<s>
Intel	B-Application
Rapid	I-Application
Storage	I-Application
Technology	I-Application
(	O
RST	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
driver	B-Application
SATA	O
AHCI	O
and	O
a	O
firmware-based	O
RAID	B-Architecture
solution	O
built	O
into	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
Intel	O
chipsets	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
also	O
is	O
installed	O
as	O
a	O
driver	B-Application
for	O
Intel	O
Optane	O
temporary	O
storage	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
2010	O
it	O
contains	O
AHCI	O
and	O
Matrix	O
RAID	B-Architecture
modes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
mode	O
is	O
the	O
Intel	O
driver	B-Application
SATA	O
normal	O
and	O
the	O
latter	O
mode	O
is	O
a	O
fake	O
RAID	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Up	O
to	O
version	O
4	O
it	O
is	O
included	O
on	O
Intel	O
Application	O
Accelerator	O
RAID	B-Architecture
Edition	O
,	O
between	O
versions	O
5	O
and	O
8.9	O
it	O
is	O
included	O
on	O
Intel	O
Matrix	O
Storage	O
Manager	O
(	O
IMSM	O
)	O
,	O
since	O
version	O
9	O
it	O
is	O
included	O
on	O
Intel	B-Application
Rapid	I-Application
Storage	I-Application
Technology	I-Application
(	O
IRST	O
)	O
preferring	O
the	O
driver	B-Application
modes	O
to	O
be	O
named	O
RST	O
AHCI	O
and	O
RST	O
AHCI	O
RAID	B-Architecture
instead	O
of	O
Matrix	O
RAID	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latter	O
is	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
RST	O
RAID	B-Architecture
mode	O
,	O
since	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
mode	O
that	O
Intel	O
recommends	O
to	O
use	O
,	O
even	O
if	O
you	O
are	O
not	O
working	O
with	O
a	O
RAID	B-Architecture
configuration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
boot	O
mode	O
choice	O
,	O
with	O
one	O
mode	O
or	O
the	O
other	O
,	O
is	O
chosen	O
in	O
modern	O
BIOS/UEFI	O
after	O
driver	B-Application
installation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
one	O
or	O
the	O
other	O
driver	B-Application
is	O
installed	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
possible	O
for	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
to	O
boot	O
again	O
with	O
the	O
BIOS/UEFI	O
set	O
to	O
RAID/IDE	O
,	O
producing	O
BSOD	B-Error_Name
in	O
case	O
of	O
trying	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2020	O
,	O
it	O
includes	O
a	O
RAID	B-Architecture
system	O
capable	O
of	O
RAID	B-General_Concept
levels	I-General_Concept
0	O
,	O
1	O
,	O
5	O
,	O
and	O
10	O
,	O
a	O
block	B-Device
level	I-Device
SSD	B-Device
caching	I-Device
accelerator	O
(	O
"	O
Smart	B-Device
Response	I-Device
Technology	I-Device
"	O
)	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
write-back	O
and	O
write-through	O
modes	O
for	O
speed	O
or	O
data	O
protection	O
of	O
any	O
disk	O
or	O
RAID	B-Architecture
array	I-Architecture
,	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
intelligent	O
caching	B-General_Concept
,	O
speedy	O
recovery	O
from	O
certain	O
issues	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
PCI	O
Express	O
based	O
drives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	B-Application
RST	I-Application
came	O
in	O
two	O
variants	O
,	O
RST	O
for	O
desktops	O
,	O
and	O
RSTe	O
for	O
enterprise	O
scenarios	O
,	O
although	O
for	O
many	O
chipsets	B-Device
,	O
the	O
user	O
could	O
choose	O
as	O
both	O
variants	O
will	O
operate	O
correctly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SATA	O
RAID	B-Architecture
portion	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
family	O
was	O
called	O
Intel	O
RSTe	O
and	O
the	O
NVMe*	O
RAID	B-Architecture
portion	O
was	O
called	O
Intel	O
VROC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
starting	O
in	O
Q1	O
2019	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
Intel	O
VROC	O
6.0	O
,	O
the	O
Intel	O
RSTe	O
name	O
was	O
removed	O
,	O
and	O
all	O
RAID	B-Architecture
solutions	O
in	O
this	O
product	O
family	O
were	O
branded	O
as	O
Intel	O
VROC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SATA	O
functionality	O
remains	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
now	O
branded	O
as	O
Intel	O
VROC	O
(	O
SATA	O
RAID	B-Architecture
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	B-Application
RST	I-Application
is	O
provided	O
by	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
firmware	B-Application
,	O
chipset	B-Device
and	O
CPU	B-Device
capabilities	O
,	O
and	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
the	O
chipset	B-Device
,	O
the	O
firmware	B-Application
included	O
in	O
the	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
the	O
software	O
installed	O
by	O
the	O
user	O
,	O
must	O
be	O
compatible	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Online	B-Application
forums	I-Application
and	O
communities	O
exist	O
which	O
compare	O
the	O
benefits	O
of	O
different	O
versions	O
of	O
these	O
,	O
advise	O
as	O
to	O
best	O
compatibility	O
for	O
specified	O
hardware	O
,	O
and	O
modify	O
existing	O
firmware	B-Application
and	O
software	O
to	O
allow	O
optimal	O
combinations	O
or	O
updates	O
beyond	O
those	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
hardware	O
manufacturers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
all	O
RAID	B-Architecture
(	O
Redundant	B-Architecture
Array	I-Architecture
of	I-Architecture
Independent	I-Architecture
Disks	I-Architecture
)	O
,	O
Intel	B-Application
RST	I-Application
RAID	B-Architecture
employs	O
two	O
or	O
more	O
physical	O
hard	B-Device
disks	I-Device
which	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
will	O
treat	O
as	O
a	O
single	O
disk	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
increase	O
redundancy	O
which	O
avoids	O
data	O
loss	O
(	O
except	O
RAID	B-Architecture
0	O
)	O
,	O
and/or	O
to	O
increase	O
the	O
speed	O
at	O
which	O
data	O
is	O
written	O
to	O
and/or	O
read	O
from	O
a	O
disk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	B-Application
RST	I-Application
RAID	B-Architecture
does	O
not	O
provide	O
new	O
RAID	B-General_Concept
levels	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
partitions	O
or	O
logical	O
volumes	O
)	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
disk	O
to	O
be	O
assigned	O
to	O
different	O
RAID	B-Architecture
devices	O
,	O
unlike	O
some	O
other	O
RAID	B-Architecture
controllers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
recommends	O
to	O
put	O
any	O
critical	O
applications	O
and	O
data	O
on	O
a	O
RAID	B-Architecture
1	O
,	O
5	O
,	O
or	O
10	O
volume	O
,	O
with	O
redundancy	O
to	O
protect	O
against	O
data	O
loss	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
RAID	B-Architecture
0	O
volume	O
in	O
Matrix	O
RAID	B-Architecture
provides	O
fast	O
access	O
to	O
large	O
files	O
where	O
data	O
loss	O
is	O
not	O
a	O
critical	O
issue	O
but	O
speed	O
is	O
;	O
examples	O
include	O
video	O
editing	O
,	O
swap	O
files	O
,	O
and	O
files	O
that	O
are	O
backed	O
up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	B-Application
Matrix	I-Application
RAID	I-Application
,	O
Intel	O
Rapid	O
RAID	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
Intel	B-Device
Smart	I-Device
Response	I-Device
Technology	I-Device
are	O
together	O
described	O
as	O
Intel	B-Application
Rapid	I-Application
Storage	I-Application
Technology	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Rapid	B-Application
Storage	I-Application
Technology	I-Application
"	O
(	O
RST	O
)	O
,	O
including	O
creation	O
of	O
RAID	B-Architecture
volumes	O
,	O
works	O
under	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
and	O
newer	O
versions	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
older	O
"	O
Intel	B-Application
Matrix	I-Application
RAID	I-Application
"	O
is	O
supported	O
under	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
XP	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
supports	O
Matrix	O
RAID	B-Architecture
and	O
Rapid	B-Application
Storage	I-Application
Technology	I-Application
(	O
RST	O
)	O
through	O
device	B-Application
mapper	I-Application
,	O
with	O
tool	O
,	O
for	O
RAID	B-Architecture
0	O
,	O
1	O
and	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	O
Linux	B-Application
MD	I-Application
RAID	I-Application
,	O
with	O
tool	O
,	O
for	O
RAID	B-Architecture
0	O
,	O
1	O
,	O
10	O
,	O
and	O
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
up	O
of	O
the	O
RAID	B-Architecture
volumes	O
must	O
be	O
done	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
ROM	B-Device
option	O
in	O
the	O
Matrix	O
Storage	O
Manager	O
,	O
then	O
further	O
configuration	O
can	O
be	O
done	O
in	O
DM-RAID	O
or	O
MD-RAID	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
and	O
MidnightBSD	B-Application
support	O
Intel	B-Application
Matrix	I-Application
RAID	I-Application
using	O
the	O
"	O
ataraid	O
"	O
driver	B-Application
,	O
managed	O
through	O
the	O
atacontrol	O
command	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
with	O
older	O
versions	O
of	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
there	O
were	O
critical	O
reliability	O
issues	O
which	O
include	O
array	O
device	O
renaming	O
when	O
a	O
disk	O
in	O
an	O
array	O
is	O
replaced	O
,	O
an	O
array	O
being	O
considered	O
healthy	O
if	O
the	O
machine	O
reboot/crashes	O
during	O
an	O
array	O
rebuild	O
,	O
and	O
kernel	O
panics	O
when	O
a	O
disk	O
is	O
lost	O
or	O
is	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
bus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
these	O
problems	O
,	O
when	O
experienced	O
in	O
combination	O
,	O
could	O
result	O
in	O
the	O
loss	O
of	O
an	O
entire	O
array	O
(	O
even	O
in	O
the	O
case	O
of	O
RAID	B-Architecture
1	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VMware	B-Operating_System
ESXi	I-Operating_System
4	O
does	O
not	O
support	O
any	O
RAID	B-Architecture
function	O
nor	O
Intel	B-Application
Matrix	I-Application
RAID	I-Application
based	O
on	O
Intel	O
ICHxR	O
controllers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PGPDisk	O
does	O
not	O
support	O
Intel	B-Application
Matrix	I-Application
RAID	I-Application
based	O
on	O
Intel	O
ICHxR	O
,	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
support	O
standalone	O
drives	O
if	O
the	O
"	O
RAID	B-Architecture
"	O
mode	O
is	O
enabled	O
on	O
the	O
motherboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Intel	O
Matrix	O
Storage	O
Manager	O
(	O
IMSM	O
)	O
option	B-Device
ROM	I-Device
is	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
Matrix	O
RAID	B-Architecture
that	O
has	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
to	O
create	O
new	O
RAID	B-Architecture
arrays	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
uses	O
"	O
Rapid	B-Application
Storage	I-Application
Technology	I-Application
"	O
-	O
"	O
Option	B-Device
Rom	I-Device
"	O
-	O
on	O
its	O
new	O
chipsets	B-Device
,	O
dropping	O
the	O
"	O
Matrix	O
"	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Intel	O
document	O
notes	O
that	O
Intel	O
Matrix	O
Storage	O
Manager	O
storage	O
changed	O
to	O
Intel	B-Application
Rapid	I-Application
Storage	I-Application
Technology	I-Application
beginning	O
with	O
version	O
9.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
have	O
been	O
several	O
driver	B-Application
versions	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
1	O
&	O
2	O
are	O
for	O
IDE	O
drives	O
without	O
AHCI	O
&	O
RAID	B-Architecture
modes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
v3.5.0	O
v4.x.x	O
Latest	O
version	O
in	O
which	O
MATRIX	O
RAID	B-Architecture
mode	O
is	O
included	O
on	O
the	O
named	O
application	O
Intel	O
Application	O
Accelerator	O
RAID	B-Architecture
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
v5.x.x	O
Since	O
this	O
version	O
the	O
MATRIX	O
RAID	B-Architecture
mode	O
is	O
included	O
on	O
the	O
named	O
application	O
Intel	O
Matrix	O
Storage	O
Manager	O
,	O
up	O
to	O
version	O
8.9	O
.	O
v5.5.0	O
2005	O
Last	O
version	O
to	O
support	O
ICH5R	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
v6.x.x	O
v6.0.0	O
2006	O
Included	O
on	O
P965	O
chipsets	B-Device
with	O
ICH8R	O
southbridge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
v8.x.x	O
2008	O
v8.9.0	O
2009	O
latest	O
version	O
with	O
WIN	B-Application
XP	I-Application
support	O
,	O
data	O
loss	O
risk	O
:	O
no	O
S.M.A.R.T.support	O
for	O
newer	O
HDD/SSD	O
v9.5.0	O
The	O
product	O
name	O
was	O
changed	O
from	O
"	O
Intel(R )	O
Matrix	O
Storage	O
Manager	O
"	O
to	O
"	O
Intel(R )	O
Rapid	B-Application
Storage	I-Application
Technology	I-Application
"	O
v9.6.0	O
2010	O
v10.1.0	O
2011	O
Last	O
version	O
to	O
support	O
ICH8R	O
v10.5.0	O
2011	O
Standard	O
on	O
Intel	O
Z68-based	O
motherboards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
support	O
RAID	B-Architecture
arrays	I-Architecture
made	O
of	O
HDDs	O
with	O
over	O
2.2	O
TB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Supermicro	O
X7SPA-L	O
)	O
v11.0.0	O
February	O
2012	O
v11.2.0	O
June	O
2012	O
11.2	O
which	O
offers	O
TRIM	O
support	O
on	O
RAID	B-Architecture
0	O
compatible	O
with	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
on	O
Intel	O
7	O
series	O
chipsets	B-Device
(	O
earlier	O
chipsets	B-Device
are	O
officially	O
orphaned	O
by	O
Intel	O
)	O
.But	O
you	O
can	O
mod	O
RST	O
or	O
MSM	O
oROM	O
to	O
support	O
"	O
TRIM	O
on	O
RAID	B-Architecture
0	O
"	O
on	O
ICH8R	O
and	O
up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
v11.6.0	O
September	O
2012	O
v11.7.0	O
November	O
2012	O
v11.7.4.1001	O
March	O
2013	O
Last	O
version	O
to	O
support	O
ICH7R	O
and	O
ICH7M	O
,	O
ICH9M	O
,	O
ICH10R	O
and	O
ICH10D	O
v12.x.x.x	O
2013	O
v12.7.0.1910	O
June	O
2013	O
This	O
option	B-Device
ROM	I-Device
version	O
is	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
X79	O
chipset	B-Device
,	O
Intel	O
has	O
updated	O
to	O
a	O
13	O
series	O
,	O
but	O
no	O
function	O
on	O
X79	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
v12.7.0.1936	O
July	O
2013	O
This	O
version	O
is	O
installed	O
on	O
some	O
Intel	O
C226	O
Chipset-based	O
motherboards	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
v12.9.0.1001	O
December	O
2013	O
v12.9.4.1000	O
July	O
2014	O
Last	O
version	O
to	O
support	O
PCH	O
5	O
,	O
PCH	O
6	O
and	O
mobile	O
PCH	O
7	O
series	O
v13.1.0.2030	O
August	O
2013	O
This	O
version	O
is	O
designed	O
for	O
the	O
new	O
8	O
series	O
chipset	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
can	O
be	O
injected	O
into	O
a	O
X79	O
chipset	B-Device
with	O
modification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
v13.1.0.1058	O
May	O
2014	O
Works	O
with	O
ICH10R	O
in	O
RAID	B-Architecture
mode	O
on	O
Windows	O
Server	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Last	O
version	O
to	O
support	O
Smart	O
Response	O
cache	B-General_Concept
acceleration	O
with	O
a	O
SATA	O
SSD	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
release	O
11.2.0.0000	O
,	O
TRIM	O
commands	O
can	O
be	O
read	O
by	O
Windows	O
RAID	B-Architecture
drivers	O
made	O
for	O
7	O
series	O
chipsets	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
no	O
RAID	B-Architecture
mode	O
TRIM	O
support	O
on	O
drivers	O
for	O
older	O
chipsets	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
states	O
that	O
RST	O
support	O
was	O
added	O
for	O
the	O
X79	O
chipset	B-Device
in	O
RST	O
version	O
11.6.0.0000	O
and	O
after	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
some	O
6	O
series	O
chipsets	B-Device
there	O
is	O
a	O
modification	O
for	O
the	O
ROM	B-Device
in	O
the	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
will	O
allow	O
TRIM	O
support	O
on	O
the	O
6	O
series	O
chipset	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
X79	O
chipset	B-Device
,	O
certain	O
motherboard	O
manufacturers	O
have	O
added	O
both	O
RAID	B-Architecture
ROMs	O
in	O
the	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
RST	O
and	O
RST-E	O
ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
X79	O
is	O
the	O
Enterprise	O
version	O
,	O
called	O
RST-E	O
.	O
With	O
the	O
RST	O
ROM	B-Device
added	O
to	O
the	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
this	O
allows	O
TRIM	O
function	O
to	O
pass	O
through	O
the	O
controller	O
and	O
TRIM	O
SSD	B-Device
drives	I-Device
when	O
RAID	B-Architecture
is	O
enabled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
workaround	O
was	O
needed	O
before	O
RST-E	O
driver	B-Application
version	O
3.8	O
was	O
shipped	O
which	O
passed	O
through	O
TRIM	O
commands	O
to	O
a	O
RAID	B-Architecture
array	I-Architecture
without	O
modifications	O
to	O
the	O
RST-E	O
ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
no	O
support	O
for	O
TRIM	O
in	O
the	O
RST-E	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
ROM	B-Device
when	O
RAID	B-Architecture
is	O
enabled	O
and	O
the	O
RST-E	O
driver	B-Application
version	O
is	O
less	O
than	O
3.8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
add	O
an	O
RST	O
ROM	B-Device
to	O
the	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
to	O
enable	O
TRIM	O
passthrough	O
in	O
RAID	B-Architecture
mode	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
RST	O
ROM	B-Device
and	O
driver	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
newest	O
Option	B-Device
ROM	I-Device
version	O
is	O
a	O
13	O
series	O
ROM	B-Device
,	O
this	O
ROM	B-Device
will	O
not	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
motherboard	O
manufacturers	O
for	O
the	O
X79	O
chipset	B-Device
BIOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
injected	O
into	O
a	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
to	O
use	O
on	O
the	O
X79	O
with	O
modded	O
code	O
,	O
for	O
those	O
MFG	O
's	O
who	O
have	O
added	O
a	O
ROM	B-Device
switch	O
,	O
this	O
is	O
where	O
the	O
MFG	O
has	O
added	O
both	O
RST	O
and	O
RSTe	O
to	O
the	O
RAID	B-Architecture
option	O
of	O
a	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
there	O
needs	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
code	O
added	O
for	O
TRIM	O
commands	O
to	O
be	O
sent	O
,	O
when	O
you	O
inject	O
the	O
RST	O
and	O
replace	O
the	O
RSTe	O
with	O
RST	O
option	B-Device
ROM	I-Device
in	O
X79	O
boards	O
that	O
do	O
not	O
contain	O
the	O
ROM	B-Device
switch	O
,	O
TRIM	O
can	O
be	O
dysfunctional	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
modded	O
RST	O
13	O
series	O
Option	O
ROMs	O
(	O
legacy	O
)	O
available	O
at	O
certain	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
modding	O
sites	O
that	O
have	O
been	O
made	O
functional	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
the	O
X79	O
chipsets	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
booting	O
in	O
a	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
environment	O
(	O
legacy	O
)	O
and	O
some	O
EFI	O
,	O
the	O
RST	O
option	B-Device
ROM	I-Device
is	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
booting	O
in	O
a	O
true	O
UEFI	B-Architecture
environment	O
the	O
Option	B-Device
ROM	I-Device
is	O
not	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
SataDriver	O
with	O
the	O
RST	O
version	O
takes	O
over	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
mode	O
the	O
legacy/BIOS	O
booting	O
is	O
under	O
CSMCORE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
true	O
UEFI	B-Architecture
mode	O
the	O
RST	O
is	O
controlled	O
under	O
SataDriver	O
/	O
RstVmdDriver	O
in	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Intel	O
RAID	B-Architecture
ROM	B-Device
is	O
the	O
firmware	B-Application
in	O
the	O
motherboard	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
that	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
RAID	B-Architecture
array	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
:	O
The	O
RST	O
drivers	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
RAID	B-Architecture
and	O
also	O
on	O
a	O
single	O
drive	O
as	O
it	O
contains	O
an	O
AHCI	O
driver	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
a	O
bug	O
in	O
the	O
version	O
12.5.0.1066	O
RST	O
driver	B-Application
,	O
which	O
cause	O
TRIM	O
commands	O
not	O
to	O
pass	O
through	O
the	O
RAID	B-Architecture
driver	B-Application
to	O
the	O
drives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TRIM	O
is	O
disabled	O
using	O
this	O
driver	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	B-Application
Rapid	I-Application
Storage	I-Application
Technology	I-Application
enterprise	O
(	O
Intel	O
RSTe	O
)	O
provides	O
performance	O
and	O
reliability	O
for	O
supported	O
systems	O
equipped	O
with	O
Serial	O
ATA	O
(	O
SATA	O
)	O
devices	O
,	O
Serial	O
Attached	O
SCSI	O
(	O
SAS	O
)	O
devices	O
,	O
and/or	O
solid	B-Device
state	I-Device
drives	I-Device
(	O
SSDs	B-Device
)	O
to	O
enable	O
an	O
optimal	O
enterprise	O
storage	O
solution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
difference	O
between	O
RST	O
and	O
RSTe	O
is	O
that	O
the	O
RST	O
is	O
used	O
for	O
desktop	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
and	O
the	O
RSTe	O
is	O
mostly	O
used	O
for	O
server	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RST	O
supports	O
regular	O
SATA	O
controllers	O
from	O
desktop	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
of	O
the	O
motherboard	O
has	O
RSTe	O
feature	O
then	O
the	O
user	O
cannot	O
install	O
Intel	B-Application
Rapid	I-Application
Storage	I-Application
Technology	I-Application
software	O
(	O
error	O
message	O
:	O
This	O
platform	O
is	O
not	O
supported	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
have	O
been	O
several	O
Option	B-Device
ROM	I-Device
versions	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
Release	O
date	O
Notes	O
4.3.0.1010	O
2014	O
This	O
version	O
is	O
installed	O
on	O
some	O
Intel	O
C236	O
Chipset-based	O
motherboards	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
Intel	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
RTSe	O
branding	O
would	O
be	O
replaced	O
,	O
with	O
RSTe	O
consolidated	O
into	O
Intel	O
's	O
VROC	O
(	O
Virtual	O
RAID	B-Architecture
on	O
CPU	B-Device
)	O
product	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
mostly	O
designed	O
with	O
NVMe	B-Application
SSD	B-Device
's	O
in	O
mind	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
directly	O
attached	O
to	O
the	O
Intel	B-Device
Xeon	I-Device
Scalable	O
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
VROC	O
is	O
a	O
technology	O
from	O
the	O
Intel	B-Device
Xeon	I-Device
Scalable	O
processors	O
series	O
and	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
provide	O
hot-plug	O
,	O
surprise-removal	O
,	O
and	O
LED	O
management	O
of	O
NVMe	B-Application
SSD	B-Device
's	O
for	O
server	O
usage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
client	O
PC	O
's	O
Intel	B-Application
RST	I-Application
is	O
still	O
the	O
advised	O
software	O
package	O
to	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
VMD	O
is	O
targeted	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
created	O
by	O
Intel	O
to	O
manage	O
the	O
RAID	B-Architecture
configuration	O
is	O
under	O
par	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
when	O
using	O
a	O
RAID	B-Architecture
1	O
configuration	O
,	O
Windows	O
shall	O
show	O
a	O
temporary	O
message	O
when	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
disk	O
are	O
down	O
,	O
however	O
if	O
this	O
is	O
not	O
noticed	O
(	O
because	O
the	O
user	O
is	O
not	O
at	O
the	O
computer	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
might	O
not	O
notice	O
the	O
disk	O
failure	O
in	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
the	O
Intel	B-Application
RST	I-Application
software	O
does	O
not	O
consistently	O
log	O
status	O
changes	O
(	O
repair/rebuilds	O
)	O
in	O
the	O
Windows	O
Eventlog	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
difficult	O
for	O
3rd	O
party	O
monitoring	O
software	O
to	O
warn	O
users	O
when	O
the	O
RAID	B-Architecture
status	O
changes	O
and	O
the	O
data	O
might	O
be	O
in	O
jeopardy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
e-mail	O
service	O
was	O
also	O
inconsistent	O
because	O
the	O
disk	O
degradation	O
was	O
not	O
e-mailed	O
,	O
but	O
consequently	O
the	O
finished	O
rebuild	O
of	O
the	O
RAID	B-Architecture
was	O
e-mailed	O
,	O
without	O
the	O
user	O
ever	O
being	O
warned	O
the	O
computer	O
was	O
rebuilding	O
the	O
RAID	B-Architecture
drive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
also	O
used	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
command	O
line	O
software	O
(	O
CLI	O
)	O
for	O
their	O
RST	O
RAID	B-Architecture
,	O
which	O
one	O
could	O
use	O
to	O
request	O
the	O
status	O
of	O
the	O
RAID	B-Architecture
drives	O
,	O
however	O
this	O
software	O
was	O
deprecated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
conclusion	O
might	O
be	O
made	O
that	O
Intel	O
is	O
deliberately	O
undermining	O
the	O
reliability	O
of	O
the	O
RAID	B-Architecture
,	O
by	O
crippling	O
the	O
methods	O
to	O
warn	O
the	O
user	O
before	O
data	O
is	O
lost	O
.	O
</s>
