Dell OptiPlex 7450 User Manual

Dell BIOS for Intel Optane Memory Pre­Installation Guide

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Contents

1 Dell BIOS for Intel Optane Memory Pre-Installation........................................................................................4

2 Additional preparations for systems built before June 2017............................................................................5

3 Downloading the Partition Tweak Script........................................................................................................ 6

4 Running the Partition Tweak Script................................................................................................................7

5 Installing the Intel Rapid Storage Technology (IRST)..................................................................................... 8

6 Getting help................................................................................................................................................. 12

Contacting Dell..................................................................................................................................................................12

Contents 3

Dell BIOS for Intel Optane Memory Pre-

Installation

To add an Intel® Optane™ Memory module to your existing Dell system, you will need to ensure that it meets the following requirements:

• The system has a 7th Generation Intel Core processor (Kaby Lake) or later CPU.

• The operating system is Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Redstone 1 (RS1) Version 1607, or later.

Table 1. Dell system names

Dell Product Name OS Version RST Driver Version BIOS Version

OptiPlex 3050

1.4.4 or laterOptiPlex 5050

OptiPlex 7050

OptiPlex 3050 AIO

OptiPlex 5250 AIO

OptiPlex 7450 AIO

• Win 10 x64 bit Redstone1
(RS1) version 1607 or later.

• GPT partition, UEFI Mode

15.5.0.1051 release or later

1.4.2 or later

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• The system has a SATA 3.0 hard disk drive (HDD) as a primary drive. Solid State Drives, Self-Encrypting Drives, and RAID arrays cannot
be accelerated with Intel Optane.

• Intel Optane Memory Ready Platform List and its OS, IRST driver, and BIOS (Basic Input / Output System) version.

NOTE

: Please refer to the Dell Knowledge Base site and visit the corresponding platform support site for the latest BIOS

and driver upgrades.

• How to check the IRST driver version1) and upgrade to latest: LinkLink

NOTE: There are two versions of IRST software available from Intel to install the Intel Optane Memory. Dell

recommends Intel RST SW/Driver Package Installation version 15.5.1051 or above.

NOTE: There is an Intel OptaneSetup.exe software from the Intel website. This software cannot be installed

over the Intel IRST driver. If SetupOptaneMemory.exe needs to be used, the IRST driver has to be un-installed
rst. Dell installs the Intel IRST User application from the factory, so we recommend using the IRST User
Interface application for Intel Optane Memory installation. The softwares can be downloaded from: Link

• How to check the BIOS version and upgrade to the latest version: Link

• Storage Requirements

• Any SATA Hard Disk Drive (HDD) except 4K Native Format disk

• Intel Optane Memory: Minimum available capacity of 12.5 GB

4 Dell BIOS for Intel Optane Memory Pre-Installation