Compatible Operating Systems with Intel® Optane™ Persistent Memory (PMem) 100 Series

Content Type: Compatibility | Article ID: 000032860 | Last Reviewed: 07/01/2025

Intel® Optane™ Persistent Memory

This is the list of the compatible operating systems with the Intel® Optane™ Persistent Memory 100 Series and its operating modes.

Note

The operating systems listed below have been verified by Intel and do not reflect the operating system vendor support.
Contact the respective operating system vendor to confirm the release version that provides the proper support for the Intel® Optane™ Persistent Memory 100 Series.
For operating systems not listed below, use open source code to generate necessary files.
Refer to the following article if you are looking for the operating systems compatible with the Intel® Optane™ Persistent Memory 200 Series: Compatible Operating Systems with Intel® Optane™ Persistent Memory 200 Series.

OS Version	Memory Mode	App Direct Mode	Dual Mode
RHEL* 7.5	Yes	No	No
Ubuntu* 16.04 LTS	Yes	No	No
Windows Server* 2016	Yes	No	No
Windows Server 2016 LTSC	Yes	No	No
Oracle* Linux* 7.6 with UEK R5 Update 2	Yes	Yes	No
VMware* vSphere 6.7 EP10	Yes	Yes	No
CentOS* 7.6 or later	Yes	Yes	Yes
RHEL 7.6 or later	Yes	Yes	Yes
SLES* 12 SP4 or later	Yes	Yes	Yes
SLES 15 or later	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ubuntu 18.10 or later	Yes	Yes	Yes
VMWare* ESXi 6.7 U1 or later	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows 10 Pro for Workstation Version 1809 or later	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows Server 2019 LTSC	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows Server 2019	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows Server 2022 LTSC	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows Server 2022	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows Server 2025	Yes	Yes	Yes

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