Highpoint RocketRAID 2740 Manuel d'utilisateur

1 RocketRAID 2740/2744 SAS 6Gb/s PCI-E 2.0 Host Adapters User’s Guide Revision: 1.0 Date: August 2010 HighPoi

10 BEEP1-Speaker Alarm (speaker): the speaker emits and audible alarm in the case of Drive/array failure. J1 This jumper supports SAF-TE interface

11 2 - Installing the RocketRAID Host Adapter Note: Make sure the system is powered-off before installing the RocketRAID host adapter. Illustration

12 3 - Verifying Installation Once the host adapter and hard drives have been installed into the chassis, boot-up the system to verify that the hard

13 RocketRAID BIOS Utility The RocketRAID 2740/2744 card will display its BIOS screen during the system's boot process. Press Control + H when

14 BIOS Commands Create - this command is used to open the RAID Creation menu. Delete - this command will delete the selected RAID array. Add/R

15 Creating Arrays: Select Create from the toolbar and press Enter. 1. Use the arrow keys to select the RAID level and press ENTER. 2. Use t

16 3. On the Create menu, use the arrow keys to highlight the Select Devices item and press Enter. A device list will appear, and display all avail

17 7. Sector Size – Also known as “Variable Sector Size”. Use this option if you are using an older 32-bit Windows operating system. This allows o

18 4 - 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 automatica

19 HighPoint Software CD Each retail box includes a copy of the HighPoint Products Software CD. This CD can be used to generate driver diskettes, an

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20 Device Driver Installation – Windows Operating Systems We recommend visiting the RocketRAID product pages for the latest Windows Device Driver upd

21 RocketRAID 2740/2744 Windows Driver Installation Windows XP, 2003 Installing the RocketRAID driver for an existing Windows system After the ope

22 3. Click on the “Include this location in the search” option, and click “Browse”. Browse to the location of the driver and click Next. 4. Wi

23 5. Windows will repeat this process 4 times – you will not need to specify the location of the driver. Allow Windows to locate the driver automat

24 RocketRAID 2740/2744 Windows 7/Vista/Windows 2008 Driver Installation Installing the driver for an existing Windows 7, Vista and 2008 system 1.

25 4. Select “I don’t have disc, show me other options”. 5. Select “Browse my computer for driver software”. .

26 6. Browse to the location of the driver and click “Next”. 7. When asked: “Would you like to install this driver software?” select “Install”.

27 8. Reboot the system when prompted. The RocketRAID host adapter will be ready for use after Windows reboots. Installing the driver during a f

28 HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) – Web GUI / CLI The HighPoint RAID Management Utility Suite, also known as “HRM”, includes

29 Debian/Ubuntu Linux Distributions – Installing the Web-based Management Utility For Debian/Ubuntu Linux distributions, you can use alien to conve

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30 1 - Installing the Web GUI (v1.5.3) - Windows Operating Systems (2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, Windows 7) 1) After downloading the Web GUI, doubl

31 2) The HighPoint Web RAID Management Service install screen will display. Click Next to continue: 3) Click Yes to install the Management util

32 4) Specify the Destination folder and click Next: Confirm the install location, and click Next:

33 5) Select the SAF-TE configuration file for the system’s chassis. If the system does not support SAF-TE, select the default option “Skip and Conf

34 7) Choose to enable or disable Remote Access. Remote access allows the card to be managed via a Web browser from a separate system. 8) Click

35 2 - Starting the Web GUI 1) Double-click the “HighPoint Web RAID Management” Icon on the Desktop to start the Web GUI. The system’s default Web

36 3 - Web GUI – Icon Definitions The Rocket RAID Web GUI uses a variety of Icons to represent various states or functions. The following is a lis

37 4 - Web GUI - Configuring an Array This guide assumes that the hard disks have already been installed into the external chassis, and attached to

38 Create an Array To create an array, select Manage – Array from the Web RAID Management Utility’s toolbar. This will open the Manage Array menu:

39 Foreground: The RAID initialization process will be set as high priority. The array cannot be utilized this procedure is complete, but the build

4 2 - Starting the Web GUI ...

40 5 - Web GUI - Configuring Spare Disks The term “Spare Disk” refers to a hard disk, or dedicated disk space, that is used to rebuild a RAID array

41 2) Click “OK” when the pop-up window is displayed. This will add the disk to the Spare Pool. 3) To remove a Spare Disk from the Spare pool, cl

42 6 - Web GUI - Recovering an Array When a redundant array’s status is ”Critical”, fault tolerance is disabled. The array is can be used in this fo

43 2) Click “Add Disk”. 3) Select the desired drive and click “submit. 4) The Web GUI will initiate the rebuild procedure, and display a progre

44 7 - Web GUI - Maintaining RAID Arrays Regular scheduled RAID Maintenance is essential to data security. We recommend routine RAID v

45 Removing Tasks 1) From the task List, Check the box before the target Task and click “Delete”.

46 SHI – Storage Health Inspector The Storage Health Inspector section provides real-time device related information including temperature readings,

47 8 - Web GUI - Safeguarding your Array The RocketRAID Host Adapter provides a number of innovative maintenance and notification features des

48 Enable Audible Alarm – enable or disable the card’s alarm. The alarm will sound if the disk or array stops responding. Event Log Path – Use this

49 9 - Web GUI - Event Notification The RocketRAID 2740/2744 host adapter will record Administrator activity or RAID related errors to the Web GUI’

5 HighPoint Technologies, Inc. HighPoint Technologies, Inc. is a professional, host-based, RAID controller manufacturer. For more than 15 years, we’v

50 Configuring SMTP (E-mail) Notification The Web GUI provides an SMTP notification system – this feature can be used to instruct the Web GUI to sen

51 10 - Web GUI - Advanced RAID Functions (Windows VSS, OCE/ORLM) VSS – Variable Sector Size Variable Sector size allows you specify the sector size

52 2. After selecting the block size, the Web GUI will display a warning message: Select OK to continue. Click the “Create” button once more to c

53 5. Double-click “Administrative Tools”. 6. Double-Click “Computer Management”. 7. Under “Storage”, click on the folder icon labeled “Disk

54 Disk Management 8. Click “Next” to continue

55 9. Click “Finish” to continue. 10. Right-click the “Unallocated” box and select “New Partition”. 11. Partition and format the array as de

56 Online Capacity Expansion and RAID Level Migration (OCE/ORLM) OCE/ORLM allows you to add hard disks to an existing RAID array, and/or convert the

57 a) Target Name – The GUI will ask that you enter a “new” name for reference (the previous RAID configuration will be displayed unt

58 4. The Web GUI will notify you when the process starts. A progress bar will be displayed under the Status column of the Manage-Array menu. 5.

59 Mac OS X Driver and Web-based RAID Management Utility 1 - Overview The RocketRAID 2744 is compatible with Mac OS X. The OS X software package in

6 HighPoint RocketRAID 2740/2744 6Gb/s SASPCI-Express 2.0 X16 The RocketRAID 2740/2744 host adapter is a high-performance SAS RAID solution, deliv

60 2) You will be prompted that click the install button. This will install the RocketRAID 2744 driver. Click Install. 3) You will be prompted t

61 4) The driver will be installed to system. Click “Restart” to restart the system. After the system is restarted, you can use a web browser to c

62 and you can access the remote system via TCP/IP connection. If you have firewall configured, make sure TCP port 7402 is not blocked. 5 – Uninstal

63 Customer Support If you encounter any problems while utilizing the RocketRAID host adapter, or have any questions about HighPoint Technologies, I

64 Thank You Thank you for purchasing the RocketRAID 2740/2744 SAS/SATA RAID Host adapter. We appreciate your support, and welcome any questions, com

65 FCC Part 15 Class B Radio Frequency Interference statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digita

7 1 - Features and Specifications Host Adapter Architecture  PCI-Express x16 (Gen2)  Support up to 16 SAS/SATA drives  Internal Mini-SAS Conn

8 HighPoint RAID Management (HRM)  Hot key (ctrl-h) boot-up RAID manager via BIOS  Web browser-base RAID management software (Web GUI)  Comman

9 Hardware – Description and Installation 1 - Host Adapter Descriptions and PCB Layout RocketRAID 2740 Host Adapter layout Port1-Port4 These represe