The following conditions must be fulfilled before you enable base FRM:
ESXi
7.0 must be deployed on one of the following PowerEdge servers:
Table 1. PowerEdge serversThis table describes the list of compatible PowerEdge servers.
yx3x PowerEdge servers
yx4x PowerEdge servers
yx5x PowerEdge servers
R930
R940xa
R750xa
R830
R940
R750
R730xd
R840
R650
R730
R740xd
MX750c
R630
R740
C6520
T630
R640
M830
T640
M630
MX840c
FC830
MX840c
FC630
MX740c
FC640
The BIOS version on your system must be 1.0.4 or later for yx3x Dell EMC PowerEdge servers.
The memory modules must be populated on the memory channels to support Mirror Mode. For more information, see your system Owner’s Manual at
www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals.
You need vSphere Enterprise or Enterprise Plus licensing to enable the VMware Reliable Memory technology. To enable the VMware Reliability Memory feature, you must have the vSphere Enterprise or Enterprise Plus license on your server.
To enable FRM on your system, do the following:
Start the system and when the
Dell EMC logo is displayed, press F2 to display the
Setup menu. After the system boot is completed, the
System BIOS configuration menu is displayed.
Using the up-arrow and down-arrow keys, select the
System Setup options, and then select the
Memory Settings screen.
Select
Dell Fault Resilient Mode as
Memory Operating Mode.
CAUTION: It is recommended that you do not modify other settings unless you are familiar with the settings. Modifying settings could cause your system to fail to boot or function properly.
Press Enter, and follow the on-screen instructions to save these changes.
Restart your system.
NOTE: No further configuration changes are required for ESXi to use the reliable memory region.