I was able to install Sever 2012 in RAID mode by installing the 2008 drivers using Dell Systems Build and Update Utility just as XDeus had said and everything seemed to be working! It makes me wonder if I even needed the H200 controller especially since I just received the H200 controller and installed it on the motherboard and nothing seemed to be different except that during boot it showed there's a 6Gbps SAS controller and the option to enter the settings through Ctrl+C which if pressed lists PERC H200A adapter in PCI 01. This leads me to believe that H200 is installed and recognized on the board. Just to see what difference it makes, I wiped the hard disks and attempted to build the server again by going to OpenManage-->Dell Systems Build and Update Utility-->Configure Against Server and it still does NOT list Server 2012 as an option! When I go further by picking Server 2008, the "Select RAID Configuration" step shows the device as PERC S100. Can someone please tell me if PERC S100 suppose to show and be used when H200 is installed? Or do I need to somehow disable PERC S100 in BIOS SATA settings or somewhere else for H200 to take control? Thank you!
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