Technical Product Specification

BIOS Setup Interface Intel® Server Board S2600WP TPS
Table 33. Setup Utility – Memory Configuration Screen Fields
Setup Item
Options
Help Text
Comments
Total Memory
<Total Physical Memory
Installed in System>
Information only. Displays the
amount of memory available in the
system in the form of installed DDR3
DIMMs, in units of GB.
Effective Memory
<Total Effective Memory>
Information only. Displays the
amount of memory available to the
OS in MB or GB.
The Effective Memory is the Total
Physical Memory minus the sum of
all memory reserved for internal
usage, RAS redundancy, and
SMRAM.
Note: Some server operating
systems do not display the total
physical memory installed.
Current
Configuration
Independent Channel
Mirror
Rank Sparing
Lockstep
Information only. Displays one of the
following:
Independent Channel – DIMMs are
operating in Independent Channel
Mode, the default configuration when
there is no RAS Mode configured.
Mirror – Mirroring RAS Mode has
been configured and is operational.
Rank Sparing – Rank Sparing RAS
Mode has been configured and is
operational.
Lockstep – Lockstep RAS Mode has
been configured and is operational.
Current Memory
Speed
<Operational Memory Speed
in MT/s>
Information only. Displays the speed
in MT/s at which the memory is
currently running.
The supported memory speeds are
800 MT/s, 1066 MT/s, 1333 MT/s,
and 1600 MT/s. The actual memory
speed capability depends on the
memory configuration.
Memory Operating
Speed Selection
Auto
800
1066
1333
1600
Force specific
Memory Operating
Speed or use Auto
setting.
Allows the user to select a specific
speed at which memory will operate.
Only speeds that are legitimate are
available, that is, the user can only
specify speeds less than or equal to
the auto-selected Memory Operating
Speed. The default Auto setting will
select the highest achievable
Memory Operating Speed consistent
with the DIMMs and processors
installed.
The 1600 MT/s memory speed is
available only on certain models.
Intel order number G44057-007 Revision 1.6
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