User Manual

Chapter 6: Intel
®
Optane™ DC Persistent Memory Conguration6-2
6.1 Working with Intel
®
Optane™ DC persistent
memory
The motherboard supports Intel
®
Optane™ DC persistent memory that can be congured to
operate as memory modules (Memory Mode) or storage devices (App Direct mode).
6.1.1 DCPMM operating systems (OS) and virtual machine
monitor (VMM)
Software Product General Availability and full DCPMM Feature Support
Windows
Windows Server 2019
Windows
Windows 10 Pro for Workstations
VMWare
VMWare ESXi - TTM with CLX/DCPMM
Red Hat
Future RHEL 7 update
SUSE
SLE15
SLE-12-SP4
Canonical
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Ubuntu 18.10
KVM
Linux KVM
6.1.2 Setting up Intel
®
Optane™ DC persistent memory as
memory modules
To set up the Intel
®
Optane™ DC persistent memory as memory modules:
1. Install the memory modules into the DIMM sockets.
Refer to the System memory section for more information on the Intel
®
Optane™ DC
persistent memory population table.
2. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST.
3. Go to Advanced > Intel(R) Optane(TM) DC Persistent Memory Conguration >
Regions > Create goal cong.
4. Under Memory Mode [%], set the value to 100.
5. Select Create goal cong, then press <Enter>.
6. Press <F10> to save your changes and exit the BIOS Setup to complete.
To check your total memory size, go to Advanced > Intel(R) Optane(TM) DC Persistent
Memory Conguration > Total capacity.