Intel® Optane™ Solid State Drive 900P Series Installation Guide October 2017 Order Number: 336637-001US
Intel® Optane™ Solid State Drive 900P Series Ordering Information Contact your local Intel sales representative for ordering information. Revision History Revision Number 001 Description Initial release Revision Date October 2017 Intel technologies’ features and benefits depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. Performance varies depending on system configuration. No computer system can be absolutely secure.
Intel® Optane™ Solid State Drive 900P Series Contents Revision History .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2 1 Overview ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Intel® Optane™ Solid State Drive 900P Series 1 Overview This guide describes how to install the Windows* operating system into the Intel® Optane™ SSD 900P Series, as a bootable medium in the computing platform. Note: Datacenter usage, workloads or environments are not supported and will invalidate the warranty for the Intel® Optane™ SSD 900P Series.
Intel® Optane™ Solid State Drive 900P Series 2 System Requirements Software 2.1.1 Determining Compatibility The information and instructions in this guide apply to Intel® SSD’s that utilize the PCIe* with NVMe* Interface. Check that you have the latest instructions and compatibility information before attempting to install the Intel® SSD. Setting up the NVMe SSD as the boot drive is not supported on every system configuration. Specific requirements must be met for a successful boot.
Intel® Optane™ Solid State Drive 900P Series 2.1.3 Operating System Compatibility Operating System compatibility is dependent on the availability of the NVMe driver. Specifically, later Windows* operating systems contain NVMe driver support in the latest versions of the OS. Windows 10* is recommended as it offers the most feature support. Table 3: Windows Compatibility OS Support Additional Notes Windows 10 Supported Native NVMe support with Microsoft ‘in-box’ drivers Windows 8.
Intel® Optane™ Solid State Drive 900P Series 3 UEFI Configuration and Setup Enabling the Compatibility Support This is an example of how to configure the BIOS for CSM support in addition to configuring the boot options to enable UEFI.
Intel® Optane™ Solid State Drive 900P Series 4 Windows Install Process Windows 8 and Windows 10 The Windows 8.1* and Windows 10* operating systems offer native support for Intel® SSDs that utilize the PCIe* with NVMe* interface and have a standard installation process. Follow these steps for proper installation: 1. Ensure that your BIOS is configured to EFI (see section 2.2.2) 2.
Intel® Optane™ Solid State Drive 900P Series 4.2.1 USB 3.0 Driver Inject Note: USB 3.0 drivers are backward compatible with USB 2.0. Intel recommends using the DISM commands within the Command Prompt For the GUI method, you can use applications such as Intel’s Windows 7* USB 3.0 Creator Utility: (https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/25476/Windows-7-USB-3-0-Creator- Utility?product=89190) Using the DISM commands, the provided USB drivers must be injected into the windows 7 ISO image.
Intel® Optane™ Solid State Drive 900P Series 7. Modify the “install.wim” file by running these commands: dism /mount-wim /wimfile:install.wim /index:3 /mountdir:mount dism /image:mount /add-package: [Path of the USBDriver files] i.e C:\Win7USB\USBDriver dism /get-packages /image:mount dism /unmount-wim /mountdir:mount /commit 8. Modify the “boot.wim” file by running these commands dism /mount-wim /wimfile:boot.
Intel® Optane™ Solid State Drive 900P Series 5 Installation System Confirmation After the drive boots on its own, then it is confirmed that the drive will boot as a bootable medium. For further management, SSD utility software tools are provided. Intel® SSD Toolbox The Intel® Solid State Drive Toolbox (Intel® SSD Toolbox) is drive management software that allows you to view current drive information for Intel® Solid State Drives (Intel® SSDs).
