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RocketRAID 37xx/8xx/ Ubuntu16.04.1 Installation Guide
Step 1 Obtain and install the Driver Module
Extract the driver archive to a temporary directory and execute the install.sh to install the
driver to the system. For example:
# mkdir /tmp/dd
# tar xzvf RR37xx_8xx_28xx_Li nux_X86_64_Src_v1.xx.xx_22_xx_xx.tar.gz
-C /tmp/dd
# cd /tmp/dd
# sh install.sh
If the driver of previous version has been in the initrd image, the installer will update the
initrd image or it will make the driver automatically loaded while system up.
Step 2 Configure System to Mount Volumes when Startup
Now you can inform the system to automatically mount the array by modifying the file
/etc/fstab. E.g. you can add the following line to tell the system to mount /dev/sda1 to
location /mnt/raid after startup:
4 Monitoring the Driver
Once the driver is running, you can monitor it through the Linux proc file system support.
There is a special file under /proc/scsi/rr3740a/. Through this file you can view driver
status and send control commands to the driver.
Note
The file name is the SCSI host number allocated by OS. If you have no other SCSI cards
installed, it will be 0. In the following sections, we will use x to represent this number.
Using the following command to show driver status:
# cat /proc/scsi/rr3740a/x
This command will show the driver version number, physical device list and logical device
list.
5 Installing RAID Management Software
HighPoint RAID Management Software is used to configure and keep track of your hard
disks and RAID arrays attached to RR3740A controller. Installation of the management
software is optional but recommended.
Please refer to HighPoint RAID Management Software documents for more information.
6 Rebuilding Driver Module for System Update
When the system updates the kernel packages, the driver module rr3740a.ko should be
built and installed manually before reboot.
/dev/sda1
/mnt/raid
ext3
defaults
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