On a modern Intel Xeon platform with onboard VMD exposing four NVMe devices, Windows 11 Setup saw no drives until I loaded the Intel VMD driver (the package contained an f6flpyx64 folder with .inf/.sys files). After loading it, the installer saw the RAID-managed NVMe array and installation proceeded normally. Post-install, using the OEM installer ensured reboots didn’t drop the devices.
However, a major side effect is that . If your BIOS has VMD enabled (which is often the default on new OEM systems like Dell, Lenovo, and HP), the Windows installer will not see your NVMe SSD until you load the f6flpyx64 VMD driver.
On a modern Intel Xeon platform with onboard VMD exposing four NVMe devices, Windows 11 Setup saw no drives until I loaded the Intel VMD driver (the package contained an f6flpyx64 folder with .inf/.sys files). After loading it, the installer saw the RAID-managed NVMe array and installation proceeded normally. Post-install, using the OEM installer ensured reboots didn’t drop the devices.
However, a major side effect is that . If your BIOS has VMD enabled (which is often the default on new OEM systems like Dell, Lenovo, and HP), the Windows installer will not see your NVMe SSD until you load the f6flpyx64 VMD driver. f6flpyx64 intel vmdzip