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RocketRAID 2640X1 SAS Host Adapter User’s Guide Revision: 1.0 Date: March 2008 HighPoint T echnologies, Inc..
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T able of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 1 - About this Guide ................................................................................................... 1 - 1 2 - Introducing the RocketRAID 2640X1 Host Adapters ..............................
T able of Contents Chapter 4 Driver and Software Installation Microsoft Windows 1 - Driver and Software CD ........................................................................................ 4 - 1 2 - W indows Driver Installation ................
T able of Contents III Chapter 8 Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software 1 - Installing the driver and RAID utility .................................................................... 8 - 1 Appendix Customer Support Customer Support .............
Chapter 1 Introduction Contents of this Chapter: About this guide Introducing the RocketRAID 2640X1 SAS Host Adapter Product Features Understanding RAID Concepts and T erminology.
About this Guide The RocketRAID 2640X1 SAS Host Adapter’s User’s Guide provides information about the functions and capabilities of this host adapter product, and instructions for installing, configuring and maintaining RAID arrays hosted by this adapter cards.
Intro ducti on Unde rsta ndin g RAID C once pts an d T erm ino logy The following concepts and terminology is commonly used when describing the 1- 2 Ala rm/Bu zzer alert s fo r driv e/arr ay fai lure .
Introduction functions of the RocketRAID Host Adapter cards. Disk Status New The disk contains no data and has not been initialized. Initialized The disk has been initialized and can be used for array creation. Configured The disk has been assigned to one or more arrays, or configured as a spare disk.
Spare disk A spare disk is a single disk that can be used to automatically rebuild a redundant array in case of drive failure. Spare disks may also be members of a RAID array . Any available space on these disks may be used to rebuild other broken arrays.
Chapter 2 Hardware Description/Installation Contents of this Chapter: RocketRAID 2640X1 Hardware 1 - RocketRAID 2640X1 Host Adapter Layout 2 - LED Connections 3 - Installing the RocketRAID Host Adapte.
RocketRAID 2640X1 Hardware Description/Installation 1 – RocketRAID 2640X1 Host Adapter layout RocketRAID 2640X1 Port1- Port4 These represent the host adapter’s four SAS channels. 2 – LED Connections LED connectors (disk-activity/disk-failure): LED support is discussed in greater detail in the LED Connection section.
RocketRAID 2640X1 Hardware Description/Installation 2-2 Pins defined as follows: Pin 1: NC; Pin 2: SDA T AIN; Pin 3: GND; Pin 4: SDA T AOUT; Pin 5: SLOAD; Pin 6: GND; Pin 7: SCLOCK; Pin 8: NC. BEEP1-Speaker Alarm (speaker): the speaker emits and audible alarm in the case of disk/array failure.
RocketRAID 2640X1 Hardware Description/Installation 4 - Installing the RocketRAID Host Adapter Note: Make sure the system is powered-off before installing the RocketRAID host adapter. The RocketRAID 2640X1 include both standard and low-profile brackets.
RocketRAID 2640X1 Hardware Description/Installation 4 . After installing the adapter, attach hard disks to the host adapter using the data cable. The RocketRAID 2640X1 model utilizes standard Internal SA T A to SAS cables – four are included in each retail box.
Chapter 3 BIOS Utility Contents of this Chapter: RocketRAID 2640X1 BIOS Utility 1 - BIOS Command Overview 2 - Creating RAID Arrays 3 - Adding/Remove Spare Disks 4 - Updating the BIOS 5 - BIOS – Addi.
RocketRAID BIOS Utility Access the RocketRAID host adapter’s BIOS utility using the “Ctrl + H”. This command should be displayed automatically when the host adapter’s BIOS screen appears during the system’s boot up procedure. 1 - BIOS Command Overview The BIOS Utility provides a wide selection of RAID related commands.
RocketRAID 2640X1 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 2640X1 BIOS Utility Initialization writes necessary RAID configuration information to the hard disk. Use the ← → arrow keys to select the Initialize command, and press ENTER. W arning: Initialization will destroy all pr e- existing data on the selected har d disks.
RocketRAID 2640X1 BIOS Utility Note: Multiple arrays can be created using the same set of hard disk drives. 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).
RocketRAID 2640X1 BIOS Utility For Windows based operating systems: 1 . Download the desired BIOS update from the Support section provided for the host adapter. Extract the download to the directory of your choice. 2. Insert the Driver and Software CD included with the retail box into the system’s CD-ROM or DVD drive.
RocketRAID 2640X1 BIOS Utility 3-6 6. Select the appropriate model from the drop down menu labeled “Controller”, and press the “Open” button – this will allow you to browse to the extracted BIOS download (step 1). 7. Highlight the image file, and click the “Flash!” button.
RocketRAID 2640X1 BIOS Utility 3-7 6. The utility will display a progress bar during the flash procedure, then will attempt 7. Once complete, the system can be rebooted. 5 - BIOS – Additional Settings The RocketRAID host adapter’s BIOS utility has several other configurable settings that can be accessed when flashing the BIOS.
Several of the more common functions are described below: Stop on Error – disabling this option will prompt the card to automatically skip error messages during boot up (broken array warnings), if the adminis- trator does not input the “Ctrl + H” command to access the BIOS menu.
Chapter 4 Driver and Software Installation Microsoft Windows Contents of this Chapter: Driver and Software CD W indows Driver Installation.
RocketRAID 2640X1 W eb-RAID Management Interface Driver and Software CD The 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 .
RocketRAID 2640X1 W eb-RAID Management Interface 5 . Click on the “Please Select the Diskette you want to create” drop-down button, and select the appropriate OS from the list. 6 . Click on the “OK” button to create the driver diskette. T o install the RAID software: 1 .
RocketRAID 2640X1 W eb-RAID Management Interface Windows Driver Installation (Win2000, XP, Win 2003, Win 2008) Before installing the RocketRAID host adapter’s device driver, make sure the RocketRAID host adapter and all required hard disks have been installed into the system’s chassis/disk enclosure (refer to the Hardware Installation section).
RocketRAID 2640X1 W eb-RAID Management Interface 3 . Double click the “SCSI and RAID controllers” entry. If the RocketRAID device entry is not displayed, or there are “?” or “!” marks displayed near the RocketRAID entry, the driver has not been installed properly.
2 . W indows should automatically detect the card, and display the “Found New Hardware” wizard pop-up window. Select “Locate and install driver software”. When W indows asks: “Windows needs your permission to continue”, select “continue”.
Chapter 5 W eb-RAID Management Interface Contents of this Chapter: RocketRAID 2640X1 BIOS Utility 1 - W eb RAID Management Interface 2 - Preparing Hard disks 3 - Array Management 4 - Device Management.
RocketRAID 2640X1 W eb-RAID Management Interface 5-1 1 - W eb RAID Management Interface Note: T o use the web-based RAID management interface, a web br owser with XML support is required, e.
RocketRAID 2640X1 W eb-RAID Management Interface 5-2 2 - Preparing Hard disks Disks must be initialized before they can be configured into RAID arrays. Initializing hard disks: 1 . Select the “Manage - Device” function to access the device management page.
RocketRAID 2640X1 W eb-RAID Management Interface 5-3 2 . Click the Cr eate Array button. The create array page will appear . 1 . Select “ Manage - Array ” from the menu.
RocketRAID 2640X1 W eb-RAID Management Interface 5-4 3 . Choose the array type you want to create from the drop-down list. 4 . Enter a name for the array (this is optional) 5 . If you are creating a redundant RAID array (RAID1, 5, 10), select an initialization option for the array.
RocketRAID 2640X1 W eb-RAID Management Interface 5-5 3 . Click the Delete button. Note : An array in use by the operating system cannot be deleted. Any data stored on a deleted array will be inaccessible Adding Disks to an Array When an array member in a redundant array fails, the array will be listed as br oken .
RocketRAID 2640X1 W eb-RAID Management Interface 5-6 V erifying an Array For a RAID 1 or RAID1/0 array, verify process compares the data of one mirror pair with the other. For RAID 5, verify process calculates RAID5 parity and compares it to the parity data on the array .
RocketRAID 2640X1 W eb-RAID Management Interface 5-7 4 - Device Management Select the “Manage - Device” function to access the device management page. Note: When expanding a JBOD array, all the original disks must be included in the target array, and these disks must be selected in the same order (as the original array).
RocketRAID 2640X1 W eb-RAID Management Interface 5-8 Change Device Settings Depending upon the capabilities RAID controller and hard disks drives in use, several configurable device settings may be available: Read Ahead, W rite Cache, TCQ, and NCQ. Each feature can be enabled or disabled individually, for each hard disk.
RocketRAID 2640X1 W eb-RAID Management Interface 5-9 Controller ID Which controller /card the disk is attached to. Port # Port location of the hard disk Device Serial Number Serial number of the hard .
RocketRAID 2640X1 W eb-RAID Management Interface 5-10 Note : S.M.A.R.T attribute data is drive-specific. The software includes a list of definitions for popular drive models/manufacturers. Unknown S.M.A.R.T. attributes will be shown as “unknown”. Y ou can add the attribute definitions for your drive in the file smart.
RocketRAID 2640X1 W eb-RAID Management Interface 5-11 Adding a Spare Disk T o add a spare disk, select a disk from the A vailable Disks list and click Add Spare button. This will add the disk to the Spare Pool list. Removing a Spare Disk T o remove a spare disk, select it from the Spare Pool list and click the Remove Spar e button.
RocketRAID 2640X1 W eb-RAID Management Interface 5-12 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. Managing T asks W ith HighPoint RAID Management Software, you can setup background rebuild and verify tasks to help maintain the integrity of your drives and data.
RocketRAID 2640X1 W eb-RAID Management Interface 5-13 3 . Configure the frequency for the task. 4 . Check the Submit button. Delete a Scheduled T ask T o delete a task schedule: 1 . Select a task from the T asks List. 2 . Click the Delete button. 7 - Settings Select the “ Settings ” option to access Settings page.
RocketRAID 2640X1 W eb-RAID Management Interface 5-14 order to communicate with the management console and web browser software. When you connect to the service, the port value you enter must be in accordance with the system port value on the service.
Chapter 6 Linux Driver Support Contents of this Chapter: Fedora Linux installation Overview Red Hat Overview SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) installation Overview.
1 - Overview This section provides instructions describing how to install and utilize the RocketRAID host adapter on a Fedora Core 6 Linux system. 2 - Installing Fedora Linux on RR26xx controller Note: If the OS is running kernel that differs from the one supported by the precompiled driver , the precompiled drivers cannot be used.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support Step 3 Prepare the Driver Diskette Driver is contained in a floppy diskette image file, you can get it from our web site for free. On a DOS or W indows system, you can make the Fedora driver diskette using rawrite.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support # exit Then switch back to console 1 and finish the installation. Installation steps for Fedora 7 6. Start installing Fedora Linux by booting from the installation DVD.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support load the driver automatically. Installation steps for Fedora Core 1 & Core 3 & Core 4 & Core 6 1. Start installing Fedora Linux by booting from the installation CD. 2. On “ W elcome to Fedora Linux ” installation screen, a prompted label “ boot: ” will appear at the bottom of the screen.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support Then press “AL T+F1” to switch back to installation screen and select “No” to continue. 4. Continue the installation as usual. Y ou can refer to Fedora Linux installation guide. Make sure you have finished the next step before system reboot.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support Step 2 T est the Driver Module Y ou can test out the module to ensure that it works for your system by changing working directory to the location where rr26xx.ko resides and typing in the command “ insmod rr26xx.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support Step 3 Configure System to Automatically Load the Driver Most likely, you will not want to type in “ insmod rr26xx.ko ” each time you boot up the system. Therefore you must install the module and tell the system about it.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support 4 - Monitoring the Driver Once the driver is running, you can monitor it through the Linux proc file system support. There is a special file under /proc/scsi/rr26xx/. Note: The file name is the SCSI host number allocated by OS.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support 6 - Installing RAID Management Software HighPoint RAID Management Software is used to configure and keep track of your hard disks and RAID arrays attached to RR26xx controller. Installation of the manage- ment software is optional but recommended.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support 1 - Overview The purpose of this document is to provide clear instructions on how to install and use RR26xx Controller on Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS Linux system.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support Step 4 Install Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS Linux Installation steps for other RedHat Enterprise/CentOS Linux 1.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support system be able to boot RR26xx controller. 6. Continue the installation as normal. Y ou can refer to Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS Linux installation guide. Note: 1. The system device mapping order is the same as the order shown in RR26xx BIOS Setting Utility.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support Driver modules for all supported kernel versions will be extracted. Y ou can find the driver module for your running kernel under the directory that matches your kernel version (/tmp/‘uname –r‘/rr26xx.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support install the module, type in the following commands (first change directory to where the proper rr26xx.ko locates): #install –d /lib/modules/‘uname –r‘/kernel/drivers/scsi #install –c rr26xx.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support Using the following command to show driver status: # cat /proc/scsi/rr26xx/x This command will show the driver version number, physical device list and logical device list. 5 - Updating the Driver First obtain the new driver module file rr26xx.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support T o configure HighPoint RAID Management Software to work with rr26xx driver, you should setup /etc/hptcfg to be the driver name: #echo rr26xx > /etc/hptcfg Please refer to HighPoint RAID Management Software documents for more information.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support 1 - Overview The purpose of this document is to provide clear instructions on how to install and use Rocket RAID 26xx Controller on SuSE Linux system.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support Insert a floppy disk into the floppy drive and type the command: # dd if=rr26xx-suse-10.3.img of=/dev/fd0 Step 4 Install SuSE Linux 1. Start installing by booting from SuSE installation CD. 2. When CD boots, press the Alt or F3 for Driver Disk and select “Installation” option.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support 3 - Installing RR26xx Driver on an Existing System If you are currently running Linux and would like to access drives or arrays attached to the Rocket RAID 26xx controller, you can perform the following steps.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support E.g. # insmod scsi_mod # insmod sd_mod # insmod rr26xx 2. Y ou are using a kernel that is build off a dif ferent configuration with the driver . In this case the precompiled drivers cannot be used. Y ou can build a driver for your kernel using the OpenBuild package for RocketRAID 26xx controller.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support Step 4 Configure System to Mount V olumes when Startup Now you can inform the system to automatically mount the array by modifying the file /etc/fstab.
you need to run mkinitrd to update the initrd file. Also, if you are using lilo boot loader, you need to run lilo again. 6 - Installing RAID Management Software HighPoint RAID Management Software is used to configure and keep track of your hard disks and RAID arrays attached to RocketRAID controller.
Chapter 7 FreeBSD Driver Support Contents of this Chapter: 1 - Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 2640X1 Controller 2 - Installing FreeBSD on RocketRAID 26xx Controller 3 - Installing the RocketRAID.
1 - Overview The purpose of this document is to provide clear instructions on how to install and use RocketRAID 26xx Controller on a FreeBSD system. 2 - Installing FreeBSD on RocketRAID 26xx Controlle.
FreeBSD Driver Support you are installing FreeBSD 7.0 versions: # dd if=freebsd_7.0.img of=/dev/fd0 Step 4 Install FreeBSD 1. Start installing the FreeBSD by booting from installation CD. 2. If you are installing FreeBSD 5.0 or earlier versions, skip this step.
FreeBSD Driver Support for FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr26xx-4.5.ko for FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr26xx-4.6.2.ko for FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr26xx-4.7.ko for FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr26xx-4.8.ko for FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr26xx-4.
FreeBSD Driver Support for FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-5.4.ko for FreeBSD 5.3-AMD64-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-5.3-amd64.ko for FreeBSD 5.4-AMD64-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-5.4-amd64.ko for FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-6.0.
FreeBSD Driver Support for FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-6.3.ko for FreeBSD 6.3-AMD64-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-6.3-amd64.ko for FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-7.0.ko for FreeBSD 7.0-AMD64-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-7.0-amd64.
FreeBSD Driver Support 3 - Installing RR26xx Driver on an Existing System If you are currently running FreeBSD and would like to access drives or arrays attached to the RR26xx Controller, you can perform the following steps.
FreeBSD Driver Support If the module has been loaded successfully you should see the RR26xx banner and a display screen of the attached drives. Y ou can now access the drives as a SCSI device (if you have no other SCSI device, the first device is /dev/da0, then /dev/da1, etc.
FreeBSD Driver Support system to automatically load the driver, type in the following commands: # echo ’rr26xx_load=”YES”’ >> /boot/defaults/loader.conf This tells the loader to try loading the RR26xx module together with the kernel. Now, reboot the system.
6 - Uninstalling Y ou can only uninstall the driver when your system is not booting from devices attached to RR26xx controller. Just remove the line rr26xx_load=”YES” in /boot/defaults/loader.conf, and then delete the driver module /modules/rr26xx.
Chapter 8 Mac OSX Driver Contents of this Chapter: Installing the driver and RAID utility.
1 Installing the driver and RAID utility Installing the package 1 . Double click the package labeled “ rr26xx-MacOSX-universal-vxxx.dmg ” to start the installation process (“xxx” refers to the revision of the driver) . This will open the driver and software package.
Mac OSX Driver 6 . Y ou will then be notified that a reboot is needed to install the software. Click “Continue Installation”. 7 . The driver will then be installed into the system. Click “Restart” to restart the system. After the system restarts, you can use a web browser to configure the controller and setup RAID arrays.
Appendix Customer Support.
Customer Support If you encounter any problems while utilizing the RocketRAID host adapter, or have any questions about this or any other HighPoint product, feel free to contact our Customer Support Department.
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