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Memory Submenu
Table 26: Memory Submenu
Feature Choices or
Display Only Description Your Setting
Total Memory Display only Information only. The amount of
memory available in the system
in the form of installed
FBDIMMs, in units of MB or
GB.
Effective Memory Display only Information only. The amount of
memory available to the
operating system in MB or GB.
The effective memory is the
difference between total
physical memory and the sum
of all memory reserved for
internal usage, RAS
redundancy and SMRAM.
This difference includes the
sum of all FBDIMMs that failed
memory BIST during POST, or
were disabled by the BIOS
during memory discovery
phase in order to optimize
memory configuration.
Current Configuration
Display only
Displays one of the following:
- Maximum Performance
Mode : System memory is
configured for optimal
performance and efficiency and
no RAS is enabled.
- Single-channel Mode :
System memory is functioning
in a special, reduced efficiency
mode.
- Memory Mirroring Mode :
System memory is configured
for maximum reliability in the
form of memory mirroring.
- Single-DIMM Sparing Mode :
System memory is in the
sparing mode, with a single
FBDIMM acting as the spare
unit.
- Dual-DIMM Sparing Mode :
System memory is in the
sparing mode, with a pair of
FBDIMMs acting as a single
spare unit.