Without the specific software driver to translate this language, the operating system (like Windows 10 or 11) doesn't know how to speak to the VMD controller. It sees a device, but it doesn't know what it is. Hence, the "No drives found" error.
Traditionally, NVMe SSDs communicated directly with the CPU via the PCIe bus. However, as storage speeds increased and features like PCIe hot-swapping (removing drives without shutting down) became desirable for enterprise users, Intel introduced VMD. f6flpyx64 intel vmdzip exclusive