Intel® Optane™ Memory M Series
February 2021
Installation & User Guide
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System BIOS Settings
UEFI-compliant system BIOS that includes the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) pre-OS UEFI driver
version 15.5.0.2875 or greater. Check with the system vendor to confirm this support and current version
included in the BIOS on your system.
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.
The 11
th
Generation Intel® Core™ Processors enabled support for Intel® VMD. This changes the way the BIOS is
configured for Intel® Optane™ memory devices vs. earlier platforms. This section will separate these into Intel®
VMD capable and Non-Intel® VMD capable. Check with the system vendor to determine if your
platform/processor is Intel® VMD capable or not. The differences between these two platform setups for Intel®
Optane™ memory are summarized in Section 1.3.
In both cases, Intel® Optane™ memory only supports UEFI, make sure the Boot Settings are set properly before
installation of the OS.
3.1
Non-Intel® VMD Capable Platforms
This section describes the specific BIOS settings that must be set on systems that do not support Intel® VMD.
This would include all Intel® Optane™ memory capable platforms before the 11
th
Generation Core™ Processor
Platforms. See the following for more details:
Software and Platform Support for Intel® Optane™ Memory
Note:
The field names and menu locations in the BIOS may vary depending on the vendor, confirm the location in
the manufacturer’s user guide/support site.
