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
DCPMM hardware configuration..................................................................................................................................... 8
DCPMM Recommended Topologies..........................................................................................................................8
CPU type and maximum memory limits.................................................................................................................. 15
DCPMM mixing and population rules...................................................................................................................... 15
Chapter 4: BIOS...........................................................................................................................16
BIOS configuration setting for Intel DCPMM............................................................................................................. 16
DIMM discovery............................................................................................................................................................16
App-direct mode configuration....................................................................................................................................... 17
Create goal.....................................................................................................................................................................17
Region information.......................................................................................................................................................18
Memory mode configuration.......................................................................................................................................... 20
Create goal....................................................................................................................................................................20
Chapter 5: DCPMM event reporting............................................................................................. 21
Events during runtime.......................................................................................................................................................21
Events during boot time................................................................................................................................................... 21
Chapter 6: iDRAC Intel DCPMM management.............................................................................. 25
iDRAC GUI...........................................................................................................................................................................25
DCPMM firmware version.........................................................................................................................................25
DCPMM hardware status..........................................................................................................................................25
DCPMM goal configuration using iDRAC GUI...................................................................................................... 26
DCPMM remaining rated write endurance............................................................................................................27
Chapter 7: DCPMM security ....................................................................................................... 28
Memory mode.................................................................................................................................................................... 28
App-direct........................................................................................................................................................................... 28
Cryptographic erase and DCPMM sanitize.................................................................................................................29
Crypto erase................................................................................................................................................................. 30
Sanitize.......................................................................................................................................................................... 30
Chapter 8: DIMM configuration changes......................................................................................32
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