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ESXi, Set up, Storage, Modules

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11 ESXi Topics: • Set up • Storage • Supported Guest OSes with NVDIMM support • Overall Health Status • Operational and Diagnostics Logging information • NVDIMM-N Errors • ESXi Errata Set up Beginning with ESXi version 6.7 NVDIMM-N hardware is supported. The NVDIMM-N devices will be detected on startup with autogenerated namespaces. All NVDIMM-N devices will have capacity pooled into a single logical memory array for access by ESXi virtual machines. NVDIMM-N Hardware is now supported on ESXi 6.7U1. Features and functionality should be identical to ESXi 6.7 Firmware requirements: Table 13. Firmware requirements Firmware T640, R640, R740, R740XD, R940 Minimum Required Versions R840, R940xa MX740c, MX840c IDRAC 3.15.15.15 3.19.19.19 3.20.20.20 BIOS 1.3.7 1.1.1 1.0.0 NVDIMM-N 9324 9324 9324 Please locate your product on support.dell.com to locate update packages for any of these firmware bundles. Hardware requirements: ESXi currently only supports NVDIMM-N hardware when the host system has an Intel Xeon™ Gold (51xx, 61xx) or Platinum (81xx) processor SKUs. Silver and Bronze SKUs are not sufficient for ESXi solution support at this time, but may be added in the future. For BIOS Setup, default Persistent Memory settings can be used. However, both Non-Interleaved and Interleaved settings are supported by ESXi. When adding a new VM to the ESXi host, follow these steps: 1. Click on "Add other device" and select "NVDIMM" from the menu. 2. Select the total capacity in MB of persistent memory you wish to expose to the VM. • Size should not exceed total NVDIMM-N capacity in the host system. Storage Modules Below picture shows how the NVDIMM-N devices will appear in the Persistent Memory tab under the Storage heading in the left menu bar. The first column is an ID to uniquely identify the NVDIMM-N in the event the information is needed for troubleshooting. The next column indicates free space and it is expected to be "0 B" for all NVDIMM-N devices that are fully mapped and operated correctly. Health should be Normal. Detailed explanation of Health section is provided in "Overall health Status" below. 48 ESXi

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ESXi
Topics:
•
Set up
•
Storage
•
Supported Guest OSes with NVDIMM support
•
Overall Health Status
•
Operational and Diagnostics Logging information
•
NVDIMM-N Errors
•
ESXi Errata
Set up
Beginning with ESXi version 6.7 NVDIMM-N hardware is supported. The NVDIMM-N devices will be detected on startup with auto-
generated namespaces. All NVDIMM-N devices will have capacity pooled into a single logical memory array for access by ESXi virtual
machines.
NVDIMM-N Hardware is now supported on ESXi 6.7U1. Features and functionality should be identical to ESXi 6.7
Firmware requirements:
Table 13. Firmware requirements
Firmware
Minimum Required Versions
T640, R640, R740, R740XD, R940
R840, R940xa
MX740c, MX840c
IDRAC
3.15.15.15
3.19.19.19
3.20.20.20
BIOS
1.3.7
1.1.1
1.0.0
NVDIMM-N
9324
9324
9324
Please locate your product on
support.dell.com
to locate update packages for any of these firmware bundles.
Hardware requirements:
ESXi currently only supports NVDIMM-N hardware when the host system has an Intel Xeon™ Gold (51xx, 61xx) or Platinum (81xx)
processor SKUs. Silver and Bronze SKUs are not sufficient for ESXi solution support at this time, but may be added in the future.
For BIOS Setup, default Persistent Memory settings can be used. However, both Non-Interleaved and Interleaved settings are supported
by ESXi.
When adding a new VM to the ESXi host, follow these steps:
1.
Click on “Add other device” and select “NVDIMM” from the menu.
2.
Select the total capacity in MB of persistent memory you wish to expose to the VM.
•
Size should not exceed total NVDIMM-N capacity in the host system.
Storage
Modules
Below picture shows how the NVDIMM-N devices will appear in the Persistent Memory tab under the Storage heading in the left menu
bar. The first column is an ID to uniquely identify the NVDIMM-N in the event the information is needed for troubleshooting. The next
column indicates free space and it is expected to be “0 B” for all NVDIMM-N devices that are fully mapped and operated correctly. Health
should be Normal. Detailed explanation of Health section is provided in “Overall health Status” below.
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