{"id":5038,"date":"2024-10-23T21:55:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T02:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icesquare.com\/wordpress\/?p=5038"},"modified":"2026-01-11T03:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T09:08:17","slug":"highpoint-rocketraid-2640x4sgl-and-rocky-linux-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icesquare.com\/wordpress\/highpoint-rocketraid-2640x4sgl-and-rocky-linux-9\/","title":{"rendered":"HighPoint RocketRAID 2640X4SGL, 2720 and Rocky Linux 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, I discovered that Rocky Linux 9 has removed support for the HighPoint RocketRAID 2640X4SGL 4-Channel PCI-Express x4 SAS 3Gb\/s RAID Controller and RocketRAID 2720A 8-Channel 6Gb\/s SAS\/SATA RAID Controller from the default Linux kernel. Unfortunately, the official drivers from HighPoint no longer compile on these newer distributions. Since my RAID card is still functioning perfectly, I saw no reason to replace it just because of<br \/>\nmissing drivers. If you\u2019re in the same situation, here\u2019s how you can get your controller working again:<\/p>\n<p>Visit the following URLs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href='https:\/\/elrepo.org\/linux\/dud\/el9\/x86_64\/' target='_blank'>RHEL 9<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Find your OS version:<\/p>\n<pre>\r\ncat \/etc\/redhat-release\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Download the dd-mvsas.iso for your version:<\/p>\n<pre>\r\n#For Rocky Linux 9.7:\r\nwget https:\/\/elrepo.org\/linux\/dud\/el9\/x86_64\/dd-mvsas-0.8.16-10.el9_7.elrepo.iso\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve downloaded the ISO file, mount it and install the RPM package inside:<\/p>\n<pre>\r\n# Mount the ISO\r\nsudo mount dd-mvsas-0.8.16-10.el9_7.elrepo.iso \/mnt\/\r\n\r\n# Navigate to the RPM directory\r\ncd \/mnt\/rpms\/x86_64\r\n\r\n# Install the driver package\r\nsudo rpm -i kmod-mvsas-0.8.16-10.el9_7.elrepo.x86_64.rpm\r\n\r\n# Reboot your system\r\nsudo reboot\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>That\u2019s it! Your HighPoint RocketRAID 2640X4SGL \/ 2720A controller should now be recognized and working as expected. I hope this helps anyone facing the same issue. Let me know if you have any questions or run into any issues!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, I discovered that Rocky Linux 9 has removed support for the HighPoint RocketRAID 2640X4SGL 4-Channel PCI-Express x4 SAS 3Gb\/s RAID Controller and RocketRAID 2720A 8-Channel 6Gb\/s SAS\/SATA RAID Controller <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/icesquare.com\/wordpress\/highpoint-rocketraid-2640x4sgl-and-rocky-linux-9\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1sqzr-1jg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1477,"url":"https:\/\/icesquare.com\/wordpress\/how-to-install-highpoint-rocketraid-2640x4sgl-on-freebsd-8-x\/","url_meta":{"origin":5038,"position":0},"title":"How to install HighPoint RocketRAID 2640X4SGL on FreeBSD 8.X","author":"Derrick","date":"July 10, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"This tutorial is for FreeBSD 8. 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