Intel Optane M Series User Manual

Intel® Optane™ Memory
May 2019 Installation Guide
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3. Slow media (disk to be accelerated): Only a single pass-through disk can be accelerated.
The acceleration of RAID volumes or other multiple disk configurations is not supported.
Please see below for supported slow media options:
 SATA HDD – single pass-through
 SATA SSD – single pass-through
 SSHD – single pass-through
Note:
 Slow media can contain the Operating system (“System Drive Acceleration”) or only data (“Data Drive
Acceleration”/DDA)
 Only one Intel® Optane™ memory volume is allowed per system. If more than one volume is detected
during boot, the second volume will be placed offline.
Intel® Optane™ Memory H Series
This product is only available as part of a complete system purchased through your local retailer/online system
vendor. For a sampling of some products available please visit:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/memory-storage/optane-memory/optane-memory-h10-
solid-state-storage.html
When purchased, the system will be configured and enabled properly to ‘pair’ the Intel® Optane™ memory portion
of the device with the Intel® QLC NAND portion of the device.
If there are issues or a need to disable acceleration, (reinstall the OS, Backup data, etc), it is recommended to
work with your system vendor due to customizations specific to the platform before beginning.
Details provided in this document are for reference for experienced users only.
1. The system will contain the Intel® Optane™ memory H Series device. It contains both the “fast media” and
“slow media” on the same module.
a. The module will be located in an M.2 connector that supports PCIe x4. This slot will NOT be
remapped in the system BIOS (see Section 1.2.2.2)
b. Note: Until acceleration is enabled (as defined in Section 2.1.1) the operating system will show both
portions of the device as individual storage devices. Using the module in this state is not validated or
supported; results are not guaranteed.
2. The device cannot be used to accelerate storage devices other than the Intel® QLC 3D NAND present on
the device.
Note: The slow media (on the Intel® Optane™ memory H Series) can contain the Operating system (“System Drive
Acceleration”) or only data (“Data Drive Acceleration”/DDA)
Note: Only one Intel® Optane™ memory volume is allowed per system. If more than one volume is detected
during boot, the second volume will be placed offline.
Driver/BIOS
Intel® Optane™ Memory / Intel® Optane™ Memory M-Series
1. UEFI-compliant system BIOS that includes the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) pre-OS UEFI
driver version 15.5.0.2875 release or later
Note: For best compatibility, Intel recommends having the same baseline (i.e. 15.x) pre-OS driver in the system
BIOS as the Intel® RST Windows runtime driver version (see item 4 below).

Intel Optane M Series Specifications

General

Brand	Intel
Model	Optane M Series
Category	Computer Hardware
Language	English