Gigabyte Z590 VISION D - Installing Intel Optane Memory

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Conguring a RAID Set
3-3 Installing Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory and Storage Management
Step 1:
After entering the operating system, insert the motherboard driver
disc into your optical drive. On the Xpress Install screen, select
Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory and Storage Management to install and
follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. When
completed, restart the system.
Step 2:
After you install the included motherboard drivers, make sure your
Internet connection works properly. The system will automatically
install the software from Intel
®
.Restartthesystemafterthedriver
is installed.
A. Enabling an Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory
A-1. 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.
7. TheSATAcontrollermustsetinIntelRSTPremiumWithIntelOptaneSystemAccelerationmode.
Step 1:
Go to Settings\IOPorts\SATAAndRSTConguration
and make sure RST Control PCIe Storage Devices
is set to Manual. Then depending on which M.2
connector you install the Optane
™
memory in, set the
corresponding PCIe Storage Dev on Port XX item to
RST Controlled.
Step 2:
After re-entering the operating system, launch the
Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory and Storage Management
application from the Start menu. If you install more
than one Optane
™
memory, please select which one
you are going to use. Then select which drive to be
accelerated. Click Enable Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory.
All data on the Optane
™
memory will be erased. Make
sure you back up the data before continuing. Follow the
on-screen instructions to proceed. When completed,
restart the system.
A-2. Installation Guidelines