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Chapter 1

Introduction

Contents of this Chapter:

About this guide

Introducing the RocketRAID 152x Host Adapter

Product Features

Understanding RAID Concepts and Terminology

Summary of Contents for RocketRAID 152x Host Adapter

Page 1: ...RocketRAID 152x SATA Host Adapter User s Guide Revision 1 2 Date Dec 2006 HighPointTechnologies Inc...

Page 2: ...ot be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective owners Backup your important data before using HighPoint s products and use at your own risk In no event shall HighPoint be liable for any...

Page 3: ...cketRAID 152x Hardware 2 1 2 RocketRAID 152xAdapter Layout 2 1 3 Installing the RocketRAID 152x Host Adapter 2 2 4 Verifying Installation 2 3 Chapter 3 RocketRAID 152x BIOS Utility RocketRAID152xBIOSU...

Page 4: ...6 Linux installation Overview 5 1 2 Installing Fedora Core 6 on the RocketRAID 152x Host Adapter 5 1 3 Installing the RocketRAID 152x driver for an Existing System 5 2 3 Updating the Driver 5 4 4 Uni...

Page 5: ...2 Installing the RocketRAID 152x Driver on an Existing System 7 4 3 Updating the Driver 7 7 4 Installing the RAID Management Software 7 7 5 Uninstalling the Driver 7 7 Appendix CustomerSupport Custome...

Page 6: ...Chapter 1 Introduction Contents of this Chapter About this guide Introducing the RocketRAID 152x Host Adapter Product Features Understanding RAID Concepts and Terminology...

Page 7: ...ionsareidealforhomecomputingsystems small home office servers and removable storage backup applications ProductFeatures PCI32bit 33 66Mhz 2 SATAports at 1 5Gb s RR1522A model utilizes external eSATApo...

Page 8: ...reation Configured The disk has been assigned to one or more arrays or configured as a spare disk Arrayinitialization Duplication A redundant array RAID1 needs to be initialized to ensure full perform...

Page 9: ...er 2 RocketRAID 152x Hardware Description Installation Contents of this Chapter RocketRAID152xHardware 1 RocketRAID 152xAdapter Layout 2 Installing the RocketRAID 152x Host Adapter 3 Verifying Install...

Page 10: ...D 152x Adapter Layout 1 RocketRAID 1522AAdapter Layout SATA1 SATA2 These represent the RocketRAID 152x s two eSATA ports These ports are designed for use with eSATA external SATA enclosures and are co...

Page 11: ...brackets It may be necessary to attach the low profile bracket in place of the standard bracket depend ing upon the chassis design 1 Open the system chassis and locate an unused PCI slot 2 Remove the...

Page 12: ...d disks have been installed boot up the system to verify that the hardware is properly recognized 1 Power on the system If the system detects the presence of the adapter the RocketRAID 152x BIOS Utili...

Page 13: ...Chapter 3 RocketRAID 152x BIOS Utility Contents of this Chapter RocketRAID152xBIOSUtility 1 BIOS Command Overview 2 Creating RAID Arrays 3 Recovering RAID 1 arrarys 4 Updating the BIOS...

Page 14: ...ted command The ESC button can be used to cancel the selected command or return to the previ ous command menu Create this command is used to create RAID arrays Section 2 discusses this command in deta...

Page 15: ...xt use the arrow key to highlight the Array Name option and press ENTER The array name dialogue box will appear Use the keyboard to input a new Array Name and press the Enter key Note the Array Name c...

Page 16: ...to the target disk The BIOS utility will display a progress bar it will display comple tion of the duplication procedure if this option is selected 6 To complete the creation procedure use the arrow...

Page 17: ...e drive and boot the system 3 Once the A prompt has appeared insert the media that contains the required BIOS files and type the following command load xxx xxx Then press enter Note xxx xxx the name o...

Page 18: ...Chapter 4 RocketRAID 152x Driver and Software Installation Microsoft Windows 2000 XP 2003 Server x64 Vista Contents of this Chapter Driver and Software CD Windows Driver Installation...

Page 19: ...iety of operating systems To create a driver diskette 1 Insert the CD into the system s CD DVD drive The program should start automatically 2 Insert a blank floppy diskette into the system s floppy dr...

Page 20: ...Click on the Please Select the Diskette you want to create drop down button and select the appropriate OS from the list 6 Click on the OK button to create the driver diskette To install the RAID softw...

Page 21: ...d click Next to continue 2 Click on the Include this location in the search option and select the system s floppy drive generally Disk A Next insert the Driver Installation diskette into the system s...

Page 22: ...e and will later instruct you to press the S key to specify additional adapters Press the S key as instructed 3 Next the setup program will prompt for the insertion of the driver diskette Please inser...

Page 23: ...1 Port 7402 User Name RAID Password hpt Note The password and user name fields are case sensitive The first time the software is used make sure to enter the information listed above After successfully...

Page 24: ...agement check information or change settings for host adapters and hard disks Spare management create and assign spare disks not available for the RR152x cards System Notification Set up system notifi...

Page 25: ...oard this is optional and click the Next button 5 If you are creating a RAID 1 array select an initialization option If you are creating a RAID 0 or JBOD volume skip to step 6 For RAID1 arrays the def...

Page 26: ...e completion and provide an estimate of the time needed to complete the initialization procedure 4 Deleting an Array To delete an array 1 Highlight the Management menu then select the Array Management...

Page 27: ...rom the Operation menu 4 Verify process will start 6 Misc Array Device Options Device Management The Device Management window provides configuration information about control lers the RocketRAID 152x...

Page 28: ...the keyboard and press the OK button to confirm your selection Note An array running background tasks cannot be renamed 7 Managing Events The HighPoint RAID Management Console will log all events that...

Page 29: ...Enter the necessary information in the Add recipient window 4 The recipient will be listed in the main window You can use Modify or Delete button on the toolbar to modify or delete the recipient Totes...

Page 30: ...ghlight the Management menu and select the Task Management function to open Task Management window The Task Schedule list displays all of the tasks assigned to the selected remote system To view detai...

Page 31: ...RocketRAID 152x Driver and Software Installation Select the task type and the array that you want to verify or rebuild then click Next 4 13...

Page 32: ...ete a Task Schedule 1 Select a task from the Task schedule list 2 Click the Delete button on the toolbar 8 Configuring Remote Systems Then HighPoint RAID Management Console manages a RAID controller t...

Page 33: ...st name or an IP address The default system port is 7402 4 Click OK to finish adding the new connection Modify a Connection This command modifies connection information for a remote system To modify a...

Page 34: ...2 Highlight the system you want to delete 3 Click the Delete button on the toolbar or select the Delete command from the Operation menu 4 Awarning message will be displayed Click Yes to delete the ite...

Page 35: ...peration menu System Configuration This function is used to modify the service configuration on a remote system To change the service configuration 1 Highlight the File menu and select the Remote Cont...

Page 36: ...management Users can be assigned to each individual Remote System controlled by the RAID Management Console Highlight the File menu and select the User Management function to configure User related o...

Page 37: ...ick Yes to delete the item Select No to cancel this command Note An active user user currently utilizing the software cannot be deleted from the console Set Password The Administrator uses this functi...

Page 38: ...To set privileges for a user 1 Select the target user ID from the user list displayed in the User Management window 2 Click the Set Privilege option 3 In the popup window assign the privileges for th...

Page 39: ...ts of this Chapter 1 Fedora Core 6 Linux installation Overview 2 Installing Fedora Core 6 on the RocketRAID 152x Host Adapter 3 Installing the RocketRAID 152x driver for an Existing System 4 Updating...

Page 40: ...1 Prepare the Driver Diskette The driver is contained in a floppy diskette image file On a DOS or Windows system a Fedora driver diskette can be generated using rawrite exe This utility is included o...

Page 41: ...ve a driver disk select Yes At the Insert your 5 2 3 Installing the RocketRAID 152x driver for an Exist ing System Note If a SCSI adapter is used to boot the system make sure the RocketRAID 152x contr...

Page 42: ...the system to load the module when booting Use the following commands echo hpt37x2 etc init d hptdriver chmod 755 etc init d hptdriver ln sf etc init d hptdriver etc rc d rc3 d S01hptdriver ln sf etc...

Page 43: ...iver Note The driver cannot be uninstalled while the system is booted from a disk or array attached to the RocketRAID 152x To uninstall the driver remove the lines added to etc fstab and remove the fi...

Page 44: ...nux 10 1 installation Overview Contents of this Chapter 2 Installing SuSE Linux on the RocketRAID 152x HostAdapter 3 Installing the RocketRAID 152x Driver on an Existing System 4 Updating the Driver 5...

Page 45: ...website and is posted on the BIOS Driver page for the RocketRAID152x To install SuSE onto hard disks or RAID arrays attached to RocketRAID 152x controller follow the steps outlined below Step 1 Prepa...

Page 46: ...ll now proceed normally Refer to the SuSE Linux documentation for additional OS installation procedures Additional Installation Notes The system device mapping order is the same as the order shown in...

Page 47: ...YAST if available as it may help simplify the installation process Step1UpdateGrub For SuSE Linux 10 x please remove hpt366 ko from both the initrd image and lib modules kernel drivers ide pci direct...

Page 48: ...during bootup You can add the driver to the initial RAM disk image to load the driver at boot time 1 Backup the initial RAM disk at first mv boot initrd uname r boot initrd uname r backup 2 Edit file...

Page 49: ...d to configure and keep track of your hard disks and RAID arrays attached to RR152x controller Installation of the manage ment software is optional but recommended To configure HighPoint RAID Manage m...

Page 50: ...reeBSD Driver Support Contents of this Chapter 1 Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 152x Controller 2 Installing the RocketRAID 152x Driver on an Existing System 3 Updating the Driver 4 Uninstalling...

Page 51: ...e rawrite exe utility This utility can be found on the FreeBSD CD under tools Run it under a DOS Prompt window and follow it s prompt On a FreeBSD system use the dd command to make the driver diskette...

Page 52: ...ted label ok will appear at the bottom of the screen 4 Insert the RocketRAID 152x driver diskette into floppy drive Type in load diskx hpt37x2 x x without quotation marks and then press enter for Free...

Page 53: ...1 ko for FreeBSD 5 2 1 RELEASE ok load disk0 hpt37x2 5 2 1 ko for FreeBSD 5 3 RELEASE ok load disk0 hpt37x2 5 3 ko for FreeBSD 5 4 RELEASE ok load disk0 hpt37x2 5 4 ko for FreeBSD 5 3 AMD64 RELEASE o...

Page 54: ...s a setup script labeled postinstall which will complete this task Before rebooting the system press Alt F4 to enter the command shell and type the following commands mount o ro dev fd0 mnt sh mnt pos...

Page 55: ...mount dev md0 mnt cp mnt hpt37x2 xxx ko boot kernel hpt37x2 ko umount mnt mdconfig d u md0 Step 2 Test the Driver Module Test the driver module to ensure that it works with the system by loading it d...

Page 56: ...f you have configured a RAID 0 using 2 disks it will be registered to system as device dev da0 You can use stand sysinstall to create partitions and disklabels like da0s1e on da0 Then create a new fil...

Page 57: ...eps discussed in the previous section Install the driver on an existing system 4 Installing the RAID Management Software The HighPoint RAID Management Software is used to configure and keep track of y...

Page 58: ...Appendix Customer Support...

Page 59: ...and RAID Software have been installed for the RocketRAID 152x Updates are available from our website Prepare a list of the computer system s hardware and software motherboard CPU memory other PCI dev...

Page 60: ...try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment int...

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