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PMem installation: App Direct Mode

In this mode, PMem act as independent and persistent memory resources directly accessible by specific applications, and DRAM DIMMs act as system memory.

App Direct Mode - one processor

Table 1. App Direct Mode with one processor
D: DRAM DIMMs P: Persistent Memory Module (PMem)
Configuration	Processor 1
Configuration	1	2	3	4		5	6	7	8
1 PMem and 6 DIMMs	D	D	D			P	D	D	D
2 PMems and 6 DIMMs	D	D	D	P		P	D	D	D

Table 2. Supported PMem capacity in App Direct Mode with one processor
Total PMems	Total DIMMs	Processor Family	128 GB PMem	256 GB PMem	512 GB PMem
1	6	L	√	√	√
		M	√	√	√
		Other	√	√	√
2	6	L	√	√
		M	√	√
		Other	√	√

App Direct Mode - two processors

Table 3. App Direct Mode with two processors
D: DRAM DIMMs P: Persistent Memory Module (PMem)
Configuration	Processor 1										Processor 2
Configuration	1	2	3	4		5	6	7	8		9	10	11	12		13	14	15	16
1 PMem and 12 DIMMs	D	D	D			P	D	D	D		D	D	D				D	D	D
2 PMems and 12 DIMMs	D	D	D			P	D	D	D		D	D	D			P	D	D	D
4 PMems and 12 DIMMs	D	D	D	P		P	D	D	D		D	D	D	P		P	D	D	D

Table 4. Supported PMem capacity in App Direct Mode with two processors
Total PMems	Total DIMMs	Processor Family	128 GB PMem	256 GB PMem	512 GB PMem
1	12	L	√	√	√
		M	√	√	√
		Other	√	√	√
2	12	L	√	√	√
		M	√	√	√
		Other	√	√
4	12	L	√	√	√
		M	√	√
		Other	√

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App Direct Mode - one processor
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