Dell PowerEdge C8000 User Manual

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Using the System Setup Program

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Memory Throttling Mode

(Enabled default)

Enables or disables the memory to run in closed-loop

thermal throttling mode.

Memory Operating Mode

(Optimizer Mode default)

Select the type of memory operation if a valid memory

configuration is installed.

• Optimizer Mode: The two memory controllers run in

parallel 64-bit mode for improved memory

performance.

• Spare Mode: Enables memory sparing. In this mode,

one rank per channel is reserved as a spare.

If persistent correctable errors are detected on a rank,

the data from this rank is copied to the spare rank and

the failed rank is disabled.

With 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 32 GB quad-rank DIMMs, the available

system memory is: 32 GB x 16(DIMMs) – 32/4 (rank

size) x 8 (channels) = 448 GB.

With sixteen 64 GB 8-rank LRDIMMs which use

Rank Multiplication(RM)=4, the available system

memory is: 64 GB x 16(DIMMs) – 64/8x4 (rank size)

x 8 (channels) = 768 GB.

• Mirror Mode: Enables memory mirroring
• Advanced ECC Mode: Controllers are joined in

128-bit mode running multi-bit advanced ECC.

Demand Scrubbing

(Enabled default)

Enables or disables DRAM scrubbing.
DRAM scrubbing is the ability to write corrected data

back to the memory once a correctable error is detected

on read transaction.

Patrol Scrubbing

(Enabled default)

Enables or disables patrol scrubbing.
Patrol scrubbing proactively searches the system

memory, repairing correctable errors.

Option

Description

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