The below document provides the ipmctl command management tool for use in diagnostics of Intel® Optane™ persistent memory. This document can be used as training material as well.
Command-line diagnostic topics include:
- What version Intel® Optane™ persistent memory Mgmt SW is installed?
- Display help for IPMCTL commands, using namespaces as an example.
- What are the total PMem memory resources, and what is the current configured mode?
- What is the health of each Intel® Optane™ persistent memory?
- What is the DIMM topology and population?
- What is the total amount of memory currently mapped to each socket?
- Which DIMMs make up each persistent memory region?
- Which firmware version is loaded on Intel® Optane™ persistent memory?
- What sensors are available on the Intel® Optane™ persistent memory modules?
- Is the current PMem configuration valid?
- How to run diagnostics on a specific PMem, such as DIMM ID 0x0001.
Intel® Optane™ Persistent Memory (DCPMM) - Diagnostics (PDF)
Date: January 2020