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RocketRAID 2644X4 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 2644X4 Host Adapters ..............................
T able of Contents 3 - W indows V ista Driver Installation..................................................................................4-4 Chapter 5 W eb-RAID Management Interface 1 - W eb RAID Management Interface ...............................
T able of Contents III Appendix Customer Support Customer Support .....................................................................................
Chapter 1 Introduction Contents of this Chapter: About this guide Introducing the RocketRAID 2644X4 SAS Host Adapter Product Features Understanding RAID Concepts and T erminology.
About this Guide The RocketRAID 2644X4 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 1- 2 Bad sector repair and remapping to reduce dropped drives Ar ra y Mon it or s, Al erts and Ind icat ors Em ail No tif ica ti on Ala rm/Bu zzer alert s fo r driv e/arr ay fai lure RA.
Introduction Understanding RAID Concepts and T erminology The following concepts and terminology is commonly used when describing the functions of the RocketRAID Host Adapter cards. Disk Status New The disk contains no data and has not been initialized.
Introduction 1-4 Note: An un-initialized RAID1 or RAID10 array can still provide redundancy in case of a disk failure. A RAID5 array, however, is not fault-tolerant until initializa- tion is finished.
Chapter 2 Hardware Description/Installation Contents of this Chapter: RocketRAID 2644X4 Hardware 1 - RocketRAID 2644X4 Host Adapter Layout 2 - Installing the RocketRAID Host Adapter 3 - V erifying Ins.
RocketRAID 2644X4 Hardware Description/Installation 1 – RocketRAID 2644X4 Host Adapter layout RocketRAID 2644X4 Port1 This represent the host adapter’s one external Mini-SAS port.
RocketRAID 2644X4 Hardware Description/Installation 2-2 J4 These jumper can be used to select PCI-E work model. As following: Connect Pin 1 and Pin 2 support PCI-E X1, and connect Pin 2 and Pin 3 support PCI-E X4. 2 - Installing the RocketRAID Host Adapter Note: Make sure the system is powered-off before installing the RocketRAID host adapter.
RocketRAID 2644X4 Hardware Description/Installation 2-3 4 . After installing the adapter, attach hard disks to the host adapter using the data cable. The RocketRAID 26444X4 model utilizes standard Internal SA T A to SAS cables – four are included in each retail box.
RocketRAID 2644X4 Hardware Description/Installation Note: Many server-level chassis include hard-disk hot-swap bays. For these system chassis, cables are attached to the chassis backplane, rather than directly to each individual hard disk. Consult the chassis’s manual for proper installation procedures.
Chapter 3 BIOS Utility Contents of this Chapter: RocketRAID 2644X4 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 2644X4 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 2644X4 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 2644X4 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 2644X4 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 2644X4 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 2644X4 BIOS Utility 5 - BIOS – Additional Settings The RocketRAID host adapter’s BIOS utility has several other configurable settings that can be accessed when flashing the BIOS. Using the hptflash.exe utility (from within a Windows operating system): Click on the “Configure” button from the main interface window.
Use the drop down menus to enable or disable controller functions. Using the DOS mode utility (load.exe): Load xxx.xxx –c Note: “xxx.xxx” refers to the BIOS image file. A BIOS menu similar to the BIOS setup utility will be displayed. This sub-menu allows the administrator to enable/disable various controller functions.
Chapter 4 Driver and Software Installation Microsoft Windows Contents of this Chapter: Driver and Software CD W indows Driver Installation.
RocketRAID 2644X4 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 2644X4 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 2644X4 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 2644X4 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 2644X4 BIOS Utility 1 - W eb RAID Management Interface 2 - Preparing Hard disks 3 - Array Management 4 - Device Management.
RocketRAID 2644X4 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 2644X4 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 2644X4 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 2644X4 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 2644X4 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 2644X4 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 2644X4 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 2644X4 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 2644X4 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 2644X4 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 2644X4 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 2644X4 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 2644X4 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 2644X4 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 The purpose of this document is to provide clear instructions on how to install and use RocketRAID Controller on Fedora Linux system. 2 - Installing Fedora Linux on RR2644 controller If y.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support rawrite.exe. It can be found on the Fedora Linux CD (under /dosutils). Just run it under a command window and follow its prompt. On a Linux system, you can use the “dd” command to make the boot diskette. Insert a floppy disk into the floppy drive and type the command (example): # dd if=rr2644-fedora-8.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support # sh /mnt/fedora-install-step2.sh # umount /dev/fd0 # 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 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 # exit Then switch back to console 1 and finish the installation. 3 - Installing RR2644 driver on an Existing System Note: If you use a SCSI adapter to boot your system, you must make sure the RR2644 controller BIOS will be loaded after that adapter’s BIOS.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support 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 Open Source package for RocketRAID 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.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support boot/initrd-`uname –r`.img `uname –r` It’ s recommended to backup the original initrd file before you update the driver . 2. If the original driver is installed in the /lib/modules/ `uname –r` /kernel/drivers/ scsi/ directory, and load it by the script file (e.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support 6-9 1 - Overview The purpose of this document is to provide clear instructions on how to install and use RR2644 Controller on Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS Linux system.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support rawrite.exe. It can be found on the Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS Linux CD (under / dosutils). Just run it under a command window and follow its prompt. On a Linux system, you can use the “dd” command to make the boot diskette.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support 6-11 3. When prompted “ Do you have a driver disk? ”. Select “ Ye s ”. When prompted “ Insert your driver disk and press OK to continue ”, insert the driver diskette in the floppy drive and then select “ OK ”.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support 3 - Installing RR2644 driver on an Existing System Note: If you use a SCSI adapter to boot your system, you must make sure the RR2644 contr oller BIOS will be loaded after that adapter ’ s BIOS. If not, try to move it to another PCI slot.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support T o ensure the module has been loaded successfully , you can check the driver status by typing in the command “ cat /proc/scsi/rr2644/x ”, where x is the filename you found under /proc/scsi/rr2644/. Y ou should see the driver banner and a list of at- tached drives.
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.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support 5 - Updating the Driver First obtain the new driver module file rr2644.ko from the driver image. Refer to the previous section “ Obtain the Driver Module ”. In the following steps, we assume you have copied it to /tmp/ rr2644.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support 7 - Uninstalling Y ou can only uninstall the driver when your system is not booting from devices attached to RR2644 controller. Just remove the lines you added to /etc/fstab, and remove the file files you created in the /etc/init.
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 2644 Controller on SuSE Linux system.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support On a Linux system, you can use the “dd” command to make the driver diskette. Insert a floppy disk into the floppy drive and type the command: # dd if=rr2644-suse-10.3.img of=/dev/fd0 Step 4 Install SuSE Linux 1.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support “BOOT” or “HDD0” will be /dev/sda, “HDD1” will be /dev/sdb, “HDD2” will be / dev/sdc, etc. When creating mount points, you must mount /boot on /dev sda. 2. For SuSE 8.2, if you choose GRUB as boot loader , it’ s recommended to create a separate partition for /boot.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support The driver modules are packed in file /linux/suse /[ arch ]-[ version ]/install/update.tar.gz on the driver diskette. The following example shows how to extract the driver modules for SuSE 10.3 from driver diskette: # mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy # cd / # tar xfz /mnt/floppy/linux/suse/i386-10.
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 rr2644 ” each time you boot up the system. Y ou can add the driver to the initial RAM disk image to load the driver at boot time: 1 .
Checking Devices Status Using the following command to show driver status: # cat /proc/scsi/rr2644/x This command will show the driver version number, physical device list and logical device list.
Chapter 7 FreeBSD Driver Support Contents of this Chapter: 1 - Overview 2 - Installing FreeBSD on RocketRAID 2644 Controller 3 - Installing the RocketRAID 2644X4 Driver on an Existing System 4 - Updat.
1 - Overview The purpose of this document is to provide clear instructions on how to install and use RocketRAID 2644 Controller on a FreeBSD system. 2 - Installing FreeBSD on RocketRAID 2644 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:rr2644-4.5.ko for FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr2644-4.6.2.ko for FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr2644-4.7.ko for FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr2644-4.8.ko for FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr2644-4.
FreeBSD Driver Support for FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr2644-5.4.ko for FreeBSD 5.3-AMD64-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr2644-5.3-amd64.ko for FreeBSD 5.4-AMD64-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr2644-5.4-amd64.ko for FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr2644-6.0.
FreeBSD Driver Support for FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr2644-6.3.ko for FreeBSD 6.3-AMD64-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr2644-6.3-amd64.ko for FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr2644-7.0.ko for FreeBSD 7.0-AMD64-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr2644-7.0-amd64.
FreeBSD Driver Support case, please remove the CD, reboot from the installed system and load the driver manually from floppy again when booting from controller.
FreeBSD Driver Support If the module has been loaded successfully you should see the RR2644 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 ’rr2644_load=”YES”’ >> /boot/defaults/loader.conf This tells the loader to try loading the RR2644 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 RR2644 controller. Just remove the line rr2644_load=”YES” in /boot/defaults/loader.conf, and then delete the driver module /modules/rr2644.
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 “ rr2644-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.
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 digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
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