Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC NVDIMM-N Persistent Memory User Guide
- Introduction
- Change list
- NVDIMM-N Overview
- Hardware
- BIOS
- iDRAC NVDIMM-N Management
- Server Behavior with NVDIMM-Ns
- DIMM Configuration Changes
- Windows
- Linux
- ESXi
- General Errata
Figure 34. Datastores
Supported Guest OSes with NVDIMM support
● Windows Server 2016 Build 14393 and above
● Windows 10 Anniversary Update Version 1607 and above
● RedHat Enterprise Linux 7.4 and above
● SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP2 and above
● Photon OS 1.0 Revision 2 and above
● CentOS 7.4 and above
● Ubuntu 17.04 and above
Overall Health Status
Health status of the NVDIMM-N modules is represented in a tabular column of the Modules and Namespace section of the ESXi
interface. Please take corrective action as indicated in the table below.
Redundant Table:
Table 15. Health status of the NVDIMM-N modules
Status Action
Normal None
Maintenance Needed Please consult ESXi, SEL, and Lifecycle logs for instructions to troubleshoot the
NVDIMM-N status.
All data loss in the event of power loss 1. Do not shut off the system. Migrate data from the NVDIMM-N to another
location as soon as possible.
2. After the NVDIMM-N data is successfully migrated, consult ESXi, SEL and
Lifecycle logs for instructions to troubleshoot the NVDIMM-N status.
3. Confirm the battery is healthy.
Operational and Diagnostics Logging information
ESXi has many available logs to diagnose system behavior located in the “Monitor” section of the user interface. You can also
create a complete Support Bundle here which will aggregate all logs into a simple link for download.
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