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Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series
Contents
1
Overview .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 4
1.1
About this Document ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.2
Minimum Requirements ................................................................................................................................................................................. 4
1.3
Intel® Volume Management Device (Intel® VMD) Support ........................................................................................................ 5
1.4
Limitations/Things to Keep in Mind ........................................................................................................................................................ 5
2
System Configuration Setup .......................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.1
New System Build and Setup ...................................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.2
Upgrade Current System by Adding Intel® Optane™ Memory Device ................................................................................ 7
3
System BIOS Settings....................................................................................................................................................................... 9
3.1
Non-Intel® VMD Capable Platforms ........................................................................................................................................................ 9
3.2
Intel® VMD Capable Platforms ................................................................................................................................................................. 11
4
Operating System Installation .................................................................................................................................................... 12
4.1
Requirements: .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
5
Intel® Optane™ Memory Capable Applications ...................................................................................................................... 13
5.1
Intel® Optane™ Memory and Storage Management Application ........................................................................................ 13
6
Additional Features/Capabilities ............................................................................................................................................... 22
6.1
Data Drive Acceleration (DDA) ................................................................................................................................................................. 22
6.2
Pinning.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
7
Troubleshooting ............................................................................................................................................................................. 24
7.1
Device Detection Issues ............................................................................................................................................................................... 24
7.2
Cache Rebuild Occurs on Reboot .......................................................................................................................................................... 24
7.3
Hardware Failure .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 24
8
Error Related to Last Partition Resizing ................................................................................................................................... 27
9
Verify/Make Changes to Drive Partition Structure (MBR vs GPT) .................................................................................... 28
9.1
Verify Current Drive Partition Structure ............................................................................................................................................. 28
9.2
Convert from MBR to GPT with MBR2GPT.exe ............................................................................................................................. 29
10
Windows Recovery Environment .............................................................................................................................................. 30
10.1
Preparing the Windows 10 OS Recovery (Advanced) ............................................................................................................... 30
11
Legacy Intel® RST/Optane™ Memory Applications ............................................................................................................... 34
11.1
Intel® Optane™ Memory Application .................................................................................................................................................... 34
11.2
Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Application ................................................................................................................................ 47
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Enabling Acceleration .......................................................................................................................................................... 14
Disabling Acceleration ......................................................................................................................................................... 18
Uninstalling the Application ............................................................................................................................................. 20
Hardware/Software Requirements .............................................................................................................................. 22
Enable/Disable Acceleration ............................................................................................................................................ 22
Fast Media Missing At Boot ............................................................................................................................................... 24
Slower Media Missing at Boot ......................................................................................................................................... 25
Media Failure and Data Recovery .................................................................................................................................. 25
Media Replacement Procedure ...................................................................................................................................... 25
Enabling Acceleration .......................................................................................................................................................... 38
Disabling Acceleration ......................................................................................................................................................... 41
Uninstalling the Application ............................................................................................................................................. 43
Enabling Acceleration .......................................................................................................................................................... 51
Disabling Acceleration ......................................................................................................................................................... 54
Uninstalling the Application ............................................................................................................................................. 56
Installation & User Guide
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