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6-10

5.

Next. Select “back” to return to the installer.

6.

Installation will now proceed normally. Refer to SLES Linux documents for

additional OS installation procedures.

Additional Installation Notes:

The system device mapping order is the same as the order shown in RocketRAID

host adapter’s BIOS Setting Utility.  If no other SCSI adapters are installed, the device

marked as “BOOT” or “HDD0” will be identified as /dev/sda, “HDD1” as /dev/sdb,

“HDD2” as /dev/sdc, etc.  When creating mount points, /boot must be mounted on /

dev/sda.

- Installing the RocketRAID 3xxx Driver on an Exist-

ing System

If you are currently running SLES and would like to access drives or arrays attached

to the Rocket RAID host adapter, follow the steps outlined below:

Note:

1.

If a SCSI adapter is used to boot the system, make sure the RocketRAID

host adapter’s BIOS loads/posts after the SCSI adapter’s BIOS.  It may be

necessary to move the adapter(s) to another PCI slot.

2.

The driver may work incorrectly on certain motherboards (such as DFI77B

KT400). For these motherboards, add the “acpi=off” kernel parameter in the /

boot/grub/menu.lst:

     kernel (hd0,1)/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1 acpi=off

     initrd (hd0,1)/initrd

Step 1 Update Grub

If you are running an SLES SMP System, you must first update the /boot/grub/menu.lst.

 Example:

default=0

timeout=8

title Linux

Summary of Contents for RocketRAID 3220

Page 1: ...RocketRAID 3xxx SATAII Host Adapter User s Guide Revision 1 2 Date November2007 HighPointTechnologies Inc ...

Page 2: ...not 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 loss of profits or for direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages arising from any defect or error in HighPoint s products or manuals Information in this manual is subject to change...

Page 3: ...ID 3xxx Hardware Description Installation 1 RocketRAID 3xxxAdapter Layout 2 1 2 Installing the RocketRAID 3xxx HostAdapter 2 8 3 Verifying Installation 2 9 4 Battery Backup 2 9 Chapter 3 RocketRAID 3xxx BIOS Utility 1 BIOS Command Overview 3 1 2 Creating RAID Arrays 3 4 3 Adding Remove Spare Disks 3 6 4 Updating the Firmware 3 7 Chapter 4 RocketRAID 3xxx Driver and Software Installation Microsoft ...

Page 4: ...3 Chapter 6 Linux Driver Support 1 Fedora Core 7 Linux installation Overview 6 1 2 Red Hat Enterprise 5 Overview 6 5 3 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES installation Overview 6 9 Chapter 7 FreeBSD Driver Support 1 Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 3xxx Controller 7 1 2 Installing the RocketRAID 3xxx Driver on an Existing System 7 4 3 Updating the Driver 7 7 4 Uninstalling the Driver 7 7 Chapter...

Page 5: ...Chapter 1 Introduction Contents of this Chapter About this guide Introducing the RocketRAID 3xxx Host Adapter RocketRAID3xxx Features and Specifications Understanding RAID Concepts and Terminology ...

Page 6: ...xx is the latest product in storage technology combining the outstanding high performance capabili ties of SATA II with enterprise storage features such as Native Command Queuing NCQ staggered drive spin up and SAF TE enclosure management The mini SAS RocketRAID 3220 RocketRAID 35xx Interconnect System Unparalleledflexibilityandoutstandingperformance The RocketRAID 3xxx supports a variety of conne...

Page 7: ...s per port Multi adapter support up to 4 adapters BIOS booting support BIOS PnP and BBS BIOS boot specification support Intel RAID 6 Engine for large capacity RAID arrays Battery Backup Unit BBU Optional for RocketRAID 3320 35xx RoHS compliant Advance RAID Features Support RAID 0 1 5 10 50 6 and JBOD Multiple RAID support Multiple Logical Drive Support Online array roaming Online capacity expansio...

Page 8: ...prevent degraded RAID arrays Bad sector repair and re mapping to reduce dropped drives ATA pass through mode support Operating System Support Windows 2000 XP 2003 Vista 32 64bit MacOSX10 4 x 10 5 x Linux GPL Licensed Linux Open Source Driver into Kernel 2 6 FreeBSD PHYSICALSPECIFICATIONS Size 160 0mmx66 0mm 6 26 Lx2 59 WEMI FCC Part 15 Class B and CE Thermal andAtmospheric Characteristics Work Tem...

Page 9: ...d on other controllers before use with the RocketRAID 3xxx see legacy disk below Arrayinitialization A redundant array RAID5 RAID1 RAID10 RAID50 6 needs to be initialized to ensure full performance and reliability Non redundant arrays RAID0 JBOD do not need to be initialized When you create a redundant array using the RocketRAID 3xxx controller s BIOS Configuration Utility it will automatically st...

Page 10: ... transformed from one RAID level to another RAID level while simulta neously being resized even under I O load Spare disk A spare disk is a single disk that can be used to automatically rebuild a redundant array in case of drive failure Spare disks may also be members of a RAID array Any available space on these disks may be used to rebuild other broken arrays Legacy disk Disks attached to the Roc...

Page 11: ... Hardware Description Installation Contents of this Chapter RocketRAID3xxxHardware 1 RocketRAID 3xxxAdapter Layout 2 Installing the RocketRAID 3xxx HostAdapter 3 Verifying Installation 4 Battery Backup for RocketRAID 3320 35xx ...

Page 12: ...Port1 Port 2 These represent the RocketRAID 3520 s two internal Mini SAS ports Each port can support up to 4 hard disks CONN2 CONN5 Active LED Fail LED LED connectors disk activity disk failure The RocketRAID 3520 has 4 LED jumpers 2 Jumpers are provided for each Mini SAS port The numbered pins 1 4 5 8 represent each of the channels hard disks ...

Page 13: ... information about LED support contact our Customer Support Department BEEP1 Speaker Alarm speaker the speaker emits and audible alarm in the case of disk array failure CONN10 BBU Connector for battery backup optional part 2 RocketRAID 3510 Adapter Layout 2 2 ...

Page 14: ...isk activity disk failure The RocketRAID 3510 has 2 LED jumpers Each Jumpers are provided for one Mini SAS port The numbered pins 1 4 represent each of the channels hard disks For more information about LED support contact our Customer Support Department BEEP1 Speaker Alarm speaker the speaker emits and audible alarm in the case of disk array failure CONN10 BBU Connector for battery backup optiona...

Page 15: ... all chassis models support SAF TE features Consult the chassis s manual for more information 3 RocketRAID 3320 Adapter Layout ACTIVE LED FAILLED LED connectors disk activity disk failure The RocketRAID 3320 has 4 LED jumpers set in banks of two 2 Jumpers are provided for Disk Activity and 2 are provided for Disk Failure The numbered pins 1 4 5 8 represent each of the channels hard disks 2 4 ...

Page 16: ...des for various chassis configurations consult the RocketRAID 3320 LED Guide which will be available for download or contact our Customer Support Department BEEP1 Speaker attached to reverse side of card Alarm speaker the speaker emits and audible alarm in the case of disk array failure BBUCONN Connector for battery backup optional part ...

Page 17: ...e chassis s manual for more information CONN2 CONN5 LED connectors disk activity disk failure LED support is discussed in greater detail in the LED Connection section and in a separate document the RocketRAID 3220 LED guide which discusses LED installation for server chassis The LED Guide will be available for download from our website TheRocketRAID3220has4LEDjumpers CONN2 CONN3 CONN4 andCONN5 The...

Page 18: ...S Port 2 disks 5 8 RocketRAID3220LEDGuide For more information about LED support and installation guides for various chassis configurations consult the RocketRAID 3220 LED Guide which will be available for download or contact our Customer Support Department BEEP1 Speaker Alarm speaker the speaker emits and audible alarm in the case of disk array failure CONN6 Connector for battery backup optional ...

Page 19: ...The RocketRAID 3xxx includes both standard and low profile 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 E x8 or x16 slot 2 Remove the PCI slot cover 3 Gently insert the RocketRAID 3xxx into the PCI E slot and secure the bracket to the system chassis 2 8 ...

Page 20: ...ility will be displayed during bootup 2 Press Ctrl H to access the RocketRAID 3xxx BIOS Utility The BIOS Utility will display information about hard disks attached to the adapter Make sure all attached disks are detected by this utility If any of the hard disks are not detected power down the system and check the power and data cable connections 4 Battery Backup RocketRAID 3320 RocketRAID 35xx A b...

Page 21: ...RocketRAID 3xxx Hardware Description Installation 2 10 Installing the HighPoint BBU Step1 Remove the 2 bracket screws Step2 Install the copper spacers ...

Page 22: ...Step3 Attach the BBU unit into CONN 10 Step4 Refasten the bracket screws 2 11 RocketRAID 3xxx Hardware Description Installation ...

Page 23: ...Chapter 3 RocketRAID 3xxx BIOS Utility Contents of this Chapter RocketRAID3xxxBIOSUtility 1 BIOS Command Overview 2 Creating RAID Arrays 3 Adding Removing Spare Disks 4 Updating the Firmware ...

Page 24: ...e utility s interface Use the arrow keys to scroll through the various commands and the arrows to browse through the corresponding command menus Use the ENTER key to execute the selected 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 detail Delete this co...

Page 25: ...w many disks should be powered up simultaneously when the Staggered spin up feature is enabled Delay between spinup seconds used to set the amount of time the RocketRAID 3xxx will wait between issuing Staggered spinup commands Rebuild Priority specify the RocketRAID 3xxx s rebuild priority resources dedicated to rebuilding an array There are five selections ranging from Lowest to Highest priority ...

Page 26: ...ached to it Devices displays information about hard disks attached to the RocketRAID 3xxx Use the arrow keys to highlight the target hard disk and press ENTER to view the information RAID Array displays information about RAID arrays attached to the RocketRAID 3xxx Use the arrow keys to highlight the target array and press ENTER to view the information Controller displays information about the Rock...

Page 27: ...o 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 command is optional it is not necessary to name the array The array can be named at a later time and the name of the array can be changed at any time 4 On the Create menu use the arrow key to highlight the Select Devices it...

Page 28: ...ciency of write operations under favorable circumstances However its use can potentially lead to incoherences in a system that is not protected from power fluctuations or other failures Write through When a cache is operating in write through mode data written into the cache is also written to the destination secondary storage devices Essentially write completion does not occur until the data is w...

Page 29: ...nto RAID arrays However in some instances disks that are members of RAID arrays may also be designated to act as a spare If the disks in question are part of a RAID array that did not utilize the full available capacity at the time of creation these disks may be used as spares For example a RAID 0 array was created between two 200GB hard disks but only 200GB of space out of a grand total of 400GB ...

Page 30: ...operating systems In order to update the firmware the system must be booted into DOS mode using a DOS boot diskette or CD image 1 Copy the flashelf exe and the bios image file to the bootable floppy diskette you may need to use a different floppy depending upon how much space is available on the boot diskette this can vary 2 If you are booting from a CD image you will need to add these files to th...

Page 31: ...Chapter 4 RocketRAID 3xxx Driver and Software Installation Microsoft Windows 2000 XP 2003 Server x64 versions Vista Contents of this Chapter Driver and Software CD Windows Driver Installation ...

Page 32: ... and install the RAID Management software for a variety 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 drive 3 Click on Create Driver Diskette 4 Click on the Please Select a Product drop down button and select RocketRAID3xxx fromthelist 4 1 ...

Page 33: ... 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 software 1 Click on Install RAID Management Software 4 2 ...

Page 34: ...or specific location Advanced and 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 floppy drive 3 At the Hardware Wizard screen select the floppy drive as the source then click the Next button Select the appropriate operating system folder then click ...

Page 35: ...ill 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 insert the driver diskette and then press ENTER to continue 4 The next window will display several driver options Please select the RocketRAID 3xxx Controller for the corresponding operating system and press ENTE...

Page 36: ...the driver and click Next 5 When asked Would you like to install this driver software select Install 6 The RocketRAID 3xxx will be available for use after Vista installation InstallationVerification After the driver has been installed 1 Click the Start button select Settings then select Control panel double click System item 2 In the popup window select Hardware tab and then click Device Manager b...

Page 37: ...D 3xxx Web RAID Management Interface Contents of this Chapter 1 Web RAID Management Interface 2 Preparing Hard disks 3 Array Management 4 Device Management 5 Configuring Spare Disks 6 Managing Events and Tasks 7 Settings ...

Page 38: ...t If you forget the password you can remove this file to reset the password 2 If you can t connect to the local system please check and make sure a process named hptsvr is running If hptsvr is not running you can start it manually by using the following command from a terminal window Library StartupItems Hptsvr hptsvr 3 If you can t connect to a remote system make sure hptsvr is running on that sy...

Page 39: ...vice function to access the device management page 2 Click on the Initialize Devices button towards the upper portion of the interface screen 3 Checkmark each disk you wish to initialize and click the Submit button Warning initializing disks may delete data stored on the selected disks Legacy Disks Disks that already contain data or have been partitioned will be recognized as Legacy Disks Arrays c...

Page 40: ...Web RAID Management Interface 5 3 2 Click the Create Array button The create array page will appear ...

Page 41: ... installed Write back When the write back setting is selected writes to the array are cached This will result in higher performance but data loss may occur in case of a power failure Write through When the write through setting is selected writes to the array are always passed directly to the disks Subsequent reads may still be completed from the cache if appropriate 6 Select disks from the Availa...

Page 42: ...n still rebuild by manually adding an Available Disk to the array To add a disk to a broken array 1 Select menu Manage Array 2 Highlight the desired RAID array 3 Click the Maintenance button 4 Click the Add Disk button 5 If the disk is successfully added to the array rebuild process will start automatically A progress bar will be displayed Note If the system utilizes hot swap capable enclosures yo...

Page 43: ...n array from one RAID level to another RAID level and or expand the array dynamically even under I O load This function implements both Online Capacity Expansion OCE and Online RAID Level Migration ORLM Toexpand migrateanarray 1 Select Manage Array from the menu 2 Highlight the desired RAID array 3 Click the Maintenance button 4 Select the target array type 5 Click the OCE ORLM button 6 The OCE OR...

Page 44: ...rocedure has completed reboot the system Other RAID related Functions Renaming an Array You are free to rename RAID arrays This will not harm the array data will not be lost To rename an array 1 Select Manage Array from the menu 2 Highlight the desired RAID array 3 Click on the Maintenance button 4 Enter a new name for the array in the provided field 5 Click the Rename button Note An array running...

Page 45: ...ller and hard disks drives in use several configurable device settings may be available Read Ahead Write Cache TCQ and NCQ Each feature can be enabled or disabled individually for each hard disk Unplug The Unplug option found below each Device name can be used to quickly remove hot swap a Legacy disk ...

Page 46: ...sk RAID RAID Non RAID status F Temperature in Fahrenheit of the hard disk Celsius is displayed under the SMART status BadSectors Found Repaired The card is capable of repairing bad sectors a summary of this activity is presented here Device Status OK means the disk is in a healthy state A Failed status suggests the disk was taken offline due to a RAID SMART or sector failure Schedule Click on the ...

Page 47: ...ext to view the SMART status of the hard disk Note S M A R T attribute data is drive specific The software includes a list of definitions for popular drive models manufacturers Unknown S M A R T attributes will be shown as unknown You can add the attribute definitions for your drive in the file smart def which resides in the software installation directory Rescan Devices When you physically add dr...

Page 48: ...l be displayed Adding a Spare Disk To add a spare disk select a disk from the Available Disks list and click the Add Spare button This will add the disk to the Spare Pool list Removing a Spare Disk To remove a spare disk select it from the Spare Pool list and click the Remove Spare button This will remove the disk from the Spare Pool list 6 Managing Events and Tasks The HighPoint Web RAID Manageme...

Page 49: ...by the Management Software To view logged events Please select Event from the menu The Event Management page will be displayed Click the Clear button to clear the event log Managing Tasks With the HighPoint RAID Management Software you can configure and schedule background rebuild and verify tasks to help maintain the integrity of your drives and data You can select menu Task to enter Task Managem...

Page 50: ...u want to verify or rebuild 2 Enter a name for the task 3 Configure the frequency for the task 4 Check the Submit button Delete a Scheduled Task To delete a task schedule 1 Select a task from the Tasks List 2 Click the Delete button 7 Settings Select the Settings option to access Settings page 5 13 ...

Page 51: ...ge the listening port Restrict to localhost access If this option is selected the HPT Web RAID Management Service will refuse any Remote Access request Please connect to the local machine by entering localhost in the URL bar Change Password This setting allows you to alter the default password when logging on Enter a new password and click the Change Password button to change the current user s pa...

Page 52: ...button To test E mail notification 1 Enter the necessary information for the recipient 2 Click the Test button If the software is unable to send a test message an error will be displayed Double check the recipient entries and make sure the information is correct Web RAID Management Interface 5 15 ...

Page 53: ...Chapter 6 Linux Driver Support Contents of this Chapter Fedora 7 Linux installation Overview Red Hat Enterprise 5 Overview SuSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES installation Overview ...

Page 54: ...adapter follow the steps outlined below Step 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 on the Fedora Linux CD under dosutils Run rawrite using a command prompt window and follow the directions it provides On a Linux system use the dd command to...

Page 55: ...using the following commands mount dev fd0 cd tmp gzip dc media floppy modules cgz cpio idumv Driver modules for all supported kernel versions will be extracted The driver module for the active kernel is located under the directory that matches the kernel version tmp uname r i686 hptiop ko After extracting the driver module load it using the following commands modprobe sd_mod insmod hptiop ko Arra...

Page 56: ... S01hptdriver Step 4 Configure System to Mount Volumes during Startup The system can be instructed to automatically mount the array s during startup by modifying the file etc fstab For example add the following line to tell the system to mount dev sda1 to location mnt raid after startup dev sda1 mnt raid ext3 defaults 0 0 4 Updating the Driver 1 If the original driver is installed in the system s ...

Page 57: ...e RocketRAID 3xxx driver Note The driver cannot be uninstalled while the system is booted from a disk or array attached to the RocketRAID host adapter To uninstall the driver remove the lines added to etc fstab and remove the files created in the etc init d directory ...

Page 58: ...n a Linux system use the dd command to generate a boot diskette Insert a floppy disk into the floppy drive and type the following command dd if hptiop_00 rhel 4u4 img of dev fd0 Step 2 Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux Start installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux by booting from the installation CD At the Welcome to Red Hat Linux installation screen a prompt labeled boot will appear at the bottom of t...

Page 59: ... another PCI slot Step 1 Obtain the Driver Module Extract the module file from the file modules cgz from the driver disk using the following commands mount dev fd0 cd tmp gzip dc mnt floppy modules cgz cpio idumv Driver modules for all supported kernel versions will be extracted The driver module for the active kernel is located under the directory that matches the kernel version tmp uname r hptio...

Page 60: ... the module when booting Use the following commands echo modprobe hptiop_00 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 init d hptdriver etc rc d rc4 d S01hptdriver ln sf etc init d hptdriver etc rc d rc5 d S01hptdriver Step 4 Configure System to Mount Volumes during Startup The system can be instructed to automatically mount...

Page 61: ...trd lib hptiop_00 ko umount mnt initrd gzip c tmp initrd ext2 boot initrd xxx img If you are using lilo to boot the system use lilo to reinstall the RAM disk lilo Update hptiop_00 ko in lib modules cp tmp hptiop_00 ko lib modules uname r kernel drivers scsi hptiop_00 ko Reboot your system to allow the new driver take effect 5 Uninstalling the Driver To uninstall the RocketRAID 3xxx driver Note The...

Page 62: ...ocketRAID host adapter follow the steps outlined below Step 1 Prepare the Driver Diskette The driver is contained in a floppy diskette image file slesdd img On a DOS or Windows system a driver diskette can be generated using rawrite exe This utility is included on the SLES Linux CD under dosutils Run rawrite using a command prompt window and follow the directions it provides On a Linux system use ...

Page 63: ...AID 3xxx Driver on an Exist ing System If you are currently running SLES and would like to access drives or arrays attached to the Rocket RAID host adapter follow the steps outlined below Note 1 If a SCSI adapter is used to boot the system make sure the RocketRAID host adapter s BIOS loads posts after the SCSI adapter s BIOS It may be necessary to move the adapter s to another PCI slot 2 The drive...

Page 64: ..._00 ko Then you can access the arrays attached to the controller as SCSI devices e g dev sda Step 3 Mounting and Partitioning the Device Note Many versions of SuSE include YAST YAST is a graphical configuration utility that is capable of executing the commands described below We recommend using YAST if available as it may help simplify the installation process Example A RAID array has been configu...

Page 65: ...pmod 3 Next run the mkinitrd command to update the initrd file mkinitrd 4 If you are using the lilo boot loader run lilo again lilo Step 5 Configure System to Mount Volumes during Startup The system can be instructed to automatically mount the array s during startup by modifying the file etc fstab For example add the following line to tell the system to mount dev sda1 to location mnt raid after st...

Page 66: ...stalling the Driver To uninstall the RocketRAID 3xxx driver Note The driver cannot be uninstalled while the system is booted from a disk or array attached to the RocketRAID host adapter To uninstall the driver remove the lines added to etc modules conf and etc fstab Linux Driver Support 6 13 ...

Page 67: ...FreeBSD Driver Support Contents of this Chapter 1 Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 3xxx Controller 2 Installing the RocketRAID 3xxx Driver on an Existing System 3 Updating the Driver 4 Uninstalling the Driver ...

Page 68: ... DOS Prompt window and follow it s prompt On a FreeBSD system use the dd command to make the driver diskette For example Insert a floppy disk into the floppy drive and type the following command if you are installing FreeBSD 5 x versions dd if freebsd_5 x img of dev fd0 Step 2 Install FreeBSD 1 Start the FreeBSD installation procedure by booting from installation CD 2 If you are installing FreeBSD...

Page 69: ...e Type in load diskx hptiop_00 x x without quotation marks and then press enter for FreeBSD 4 3 RELEASE ok load kernel ok load disk1 hptiop_00 4 3 ko for FreeBSD 4 4 RELEASE ok load kernel ok load disk1 hptiop_00 4 4 ko for FreeBSD 4 5 RELEASE ok load disk1 hptiop_00 4 5 ko for FreeBSD 4 6 2 RELEASE ok load disk1 hptiop_00 4 6 2 ko for FreeBSD 4 7 RELEASE ok load disk1 hptiop_00 4 7 ko for FreeBSD...

Page 70: ...ptiop_00 5 4 ko for FreeBSD 5 3 AMD64 RELEASE ok load disk0 hptiop_00 5 3 amd64 ko for FreeBSD 5 4 AMD64 RELEASE ok load disk0 hptiop_00 5 4 amd64 ko for FreeBSD 6 0 AMD64 RELEASE ok load disk0 hptiop_00 6 0 amd64 ko for FreeBSD 6 1 RELEASE ok load disk0 hptiop_00 6 1 ko for FreeBSD 6 1 AMD64 RELEASE ok load disk0 hptiop_00 6 1 amd64 ko 5 After the driver has been loaded remove the floppy diskette...

Page 71: ...e following commands mount o ro dev fd0 mnt sh mnt postinstall umount mnt Then press Alt F1 to return to the setup screen and choose X Exit Install to finish setup 2 Installing the RocketRAID 3xxx Driver on an Exist ing System If you are currently running FreeBSD and would like to access drives or arrays attached to the RocketRAID host adapter follow the steps outlined below Step1CopytheDriverModu...

Page 72: ...ith the system by loading it during bootup If the module has been loaded successfully you should see the RocketRAID banner and a display screen of the attached drives You can now access the drives as a SCSI device Note If you have no other SCSI device the first device is dev da0 then dev da1 etc Example F1 FreeBSD Default F1 FreeBSD i386 BOOT Default 0 ad 0 a boot loader boot BTX loader 1 00 BTX v...

Page 73: ...ly Load the Driver To avoid typing in load hptiop_00 each time the operating system is booted the system must be instructed to automatically load the module during bootup To configure the system to automatically install the module type in the following commands echo hptiop_00_load YES boot defaults loader conf This command will instruct the loader to load the RocketRAID module together with the ke...

Page 74: ...ollowing the steps discussed in the previous section Install the driver on an existing system 4 Uninstalling the Driver The driver can only be uninstalled when the system is not booting from devices attached to the RocketRAID host adapter To uninstall remove the line hptiop_00_load YES located in boot defaults loader conf and then delete the driver module modules hptiop_00 ko or boot kernel hptiop...

Page 75: ...Chapter 8 Mac OSX Driver Contents of this Chapter Installing the driver and RAID utility ...

Page 76: ...rsal vxxx dmg file to start the installer 3 When the Installer window opens click the Continue button 4 The installer will ask you to select a destination for the driver Make sure to select the boot Volume the driver must be installed to System Library Exten sions folder in order to function properly 5 Click the Install button You will be prompted clicking the install button will install a basic i...

Page 77: ...ick Restart to restart the system After the system restarts you can use a web browser to configure the controller and setup RAID arrays Use the MacOSX Disk Utility to create partitions the RAID arrays WebRAIDManagementUtility Please refer to page 5 1 the Web utility utilizes a universal interface and operates in the same manner as revisions released for other operating systems ...

Page 78: ...Appendix Customer Support ...

Page 79: ...r and RAID Software have been installed for the RocketRAID 3xxx Updates are available from our website Prepare a list of the computer system s hardware and software motherboard CPU memory other PCI devices host adapters operating system applications ContactInformation E mailaddress support highpoint tech com Phone 408 942 5800 request for support 9 00AM 6 00PM PacificStandardTime Additional inform...

Page 80: ... 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 into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Modifications not expressly approved by the manufactu...

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