Gigabyte C246N-WU2 - Installing an Intel Optane Memory

3. ThenbrowsetotheUSBashdriveandselectthelocationofthedriver.Thelocationofthedriverisas
follows:\IRST\f6py-x64
4. When a screen as shown, select Intel(R) NVMe Controller and click Next to load the driver and continue
the OS installation.
3-2 Installing an Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory
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Conguration and make sure iRSTe Support and Use RST Legacy OROM
is disabled. If you want to enable the Optane
™
memory installed in the M2A connector, set PCIe Storage
Device on Port 9 to RST Controlled.
3. Enter the operating system, launch the Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology utility from the Start menu, and
then enable Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory on the Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory screen.
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
®
Optane
™
Memoryhasbeenenabled.Ifyouwanttoacceleratethesystemdrive,youcanselectspecicfolders,les,
or applications to accelerate using the Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory Pinning function. (The Optane
™
memory
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
™
memory.Doingsowillcausetheoperatingsystemtostop
functioning correctly.
• If you want to change/remove the Optane
™
memory, you must disable it using the Intel
®
Rapid
StorageTechnologyorIntel(R)Optane
™
Memoryapplicationrst.
• After enabling the Optane
™
memory, the related BIOS settings will remain even after a BIOS update.
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