Dell PowerEdge R510 Hardware Owner's Manual - Page 65

Memory Settings Screen, CAUTION

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Option F1/F2 Prompt on Error (Enabled default) Description Enables the system to halt on errors during POST, which allows the user to observe events that may scroll by unnoticed during normal POST. You can select F1 to continue or F2 to enter the System Setup program. CAUTION: When setting this option to Disabled, the system does not halt if an error occurs during POST. Any critical errors is displayed and logged in the system event log. Memory Settings Screen Option Description System Memory Size Displays the system memory size. System Memory Type Displays the system memory type. System Memory Speed Displays the system memory speed. Video Memory Displays the video memory size. System Memory Testing Specifies whether system memory tests are run at system (Enabled default) boot. Options are Enabled and Disabled. Memory Operating Mode This field displays the type of memory operation if a valid memory configuration is installed. When set to Optimizer Mode, the memory controllers run independently of each other for improved memory performance. When set to Mirror Mode, memory mirroring is enabled. When set to Advanced ECC Mode, two controllers are joined in 128-bit mode running multi-bit advanced ECC. For information about the memory modes, see "System Memory" on page 114. NOTE: The Spare Mode option may not be present on all systems. Node Interleaving (Disabled default) If this field is Enabled, memory interleaving is supported if a symmetric memory configuration is installed. If Disabled, the system supports Non-Uniform Memory architecture (NUMA) (asymmetric) memory configurations. NOTE: The Node Interleaving field must be set to Disabled when using Mirror mode. Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager 65

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Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager
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Memory Settings Screen
F1/F2 Prompt on
Error (
Enabled
default)
Enables the system to halt on errors during POST, which allows
the user to observe events that may scroll by unnoticed during
normal POST. You can select F1 to continue or F2 to enter the
System Setup program.
CAUTION:
When setting this option to Disabled, the system
does not halt if an error occurs during POST. Any critical
errors is displayed and logged in the system event log.
Option
Description
System Memory Size
Displays the system memory size.
System Memory Type
Displays the system memory type.
System Memory Speed
Displays the system memory speed.
Video Memory
Displays the video memory size.
System Memory Testing
(
Enabled
default)
Specifies whether system memory tests are run at system
boot. Options are
Enabled
and
Disabled
.
Memory Operating Mode
This field displays the type of memory operation if a
valid memory configuration is installed. When set to
Optimizer Mode
, the memory controllers run
independently of each other for improved memory
performance. When set to
Mirror Mode
, memory
mirroring is enabled. When set to
Advanced ECC
Mode
, two controllers are joined in 128-bit mode
running multi-bit advanced ECC. For information about
the memory modes, see "System Memory" on page 114.
NOTE:
The
Spare Mode
option may not be present
on all systems.
Node Interleaving
(
Disabled
default)
If this field is
Enabled
, memory interleaving is supported
if a symmetric memory configuration is installed. If
Disabled
, the system supports Non-Uniform Memory
architecture (NUMA) (asymmetric) memory
configurations.
NOTE:
The Node Interleaving field must be set to
Disabled
when using Mirror mode.
Option
Description