RHEL7: Hotpluged memory shows as offline

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

After hot-adding (hotplug) the memory. the newly added memory is in offline state:

[root@server ~]# cat /sys/devices/system/memory/*/state
online
online
online
offline
offline
online
online
online
online
online

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1

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