AMD NVMe/SATA RAID Quick Start Guide for Windows Operating Systems 56268 Rev. 1.05 November 2021 Table 2. Information about Supported Configuration by Installer Maximum Device Support: Max support of 14 including ATAPI, SATA and NVMe RAID5 - with the standard sTRX4 statement. 1.3 Generic System Setup A generic system setup process is described below: 1. Copy the AMD-RAID drivers to a removable storage medium. (Refer to Section 2.1) 2. Power-on the system. 3. Access the platform BIOS window for the system. a. Configure the BIOS settings as outlined in Section 3.1 to enable RAID Mode on the system. b. This enables the loading of the AMD-RAID UEFI driver. 4.
Initialize the disks, using the RAIDXpert2 Configuration Utility (HII) or UEFI shell. 5. Create arrays, using the HII Configuration Utility or UEFI shell. (Refer to Section 4.1) 6. Load the AMD-RAID drivers during operating system installation. (Refer to Section 5.1) 7. Complete the rest of the operating system installation. 8. Install the OS RAID Management GUI (AMD RAIDXpert2). (Refer to Section 6.1) IMPORTANT: To protect your data; always perform a backup prior to installing any new, major hardware or software. If you are adding NVMe as RAID to your existing RAID arrays then update all existing RAID controller drivers to the latest version and reboot the system.
Later connect NVMe and install RAID driver on the NVMe devices or download driver software from the vendor support page. Note: A Native AHCI installation does not boot into the OS after you change the BIOS setting to RAID mode. 8 General Information Chapter 1 SoC SATA Promontory NVMe RAID SATA RAID NVMe RAID Mode SATA Mode Mode Support Support AHCI / Auto AHCI / Auto Disabled No No RAID RAID Enabled Yes Yes