Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC) is an enterprise RAID solution that unleashes the performance of NVMe* SSDs. Intel® VROC is enabled by a feature in Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors called Intel® Volume Management Device (Intel® VMD), an integrated controller inside the CPU PCIe root complex. NVMe* SSDs are directly connected to the CPU, allowing the full performance potential of fast storage devices to be realized. Intel® VROC enables these benefits without the complexity, cost, and power consumption of traditional hardware RAID host bus adapter (HBA) cards placed between the drives and the CPU.
The supported platforms and chipsets by Intel® VROC are shown in the following tables. Keep in mind the following considerations while navigating through the supported platforms and chipsets list below.
What you should know about the Intel® VROC supported platforms and chipsets
- The platform support matrix below only covers platforms launched since Intel® VROC (VMD NVMe* RAID) became available on the 1st Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors in 2017. Some legacy platforms prior to this were supported with the previous Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (Intel® RSTe). This support has been grandfathered into Intel® VROC but is not listed here. See details in Announcement: Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise (Intel® RSTe) and Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC) Consolidation.
- The column Intel® VROC Supporting Release in the platform support matrix below identifies the Intel® VROC version introduced to support the corresponding platform. Once a supported platform is released, any following Intel® VROC releases will be supported on that platform as well. Contact your platform provider to update the Intel® VROC software on your platform. Your platform provider can provide specific guidance on the latest Intel® VROC software release that is available for your platform.
Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC) Platforms and Chipsets Support List