Article Number: RN-STOREMI-WIN-2-1-0-218

Release Highlights

The following new features have been introduced in this release:

  • Enabled support for:
    • AMD Ryzen™ 5800X3D desktop processor on x570, B550, x470 and B450 chipset motherboards
    • AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 5000WX Series
  • IO performance improvement on SATA SSDs

Fixed Issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release:

  • IO performance drop issue with SATA SSDs
  • AMD StoreMI installer failure on some system with AMD Ryzen™ 5000 series desktop processors

Known Issues

The following are known issues in this release:

  • After installing AMD StoreMI, performance of some models of M2 SATA SSD may drop.
  • AMD StoreMI installation fails on some systems where:
    • Dual operating system (OS) is configured. In such scenarios, AMD StoreMI is only supported on the primary OS.
    • B550 systems due to page file being set to non-boot drive by default. In such a case, enable paging for the boot drive only and try installing again.

System Configuration Requirements

Product Support

  • AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series desktop processors on AMD X570 and B550 chipset motherboards
  • AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series desktop processors on AMD X570, B550, X470 and B450 chipset motherboards
  • AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series desktop processors with Radeon™ Graphics on AMD X570, X470 and B450 chipset motherboards
  • AMD Ryzen™ 2000 Series desktop processors on AMD X570, X470 and B450 chipset motherboards
  • AMD Ryzen™ 2000 Series desktop processors with Radeon™ Graphics on AMD X470 and B450 chipset motherboards
  • AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series desktop processors with Radeon™ Graphics on AMD X570 and B550 chipset motherboards
  • AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 1000 and 2000 Series processors on AMD X399 chipset motherboards
  • AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 3000 Series processors on AMD TRX40 chipset motherboards
  • AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO processors on AMD WRX80 chipset motherboards

Chipset Support

BRAND SOCKET
AMD WRX80 sWRX8
AMD TRX40 sTRX4
AMD X399 sTR4
AMD X570 AM4
AMD B550 AM4
AMD X470 AM4
AMD B450 AM4

Processor Support

Brand Socket
AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO Processors sWRX8 
AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 2000 Series Processors  sTR4
AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 1000 Series Processors  sTR4
AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processors AM4
AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon Graphics AM4
AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors AM4
AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon Graphics AM4

Storage Devices

  • At least one rotational hard disk (HDD) of any capacity larger than the SSD cache device. The HDD must be connected to a SATA port provided in the AMD processor or chipset.
  • At least one unformatted, uninitialized, unallocated SATA or NVMe SSD for storage acceleration. If using a brand new, unused SSD, simply plug the SSD into the system. Most new SSDs will offer a default name to identify it in the AMD StoreMI Cache device menu. A used SSD can be re-used as an AMD StoreMI cache device. However, all the vital data must be backed up by the user and any existing partitions/volumes must be deleted before proceeding. 
  • The former AMD StoreMI tiering software must not be installed. 
  • The system should not be configured for RAID storage.
  • The maximum drive count is 16.

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