Intel VROC for HPE ProLiant Servers

Intel VROC for HPE ProLiant Servers is an enterprise, hybrid RAID solution, specifically designed for NVMe SSDs connected directly to the CPU. Intel® VROC is made possible by the new CPU feature Intel® Volume Management Device, Intel® VMD, a new hardware architecture on Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors. Intel® VMD enhances drive performance as drives are directly connect to the Intel CPU enabling the lowest latency. Intel® VROC capitalizes on Intel® VMD for a simple software RAID solution that requires no additional hardware.

Models

Intel Virtual RAID on CPU Premium E-RTU for HPE

R7J59AAE

Intel Virtual RAID on CPU Premium FIO Software for HPE

R7J57A

Intel Virtual RAID on CPU Standard E-RTU for HPE

SOE38AAE

Intel Virtual RAID on CPU Standard FIO Software for HPE NVMe SSDs

S0E37A

Notes:

-SED and RAID are specific to Intel and drives cannot migrate to be managed by other vendor controllers.

-IP and SSA do not support VROC.

Drives supported

Up to 32 NVMe drives (depends on platform and CPU type)

Performance

16Gb/s NVMe (up to 32 drives maximum)

Key Benefits

• Use NVMe drives to their full potential
• Fewer hardware queues
• Bootable RAID
• Host Insert/Surprise removal
• Cost-effective and simple

Key Features

• Storage interface (NVMe)

- Up to 32 NVMe lanes (depends on platform and CPU type)

• RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 (Premium)
• UEFI System Utilities (storage configuration)
• Hot Spare and Auto-rebuild
• Supported with Windows, Linux, VMware

Server Compatibility

Please refer to the platform QuickSpecs to confirm compatibility for Intel VROC for HPE ProLiant Servers.

Operating Systems

• Microsoft Windows Server
• Microsoft Windows Hyper-V Server
• Linux
• VMware 7.0 U1 and U2

Notes: *Customers will need to manually inject the driver when doing an O/S install from IP.

Please see Intel VROC User Guide for Gen11 for more information.

For more information on HPE's server operating systems and virtualization software, please visit: http://www.hpe.com/info/ossupport

Drivers

Intel VROC is integrated with the HPE BIOS. The Intel VROC solution has two driver components: the pre-boot, or UEFI driver, and the OS driver. The UEFI driver is embedded in the system BIOS and is referred to as the RSTe NVMe UEFI driver, while the OS driver must be loaded at the OS installation time; both contain version numbers. Refer to the Intel VROC User Guide and Installation Instructions for more information.

Notes: On a system with the Windows OS installed and an Intel VROC virtual drive present, the Windows RSTe OS driver version must not be prior to the RSTe NVMe UEFI driver version, otherwise unexpected behavior may occur.

The RSTe OS driver can be downloaded from the HPE Support Center.

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Parts and Materials

Hewlett Packard Enterprise will provide HPE-supported replacement parts and materials necessary to maintain the covered hardware product in operating condition, including parts and materials for available and recommended engineering improvements.

Parts and components that have reached their maximum supported lifetime and/or the maximum usage limitations as set forth in the manufacturer's operating manual, product QuickSpecs, or the technical product data sheet will not be provided, repaired, or replaced as part of these services.

The defective media retention service feature option applies only to Disk or eligible SSD/Flash Drives replaced by Hewlett Packard Enterprise due to malfunction.