MB BIOS 2.2TB MBR limitation: Can add-on drive controller BIOS enable UEFI/GPS on a non-bootable data drive?

I am working on older hardware that is not UEFI enabled so it is subject to the 2.2TB volume limitation under Windows Server 2012 R2 resulting in 11.6TB of unusable drive space. I installed an Adaptec Series 7 2274500-R 71605E controller card and created
a striped RAID 10 totalling 13.6 TB of drive space. During boot, the Adaptec BIOS is installed on the system, which prompts the following question:
Since the boot utilizes the motherboard BIOS, clearly the boot partition cannot exceed the 2.2TB limit. But what about a separate logical data drive? If I shrink the boot partition to 1TB, create a second volume at RAID level of 12.6TB formatted with GPT
NTFS, would the Adaptec BIOS enable UEFI/GPT (since the MB BIOS would not boot to the second logical drive) and Windows Server see the full 12.6TB second drive volume?
Yes, I am aware that I can create multiple 2.2TB partitions, but that would be an inefficient option for this installation.
Any thoughts or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

Hi,
According to your description, my understanding is that you want to use add-on drive controller to enable UEFI/GPS on a non-bootable drive.
In order for an operating system to fully support storage devices that have capacities that exceed 2 TB, the device must be initialized by using the GUID partition table (GPT) partitioning scheme. If the user intends to start the computer from one of these
large disks, the system’s base firmware interface must use the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) and not BIOS. Windows support for hard disks that are larger than 2 TB, and there are some prerequisites are needed.
Detailed information reference link:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2581408
Best Regards,
Eve Wang
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