Dell OptiPlex 5050 Micro BIOS for Intel Optane Memory Pre-Installation Guide - Page 5

2 Additional preparations for systems built before June 2017 Systems built before June/20/2017 require the below additional preparations for the set up. Please visit www.dell.com/support/home and enter the system's service tag to get its shipping date. • 5 MB of un-allocated partition • Recovery Image modification (Recommended Optional Step) 5 MB of un-allocated partition Intel Optane Memory requires 5 MB or larger un-allocated partition at the end of the SATA 3.0 disk volume. This partitioning is used by the IRST driver to store information of the corresponding Optane Memory module. Dell systems shipped after June/20/2017 will already have the un-allocated partition preserved and do not require this to be created. If the shipping date is earlier than June/20/2017, please refer Downloading Partition Tweak Script and Running Partition Tweak Scriptfor the procedures to create the partition. Recovery Image modification (Recommended Optional Step) For systems shipped prior to June/20/2017, the recovery image does not have the proper IRST driver installed. The user needs to install the correct driver into the recovery image to use it after Intel Optane Memory enablement. Refer the following Intel website for the procedure to install the driver into the recovery image: • Video • Intel Installation Guide section 3 of Installation Media Preparation (Recommended Optional Step): Link CAUTION: If the Intel Optane Memory becomes defective, the system will not boot because the boot loader in the Intel Optane Memory will be lost. CAUTION: Once the Intel Optane Memory is enabled, do not remove the module without properly disabling Intel Optane Memory. Please refer to the disabling procedure on the Intel support site:Intel Installation Guide section 8.2 Disabling Intel® Optane™ Memory Additional preparations for systems built before June 2017 5