Table 8. Memory operating modes
Memory Operating Mode
Description
Optimizer Mode
The
Optimizer Mode
if enabled, the DRAM controllers operate independently in the
64-bit mode and provide optimized memory performance.
Mirror Mode
The
Mirror Mode
if enabled, the system maintains two identical copies of data in
memory, and the total available system memory is one half of the total installed physical
memory. Half of the installed memory is used to mirror the active memory modules.
This feature provides maximum reliability and enables the system to continue running
even during a catastrophic memory failure by switching over to the mirrored copy.
The installation guidelines to enable Mirror Mode require that the memory modules be
identical in size, speed, and technology, and they must be populated in sets of 6 per
processor.
Single Rank Spare Mode
Single Rank Spare Mode
allocates one rank per channel as a spare. If excessive
correctable errors occur in a rank or channel, while the operating system is running, they
are moved to the spare area to prevent errors from causing an uncorrectable failure.
Requires two or more ranks to be populated in each channel.
Multi Rank Spare Mode
Multi Rank Spare Mode
allocates two ranks per channel as a spare. If excessive
correctable errors occur in a rank or channel, while the operating system is running, they
are moved to the spare area to prevent errors from causing an uncorrectable failure.
Requires three or more ranks to be populated in each channel.
With single rank memory sparing enabled, the system memory available to the operating
system is reduced by one rank per channel.
For example, in a dual-processor configuration with sixteen 16 GB single-rank memory
modules, the available system memory is: 3/4 (ranks/channel) × 16 (memory modules)
× 16 GB = 192 GB, and not 16 (memory modules) × 16 GB = 256 GB. For multi rank
sparing, the multiplier changes to 1/2 (ranks/channel).
NOTE:
To use memory sparing, this feature must be enabled in the BIOS menu of
System Setup.
NOTE:
Memory sparing does not offer protection against a multi-bit uncorrectable
error.
Dell Fault Resilient Mode
The
Dell Fault Resilient Mode
if enabled, the BIOS creates an area of memory that is
fault resilient. This mode can be used by an OS that supports the feature to load critical
applications or enables the OS kernel to maximize system availability.
NOTE:
This feature is only supported in Gold and Platinum Intel processors.
NOTE:
Memory configuration has to be of same size DIMM, speed, and rank.
Optimizer Mode
This mode supports Single Device Data Correction (SDDC) only for memory modules that use x4 device width. It does not
impose any specific slot population requirements.
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Dual processor: Populate the slots in round robin sequence starting with processor 1.
NOTE:
Processor 1 and processor 2 population should match.
Table 9. Memory population rules
Processor
Configuration
Memory population
Memory population information
Single processor
Optimizer (Independent
channel) population order
1, 2, 4, 5
Odd amount of DIMMs per
processor allowed.
Mirror population order
{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
Mirroring is supported with 6
DIMMs per processor
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