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- Page 1 Red Hat 8.3 SSD6204 Installation Guide SSD6204 Red Hat 8.3 Installation Guide Version 1.00 Copyright © 2021 HighPoint Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Last updated on March 17, 2021...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Red Hat 8.3 SSD6204 Installation Guide Table of Contents 1 Overview ............................1 2 Installing Red Hat 8.3 on SSD6204 controller ................1 Step 1 Prepare Your Hardware for Installation ................. 1 Step 2 Create an Array ......................1 Method 1：Create a RAID array using the Motherboard BIOS ........1 Method 2：Create RAID in UEFI .................. -
Page 3: Overview
Red Hat 8.3 SSD6204 Installation Guide 1 Overview This guide explains how to install Red Hat to an NVMe SSD or array hosted by the SSD6204 controller. For Red Hat 8.3 Mirror link: https://developers.redhat.com/products/rhel/download# 2 Installing Red Hat 8.3 on SSD6204 controller Step 1 Prepare Your Hardware for Installation After installing the NVMe SSDs into the SSD6204 controller, you can configure the SSD’s as a RAID array, or use them as separate, single disks. - Page 4 Red Hat 8.3 SSD6204 Installation Guide Next, under "Advanced->PCIe/PCI/PnP Configuration, change “CPU Slot x PCI-E OPROM" “x” refers to the slot number (slot 2 was used when the screenshot was taken). to "EFI". Please consult the motherboard manual for more information. Creating the RAID array: a.Select “Advanced→Marvell NVMe Configuration Utility”...
- Page 5 Red Hat 8.3 SSD6204 Installation Guide Next, select “Create RAID Configuration”. Press“Enter”to open the Configuration Utility. Set “RAID Configuration Menu” to “Enabled”, and then select “Goto RAID Config”. For “Would you like to create this virtual disk” select “Yes”, then select “Accept” to create the RAID0 array.
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Page 6: Method 2：Create Raid In Uefi
Red Hat 8.3 SSD6204 Installation Guide When the page displays “Successful!” select OK, to exit the menu; Method 2：Create RAID in UEFI First, prepare the UEFI Tool. This file should be copied to the root of a bootable USB flash drive. Using the SuperMicro X11DPi-NT motherboard as an example: Set ‘Boot mode select’... - Page 7 Red Hat 8.3 SSD6204 Installation Guide Hoose to boot from the USB flash drive (shown as “UEFI：SanDisk，Partition 1” for the example below): After entering the UEFI Shell, select "FS0:" to access the USB flash drive:. Note: ”FS0” is the name of the USB flash drive used for this example - 5 -...
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Page 8: Method 3：Create The Raid Array Using A Windows Operating System, And The Webgui Management Software
Red Hat 8.3 SSD6204 Installation Guide Next, locate the “mnv_cli.efi” program and run it: Note: if the CLI reports that “No NVMe Controller is found”, please see Appendix – Troubleshooting. To create a RAID0 array using two NVMe SSD’s, enter the following command: create -r 0 -d 0,1 For more CLI commands, please download the CLI manual from the product page of the official website. -
Page 9: Method 4：Create A Raid Array In Red Hat 8.3 Using The Cli Tool
Red Hat 8.3 SSD6204 Installation Guide Once the array has been created, it will be displayed under Logical Device Information. Method 4：Create a RAID array in Red Hat 8.3 using the CLI Tool This method assumes that you have already prepared a Red Hat system. -
Page 10: Step 3 Adjust The Motherboard Bios Settings
Red Hat 8.3 SSD6204 Installation Guide Step 3 Adjust the Motherboard BIOS Settings Using the Super Micro X11DPi-NT motherboard as an example: 1. In the system BIOS SETUP menu, change ‘Boot mode select’ to ‘UEFI; 2. Under "Advanced→PCIe/PCI/PnP Configuration, change the setting for “CPU Slot x PCI-E OPROM"... -
Page 11: Step 4 Install Red Hat 8.3 To The Ssd6204
Red Hat 8.3 SSD6204 Installation Guide Step 4 Install Red Hat 8.3 to the SSD6204 1. Boot from the Red Hat 8.3 Installation DVD (UEFI mode). 2. When the Installation screen appears, please select "Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3" to install Red Hat 8.3 3. - Page 12 Red Hat 8.3 SSD6204 Installation Guide 4. Select the RAID array as the target disk to install the Red Hat 8.3. You can then proceed normally - follow the onscreen prompts to install Red Hat 8.3 to the array. 5. After installation is complete, select the appropriate startup item to enter the system. - 10 -...
- Page 13 Red Hat 8.3 SSD6204 Installation Guide 6. Enter the user name and password to log into Red Hat 8.3. - 11 -...
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Page 14: Appendix
Red Hat 8.3 SSD6204 Installation Guide Appendix Troubleshooting 1. The CLI reports that “No NVMe Controller is found” 1) After starting “mnv-cli.efi” , the utility reports “No NVME Controller is found” (as shown below): 2) You will need check and make sure the system recognizes the SSD6204. First, enter the following command using the UEFI tool: pci -b 3) If the interface reports “Vendor 1B4B Device 2241 Prog Interface 2”, the SSD6204 is... - Page 15 Red Hat 8.3 SSD6204 Installation Guide Diagram after replacing NVMe to the new SSD6204: This problem can be resolved by importing the array using the new host controller. There are 3 ways to import an existing RAID configuration. This command is a Simple API feature to import a VD when an importable VD roams from one controller to another.
- Page 16 Red Hat 8.3 SSD6204 Installation Guide 5) Click “Import”. 6) After restarting the system, you can recognized the RAID0 and can see that the status of the RAID has changed by entering “Virtual device information→[0]- New_VD” - 14 -...
- Page 17 Red Hat 8.3 SSD6204 Installation Guide Method 2：Import the RAID array using the UEFI Utility 1) Copy mnv_cli to the root directory of a bootable USB flash drive. 2) Boot to the flash drive and enter the following command: import –l 0 3) After restarting the system, you can recognized the RAID0 and can see that the status of the RAID has changed by entering the command：...
- Page 18 Red Hat 8.3 SSD6204 Installation Guide 2) Entering the command： import –l 0 3) After restarting the system, you can recognized the RAID0 and can see that the status of the RAID has changed by entering the command： Info -o vd - 16 -...
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