Dell Products Inc.

Amber Hokama

Ching-Lung Chao

Hung-Tah Wei

A virtual non-volatile memory system includes a BIOS coupled to a non-volatile storage system and a volatile memory system. The BIOS designates a portion of the volatile memory system as a virtual NVDIMM, reserves a portion of the non-volatile storage system for storing virtual NVDIMM data, reports the virtual NVDIMM to an operating system using an ACPI NFIT, and emulates an NVDIMM controller. When a virtual NVDIMM storage event occurs, the BIOS copies data from the portion of the volatile memory system designated as the virtual NVDIMM to the portion of the non-volatile storage system reserved for storing virtual NVDIMM data. When the BIOS subsequently determines that a virtual NVDIMM recovery event has occurred, it copies the data stored in the portion of the non-volatile storage system reserved for storing virtual NVDIMM data to the portion of the volatile memory system designated as the virtual NVDIMM.

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