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Intel Optane Persistent Memory and SAP HANA Platform User guide

  • Hello! This document is a User's Guide for the Intel Optane Persistent Memory 200 Series configuration on Supermicro X12SPx/X12Dxx/X12Qxx motherboards. It details the installation, configuration, and operation of the PMem modules, including Memory Mode and App Direct Mode. I’m ready to answer your questions about the content.
  • What are the two operation modes supported by Intel PMem 200 Series?
    What is a 'Region' in the context of PMem?
    What is a 'Namespace' in PMem?
    What are the maximum speeds of the memory?
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            
            
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 2           
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Chapter 3           
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 1 Introduction
 
 
 
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Chapter 2 Intel PMem 200 Series Installation
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 
 
 
 
Chapter 3 Conguring Intel PMem 200 Series Using BIOS
 


Chapter 4 Conguring Intel PMem 200 Series Settings Using Open Source
Utilities
 44


Super Intel® Optane™Persistent Memory 200 Series Conguration User's Guide
Chapter 1
Introduction
           


1.1 Intel® Persistent™ Memory 200 Series Overview
®TM

    


             

1.2 Intel PMem 200 Series Operation Modes

              

Memory Mode (Volatile Memory)

           


           


App Direct Mode (Non-Volatile Memory)
         
            

          
             
Chapter 1: Introduction
          

Note:          

1.3 Basic Terminology of PMem Provisioning
             
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Region
                

               
    



            

Label/Label Storage Area (LSA)
           

           
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Namespace

              
             
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             
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   
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
              

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Super Intel® Optane™Persistent Memory 200 Series Conguration User's Guide


Types of Namespaces

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• 
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• 
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• 
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1.4Specications
Operating Speed

Capacity

AdditionalSpecications
           
         

ECC
            


           
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Chapter 1: Introduction

                

SDDC


              



DDDC



Patrol scrubbing
        

               


Demand scrubbing




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Super Intel® Optane™Persistent Memory 200 Series Conguration User's Guide
Operating System Support

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
Processor Platform Support

• 
Motherboard Platform Support
•        

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Chapter 2: Intel PMem 200 Series Installation
Chapter 2
Intel PMem 200 Series Installation
2.1 Static-Sensitive Devices



Precautions
• 
• 
• 

• 
• 
• 

•         

Unpacking

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Super Intel® Optane™Persistent Memory 200 Series Conguration User's Guide
2.2 Persistent Memory Installation Sequence
Important:          
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
  

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

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
            
             
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Persistent Memory Population Requirements
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 
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
 
 
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 

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 

 

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 
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Chapter 2: Intel PMem 200 Series Installation
Maximum Memory Capacity Supported on a Platform


RestrictionsonMemoryCongurationSettings
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
 
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 
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Super Intel® Optane™Persistent Memory 200 Series Conguration User's Guide
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•               
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•                  

Validation Matrix (DDR4 DIMMS with PMem 200 Series Modules)
DIMM Type
Ranks Per DIMM
& Data Width
(Stack)
DIMM Capacity (GB)
DRAM Density
8Gb 16Gb
RDIMM
(up to 3200)
  
  
  
  
RDIMM 3DS
(up to 3200)
  
  
LRDIMM (up to 3200)   
LRDIMM 3DS
(up to 3200)
  
  
Legend (for the table above)
DDR4 Type and Capacity
DDR4 
Capacity
PMem 
PMem 200 Series Population Table for X12SPx Motherboards
Note:            
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PMem 200 Series Population Table for X12SPx 8-DIMM Motherboards
DDR4+PMem Mode DIMMA1 DIMMB1 DIMMC1 DIMMD1 DIMME1 DIMMF1 DIMMG1 DIMMH1
4+4 AD
MM
 PMem  PMem  PMem  PMem
PMem  PMem  PMem  PMem 
6+1 AD
PMem  DDR4    
 PMem     
  PMem    
   PMem   
   PMem   
 -   PMem  
     PMem 
      PMem
2.3 PMem Population for the X12SPx Motherboards
           

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Chapter 2: Intel PMem 200 Series Installation
PMem 200 Series Population Table for X12Dxx Motherboards (with 16 Slots)
Note:            
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2.4 PMem Population for the X12Dxx Motherboards
           

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•               

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•                  

Validation Matrix (DDR4 DIMMS with PMem 200 Series Modules)
DIMM Type
Ranks Per DIMM
& Data Width
(Stack)
DIMM Capacity (GB)
DRAM Density
8Gb 16Gb
RDIMM
(up to 3200)
  
  
  
  
RDIMM 3DS
(up to 3200)
  
  
LRDIMM (up to 3200)   
LRDIMM 3DS
(up to 3200)
  
  
Legend (for the table above)
DDR4 Type and Capacity
DDR4 
Capacity
PMem 
PMem 200 Series Population Table for X12Dxx 16-DIMM Motherboards (within 1 CPU socket)
DDR4+PMem Mode AD Interleave P1-
DIMMF1
P1-
DIMME1
P1-
DIMMH1
P1-
DIMMG1
P1-
DIMMC1
P1-
DIMMD1
P1-
DIMMA1
P1-
DIMMB1
4+4 AD
MM
One - x4 PMem  PMem   PMem  PMem
One - x4  PMem  PMem PMem  PMem 
6+1 AD One - x1
  -  PMem  
-      PMem
  PMem   - 
PMem       -
   -PMem   
 -    PMem 
   PMem -  
 PMem     -
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Super Intel® Optane™Persistent Memory 200 Series Conguration User's Guide
Validation Matrix (DDR4 DIMMS with PMem 200 Series Modules)
DIMM Type
Ranks Per DIMM
& Data Width
(Stack)
DIMM Capacity (GB)
DRAM Density
8Gb 16Gb
RDIMM
(up to 3200)
  
  
  
  
RDIMM 3DS
(up to 3200)
  
  
LRDIMM (up to 3200)   
LRDIMM 3DS
(up to 3200)
  
  
Legend (for the table above)
DDR4 Type and Capacity
DDR4 
Capacity
PMem 
PMem 200 Series Population Table for X12Dxx Motherboards (with 18 Slots)
Note: ®TM

• 
• 
• 
• 
•               

• 
•                  

PMem 200 Series Population Table for X12Dxx 18-DIMM Motherboards (within 1 CPU socket)
DDR4+PMem Mode AD
Interleave
P1-
DIMMF1
P1-
DIMME1
P1-
DIMMH1
P1-
DIMMG1
P1-
DIMMC1
P1-
DIMMD1
P1-
DIMMA1
P1-
DIMMB2
P1-
DIMMB1
4+4 AD
MM
One - x4 PMem  PMem   PMem  -PMem
One - x4  PMem  PMem PMem  PMem -
6+1 AD One - x1
  -  PMem  -
-      -PMem
  PMem   - -
PMem       - -
   -PMem   -
 -    PMem -
   PMem -  -
 PMem     - - 
8+1 AD One - x1        PMem 
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Chapter 2: Intel PMem 200 Series Installation
Validation Matrix (DDR4 DIMMS with PMem 200 Series Modules)
DIMM Type
Ranks Per DIMM
& Data Width
(Stack)
DIMM Capacity (GB)
DRAM Density
8Gb 16Gb
RDIMM
(up to 3200)
  
  
  
  
RDIMM 3DS
(up to 3200)
  
  
LRDIMM (up to 3200)   
LRDIMM 3DS
(up to 3200)
  
  
Legend (for the table above)
DDR4 Type and Capacity
DDR4 
Capacity
PMem 
PMem 200 Series Population Table for X12Dxx Motherboards (with 20 Slots)
Note:®TM

• 
• 
• 
• 
•               

• 
•                  

PMem 200 Series Population Table for X12Dxx 20-DIMM Motherboards (within 1 CPU socket)
DDR4+PMem Mode AD Interleave P1-
DIMMF1
P1-
DIMME1
P1-
DIMMH1
P1-
DIMMG1
P1-
DIMMC2
P1-
DIMMC1
P1-
DIMMD1
P1-
DIMMA1
P1-
DIMMB1
4+4 AD
MM
One - x4 PMem  PMem   PMem  PMem
One - x4  PMem  PMem PMem  PMem 
6+1 AD One - x1
    PMem  
      PMem
  PMem     
PMem      
   PMem   
     PMem 
   PMem   
 PMem     
8+1 AD One - x1
    PMem    
        
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Super Intel® Optane™Persistent Memory 200 Series Conguration User's Guide
Legend (for the table above)
DDR4 Type and Capacity
DDR4 
Capacity
PMem 
PMem 200 Series Population Table for X12Dxx Motherboards (with 32 Slots)
Note:®TM

• 
• 
• 
• 
•               

• 
•                  

PMem 200 Series Population Table for X12Dxx 32-DIMM Motherboards (within 1 CPU socket)
DDR4+
PMem Mode AD Inter-
leave
P1-
DIMMF1
P1-
DIMMF2
P1-
DIMME1
P1-
DIMME2
P1-
DIMMH1
P1-
DIMMH2
P1-
DIMMG1
P1-
DIMMG2
P1-
DIMMC2
P1-
DIMMC1
P1-
DIMMD2
P1-
DIMMD1
P1-
DIMMA2
P1-
DIMMA1
P1-
DIMMB2
P1-
DIMMB1
4+4 AD
MM
One - x4 PMem  PMem   PMem  PMem
One - x4  PMem  PMem PMem  PMem  
6+1 AD One - x1
          PMem    
              PMem
  PMem          
PMem              
      PMem      
            PMem  
      PMem      
 PMem            
8+1 AD One - x1
            PMem   
        PMem       
  PMem            
       PMem        
          PMem     
              PMem 
 PMem              
   PMem          
8+4 AD
MM
One - x4   PMem   PMem PMem   PMem   
Two - x2   PMem  PMem   PMem  PMem   
Two - x2  PMem    PMem PMem      PMem 
One - x4  PMem   PMem   PMem   PMem 
8+8 AD, MM One - x8  PMem  PMem  PMem  PMem PMem  PMem  PMem  PMem 
12+2 AD One - x2
PMem             PMem
    PMem     PMem    
  PMem         PMem  
      PMem PMem      
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Chapter 2: Intel PMem 200 Series Installation
Validation Matrix (DDR4 DIMMS with PMem 200 Series Modules)
DIMM Type
Ranks Per DIMM
& Data Width
(Stack)
DIMM Capacity (GB)
DRAM Density
8Gb 16Gb
RDIMM
(up to 3200)
  
  
  
  
RDIMM 3DS
(up to 3200)
  
  
LRDIMM (up to 3200)   
LRDIMM 3DS
(up to 3200)
  
  
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Super Intel® Optane™Persistent Memory 200 Series Conguration User's Guide
PMem 200 Series Population Table for X12Qxx Motherboards (with 48
Slots)
Note:            

2.5 PMem Population for the X12Qxx Motherboards
           

PMem 200 Series Population Table for the 4-Way X12Qxx Motherboards with 48 DIMM Support (with
48 DIMM Slots Installed)
Symmetric Population
2-2-2 (ForChannelConguration:2-2-2)
Modes
CPU1 P1-DIMMF1 P1-DIMMF2 P1-DIMME1 P1-DIMME2 P1-DIMMD1 P1-DIMMD2 P1-DIMMA2 P1-DIMMA1 P1-DIMMB2 P1-DIMMB1 P1-DIMMC2 P1-DIMMC1
AD  PMem  PMem  PMem PMem  PMem  PMem 
CPU2 P2-DIMMF1 P2-DIMMF2 P2-DIMME1 P2-DIMME2 P2-DIMMD1 P2-DIMMD2 P2-DIMMA2 P2-DIMMA1 P2-DIMMB2 P2-DIMMB1 P2-DIMMC2 P2-DIMMC1
AD  PMem  PMem  PMem PMem  PMem  PMem 
CPU3 P3-DIMMF1 P3-DIMMF2 P3-DIMME1 P3-DIMME2 P3-DIMMD1 P3-DIMMD2 P3-DIMMA2 P3-DIMMA1 P3-DIMMB2 P3-DIMMB1 P3-DIMMC2 P3-DIMMC1
AD  PMem  PMem  PMem PMem  PMem  PMem 
CPU4 P4-DIMMF1 P4-DIMMF2 P4-DIMME1 P4-DIMME2 P4-DIMMD1 P4-DIMMD2 P4-DIMMA2 P4-DIMMA1 P4-DIMMB2 P4-DIMMB1 P4-DIMMC2 P4-DIMMC1
AD  PMem  PMem  PMem PMem  PMem  PMem 
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