Description: AACRAID driver files v7.4.0.30850 for Windows Server 2008/R2 (32-bit and x64 Edition), Windows Server 2012/R2 (32-bit and x64 Edition), Windows 7 (32-bit and x64 Editions), Windows 8/8.1 (32-bit and x64 Editions), Windows Small Business Server 2011 (Standard and Essentials), Windows Storage Server 2008 R2. I have an Intel RS2WC040 RAID Controller connected to (4). When I run the Windows Server 2012 setup, I get to the dialog that states 'A.
Windows 8.1
Server 2012 R2 - LSI MegaRAID
Is there something weird going on when installing 2012 R2 with a MegaRAID card on a SuperMICRO server?
The server was happily running Debian, and Proxmox. Now it needs to run 2012 and Hyper-V.
Installer tells me it can't find the drivers, I tell it where the drivers are (latest drivers from LSI, mounted in a flash drive), it thinks for a bit, then tells me 'No new device drivers found'.
Now, I would not ordinarily sweat not having RAID on a server, because we're supposed to keep 'everything' on our NAS, but this is a special application and 'everything needs to be local' because 'fast'.
I've updated the firmware to latest. The card works in another host (white-box server) with 2012 R2, but I didn't install it, my boss did when I wasn't looking. 'It just worked' he reported. I'm down to thinking it
must be the BIOS. I'll be looking through the docs for that, tonight.
or I don't understand 'how' to install Windows on a RAID device. Does it install straight on a RAID (virtual) disk? Or do I need to install it on a non-RAID disk and then use RAID just for storage?
A third alternative might be to rip out the RAID card and use storage virtualization. Thoughts?
I'm feeling mighty humbled now, by Windows.
EDIT
This problem has been resolved. FWIW ..
To start the install, I burned 2012 R2 Standard from our MS Action Pack binder (X19-28929) to USB, mounted that in the server, booted from it to install. Because the servers sit in a remote rack, and I didn't have an external DVD drive to plug in to all of them.
Following a vague suggestion from LSI, I looked at our download folder from MS Network, and discovered the download copy of 2012 R2 Standard was X19-03239.
I loaded this ISO as a removable mounted drive (we talk to our remote servers via IPMI), booted from that and it accepted that without any issues. I offer two conjectures
Windows Server 2012 R2 Raid Controller Driver Download
The version really does make a difference
Something wacky is going on with the USB drive install process.