Deployment Guide

System BIOS
23 Setting up BIOS on 15th Generation (15G) Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers | 508
Menu Item
Options
Description
NVDIMM Read-Only
• Disable
• Enable
When set to enable, the NVDIMM-N Persistent
Memory is set to protected mode. Any write
operation to the persistent memory region is not
saved.
NVDIMM Factory
Reset and Secure
Erase All Dimms
• Disable
• Enable
Resets all the NVDIMM-N Persistent Memory in
the system to their factory default state and
erases all NVDIMM-N Data.
Warning: All contents are lost after saving and
exiting the Setup menu.
NVDIMM Interleave
• Disable
• Enable
Enabling this setting interleaves the NVDIMM-N
Persistent memories on a per-processor basis.
When interleaving is enabled, memory
performance increases. However, if one NVDIMM-
N fails, the data in all the interleaved NVDIMM-N
Persistent memories is lost.
When interleaving is disabled, if one NVDIMM-N
fails, the data in other NVDIMM-N Persistent
Memories remains intact.
NVDIMM Factory
Reset and Secure
Erase
• Disable
• Enable
This option is per-DIMM based and it is available
after the information of each NVDIMM-N
Persistent Memory.
Reset an NVDIMM-N Persistent Memory to its
factory default state, and then erase the NVDIMM-
N data.
Warning: All contents in the NVDIMM-N
Persistent Memory is lost if changes are saved
when exiting the BIOS setup.
Info items
Description
Battery Status
Indicates the battery status—Present-Ready, Present-Offline, or Not Present.
NVDIMM Memory
Location
Indicates the slot location of the NVDIMM-N Persistent Memory. This location is printed
next to each DIMM Slot on the main system board.
NVDIMM Memory
Size
The size of the NVDIMM-N Persistent Memory module located at the NVDIMM Memory
Location.
NVDIMM Memory
Speed
The speed of the NVDIMM-N Persistent Memory module located at the NVDIMM
Memory Location.
NVDIMM Memory
Firmware Version
The Firmware Version of the NVDIMM-N Persistent Memory module located at the
NVDIMM Memory Location.
NVDIMM Memory
Serial Number
The serial number of the NVDIMM-N Persistent Memory module located at the NVDIMM
Memory Location.
Remain Rated Write
Endurance [%]
The percent of healthy persistent memory of the NVDIMM-N Persistent Memory module
located at the NVDIMM Memory Location.