Deploy The Operating System - Lenovo ThinkSystem SD550 V3 System Configuration Manual

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is presented up to the host operating system as a physical disk that can be partitioned to create OS logical

drives or volumes.

An introduction to RAID is available at the following Lenovo Press website:

https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/lp0578-lenovo-raid-introduction

Detailed information about RAID management tools and resources is available at the following Lenovo Press

website:

https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/lp0579-lenovo-raid-management-tools-and-resources

Intel VROC

Enabling Intel VROC

Before setting up RAID for NVMe drives, follow the below steps to enable VROC:

1. Restart the system. Before the operating system starts up, press the key specified in the on-screen

instructions to enter the Setup Utility. (For more information, see the "Startup" section in the LXPM

documentation compatible with your server at

2. Go to System settings ➙ Devices and I/O Ports ➙ Intel® VMD technology ➙ Enable/Disable Intel®

VMD and enable the option.

3. Save the changes and reboot the system.

Intel VROC configurations

Intel offers various VROC configurations with different RAID level and SSD support. See the following for

more details.

Notes:

• Supported RAID levels varies by model. For the RAID level supported by SD550 V3, see

specifications.

• For more information about acquiring and installing the activation key, see

Intel VROC configurations for

PCIe NVMe SSDs

Intel VROC Standard

Intel VROC Premium

Bootable RAID

Intel VROC configurations for

SATA SSDs

Intel VROC SATA RAID