Should EDAC modules be disabled on HP Proliant hardware, as recommended by HP?

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Issue

Customer are sometimes advised by HP to disable EDAC modules within the RHEL kernel and use HP Advanced Error Detection. For example, please see the following HP advisory (c03519543). Please note, this is a third party URL and as such, Red Hat cannot validate the contents:

Notice: (Revision) Linux - To Ensure Efficient Firmware First Handling of Memory Failures HPE Recommends Booting With the mce=ignore_ce Boot Parameter in Addition to Disabling EDAC

What is Red Hat's recommendation in relation to this?

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux
HP

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