After RAM upgrade, the system does not show correct memory amount

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Issue

  • New RAM is added to the system and 'dmidecode' shows total of 384GB, but 'free -m' does not show correct information
[root@localhost:~]# dmidecode 2.11 | grep Size | grep 32
        Installed Size: 320 kB
        Maximum Size: 320 kB
        Installed Size: 320 kB
        Maximum Size: 320 kB
        Installed Size: 320 kB
        Maximum Size: 320 kB
        Installed Size: 320 kB
        Maximum Size: 320 kB
        Maximum Size: 32768 kB
        Maximum Size: 32768 kB
        Maximum Size: 32768 kB
        Maximum Size: 32768 kB
        Size: 32 GB
        Size: 32 GB
        Size: 32 GB
        Size: 32 GB
        Size: 32 GB
        Size: 32 GB
        Size: 32 GB
        Size: 32 GB
        Size: 32 GB
        Size: 32 GB
        Size: 32 GB
        Size: 32 GB
  • It only shows 252 GB of memory with 'free' command
[root@localhost:~]# free -m
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:        258077       2325     255751          0        180       1390
-/+ buffers/cache:        755     257321
Swap:        61439          0      61439

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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