User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Safety information
- Chapter 1: Product Introduction
- Chapter 2: Hardware Information
- 2.1 Chassis cover
- 2.2 Central Processing Unit (CPU)
- 2.3 System memory
- 2.4 Storage devices
- 2.5 Expansion slot
- 2.5.1 Installing an expansion card to the PCIe x16 slot on the butterfly riser card bracket
- 2.5.2 Installing an expansion card to the PCIe x8 slot on the butterfly riser card bracket
- 2.5.3 (optional) Installing an Intel® X710 10G LAN card to the onboard PCIe slot
- 2.5.4 Installing an M.2 module
- 2.5.5 Installing the Baseboard Management Card
- 2.5.6 (optional) Installing the PFR module
- 2.5.7 Configuring an expansion card
- 2.6 Cable connections
- 2.7 Backplane cabling
- 2.8 Removable/optional components
- Chapter 3: Installation Options
- Chapter 4: Motherboard Information
- Chapter 5: BIOS Setup
- 5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
- 5.2 BIOS setup program
- 5.3 Main menu
- 5.4 Advanced menu
- 5.4.1 CPU Configuration
- 5.4.2 Power & Performance
- 5.4.3 Server ME Configuration
- 5.4.4 System Event Log
- 5.4.5 Trusted Computing
- 5.4.6 Redfish Host Interface Settings
- 5.4.7 Onboard LAN Configuration
- 5.4.8 Serial Port Console Redirection
- 5.4.9 Intel TXT Information
- 5.4.10 SIO Configuration
- 5.4.11 PCI Subsystem Settings
- 5.4.12 USB Configuration
- 5.4.13 Network Stack Configuration
- 5.4.14 CSM (Compatibility Support Module)
- 5.4.15 NVMe Configuration
- 5.4.16 APM Configuration
- 5.4.17 Third-party UEFI driver configurations
- 5.5 Chipset menu
- 5.6 Security menu
- 5.7 Boot menu
- 5.8 Monitor menu
- 5.9 Tool menu
- 5.10 Event Logs menu
- 5.11 Server Mgmt menu
- 5.12 Exit menu
- Chapter 6: RAID Configuration
- Chapter 7: Driver Installation
- Appendix
7-2 Chapter 7: Driver Installation
7.1 RAID driver installation
After creating the RAID sets for your server system, 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.
7.1.1 Creating a USB flash drive with RAID drive
When installing Windows
®
Server OS, you can load the RAID driver from a USB flash drive.
You can create a USB flash drive with RAID driver in Windows by copying the files from the
support DVD to the USB flash drive.
To copy the RAID driver to a USB flash drive in Windows environment:
1. Place the motherboard support DVD in the optical drive.
2. Connect a USB flash drive to your system.
3. Click on the optical drive to browse the contents of the support DVD.
4. Click Drivers > C25x INTEL RAID > Windows> Driver and then copy the RAID driver
folder to the USB flash drive.
7.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver
During Windows
®
Server 2012 R2, 2016, or 2019 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).