NEC Express5800 140Rd-4 User Manual page 295

Memory Hot-Plug Feature 2 (Hot Add)
In Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, You can use the H
a physical memory without shutting down the system.
T o use the Hot-Add memory feature, set the BIOS as follows:
Setting BIOS
anced] → [Memory Configuration] → [Memory RAS Feature] in order and set as follows:
St art SETUP and select [Adv
To enable the Hot-Add memory feature in normal mode: Select [Normal].
To enable the Hot-Add memory feature in mirroring mode: Select [Mirror].
NOTE:
Before selecting [Mirror], the mirroring configuration must have been set for memo
boards 1 and 2. In this case, the memory hot plug is used for memory boards 3 and 4. (Memo
boards 3 and 4 must also be in mirroring configuration.)
dition, be sure to specify [Advanced] → [Memory Configuration] → [Hot-add Memory
In ad
Supp ort] to "Enabled".
Hot-Add memory feature in normal mode
When th e operating system starts with memory board 1 (factory-installed), installing memory boards on which
DIMMs a re installed to memory board slots 2, 3, and 4 can increase the physical memory capacit
Hot-Plug Feature 1 for memory board
Fo r example, if you insert a memory board into memory
memory board Power lamp starts flashing and initializatio
Wh en the memory board Power lamp stops flashing and goes on, the operating system is notified that the memory
has been added.
The notification is processed on the operating system. After a while, you can
perf ormance monitor of task manager. The memory board can be added to slots 3 and 4 in a similar procedure.
Hot -Add memory feature in mirroring mode
Add the memory boards 3 and 4 while the memory boards 1 and 2 are configured to use the mirroring feature. In this
case , memory boards 3 and 4 must be configured to use the mirroring feature. See Memory Hot-Plug Feature 1 for
mem ory board installing
Onl y the difference with the normal mode is that the memory board is added to slot 3, and there is not change on
syst em status. Adding a memory board to memory board slot 4 can make the memory mirroring configuration. And it
is n otified the operating system. After a while, you can view the added physical memory in performance monitor of
task manager.
You can confirm that a half of installed physical memory capacity is added. In memory mirroring configuration, the
mem ory board additionally installed by using the Hot-Add memory feature can be hot-replaceable.
Ind ication on ESMPRO Data Viewer after Hot-Add Memory
If you add a memory board dynamically by using hot-add feature, the added memory size will not be indicated on
Dat a Viewer of ESMPRO Manager unless the system is rebooted.
ot-Add memory feature. The Hot Add feature allows you to add
installing procedure.
procedure.
board slot 2 and press the Attention switch of that slot, the
n of memory is started.
view the added physical memory in
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