Memory Settings
You can use the
Memory Settings
screen to view all the memory settings and enable or disable specific memory functions, such as
system memory testing and node interleaving.
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Memory Settings details
System BIOS
Viewing Memory Settings
Viewing Memory Settings
To view the
Memory Settings
screen, perform the following steps:
1.
Turn on, or restart your system.
2.
Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then
restart your system and try again.
3.
On the
System Setup Main Menu
screen, click
System BIOS
.
4.
On the
System BIOS
screen, click
Memory Settings
.
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Memory Settings
Memory Settings details
Memory Settings details
The
Memory Settings
screen details are explained as follows:
Option
Description
System Memory
Size
Specifies the memory size in the system.
System Memory
Type
Specifies the type of memory installed in the system.
System Memory
Speed
Specifies the system memory speed.
System Memory
Voltage
Specifies the system memory voltage.
Video Memory
Specifies the amount of video memory.
System Memory
Testing
Specifies whether the system memory tests are run during system boot. Options are
Enabled
and
Disabled
.
This option is set to
Disabled
by default.
Memory Operating
Mode
Specifies the memory operating mode. The options available are
Optimizer Mode
,
Advanced ECC Mode
,
Mirror Mode
,
Spare Mode
,
Spare with Advanced ECC Mode
,
Dell Fault Resilient Mode
and
Dell NUMA
Fault Resilient Mode
. This option is set to
Optimizer Mode
by default.
NOTE: The Memory Operating Mode option can have different default and available options based
on the memory configuration of your system.
NOTE: The Dell Fault Resilient Mode option establishes an area of memory that is fault resilient.
This mode can be used by an operating system that supports the feature to load critical
applications or enables the operating system kernel to maximize system availability.
Node Interleaving
Specifies if Non-Uniform Memory architecture (NUMA) is supported. If this field is set to
Enabled
, memory
interleaving is supported if a symmetric memory configuration is installed. If the field is set to
Disabled
, the
system supports NUMA (asymmetric) memory configurations. This option is set to
Disabled
by default.
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