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To provision a bare metal server with an Intel Optane drive:
- Use the procedure: Building a custom bare metal server.
- Select the following options on the order form:
| Section | Option to select |
|---|---|
| Data Center | To use the Intel Optane drive, select one of the following data centers: AMS03 - Amsterdam DAL09 - Dallas DAL10 - Dallas DAL12 - Dallas FRA02 - Frankfurt LON02 - London MEL01 - Melbourne MON01 - Montreal OSL01 - Oslo SJC03 - San Jose TOR01 - Toronto WDC04 - Washington, DC |
| Server | The following servers are compatible with the Intel Optane drive Intel Xeon 4110 with up to 12 drives Intel Xeon 5120 with up to 12 drives Intel Xeon 6140 with up to 12 drives Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 with GPU Support Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4 with GPU Support Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 with GPU Support Note: If you select E5-2620 v4, E5-2650 v4, or E5-2650 v4, the Intel Optane drive replaces your GPU, so you cannot have both a GPU and an Intel Optane drive. |
| PCIe Components | Select an Intel Optane drive for either or both the first and second PCIe Components. |
| Operating system | For Intel-provided Optane drivers the following operating systems are certified by Intel: Windows Server 2016 (all Editions) Windows Server 2012 R2 (all Editions) For In-box, open-source, non-Intel drivers, compatibility and functionality is validated but not certified: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x (64 bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x (64 bit). |