In this video, we will cover the process of installing Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 operating system on PERC S130 controller by using virtual media in UEFI mode.
Before you begin the installation, ensure that you copy the Windows 2012 R2 image on your system.
Also, ensure that download and copy the latest PERC S130 controller drivers that support Windows 2012 R2 into a USB drive.
Please note that the Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 installation on S130 controller is supported in both BIOS and UEFI modes.
Now lets begin.
Turn on the system, and press F2 to go to the System Setup page.
Click Device Settings and then Click Dell PERC S130 Configuration Utility.
To create virtual disks, click Virtual Disk Management, and then click Create Virtual Disk.
Select any one of the supported RAID levels and click Select Physical Disks.
Now select the required physical disks, and then click Apply Changes.
Type the required virtual disk size next to the Virtual Disk Size field.
Then, Select Read Ahead from the Read Cache Policy drop-down menu, and select Write Back from the Write Cache Policy drop-down menu.
Note that you can also select any other desired read or write cache policies.
Select Enable next to the Physical Disk Write Cache field, and then click Create Virtual Disk.
To view the virtual disks that are created, click View Virtual Disk Properties.
To install Windows 2012 R2, click Virtual Media, and then click Connect Virtual Media.
Click Virtual Media again, and then click Map CD slash DVD.
In the new dialog box, click Browse and select the Windows 2012 R2 image.
Then click Map Device.
Next, click Virtual Media to view the connected removable drive that is mapped to CD DVD.
Now, reboot the system.
Press F11 to go to the Boot Manager page.
To use UEFI mode for installation, click One-shot UEFI Boot Menu, and then click Virtual Optical Drive.
The system boots from the Virtual optical drive.
Now, press any key to continue the OS installation from CD or DVD.
Once the files are loaded, select the appropriate language in which you want to install the OS.
Note that if you want to change the language, time and currency format, and keyboard or input method, reboot the system and boot in to the OS media, and then choose the desired settings.
Click Next to continue.
Then click Install now.
Select Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Server with a GUI and click Next.
Read through the license agreement, and if you agree to the terms, select I accept the license terms, and click Next.
Select Custom Install Windows only.
Note that Windows OS does not detect the PERC S130 controller drives automatically.
To load the drivers manually, click Virtual Media, and then click Map Removable Disk.
The system automatically detects the connected USB drive.
Then click Map Device.
To view the connected removable drive, click Virtual Media.
To load the drivers on the operating system, click Load driver.
Then click Browse to select the PERC S130 controller driver.
Click OK and then click Next.
Click Next to begin the OS installation on the created virtual disk.
Please wait as this may take a while.
After the installation is successful, the system restarts.
You can now log in to Microsoft Windows server 2012 R2.
Please note that you can use the same procedure for installing Microsoft Windows server 2012 R2 in BIOS mode, when the system is set to BIOS mode.
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