Article ID: 000025656 Content Type: Compatibility Last Reviewed: 09/18/2024

NVMe* Drives Not Working in RAID Configuration in Intel® Server Boards with Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (Intel® RSTe)

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Summary

The Intel® RSTe driver is no longer available. Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC) is the new driver recommended for RAID configuration.

Description

Unable to create RAID configurations when using NVMe* drives on the Intel® Server Boards.

Resolution

The Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise driver (Intel® RSTe) is no longer validated.  For Intel® Server Board S2600WF, Intel® Server Board S2600BP, and Intel® Server Board S2600ST product families, the new NVMe* RAID capability is handled by the Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC). Learn more about Intel® VROC in Overview of Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC).
 
Intel® VROC can handle standalone NVMe* drives; however, if NVMe* RAID is desired, in addition to the aforementioned software, an Intel® VROC license is needed. Learn more in Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC) SKUs and Licensing.

Additional information

If you are planning to start using Intel® VROC, keep the following considerations in mind:

  • RAID support for NVMe* SSDs using Intel® VROC (or Intel® RSTe) requires that the PCIe* bus lanes are routed directly from the CPU via the onboard PCIe* OCuLink connectors, which are wired to CPU socket 1.
  • The Intel® Embedded Server RAID Technology II (Intel® ESRT2) onboard RAID option does not support PCIe devices.
  • Mixing both SATA and PCIe NVMe* SSDs within a single RAID volume is not supported.

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