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RocketRAID 432x

SAS/SATAII Host Adapter

User’s Guide

Revision: 1.0

Date: November 2008

HighPoint Technologies, Inc.

Summary of Contents for RocketRAID 4320

Page 1: ...RocketRAID 432x SAS SATAII Host Adapter User s Guide Revision 1 0 Date November2008 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: ...1 RocketRAID 4320Adapter layout 9 2 RocketRAID 4322Adapter layout 11 3 Verifying Installation 14 4 Battery Backup 14 ROCKETRAIDBIOSUTILITY 1 BIOS Setting Overview 15 2 Creating RAIDArrays 19 3 Deleti...

Page 4: ...AGEMENTAND DE VICE DRIVER CD 1 Creating a Driver Diskette 36 2 Device Driver Installation 37 3 HighPoint RAID Management Utilities HRM 43 CUSTOMER SUPPORT Troubleshooting Checklist 49 CONTACTUS 50 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: ...ch com and http www hptmac com There you can find information on all of HighPoint s prod ucts with FAQ s online manuals BIOS and driver updates 1 Specifications and Features HostAdapterArchitecture Te...

Page 7: ...reliability Staggered Drive Spinup MAID spin down drives in array when idle ATA pass through mode support Firmware update while running the Operating System 7 Array Monitors Alerts and Indicators SMTP...

Page 8: ...l 2 6 25 2 Kit Contents RocketRAID Host Adapter User s Guide HighPoint RAID Management and Device Driver CD Internal Mini SAS to Mini SAS cables RR4320 8 Physical Specifications Size 163 0mmx68 0mm 6...

Page 9: ...Adapter layout Port1 Port2 These represent the RocketRAID 4320 s 2 Internal Mini SAS ports Each port can support up to 4 SAS SATA hard disks J9 J10 J11 J12 J9 J10 are DiskActivity LED s J11 J12 are Di...

Page 10: ...rt J16 This connector supports SAF TE interface I2C BEEP1 Speaker Alarm speaker the speaker emits an audible alarm in the case of disk array failure EthernetPort Ethernet port for Out of Bound Managem...

Page 11: ...irectly support up to 4 SAS SATA hard drives J3 Battery connector Connector for the HPTBBU 03 see Battery Backup for details BEEP1 Speaker Alarm speaker the speaker emits an audible alarm in the case...

Page 12: ...E x8 or x16 slot 2 Remove the PCI slot cover 3 Gently insert the RocketRAID 4320 into the PCI E slot and secure the bracket to the system chassis 4 After installing the adapter attach the Mini SAS ca...

Page 13: ...net Board to the RocketRAID Host Adapter If you want to use the Ethernet functions connect the HighPoint Ethernet Board to the RocketRAID Host Adapter via connec tors J4 through J1 and secure the two...

Page 14: ...ility If any of the hard disks are not detected power down the system and check the power and cable connections 4 Battery Backup A battery backup option is available as an optional add on component Th...

Page 15: ...nd controller related settings Using the BIOS Utility The following keys utilized by the RocketRAID 432x BIOS utility F10 press F10 to highlight the tool bar Menu Arrow keys use these to move between...

Page 16: ...the X values S System D Disk A Array C Controller W Window H Help X Exit Logging In The BIOS Utility has two interface modes User and Supervisor The User mode can only view information about the Rock...

Page 17: ...on displays information about the select hard disks Initialize initialize the selected disks required in order to use new hard disks for creating RAID arrays disk replacement or configuring spare disk...

Page 18: ...ity errors Start Task End Task Stop Pause current task Controller Information View information about the RocketRAID host adapter Eventlog View event log entries Setting View and configure host adapter...

Page 19: ...t Initialize and press Enter 3 The utility 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 Init...

Page 20: ...eys then select using Enter A numeral will be displayed before each selected disk To de select a disk highlight the target disk and press Enter once more Once all target disks have been selected selec...

Page 21: ...arrays RAID 1 3 5 6 10 and 50 specify the RAID Initialization method a Quick init use this option if you want to quickly create an array for testing purposes This will clear all previous data and wil...

Page 22: ...e used to create additional arrays or used as a Spare disk if the available capacity meets the requirement see 5 Maintaining Arrays Spare Disks for more information 6 Block Size This option allows you...

Page 23: ...n2003 SP1 Windows 2008 or Windows Vista These operating systems support larger volumes and introduce a partitioning method known as GPT GUID Partition table Use GPT when creating arrays over 2TB in si...

Page 24: ...rray and press Enter Highlight Array from the toolbar Select Delete and press Enter The utility will display a warning message Press Y yes to delete the array or select N no to cancel Warning all data...

Page 25: ...Disk or Array Windows highlight the target disk array and press enter Array Information this will display the array s Name RAID type Block size Sector size member hard disks and status Disk Informatio...

Page 26: ...isplay information about the host adapter s model Product ID PCI E bus location IO Processor model memory firmware revision serial number and the status of the BBU battery backup unit Event Log The Ro...

Page 27: ...s the creation or deletion of arrays You can filter displayed events by using Tab to highlight the Information Warning and Error options towards the top of the window Enable or disable these filter op...

Page 28: ...Network Settings for use with the RocketRAID host adapter s Out of Band OOB and In Band IB Management functions Highlight Controller from the toolbar select Network and press Enter This option will d...

Page 29: ...desired value Some hard disks do not support this setting consult the hard disk s documentation for more information Spin down idle disk If enabled the host adapter will power down idle inactive disks...

Page 30: ...ng Device Settings These options allow the administrator to enable or disable hard disk cache related settings From the Disk Window highlight the target disk and press Enter Highlight Disk from the to...

Page 31: ...s To set a hard disk to act as a Spare Disk switch to the Disk window use the arrow keys to select the target disk from the list of initialized disks and press Enter Highlight Disk from the toolbar th...

Page 32: ...s example 200GB of disk space remains unallocated This unallocated space allows these disks to be set as spares for a separate redundant array that meets the capacity requirement 200GB or less Verifyi...

Page 33: ...rray will act as the boot disk if the motherboard s BIOS instructs the card to act as the system s boot device Hot Swap The BIOS utility provides several options that allow the administrator to add or...

Page 34: ...prepare a RAID array for removal highlight the target array using the Array window and press Enter Highlight Array from the toolbar select Unplug and press Enter The interface will notify you when the...

Page 35: ...tions Maximize enlarge viewing area of the selected window Disk or Array Minimize reduce the viewing area of the selected window Disk selects the Disk window Array selects the Array window Refresh sca...

Page 36: ...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 Pl...

Page 37: ...updates RocketRAID4320 http highpoint tech com USA bios_rr4320 htm RocketRAID4322 http highpoint tech com USA bios_rr4322 htm Drivers are posted in zip archive format Most Windows operating systems w...

Page 38: ...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 a...

Page 39: ...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 40: ...tandard OS installation procedures Installing the driver for an existing Windows Vista 2008 system 1 Intall the RocketRAID 432x host adapter into the PC then boot up Windows 2 Windows should automatic...

Page 41: ...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 42: ...are natively support by Linux kernel 2 6 25x Linux distributions that utilize this kernel and all later releases will automatically recognize the host adapter and do not require driver installation I...

Page 43: ...also known as HRM includes several user interface options The latest version of the Web Management utility user manual is available from our website Windows Operating Systems Installing the Web based...

Page 44: ...Extract 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 t...

Page 45: ...c hptcfg service config file etc rc d init d hptdaemon service 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 comm...

Page 46: ...Management 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...

Page 47: ...mentInstallation The driver and software packages for the RocketRAID 4320 and 4322 includes both the device driver for OS X and a copy of the Web RAID Management utility Copy the Mac driver and softwa...

Page 48: ...Click Restart after OS X reboots the card will be recognized by the system Config ure arrays using the Web RAID Management interface User guides for the Web inter face are available from http www hpt...

Page 49: ...ing our Customer Support department Make sure the latest BIOS driver and HighPoint RAID Management soft ware has beein installed for the host adapter The latest updates are available from our website...

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Page 51: ...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 52: ...ThankYou Thank you for purchasing the RocketRAID 432x SATAII RAID Host adapter We appreciate your support and welcome any questions comments or product sugges tions you may have...

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