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Intel® VROC RAID Configuration
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The X12 Series Motherboards
USER'S GUIDE
Revision 1.0

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  • Page 1 Intel® VROC RAID Configuration The X12 Series Motherboards USER'S GUIDE Revision 1.0...
  • Page 2 State of California, USA. The State of California, County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes. Supermicro's total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product.
  • Page 3 This user’s guide is written for system integrators, IT technicians, and knowledgeable end users. It provides information and instructions on how to configure Intel VROC RAID settings on Supermicro's X12 Series motherboards. About Intel® VROC RAID Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC) is a hybrid RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) solution designed for Intel®...
  • Page 4 Super Micro Computer, Inc. 980 Rock Ave. San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A. Tel: +1 (408) 503-8000 Fax: +1 (408) 503-8008 Email: marketing@supermicro.com (General Information) support@supermicro.com (Technical Support) Website: www.supermicro.com Europe Address: Super Micro Computer B.V. Het Sterrenbeeld 28, 5215 ML...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Preface Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 Configuring Intel VROC RAID Settings 1.1 All Intel VMD Controllers Menu ..................6 Enabling a PCI Slot for VMD Support in the BIOS Setup Utility ........6 1.2 Configuring RAID Settings ....................11 1.3 Use of Journaling Drive ....................

  • Page 6: Chapter 1 Configuring Intel Vroc Raid Settings

    Controllers menu to enable a selected PCI slot for VMD support when configuring Intel VROC RAID settings for a Supermicro X12 motherboard. Note 1: Only use NVMe devices that have been validated by Supermicro. For the latest updates, please refer to our website at https://www.supermicro.com.
  • Page 7 Chapter 1: Configuring VROC RAID Settings 6. When the screen above displays, use the down arrow key to select Intel® VMD Technology and press <Enter> to invoke its submenu as shown below: Note: The “Intel VMD for Volume Management Device on CPU1” feature is grayed out (unavailable) by default.
  • Page 8 Super Intel VROC RAID Configuration for the X12 Motherboards User's Guide 7. Once you’ve enabled the feature: “Intel VMD for Volume Management Device on CPU1 (or another selected CPU),” you are ready to configure a desired device for VMD support. From the available VMD devices displayed on the screen, select a desired device and highlight it (to select it for VMD support).
  • Page 9 Chapter 1: Configuring VROC RAID Settings 12. From the BIOS Setup utility, select the Advanced tab and press <Enter>. The following screen will display: 13. From the Advanced menu, use the down arrow key to select Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU by highlighting it as shown above and press <Enter>.
  • Page 10 Super Intel VROC RAID Configuration for the X12 Motherboards User's Guide 14. From the screen as shown above, press <Enter> to invoke to All Intel VMD Controllers submenu as shown below. This submenu will allow you to create RAID volumes and configure settings of NVMe devices as detected by the system.

  • Page 11: Configuring Raid Settings

    Chapter 1: Configuring VROC RAID Settings 1.2 Configuring RAID Settings Follow the instructions provided in Section 1.1 to access the All Intel VMD Controllers submenu as show in the screen below. Please carefully follow the instructions listed in this section to configure RAID settings for your devices as desired. To Create a RAID Volume From the screen above, use the arrow keys to select Create RAID Volume and press <Enter>...
  • Page 12 Super Intel VROC RAID Configuration for the X12 Motherboards User's Guide To Enter a Name for the RAID Volume From the Create RAID Volume submenu as shown on the previous screen, use the arrow keys to select Name and press <Enter>, and the following screen will display. When the screen above displays, enter a unique name for the RAID volume.
  • Page 13 Chapter 1: Configuring VROC RAID Settings To Set the RAID Level for the RAID Volume From the Create RAID Volume submenu, select RAID Level and press <Enter>. The following screen will display. Use the arrow keys to select the desired RAID level for the RAID volume that you've created. The options are RAID0(Stripe), RAID1(Mirror), RAID5(Parity), and RAID10(RAID0+1).
  • Page 14 Super Intel VROC RAID Configuration for the X12 Motherboards User's Guide Enabling RAID Spanned over VMD Controllers From the Create RAID Volume submenu, use the arrow keys to select Enter RAID spanned over VMD Controllers and press <Enter>. The following screen will display. Enter a desired setting for your RAID volume in the pop-up menu.
  • Page 15 Chapter 1: Configuring VROC RAID Settings To Select Disks for the RAID Volumes From the Create RAID Volume submenu, use the arrow keys to highlight Select Disk: and press <Enter>. The following screen will display. The options are (not selected) and X (selected). To select X as your desired RAID disk for your RAID volume configuration, highlight X, press the down arrow key and then press <Enter>*.
  • Page 16 Super Intel VROC RAID Configuration for the X12 Motherboards User's Guide To Set Strip Size for the RAID Volume From the Create RAID Volume submenu, use the arrow keys to select Strip Size: and press <Enter>. The following screen will display. From the pop-up window as shown above, select the desired RAID strip size for your RAID volume and press <Enter>.
  • Page 17 Chapter 1: Configuring VROC RAID Settings To Set the Capacity (GB) for the RAID Volume From the Create RAID Volume submenu, use the arrow keys to select Capacity (GB): and press <Enter>. The following screen will display. Enter the desired RAID capacity (in GB) in the pop-up window to set the capacity for your RAID volume.
  • Page 18 Super Intel VROC RAID Configuration for the X12 Motherboards User's Guide To Create Volumes To finalize your RAID volume configuration, select Create Volume from the Create RAID Volume submenu as shown on the screen below. After selecting Create Volume, press <Enter>. The following screen will appear and display RAID volumes as shown below.
  • Page 19 Chapter 1: Configuring VROC RAID Settings To Display RAID Volumes For detailed RAID volume information, use the arrow keys to select the desired RAID volume to display as shown below.
  • Page 20 Super Intel VROC RAID Configuration for the X12 Motherboards User's Guide To Delete a RAID Volume From the Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU submenu, use the arrow keys to select the Volume you want to delete as shown below. When the screen as shown above appears, press <Enter>. The following screen will display:...
  • Page 21 Chapter 1: Configuring VROC RAID Settings When the screen as shown above appears, press <Enter>, and the delete confirmation submenu screen will display as shown below. When the submenu as shown above appears, asking you if you want to delete the RAID volume.
  • Page 22 Super Intel VROC RAID Configuration for the X12 Motherboards User's Guide To Reset the RAID Volume to non-RAID On the RAID VOLUME INFO submenu below, select the desired NVMe device from the list to reset to non-RAID, and press <Enter>. The following screen will display: Select Reset to Non-RAID from the screen below and press <Enter>...
  • Page 23 Chapter 1: Configuring VROC RAID Settings When the following screen appears, select Yes to confirm that you want to set the selected RAID device to non-RAID. The options are Yes and No.
  • Page 24 Super Intel VROC RAID Configuration for the X12 Motherboards User's Guide To Turn on the Disk Locator LED Follow the instructions stated in Section 1.1 to access the Advanced Menu. Scroll down the Advanced menu to select the Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU submenu by highlighting it as shown below.
  • Page 25 Chapter 1: Configuring VROC RAID Settings When the All Intel VMD Controllers submenu appears as shown above, select All Intel VMD Controllers and press <Enter>. The following screen will display: From the submenu displayed above, select the VMD drive you want to turn on the Locate LED by highlighting it and press <Enter>.
  • Page 26 Super Intel VROC RAID Configuration for the X12 Motherboards User's Guide A pop-up window will display to confirm if you want to enable Locate LED. Select On to turn on the Locate LED. The options are On and Off.
  • Page 27 Chapter 1: Configuring VROC RAID Settings To Mark a Non-RAID Drive as Spare Follow the instructions stated in Section 1.1 to access the Advanced Menu. Scroll down to select the Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU and press <Enter> to access the All Intel VMD Controllers submenu.
  • Page 28 Super Intel VROC RAID Configuration for the X12 Motherboards User's Guide After marking the selected drive as Spare, a pop-up window will display to confirm if you want to mark the selected device as spare. Select Yes and press <Enter> to make the selected drive as a spare drive.
  • Page 29 Chapter 1: Configuring VROC RAID Settings To Mark a Non-RAID Drive as a Journaling Drive Refer to the instructions stated in Section 1.1 to access the All Intel VMD Controllers menu. When the following screen appears, select a desired NVMe device from the list of Non-RAID Physical Disks to be used as a journaling drive.
  • Page 30 Super Intel VROC RAID Configuration for the X12 Motherboards User's Guide When the following screen appears, select Yes to confirm that the selected device will be used as a journaling drive. The options are Yes and No. Note: RAID Write Hole (RWH) is a condition associated with a power/drive-failure or crash when writing to a RAID5 volume.

  • Page 31: Use Of Journaling Drive

    Chapter 1: Configuring VROC RAID Settings 1.3 Use of Journaling Drive The following section describes the use of a journaling drive for the RAID5 volume, which is a parity-based RAID. A journaling drive, used as an error event log, records an event when an error occurs to a RAID5 volume.
  • Page 32 Super Intel VROC RAID Configuration for the X12 Motherboards User's Guide From the pop-up window above, select RAID5 (Parity) and press <Enter>. After selecting RAID5 (Parity), press <Enter>, and the following screen will display:...
  • Page 33 Chapter 1: Configuring VROC RAID Settings When the following screen displays, use the arrow keys to select a disk that you want to mark it as RAID5 and press <Enter>. An “X” will appear on the pop-up window of the selected drive.
  • Page 34 Super Intel VROC RAID Configuration for the X12 Motherboards User's Guide After you’ve selected three RAID5 drives, using the down arrow key to select Create Volume as shown below: When “Create Volume” is selected as shown above, press <Enter> and the following screen will display:...
  • Page 35 Chapter 1: Configuring VROC RAID Settings Using the arrow keys, select a drive that has been marked as “RAID5 (Parity) and press <Enter>, The following screen will display: Using the arrow keys, highlight a drive marked as “RAID5 (Parity) and press <Enter>, the following screen will display: Step 2.
  • Page 36 Super Intel VROC RAID Configuration for the X12 Motherboards User's Guide RWH Policy The options for RWH Policy are Distributed PPL, Journaling Drive, and Disable. (Please note that If no device has been set as a journaling drive, the options are Distributed PPL and Disable.) Select Journaling Drive from the screen above and press <Enter>, the following screen will display: Note 1: Partial parity logging (PPL) can be defined as the result of XOR calculation of...
  • Page 37 Chapter 1: Configuring VROC RAID Settings Step 3. Set the feature: RWH Policy to Journaling Drive. RWH JD When the screen as shown above appears, use the arrow keys to select RWH JD by highlighting it and press <Enter>, the following screen will appear. The feature displays the information of journaling drive(s).
  • Page 38 Super Intel VROC RAID Configuration for the X12 Motherboards User's Guide Step 4. Use the arrow keys and press <Enter> to select the desired journaling drive from the option list of RWH JD. Step 5. For the changes to take effect, use the arrow keys to select Change RWH settings and press <Enter>.
  • Page 39 Chapter 1: Configuring VROC RAID Settings Your computer will return to the main screen of All Intel VMD Controllers as shown below.