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* 6. INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE
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6.1 General Installation Notes
a. If you are installing the operating system on a computer configured for RAID or AHCI
mode, you may pre-install the Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology driver using the
“F6” (Load Driver) installation method described in section 6.3 below.
b. If you’re installing the operating system on a computer configured for ‘Intel(R) Smart
Response Technology’ or ‘System Acceleration with Intel(R) Optane(TM) Technology’, you
must pre-install the Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology driver using the
“F6” (Load Driver) installation method described in section 6.3 below. The Intel(R) RST pre-OS version must support the Intel(R) RST technology that you are installing to.
c. To install Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology from within the OS during runtime,
double-click on the self-extracting and self-installing setup file and answer all
prompts presented.
6.2 Intel(R) RST Windows Automated Installer*. Installation from HDD, USB, or CD-ROM
Note: This method is applicable to computers configured for RAID or AHCI mode.
a. Obtain the Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology setup file name: SetupRST.exe and
double-click to self-extract and to begin the setup process.
b. The Welcome window appears. Click ‘Next’ to continue.
c. For systems running in RAID mode, the Uninstallation Warning window appears. You will
not be able to uninstall the driver in this mode. Click ‘Next’ to continue.
d. The Software License Agreement window appears. If you agree to these terms, click the
check box then click ‘Yes’ to continue.
e. Select the check box to install Intel(R) Optane(TM) Memory and Storage Management application if required then click ‘Next’ to continue.
f. If the Windows Automated Installer* Wizard Complete window is shown without a prompt
to restart the system, click ‘Finish’ and proceed to step “g”. If it is shown with a
prompt to restart the system, select ‘I want to restart my computer now.’
(selected by default) and click ‘Finish’. Once the system has restarted, proceed to
step “g”.
g. To verify that the driver was loaded correctly, refer to section 7.
6.3 Pre-Installation of INTEL(R) RST driver using the “Load Driver” Method.
a. Extract driver files from SetupRST.exe:
– Open terminal in the directory with SetupRST.exe by right-clicking the directory
and selecting “Open in Terminal” or “Open PowerShell here”
– Enter the following command:
./SetupRST.exe -extractdrivers SetupRST_extracted
b. Copy all driver files from the SetupRST-extracted to a USB key media.
c. For Microsoft Windows OS*:
– During the operating system installation, after selecting the location to install
Windows, click ‘Load Driver’ to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver.
d. When prompted, insert the USB media and press Enter.
e. Follow the prompts and browse to the location of the installation files. Select the
appropriate ‘.inf’ file (64 or 32 bit). If a supported controller is detected there
will be no error message. Follow prompts to continue and complete the installation.