SupremeRAID™ Linux Driver 1.3.0 Release Notes, Software, and Documentation

New Features

• Enlarges maximum virtual drive amount per drive group to 1023
• Supports dual controller with HA capability
• Supports multiple strip sizes (4k, 8k, 16k, 32k, 64k, and 128k) on RAID0 and RAID10
• Supports stripe cache function in RHEL/CentOS 7.9

Enhancements

• Improves RAID5 and RAID6 sequential read performance
• Improves RAID5 and RAID6 sequential write performance on AMD platform
• Improves Samba write performance
• The virtual drives in the same drive group can be deleted in any order
• Display the estimated completion time of the init/rebuild/resync process
• Leverages systemd dependencies to help users setup service order properly
• Newly supported NVMe SSD:
  • KIOXIA CD8 Series
  • WD Ultrastar DC SN650 Series

Changes

• In this release, a change will be implemented to the device node naming convention for virtual drives. The current naming convention, /dev/gvdXnX, will be replaced with a new convention, /dev/gdgXnX. Additionally, virtual drives within the same drive group will be treated as separate namespaces. For instance, if there are two virtual drives in drive group 0, their device node names will be /dev/gdg0n1 and /dev/gdg0n2

OS and Platform Support

New Platform Support

• N/A

New Operating System Support

• RHEL 8.6, 9.0
• AlmaLinux 8.6
• Rocky Linux 8.6
• Ubuntu 20.04.4 (Kernel 5.15) and after
• Ubuntu 22.04 (Kernel 5.15)

Supported Operating Systems

Linux Distro	x86_64
CentOS	7.9, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 (Kernel 4.18)
RHEL	7.9, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6 (Kernel 4.18), 9.0 (Kernel 5.14)
Rocky Linux	8.5, 8.6 (Kernel 4.18)
AlmaLinux	8.5, 8.6 (kernel 4.18)
Ubuntu	20.04 (Kernel 5.4 and 5.15), 22.04 (Kernel 5.15)
openSUSE Leap	15.2, 15.3 (Kernel 5.3)
SLES	15 SP2, 15 SP3 (Kernel 5.3)

Resources

Dependencies and Utilities

	Links
NVIDIA Driver	NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-515.86.01.run
SupremeRAID™ Pre-installer	Deprecated

Driver Packages

This version of the driver installer is outdated. Please use the latest stable version for deployment.

Related Documents

	Links
SupremeRAID™ Linux User Guide	v1.3.0-20221230 (pdf)

Compatible NVMe Drives

Dapustor

Series	Interface	Form Factor
R5100	PCIe Gen4 x 4	2.5 inch U.2

Intel

Series	Interface	Form Factor
DC P4510	PCIe Gen3 x 4	2.5 inch U.2
DC P4610	PCIe Gen3 x 4	2.5 inch U.2
D5-P5316	PCIe Gen4 x 4	2.5 inch U.2
D7-P5510	PCIe Gen4 x 4	2.5 inch U.2
Optane™ P5800X	PCIe Gen4 x 4	2.5 inch U.2

Kingston

Series	Interface	Form Factor
DC1500M	PCIe Gen3 x 4	2.5 inch U.2

KIOXIA

Series	Interface	Form Factor
CD5	PCIe Gen3 x 4	2.5 inch U.2
CD6	PCIe Gen4 x 4	2.5 inch U.2
CM6	PCIe Gen4 x 4	2.5 inch U.2
CD8	PCIe Gen4 x 4	2.5 inch U.2

Memblaze

Series	Interface	Form Factor
P6536	PCIe Gen4 x 4	2.5 inch U.2

Micron

Series	Interface	Form Factor
7300	PCIe Gen3 x 4	2.5 inch U.2
7450	PCIe Gen4 x 4	2.5 inch U.2

Phison

Series	Interface	Form Factor
EPW5970	PCIe Gen4 x 4	2.5 inch U.2

Samsung

Series	Interface	Form Factor
PM983	PCIe Gen3 x 4	2.5 inch U.2
PM9A3	PCIe Gen4 x 4	2.5 inch U.2
PM1733	PCIe Gen4 x 4	2.5 inch U.2

ScaleFlux

Series	Interface	Form Factor
CSD 3000	PCIe Gen4 x 4	2.5 inch U.2

Seagate

Series	Interface	Form Factor
NYTRO 5550H	PCIe Gen4 x 4	2.5 inch U.2

WD

Series	Interface	Form Factor
Ultrastar DC SN640	PCIe Gen3 x 4	2.5 inch U.2
Ultrastar DC SN650	PCIe Gen4 x 4	2.5 inch U.2

Known Issues and Limitations

• The failed indicator would not indicate when SAS/SATA drives have been removed.
• The drive status will not turn into missing immediately when the SAS/SATA drive is pulled out.
• On some server models, slot IDs for SAS/SATA physical drives might not display properly.
• Did not support NVMeoF physical drives which exported from Ubuntu 20.04 (kernel < 5.15).