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How To Create an Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC) RAID Volume on the Intel® Server M50CYP Family

Content Type: Install & Setup   |   Article ID: 000089810   |   Last Reviewed: 01/29/2025

Environment

Intel® Server M50CYP Family

Description

Unable to create RAID volumes in Intel® Server M50CYP Family.

Resolution

Follow the below steps to configure an Intel® VROC RAID volume:

  1. Enable the Intel® VMD Controller Domains by accessing BIOS > Advanced > Integrated IO configuration > Volume Management Device. See the below figures as reference.
    Volume Management Device

     

    Select Enable
  2. Press the key F10 to save the settings. Once the system restarts, press the key F2 to access BIOS.
  3. Navigate to BIOS > Advanced > PCI configuration > UEFI option ROM control > Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU. See the below figure as reference.
    Intel Virtual RAID on CPU
  4. Select the option All Intel VMD Controllers. This will display the list of drives detected and the menu options to create RAID volumes. See the below figures as reference.
    All Intel VMD Controllers

     

    SSDs detected and menu options to create RAID
  5. Create the desired RAID volume by selecting the drives and the RAID level. See the below figures as reference.
    Create RAID Volumes

     

    RAID volumes
Add-in card NVMe* devicesIntel® Server M50CYP Family systems do not support Intel® VROC for add-in cards NVMe* devices,. The reason is that there is no way of enabling Intel® VMD on any PCIe slots. Drives are detected in BIOS (under the storage controller section), but Intel® VROC RAID volumes cannot be configured on them.

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