System definition:
Main Memory:
Minimum memory size: 2 GB (four C-bricks, each C-brick has one 512-MB bank)
Maximum memory size: 1024 GB (128 C-bricks, each C-brick has four 2-GB banks)
System sizes above 128 processors require premium DIMMs
Processors:
16 to 128 processors (minimum increment of 4 processors)
128 to 512 processors (minimum increment of 32 processors)
Rack Configurations:
Compute racks contain only C-bricks and R-bricks
Maximum of two power bays in compute racks
Maximum of sixteen compute racks
Maximum of eight C-bricks per rack
Maximum of three R-bricks per rack
I/O racks can contain both D-bricks and I/O bricks
Maximum of eight I/O bricks per I/O rack
Maximum of one power bay in I/O racks
Maximum of nine D-bricks per rack (no power bays in rack)
Miscellaneous:
One L2 controller is mandatory for all compute racks
L3 controller is optional
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