Chapter 1: Introduction
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System requirements
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Terminology
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Chapter 2: Change list
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Chapter 3: Hardware
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Server hardware configuration
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DIMM installation and removal
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PMem hardware configuration
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PMem recommended topologies
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Processor type and maximum memory limits
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PMem mixing and population rules
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Chapter 4: BIOS
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BIOS configuration setting for Intel PMem
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DIMM discovery
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App-direct mode configuration
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Create goal
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Region information
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Memory mode configuration
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Create goal
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Chapter 5: PMem event reporting
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Event message ID encoding
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Events during boot time
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Chapter 6: iDRAC Intel PMem management
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iDRAC GUI
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PMem firmware version
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PMem hardware status
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PMem goal configuration using iDRAC GUI
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PMem remaining rated write endurance
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Chapter 7: PMem security
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Memory mode
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App-direct
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Cryptographic erase and PMem sanitize
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Crypto erase
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Sanitize
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Chapter 8: DIMM configuration changes
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Contents
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