Table 5: Online spare memory supported configurations
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Configuration 7 | 2 GB | 2 GB | 2 GB | 2 GB | None |
| None | None | None |
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Configuration 8 | 1 GB | 1 GB | 1 GB | 1 GB | None |
| None | None | None |
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Configuration 9 | 512 | 512 | 512 MB | 512 | None |
| None | None | None |
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Configuration | 256 | 256 | 256 MB | 256 | None |
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For example, in Configuration 1 the shaded BANK 4 is a spare bank. Assume that the memory correctable errors occur frequently in a memory on BANK 3. BIOS, which keeps counting the memory correctable errors on each bank, activates the online copy function automatically upon the incidence of the fourth error. All of the data on BANK 3 is copied to spare BANK 4. At the same time, a log is recorded explaining that the data is copied to the spare bank, and the system displays a message when the online sparing is complete, at which time the system operates with BANK1, BANK2, and BANK4 (12 GB), the same capacity as before the online spare memory operation occurred.
Memory Mirroring
Mirroring the memory provides a level of redundancy that enables the system to continue operating without the going down in case of a memory fault (including a
Figure 15. Memory mirroring
When operating in normal conditions, data first writes in the primary (slots 1, 2, 5, and 6), then in the mirror (slots 3, 4, 7, and 8). The arrows in Figure 15 show the relationship between the mirroring source and the destination. When data is read out, it is read out of either the primary or mirror.
No memory testing of the mirror is carried out when the system is booted up after the mirroring is set. Accordingly, only half of the total capacity of the memory installed is displayed both in the memory test screen shown when the system is booted and in the total memory capacity shown when the system is running.
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