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RocketRAID mini-SAS 6G HBA Series Data RAID

Installation Guide

Overview:

This installation guide provides step and step instructions

on how to configure the RocketRAID mini-SAS 6G storage to support a

Data RAID. This guide also provides troubleshooting tips when

problems occur.

Part 1 – What is a Data RAID Configuration?

Part 2 – Pre-requisite for Data RAID Configuration.

Part 3 – Hardware Installation Steps and Verification Steps

Part 4 – Software Package Installation and Verification Guide

Part 5 - Ready for the Experience

Summary of Contents for RocketRAID mini-SAS 6G HBA Series

Page 1: ...cketRAID mini SAS 6G storage to support a Data RAID This guide also provides troubleshooting tips when problems occur Part 1 What is a Data RAID Configuration Part 2 Pre requisite for Data RAID Config...

Page 2: ...acity of all the drives RAID 5 Stripe Protection Speed Data is striped like in a RAID 0 so significant speed gains are seen Protection Utilizes mathematical parity to achieve data protection while tak...

Page 3: ...of all the drives used while for RAID 50 its usable space is each RAID5 capacity RAID5 number RAID 1 Mirror Speed No speed benefits gained Protection One drive can fail and all data will still be acce...

Page 4: ...use a PCIe 2 0 slot running at x8 speeds or greater Slot recommendations for the RocketRAID mini SAS 6G series controller Mac Pro Model Core CPU Speed GHz EFI Slot Number 2006 Quad Core 2 0 2 66 3 0...

Page 5: ...ing the RocketRAID mini SAS 6G series controller restart your computer After your computer has started insert the Driver Software Installation Disc to install the necessary drivers for your computer s...

Page 6: ...wn the Mac Pro system then remove and insert the RocketRAID mini SAS 6G series controller then follow the steps from Hardware Verification Step 2 If Step 1 fails then insert the RocketRAID mini SAS 6G...

Page 7: ...nsert the RocketRAID mini SAS 6G Card Install Disc into your Mac and navigate to the Mac OS X folder 2 Double click on the file to mount the disc image containing the Mac OS X software and drivers 3 D...

Page 8: ...the after installing the software package and the Driver Installed is still No please try the following troubleshooting tips Step 1 Confirm that you have the RocketRAID mini SAS 6G series controller s...

Page 9: ...ubleshooting steps to verify that the driver is install and that the RocketRAID mini SAS 6G series controller is detected Creating a Data RAID Once you have logged into the web GUI you are ready to cr...

Page 10: ...Step 2 Initialize the drives before creating RAID...

Page 11: ...Step 3 Select the hard drives attached to the RocketRAID mini SAS 6G series controller Step 4 Select the type of Data RAID you want to create RAID levels 0 1 5 6 10 50 and JBOD are supported...

Page 12: ...Step 5 Confirmation that the Data RAID is created Step 6 Format the newly created partition...