"dmidecode" showing "OUT OF SPEC" messages for empty NVMe and DIMM slots

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Issue

  • dmidecode command prints "OUT OF SPEC" messages for empty NVMe and DIMM slots . Below messages are seen.

    Type: x4 <OUT OF SPEC> 
    Type: x4 <OUT OF SPEC>  
    Memory Technology: <OUT OF SPEC> 
    Memory Technology: <OUT OF SPEC> 
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8

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