HighPoint SSD7505 Installation Manual

HighPoint NVMe RAID Controller SSD7505 Linux CentOS8.2 Installation Guide Version 1.00 Copyright © 2020 HighPoint Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Last updated on November 6, 2020 ...

i Index 1 Overview ....................................................................................................................................... 1 2 Installing Linux CentOS8.2 on SSD7505 controller ................................................................. 1 Step 1 Prepare Your Hardware for Installa ...

- 1 - 1 Overview The purpose of this document is to provide clear instructions on how to install Linux CentOS8.2 on the SSD7505 controller. For the CentOS8.2 (kernel: 4.18.0-193.el8) Mirror link: http://mirror.bit.edu.cn/centos/8.2.2004/isos/x86_64/CentOS-8.2.2004-x86_64-dvd1.iso MD5: c88e54b25acb83b12ebaa06202db2ff ...

- 2 - b. Set "Advanced->PCIe/PCI/PnP Configuration->CPUSlot PCI-E OPROM" to "EFI". If the SSD7505 has been connected to the motherboard CPU1Slot2 PCI-E X16， you should set "CPU1Slot2 PCI-E X16 OPROM" to "EFI"； c. Disable "Secure Boot", set " Secure Boot " to "Disabled"。 2. Set UEFI setting with ASUS PRIME X299 ...

- 3 - b. And " Boot->CSM->Boot Device Control" to "UEFI Only" or "UEFI and Legacy OPROM"; c. Set " Boot->Secure Boot->OS Type" to "Other OS". 3. Set UEFI setting with GA-X570 AORUS MASTER motherboard as an example a. Set " Boot->CSM Support " to "Enabled"; b. And " Boot-> Storage Boot Option Control " to "UEFI Only" ...

- 4 - Step 3 Flash UEFI Rom to SSD7505 a. Unzip SSD7505 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; c. Command with “go.nsh”, flash UEFI rom to SSD7505 Controller and reboot; Step 4 Creat ...

- 5 - c. Enter the motherboard’s Boot List and select start from UEFI USB flash: d. Command ”Arraycreate.efi” to enter the Utility: e. Command “create RAID0 ”. Create RAID0 array with all disks and with maximum capacity. f. Command “exit”； g. For more command usages, refer to Appendix A. Step 5 Prepa ...

- 6 - Step 6 Install Linux CentOS8.2 a. Insert the USB flash drive to the target system. b. Booting from Installation DVD disc (EFI mode). c. When the Installation screen appears: If you want to choose the default system installation, please select "Install CentOS Linux 8" to install, press ‘e’ to edit boot comm ...

- 7 - # mkdir /dd ← Create mount point for USB flash drive # mount /dev/sda1 /dd ← Mount the USB flash drive to /dd # cp -a /dd/hptdd /tmp/hptdd ← Copy driver installation file to system temporary directory # umount /dd ← Unmount the USB flash drive When the US ...

- 8 - Press Ctrl + ALT + F2 and execute the following command to install the driver on Linux CentOS on the SSD7505 array. # cp -a /tmp/hptdd /mnt/sysimage/tmp/hptdd ← Copy the driver installation file to SSD7505. # chroot /mnt/sysimage ← Switch to the top(/) directory in the SSD7505 system. # sh /tmp/ ...