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RR37xx_8xx_28xx Controller Windows Boot RAID Installation Guide

g. After partitioning, continue and complete the Windows installation procedure.

Step 5 Disabling Hibernation

After Windows is installed, boot into the operating system and disable Hibernation.

Hibernation fails when the system is installed on a RAID; this bug will slow down or prevent

startup and disable sleep mode

If you do not turn the hibernation functionality off, you may experience the following

problems:

a) Shutdown time is extended by an additional 3-5 minutes.

b) You cannot shut down properly; you need to manually press the power switch button

of the motherboard to power off the system.

Please use administrator privileges to turn off hibernation using the following command

(Command Prompt utility): #

powercfg /h off

Enter the command to check that the quick shutdown is turned off:

powercfg / a

Summary of Contents for RR37 8 28 Series

Page 1: ...28xx Controller Windows Boot RAID Installation Guide RR37xx_8xx_28xx Controller Windows Boot RAID Installation Guide Version 1 0 0 Copyright 2021 HighPoint Technologies Inc All rights reserved Update...

Page 2: ...S Settings 2 How to install Windows to the RAID Controller 3 Step 1 Preparing the USB Flash Drive 3 Step 2 Preparing the UEFI Package 3 Step 3 Creating the RAID Array 4 Step 4 Install Windows 6 Step 5...

Page 3: ...bled 6 Install an optical drive into the system such as a DVD ROM DVD RW or Blu Ray drive 7 Prepare the OS Installation disc Windows 10 later Windows server 2016 later or a Linux Distribution that cor...

Page 4: ...onsult your motherboard s user manual for more information Set UEFI setting with SuperMicro X11DAi N motherboard as an example a Set Boot Mode Select to UEFI b Under Advanced PCIe PCI PnP Configuratio...

Page 5: ...d will not appear as an option under the motherboard s UEFI BIOS menus Step 2 Preparing the UEFI Package The package must be unzipped directly to the root of the bootable USB flash drive do not extrac...

Page 6: ...Array a Insert the USB flash drive to the motherboard b The screen should display information about the devices on the motherboard c Query the files in the USB flash drive and enter the command dir d...

Page 7: ...e At the prompt enter the following command to change the resolution mode 100 31 f Next enter the following command to enter the RAID creation utility ArrayCreate efi g Next create the array using th...

Page 8: ...of this user guide Step 4 Install Windows a Insert the Windows install DVD in your optical drive DVD Blu ray etc and then reboot your system b The following RAID information should be displayed by the...

Page 9: ...sert the USB flash that contains the driver into the motherboard USB slot and click Browse Select the driver file as shown f After loading the driver return to the Where do you want to install Windows...

Page 10: ...w down or prevent startup and disable sleep mode If you do not turn the hibernation functionality off you may experience the following problems a Shutdown time is extended by an additional 3 5 minutes...

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Page 12: ...CIe slot with x8 or x16 lane b In order to avoid this slot is broken so replace the slot and test again No supported controller detected In the UEFI environment run the command ArrayCreate efi Solutio...

Page 13: ...ity create RAID1 1 1 1 3 10 Create RAID1 array with disk 1 1 and 1 3 and with 10GB capacity create RAID10 Create RAID10 array with all disks and with maximum capacity create RAID5 Create RAID5 array w...

Page 14: ...28xx Controller Windows Boot RAID Installation Guide 12 info Display physical device list and logical list Exit Command Syntax Q q quit exit Quit the application Help Command Syntax H h help This is h...