Installation Guide for Intel® Optane™ Memory

Intel® Optane™ Memory is a system acceleration solution for the new 7th Gen Intel® Core™ processor-based platforms or later. This solution uses Intel® Optane™ Technology, based on 3D XPoint™ memory media, along with the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) driver. It accelerates slower SATA-based storage devices like HDD, SSHD, or SATA SSD.

This guide includes information on how to:

• Set up and configure Intel Optane memory.
• Install the Intel Optane memory module and Intel RST driver.
• Enable and disable via the Intel Optane memory user interface.
• Enable and disable via the Intel RST user interface.
• Troubleshoot issues.

This guide does NOT include information on how to:

• Use the Pinning Feature with Intel® RST 16.5 drivers or later. To see more information about this capability, see Pinning a File, Folder or Application for System Acceleration with Intel® Optane™ Memory.

Intel® Optane™ Memory Installation and User Guide (PDF)
File name: intel-optane-memory-user-installation.pdf
Size: 3.19 MB
Date: September 2017
Revision: 2

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