Non-System Raid SSD recognized as Hard Drive instead of Solid State Drive unit in Windows 2012 R2

Hello,
     We have a Raid 10 of 4 SSD in LSI hardware Raid card.
     In Windows 2012 R2 the disk is detected as HDD.
     Is there any way to set in Windows that disk as SSD instead o Hard disk drive?
     Searching I saw that win 8.1 users solve that instaling and runing "WinSAT diskformal" but that don't work in win server because the SSD raid is a non-system one.
http://www.win-raid.com/t70f34-Detection-of-SSDs-by-Win-and-the-use-of-the-Optimizer-former-Defrag-Tool.html
     Thanks.

festuc,
I'm having the same problem as you at the moment with a new server install. I've the latest drivers/firmware, but can't seem to get 2012 to recognize the RAID as an SSD. What's even more boggling, I've essentially cloned this server from another (both on
the hardware and software side) and one actually recognizes it correctly! 
To provide some key bits of information:
1) The RAID control in question is Marvel based-- using SuperMicro MoBo with Intel Raid (had problems getting their Adaptec controller-- no SSDs would  be recognized at all).
2) I installed the 2012 on the raided SSDs in question.
3) I did install the correct driver prior to the OS installation.
3) Post OS installation, TRIM is reportedly up (fsutil etc...) 
4) However, when checking disk optimzation, it is clearly labeled as a HardDisk and optimization does NOT trim.
As I said before, this is working correctly on a separate server with the exact same setup. I'm absolutely stumped at the moment since I've essentially tried everything I could come up with. Reinstalling drivers, rolling back, alternate manufacturer drivers
(for the heck of it), etc... all dead ends. 
Here's hoping you or some other saint on here will over some much needed insight to get this sorted out.

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