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Hardware – Description and Installation

Pin Connections represent SATA/SAS channel/port antitheses table

2 – LED Connections

RocketRAID 2680

LED connectors (Drive-activity/Drive-failure): LED support is discussed in greater

detail in the LED Connection section. The RocketRAID 2680 host adapter has 4 LED

connectors that are used to indicate the activity and failure status of hard drives to

the card’s 8 SATA/SAS channels.

Active and Failure LED

A1-A2 provides LED support for Drive Activity, while F1-F2 supports Drive Failure.

RocketRAID 2684

LED connectors (Drive-activity/Drive-failure): LED support is discussed in greater

detail in the LED Connection section. The RocketRAID 2684 host adapter has 2 LED

connectors that are used to indicate the activity and failure status of hard drives

attached to the card’s 4 SATA/SAS channels.

A1, F1

A1 provides LED support for Drive Activity, while F1 supports Drive Failure.

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Summary of Contents for RocketRAID 268x

Page 1: ...RocketRAID 268x SAS SATAII Host Adapter User Manual Revision 1 0 Date Dec 2008 HighPointTechnologies Inc 1...

Page 2: ...t 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: ...it Contents 8 HARDWARE DESCRIPTIONAND INSTALLA TION 1 RocketRAID 268x HostAdapter layout 9 2 LED Connections 11 3 Hardware Installation 12 4 Verifying Installation 14 ROCKETRAIDBIOSUTILITY 1 BIOS Comm...

Page 4: ...AND HIGHPOINTRAID MANAGEMENT 1 Creating a Driver Diskette 22 2 Device Driver Installation 23 3 HighPoint RAID Management Utilities HRM 32 CUSTOMER SUPPORT Troubleshooting Checklist 35 CONTACTUS 36 4 T...

Page 5: ...to SMB Small Medium Sized Business to PC enthusiast The HighPoint RAID IP includes TerabyteArchitecture for Performance Protec tion and Prevention TerabyteStream leverages the built in Intel Xscale X...

Page 6: ...d editing CAD CAM and digital graphics Remember to visit the HighPoint websites at http www highpoint tech com and http www hptmac com There you can find information on all of HighPoint s prod ucts wi...

Page 7: ...Alerts and Indicators Hard Drive LED Indicators Activity and Failed EmailNotification Alarm Buzzer alerts for drive array failure SAF TE I2C and SGPIO enclosure management RAID Management Online Capac...

Page 8: ...ni SAS to Mini SAS cables RocketRAID 2680 Low profile bracket User Manual HighPoint Products Software CD 8 3 Physical Specifications Size 79 3mm 65mm 3 12 Lx2 56 W RocketRAID2680 79 3mm 67mm 3 12 Lx2...

Page 9: ...Internal Mini SAS ports Each port can direct connnect up to 4 SATA SAS hard disks BEEP1 alarm speaker the speaker emits and audible alarm in the case of disk array failure J7 This jumper is used to s...

Page 10: ...2684 s 2 Mini SAS ports Each port can direct connect up to 4 SATA SAS hard disks Port1 is an Internal Mini SAS port Port2 is an External Mini SAS port BEEP1 Speaker Alarm speaker the speaker emits and...

Page 11: ...failure status of hard drives to the card s 8 SATA SAS channels ActiveandFailureLED A1 A2 provides LED support for Drive Activity while F1 F2 supports Drive Failure RocketRAID 2684 LED connectors Driv...

Page 12: ...acket depend ing upon the chassis design Open the system chassis and locate an unused PCI Expressx4 1 Remove the PCI slot bracket cover 2 Gently insert the RocketRAID card into the PCI Express slot an...

Page 13: ...etRAID 2684 Note Make sure the system is powered off before installing the RocketRAID host adapter The RocketRAID 2684 includes both standard and low profile brackets It may be necessary to attach the...

Page 14: ...r proper installation procedures 5 Close and secure the system chassis 4 Verifying Installation Once the host adapter and hard disks have been installed into the chassis boot up the system to verify t...

Page 15: ...BIOS utility is an interface that provides management com mands and controller related settings Using the BIOS Utility The following keys utilized by the RocketRAID 268x BIOS utility Alt press Alt to...

Page 16: ...e settings menu selecting the boot disk array staggered drive spinup View this command is used to select between two views Devices HARD DISKS and Arrays configured RAID arrays Initialize this command...

Page 17: ...will display a warning and ask you to press Y yes to initialize or N no to cancel Once initialized these disks can be used to create RAID arrays Warning Initialization will destroy all pre existing da...

Page 18: ...elect them A numeral will be displayed before each selected disk This number designates disk order After all of the disks have been selected and press the ESC key to return to the Create Menu 5 Next U...

Page 19: ...t at the cost of lower performance 7 Sector Size Also known as Variable Sector Size Use this option if you are using an older 32 bit Windows operating system This allows older operating systems to sup...

Page 20: ...s used to assign a hard disk to act as a Spare Disk Spare Disks are used to automatically rebuild Redundant RAID arrays RAID 1 5 10 in the case of disk failure As with creating RAID arrays disks must...

Page 21: ...ted between two 200GB hard disks but only 200GB of space out of a grand total of 400GB was assigned to that array In this example 200GB of disk space remains unallocated This unallocated space would a...

Page 22: ...n installing the operating system directly to a disk or array hosted by the Rocket RAID host adapter To create a driver floppy diskette 1 Insert the CD into the system s CD DVD drive The program shoul...

Page 23: ...er updates RocketRAID2680 http highpoint tech com USA bios_rr2680 htm RocketRAID2684 http highpoint tech com USA bios_rr2684 htm Drivers are posted in zip archive format Most Windows operating systems...

Page 24: ...a device driver be installed To install the device driver follow the steps outlined below 1 When the Found New Hardware Wizard window appears select Install from a list or specific location Advanced...

Page 25: ...l the driver Installing the RocketRAID driver during a fresh Windows installation 1 After booting from the Windows CD or DVD ROM when the Windows Setup blue screen appears look towards the bottom of t...

Page 26: ...andard OS installation procedures Installing the driver for an existing Windows Vista 2008 system 1 Install the RocketRAID 268x host adapter into the PC then boot up Windows 2 Windows should automatic...

Page 27: ...Computer icon Select the Properties item from the popup menu 2 In the popup window select Hardware tab and then click Device Manager button 3 Double click the Storage Controllers entry If the RocketR...

Page 28: ...llation Visit our website for the latest Linux and FreeBSD related driver and software updates http www highpoint tech com Binary and source driver updates are routinely posted for a variety of Linux...

Page 29: ...ement utility Please check http www hptmac com for the latest software driver packages Driver updates are posted on the card s product page under the Download Center section The latest package is post...

Page 30: ...ation InstallingthedriverandWeb basedRAIDManagementInterface Copy the Mac driver and software package from the RR268x Software CD to the Mac Desktop If you are using a copy from our website locate the...

Page 31: ...CD and HighPoint RAID Management 31 Click Restart after OS X reboots the card will be recognized by the system You can configure arrays using the Web RAID Management interface Select the installation...

Page 32: ...ral user interface options The latest version of the Web Management utility user manual is available from the following link http www highpoint tech com PDF RR26xx RR268x UM EN pdf Windows Operating S...

Page 33: ...tract the tbz file to the desktop and browse to the appropriate rpm file there are 32 and 64 bit options 3 Double click the rpm file this should open the operating systems software installer Enter the...

Page 34: ...control script usr share hpt webguiroot data files If there is no etc hptcfg present you can add it manually using by using the echo command on the driver file name to etc hptcfg Forexample echo rr26x...

Page 35: ...elect between x1 or x4 default is x4 Make sure the latest BIOS driver and HighPoint RAID Management softto ware has being installed for the host adapter The latest updates are avail able from our webs...

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Page 37: ...ry 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 into...

Page 38: ...ThankYou Thank you for purchasing the RocketRAID 268x SATAII SAS RAID Host adapter We appreciate your support and welcome any questions comments or product suggestions you may have...

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