Article ID: 000098903 Content Type: Product Information & Documentation Last Reviewed: 09/24/2024

How to Get the Latest Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC) Driver for Linux*

Environment

Linux*

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Summary

The latest Intel® VROC driver for Linux* is included by the Operating System Vendors (OSVs) in their Linux* product releases as an inbox driver.

Description

Unable to determine where to obtain the latest Intel® VROC driver for Linux* for my specific platform.

Resolution

The Intel® VROC driver for Linux* release strategy is upstream to open-source community and has Operating System Vendor (OSV) partners incorporate necessary upstream patches into their Linux* product releases to have the inbox support of Intel® VROC. Meanwhile, Intel may release Intel® VROC Linux* update (out-of-box) packages in order to support some old Linux* distributions or new features on certain Intel® Xeon® platforms. For a detailed operating system support list, refer to the Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC) Supported Configurations.

Additional information

Intel® VROC out-of-box packages for Linux* may be available from your respective system vendor. However, we highly recommend to move instead to a Linux* operating system that includes inbox support for Intel® VROC.