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Memory online sparing
The chipset on the system board in the server supports memory online sparing, which
can provide a way to prevent data loss in case of DIMM failure. If a DIMM failure does
occur, a DIMM fault LED adjacent to the DIMM slot will light orange to indicate the failed
memory module.
Using memory online sparing, one DIMM per channel (selectable in the BIOS setup utility)
is used as a memory spare (the spare DIMM must be equal to, or larger than, the largest
DIMM in that channel). If a DIMM begins to fail, the contents of the failing DIMM is
copied to the spare DIMM in that channel. When all of the data is copied, the primary
DIMM is automatically removed from service. Since one DIMM per channel is always
maintained as a spare, only 75% of the installed memory is usable. Memory online sparing
is configured in the BIOS.
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