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Page 2: ...emarks or copyrights of their respective owners Backup your important data before using Sans Digital s products and use at your own risk In no event shall Sans Digital be liable for any loss of profit...

Page 3: ...er 9 4 3 Verifying Installation 10 Chapter 5 RocketRAID 642L BIOS Utility 11 5 1 BIOS Settings Overview 11 5 2 Using the BIOS Utility 11 5 3 BIOS Commands 12 5 4 Creating RAID Arrays 14 5 5 Delete Arr...

Page 4: ...nstall the Web RAID Management Software 44 7 2 Installing Uninstalling the Web RAID Management Software Linux 46 7 2 1 Install the Web RAID Management Software 46 7 2 2 Uninstall the Web RAID Manageme...

Page 5: ...in primary or backup storage applications Sans Digital 2nd Generation SATA 6Gb s PCI E 2 0 RAID Controller All models bundled with Sans Digital s second generation RocketRAID CONTROLLER RocketRAID RR6...

Page 6: ...BOD Redundant RAID Configuration for Array availability RAID Initialization Types Background Foreground Quick Initialization and Keep Old Data Spin Down Idle Disk S M A R T Support Auto Rebuild on spa...

Page 7: ...mm 3 12 x 2 68 x 0 06 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 M...

Page 8: ...ngs TR4M6G TR5M6G TR8M6G storage unit RocketRAID 642L Controller card Quick Installation Guide Sans Digital Software CD Low Profile Bracket eSATA 6Gb s cables 1pc for TR4M6G and TR5M6G 2 for TR8M6G If...

Page 9: ...er The RocketRAID 642L CONTROLLER may include both standard and low profile brackets It may be necessary to attach the low profile bracket in place of the standard bracket depending upon the chassis d...

Page 10: ...hard drive Consult the chassis manual for proper installation procedures 5 Close and secure the system chassis 4 3 Verifying Installation Once the host adapter and hard drives have been installed int...

Page 11: ...ble connections Press Ctrl H key combination to access the RocketRAID 642L adapter s BIOS Utility 5 1 BIOS Settings Overview The RocketRAID 642L controller BIOS utility is an interface that provides m...

Page 12: ...e controller is Spare capable of using spare disks to automatically rebuild broken or faulted RAID arrays Settings This command opens the settings menu To selecting the boot disk array staggered drive...

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Page 14: ...een selected 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...

Page 15: ...15 box will appear Use the keyboard to input a new Array Name and press the Enter key...

Page 16: ...m and press Enter key A device list will appear and display all available hard disk drives 4 Highlight the target disks that you want to use and press Enter key to select them A numeral will be displa...

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Page 18: ...ves The Capacity option allows you to set aside disk space that be used to create another array set as a spare disk or partitioned to act as a single disk by the operating system 6 For redundant RAID...

Page 19: ...omplete the creation procedure use the arrow key to highlight the Start Creation item and press Enter key The Window will show 2 options if create RAID 5 Background Initialize and No initialization Ba...

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Page 21: ...zation When you select the option will pop up the following warning window 9 Press the Y yes key to create the array or N no key to cancel the creation process If you press the Y BIOS will show the fo...

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Page 23: ...y will display a list of available RAID arrays Select the array you wish to delete and press Enter key The utility will display a warning message Press Y yes to delete the array or select N no to canc...

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Page 25: ...members of RAID arrays may also be designated to act as a spare If the disks in question are part of a RAID array that did not utilize the full available capacity at the time of creation these disks m...

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Page 27: ...ds Not all disk support this setting consult the disk documentation for more information Warning Western Digital hard disks do not support this setting Enabling this setting is not recommended If enab...

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Page 29: ...29 RAID Array This option will display information about each RAID array hosted by the CONTROLLER Highlight the target device and press Enter to view details about the configuration...

Page 30: ...Install the RocketRAID 642L host adapter into the PC then boot up the Windows operating system 2 Windows will detect the RocketRAID 642L CONTROLLER and automatically search for the driver 3 If Window...

Page 31: ...The driver can also be installed manually using Device Manager 6 Right click the RAID Controller entry and select Update Driver Software 7 Select Browse my computer for driver software in the popup wi...

Page 32: ...tem x32 32 bit and x64 64 bit 9 Follow the Installation Wizard s prompts to install the RocketRAID 642L driver Click Close to exit the Wizard and reboot once the driver has been successfully installed...

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Page 34: ...34 11 After rebooting the system the RocketRAID 642L CONTROLLER will be recognized by Device Manager and listed under Storage Controllers...

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Page 36: ...he Windows Installation DVD 2 When the following window is displayed please insert the Sans Digital software CD into the CD DVD drive Select Load Driver 3 Browse to the following software CD folder CD...

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Page 38: ...6 2 Driver installation Linux and FreeBSD Please refer to the Driver Installation Guide or README file included with the driver packages for more information Linux driver packages are included with t...

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Page 40: ...t the Sans Digital software CD into the CD DVD drive The program should start automatically Click the Setup exe icon 2 The Sans Digital Software Install window should be displayed Click the Install We...

Page 41: ...re 6 Important The interface will display the default user name and password after installation is complete 7 To start the RAID Management Interface double click the Sans Digital RAID Management icon...

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Page 43: ...ver s address If you are unable to connect to the local system please make sure hptsvr exe is running on that system check using Windows Task Manager If it is not running you can start it manually usi...

Page 44: ...Web RAID Management Software 1 Go to Start All Programs HighPoint RAID Management click Uninstall HighPoint RAID Management 2 Follow the Installation Wizard s prompts to uninstall the Sans Digital RAI...

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Page 46: ...tRAID Software CD CD ROM Management_Software Linux And the location of CLI is as the follow CD ROM Management Software Command Line Interface Linux Before Installing make sure you have the latest driv...

Page 47: ...47 Please refer to the online help of How to Use Web RAID Management Software http www Sans Digital tech com help...

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Page 49: ...DOS environment The update utility cannot be run from a DOS prompt window Visit the www Sans Digital tech com website to download the latest firmware Extract the download to a bootable DOS USB drive B...

Page 50: ...50 The following command line is used to launch the flash utility load exe After the BIOS has been successfully updated the following information will be displayed...

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