ipmctl
ipmctl is a utility for configuring and managing Intel Optane DC persistent memory modules (PMM).
It supports functionality to:
- Discover PMMs on the platform.
- Provision the platform memory configuration.
- View and update the firmware on PMMs.
- Configure data-at-rest security on PMMs.
- Monitor PMM health.
- Track performance of PMMs.
- Debug and troubleshoot PMMs.
ipmctl refers to the following interface components:
- libipmctl: An Application Programming Interface (API) library for managing PMMs.
- ipmctl: A Command Line Interface (CLI) application for configuring and managing PMMs from the command line.
- ipmctl-monitor: A monitor daemon/system service for monitoring the health and status of PMMs.
Packages
ipmctl is available on Fedora.
EPEL 7 packages can be found at: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/jhli/ipmctl
OpenSUSE and SLES packages can be found at: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:jhli/ipmctl
libsafec
ipmctl requires libsafec as a dependency.
libsafec is available on Fedora.
EPEL 7 packages can be found at: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/jhli/safeclib/
OpenSUSE and SLES packages can be found at: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:jhli/safeclib
Ubuntu packages can be found at: https://launchpad.net/~jhli/+archive/ubuntu/libsafec
Alternately, -DSAFECLIB_SRC_DOWNLOAD_AND_STATIC_LINK=ON to download sources and statically link to safeclib
libndctl
ipmctl depends on libndctl (ndctl-libs).
It can be found here https://github.com/pmem/ndctl if not available as a package.
Build
Linux
The latest stable Linux kernel version available is recommended.
libsafec-devel is required to build, see above for package location.
ndctl package is required.
All other dependencies are widely available.
mkdir output && cd output
cmake -DRELEASE=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/ ..
make -j all
sudo make install
build artifacts can be found in output/release
To build RPMs:
./rpmbuild.sh xx.xx.xx.xxxx
The RPMs will be in output/rpmbuild/RPMS/
Windows
Install the Windows RS5 (Build >17650) Driver Development Kit. See https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windowsinsiderpreviewSDK for access if it's not externally available at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/download-the-wdk. Make sure that winioctl.h is available after installation.
Install VS2017
Open as a CMake project