Table 2-2. System Setup Program Options (continued)

Option

Description

 

 

Keyboard

Determines whether your system starts up with the NumLock

NumLock

mode activated on 101- or 102-key keyboards (does not apply

(On default)

to 84-key keyboards).

 

 

Report Keyboard

Enables or disables reporting of keyboard errors during the

Errors

POST. Select Report for host systems that have keyboards

(Report default)

attached. Select Do Not Report to suppress all error messages

 

relating to the keyboard or keyboard controller during POST.

 

This setting does not affect the operation of the keyboard

 

itself if a keyboard is attached to the system.

 

 

Memory Information Screen

Table 2-4 lists the descriptions for the information fields that appear on the Memory Information screen.

Table 2-3. Memory Information Screen

Option

Description

 

 

System Memory Size

Displays the amount of system memory.

 

 

System Memory Type

Displays the type of system memory.

 

 

System Memory Speed

Displays the system memory speed.

 

 

Video Memory

Displays the amount of video memory.

 

 

System Memory

This option determines whether system memory tests are

Testing

run at system boot. Options are Enabled and Disabled.

 

 

Redundant Memory

Enables or disables the redundant memory feature.

(Disabled default)

Redundant memory feature is disabled if the Node

 

Interleaving field is enabled.

 

 

Node Interleaving

If this field is enabled, memory interleaving is supported

(Disabled default)

if a symmetric memory configuration is installed. If this

 

field is set to Disabled, the system can support Non-

 

Uniform Memory architecture (NUMA) (asymmetric)

 

memory configurations.

 

NOTE: The Node Interleaving field must be set to Disabled

 

when using the redundant memory feature.

Using the System Setup Program

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