Prerequisites For A Bootable Raid Configuration - HighPoint RR640L Installation Manual

RR640L UEFI Windows BootRAID Installation Guide

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