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RocketRAID 1640 User's Manual Revision: 1.0 Date: Mar . 2003 HighPoint T echnologies, Inc..
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Chapter 1 Introduction Serial A T A Overview ................................................................................. 1 - 1 RAID Basics .............................................................................................. 1 - 1 RocketRAID 1640 .
T able of Contents Chapter 5 T rouble Shooting Appendix A Glossary Appendix B Contact T echnical Support ii.
Chapter 1 Intr oduction This chapter discusses RAID-related Serial A T A background information, and the RocketRAID 1640 Serial A T A RAID solution. Contents of this Chapter: 1 .
Introduction 1.1 Serial A T A Overview Serial A T A is a high performance interface for IDE storage devices, and is the evolu- tionary replacement for the longstanding A T A physical storage interface.
Introduction 1.3 RocketRAID 1640 The RocketRAID 15xx, and 16xx series host adapaters are Serial A T A RAID solutions developed by HighPoint T echnologies, Inc. The RocketRAID 1640 is a 4-channel Serial A T A 150 RAID 5 host adapter , that provides multi-level RAID support including RAID 0, 1, 1/0, 5, and JBOD.
Introduction IDE Hard Disk Compatible The RocketRAID 1640 is compatible with the RocketHead 100 IDE to Serial A T A con- verters. This device allows users to connect A T A100 and A T A133 parallel IDE hard disk drives to the Serial A T A controller .
Chapter 2 Adapter Installation This chapter will describe how to install the RocketRAID 1640 adapter into a computer , and how to properly attach hard drives to the adapter . Please make sure to read through this chapter carefully before installing the adapter .
Adapter Installation 2-1 2.1 Adapter Layout Adapter (Picture 1) 2.2 Adapter Installation Picture 2 Picture 1.
Follow these steps to install and connect hard disks to the host adapter . 1 . Shut down the computer and unplugs the power supply . 2 . Please dischar ge static electricity from your body by touching a conductor . 3 . Remove the corresponding card bracket from the back of the computer chassis.
Adapter Installation 2-3 Next, the RocketRAID 1640 adapter's BIOS will scan the connected hard disks. Please pay attention to the screen display (See the following picture). If all of the connected hard disks are displayed on the screen, the disks have been properly installed and recognized by the computer .
! ! ! ! ! Windows 9x/ME Installation After the operating system has booted, W indows will automatically detect the newly installed adapter , and prompt the user to install its driver . Follow these steps to install the driver . 1 . After the Add New Hardware Wizard window appears, press the Next button until the following window appears: 2 .
Adapter Installation Double click the SCSI contr ollers entry . Four items should be displayed - two entries for the RocketRAID 154x/1640 Controller , and two entries for the HPT RCM DEVICE .
Adapter Installation 4 . Insert the driver diskette, and type in the path of driver location: A :Win_NT in the above window , then click OK . ( If installing the driver fr om a CD, make sure t o input the corr ect path. For example: D:RR15xxW indowsDriverW in_NT ) 5 .
Adapter Installation Make sure the RocketRAID 154x/1640 Controller entries are displayed. This indi- cates that the driver has been successfully installed. If these entries are not displayed, or any " ? " or " ! " marks are displayed near the device entries, the driver had not been correctly installed.
Adapter Installation 4 . In the following window , select RocketRAID 154x/1640 Controller , then click Next to continue. 5 . Confirm the follow up windows and click the Finish button to continue. 6 . Next, W indows will find the HighPoint RCM device .
Adapter Installation Make sure four items should be displayed (see the image last page) - two entries for the RocketRAID 154x/1640 Controller , and two entries for the HPT RCM DEVICE .
Adapter Installation Installing the RocketRAID 1640 driver during Windows XP installation 1 . Booting from the CD-ROM - when the Windows XP Setup blue screen appears, look towards the bottom of the screen. W indows will prompt you to press the F6 key if you want to install a third part SCSI or RAID driver .
Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration Utility The RocketRAID 1640 includes a built-in BIOS configuration utility . This utility provides options to configure and manage hard disks or disk arrays connected to the RocketRAID 1640 host adapter . The BIOS configuration utility is especially useful when arrays must be created before and OS is installed.
BIOS Configuration Utility 3.1 Entering the BIOS Configuration Utility When the following information is displayed on the screen during bootup, press CTRL+H key access the BIOS configuration utility . The main interface of BIOS configuration utility is as below: This column lists all currently available operation commands.
BIOS Configuration Utility Use the arrow keys to highlight the array mode you wish to create, and press ENTER to confirm the selection. 2. W ithin the Menu column of the main interface, use the arrow key to highlight Array Name , and press ENTER.
BIOS Configuration Utility 5. W ithin the Menu column of the main interface, use the arrow keys to highlight the Start Creation option, and press ENTER. 3-3 If user selected a RAID 1array , JBOD array in step 1, the Block Size is N/A , see below: Please pay close attention to this warning.
If the No Build option is selected, warning messages will be displayed. See the following page: When creating a RAID 5 array , several options will be displayed: Zero Build and No Build . Zero Build will initialize the disk. Zero Build or No Build will start over if interrupted, but No Build will create an array without initialization.
BIOS Configuration Utility 3-5 Select Y to create the array , and N to cancel. W arning: Please pay close attention when warning message are displayed during step 5. When creating RAID 0, 5 and JBOD arrays, selecting Y will destroy all data on the selected disks.
BIOS Configuration Utility Pay close attention to this warning. Press Y to delete the selected array , or press N to cancel. 3-6 3.4 Add/Remove Spare Follow these steps to add spare or delete spare from spare pool: 1. W ithin the Menu column of the main interface, use the arrow key to highlight the Add/Remove Spare option, and press ENTER.
BIOS Configuration Utility 3-7 3.5 Settings Follow these steps to set a disk or disk array: 1. W ithin the Menu column of the main interface, use the arrow key to highlight the Select Settings option, and press ENTER. The following list will be displayed: 2.
BIOS Configuration Utility 3-8 5. T o rename a disk array , use the arrow keys to highlight the Array Name option, and press ENTER. This will open a dialogue box (see the image below).
3.7 Duplicate Critical RAID 1 array If a RAID 1 duplication procedure has been canceled, or any problem or fault that may have lead to an inconsistency between the data on the source disk/disk array ,.
BIOS Configuration Utility 3.8 Rebuilding a Broken RAID array If the BIOS detects that a RAID 1 has been broken, when a spare disk is unavailable, several options will be displayed. See the image below: 1. Power off This command provides the option to power off the system and replace the failed disk with a fresh unit.
Highlight the target disk and press ENTER to select it. b) The BIOS will then start the rebuild/duplication process. See the image below: 3-11 BIOS Configuration Utility The ESC can be used to cancel the procedure anytime during the rebuild/duplication process.
Chapter 4 A T A RAID Softwar e This chapter discusses the HighPoint Storage Management Software. Contents of this chapter: 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Installation 4.
A T A RAID Software 4.1 Introduction The HighPoint Storage Management Software is comprised of two separate utilities: HighPoint Storage Management Console and HighPoint Storage Management Service T o.
A T A RAID Software 4-2 4.3 Getting Started W ith the Default option selected, the setup program will create a Program group. Click on the Start button, then click the Programs selection and highlight the HighPoint entry .
4-3 File: This tab includes four sub-tabs: Remote Control , Server configuration , User Management , Password and Exit . Click the Exit button to exit Serial A T A RAID software. Mangement: This tab includes six sub-tabs: Array Management , Device Management , Spare Management , Event Notification , T ask Schedule and Refr esh .
1. Remote Control Click on the File tab, and select the Remote Control item from the menu. This will open the Remote Contr ol Window . # # # # # Adding a Connection The Add button is used to add a new system to the Remote Control window . Systems added to the Remote Control window automatically appear each time the program is launched.
After modifying the system name and system port information, click OK . Note: The System Address information cannot be altered. In order to modify this item, the connection must be deleted and recreated. # # # # # Deleting a Connection This option will delete a connection from the connection list.
4-6 A T A RAID Software Click OK to connect to the selected system, and Cancel to cancel this operation. Note: Y ou can only connect to one remote system at a time. Be sure to close the previous connection before attempting to connect to another system.
4-7 A T A RAID Software 3. User Management Click on the File tab, and select User Management from the menu. This will open a new window . See the image below: Y ou can modify the values of the System Port and Event Port fields. # # # # # System Port When connecting to the remote system, make sure the port value is correct.
4-8 A T A RAID Software 3) Once the new user has been successfully added, the user's entry will appear in the User Management window . 2) Click on the Privilege button, and select the appropriate security privileges.
4-9 Changing a User's Password Highlight and select a user entry from the User Management window , and click on the Set Password button. Y ou can also click on the File tab, then select the Password option. Enter the new password and click the OK button to confirm.
4-10 A T A RAID Software Make the appropriate changes and click the OK button to confirm. Click on the Cancel button to cancel this operation. # # # # # The Management tab The H ighPoint Storage management Console software provides a variety of RAID management features.
4-11 Step 2: RAID 1 Creation Option: If RAID 1 was selected, select from the following array options (see the image below): 1) Create Only This option will create a RAID 1 array between the selected disks, but will not preserve any of the data. The data on both disks will be lost.
4-12 A T A RAID Software Step 3: Specify the Block Size When creating a RAID 0 or 10 array , select the Block Size from the drop-down menu, and click on the Next button. See the image below: When creating a RAID 5 array , select the Block Size from the drop-down menu, and the appropriate Creation Option.
4-13 A T A RAID Software Step 4: Select the array disks Select the single disks from the A vailable Disks list, and add them to the Selected Disks list using the ( ) button.
4-14 A T A RAID Software Renaming an Array Click on the Management tab, then select the Array Management option from the menu. Select the array you wish to rename from the tree display , and click on the Rename button found on the toolbar . Y ou can also click on the Operation tab, and select the Rename option.
Click Y to delete the selected array , or click N to cancel the operation. Note: Y ou can not delete arrays that are bootable or are in the process of being dupli- cated, initialized, rebuilt or verified. Adding a Disk to an Array Click on the Management tab, then select the Array Management option from the menu.
4-16 A T A RAID Software Click OK to start the rebuild process, see below . When the system detects a physical disk, a dialogue box will appear . Select a single disk from the list, and add it to the broken array . Continue to add disks to the broken array until the "broken" status changes.
Rebuilding an Array Click on the Management tab, then select the Device Management option from the menu. Highlight the array that needs to be rebuilt, and click on the Rebuild Array button. Broken RAID 5, RAID 1, or a sub-RAID 1 of a RAID 10 array can use this feature.
4-18 A T A RAID Software Assign a disk to the spar e pool If you need to assign a spare disk to an important array , select the Assign to Dedicated Array option. Disk arrays that can utilize the spare feature will be then be displayed, and listed on the drop-down menu towards the right hand side of the array list.
Enter an e-mail address, the recipient's name, and the notification options. Three types of e-mail notification options are available: Information , W arning , and Error . Y ou can enable any number of these options. Click OK to confirm your selections.
4-20 A T A RAID Software When an array needs to be regularly verified or rebuilt, you can create a new scheduled task to automatically manage this procedure.
The above window is used configure how often a particular task should be run. The current time of the connected remote system is displayed at the top. T o add a new task : 1. Enter a name for the task. Y ou can also use the default task name. 2. Set Frequency .
The V iew tab 1. Event V iew Click the View tab, and select the Event View option from the menu. This will display a list of all the logged events of the remote system.
Please refer to this chapter if you encounter any problems while using the RocketRAID 1640. It provides answers to the most frequently asked questions, and solutions to some of the more common problems associated with the host adapter .
Trouble Shooting 5-1 1. The RocketRAID 1640 adapter is not recognized by the com- puter after inserting it into the PCI slot. If the card is detected by the system the following screen will be displayed when the computer is starting up: If the above screen does not appear , the adapter is not recognized by the system.
Please pay close attention to the information displayed by the BIOS - make sure all of the hard disks attached to the controller are recognized by the BIOS. If one or more of the hard disks are not recognized, open the computer's chassis and check for the following: 1) Make sure the power cable for the hard drive is securely attached.
5-3 4. What should I do if an array is reported as broken? If an array is reported a broken, shutdown the system and make sure the power and IDE cables are securely attached to the hard disks. If necessary , change the cables, then power on the system.
Appendix A Glossary Array Also known as Disk Array , two or more hard disks combined together to appear as a single device to the host computer . RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks, it is a method of combining several hard disks (physical disks) into one logical unit (logical disk), thus providing higher performance and data redundancy .
Appendix A A-2 RAID 5 RAID 5 includes a rotating parity array , thus, all read and write operations can be overlapped. RAID 5 stores parity information but not redundant data. It requires at least three disks to provide the most economic way to maximize data capacity with faster transfer rate.
Spare Pool Logically the place where spare disks stay . When a disk is added into the spare pool, it will become a spare disk. Synchronize Same as Duplicate.
B-1 Appendix B Appendix B Contact T echnical Support If you encounter any problems or have any questions about the product, please make sure to read through the manual. Additional information about HighPoint products is available from our web site: http://www .
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