Creating Intel® VROC RAID Volume on Intel® Server M50CYP Family
Content Type: Install & Setup | Article ID: 000089810 | Last Reviewed: 11/20/2025
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Environment
Intel® Server M50CYP Family
Description
Users experience difficulties in creating RAID volumes using Intel® VROC on Intel® Server M50CYP Family. The steps below can help users to configure an Intel® VROC RAID volume
Resolution
Follow below steps to configure an Intel® VROC RAID volume:
- Enable the Intel® VMD Controller Domains by accessing BIOS > Advanced > Integrated IO configuration > Volume Management Device. Refer to the figure below
- Press the key F10 to save the settings. Once the system restarts, press the key F2 to access BIOS.
- Navigate to BIOS > Advanced > PCI configuration > UEFI option ROM control > Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU. See the below figure as reference.
- Select the option All Intel VMD Controllers. This will display the list of drives detected and the menu options to create RAID volumes. Refer to the figure below
- Create the desired RAID volume by selecting the drives and the RAID level. Refer to the figures below
| Add-in card NVMe* devices | Intel® Server M50CYP Family based-systems do not support Intel® VROC for add-in card NVMe* devices due to the inability to enable Intel® VMD on PCIe slots. Drives are detected in BIOS under the storage controller section, but Intel® VROC RAID volumes cannot be configured on them. |