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@@ -123,4 +123,4 @@ The default user name and password for the web UI is 'vagrant'.
 
     Copy and paste this kernel version in the group_vars/all to update the kernel version in the `build_kernel_ver` variable.
 
-3. If you encounter an issue with nodes_vivify role in updating the slurm status on nodes, specifically the error `slurm_update error: Invalid node state specified`. Please increase the compute node memory to 6GB in your Virtual Box.
+	3. If you encounter an issue with nodes_vivify role in updating the slurm status on nodes, specifically the error `slurm_update error: Invalid node state specified`. Please increase the compute node memory. For example if you're using 4GB already increase the memory to 6GB in your Virtual Box.