Linux Ubuntu 19.10 on SSD7103 Installation Guide Table of Contents 1 Overview ............................1 2 Installing Linux Ubuntu 19.10 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 ..................
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;...
Linux Ubuntu 19.10 on SSD7103 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; Note Make sure your USB flash partition format is NTFS or FAT32.
Linux Ubuntu 19.10 on SSD7103 Installation Guide Enter the motherboard’s Boot List and select start from UEFI USB flash: Command ”Arraycreate.efi” to enter the Utility: Command “create RAID0 ”. Create RAID0 array with all disks and with maximum capacity. Command “exit”;...
Linux Ubuntu 19.10 on SSD7103 Installation Guide Step 6 Install Linux Ubuntu 19.10 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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Linux Ubuntu 19.10 on SSD7103 Installation Guide Press Ctrl-ALT-F2 to switch new console window and press ENTER to activate this console. Ubuntu login: ubuntu And the then execute following commands with root user to copy the driver contents. # mkdir /hptdd ←...
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Linux Ubuntu 19.10 on SSD7103 Installation Guide e. Press ALT-F1 to continue system installation. When the installation prompts “Installation Complete”,don’t click Restart Now Press Ctrl-ALT-F2 and execute following command to install driver to the installed Linux Ubuntu Server on the array of SSD7103.
This command will show the driver version number, physical device list and logical device list. 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 controller. Installation of the management SSD7103 software is optional but recommended.
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Linux Ubuntu 19.10 on SSD7103 Installation Guide b. Select the default kernel (5.3.0-18-generic) and enter the system. 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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Linux Ubuntu 19.10 on SSD7103 Installation Guide Appendix A Support command: help/info/quit/exit/create/delete. Create Command Syntax Create Array Type (RAID0/RAID1/RAID10) Member Disk list (1/1,1/2|*)Capacity(100|*) Examples <<< create RAID0 <<< create RAID0 * <<< create RAID0 * * Create RAID0 array with all disks and with maximum capacity.