maintenance switch (SW1) 5 Hard drive cable connector 6 Processor socket 2 7 DIMM bank B 8 Processor socket 1 (populated) 9 DIMM bank A (populated) 10 Adapter card connectors (2) 11 Battery The HP ProLiant BL35p server blades require the support of an HP BladeSystem p-Class sleeve in a server blade enclosure with enhanced backplane components (enhanced server blade enclosure). Each sleeve holds two HP BL35p server blades and installs in a single bay in the enclosure. Up to eight sleeves can be installed in the enclosure and each sleeve holds two blades for a total of 16 HP ProLiant BL35p blades per 6U enclosure. The enhanced server blade enclosure also provides a single rear iLO connector for single-cable remote management of all installed HP ProLiant BL35p server blades. For more information about the enhanced server blade enclosure, see the HP ProLiant BL p-Class Server Blade Enclosure Upgrade Installation Guide or the HP ProLiant BL p-Class Server Blade Enclosure Installation Guide. Each HP ProLiant BL35p server blade includes three network adapters: two Broadcom 5703 Gigabit Ethernet Embedded 10/100/1000T WOL (Wake On LAN) enabled with Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) plus one additional 10/100T Ethernet adapter dedicated to iLO management. 4.2.1 Supported Memory Configurations Each processor in the HP ProLiant BL35p has a bank consisting of two DIMM slots. The server blade supports up to 8 GB of memory. The following guidelines apply to the HP BL35p DIMMs: • All DIMMs must be PC3200 DDR 400-MHz SDRAM DIMMs. • Both DIMM slots in a bank must be populated. • Both DIMMs in a bank must be identical. • DIMM bank A must always be populated. • DIMM bank B is only active when processor socket 2 is populated. • For best performance, each processor should have a populated memory bank. Caution: Use only HP DIMMs. DIMMs from other sources may adversely affect data integrity. PC3200 DIMMs can either be single- or dual-rank. A dual-rank DIMM is similar to having two separate DIMMs on the same module. Although only a single DIMM module, a dual-rank DIMM acts as if it were two separate DIMMs. The primary reason for the existence of dual-rank DIMMs is to provide the largest capacity DIMM given the current DIMM technology. If the maximum DIMM technology allows for creating 2 GB single-rank DIMMs, a dual-rank DIMM using the same technology would be 4 GB. 156 Server Blades

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The following table describes the callouts in
Figure 4-2
.
Description
Item
Hard drive cage
1
Fan assembly
2
Fan assembly connectors (2)
3
System maintenance switch (SW1)
4
Hard drive cable connector
5
Processor socket 2
6
DIMM bank B
7
Processor socket 1 (populated)
8
DIMM bank A (populated)
9
Adapter card connectors (2)
10
Battery
11
The HP ProLiant BL35p server blades require the support of an HP BladeSystem p-Class sleeve
in a server blade enclosure with enhanced backplane components (enhanced server blade
enclosure). Each sleeve holds two HP BL35p server blades and installs in a single bay in the
enclosure. Up to eight sleeves can be installed in the enclosure and each sleeve holds two blades
for a total of 16 HP ProLiant BL35p blades per 6U enclosure. The enhanced server blade enclosure
also provides a single rear iLO connector for single-cable remote management of all installed
HP ProLiant BL35p server blades. For more information about the enhanced server blade
enclosure, see the
HP ProLiant BL p-Class Server Blade Enclosure Upgrade Installation Guide
or the
HP ProLiant BL p-Class Server Blade Enclosure Installation Guide
.
Each HP ProLiant BL35p server blade includes three network adapters: two Broadcom 5703
Gigabit Ethernet Embedded 10/100/1000T WOL (Wake On LAN) enabled with Preboot eXecution
Environment (PXE) plus one additional 10/100T Ethernet adapter dedicated to iLO management.
4.2.1 Supported Memory Configurations
Each processor in the HP ProLiant BL35p has a bank consisting of two DIMM slots. The server
blade supports up to 8 GB of memory. The following guidelines apply to the HP BL35p DIMMs:
All DIMMs must be PC3200 DDR 400-MHz SDRAM DIMMs.
Both DIMM slots in a bank must be populated.
Both DIMMs in a bank must be identical.
DIMM bank A must always be populated.
DIMM bank B is only active when processor socket 2 is populated.
For best performance, each processor should have a populated memory bank.
Caution:
Use only HP DIMMs. DIMMs from other sources may adversely affect data integrity.
PC3200 DIMMs can either be single- or dual-rank. A dual-rank DIMM is similar to having two
separate DIMMs on the same module. Although only a single DIMM module, a dual-rank DIMM
acts as if it were two separate DIMMs. The primary reason for the existence of dual-rank DIMMs
is to provide the largest capacity DIMM given the current DIMM technology. If the maximum
DIMM technology allows for creating 2 GB single-rank DIMMs, a dual-rank DIMM using the
same technology would be 4 GB.
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