HighPoint RR64 L Series Manuel utilisateur

RR64xL UEFI Windows BootRAID Installation Guide

RR64xL Controller

Windows BootRAID

Installation Guide

Version 1.02

Update Nov 29, 2021

RR64xL UEFI Windows BootRAID Installation Guide

Content

Prerequisites for a Bootable RAID Configuration............................................................................................. 1

UEFI BIOS 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................................................................................................................ 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

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Prerequisites for a Bootable RAID Configuration

The RR640L/642L/644L/644LS controllers can support bootable RAID arrays. After configuring an array using the

UEFI RAID tool, you can install a Windows or Linux operating system to the RAID. In order to configure a bootable

RAID array, you will need the following:

1. RAID controller. A PCIe 3.0/4.0 slot with x4, x8 or x16 lanes.

2. The RR640L/642L/644L/644LS must be installed into a PCIe 3.0/4.0 slot with x4, x8 or x16 lanes.

3. The motherboard needs to be booted into UEFI mode. Confirm that the motherboard boots in UEFI mode.

4. USB flash drive: FAT32 format. Make sure the file system of the USB flash drive is FAT32 format.

5. Secure Boot must be disabled.

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

corresponds with the binary 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 sure only the controller, the USB flash drive,

and the optical drive are installed into the system during this procedure. This includes any other USB hard drives,

USB flash drives, memory sticks, or SATA drives. You can reattach these drives after the operating system has

been successfully installed.

10. For Windows 10 /11 users, make sure to Disable Fast Boot.

11. The following are the basic requirements for installing Windows 11 on your computer. If your device does

not meet these requirements, you may not be able to install Windows 11 on your device; If your device is already

running Windows 10, you can use the PC Health Check app to evaluate compatibility.

Please refer to the following link for detailed requirements：

Windows 11 Specs and System Requirements | Microsoft

RR64xL UEFI Windows BootRAID Installation Guide

UEFI BIOS Settings

Different motherboards will provide different UEFI-related BIOS settings. Please consult 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";

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How to install Windows to the RAID controller

Step 1 Preparing the USB Flash Drive

When preparing the USB flash dive, make sure to format the USB partition as FAT32. If another file system

is used, the USB drive may not be properly recognized, and 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 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 an array for OS installation.

Step 3 Creating the RAID Array

a. Insert the USB flash drive to the motherboard.

b. Booting from the UEFI USB flash and enter the UEFI environment;

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c. Command with “rr640l.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:

RR64xL UEFI Windows BootRAID Installation Guide

f. At the prompt, enter the following command to change the 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.

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Step 4 Install Windows

a. Put the Windows 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”;

RR64xL UEFI Windows BootRAID Installation Guide

f. Then 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;

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i.After partitioning, continue installing and complete the installation of the Windows.

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

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