SSD7103 Linux Ubuntu 19.10 Server Installation Guide Table of Contents 1 Overview............................1 2 Installing Linux Ubuntu 19.10 Server on SSD7103 controller..........1 Step 1 Prepare Your Hardware for Installation................1 Step 2 Check System EFI Settings..................... 1 Step 3 Flash UEFI Rom to SSD7103..................2 Step 4 Create Array........................
SSD7103 only support EFI boot. If you have other SCSI adapters installed, you must make sure the SSD7103 controller EFI will be loaded firstly. If not, try to move it to another PCI slot. Otherwise you may be unable to boot up your system.
Set "OS Type" to "Other OS". Step 3 Flash UEFI Rom to SSD7103 Unzip SSD7103 UEFI package to root dir (/) of a USB flash driver, and insert the USB flash drive to the motherboard; Booting from the UEFI USB flash and enter the UEFI environment;...
SSD7103 Linux Ubuntu 19.10 Server Installation Guide Command with “SSD7103.nsh”, flash UEFI rom to SSD7103 Controller and reboot; Step 4 Create Array Attach four NVMe SSD to SSD7103 Controller; Make sure your USB flash partition format is NTFS or FAT32.
SSD7103 Linux Ubuntu 19.10 Server Installation Guide Command ”Arraycreate.efi” to enter the Utility: Command “create RAID0 ”. Create RAID0 array with all disks and with maximum capacity. Command “exit”; For more command usages, refer to Appendix A. Step 5 Prepare the Driver Diskette Extract HighPoint_NVMe_Ubuntu_19.10_x86_64_vx.x.x_xx_xx_xx.tar.gz to top(/)
SSD7103 Linux Ubuntu 19.10 Server Installation Guide Step 6 Install Linux Ubuntu 19.10 Server a. In sert the USB flash drive to the target system. b. Booting from Installation DVD disc (EFI mode). c. When the Installation screen appears: If you want to choose the default system installation, please select "Install Ubuntu" to install, press ‘e’...
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SSD7103 Linux Ubuntu 19.10 Server Installation Guide Press ALT-F2 to switch new console window and press ENTER to activate this console. And the then execute following commands with root user to copy the driver contents. # mkdir /hptdd ← Create mount point for USB flash drive # mount /dev/sda1 /hptdd ←...
SSD7103 Linux Ubuntu 19.10 Server Installation Guide Ubuntu Server on the array of SSD7103. # sh /tmp/hptdd/postinst.sh ← Install SSD7103 driver. g. Press ALT-F1 and click “Continue” to finish the installation. h. Open source driver needs to be installed after system installation.
SSD7103 Linux Ubuntu 19.10 Server Installation Guide 4 Installing RAID Management Software HighPoint RAID Management Software is used to configure and keep track of your hard disks and RAID arrays attached to SSD7103 controller. Installation of the management software is optional but recommended.
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SSD7103 Linux Ubuntu 19.10 Server Installation Guide c. Install Linux open source driver. http://highpoint-tech.com/USA_new/series-ssd7103-download.htm Run the .bin file to install the driver package. # sh hptnvme_g5_linux_src_vxx.x.x_xx_xx_xx.bin d. The driver installation is complete, and the reboot can enter the system where the new kernel is located.
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SSD7103 Linux Ubuntu 19.10 Server Installation Guide <<< delete 1 Examples Delete the first array from Logical device list. <<< delete 2 Delete the second array from Logical device list. Info Command info Syntax Display physical device list and logical list ...