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RocketRAID 840A 

SATA 6Gb/s PCI-Express 3.0 x8 RAID Controller 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quick Installation Guide 

v1.0

 

 

Summary of Contents for RocketRAID 840A

Page 1: ...1 RocketRAID 840A SATA 6Gb s PCI Express 3 0 x8 RAID Controller Quick Installation Guide v1 0 ...

Page 2: ...2 Table of Contents HighPoint RocketRAID 840A 3 Kit Contents 3 Board Layout 4 Hardware Installation 5 Using the RocketRAID 840A 5 Customer Support 8 ...

Page 3: ...torage applications Features and Specifications 8 lane 8 GT s PCI Express 3 0 Compliant Four SFF 8643 mini SAS HD ports Support up to 16x SATA SSDs or hard drives Onboard LED Indicators and Alarm Buzzer Multiple RAID Adapters supported Online RAID Level Migration ORLM Online Capacity Expansion OCE RAID Quick Initialization for fast array setup Disk Format compatible 512 512e 4Kn Larger than 2 TB D...

Page 4: ... for each of the device channels For more information about LED functionality and connection requirements please refer to below document http www highpoint tech com PDF LED_connection pdf Alarm Buzzer Audible alarm will sound if a disk failed status occurs I2C Pin Connector The I2C Pin connector can be used to connect an enclosure device with I2C protocol for enclosure management HPTLCD Connector ...

Page 5: ...er attach the hard disks or disk backplane to the RAID controller using the appropriate data cables 5 Close and secure the system chassis Using the RocketRAID 840A BIOS After installing the RAID controller and powering on the system the RAID controller BIOS should post during the system s boot procedure Use Ctrl H key to log in to the BIOS setting utility The BIOS setting utility can be used for R...

Page 6: ...RAID controller boot to the Windows operating system 2 Windows should automatically detect the card as a new RAID Controller under device manager 3 Right click the RAID Controller and select update install the driver 4 Select Browse my computer for driver software 5 Browse to the location of the driver and click Next 6 Reboot the system when prompted The RocketRAID 840A controller will be ready fo...

Page 7: ...efer to the Online Help guide for more information about using the WebGUI http www highpoint tech com help Driver and Software Installation Linux FreeBSD or Mac OS X Please refer to the README file and Installation Guide under the software folder for the appropriate installation procedure ...

Page 8: ...RocketRAID series HBA or have any questions about this or any other HighPoint Technologies Inc product feel free to contact our Customer Support Department Web Support http www highpoint tech com websupport HighPoint Technologies Inc websites http www highpoint tech com ...

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