topic Re: need 2.x firmware and ipmctl 2.x in Intel® Optane™ Memory

need 2.x firmware and ipmctl 2.x

LyleEpstein — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 05:07:30 GMT

Hi. I am an Intel Partner and I have an Intel S2600WFT server board with firmware 17 (last one released when discontinued) with four Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory modules Apache Pass (≈126 GiB each). They are currently running firmware 01.02.00.5446 and ipmctl 1.x.

When enabling 2LM Memory Mode under Windows Server Datacenter 2025, the system experiences a BSOD (storport.sys). When configuring PMem for 2LM Memory Mode (MemoryMode=100), the server BSODs on boot.

Crash dump shows storport.sys fault during early initialization.

BIOS set to Volatile Memory Mode → 2LM.

Reverting to 1LM (DRAM only) boots fine.

I need the latest 02.x firmware for these PMem DIMMs and the matching ipmctl 2.x Windows package, which Intel documentation indicates resolves this known issue.

Re: need 2.x firmware and ipmctl 2.x

LyleEpstein — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 05:10:17 GMT

I forgot:

These are the current specs of my Intel Server S2600WF L9 build.

S2600WFT

2 Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6230 CPU

Memory:192 GB DDR4 DRAM (standard DIMMs)

4 × Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory DIMMs, 126 GiB each (≈504 GiB total)

0x0001 | 126.4 GiB | Healthy | 0 | Disabled | 01.02.00.5446

0x0101 | 126.4 GiB | Healthy | 0 | Disabled | 01.02.00.5446

0x1001 | 126.4 GiB | Healthy | 0 | Disabled | 01.02.00.5446

0x1101 | 126.4 GiB | Healthy | 0 | Disabled | 01.02.00.5446

Memory Resources:

Capacity=505.6 GiB

MemoryCapacity=0.0 GiB

AppDirectCapacity=504.0 GiB

UnconfiguredCapacity=0.0 GiB

InaccessibleCapacity=1.6 GiB

ReservedCapacity=0.0 GiB

Please provide:

Latest Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory Firmware (02.x branch) for Apache Pass DIMMs.

Matching ipmctl 2.x Windows package (management tool + driver).

This firmware/tool combination is documented to resolve 2LM boot issues on modern Windows Server kernels.

Re: need 2.x firmware and ipmctl 2.x

LyleEpstein — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 05:15:30 GMT

I realized I posted in the wrong forum. Sorry. I reposted in correct one now.