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Erich_1
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Number of RAM-Slots on a rp5430

Hallo,
i would increase my RAM of an rp5430 from 2,5 GB to 4,5 GB. What is the number of RAM-Slots in the machine ? Must i change any Kernel-Options after the implementation ?
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Steven E. Protter
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Re: Number of RAM-Slots on a rp5430

Shalom,

I think it has 8 but you should see for yourself here.

http://docs.hp.com/en/hw.html#HP%209000%20rp5400%20Series%20Server%20%28L-Class%29

Memory goes in in equal pairs.

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Steven E. Protter
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Re: Number of RAM-Slots on a rp5430

Shalom,

I think it has 8 but you should see for yourself here.

http://docs.hp.com/en/hw.html#HP%209000%20rp5400%20Series%20Server%20%28L-Class%29

Memory goes in in equal pairs.

use cstm to display current memory.

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Re: Number of RAM-Slots on a rp5430

Peter Godron
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Re: Number of RAM-Slots on a rp5430

Erich,
looking at your profile ( http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/publicProfile.do?userId=BR806451&forumId=1 ), you have never assigned any points to any answer. (0 for 35)

Please read:
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Erich_1
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Re: Number of RAM-Slots on a rp5430

Thank you, this is an very good info.
Erich_1
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Re: Number of RAM-Slots on a rp5430

Hi steven,

how is the command for to view memory in "cstm"
Dave Hutton
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Re: Number of RAM-Slots on a rp5430

Theres a one-liner I'm sure to pipe in the info and just grab memory. But I like to see everything that you can get from cstm.

#cstm
cstm> map
cstm>map
servera.company.com

Dev Last Last Op
Num Path Product Active Tool Status
=== ==================== ========================= =========== =============
1 system system (1005) Information Successful
2 memory IPF_MEMORY (1005) Information Successful

cstm> sel dev 2
cstm> info
cstm> infolog

-- Information Tool Log for IPF_MEMORY on path memory --

Log creation time: Thu Aug 31 08:34:32 2006

Hardware path: memory


Basic Memory Description

Module Type: MEMORY
Page Size: 4096 Bytes
Total Physical Memory: N/A
Total Configured Memory: 8192 MB
Total Deconfigured Memory: N/A

Memory Board Inventory

DIMM Location Size(MB) DIMM Location Size(MB)
-------------------- -------- -------------------- --------
DIMM 0A 2048 DIMM 0B 2048
DIMM 0C 2048 DIMM 0D 2048
DIMM 1A ---- DIMM 1B ----
DIMM 1C ---- DIMM 1D ----
DIMM 2A ---- DIMM 2B ----
DIMM 2C ---- DIMM 2D ----
DIMM 3A ---- DIMM 3B ----
DIMM 3C ---- DIMM 3D ----
DIMM 4A ---- DIMM 4B ----
DIMM 4C ---- DIMM 4D ----
DIMM 5A ---- DIMM 5B ----
DIMM 5C ---- DIMM 5D ----
DIMM 6A ---- DIMM 6B ----
DIMM 6C ---- DIMM 6D ----
DIMM 7A ---- DIMM 7B ----
DIMM 7C ---- DIMM 7D ----

Total: 8192 (MB)

===========================================================================

Memory Error Log Summary

The memory error log is empty.

Page Deallocation Table (PDT)

The Page Deallocation Table is empty.

PDT Entries Used: 0
PDT Entries Free: 100
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Erich_1
Advisor

Re: Number of RAM-Slots on a rp5430

the output form cstm:

Slot Num Configured and Slot label for each DIMM (MB)
-------- --------------------------------------------
0a 2a 1a 3a 3b 1b 2b 0b
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

EXT 0 512 256 512 0 0 512 256 512
------------------------------------------------------
System Total (MB): 2560

Can i increase my RAM with 2 x 1 GB
Erich_1
Advisor

Re: Number of RAM-Slots on a rp5430

the output form cstm:

Slot Num Configured and Slot label for each DIMM (MB)
-------- --------------------------------------------
0a 2a 1a 3a 3b 1b 2b 0b
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

EXT 0 512 256 512 0 0 512 256 512
------------------------------------------------------
System Total (MB): 2560

Can i increase my RAM with 2 x 1 GB ?