User Manual

6-2 Chapter 6: Driver Installation
6.1 RAID driver installation
After creating the RAID sets for your workstation, you are now ready to install an operating
system to the independent hard disk drive or bootable array. This part provides the
instructions on how to install the RAID controller drivers during OS installation.
6.1.1 CreatingaUSBashdrivewithRAIDdrive
When installing Windows
®
Server OS, you can load the RAID driver from a USB ash drive.
You can create a USB ash drive with RAID driver in Windows by copying the les from the
support DVD to the USB ash drive.
To copy the RAID driver to a USB ash drive in Windows environment:
1. Place the motherboard support DVD in the optical drive.
2. Connect a USB ash drive to your system.
3. Click on the optical drive to browse the contents of the support DVD.
4. Click Drivers > C24x INTEL RAID > Driver > Windows and then copy the RAID driver
folder to the USB ash drive.
6.1.2 InstallingtheRAIDcontrollerdriver
DuringWindows
®
Server 2012 R2 or 2016 OS installation
To install the RAID controller driver when installing Windows
®
Server OS:
1. Boot the computer using the Windows
®
Server installation disc. Follow the onscreen
instructions to start installing Windows
®
Server.
2. When prompted to choose a type of installation, click Custom:InstallWindowsonly
(advanced).