User Manual

6-3Z11PA-D8 Series
6.1.3 Setting up Intel
®
Optane™ DC persistent memory as
storage devices (Windows)
To set up the Intel
®
Optane™ DC persistent memory as storage devices:
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 0.
5. Select Create goal cong, then press <Enter>.
6. Press <F10> to save your changes and exit the BIOS Setup.
To check your total memory size, go to Advanced > Intel(R) Optane(TM) DC Persistent
Memory Conguration > Total capacity.
7. Boot your system into the Windows OS.
To check whether the system has correctly detected your Intel
®
Optane™ DC persistent
memory, go to Device Manager > Memory Devices.
8. Launch Windows PowerShell(Admin).
9. Type the following to check which region corresponds to which CPU socket:
Get-PmemUnusedRegion
Ensure to keep track which region corresponds to which CPU socket.
10. Type the following to create a Pmem disk on a designated region:
Get-PmemUnusedRegion [region number] | New-PmemDisk
Example: Get-PmemUnusedRegion 1 | New-PmemDisk
11. Type the following to check the available Pmem disks:
Get-PmemDisk
12. Type the following to initialize the disk:
Initialize-Disk -Number [disk number]
Example: Initialize-Disk -Number 1