Intel VROC User Manual

Intel® VROC Quick Configuration Guide
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Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................................. i
Guide Organization .................................................................................................................................................................................. i
1. Overview ........................................................................................................................................................................ 4
1.1 Supported Hardware ........................................................................................................................................................ 4
1.2 Supported Operating Systems* ................................................................................................................................... 4
2. Preparing Server Hardware and Drivers ................................................................................................................. 5
2.1 Server System ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5
2.2 Intel VROC Hardware Key .............................................................................................................................................. 5
2.3 NVMe* drives ....................................................................................................................................................................... 5
2.4 PCIe switches and retimers ........................................................................................................................................... 5
2.5 Drivers. ................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
3. Intel® Volume Management Device (Intel® VMD) ................................................................................................. 8
3.1 Enabling the Intel® VMD ports ..................................................................................................................................... 8
4. Creating Intel® VROC (VMD NVMe RAID) volumes ............................................................................................ 11
4.1 Accessing the Intel® VROC (VMD NVMe RAID) HII Configuration Utility ................................................. 11
4.2 Creating RAID Volumes Using the Intel® VROC (VMD NVMe RAID) HII Configuration Utility ......... 11
Appendix A. Glossary ................................................................................................................................................. 15
Appendix B. Updating Firmware on Intel NVMe drives using the Intel* SSD Data Center Tool ................ 16
List of Tables
Table 1. VROC driver requirements ...................................................................................................................................................... 7
List of Figures
Figure 1. RSTe NVMe release note documentation style ............................................................................................................ 6
Figure 2. Steps to enter the Volume Management Device Port Window ............................................................................. 9
Figure 3. VMD port Example A ................................................................................................................................................................ 9
Figure 4. VMD port Example B ............................................................................................................................................................. 10
Figure 5. Steps to access the Intel® VROC HII configuration utility ...................................................................................... 11
Figure 6. Intel® VROC Managed VMD menu ................................................................................................................................... 12
Figure 7. Create RAID Volume menu ................................................................................................................................................. 12
Figure 8. Completed Create RAID Volume menu ........................................................................................................................ 13
Figure 9. Intel® VROC Managed VMD menu ................................................................................................................................... 14
Figure 10. List of Intel® NVMe drives shown by the isdct tool ............................................................................................... 16
Figure 11. Updating an NVMe drive. ................................................................................................................................................. 16

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)