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Linux Rocky Linux on SSD7540/7505/7502/7202/7105 Installation Guide
SSD7000 Controller
Linux Rocky Linux
Installation Guide
Copyright © 2023 HighPoint Technologies, Inc.
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Last updated on April 24, 2023

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  • Page 1 Linux Rocky Linux on SSD7540/7505/7502/7202/7105 Installation Guide SSD7000 Controller Linux Rocky Linux Installation Guide Copyright © 2023 HighPoint Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Last updated on April 24, 2023...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Linux Rocky Linux on SSD7540/7505/7502/7202/7105 Installation Guide Table of Contents 1 Overview ............................1 2 Installing Linux Rocky Linux on SSD7000 controller .............. 1 Step 1 Prepare Your Hardware for Installation................1 Step 2 Check System EFI Settings .................... 1 Step 3 Flash UEFI Rom to SSD7000 ..................

  • Page 3: Overview

    SSD7000 only support EFI boot. If you have other SCSI adapters installed, you must make sure the SSD7000 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.
  • Page 4 Linux Rocky Linux on SSD7540/7505/7502/7202/7105 Installation Guide Disable "Secure Boot", set "Attempt Secure Boot" to "Disabled". 2. Set UEFI setting with ASUS PRIME X299 -DELUXE motherboard as an example: Set "Boot from Storage Devices" to "UEFI driver first"; And "Boot Device Control" to "UEFI Only" or "UEFI and Legacy OPROM"; - 2 -...

  • Page 5: Step 3 Flash Uefi Rom To Ssd7000

    For other products, please refer to: Update UEFI ROM Unzip SSD7000 UEFI package to root dir(/) of a USB flash drive, and insert the USB flash drive to the motherboard; Booting from the UEFI USB flash and enter the UEFI environment;...

  • Page 6: Step 4 Create Array

    Linux Rocky Linux on SSD7540/7505/7502/7202/7105 Installation Guide Step 4 Create Array Attach two NVMe SSD to SSD7000 Controller; Boot, enter the motherboard’s Boot List and select start from UEFI USB flash: Command “ArrayCreate.efi” to enter the Utility: Command “create RAID0”.

  • Page 7: Step 6 Install Rocky Linux

    Linux Rocky Linux on SSD7540/7505/7502/7202/7105 Installation Guide Step 6 Install Rocky Linux For Example：Rocky Linux9.1 a. Before you do the following, verify the status of your network environment. To ensure a proper installation, it is recommended to disconnect the network and install the system in a network less environment.
  • Page 8 And then execute following command to install driver to install the Linux Rocky Linux. # sh /tmp/hptdd/ rhel-install-step1.sh ← Load SSD7000 driver. Then press ALT+F6 to switch back to installation screen and continue the installation as usual. g. When the following window appears during the installation process, 1) Set Root Password 2) Select Installation Destination and click “refresh”...
  • Page 9 Linux Rocky Linux on SSD7540/7505/7502/7202/7105 Installation Guide then choose your own disk. 3) Set Software Selection and choose Server with GUI→Development Tools - 7 -...
  • Page 10 CTRL+ALT+F2 to the shell and type the following commands: # cp -r /tmp/hptdd /mnt/sysimage/tmp/hptdd ← Copy the driver installation file to SSD7000 # chroot /mnt/sysimage ← Switch to the top(/) directory in the SSD7000 system # sh /tmp/hptdd/rhel-install-step2.sh ← Install SSD7000 driver # rm -rf /tmp/hptdd ←...
  • Page 11 Linux Rocky Linux on SSD7540/7505/7502/7202/7105 Installation Guide Press ALT+F6 to switch back to installation screen and finish the installation. k. If you want to boot from another kernel, please install the SSD7000 Series opensource driver after entering the system. Restart to enter the system, please connect to the internet: Linux opensource driver link, open the following link to enter the "Software Download"...

  • Page 12: Monitoring The Driver

    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 SSD7000 controller. Installation of the management software is optional but recommended.

  • Page 13: Rebuilding Driver Module For System Update

    When the system updates the kernel packages, the driver module hptnvme.ko should be built and installed manually before reboot. Please refer to the README file distributed with HighPoint SSD7000 opensource package on how to build and install the driver module.
  • Page 14 Linux Rocky Linux on SSD7540/7505/7502/7202/7105 Installation Guide Create RAID0 array with all disks and with maximum capacity. <<< create RAID1 1/1, 1/3 10 Create RAID1 array with disk 1/1 and 1/3 and with 10GB capacity. <<< create RAID10 <<< create RAID10 * <<<...

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