Users Guide

Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................. 5
System requirements..........................................................................................................................................................5
Terminology...........................................................................................................................................................................6
Chapter 2: Change list...................................................................................................................7
Chapter 3: Hardware..................................................................................................................... 8
Server hardware configuration.........................................................................................................................................8
DIMM installation and removal......................................................................................................................................... 8
PMem hardware configuration......................................................................................................................................... 8
PMem recommended topologies................................................................................................................................8
Processor type and maximum memory limits........................................................................................................ 13
PMem mixing and population rules.......................................................................................................................... 13
Chapter 4: BIOS...........................................................................................................................15
BIOS configuration setting for Intel PMem................................................................................................................. 15
DIMM discovery............................................................................................................................................................15
App-direct mode configuration.......................................................................................................................................16
Create goal.................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Region information....................................................................................................................................................... 17
Memory mode configuration........................................................................................................................................... 19
Create goal.................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Chapter 5: PMem event reporting................................................................................................ 21
Event message ID encoding............................................................................................................................................ 21
Events during boot time.................................................................................................................................................. 23
Chapter 6: iDRAC Intel PMem management.................................................................................26
iDRAC GUI...........................................................................................................................................................................26
PMem firmware version.............................................................................................................................................26
PMem hardware status..............................................................................................................................................26
PMem goal configuration using iDRAC GUI.......................................................................................................... 27
PMem remaining rated write endurance................................................................................................................28
Chapter 7: PMem security .......................................................................................................... 29
Memory mode.................................................................................................................................................................... 29
App-direct........................................................................................................................................................................... 29
Cryptographic erase and PMem sanitize.....................................................................................................................30
Crypto erase.................................................................................................................................................................. 31
Sanitize........................................................................................................................................................................... 31
Chapter 8: DIMM configuration changes......................................................................................33
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