Users Guide

Installation
Dump the RHEL ISO onto the USB stick via dd command.
# dd if=/home/dell/RHEL7.3.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M conv=noerror,sync
BIOS boots the Linux kernel from USB.
Follow the on-screen steps to finish installing RHEL.
After the installation is completed, reboot the server.
For detailed installation instructions, please refer to https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Installation_Guide/index.html
Verify Existing Filesystem
Press PowerOn button on the server
When the OS is up running,
$ su
Verify contents stored on NVDIMM-Ns
# cat /mnt/nvdimm0
# shutdown
Read-Only Mode NVDIMM-N
Press PowerON button on the server
Follow the guidance in Section 4 to setup BIOS.
Enable the Persistence Memory, disable “NVDIMM Interleave”, enable “NVDIMM Read-Only”.
When OS is up and running,
$ su
To see whether it is writable
# touch /mnt/nvdimm0/write.txt
# shutdown
Interleave
For R740/R640, insert NVDIMM-Ns in memory slots of both CPU Sockets. For this example 6 NVDIMM-Ns are installed on
CPU0, and 6 are installed on CPU1.
Interleave Setup
Press PowerOn button on the server
Follow the guidance in Section 4 to setup BIOS.
Enable the Persistence Memory, enable “NVDIMM Interleave”, disable “NVDIMM Read-Only”.
Install RHEL or start OS if it is already installed
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