Intel VROC User Manual

Intel® VROC Quick Configuration Guide
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4. Creating Intel® VROC (VMD NVMe RAID) volumes
This section explains how to create RAID volumes using Intel® VROC by using the HII Configuration Utility in a
pre-boot environment. Intel® VROC RAID volumes can be used to store data and/or to install an operating
system.
4.1 Accessing the Intel® VROC (VMD NVMe RAID) HII Configuration Utility
Intel® VROC HII is the utility used to create and manage RAID configurations using NVMe* drives in a pre-boot
environment. The proper Intel® VMD ports must be enabled (and the system rebooted) to have the Intel®
VROC (VMD NVMe RAID) HII visible.
Access the HII configuration utility by entering BIOS Setup and selecting the following menu options in order:
1. Advanced
2. PCI Configuration
3. UEFI Option ROM Control
4. Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU
Figure 5. Steps to access the Intel® VROC HII configuration utility
4.2 Creating RAID Volumes Using the Intel® VROC (VMD NVMe RAID) HII
Configuration Utility
After preparing the server hardware (see Section 2) and enabling the appropriate VMD ports, the RAID
volumes can be created. The following steps demonstrate the creation of RAID volumes within the Intel®
VROC HII configuration utility:

Intel VROC Specifications

General

Full Name	Intel Virtual RAID on CPU
Category	Computer Hardware
Supported Devices	NVMe SSDs
NVMe Support	Yes
Bootable RAID	Yes
Hot Spare Support	Yes
Operating System Support	Windows Server, Linux
Key Types	Standard, Premium
Supported RAID Levels	0, 1, 5, 10
Supported Platforms	Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Processor Requirements	Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Chipset Requirements	Intel C620 Series Chipset
Management Interface	Intel VROC CLI, Intel RSTe interface (depending on the platform)