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In this best practice, the Memory Operating Mode is changed from the default of Optimizer mode to Dell Fault Resilient and evaluated for performance.
Category | PowerEdge |
Product | PowerEdge R740 |
Type of best practice | Security |
Day and value | Day 3, Fine-Tuning |
Overview
In PowerEdge BIOS the Memory Operating Mode enables the administrator to select these options if the server detects a valid memory configuration:
We changed the Memory Operating Mode to Dell Fault Resilient. If enabled, the BIOS creates an area of memory that is fault resilient. This mode can be used by the operating system that supports the feature to load critical applications or to enable the operating system kernel to maximize system availability.
Recommendation
The following performance metrics showed a slight improvement:
The following metrics showed no improvement:
Implementation Steps
To set the Memory Operating Mode to Fault Resilient mode, log in to iDRAC and do the following:
Additional Resources
Setting up BIOS on 14th Generation (14G) Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers