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Non-Optimal Memory Configurations

System performance can be affected if your memory configuration does not
conform to the preceding installation guidelines. Your system may issue an
error message during startup stating that your memory configuration is non-
optimal.

Memory Sparing Support - PowerEdge M805

Memory sparing (spare bank) is supported in systems that have one of the
memory configurations shown in Table 3-4. The memory sparing feature must
also be enabled in the Memory Information screen of the System Setup
program. See "Memory Information Screen" on page 83. To use memory
sparing, you must disable node interleaving.

128 GB

Sixteen 8 GB

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, B1, B2, B3,
B4, B5, B6, B7, B8

*If 64 GB of memory is installed, the system will only recognize 63.75 GB during POST.

Table 3-4.

Memory Sparing Configurations - PowerEdge M805

Total
System
Memory

Usable
System
Memory

Memory Modules -
Number and Size

Memory Module Locations

16 GB

12 GB

Eight 2 GB

A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, B2, B3, B4

32 GB

28 GB

Sixteen 2 GB

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, B1, B2,
B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8

64 GB

56 GB

Sixteen 4 GB

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, B1, B2,
B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8

128 GB

112 GB

Sixteen 8 GB

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, B1, B2,
B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8

Table 3-3.

Examples of PowerEdge M805 Memory Configurations (continued)

Total
System
Memory

Memory Modules -
Number and Size

Memory Module Locations