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Linux CentOS on RR3740/3720/2840/840/3742/710/720 Installation Guide

HighPoint RR3700/2800/800/R700

RAID Controller

Linux CentOS

Installation Guide

Last updated on March 22, 2023

Linux CentOS on RR3740/3720/2840/840/3742/710/720 Installation Guide

Table of Contents

1 Overview .........................................................................................................................................1

2 Installing Linux CentOS on RR Series RAID controller .......................................................... 1

Step 1 Prepare Your Hardware for Installation .......................................................................... 1

Step 2 Check System EFI Settings .............................................................................................1

Step 3 Flash UEFI Rom to RAID Controller ............................................................................. 3

Step 4 Create Array .....................................................................................................................4

Step 5 Prepare the Driver Diskette .............................................................................................5

Step 6 Install CentOS ................................................................................................................. 5

3 Monitoring the Driver ................................................................................................................... 9

4 Installing RAID Management Software ......................................................................................9

5 Troubleshooting ........................................................................................................................... 10

6 Rebuilding Driver Module for System Update ......................................................................... 11

7 Appendix A ................................................................................................................................... 12

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1 Overview

The purpose of this document is to provide clear instructions on how to install Linux

CentOS on the RR Series RAID controller.

Supported system: CentOS7.0/7.1/7.2/7.3/7.4/7.5/7.6/7.7/7.8/7.9/8.0/8.1

Supported controller: RR3740/3720/2840/840/3742/710/720

2 Installing Linux CentOS on RR Series RAID

controller

If you would like to install Linux CentOS onto drives attached to RR Series RAID

controller, please perform the following operations:

Step 1 Prepare Your Hardware for Installation

After you attach your hard disks to RAID controller, you can use EFI Utility to configure

your hard disks as RAID arrays, or just use them as single disks.

Before installation, you must remove all the Hard disks, which are not physically attached

to RAID controller, from your system.

Note

RAID Controller support EFI boot. If you have other SCSI adapters installed, you must

make sure the RR Series 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 EFI SETUP menu, change Boot Sequence in such a way that the system

will first boot from EFI CDROM or EFI a Bootable USB drive, after you finish

installation, set RR Series RAID as the first boot device to boot up the system. Refer to

your motherboard EFI manual to see how to set boot sequence.

1. Set UEFI setting with SuperMicro X11DPi-NT motherboard as an example.

a. "Advanced->PCIe/PCI/PnP Configuration->CPUSlot PCI-E OPROM"

to "EFI". Suppose RAID Controller is connected to motherboard CPU1 Slot 2

PCI-E X16, then you should set "CPU1 Slot 2 PCI-E X16 OPROM" to "EFI";

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b. Disable "Secure Boot", set "Attempt Secure Boot" to "Disabled".

2. 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";

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3. Set UEFI setting with ASUS PRIME X299 -DELUXE motherboard as an example:

a. Set "Boot from Storage Devices" to "UEFI driver first";

b. And "Boot Device Control" to "UEFI Only" or "UEFI and Legacy OPROM";

c. Set "OS Type" to "Other OS".

Step 3 Flash UEFI Rom to RAID Controller

For Example RR3740C：

For other products, please refer to: Update BIOS_ UEFI ROM

Note

：

Make sure your USB flash partition format is FAT32.

a. Unzip RR3740C UEFI package to root dir(/) of a USB flash drive, 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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c. Command with “rr3740.nsh”, flash UEFI rom to RR3740C Controller and reboot;

Step 4 Create Array

a. Attach two hard disks to RR3740C Controller;

b. Boot, enter the motherboard’s Boot List and select start from UEFI USB flash:

c. Command “ArrayCreate.efi” to enter the Utility:

d. Command “create RAID0”.

Create RAID0 array with all disks and with maximum capacity.

e. Command “exit”；

f. For more command usages, refer to Appendix A.

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RR3742/3720/710/720/2840/840 also supports the creation method of BIOS/UEFI HII.

Please refer to UM-Chapter 4

Step 5 Prepare the Driver Diskette

Extract RR37xx_8xx_28xx_centosxxx.xx.x_x86_64_vx.xx.xx_xx_xx_xx.tar.gz to top(/)

directory of an USB flash drive. It will look like:

Step 6 Install CentOS

For Example：CentOS8.1

a. Insert the USB flash drive to the target system.

b. Booting from Bootable USB drive (EFI mode).

c. When the following window appears during the installation process,

Press Ctrl+ALT+F2 to switch to the shell on console and press Enter to activate this

console.

And then execute following commands to copy the driver contents:

# mkdir /hptdd ← Create mount point for USB flash drive

# mount /dev/sda1 /hptdd/ ← Mount the USB flash drive to /hptdd

# cp -a /hptdd/hptdd /tmp/ ← Copy driver installation file to system temporary

directory

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# umount /dev/sda1 ← Unmount the USB flash drive

When the USB flash drive is unmounted, please unplug the USB flash drive from the

mainboard. And then execute following command to install driver to install the Linux

CentOS.

# sh /tmp/hptdd/rhel-install-step1.sh ← Load RR3740C driver.

you need to type the following commands to restart the installation program,

otherwise the disk connected the RR Series will not be recognized by the installation

program:

# restart-anaconda ←restart the installation program

d. Then You will be returned to the installation process.

e. When the following window appears during the installation process,

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1) Set Software Selection and choose Server with GUI→Development Tools

2) Select Installation Destination

then choose your own disk and begin installation.

f. When the screen shows that “Complete!”.

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press Ctrl+ALT+F2 to the shell and type the following commands:

# cp -r /tmp/hptdd /mnt/sysimage/tmp/hptdd

# chroot /mnt/sysimage

# sh /tmp/hptdd/rhel-install-step2.sh

# rm -rf /tmp/hptdd

# exit

g. Press ALT+F6 and press Reboot.

h. If you want to boot from another kernel, please install the RR3700 Series opensource

driver after entering the system.

i. Restart to enter the system, please connect to the internet:

j. Linux opensource driver link, open the following link to enter the "Software Download"

page to download:

RR3700 Series: https://www.highpoint-tech.com/rr3700-overview

RR2800 Series: https://www.highpoint-tech.com/rr2800-overview

RR800 Series: https://www.highpoint-tech.com/rr800-overview

Rocket 700 Series: https://www.highpoint-tech.com/rocket700-series

Extract driver package:

tar zxvf RR37xx_8xx_28xx_Linux_X86_64_Src_vx.xx.xx_xx_xx_xx.tar.gz

Run the .bin file to install the driver package.

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