New Features Introduced with the Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC) 7.7 Release for Windows*
 New Features Introduced with the Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC) 7.7 Release for Windows* | ||||||
New Features Introduced with the Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC) 7.7 Release for Windows*Category:Article ID:000099902Environment:Intel® VROC for Windows*Date:5/19/25 The following information lists the new features introduced with the Intel® VROC 7.7 release for Windows*. To learn about the latest updates of Intel® VROC for Windows*, refer to the Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC) Release Notes for Windows*. UEFI Firmware Management Protocol SupportIntel® VROC 7.7 introduces limited support for the UEFI Firmware Management Protocol (FMP) as outlined in the UEFI specification version 2.9. The Intel® VROC UEFI drivers will provide support for updating the drive firmware (through UEFI FMP) when the drive is managed by Intel® VROC. This includes both Intel® VROC (VMD NVMe* RAID) and Intel® VROC (SATA RAID). The Intel® VROC UEFI driver has implemented a subset of protocol functions defined in the UEFI specification, which is reflected in the table below.
Intel® VROC will return an EFI_UNSUPPORTED status for UEFI FMP commands not listed above. The following diagram highlights the process flow to support both NVMe* and SATA drives. Learn more about the UEFI Firmware Management Protocol Support in Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC) Pre-OS RAID Management Environment.  UEFI Firmware Management Protocol Support Flow Intel® VROC (SATA RAID) Support of EFI_ATA_PASS_THRU_PROTOCOLThe Intel® VROC 7.7 release introduces limited support for EFI_ATA_PASS_THRU_PROTOCOL commands to provide information on the SATA drives managed by Intel® VROC (SATA RAID). Disable Locate LED within the Intel® VROC LED Management InterfaceIntel® VROC provides support for the OEM/ODMs to disable the Locate LED functionality within the Intel® VROC LED management interface. By enabling the feature, the OEM/ODM can use their own tools to initiate a Locate LED functionality within their platform. Looking for more information about the Intel® VROC 7.7 release? Check out the following resources: |