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JS23 and JS43 Q A for POWER6 Blades Updated October 20 2009 By: Dusty Rhodes With Assist From: Maria Vaughan Q1). Can a double wide JS43 be split and run as separate JS23 blades. 1A). NO, The 8446 option can not be removed from JS43. It is not functional by itself. Q2). Can a JS23 4-way blade be upgraded to a JS43 blade as part of a post installation upgrade? A2). YES the JS23 can be upgraded by adding F/C 8446. Q3). What Bladecenters are the JS23 and JS43 supported in? A3). BladeCenters: BCS, BCH, and BCHT (This is consistent with the JS22. The only POWER6 blade that can reside within the BladeCenter E is the JS12). Q4). What are the memory options available for JS23 4-way and JS43 8-way blade? A4). The JS23 has eight memory slots, and the JS43 Blade has sixteen memory slots. The blades have 4GB, 8GB, and 16GB memory features options. Each feature ships a pair of memory DIMMs. (Recommended memory minimums for the JS23 and JS43 is 2GB per Processor, and 50% of the memory slots full per blade. The JS23 can hold up to 64GB of memory and the JS43 can hold up to 128GB of memory for a maximum memory configuration. Q5). For the JS23 and JS43 what would be considered best practices for a memory configuration? A5). Best practice is a minimum of 2GB per core with 50% of the memory slots full. Recommended minimums for the JS23 would be 2 X 4G memory feature 8229, and quantity four for the JS43. Q6). On the JS23 and JS43 Blades, can different size memory DIMMs be installed on the same blade? A6). Different memory size DIMMs will work on the blades. But memory can not be installed with mixed DIMM sizes plugged into the same processor socket. Each socket holds two blade cores, and has access to four memory DIMM slots. There are two Sockets on a JS23 and four Sockets on a JS43. Q7). What Operating System