How To Install Windows* Server 2016 in an Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise (Intel® RSTe) RAID Volume on the Intel® Server Board S1200SPLR

System is unable to recognize the RAID array during Windows* setup.

Follow the steps below:

1. Power on the server. When prompted, press the key F2 to enter BIOS.
2. Navigate to Boot Maintenance Manager > Advanced Boot Option.
3. Set the setting Boot Mode to UEFI and the setting Video BIOS to UEFI.
4. Press the key F10 to save the settings and restart the server.
5. Go back to the system BIOS by pressing the key F2.
6. Navigate to Advanced > PCI Configuration > UEFI Option ROM Control > Storage Controller > RSTe.
7. Press the option Create RAID volume to create the RAID array.
8. Type the name for the RAID volume, select the RAID level desired, and select the drives that will part of the volume.
9. Create the RAID volume by selecting the option Create Volume, press the key Enter, and then the key Y.
10. Using another computer with Windows* operating system, a bootable flashed drive needs to be created using the free software called Rufus* with the following settings:
    1. Partition scheme and target system type: GPT partition scheme for UEFI computer
    2. File system: NTFS
11. Create a bootable disk using ISO image (box checked).
12. Launch Windows* Setup. The system should now be able to recognize the RAID array.

The latest Intel® RSTe RAID driver can be updated within Windows* Server 2016 once the operating system has been installed. The driver for Intel® Server Board S1200SPLR can be found at: Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC SATA)/Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise (Intel® RSTe) Windows* Driver for S1200SP Family.