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RocketRAID 174x SA T AII Host Adapter User’s Guide Revision: 1.1 Date: Dec. 2006 HighPoint T echnologies, Inc..
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T able of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction About this Guide ....................................................................................................... 1 - 1 Introducing the RocketRAID 174x Host Adapter .....................................
(2000, XP , 2003 Server , x64 versions, V ista) Driver and Software CD ............................................................................................. 4 - 1 W indows Driver Installation ...................................................
Chapter 1 Introduction Contents of this Chapter: About this guide Introducing the RocketRAID 174x Host Adapter Product Features Understanding RAID Concepts and T erminology.
Introduction About this Guide The RocketRAID 174x SA T AII Host Adapter’s User’s Guide provides information about the functions and capabilities of the RR174x series of host adapter cards, and instructions for installing, configuring and maintaining RAID arrays hosted by these adapter.
Introduction • W eb browser-base software (W eb GUI) • Command Line Interface (CLI) • SMTP email notification for events and error reporting • Remote array management through (W eb GUI, RAID G.
Introduction When you create a redundant array using the RocketRAID 174x controller’s BIOS Configuration Utility, it will create the array in un-initialized state. The initialization process can be completed after installing the driver and management software.
Introduction Online RAID Level Migration This term describes the ability to change one type of array (RAID level), into a different type of array (changing a RAID 1 array into a RAID 10 array for example). Data is still accessible during the migration process, and a base level of security is still active.
Chapter 2 RocketRAID 174x Hardware Description/Installation Contents of this Chapter: RocketRAID 174x Hardware 1 - RocketRAID 174x Adapter Layout 2 - LED Connections 3 - Installing the RocketRAID 174x.
RocketRAID 174x Hardware 1 – RocketRAID 174x Adapter Layout RocketRAID 1740 Adapter Layout RocketRAID 1742 Adapter Layout RocketRAID 174x Hardware Description/Installation 2-1.
RocketRAID 174x Hardware Description/Installation 2 - LED Connections The RocketRAID 174x has two LED jumpers that are used to indicate the activity and failure status of hard disks attached to the card’s four SA T AII channels. These jumpers are labeled as CONN# (connector).
RocketRAID 174x Hardware Description/Installation CONN3 – Hard Disk Failure LED’s. 3 - Installing the RocketRAID 174x Host Adapter Note: Make sure the system is powered-off before installing the RocketRAID 174x host adapter. The RocketRAID 174x includes both standard and low-profile brackets.
RocketRAID 174x Hardware Description/Installation 4 . After installing the adapter, attach hard disks to the RocketRAID 174x using the appropriate data cable. SA T A cables have universal connections – either end can be attached to the adapter or hard disk.
RocketRAID 174x Hardware Description/Installation 4 - V erifying Installation Once the RocketRAID 174x host adapter and hard disks have been installed into the chassis, boot-up the system to verify that the hardware is properly recognized. 1 . Power on the system.
Chapter 3 RocketRAID 174x BIOS Utility Contents of this Chapter: RocketRAID 174x BIOS Utility 1 - BIOS Command Overview 2 - Creating RAID Arrays 3 - Adding/Removing Spare Disks 4 - Updating the BIOS.
RocketRAID 174x BIOS Utility The RocketRAID 174x’s BIOS Utility can be accessed using the “Ctrl+H” command. This command should be displayed automatically when the RocketRAID 174x’s BIOS screen appears during the system’s boot up procedure.
RocketRAID 174x BIOS Utility Add/Remove Spare - this command is used to assign hard disks to function as spare disks. The controller is capable of using spare disks to automatically rebuild broken or faulted RAID arrays. Section 3 discusses this command in detail.
RocketRAID 174x BIOS Utility 2 - Creating RAID Arrays Initializing Disks: Before creating a RAID array, the disks must be initialized. Initialization writes necessary RAID configuration information to the hard disk. Use the ← → arrow keys to select the Initialize command, and press ENTER.
RocketRAID 174x BIOS Utility 6 . Next, Use the ↓ arrow key to highlight the Capacity (GB) option and press ENTER. The total available capacity will be displayed.
RocketRAID 174x BIOS Utility not utilize the full available capacity at the time of creation, these disks may be used as spares. For example: a RAID 0 array was created between two 200GB hard disks, but only 200GB of space (out of a grand total of 400GB), was assigned to that array.
RocketRAID 174x BIOS Utility 4 ) Select the “Browse the CD” option, and access the directory provided for the RR174x host adapter. 5 ) Open the “BIOS” directory, and double click the “hptflash.
RocketRAID 174x BIOS Utility 2 ) If you are booting from a CD image, you will need to add these files to the CD. Insert the boot image media into the appropriate drive, and boot the system. 3 ) Once the A:> prompt has appeared, insert the media that contains the required BIOS files, and type the following command: load xxx.
Chapter 4 RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation Microsoft Windows (2000, XP , 2003 Server , x64 versions, V ista) Contents of this Chapter: Driver and Software CD W indows Driver Installati.
Driver and Software CD The RocketRAID 174x retail box includes a Driver and Software CD. This CD can be used to generate driver diskettes, and install the RAID Management software for a variety of operating systems. T o create a driver diskette: 1 . Insert the CD into the system’s CD/DVD drive.
RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation 6 . Click on the “OK” button to create the driver diskette. T o install the RAID software: 1 . Click on “Install RAID Management Software”. 2 . Select the desired software from the drop down menu, and click on the “OK” button.
RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation Windows Driver Installation Before installing the RocketRAID 174x device driver, make sure the RocketRAID 174x host adapter and all required hard disks have been installed into the system’s chassis (refer to the Hardware Installation section, page 2-3).
RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation 3 . Double click the “SCSI and RAID controllers” entry. If the RocketRAID 174x device entry is not displayed, or there are “?” or “!” marks displayed near the RocketRAID 174x entry, the driver has not been installed properly.
RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation Note : the login information is saved in /etc/hptuser.dat. If you forget the password you can remove this file to reset the password. If you can’t connect to the local system, please check and make sure a process named hptsvr is running.
RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation 3 Array Management Creating an Array T o create an array: 1 ) Select “ Manage - Array ” from the menu. 2 ) Click the Cr eate Array button. The create array page will appear. 3 ) Choose the array type you want to create from the drop-down list.
RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation Deleting an Array T o delete an array: 1 ) Select “ Manage - Array ” from the menu. 2 ) Click on the Maintenance button. An Array Information window will appear . Write-through When the write-through setting is selected, writes to the array are always passed directly to the disks.
RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation Adding Disks to an Array When an array member in a redundant array fails, the array will be listed as br oken .
RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation 1 ) Select menu “ Manage - Array ”. 2 ) Click the “ Maintenance” button. 3 ) Click the “ Rebuild” button.
RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation Renaming an Array T o rename an array: 1 ) Select “ Manage - Array ” from the menu. 2 ) Click on the Maintenance button. 3 ) Enter a new name for the array. 4 ) Click the Rename button. Note: An array running background tasks cannot be r enamed.
RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation S.M.A.R.T Status Y ou can view S.M.A.R.T . (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting T echnology) data about a particular hard disk to help troubleshoot problems that occur . Y ou can also setup periodically S.
RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation T o rescan the devices: 1 ) Select menu “ Manage | Device ”. 2 ) Click “ Rescan Devices ” button. Note : When you are hot-plugging an entire array, run rescan only after all array members (hard disks) have been physically plugged or unplugged from the system.
RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation 6 Managing Events and T asks The HighPoint W eb RAID Management Software automatically logs all controller related events that have occurred (for all controllers/cards managed by the software).
RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation Scheduling a T ask T o add a task schedule: 1 ) Select the array that you want to verify or rebuild. 2 ) Enter a name for the task. 3 ) Configure the frequency for the task. 4 ) Check the Submit button.
RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation 7 Settings Select the “ Settings ” option to access Settings page. Enable Audible Alarm This setting enables and disables the RR174x’s alarm.
Enter a new port number and click the “ Change Port” button to change the listening port. Restrict to localhost access If this option is selected, the HPT W eb RAID Management Service will refuse any Remote Access request. Please connect to the local machine by entering “localhost” in the URL bar.
Chapter 5 Linux Driver Support Contents of this Chapter: Fedora Core 6 Linux installation Overview Red Hat Enterprise 4 Overview SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) installation Overview.
Linux Driver Support 1 – Fedora Core 6 Linux installation Overview This section provides instructions describing how to install and utilize the RocketRAID 174x Adapter on a Fedora Core 6 Linux system.
Linux Driver Support 3) When prompted “Do you have a driver disk?”, select “Y es”. At the “Insert your driver disk and press OK to continue” prompt, insert the driver diskette in the floppy drive and then select “OK”. 4) The system will now load the RocketRAID 174x driver automatically.
Linux Driver Support Use the command “mkdir xxxx ” to create a mount point for the RAID array. Then mount /dev/sda1 / xxxx in order to access it. Note: xxxx represents the desired name of the mount point. Step 3 Configure System to Automatically Load the Driver T o avoid typing in “insmod rr174x.
Linux Driver Support 2 . If the original driver is installed in the /lib/modules/‘uname –r‘/kernel/drivers/ scsi/ directory, and loaded by the script file (Example /etc/init.d/hptdriver) during the init process, or the configure file (Example /etc/modules.
Linux Driver Support 1 - Red Hat Enterprise 4 Overview This section provides instructions describing how to install and utilize the RocketRAID 174x Adapter on a Red Hat Enterprise 4 Linux system.
Linux Driver Support Continue the installation as normal. Y ou can refer to Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation guide. Note: The system device mapping order is the same as the order shown in RocketRAID 174x BIOS Setting Utility.
Linux Driver Support T o create a partition on this array (which will listed as /dev/sda1), use the “fdisk / dev/sda” command. Next, use the “mkfs /dev/sda1” command to setup a file system on this partition. Use the command “mkdir xxxx ” to create a mount point for the RAID array.
Linux Driver Support 4 - Updating the Driver If you are not booting from disks attached to RocketRAID 174x controller, you can update the driver just by reinstalling it following the procedure outlined in the previous section, “Installing the RocketRAID 174x driver for an Existing System”.
Linux Driver Support 1 – SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) installation Overview This section provides instructions describing how to install and utilize the RocketRAID 174x Adapter on a SuSE (SLES) Linux system.
Linux Driver Support 4 . When the “Diver Update Menu” is displayed, press “OK” and “back” for back to installer. 5 . Next. Select “back” to return to the installer. 6 . Installation will now proceed normally. Refer to SLES Linux documents for additional OS installation procedures.
Linux Driver Support title Linux kernel (hd0,1)/vmlinux root=/dev/hda1 acpi=off initrd (hd0,1)/initrd Reboot the system to allow the new kernel parameters to take effect. Step 2 Install the Driver Module Extract the module file from the file /linux/suse /[arch]-[version]/install/update.
Linux Driver Support Step 4 Configur e System to Automatically Load the Driver T o avoid typing in “insmod rr174x.o” each time the operating system is booted, the system must be instructed to automatically load the module during bootup.
Note: The driver cannot be uninstalled while the system is booted from a disk or array attached to the RocketRAID 174x. T o uninstall the driver, remove the lines added to /etc/modules.
Chapter 6 FreeBSD Driver Support Contents of this Chapter: 1 - Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 174x Controller 2 - Installing the RocketRAID 174x Driver on an Existing System 3 - Updating the Dri.
FreeBSD Driver Support 1 - Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 174x Con- troller If you would like to install FreeBSD onto arrays attached to the RocketRAID 174x host adapter, please follow the steps below.
FreeBSD Driver Support FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 0.8 (mailto:jkh@narf.osd.bsdi.com, Sat Apr 21 08:46:19 GMT 2001) Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. Booting [kernel] in 9 seconds… < - p r es s S P A C E k ey A prompted label “ ok ” will appear at the bottom of the screen.
FreeBSD Driver Support for FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr174x-4.11.ko for FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr174x-5.0.ko for FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr174x-5.1.ko for FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr174x-5.2.1.ko for FreeBSD 5.
FreeBSD Driver Support 7 . Before exiting installation, an additional step must be taken to copy the RocketRAID 174x driver module to the system. On the driver diskette, there is a setup script labeled “ postinstall ”, which will complete this task.
FreeBSD Driver Support For FreeBSD 4.x: # vnconfig vn0c freebsd_xxx.img # mount /dev/vn0c /mnt # cp /mnt/rr174x-xxx.ko /modules/rr174x.ko # vnconfig –du vn0c myfilesystem mount=/mnt For FreeBSD 5.x: # mdconfig –a –t vnode –f freebsd_5.x.img –u 0 # mount /dev/md0 /mnt # cp /mnt/rr174x-xxx.
FreeBSD Driver Support /kernel text=0x24f1db data=0x3007ec+0x2062c - <- For FreeBSD 5.1 and later: select “6” on “Welcome to FreeBSD” screen. Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. Booting [kernel] in 9 seconds… <-press SPACE key Type ’?’ for a list of commands, ’help’ for more de- tailed help.
Step 4 Configure the System to Mount V olumes at Startup Instruct the system to automatically mount the array by modifying the file /etc/fstab. Example: Add the following line to instruct the system t.
Appendix Customer Support.
Customer Support If you encounter any problems while utilizing the RocketRAID 174x, or have any questions about this or any other HighPoint product, feel free to contact our Cus- tomer Support Department.
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