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Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series
Installation and User Guide
February 2021
Document Number: 345866-002US

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  • Page 1 Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series Installation and User Guide February 2021 Document Number: 345866-002US...
  • Page 2 No product or component can be absolutely secure. Your costs and results may vary. © Intel Corporation. Intel, the Intel logo, and other Intel marks are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Limitations/Things to Keep in Mind ................................ 5 System Configuration Setup ................................7 New System Build and Setup ..................................7 Upgrade Current System by Adding Intel® Optane™ Memory Device ................7 System BIOS Settings..................................9 Non-Intel® VMD Capable Platforms ................................ 9 Intel®...

  • Page 4: Overview

    Intel® Optane™ memory is a system acceleration solution that can be used to increase responsiveness on supported Intel platforms. This solution uses the Intel® Optane™ memory media that is based on Intel® Optane™ technology, along with the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) driver. It is a dual-media solution (fast media for caching + slower media for storage capacity) that is presented to the host OS as a single SSD when properly enabled.

  • Page 5: Intel® Volume Management Device (Intel® Vmd) Support

    Section 2.2 for options to check the partition structure and make changes if needed. • Only one Intel® Optane™ memory volume is allowed per system. If more than one volume is detected during boot, the second volume will be placed offline.
  • Page 6 Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series • When installing the Windows OS, make sure to leave an “Unallocated” space with a minimum of 5 MB at the end of the disk (max LBA). This space is required for any drive that is being accelerated (i.e. the System Disk or Data Drive).

  • Page 7: System Configuration Setup

    Section 1.2, specific settings must be made in the system BIOS. To make setup easy, follow the steps and actions below depending on if this is a new system build or an Intel® Optane™ memory device being added to an existing system, i.e. setup with OS installed.
  • Page 8 SATA Mode = Intel® RST Premium…. ii. Remapping = Enable This must be enabled for the ports where the Intel® Optane™ memory device and supported PCIe NVMe SSDs for acceleration (if applicable) are installed. iii. If settings do not match as noted above, the following options are available: Option 1: Backup all data and start the process as outlined in Section 2.1 with...

  • Page 9: System Bios Settings

    OS. Non-Intel® VMD Capable Platforms This section describes the specific BIOS settings that must be set on systems that do not support Intel® VMD. This would include all Intel® Optane™ memory capable platforms before the 11 Generation Core™ Processor Platforms.
  • Page 10 Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series Step 1: After enabling UEFI in the Boot Settings, set the SATA Mode to Intel® RST Premium… Step 2: Make sure that remapping for the port (PCIe connector) that contains the Intel® Optane™ memory device is Enabled.

  • Page 11: Intel® Vmd Capable Platforms

    Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series Intel® VMD Capable Platforms This section describes the specific BIOS settings that must be set on systems that support Intel® VMD. The 11 Generation Core™ Processors enabled this support with Intel® RST driver version 18.0.1.x and greater. See the following for specific support: Software and Platform Support for Intel®...

  • Page 12: Operating System Installation

    Microsoft Windows installation package. During the OS installation, any drives that have been enabled in the BIOS for Intel® VMD management will not be detected until a supported driver is loaded, following are Instructions on how to do this.

  • Page 13: Intel® Optane™ Memory Capable Applications

    Intel® Optane™ Memory and Storage Management Application This section provides an overview of the steps to configure the Intel® Optane™ memory capable device with the Intel® Optane™ Memory and Storage Management application on a computer with the operating system already installed on a platform that meets the requirements outlined in Section 1.2.

  • Page 14: Enabling Acceleration

    Open the application and you will see the storage devices and volumes currently contained in the system in the ‘Manage’ tab. Navigate to the Intel® Optane™ Memory tab, where you will see the current state of the volume. The drop- down menu will display the available Intel® Optane™ memory combinations that can be selected.
  • Page 15 Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series Click the Enable Intel® Optane™ Memory button: Confirm understanding that all data will be removed from the Intel® Optane™ memory, click Enable: February 2021 Installation & User Guide 345866-002US...
  • Page 16 A restart is required once volume creation is complete; to do so click Restart. If the module contains at least 32 GB of Intel® Optane™ memory capacity, just before entering the OS you may see a screen that shows some finishing details of the enabling process. This is related to the scheduling of data cache and is not supported on 16 GB devices.
  • Page 17 Management. The individual drives will no longer be visible in these windows. Devices with 32 GB or more Intel® Optane™ memory capacity, will have additional features such as Pinning and Optimization (cache) scheduling available. For these devices the ‘Intel® Optane™ Memory’ page will look like the following image: February 2021 Installation &...

  • Page 18: Disabling Acceleration

    Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series Disabling Acceleration Open the application and navigate to the Intel® Optane™ Memory tab and click Disable: Confirm that you wish to disable acceleration; click Disable. Installation & User Guide February 2021 345866-002US...
  • Page 19 Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series Acceleration is being disabled. The Intel® Optane™ memory ‘fast media’ and the ‘slower media’ are being separated (un-paired). Once complete, click Restart. February 2021 Installation & User Guide 345866-002US...

  • Page 20: Uninstalling The Application

    Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series Uninstalling the Application Verify that acceleration has been disabled before uninstalling the user interface (UI). Right-click on the Windows start menu and click Apps and Features. Installation & User Guide February 2021 345866-002US...
  • Page 21 Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series Search for Optane and click Uninstall. Once complete, a system restart is required. § February 2021 Installation & User Guide 345866-002US...

  • Page 22: Additional Features/Capabilities

    This section covers additional features/capabilities provided by Intel® Optane™ memory capable applications. Data Drive Acceleration (DDA) Data drive acceleration, or DDA, is the capability to accelerate – with Intel® Optane™ memory -- a ‘slower media’ which does not contain an operating system, only data.

  • Page 23: Pinning

    Pinning enables customized responsiveness by allowing the selection of specific files, folders, and applications to be accelerated. Pinning is supported on 32 GB or greater capacity Intel® Optane™ memory devices only. • See additional information about the Pinning feature here: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000028779.html...

  • Page 24: Troubleshooting

    Fast Media Missing At Boot If the system boots and the Intel® Optane™ memory media is not detected by the Intel® RST UEFI driver, the driver will protect the current data on the drive by disabling it and not exposing it to the boot manager. This gives the user an opportunity to take additional steps to determine what the issue may be.

  • Page 25: Slower Media Missing At Boot

    This allows the user the opportunity to take additional steps to determine what the issue may be. In this state, the system is not bootable and the Intel® Optane™ memory module will be set to a ‘Disabled’ state in the UEFI/BIOS. It is recommended that the end user power down the platform and try one or all the following to resolve this issue.
  • Page 26 Re-enable Acceleration Depending on the application being used to manage the volume, follow the steps in one of the sections listed below: Section 5.1.1: Intel® Optane™ Memory and Storage Management Application Section 11.1.3: Intel® Optane™ Memory Application iii) Section 11.2.1: Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Application §...

  • Page 27: Error Related To Last Partition Resizing

    Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series 8 Error Related to Last Partition Resizing At least 5 MB of continuous unallocated space must be left free for the Intel® RST package to use for metadata when building and for management of the Intel® Optane™ memory volume.

  • Page 28: Verify/Make Changes To Drive Partition Structure (Mbr Vs Gpt)

    9 Verify/Make Changes to Drive Partition Structure (MBR vs GPT) System acceleration with Intel® Optane™ memory devices is only supported with drives that are formatted with the GPT (GUID Partition Table) partition structure. Depending on how your system’s operating system was originally installed, this structure may be the Legacy MBR (Master Boot Record) supported on previous Windows versions.

  • Page 29: Convert From Mbr To Gpt With Mbr2Gpt.exe

    Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series Convert from MBR to GPT with MBR2GPT.exe Requirements: • Windows 10 Creators Update x64 (Version 1703, Build 10.0.15063) or later. • A computer able to boot UEFI. In the BIOS setup, you should see options for UEFI boot. Confirm with your computer manufacturer for support.

  • Page 30: Windows Recovery Environment

    This section steps through the process of preparing a Windows 10 OS image for Windows* Recovery. ‘Injecting’ the Intel® RST driver into the OS Recovery Image/tools before installing the OS allows for the possible recovery of a system in the event of damage to the OS image.
  • Page 31 Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series From the Windows 10 USB Install key, copy the install.wim file from the “sources” directory to the working directory C:\Win10USB. Open a Command Prompt as Administrator and change to the working directory (e.g. cd C:\Win10USB).
  • Page 32 /image:windows /add-driver /driver:drivers /forceunsigned /recurse 10. Mount the Windows Recovery Image: dism /mount-image /imagefile:c:\Win10USB\windows\windows\system32\recovery\winre.wim /Index:1 /mountdir:winre 11. Add the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver to the Windows Recovery Image: dism /image:winre /add-driver /driver:drivers /forceunsigned /recurse Installation & User Guide February 2021...
  • Page 33 Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series 12. Un-mount the Windows Recovery Image: dism /unmount-wim /mountdir:winre /commit 13. Un-Mount the Windows Image: dism /unmount-wim /mountdir:windows /commit 14. Copy the updated install.wim in the working directory back to the “sources” directory on the USB install key.

  • Page 34: Legacy Intel® Rst/Optane™ Memory Applications

    Intel® Optane™ Memory and Storage Management application as detailed in Section 5. 11.1 Intel® Optane™ Memory Application This section provides an overview of steps to configure Intel® Optane™ memory with the Intel® Optane™ Memory application on a computer that already contains the Windows 10 Operating System. Some motherboards may require a system BIOS update before the Intel®...
  • Page 35 Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series The following screen informs the user that the driver may be used to control which drive the computer boots from. Click Next to continue. The following screen requires the user to read and accept the License Agreement. The user must check the I accept...
  • Page 36 Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series The following dialog box allows the user to select where on the system the software files will be loaded. The user can either navigate to a location using the Change... button, or use the default provided. The user must click Next to continue the installation.
  • Page 37 Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series At this point in the installation process, the system will need to restart. Once the system has completed the reboot and has entered the OS, the user will be prompted to complete the installation process. This may take several minutes to launch. Click Next to continue.

  • Page 38: Enabling Acceleration

    Intel® Optane™ Memory application. This may take several seconds to appear. Navigate to the Setup tab, where the current status of the volume is displayed. The drop-down menus contain the available Intel® Optane™ memory combinations that can be selected. Select the appropriate combination and click Enable.
  • Page 39 In the Warning dialog box that appears, confirm understanding that all data will be removed from the Intel® Optane™ memory and click Continue. Acceleration is being enabled. The Intel® Optane™ memory ‘fast’ media and the ‘slower’ media are being ‘paired’ into a single volume.
  • Page 40 Once volume creation is complete, a restart is required. Click Restart. If the module contains at least 32GB of Intel® Optane™ memory capacity, you may see a screen that shows some finishing details of the enabling process, just before entering the OS. This is related to the scheduling of data cache and is not supported on 16GB devices.

  • Page 41: Disabling Acceleration

    Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series Once the system has rebooted, enter the application and the volume will be displayed in the ‘Setup’ tab. The volume will also appear in OS system related applications such as ‘Device Manager’ and ‘Disk Management’. The individual drives will no longer be visible in these windows.
  • Page 42 Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series Acceleration is being disabled. The Intel® Optane™ memory ‘fast’ media and the ‘slower’ media are being separated (un-paired). When complete, Click Restart. Installation & User Guide February 2021 345866-002US...

  • Page 43: Uninstalling The Application

    Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series Once the system has rebooted to the OS, open the Intel® Optane™ Memory application and select the Setup tab and verify that the volume is no longer enabled. Uninstalling the Application Verify that acceleration has been disabled before uninstalling the application.
  • Page 44 Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series Click on the Windows Start menu. While the menu is open, begin typing Control Panel to search for ‘Control Panel’. In the Control Panel, under ‘Programs’, select the Uninstall a program link. Installation & User Guide...
  • Page 45 Highlight the Intel® Optane™ Memory application from the list. Click the Uninstall button. After clicking the control panel option to uninstall, the Intel® Optane™ Memory application window below will appear. Click ‘next’ to continue with uninstalling the Intel® Optane™ Memory application.
  • Page 46 Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series The following window provides information about what the Intel® Optane™ memory driver controls on the system. Click ‘Next’ to continue uninstalling the Intel® Optane™ Memory application. The progress bar shows the status of the uninstall process.

  • Page 47: Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Application

    Please click Finish to continue and restart the system. 11.2 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Application This section provides an overview of the steps to configure Intel® Optane™ memory capable devices with the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology application, on a computer with the operating system already installed, on a platform that meets the requirements outlined in Section 1.2.
  • Page 48 Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series The following window provides a brief caution to the user that the driver itself will not be able to be uninstalled after installation completes. The user can click Next to continue the process. The following screen requires the user to read and accept the License Agreement. The user must check the I accept...
  • Page 49 Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series The following screen provides the ReadMe information regarding the options of the SetupRST.exe. The user can click Next to continue with the install. The following screen shows the location where the RST files will be saved to. The user can change the location by clicking the Change button, or continue the install by clicking Next.
  • Page 50 Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series The following screen informs the user for a final time that the software is about to be installed. The user can choose to go ‘Back’, ‘Cancel’ out the installation or click ‘Next’ to continue. The following screen shows the progress of the installation. No user input is required.

  • Page 51: Enabling Acceleration

    Click Finish to restart the system. Enabling Acceleration Acceleration can be enabled through the ‘Status’ page or the ‘Intel® Optane™ Memory’ page. Displayed is the current state of the volume. Select Enable. Under the Storage System View on the right, confirm that both the ‘fast’ media and ‘slower’ media are detected.
  • Page 52 If the words (SYSTEM) appear beside the compatible drive to be accelerated, it means it is the device with the operating system installed on it Acceleration is being enabled. The Intel® Optane™ memory ‘fast’ media and the ‘slower’ media are being ‘paired’ into a single volume.
  • Page 53 Once volume creation is complete, a reboot is required. Click the Reboot button. If the module contains at least 32GB of Intel® Optane™ memory capacity, just before entering the OS you may see a screen that shows some finishing details of the enabling process. This is related to the scheduling of data cache and is not supported on 16GB devices.

  • Page 54: Disabling Acceleration

    Acceleration can be disabled on the ‘Status’ or ‘Intel® Optane™ Memory’ tabs. On the ‘Status’ page, click the Disable link. The user will be presented with a pop up asking to confirm that they want to disable Intel® Optane™ memory. Click Yes to disable and continue.
  • Page 55 Once the volume is disabled, a system reboot from the Windows Start Menu is required. If using the ‘Intel® Optane™ Memory’ tab, a reboot button will appear. Once the system has rebooted into the OS, the user can open the application and verify that the volume is no longer enabled.

  • Page 56: Uninstalling The Application

    Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series Uninstalling the Application Verify that acceleration has been disabled before uninstalling the application. Click on the Windows Start Menu and search for ‘Control Panel’ by typing Control Panel while the menu is open. Installation & User Guide...
  • Page 57 Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series Select the Uninstall a program link, located under ‘Programs’ in the Control Panel. Highlight the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology application from the list. Click the Uninstall option. February 2021 Installation & User Guide 345866-002US...
  • Page 58 Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series At this point, the Intel® RST installer will begin the uninstallation process. Click Next to continue. Click Next to continue uninstalling. The user is given the option to see the process on reconfiguring the system so that it uses the native operating system software. Most uninstalls do not require this step.
  • Page 59 Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series The next window will show a progress bar of the driver installation. Once prompter, click the Finish button to complete the uninstall process. This will cause the system to restart. § February 2021 Installation & User Guide...

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