Intel® Optane™ Memory
Installation Guide May 2019
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1 Overview
Intel® Optane™ memory is a system acceleration solution that can be used to increase responsiveness on
supported Intel platforms. This solution uses the PCIe NVMe 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 + slow media for storage capacity) that is presented to the host OS as a single SSD.
When this new memory media is installed between the processor and slower storage media, the computer can
store commonly used data and programs closer to the processor. In doing so, Intel® Optane™ memory accelerates
your computer’s access to frequently used documents, pictures, videos and application files and remembers
them even after you power it off.
1.1 About this Document
This document provides the platform requirements and installation process for Intel® Optane™ memory products.
Including available applications to manage these devices and the following products:
Intel® Optane™ memory / Intel® Optane™ memory M-series products when paired with a SATA “slow
media” drive (HDD, SSHD, SATA SSD) and
Intel® Optane™ memory H10 with solid state storage (or Intel® Optane™ memory H-series). This device
contains Intel® Optane™ memory media and Intel® QLC 3D NAND media on the same drive
NOTE:
Differences between the setup and settings that apply to only one of the products above will be noted
The Intel® Optane™ memory H-series is only available as part of a complete system purchased through
your local retailer/online system vendor.
o When purchased, the system will be configured and enabled properly to ‘pair’ the Intel®
Optane™ memory portion of the device with the Intel® QLC 3D NAND portion of the device
o If there are issues or a need to disable acceleration it is recommended to work with your
system vendor due to customizations specific to the platform
o Details provided in this document are for reference for experienced users only
1.2 Minimum Requirements
Hardware
Intel® Optane™ Memory / Intel® Optane™ Memory M-Series
For the latest platforms supported please visit
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000026040/memory-and-storage/intel-optane-
memory.html
1. The system should contain at least the minimum system memory required by the operating system.
Consult the computer system and OS vendor for more details.
2. Fast media (cache device): Only one Intel® Optane™ technology NVMe memory module.
An M.2 connector is required for the Intel® Optane™ memory module; it can be down on the
motherboard or on a PCIe adapter card plugged into a remapped PCIe x2 or x4 slot.
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