Hello,
 
i will try to make it as short as possible. I bought a new workstation with a VROC NVMe Raid in mind:
 
i9-7980XE
ASUS WS Sage x299 mainboard
Asus Hyper M2 X16 card (and Asrock Ultra Quad M2 card)
 
The Intel documentation of vroc on x299 is very confusing. I thought all i need were Intel drives to be able to activate additional Raid modes using the HW Key. So i bought four Intel 1TB 760p M2 but i could not get it to work, only one drive would show up in bios after activating vroc mode.
 
I asked about it on the Intel support forums. In short, Intel told me VROC on X299 would only support Data Center and Professional SSDs. Which would be ridiculous. The only modern one i can buy in retail is the professional version of the 760p, the 7600p and Intel confirmed me the compatibility. But another user on the Intel forum said, not even the 7600p is working because there is supposedly a problem with the PCIE 3.1 vs 3.0 specification.
 
I am about to give up on the vroc mess, but now i saw the EVGA x299 Dark is released and this is my question:
 
Has anyone experience with VROC Raids on EVGA boards using the VROCISSDMOD Key and what drives are working? Has EVGA tested VROC setups? I still have my Classified SR-2 workstation with dual Xeons and a EVGA Titan card, it is running for many years now. I like to think if anyone could make it work it is EVGA and maybe my mainboard is the problem.
 
Thank you and best Regards!

Hello, thank you for the reply and the guide! :) It is good to see that you offer the HW Key yourself.

 
That the Asus Hyper card is not tested is unfortunate, but i appreciate the transparency. 
The guide says "At least two Intel 760p NVME M.2's". Are there ways to connect more than two 760p M.2 to VROC on your mainboards other than using the Asus Hyper card? The Intel 750 mentioned in the guide is not an M.2 host card like the Asus Hyper in my understanding. Looks more like an old PCIE SSD.
 
(The guide link does not work directly somehow, i tried to relink it, but you can type "vroc" in the search box at the top. in case someone else needs it)

Thank you Jon!
I don't know what is meant by Intel 750p "host card", i only find PCIE drives named Intel 750.