A: You must enter the UEFI System Utilities (F9) at boot and enable the controller. It is disabled by default. After enabling the controller, you must also create a RAID array before an operating system can use it.

Ultimate Guide to HPE Smart Array S100i SR Gen10 SW RAID Driver for Windows Server 2022

requires the server to be in . It does not support Legacy BIOS mode.

Output should show the S100i controller, RAID level, and physical drive status.

After installation or post-OS driver injection, confirm everything works:

Driver signing enforcement or corrupted extraction. Solution:

The is an SATA Software RAID controller embedded into the HPE ProLiant Gen10 server platform (e.g., DL360 Gen10, DL380 Gen10, ML350 Gen10). The "SW" designation stands for "Software," meaning it has no dedicated RAID processor or cache memory. Instead, it uses system CPU cycles and memory to perform RAID calculations.

Press for Intelligent Provisioning or use the SSA (Smart Storage Administrator) during boot to create your RAID 1 or RAID 5 volume. 3. Inject the Driver During Windows Setup Start the Windows Server 2022 installation.