Configure the Hard Drives in the Intel® Server Chassis H2312XXLR3 and Intel® Compute Module HNS2600BP for OS Installation

The hard drives in the front drive bay of the Intel Server Chassis H2312XXLR3 are accessible through the bridge board AHWBP12GBGB with the configuration of the:

• Intel® Compute Module HNS2600BP
• Intel® Server Chassis H2312XXLR3
• Bridge board AHWBP12GBGB

How do I configure the hard drive?

Follow the steps below to configure the hard drive for operating system installation:

1. Make sure the two CPUs are installed properly to enable the 12G SAS bridge board.
2. Enter BIOS setup. Go to Boot Maintenance Manager -> Advanced Boot Options, set Boot Model as UEFI, and set Video BIOS as UEFI.
3. Go to Advanced -> PCI Configuration -> UEFI Option ROM Control -> Intel® Integrated RAID RS3LC Configuration Utility – xxxx. Press Enter to initiate the configuration utility.
4. Create the RAID volume with the steps of the Integrated RAID M BIOS Configuration Utility for 12 Gb/s Intel® RAID in the RAID configuration software user guide.
5. Start Windows* Server 2016 installation. Load the RAID driver to use the RAID volume created in step 4.
6. Continue Windows installation.