UEFI RAID Configuration APC3100

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Is it normal, that I have to set BIOS setting Boot Type to UEFI Boot type for the Intel Rapid Storage technology option being available in Device manager?

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Only changing the SATA mode from AHCI to Intel RST premium with Intel Optane did not do the trick.

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Hi Martin,

I haven’t tried but it looks like that’s right.
Depending on the boot mode, the access to the RST RAID Utility seems to be different.

  • Entering the RAID setup utility like it’s shown in your screenshot needs UEFI to be active (UEFI Raid setup)
  • If you use legacy boot, the RAID setup utility looks and has to be used different, and has to be opened after BIOS POST with <CTRL+i> (Legacy RAID setup)
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Thanks Alexander,

I am aware about the different tool for UEFI and Legacy mode.

But I nowhere found any information that it is necessary to set the boot type to UEFI. So I was wondering if it is normal or my PC was not behaving properly.

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@martin.schmollngrube,

ah okay, I’ve got it wrong :smiley: - my conclusion for my own was more or less “showing the UEFI utility makes only sense, if UEFI boot is activated”…
… but you’re right, I also found nowhere a hint about it if this conclusion is right.

I checked my APC3100, and the behavior is the same - so, at least I can confirm that it’s not just your PC.

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Hi @martin.schmollngrube!

Is there still an open point regarding this BIOS setting, or was Alexander’s input sufficient for the question at hand?

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Thanks Brittany for asking. I just marked Alexanders post as solution.

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