Owners Manual

Viewing Memory Settings
To view the Memory Settings screen, perform the following steps:
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.
Related references
Memory Settings on page 37
Memory Settings details on page 38
Memory Settings details
About this task
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 memory speed.
System Memory
Voltage
Specifies the memory voltage.
Video Memory Specifies the amount of video memory.
System Memory
Testing
Specifies whether the 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 the 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.
Snoop Mode Specifies the Snoop Mode options. The Snoop Mode options available are Home Snoop, Early Snoop,
and Cluster on Die. This option is set to Early Snoop by default. This field is available only when the
Node Interleaving is set to Disabled.
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