Intel RST Installation and User Guide

1 Document Number: xxxxxx-001 Intel Rapid Storage Technology ( Intel RST) Release with Intel Optane Memory Installation and User Guide Includes Latest Updates For the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Release Version with Intel Optane Memory Support Revision 001 July 2020 2 User Guide You may not use or facilitate the use of this document in connection with any infringement or other legal analysis concerning Intel products described herein. You agree to grant Intel a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to any patent claim thereafter drafted which includes subject matter disclosed herein. No license (express or implied, by estoppel or otherwise) to any intellectual property rights is granted by this document. Intel technologies features and benefits depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software or service activation.

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3 Contact your Intel representative to obtain the latest Intel product specifications and roadmaps. Copies of documents which have an order number and are referenced in this document may be obtained by calling 1-800-548- 4725 or visit Intel , Intel Optane, Thunderbolt, and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the and/or other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 2020 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. User Guide 3 Contents 1 Document Overview .. 8 Purpose and Scope .. 8 Intel Optane Memory Support .. 8 Intel RST Premium Feature Support .. 8 2 Intel Rapid Storage Technology .. 9 Overview .. 9 RAID Levels .. 9 Supported Platforms .. 11 Supported Operating Systems .. 11 3 Intel RST software .. 12 4 Intel Optane Memory and Storage Management UI.

4 13 Introduction .. 13 Getting Started .. 13 Understanding the Application .. 13 Storage System Status .. 15 Storage System View .. 15 Manage .. 16 Create Volume .. 18 RAID 0 .. 18 RAID 1 .. 20 RAID 5 .. 22 RAID 10 .. 24 Intel Optane Memory .. 26 Enabling Intel Optane Memory Volume .. 27 Disabling Intel Optane Memory Volume .. 31 User Pinning of Files/ 32 Pin Files and Folders .. 33 Pin Applications .. 34 Performance .. 35 Settings .. 35 About .. 36 Additional Operations in Intel Optane Memory and Storage Management UI .. 37 Adding Disk to Array .. 37 Creating Matrix Array .. 39 Deleting RAID Volume .. 41 Marking a Disk as Spare .. 42 Clearing Metadata .. 44 5 System Acceleration with Intel Optane Memory .. 46 Limitations .. 46 Hardware limits .. 46 Functional Limits.

5 47 Minimum Requirements .. 48 Intel Optane Memory .. 48 Intel Optane Memory H Series with Solid State Storage .. 48 4 User Guide Operating System .. 49 Intel Optane Memory Ready Logo: Intel RST 5MB Metadata Requirement .. 49 User Pinning of Files/Folders/Applications .. 49 Overview .. 49 Minimum Requirements .. 50 Pinning Using Intel Optane Memory and Storage Management UI .. 50 Pinning Using Intel Optane Memory UI .. 53 Pinning Using Intel RST UI .. 54 User Pinning Using Windows* File Explorer Application .. 56 Configuring Intel Optane Memory (Post-Factory Build Environment1) .. 62 Enabling Intel Optane Volume on a Brand-New System .. 62 System Upgrade (Windows*10 OS Already Installed) .. 72 System Upgrade (Windows* 10 OS Already Installed with BIOS in AHCI Mode).

6 80 Intel Optane Memory Member Disk Upgrades .. 83 Slow Disk (SATA HDD, SSD, SSHD) Upgrade/Replacement .. 83 Intel Optane Memory Module Upgrade/Replacement .. 85 Managing Intel Optane Memory .. 87 During the OS Runtime .. 87 I/O Error Handling .. 89 Host I/O Failures .. 89 Intel RST I/O Failures: .. 90 Missing Media 91 Events .. 94 Fast Media: Block Cache Errors .. 95 Intel Optane Memory Member Disk Failures Requiring Replacement of Disk .. 96 Slow Disk (SATA HDD, SSD, SSHD) Replacement .. 96 Intel Optane Memory Module Replacement .. 97 6 Creating a RAID Volume .. 99 Minimum Requirements .. 99 Feature Limitations .. 99 Using Intel Optane Memory and Storage Management UI .. 99 Using Intel Rapid Storage Technology UI .. 99 Using Intel RST Legacy Option ROM User Interface.

7 100 Using Intel Rapid Storage Technology UEFI User Interface .. 101 7 Deleting a RAID Volume .. 106 Using Intel Optane Memory and Storage Management UI .. 106 Using Intel RST User Interface Utility .. 106 Using Option ROM User Interface .. 106 Using Intel RST UEFI User Interface .. 107 8 Common RAID Setup Procedures .. 108 Build a SATA RAID 0, 1, 5 or 10 System .. 108 Using Legacy OROM User Interface .. 108 Using UEFI HII User Interface .. 109 Building a RAID Ready 110 Migrating RAID 0 or RAID 1 on Existing RAID Ready System .. 110 Migrating Existing Data Hard Drive to a RAID 0 or RAID 1 Volume .. 111 User Guide 5 Migrating from One RAID Level to Another .. 112 Creating RAID Volume on Intel SATA Controller While Booting to Different Controller .. 113 9 RAID Volume Data Verification and Repair Feature.

8 114 Verifying and Repairing Volume 114 Verifying and Repairing Scheduler .. 114 10 Un- Installation .. 116 Un-Installing Intel RST software (Except RAID Driver) .. 116 Un-Installing Intel Optane Memory and Storage Management UI (Except RAID Driver) .. 116 Disabling RAID Driver by Disabling RAID Controller .. 117 11 Intel Rapid Storage Technology UI .. 118 Introduction .. 118 Getting Started .. 118 Understanding the Application .. 121 Notification Area .. 123 Storage System Status .. 124 Understanding the Status .. 124 Storage System View .. 125 Creating a Volume .. 127 Volume Requirements .. 128 Creation Process .. 129 Creating Additional Volumes .. 133 Managing the Storage System .. 135 Managing Arrays .. 135 Managing Volumes .. 139 Managing Disks .. 153 Managing Ports.

9 159 Managing ATAPI Devices .. 159 Managing Solid-State Hybrid Drives (SSHD) .. 159 Preferences .. 160 12 Glossary .. 162 Glossary .. 164 13 Troubleshooting .. 170 Failed 170 Degraded Volumes .. 173 Other Volume States .. 176 Disk Events .. 181 Caching Issues .. 184 software Errors .. 188 UI Error Handling .. 189 6 User Guide Tables Table 6-1. Disk, Volume, and Array Maximum Limitations .. 99 Figures Figure 5-1. Intel Optane Optimization Process .. 72 User Guide 7 Revision History Document Number Revision Number Description Revision Date xxxxxx 001 Initial releaseJuly 2020 Document Overview 8 User Guide 1 Document Overview Purpose and Scope This document will assist customers in evaluating, testing, configuring, and enabling Intel Optane Memory, RAID 0/1/5/10, and AHCI functionality on Intel -based platforms using the Intel Rapid Storage Technology ( Intel RST) software for the chipset components as listed in the product s file.

10 This document also describes Installation procedures, caching acceleration techniques, other Intel RST features, RAID volume management such as creating, deleting, and modifying volumes, common usage models, and any special notes necessary to enable customers to develop their Intel RST-compatible computer systems. Intel Optane Memory Support Minimum requirements How to enable How to manage User pinning Intel RST Premium Feature Support RAID 0/1/5/10 Intel Rapid Storage Technology User Guide 9 2 Intel Rapid Storage Technology Intel Rapid Storage Technology ( Intel RST) provides added performance and reliability for supported systems equipped with serial ATA (SATA) hard drives (HDD s) and/or solid state drives (SSD s) and PCIe* AHCI/NVMe* SSD s to enable an optimal PC storage solution.