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Linux Debian on RR2720A Installation Guide

HighPoint RR2720A

RAID Controller

Linux Debian

Installation Guide

Last updated on April 10, 2023

Linux Debian on RR2720A Installation Guide

Table of Contents

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

2 Installing Linux Debian on RR2720A 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 Linux Debian.......................................................................................................5

3 Installing RAID Management Software.....................................................................................9

4 Troubleshooting............................................................................................................................ 9

5 Rebuilding Driver Module for System Update ........................................................................10

6 Appendix A .................................................................................................................................10

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1 Overview

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

Debian on the RR Series RAID controller.

Supported system: Debian 10.1/10.2/10.3/10.4/10.5/10.6/10.7/10.8/10.9/11.3/

11.4/11.5/11.6

Supported controller: RR2720A

2 Installing Linux Debian on RR2720A RAID

controller

If you would like to install Linux Debian onto drives attached to RR2720A 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 RR2720A 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 RR2720A：

Note

：

Make sure your USB flash partition format is FAT32.

a. Unzip RR2720A 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 “rr2720.nsh”, flash UEFI rom to RR2720A Controller and reboot;

Step 4 Create Array

a. Attach two hard disks to RR2720A 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.

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e. Command “exit”；

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

Step 5 Prepare the Driver Diskette

The directory named hptdd can be created in the USB flash drive and the driver RR3740a

_ debian_11.6.0 _x86_64 _ vx.x.x_xx_xx_xx.tar.gz can be extracted in the hptdd directory.

It will look like:

Step 6 Install Linux Debian

For Example：Debian11.6

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.

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

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

d. When the following window appears, press “Graphical Install” to start

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

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Press "Ctrl+ALT+F2" to switch to the shell on console 2, and the 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

# umount /hptdd ← Umount 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

Debian.

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

f. Then press “ALT+F5” to switch back to installation screen and continue the installation

as usual.

g. Now click the “Go Back” button to detect the disk.

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h. Now click the “Detect disks” button and “Continue” to detect the disk.

i. When the screen shows that “Finish the installation”.

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

# sh /tmp/hptdd/postinst.sh ← Install driver.

A message will be displayed that the driver has been installed successfully.

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j. Press “ALT+F5” to switch back to installation screen and finish the installation.

k. If you want to boot from another kernel, please install the RR2700 Series opensource

driver after entering the system.

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

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

Download" page to download:

RR2720A Series: https://www.highpoint-tech.com/rr272x-overview

02. Please execute the following command before installing the driver

# umount /dev/sda1

# mount /dev/sda1 /media/cdrom

Note: sda1 is Bootable USB drive, the default repository path is cdrom, so we need to

adjust the ISO image mount path to /mnt/cdrom

# apt install gcc

# apt install make

# apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

03. Extract driver package:

tar zxvf RR272x_1x_Linux_X86_64_Src_vx.x.x_xx_xx_xx.tar.gz

04. Run the .bin file to install the driver package.

sh rr272x_1x-linux-src-vxx.x.x-xx_xx_xx.bin or

./rr272x_1x-linux-src-vxx.x.x-xx_xx_xx.bin

m. Follow the prompts to complete the driver installation.

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

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