JSI Tip 10175. How can I verify that Physical Address Extension is enabled on my Windows Server 2003?

PAE (Physical Address Extension) enables your server to use more than 4 GB of RAM.

If you run Winver.exe and it reports more than 4 GB of memory, then the PAE specification is being used.

The /PAE switch in the C:\boot.ini file enables PAE, but some servers with hot plug memory enable PAE when the /PAE switch is NOT set in the C:\boot.ini file, unless the /NOPAE switch is set. The /NOPAE switch in the C:\boot.ini file disables PAE.

To verify that the /PAE switch is enabled on your server:

NOTE: The follow scriplet uses GetMEM.bat and VarLen.bat.

set PAE=0x0
:: NOTE: PAE is enabled when PAE=0x1
call :getPAE>nul 2>&1 
if "%PAE%" NEQ "0x0" (
 @echo PAE is enabled on %ComputerName%. Memory is %MB% MB.
) ELSE (
 @echo PAE is NOT enabled on %ComputerName%. Memory is %MB% MB.
)
. . .
. . .




:getPAE
call GetMem MB
set key="HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management"
for /f "Tokens=2*" %%a in ('reg query %key% /V PhysicalAddressExtension^|find "REG_DWORD"') do (
 set PAE=%%b
)
goto :EOF

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