DL585 Removal of CPU from Memory Card

[Matthew Devoe]

I have a DL585 G1. It currently has 4 Memory Cards, each containg a CPU and 4GB of Memory.
I have to remove 2 CPUs to save on Licensing cost.

Can I remove the CPUs from two of the memory cards, and still utilize the memory on those cards, or does there have to be a CPU or something present in the bus to allow access to the memory?

[JKytsi]

I think it works without CPU. But try it =)

Must install a minimum of 2 DIMMs in the processor memory board in slot 2
DIMMs on a processor memory board must be installed in pairs and in bank order
All DIMMs on a processor memory board must be of the same size (512 MB, 1 GB, or 2 GB)
Each processor memory board can have different amounts of memory, ex. Processor memory board 2 = (4) 1 GB, Processor memory board 1 = (2) 512 MB, Processor memory board 4 = no memory
PC2700 memory support requires -002 or greater processor boards
333 MHz memory performance requires no more than 6 PC2700 DIMMs per processor board; any more will result in the memory slowing down to 266 MHz
PC3200 memory, running at 400 MHz will be supported on a PC3200-only processor board (012567-001) with 4 DIMM slots, resulting in a system max of 32 GB with 4 processors

[Matthew Devoe]

no viable solution. I removed the memory cards and moved the memory to the two remaining cards.