System requirements for HPE Persistent Memory module support

IMPORTANT:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends that you implement best practice configurations for high availability (HA) such as clustered configurations.

Before installing HPE Persistent Memory modules, make sure that the following components and software are available:

  • A supported HPE ProLiant Gen10 server or Synergy compute module using second-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors. For more information, see the product QuickSpecs on the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website (https://www.hpe.com/support/persistentmemoryQS).

  • HPE DDR4 Standard Memory RDIMMs or LRDIMMs (the number will vary based on your chosen configuration).

  • Supported firmware and drives:
    • System ROM version 2.10 or later

    • Server Platform Services (SPS) Firmware version 04.01.04.296

    • HPE iLO 5 Firmware version 1.43

    • HPE Innovation Engine Firmware version 2.1.x or later

      Download the required firmware and drivers from the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website (https://www.hpe.com/info/persistentmemory).

  • A supported operating system:
    • Windows Server 2012 R2 with persistent memory drivers from Hewlett Packard Enterprise

    • Windows Server 2016 with persistent memory drivers from Hewlett Packard Enterprise

    • Windows Server 2019

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 and later

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 and later

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 and later

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 with SUSE-SU-2019:0224-1 or later kernel update

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 with SUSE-SU-2019:1550-1 or later kernel update

    • VMware vSphere 6.7 U2 + Express Patch 10 (ESXi670-201906002) or later (supports App Direct and Memory modes)

    • VMware vSphere 6.5 U3 or later (supports Memory mode)

  • Hardware and licensing requirements for optional encryption of the HPE Persistent Memory modules:
    • HPE TPM 2.0 (local key encryption)

    • HPE iLO Advanced License (remote key encryption)

    • Key management server (remote key encryption)

For more information, see the HPE Persistent Memory User Guide on the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website (https://www.hpe.com/info/persistentmemory-docs).