Overview; Installing Ubuntu16.04.1 On Rr3740A Controller; Step 1 Prepare Your Hardware For Installation; Step 2 Check System Efi Settings - HighPoint RocketRAID 37 Series Installation Manual

RocketRAID 37xx/8xx/ Ubuntu16.04.1 Installation Guide

1 Overview

The purpose of this document is to provide clear instructions on how to install and use
RR3740A Controller on Ubuntu 16.04.1 system.
2 Installing Ubuntu 16.04.1 on RR3740A controller
If you would like to install Ubuntu 16.04.1 onto drives attached to RR3740A controller,
please perform the following operations:

Step 1 Prepare Your Hardware for Installation

Notcie: If your FT2000 motherboard is not directly connected to the SSD disk, it is normal for the
buzzer to sound continuously. You can communicate with the motherboard supplier to mute it.
After you attach your hard disks to RR3740A controller, you can use RR3740A EFI
Utility Utility to configure your hard disks as RAID arrays, or just use them as single
disks.
Before installation, you must remove all the disk drives, which are not physically attached
to RR3740A controller, from your system.
Note
If you have other SCSI adapters installed, you must make sure the RR3740A 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.

Step 2 Check System EFI Settings

In your system BIOS SETUP menu, change Boot Sequence in such a way that the system
will first boot from EFI CDROM, and then from SCSI. Refer to your SCSI manual to see
how to set boot sequence.
If your EFI settings do not support such a boot sequence, you can first set it to boot from
EFI CDROM. After you finish installation, set SCSI as the first boot device to boot up the
system.

Step 3 Flash UEFI Rom to RR3740A

a. Unzip RR3740A UEFI package to root dir (/) of a USB flash driver, and insert the
USB flash drive to the motherboard;
b. Booting from the UEFI USB flash and enter the UEFI environment;
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