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RocketStor 6661A-mSAS1

User Manual

5/4/18
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HighPoint Technologies, Inc.

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Page 1: ...1 RocketStor 6661A mSAS1 User Manual 5 4 18 Revision 1 00 HighPoint Technologies Inc...

Page 2: ...C Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and i...

Page 3: ...alling the Driver 15 Installing the HighPoint RAID Management WebGUI 15 How to Login to the HighPoint RAID Management 16 Remote Login 16 Formatting the RAID Volumes 17 Section 3 Software Setup for Mac...

Page 4: ...fication 40 SMTP Setting 40 Add Recipient 41 Event 42 Storage Health Inspector SHI 43 Scheduler 43 How to Create a New Verify Task 44 Recover 44 Section 5 Troubleshooting 45 Handling Critical Arrays 4...

Page 5: ...A mSAS1 enclosure Quick Installation Guide Power Adapter Thunderbolt 3 Cable Before getting started check to see if any items are missing damaged or incorrect If you discover any discrepancies please...

Page 6: ...rt Windows 10 macOS 10 10 or later Operating Environment Work Temperature Range 5 C 55 C Relative Humidity Range 5 60 non condensing Storage Temperature 20 C 80 C MTBF 920 585 hours Certification Appr...

Page 7: ...7 Section 1 Hardware Installation Hardware Overview Panel Layout Front View Panel Layout Rear View...

Page 8: ...ac System with ThunderboltTM 3 support Windows 10 macOS 10 10 or later Enclosure Setup 1 Connect the Power Adapter to the RocketStor 6661A mSAS1 2 Connect the RocketStor 6661A mSAS1 to the host system...

Page 9: ...olt Device connection 2 Select Always Connect from the drop down menu then click OK Driver Installation Drivers provide a way for your operating system to communicate with your new hardware Updating t...

Page 10: ...dows logo on the bottom left of the screen 4 Select Device Manager 5 Under Other Devices RAID Controller should appear 6 Right click on RAID Controller and select Update driver 7 Select Browse my comp...

Page 11: ...8 Select Browse 9 Find the driver folder downloaded and extracted previously and select the x32 folder if using a 32 bit system or the x64 folder if using a 64 bit system Then select OK 10 Select Nex...

Page 12: ...ou should see the below appear on your screen 12 Restart your system 13 To double check that the driver installed properly in the Storage controllers tab in Device Manager make sure the RocketRAID 644...

Page 13: ...er Version 1 Go to Device Manager and click on the Storage controllers tab 2 Right click on the RocketRAID 644LS SATA Controller and select Properties 3 Click the Driver tab and look at the Driver Ver...

Page 14: ...ech com USA_new series rs6661a msas1 download htm 2 Go to Device Manager 3 Click on the Storage controllers tab 4 Right click on the RocketRAID 644LS SATA Controller and select Update Driver 5 Click B...

Page 15: ...D array Using the management utilities and menus offered by the WebGUI you would be able to access create and maintain your RAID arrays New features are continually added to the interface The most upd...

Page 16: ...n your desktop Opening your preferred web browser and typing http localhost 7402 in the address bar Note You can set the password under the Setting tab Remote Login A user connected to a local network...

Page 17: ...array as a logical disk However the array will not be accessible until it is formatted by the operating system Format the volume when you have finished the following procedures 1 Set up the RocketStor...

Page 18: ...ost likely need to use MBR for bootable drives b GPT partition table has no capacity limit but cannot be bootable unless your PC motherboard contains UEFI firmware 4 Once initialized right click the u...

Page 19: ...with the name and letter you assigned Please note your disk may initially appear offline to the operating system and you may have to bring it online 1 In Disk Management right click the disk you wish...

Page 20: ...st driver software for the RocketStor 6661A mSAS1 from our website http www highpoint tech com USA_new series rs6661a msas1 download htm 2 Mount and enter the downloaded folder 3 Run the HighPointRR p...

Page 21: ...21 Checking Driver Installation 1 Select the Apple logo in the top left part of the screen 2 Select About this Mac 3 Select System Report 4 Select the Thunderbolt tab on the left...

Page 22: ...22 5 Check that RocketStor 6661A is present 6 Select the PCI tab on the left 7 Check that the RocketRAID 644LS SATA Controller is present...

Page 23: ...from http www highpoint tech com USA_new series rs6661a msas1 download htm 2 Mount and enter the downloaded folder 3 Run the HighPointWebGUI pkg package 4 Follow the on screen installation instruction...

Page 24: ...formatted by the operating system Format the volume when you have finished the following procedures 1 Set up the RocketStor 6661A mSAS1 2 Install Driver and WebGUI software 3 Create an Array For Mac u...

Page 25: ...ption near the top 4 Type in the name you want to use for your RAID array and select the format and scheme Then select Erase 5 After the erase process is complete select Done 6 Your RAID array is now...

Page 26: ...key things Create and remove arrays Monitor disk health Update firmware and BIOS Change enclosure settings Troubleshoot faulty drives View general system overview Tab Name Function Global View View HB...

Page 27: ...int controllers connected HBA Properties Host Adapter Model Model the model name of the controller Controller count number of controllers detected Enclosure count number of enclosures detected Physica...

Page 28: ...e the firmware of the controller in this tab as well Controller Information The Controller tab displays more detailed information such as firmware version and condition of the controller To update the...

Page 29: ...on device location example 1 2 states controller 1 channel 2 Write Cache Enable Disable enabling write cache will speed up write operations Max Free space on the disk that is not configured in an arra...

Page 30: ...where you can edit delete and maintain your RAID configurations as well as review the Physical Device information The Logical tab has the following functions Create Array Spare Pool Logical Device Res...

Page 31: ...ring this time the array will be accessible but the initialization process will take much longer to complete Note Initializing takes a significant amount of time approximately 2 hours per one TB Fully...

Page 32: ...g RAID levels disk capacities are limited by the smallest disk For example consider the following You have 3 drives connected to the enclosure The first drive is 6 TB the second is 4 TB and the third...

Page 33: ...e minimizes the chances of a data loss by reducing the time an array is in the critical status Logical Device The Logical device including your RAID arrays and the individual disks your system detects...

Page 34: ...s off the selected RAID array once powered off the physical disks can be safely removed from the RAID controller Verify verifies the integrity of the RAID array Change Cache Policy toggles between Wri...

Page 35: ...sk Insert new disk Reinserting the same disk should trigger the rebuilding status since data on the disk would be recognized If you insert a new disk clicking Add Disk will give you the option to sele...

Page 36: ...you want to change a Select a different RAID level to Migrate For example if you want to change a RAID 0 array you will need to select a different RAID level such as RAID 5 or 6 b Select the same RAI...

Page 37: ...del number of the drive connected Capacity total capacity of the drive Max Free total capacity that is not configured Rescan Clicking rescan will force the drivers to report the array status For any d...

Page 38: ...ss this option is enabled Enable continue rebuilding on error default Enabled When enabled the rebuilding process will ignore bad disk sectors and continue rebuilding until completion When the rebuild...

Page 39: ...ou can specify the amount of system resources you want to dedicate to rebuilding the array There are 5 levels of priority Lowest Low Medium High Highest Port Number default 7402 Port number that is us...

Page 40: ...set up email alerts 1 Check the Enable Event Notification box 2 Enter the ISP server address name or SMTP name 3 Type in the email address of the sender email account that is going to send the alert 4...

Page 41: ...text box 3 Check which type s of events will trigger an email using the respective Event Level check boxes 4 Optional Click test to confirm the settings are correct by sending out a test email 5 Click...

Page 42: ...dministrative tasks Create delete arrays Configuring spares Rebuilding arrays Configuring event notifications Configuring maintenance Warning Alerts issued by the Host Adapter High temperatures Sector...

Page 43: ...y The data provided on this tab helps you to anticipate any disk failures based on a variety of monitored hard disk properties To enable S M A R T monitoring go to the S M A R T section in the middle...

Page 44: ...Task Name entry box 7 Choose how you want to schedule 8 One time verify task on specific date YYYY MM DD at HH MM SS 24 hr clock 9 Or a specific schedule you can adjust based on Daily Weekly or Monthl...

Page 45: ...scan if the array still does not rebuild automatically 4 If the new disk is added and it does not automatically start rebuilding you can manually add the disk in maintenance a Log into the WebGUI b Cl...

Page 46: ...d be back to Critical status Identify the correct disk and rebuild from there Online RAID Roaming One of the features of all HighPoint RAID controllers is online array roaming Information about the RA...

Page 47: ...equires rebuilding Disabled The icon represents a disabled array meaning more than one disk failed and the array is no longer accessible Initializing The array is initializing The two types of initial...

Page 48: ...removed or experienced failure and user needs to reinsert disk or add a new disk Rebuilding The array is currently rebuilding Verifying The array is performing a data consistency check Array status w...

Page 49: ...Not recommended for database applications that require frequent heavy write sessions Can handle 1 disk failure Data archives and ideal for application that require data protection RAID 50 Disk Mirrori...

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