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INTRODUCTION
An NVMe device is dened as a solid state device designed according
to NVMe specications. NVMe devices are controllers that can be
connected to a PCIe Bus, U.2 slots and/or M.2 slots. The NVMe
interface provides better performance than preceding technologies,
such as SATA SSD and PCH SSD, and the major improvements made
in accessing NVMe devices include maximum bandwidth and reduced
latency.
The NVMe Aptio driver detects and congures NVMe devices connected
to the system based on NVM Express, Revision 1.2. The NVMe driver
is compatible with the Aptio 5.x core and the driver supports Legacy/
EFI OS booting from NVMe devices. The following OSes have built in
support for NVMe devices:
• Windows 8.1 and later
• Windows Server 2012 R2 and later
• Linux OS with kernel revision 3.3 and later
• Free BSD version 10.2
• Oracle Solaris version 11.2
Built-in support for NVMe devices allows for the devices to be detected
and initialized during OS installation. Preceding OS versions (i.e.
Windows 7 and below) do not have built-in NVMe support, therefore
a driver with a mounted WINDOWS ISO image is needed to install the
OS onto the NVMe device.
NVMe devices are accessed via simplied command sets known
as Admin commands and I/O commands. NVMe devices are able
to process multiple queues at a time, allowing for faster server
processing.
MAJOR FEATURES SUPPORTED
The NVMe eModule supports the following features:
• Legacy/EFI booting
• HddSmart feature support
• HddSecurity feature support (SAT3)
• Opal Security support
• Booting to Opal security supported NVMe device
• NVMe Pass-Thru support
HIGHLIGHTS:
OSes with built-in NVMe device support:
• Windows 8.1 and later versions
• Windows Server 2012 R2 and later
versions
• Linux OS with kernel revision 3.3 and
later versions
• Free BSD version 10.2
• Oracle Solaris version 11.2
Related Components
• HddSecurity
• HddSMART
• TCGStorageSecurity
Implementing NVMe devices for faster and improved performance in memory-based storage
NVMe eModule
Introduction to the NVMe eModule
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