HighPoint SSD7103 Manuel utilisateur

Linux Ubuntu 19.10 on SSD7103 Installation Guide

SSD7103 Controller

Linux Ubuntu Desktop 19.10

Installation Guide

Version 1.00

Last updated on March 27, 2020

Linux Ubuntu 19.10 on SSD7103 Installation Guide 
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Table of Contents 
1 Overview.......................................................................................................................................1 
2 Installing Linux Ubuntu 19.10 on SSD7103 controller.............................................................1 
Step 1 PrepareYour Hardware for Installation .........................................................................1 
Step 2 Check System EFI Settings............................................................................................1 
Step 3 Flash UEFI Rom to SSD7103........................................................................................2 
Step 4 Create Array...................................................................................................................3 
Step 5 Prepare the Driver Diskette............................................................................................4 
Step 6 Install Linux Ubuntu 19.10............................................................................................5 
3 Monitoring the Driver .................................................................................................................8 
4 Installing RAID Management Software.....................................................................................8 
5 Rebuilding Driver Module for System Update..........................................................................8 
6 Trouble Shooting..........................................................................................................................8 
 
 

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1 Overview

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

Ubuntu Server on the SSD7103 controller.

For Ubuntu 19.10 Desktop (kernel: 5.3.0-18-generic)

Mirror link:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/19.10/ubuntu-19.10-desktop-amd64.iso

2 Installing Linux Ubuntu 19.10 on SSD7103

controller

If you would like to install Linux Ubuntu 19.10 onto drives attached to SSD7103 controller,

please perform the following operations:

Step 1 Prepare Your Hardware for Installation

After you attach your NVMe SSD to SSD7103 controller, you can use SSD7103 EFI

Utility to configure your NVMe SSD as RAID arrays, or just use them as single disks.

Before installation, you must remove all the NVMe SSD, which are not physically

attached to SSD7103 controller, from your system.

Note

SSD7103 only support EFI boot. If you have other SCSI adapters installed, you must

make sure the SSD7103 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, and then from SSD7103 RAID. Refer to your

motherboard EFI manual to see how to set boot sequence.

If your EFI settings do not support such a boot sequence, you can first set it to boot from

EFI CDROM.After you finish installation, set SSD7103 RAID as the first boot device to

boot up the system.

1. Set UEFI setting withASUS PRIME X299 -DELUXE motherboard as an example:

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

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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 SSD7103

a. Unzip SSD7103 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;

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c. Command with “SSD7103.nsh”, flash UEFI rom to SSD7103 Controller and

reboot;

Step 4 Create Array

a. Attach four NVMe SSD to SSD7103 Controller;

Note

Make sure your USB flash partition format is NTFS or FAT32.

b. Boot, in the presence of the motherboard Log screen, there will be NVMe SSD

information：

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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 AppendixA.

Step 5 Prepare the Driver Diskette

Extract HighPoint_NVMe_Ubuntu_19.10_x86_64_vx.x.x_xx_xx_xx.tar.gz to top(/)

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

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Step 6 Install Linux Ubuntu 19.10

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 Ubuntu" to

install, press ‘e’ to edit boot command line option.

On the edit command window, move the cursor to the end of line “linux

/casper/vmlinuz... ”, and append "modprobe.blacklist=nvme" (double quotation mark are

not include).

Press CTRL-x or F10 to start the system.

d. When the installation started:

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Press Ctrl-ALT-F2 to switch new console window and press ENTER to activate this

console. Ubuntu login: ubuntu

And the then execute following commands with root user 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

# 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

Ubuntu Server.

# bash /tmp/hptdd/preinst.sh ← Load SSD7103 driver.

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e. Press ALT-F1 to continue system installation.

f. When the installation prompts “Installation Complete”，don’t click Restart Now

Press Ctrl-ALT-F2 and execute following command to install driver to the installed Linux

Ubuntu Server on the array of SSD7103.

# bash /tmp/hptdd/postinst.sh ← Install SSD7103 drive

g. Press ALT-F1 and click “Restart Now” to finish the installation.

h. Open source driver needs to be installed after system installation.

http://highpoint-tech.com/USA_new/series-ssd7103-download.htm

Run the .bin file to install the driver package.

# sh hptnvme_g5_linux_src_vxx.x.x_xx_xx_xx.bin

i. Follow the prompts to complete the driver installation.

j. After the installation is complete, you can perform system update operations.

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3 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/hptnvme /. 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/hptnvme /x

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 SSD7103 controller. Installation of the management

software is optional but recommended.

Please refer to HighPoint RAID Management Software documents for more information.

5 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 REAME file distributed with HighPoint SSD7103 open source package

on how to build and install the driver module.

6 Trouble Shooting

If you forget to install the open linux driver before updating the kernel, the system

crash cannot enter. Please follow the steps below.

a. Press ESC when booting, until the following interface appears.

Choose “Advanced options for Ubuntu” and press Enter

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