Prerequisites - HighPoint SSD7000 Series Installation Manual

Prerequisites

1) Make sure at least one NVMe SSDs has been installed into the HighPoint NVMe
controller or enclosure. The driver will not install properly unless NVMe SSDs are
detected by the hardware environment.
2) The SSD7101A-1/7120/6540/6540M/7103/7104/7140/7505/7502/7540 NVMe device
must installed into a PCIe 3.0 slot with x16 dedicated lanes. The SSD7204 can be
installed into a PCIe 3.0 x8 or x16 slot.
If you are using the RocketStor 6661A-NVMe or a SSD7000 NVMe RAID controller
via the RocketStor 6661A adapter, the RocketStor unit must be plugged into a
Thunderbolt™ 3 port.
3) Operating System Support: macOS 10.13 or later
4) Before installing the driver and RAID Management software, you should log into the
system as a System Administrator.
5) Identify the system as either T2 or Non-T2 based – if the system has a T2 chip, make
sure to follow section 3 before attempting to install any software for the HighPoint
NVMe device.
6) If you're using the Apple M1 Platform, make sure to follow
to install any software for the HighPoint NVMe device.
section 3
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before attempting