RHEL 7.x x64
These instructions are relevant for UEFI boot only. Legacy boot is not supported at this
time.
1. Copy the P420m/P320h driver disk image from the support pack software to exter-
nal removable media such as a USB drive.
For example, for a USB drive (/dev/sdb), copy the image to the drive, substituting
your particular string for <kernel_version>:
dd if=mtip32xx-diskimage-<kernel_version>_rhel7.img of=/dev/sdb bs=512
conv=fsync
The <kernel_version> for RHEL 7.0 is 3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64.
2. Boot the RHEL 7.x DVD in UEFI mode with a UEFI-enabled P420m/P320h drive.
3. When the first RHEL screen appears, select
Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0
and press
e
.
4. Move the cursor to the end of the 'linuxefi' line and add 'inst.dd'; for example:
linuxefi /images/pxeboot/vmlinuz inst.stage2=hd:LABEL=RHEL-7.0\x20Serv-
er.x86_64 quiet inst.dd
5. Press
CTRL-x
to start the installation.
6. When prompted for the driver package, select the number corresponding to the
USB key containing the driver image and press
enter
. (Typically, the USB key is
'sda' or 'sdb').
7. The utility searches for the image and displays the list of drivers found in the pack-
age. Only one driver should be listed and it will appear similar to:
DD: Checking device /dev/sda
DD: Processing DD repo /media/DD/rpms/x86_64 on /dev/sda
Page 1 of 1
Select drivers to install
1) [ ] /media/DD/rpms/x86_64/kmod-mtip32xx-3.8.1-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
# to toggle selection, 'n' -next page, 'p' -previous page or 'c' continuous
8. Press
c
and then
enter
to install the driver.
9. Press
c
and
enter
again to continue.
10. Proceed with the normal installation until just before the final boot into the new
OS.
11. Press
CTRL+ALT+F2
to open a new terminal.
12. Type 'chroot' into the newly created system image:
# chroot /mnt/sysimage
13. Rebuild the initramfs with the included mtip32xx module using the following
command:
# mkinitrd -f --with=mtip32xx /boot/
initramfs-3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64.img 3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64
Note:
The above command is for RHEL 7.0 only. If using a newer kernel than the
one that shipped with RHEL 7.0, the command may need to be changed for the
specific kernel version used.
14. Press
CTRL+ALT+F7
to return to the GUI screen.
15. Click
Reboot
. The OS should successfully boot into RHEL 7.x.
P420m/P320h HHHL PCIe SSD Installation Guide
Using the P420m or P320h as a Boot Drive
PDF: 09005aef8497e00a
P420m_P320h_HHHL_installation_guide.pdf - Rev. V 12/14 EN
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