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Table of Contents
Product Overview ................................................................................................................. 5
Kit Contents............................................................................................................................ 5
Section 1: Hardware Installation ........................................................................................ 8
Hardware Overview .................................................................................................................8
System Requirement ...............................................................................................................8
Enclosure Setup ........................................................................................................................9
Section 2: Setting up the software for Windows Platforms ....................................... 10
Driver Installation ................................................................................................................. 10
Checking your Driver Version ............................................................................................ 13
Updating the Drivers ............................................................................................................ 14
Uninstalling the Drivers....................................................................................................... 15
Installing the HighPoint RocketStor RAID Manager ...................................................... 16
How to Login to the HRM .................................................................................................... 17
Remote Login ......................................................................................................................... 17
Formatting the RAID Volumes ........................................................................................... 18
Section 3: Setting up the software for Mac Platforms ................................................. 21
Section 4: Using the HighPoint RocketStor RAID Manager (HRM) ........................... 23
How to Login to the HRM .................................................................................................... 23
Navigating the HRM .............................................................................................................. 23
Overview Tab ......................................................................................................................... 24
Enclosure Properties
........................................................................................................... 24
Viewing Storage Properties ................................................................................................. 25
Advanced Config.
................................................................................................................ 26
Creating Array ....................................................................................................................... 27
Adding Spare Disks .............................................................................................................. 29
Obtaining Logical Device Information .............................................................................. 31
Array Information &Maintenance Options: Normal Status ......................................... 32
Array Information & Maintenance Options: Critical Status ........................................ 33
Array Information & Maintenance Options: Disabled Status ...................................... 34
Expanding an Existing Array .............................................................................................. 35
Physical Device Information ............................................................................................... 36
Settings Tab ............................................................................................................................ 38
Password Settings
................................................................................................................ 41
Changing your HRM password........................................................................................... 41