Installing An Intel ® Optane ™ Memory - Gigabyte C246N-WU2 User Manual

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3. Then browse to the USB flash drive and select the location of the driver. The location of the driver is as
follows: \IRST\f6flpy-x64
4. When a screen as shown, select Intel(R) NVMe Controller and click Next to load the driver and continue
the OS installation.
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Installing an Intel
System Requirements
1. Intel
Optane
memory
®
2. The Optane
memory must have at least 16 GB capacity, and it must have equal or smaller capacity than
the hard drive/SSD to be accelerated.
3. The Optane
memory cannot be used to accelerate an existing RAID array; the accelerated hard drive/SSD
cannot be included in a RAID array.
4. The hard drive/SSD to be accelerated must be a SATA hard drive or M.2 SATA SSD.
5. The hard drive/SSD to be accelerated can be a system drive or data drive. The system drive must be GPT
formatted and have Windows 10 64-bit (or later version) installed on it. The data drive must also be GPT
formatted.
6. The motherboard driver disc
Installation Guidelines
Installation in Intel RST Premium With Intel Optane System Acceleration mode
1. After system restarts, go to the BIOS Setup, make sure CSM Support under the BIOS menu is disabled.
2. Go to Peripherals\SATA And RST Configuration and make sure
is disabled. If you want to enable the Optane
Device on Port 9 to RST Controlled.
3. Enter the operating system, launch the Intel
then enable Intel
Optane
®
4. Then select which drive to be accelerated. Click Enable. Follow the on-screen instructions to proceed. When
completed, restart the system.
5. Launch the Intel
Rapid Storage Technology utility from the Start menu and make sure the Intel
®
Memory has been enabled. If you want to accelerate the system drive, you can select specific folders, files,
or applications to accelerate using the Intel
used must have at least 32 GB capacity.)
• An Optane
memory cannot be used to accelerate an M.2 PCIe SSD.
• Do not abruptly remove the Optane
functioning correctly.
• If you want to change/remove the Optane
Storage Technology or Intel(R) Optane
• After enabling the Optane
Optane
Memory
®
memory installed in the M2A connector, set PCIe Storage
Rapid Storage Technology utility from the Start menu, and
®
Memory on the Intel
Optane
®
Optane
Memory Pinning function. (The Optane
®
memory. Doing so will cause the operating system to stop
memory, you must disable it using the Intel
Memory application first.
memory, the related BIOS settings will remain even after a BIOS update.
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Use RST Legacy OROM
iRSTe Support and
Memory screen.
Optane
®
memory
Rapid
®

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