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RR640L UEFI Windows BootRAID Installation Guide

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RR640L Controller

Windows BootRAID

Installation Guide

Version 1.0.0

Update Aug 26, 2021

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Content

Prerequisites for a Bootable RAID Configuration............................................................................................. 3

UEFI BIOS Settings...........................................................................................................................................4

How to install Windows to the RAID controller................................................................................................5

Step 1 Preparing the USB Flash Drive.......................................................................................................5

Step 2 Preparing the UEFI Package........................................................................................................... 5

Step 3 Creating the RAID Array................................................................................................................ 6

Step 4 Install Windows...............................................................................................................................8

Step 5 Disabling Hibernation................................................................................................................... 10

Trouble shooting.............................................................................................................................................. 12

No supporting host adapter is found........................................................................................................ 12

No supported controller detected............................................................................................................. 12

Appendix A...................................................................................................................................................... 13

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Prerequisites for a Bootable RAID Configuration

The RR640L 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 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

SAS/SATA drives. You can reattach these drives after the operating system has been

successfully installed.

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

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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.

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.

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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 ;

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：

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e. Enter the motherboard’s Boot List and select start from UEFI USB flash:

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

mode 100 31

a. Next, enter the following command to enter the RAID creation utility:

ArrayCreate.efi

a. Command “create RAID0”.

Create RAID0 array with all disks and with maximum capacity.

b. Command “exit”；

c. 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”:

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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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