SUMMARY: Sun Fire V480 RAM Question

Hi,

Thanks to those who responded.  Most of you agreed that I need two * 
X7056A to replace what I have already to get 8GB.

Alex.

Alex Dyas wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> We have a Sun Fire V480 which we would like to expand to 8GB of RAM.  We
> already have 4GB in the machine (see prtdiag config below) but my
> understanding is that the way we have this configured means I need to
> replace it with new 1GB sticks.
> 
>  From reading the literature on the machine I have come to the
> conclusion that I would need to buy two 4GB memory expansions - 2 *
> X7056A (501-6109).
> 
> Can someone please confirm or correct this?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> <prtdiag>
> System Configuration:  Sun Microsystems  sun4u Sun Fire 480R
> System clock frequency: 150 MHz
> Memory size: 4096 Megabytes
> 
> ========================= CPUs
> ===============================================
> 
>            Run   E$  CPU     CPU
> Brd  CPU  MHz   MB  Impl.   Mask
> --- ----- ---- ---- ------- ----
>   A    0   1050  8.0 US-III+  11.0
>   A    2   1050  8.0 US-III+  11.0
> 
> ========================= Memory Configuration
> ===============================
> 
>            Logical  Logical  Logical
>       MC   Bank     Bank     Bank         DIMM    Interleave  Interleaved
> Brd  ID   num      size     Status       Size    Factor      with
> ---  ---  ----     ------   -----------  ------  ----------  -----------
>   A    0     0       512MB   no_status     256MB     8-way        0
>   A    0     1       512MB   no_status     256MB     8-way        0
>   A    0     2       512MB   no_status     256MB     8-way        0
>   A    0     3       512MB   no_status     256MB     8-way        0
>   A    2     0       512MB   no_status     256MB     8-way        0
>   A    2     1       512MB   no_status     256MB     8-way        0
>   A    2     2       512MB   no_status     256MB     8-way        0
>   A    2     3       512MB   no_status     256MB     8-way        0
> 
> ========================= IO Cards =========================
> 
>                      Bus  Max
>   IO  Port Bus       Freq Bus  Dev,
> Type  ID  Side Slot MHz  Freq Func State Name
>     Model
> ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -----
> --------------------------------  ----------------------
> PCI   8    A    0    66   66  1,0  ok
> SUNW,qlc-pci1077,2300.1077.106.1+
> PCI   8    A    1    66   66  2,0  ok
> SUNW,qlc-pci1077,2300.1077.106.1+
> </prtdiag>
> 
> Alex.
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