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Intel VROC for HPE QuickSpecs

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 connected 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.

This document contains two sections:

Intel VROC for HPE ProLiant Servers and Intel VROC for Scale Up Servers

Intel VROC for HPE ProLiant Servers

Models

SKU

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 RAID 1 E-RTU for HPE

S3Q39AAE

Intel Virtual RAID on CPU RAID 1 FIO Software for HPE

S3Q19A

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.

Intel VROC for HPE Scale Up Servers

Models

Description

SKU

Intel Virtual RAID on CPU Premium E-RTU for HPE

R7J59AAE

Intel Virtual RAID on CPU Premium FIO Software for HPE

R7J57A

Notes:

- SED is not supported on HPE Scale Up Servers

- IP and SSA do not support VROC.

Intel VROC for HPE ProLiant

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

Drives supported

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

Performance

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

Server Compatibility

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

Operating Systems

- Linux

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.

Drives supported

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

Performance

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

 Server Compatibility

Currently Intel VROC for HPE Scale Up Servers is only supported on HPE Compute Scale-up Server 3200

Operating Systems

- Linux

- VMware 8.0

Notes:

- Customers will need to manually inject the driver when doing an OS install from IP.

Please see Intel Virtual RAID on CPU for HPE User Guide for more information.

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

- Ubuntu 24.04, RHEL 9.7 and SLES 15 SP7 are not currently supported by VROC 9.3 based on issues currently under investigation.

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 Intel VROC 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.

For the most up-to-date information on HPE Services, please refer to the HPE Services - Supplemental QuickSpecs, which provides a comprehensive and regularly updated overview of available services.

Date

Version History

Action

Description of Change

20-Jul-2026

Version 16

Changed

- Updated GreenLake references to align with current branding and terminology standards.

- Updated Supplemental Services QuickSpecs content for consistency and accuracy.

16-Mar-2026

Version 15

Changed

Added note indicating that Ubuntu 24.04, RHEL 9.7, and SLES 15 SP7 are not currently supported by VROC 9.3 due to issues under investigation.

16-Feb-2026

Version 14

Changed

Visual rebranding only-updated typography, colors, and design elements to align with new HPE brand standards. No technical specifications or content were modified.

02-Sep-2025

Version 13

Changed

Removed Windows / VMware not supported note on Gen12 as fix is in place

28-Jul-2025

Version 12

Changed

Update survey link.

09-Jun-2025

Version 11

Changed

Standard features section was updated.

Below information was removed under Operating systems on page 3

Microsoft Windows Server

Microsoft Windows Hyper-V Server

VMware 7.0 U1 and U2

Also, this note was added to the same page and under the same title:

Intel VROC Hybrid RAID does not currently support Windows and VMware due to an issue that is in process to fix.

As this problem is fixed, we will add this compatibility.

12-May-2025

Version 10

Changed

Standard features section was updated.

10-Mar-2025

Version 9

Changed

Removed Windows support for Scale uP servers

13-Jan-2025

Version 8

Changed

Standard features section was updated.

07-Oct-2024

Version 7

Changed

Overview and Standard Features sections were updated.

Series name was updated.

01-Apr-2024

Version 6

Changed

Overview and Standard Features sections were updated.

18-Dec-2023

Version 5

Changed

HPE Services Rebranding

16-Oct-2023

Version 4

Changed

Overview section was updated.

06-Mar-2023

Version 3

Changed

Standard features section was updated.

15-Nov-2021

Version 2

Changed

Service and Support section was updated

06-Apr-2021

Version 1

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