Table 34. Memory ECC Error Handling — Runtime, Redundant Configuration
Error
Scenario
System Event Log (SEL) DIMM Fault LED
System Fault LED
IPMI Memory RAS
Behavior
System
Operation
Config = Sparing
CE < Threshold1
CE SEL message
identifying FBDIMM
location
DIMM LED:
No change
System Fault LED:
No change
Set DIMM State:
Set Memory RAS Redun. State:
Set Memory RAS Configuration:
No change
The system continues to operate normally.
Config = Sparing
CE = Threshold
CE SEL message
Identifying FBDIMM
location
CE Threshold Reached
SEL message
identifying FBDIMM
location
CE Logging Stopped
SEL message
DIMM Fault LED: On for
failed FB-DIMM only
System Fault LED:
Green blink.
Set DIMM State:
DIMM failure status = Y
DIMM disabled status = Y
DIMM sparing status = N
Set Memory RAS Redundant State:
Domain = 0000b Sparing
State = 01b Non-redundant,
sufficient
Set Memory RAS Configuration:
Sparing Domain Enable = 0
The system continues to operate normally. System
transitions to non-redundant mode. The BIOS masks
all correctable memory errors.
Config = Sparing
CE > Threshold
No action. DIMM Fault LED:
No change
System Fault LED:
No change
Set DIMM State
Set Memory RAS Redun. State
Set Memory RAS Configuration:
No change
Operating system continues to operate normally.
Config = Sparing
Pre-SFO3
UE
UE SEL message
identifying FBDIMM
location
DIMM Fault LED:
On for the failed pair of
FBDIMMs in lock-step
mode or for the failed
FBDIMM in single-
channel mode.
System Fault LED:
Amber on
Set DIMM State:
DIMM failure status = Y
Set Memory RAS Redun. State
Set Memory RAS Configuration:
No change
The system asserts an NMI.
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