Re: How much memory do you REALLY have?

[Larry Bolhuis <lbolhuis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

OK Smart guy, explain this then:

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Work with Shared Pools
System: FRANKIE
Main storage size (M) . : 2997.40
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8x256MB Cards and 8x128MB Cards adds up to 3096MB Memory but JUUUUUST a 
fuzz under 100MB has gone missing. It ain't the FSP taking it either as 
Frankie is a 170!

Actually on i5's you and Bryan are correct. The FSP takes memory whether 
you have 1 partition or many.

It appears that V5R3 does abscond with some memory for it's own use, 
however even V5R2 did this to a lessor extent:

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Work with Shared Pools
System: LILY
Main storage size (M) . : 1013.34
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Lily is a V5R2 170 with 8x128MB for 1024MB Total.

- Larry



kirkg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Bryan has it right. The i5's FSP ( Flexible Service Processor  ) is using 
> the missing memory. How will depend on the HW you have and things like 
> Virtual Ethernet ports etc.  You can get a guesstimate by using the LPAR 
> Validation Tool (LVT). You can tell it just "1" LPAR if you want.
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