Intel® Server Board Set SE8500HW4

 

 

BIOS User Interface

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Setup Item

Option

 

Default

Help Text

Comment

 

 

 

 

 

 

possible with the current

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

installed memory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sparing

<Yes/ No>

 

 

Indicates whether the

Info Only

 

 

 

 

 

 

configuration supports

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sparing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hot Replace

<Yes/ No>

 

 

Indicates whether

Info Only

 

 

 

 

 

 

configuration allows

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

memory to be replaced

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

while system is running.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hot Add

<Yes/ No>

 

 

Indicates whether the

Info Only

 

 

 

 

 

 

configuration allows

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

memory to be added

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

while the system is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

running.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Board

<1-Way/2-

 

 

This is the board

Info Only

 

 

Interleave

Way/4-

 

 

interleave for the

 

 

 

 

Way/Mixed>

 

 

chosen configuration. In

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mixed interleave, the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BIOS configures the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

best possible interleave

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

for each memory range.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 69. Memory Board #n Menu

 

Setup Item

Option

Default

Help Text

Comment

 

 

Board Status

<Not Installed/

 

Indicates board status. Possible

Info Only

 

 

 

Healthy/ Using

 

values are: Not Installed,

 

 

 

 

Spare/

 

Healthy, Using Spare, or

 

 

 

 

Disabled>

 

Disabled.

 

 

 

Retest Board

Enabled/

Disabled

If enabled, re-test all DIMMs on

 

 

 

Memory

Disabled

 

the current board and re-enable

 

 

 

 

 

 

the DIMMs that pass the test.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This option is reset to ’Disabled’

 

 

 

 

 

 

after the test has been run.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserve Rank

Enable/Disable

Disabled

If enabled, the BIOS sets aside

 

 

 

for Spare

 

 

the largest memory rank to serve

 

 

 

 

 

 

as spare. When correctable

 

 

 

 

 

 

errors on a bad rank surpasses

 

 

 

 

 

 

the sparing threshold, it is

 

 

 

 

 

 

replaced by a spare rank.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIMM Labels

<Not-Installed/

 

Label is the DIMM slot board

Info Only

 

 

SeeTable 70

Installed/

 

label. DIMMs must be populated

 

 

 

 

Installed/par-

 

in pairs and can occupy 1 rank

 

 

 

 

tial/

 

(single sided pair) or 2 rank

 

 

 

 

Failed>

 

(double sided pair). DIMM state

 

 

 

 

 

 

may be Installed,Not-Installed,

 

 

 

 

 

 

Installed/Partial or Failed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory slot status of: “Installed”

 

 

 

 

 

 

– memory is installed and

 

 

 

 

 

 

healthy; “Not Installed” – the slot

 

 

 

 

 

 

is empty; “Installed/Partial” –

 

 

 

 

 

 

memory is installed but only part

 

 

 

 

 

 

of it is used; “Failed” – memory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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