SupremeRAID™ Linux Driver 1.3.0 Release Notes, Software and Documentation
Release Date: Dec 30, 2022
New Features
- Enlarges maximum virtual drive amount per drive group to 1023
- Supports dual controller with HA capability
- Supports multiple strip sizes (4k, 8k, 16k, 32k, 64k, and 128k) on RAID0 and RAID10
- Supports stripe cache function in RHEL/CentOS 7.9
Enhancements
- Improves RAID5 and RAID6 sequential read performance
- Improves RAID5 and RAID6 sequential write performance on AMD platform
- Improves Samba write performance
- The virtual drives in the same drive group can be deleted in any order
- Display the estimated completion time of the init/rebuild/resync process
- Leverages systemd dependencies to help users setup service order properly
- Newly supported NVMe SSD:
- KIOXIA CD8 Series
- WD Ultrastar DC SN650 Series
Changes
- In this release, a change will be implemented to the device node naming convention for virtual drives. The current naming convention, /dev/gvdXnX, will be replaced with a new convention, /dev/gdgXnX. Additionally, virtual drives within the same drive group will be treated as separate namespaces. For instance, if there are two virtual drives in drive group 0, their device node names will be /dev/gdg0n1 and /dev/gdg0n2
New Operating System Support
- RHEL 8.6, 9.0
- AlmaLinux 8.6
- Rocky Linux 8.6
- Ubuntu 20.04.4 (Kernel 5.15) and after
- Ubuntu 22.04 (Kernel 5.15)
Supported Operating Systems
Linux Distro | x86_64 |
CentOS | 7.9, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 (Kernel 4.18) |
RHEL | 7.9, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6 (Kernel 4.18), 9.0 (Kernel 5.14) |
Rocky Linux | 8.5, 8.6 (Kernel 4.18) |
AlmaLinux | 8.5, 8.6 (kernel 4.18) |
Ubuntu | 20.04 (Kernel 5.4 and 5.15), 22.04 (Kernel 5.15) |
openSUSE Leap | 15.2, 15.3 (Kernel 5.3) |
SLES | 15 SP2, 15 SP3 (Kernel 5.3) |
Resources
Dependencies and Utilities
Driver Packages
This version of the driver installer is outdated. Please use the latest stable version for deployment.
Compatible NVMe Drives
Dapustor
Series | Interface | Form Factor |
R5100 | PCIe Gen4 x 4 | 2.5 inch U.2 |
Intel
Series | Interface | Form Factor |
DC P4510 | PCIe Gen3 x 4 | 2.5 inch U.2 |
DC P4610 | PCIe Gen3 x 4 | 2.5 inch U.2 |
D5-P5316 | PCIe Gen4 x 4 | 2.5 inch U.2 |
D7-P5510 | PCIe Gen4 x 4 | 2.5 inch U.2 |
Optane™ P5800X | PCIe Gen4 x 4 | 2.5 inch U.2 |
Kingston
Series | Interface | Form Factor |
DC1500M | PCIe Gen3 x 4 | 2.5 inch U.2 |
KIOXIA
Series | Interface | Form Factor |
CD5 | PCIe Gen3 x 4 | 2.5 inch U.2 |
CD6 | PCIe Gen4 x 4 | 2.5 inch U.2 |
CM6 | PCIe Gen4 x 4 | 2.5 inch U.2 |
CD8 | PCIe Gen4 x 4 | 2.5 inch U.2 |
Memblaze
Series | Interface | Form Factor |
P6536 | PCIe Gen4 x 4 | 2.5 inch U.2 |
Micron
Series | Interface | Form Factor |
7300 | PCIe Gen3 x 4 | 2.5 inch U.2 |
7450 | PCIe Gen4 x 4 | 2.5 inch U.2 |
Phison
Series | Interface | Form Factor |
EPW5970 | PCIe Gen4 x 4 | 2.5 inch U.2 |
Samsung
Series | Interface | Form Factor |
PM983 | PCIe Gen3 x 4 | 2.5 inch U.2 |
PM9A3 | PCIe Gen4 x 4 | 2.5 inch U.2 |
PM1733 | PCIe Gen4 x 4 | 2.5 inch U.2 |
ScaleFlux
Series | Interface | Form Factor |
CSD 3000 | PCIe Gen4 x 4 | 2.5 inch U.2 |
Seagate
Series | Interface | Form Factor |
NYTRO 5550H | PCIe Gen4 x 4 | 2.5 inch U.2 |
WD
Series | Interface | Form Factor |
Ultrastar DC SN640 | PCIe Gen3 x 4 | 2.5 inch U.2 |
Ultrastar DC SN650 | PCIe Gen4 x 4 | 2.5 inch U.2 |
Known Issues and Limitations
- The failed indicator would not indicate when SAS/SATA drives have been removed.
- The drive status will not turn into missing immediately when the SAS/SATA drive is pulled out.
- On some server models, slot IDs for SAS/SATA physical drives might not display properly.
- Did not support NVMeoF physical drives which exported from Ubuntu 20.04 (kernel < 5.15).