SHA1: 17C59038EB8DBE5CC5177698A50CF764491C52FD

Introduction

The Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) Floppy Driver (17.11.0.1000) supports the configuration and enabling of system acceleration with Intel® Optane™ memory and maintenance of RAID 0/1/5/10.

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Detailed Description

Note: Intel recommends end users utilize driver updates provided by their system manufacturer/provider or via Windows Update to eliminate the potential impact caused by loading non-customized drivers. System manufacturers regularly customize Intel generic drivers to meet the needs of their specific system design. In such cases, use of the Intel generic driver update is not recommended.

The SetupRST.exe is a new installer for the Intel RST driver. It will also start the process of installing the Intel® Optane™ Memory and Storage Management application from the Microsoft Store*

Purpose
The Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) Driver 17.11.3.1010.2 supports the configuration and enabling of multiple features including:

• System acceleration with Intel® Optane™ memory
• Configuration and maintenance of RAID 0/1/5/10

To manage these capabilities, download the Intel® Optane™ Memory and Storage Management application found on the Microsoft Store

Notes

• The Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) Driver 17.11.3.1010.2 supports 8th Gen and 9th Gen platforms and Celeron Processor G and Pentium Gold Series.
• See the Release Notes or Read me files for installation instructions, supported hardware, what is new, bug fixes, and known issues.
• For RST file extraction (.zip file creation), Refer to section 6.3 of the Read me file: Preinstallation of INTEL(R) RST driver using the "Load Driver" Method.
• Additional assistance can be found here:
• RAID related support: Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Support page
  https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/products/55005/technologies/intel-rapid-storage-technology-intel-rst.html
• Intel® Optane™ Memory User and Installation Guide
  https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000023989/memory-and-storage/intel-optane-memory.html
• Intel® Optane™ memory-related support: Intel® Optane™ Memory support
  https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/products/35125/memory-and-storage.html#99745