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Table of Contents 

1 Features and Specifications ................................................................................................................... 4

 

 

2 Physical Specifications ........................................................................................................................... 6

 

 

3 Kit Contents .......................................................................................................................................... 7

 

 

4 Hardware Description and Installation .................................................................................................. 8

 

4.1 RocketRAID 4522 / 4520 Host Adapter board layout .................................................................... 8

 

4.2 Connector and Jumper description ............................................................................................... 8

 

4.3 Installing the RocketRAID 4500 Host Adapter ............................................................................... 9

 

4.4 Verifying Installation ..................................................................................................................... 9

 

 

5 RocketRAID 4500 BIOS Utility .............................................................................................................. 10

 

5.1 BIOS Settings Overview ............................................................................................................... 10

 

5.2 Using the BIOS Utility .................................................................................................................. 10

 

5.3 BIOS Commands ......................................................................................................................... 11

 

5.4 Creating RAID Arrays ................................................................................................................... 11

 

5.5 Deleting Arrays ........................................................................................................................

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5.6 Adding/Remove Spare Disks ....................................................................................................... 18

 

5.7 Settings ....................................................................................................................................... 19 
5.8 View ...................................................................................................................................

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6 RocketRAID 4500 Driver Installation ................................................................................................... 24 

6.1 Driver installation - Microsoft Windows...................................................................................... 24

 

6.2 Driver installation -Linux and FreeBSD ........................................................................................ 31 

 

7 HighPoint Web RAID Management Software ...................................................................................... 32

 

7.1 Installing the Web RAID Management Software - Microsoft Windows........................................ 32

 

7.2 Installing the Web RAID Management Software - Linux .............................................................. 36 
7.3 Starting Using the Web RAID Management Software .................................................................. 36 

 

8 Firmware Update ................................................................................................................................ 37

 

9 Thank You ........................................................................................................................................... 38

 

 
10 Customer Support ............................................................................................................................. 39

 

Summary of Contents for RocketRAID 4500 Series

Page 1: ...1 RocketRAID 4500 Series SAS SATA 6Gb s RAID Host Adapters User s Guide Revision 1 0 Oct 22 2012 HighPoint Technologies 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 an...

Page 3: ...2 Using the BIOS Utility 10 5 3 BIOS Commands 11 5 4 Creating RAID Arrays 11 5 5 Deleting Arrays 18 5 6 Adding Remove Spare Disks 18 5 7 Settings 19 5 8 View 21 6 RocketRAID 4500 Driver Installation 2...

Page 4: ...advance features that the RAID Management software has to offer 1 Features and Specifications Hardware Specifications Marvell 88RC9580 RAID on Chip Processor 512MB DDR 3 Cache memory with ECC protect...

Page 5: ...er based Management Interface Easy to use BIOS configuration Tool Linux Command Line Interface CLI Scriptable configuration tool Hot key ctrl h boot up RAID manager via BIOS Web browser based RAID man...

Page 6: ...mm EMI FCC Part 15 Class B and CE Thermal and Atmospheric Characteristics Work Temperature Range 5 C 55 C Relative Humidity Range 5 60 non condensing Storage Temperature 20 C 80 C MTBF 920 585 Hours E...

Page 7: ...7 3 Kit Contents RocketRAID 4522 HBA RocketRAID 4520 HBA Quick Installation Guide HighPoint Software CD Low Profile Bracket Two mini SAS cables SFF 8087 to 4 SATA RocketRAID 4520 only...

Page 8: ...connector J6 BBU connector A1 A2 Active LED PIN N A F1 F2 Fail LED PIN N A PORT1 PORT2 Mini SAS Port SFF 8087 Mini SAS Port SFF 8088 Active FAIL LED PIN connector The LED connectors are designed for...

Page 9: ...s 4 After installing the adapter attach the hard disks or backplane enclosure to the host adapter using the mini SAS cables Note Many server level chassis include hard drive hot swap bays For these sy...

Page 10: ...s the RocketRAID 4500 adapter s BIOS Utility 5 1 BIOS Settings Overview The RocketRAID 4500 controller BIOS utility is an interface that provides management commands and controller related settings We...

Page 11: ...opens the settings menu To selecting the boot disk array staggered drive spinup etc View This command is used to view hard disk and RAID information Initialize This command is used to prepare disks fo...

Page 12: ...press ESC key 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 These disks will be displaye...

Page 13: ...arrow keys to highlight the Array Name option and press Enter key 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 comman...

Page 14: ...e Menu 5 Next Use the arrow key to highlight the Capacity GB option and press Enter key The total available capacity will be displayed Press Enter key if you wish to use all available space If you wis...

Page 15: ...is option if you are using an older 32 bit Windows operating system This allows older operating systems to support volumes over 2TB in size Do not use if the operating system already supports large vo...

Page 16: ...is option is used to assure data safety and avoid operation errors causing data lose to the original disk B This option does not initialize the array disk New disks can be used to create a RAID withou...

Page 17: ...on the disks B The initialization time will be shorter time compared to the Background option The logical disks will not be reported to the OS until the initialization is complete Background The RAID...

Page 18: ...rray contains critical data 5 6 Add Remove Spare Disks This Add Remove Spare command is used to assign a hard disk to act as a Spare Disk Spare Disks are used to automatically rebuild Redundant RAID a...

Page 19: ...t of a grand total of 400GB was assigned to that array In this example 200GB of disk space remains unallocated This unallocated space would allow these disks to be set as spares for a separate redunda...

Page 20: ...e This can cause data inconsistency in the future By enabling this option it is recommended to view the Event log and look for HDD bad sector events If bad sectors are found it is then recommended tha...

Page 21: ...l sound 5 8 View The View menu provides four options Devices This option will display information for each disk hosted by the HBA RAID Array This option will display information about each RAID array...

Page 22: ...22 Controller Select this option to view information about the RocketRAID HBA...

Page 23: ...23 Rescan Devices This command will prompt the HBA to scan each port for devices Use this feature when attaching hard disks or arrays to the HBA...

Page 24: ...ll the RocketRAID 4500 host adapter into the PC then boot up the Windows operating system 2 Windows will detect the RocketRAID 4500 HBA and automatically search for the driver 3 If Windows is unable t...

Page 25: ...lick the Setup exe icon 6 The HighPoint Software Install window should be displayed Click the Install Driver button The interface will install the RocketRAID 4500 driver automatically 7 Once complete...

Page 26: ...26 8 After rebooting the system the RocketRAID 4500 HBA will be recognized by Device Manager and listed under Storage Controllers...

Page 27: ...m the Windows Installation DVD 2 When the following window is displayed please insert the HighPoint software CD into the CD DVD drive Select Load Driver item 3 Browse to the following software CD fold...

Page 28: ...y the following entry after locating the driver Click Next to install the RocketRAID 4500 driver Installing the driver manually using Device Manager 1 The RocketRAID 4500 HBA will be recognized as a R...

Page 29: ...29 2 Select Browse my computer for driver software in the popup window 3 Browse to the following Software CD folder Driver RR452x Windows Select x32 or x64 according with your windows OS...

Page 30: ...30 4 Follow the InstallShield Wizard s prompts to install the RocketRAID 4500 driver Click Close to exit the Wizard once the driver has been successfully installed...

Page 31: ...e included with the driver packages for the more information Linux driver packages are included with the Software CD Driver RR452x Linux Before Installing make sure you have the latest driver updates...

Page 32: ...Installing Uninstall the Web RAID Management Software Microsoft Windows Install the Web RAID Management Software 1 Insert the HighPoint software CD into the CD DVD drive The program should start autom...

Page 33: ...33 3 Follow the InstallShield Wizard s prompts to install the HighPoint RAID Management interface...

Page 34: ...estrict the HighPoint RAID Management interface to the local network the RocketRAID HBA cannot be managed remotely 5 Click the Finish button to complete the installation procedure 6 Important The inte...

Page 35: ...not you can start it manually by running net start hptsvr under a Windows command prompt If you can t connect to a remote system check if hptsvr is running on that system and you can access the remote...

Page 36: ...Software location RocketRAID Software CD Management_Software RocketRAID_series Web_RAID_Management Linux Before Installing make sure you have the latest driver updates Visit the HighPoint website for...

Page 37: ...w highpoint tech com website to download the latest firmware 2 Extract the download to a bootable DOS USB drive 3 Boot the system using the bootable USB drive 4 At the command prompt access the firmwa...

Page 38: ...38 9 Thank You Thank you for purchasing the RocketRAID 4500 SAS SATA RAID Host adapter We appreciate your support and welcome any questions comments or product suggestions you may have...

Page 39: ...RAID series host adapters or have any questions about this or any other HighPoint Technologies Inc product feel free to contact our Customer Support Department HighPoint Technologies Inc websites http...

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