RR64xL UEFI Windows BootRAID Installation Guide
RR64xL Controller
Windows BootRAID
Installation Guide
Version 1.02
Copyright © 2021 HighPoint Technologies, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Update Nov 29, 2021
Page 1: ...RR64xL UEFI Windows BootRAID Installation Guide RR64xL Controller Windows BootRAID Installation Guide Version 1 02 Copyright 2021 HighPoint Technologies Inc All rights reserved Update Nov 29 2021 ...
Page 2: ...ngs 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 3 Step 4 Install Windows 6 Step 5 Disabling Hibernation 8 Trouble shooting 9 No supporting host adapter is found 9 No supported controller detected 9 Appendix A 10 ...
Page 3: ...nary diver you intend to install Download and burn an official copy of the latest ISO image of your preferred operating system to a DVD This should be inserted into the optical drive when booting the system 8 You will need a USB flash drive the UEFI package and driver should be extracted to the root directory of this flash drive 9 Remove all other drives during the OS installation process Make sur...
Page 4: ...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 Configuration change CPUx Slot x PCI E OPROM to EFI x represents the PCIE slot assignment For this example the RR640l is installed into CPU2 Slot 2 c Set Boot Mode Select to UEFI ...
Page 5: ...reparing the UEFI Package The package must be unzipped directly to the root of the bootable USB flash drive do not extract the contents to a new folder All of the following items must be present in the root of the USB flash drive For example RR640L Note If the above content is not present in the root directory the UEFI boot device will not be properly recognized and or you will be unable to create...
Page 6: ...640l nsh flash UEFI rom to RR640l Controller and reboot When the message Passed appears the flash was successful d Boot in the presence of the motherboard Log screen there will be HDDs information e Enter the motherboard s Boot List and select start from UEFI USB flash ...
Page 7: ...he resolution mode 100 31 g Next enter the following command to enter the RAID creation utility ArrayCreate efi h Command create RAID0 Create RAID0 array with all disks and with maximum capacity i You can now exit the utility Enter the following command exit Note For more command usages refer to Appendix A ...
Page 8: ...ows install DVD in your CD ROM and then reboot your system b Boot view RAID information that appears on the motherboard Logo screen c Enter Boot list select start from UEFI DVD d Install Windows to Where do you want to install Windows e Click Load driver in the pup up window click Cancel ...
Page 9: ...plug the USB flash with the driver file onto the USB interface of the motherboard click Browse select the driver file g Load the driver h After load the driver back to Where do you want to install Windows interface the Legacy disks have become RAID partitions ...
Page 10: ...own 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 follow...
Page 11: ... 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 Solutions If you get the message No supported controller detected Try the following a Check whether the Storage option ROM is Enabled in the motherboard BIOS b Check whether SATA is connected to the controller c Replace the mo...
Page 12: ...te 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 with all disks and with maximum capacity Delete Command Syntax delete array ID Examples delete 1 Delete the first array from Logical device list delete 1 Delete the second array from Logical device list Info Command Syntax info Displ...
