Highpoint RocketRAID 3220 manual

RocketRAID 3220 S A T AII Host Adapter User’s Guide Revision: 1.0 Date: June 2006 HighPoint T echnologies, Inc.[...]

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T able of Contents T able of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction About this guide .......................................................................................................... Introducing the RocketRAID 3220 Host Adapter ................................................... Product Features ...................................................[...]

T able of Contents Driver and Software CD ................................................................................................ W indows Driver Installation ........................................................................................ 1 - Installing the RAID Management Console/ Interface Overview ...................... 2 - Sof[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction Contents of this Chapter: About this guide Introducing the RocketRAID 3220 Host Adapter Product Features Understanding RAID Concepts and T erminology[...]

Introduction 1-1 About this Guide The RocketRAID 3220 SA T AII Host Adapter’s User’s Guide provides information about the functions and capabilities of the host adapter, and instructions for installing, configuring and maintaining RAID arrays hosted by the adapter. Introducing the RocketRAID 3220 Host Adapter The HighPoint RocketRAID 3220 is an[...]

Introduction 1-2 Onboard Cache and Optional Battery Backup for optimal performance and added security 128MB of DDR SDRAM with ECC protection is integrated into the RocketRAID 3220 for improved performance, and provides additional security in the case of critical system failure, when used in conjunction with the optional battery back up unit. Produc[...]

Introduction 1-3 Understanding RAID Concepts and T erminology The following concepts and terminology is commonly used when describing the functions of the RocketRAID 3220 Host Adapter . Disk initialization Initializing a disk writes necessary RAID configuration information to that disk. Disks must be initialized before configuring them into RAID ar[...]

Introduction 1-4 Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) This feature allows disks to be added to existing RAID arrays, in order to increase the array’s capacity , without fear of data loss. Any number of disks can be added to an array, at any time. Data can be accessed and utilized even while being redistributed. Online RAID Level Migration This term de[...]

Chapter 2 RocketRAID 3220 Hardware Description/Installation Contents of this Chapter: RocketRAID 3220 Hardware 1 - RocketRAID 3220 Adapter Layout 2 - LED Connections 3 - Installing the RocketRAID 3220 Host Adapter 4 - V erifying Installation 5 - Battery Backup[...]

RocketRAID 3220 Hardware Description/Installation 2-1 RocketRAID 3220 Hardware 1 - RocketRAID 3220 Adapter Layout Port1, Port2 These represent the RocketRAID 3220’s two internal Mini-SAS ports. Each port is compatible with a variety of cable options. JP1 SAF-TE support: this support is dependent upon the system chassis. Not all chassis models sup[...]

RocketRAID 3220 Hardware Description/Installation 2-2 BEEP1 - Speaker Alarm (speaker): the speaker emits and audible alarm in the case of disk/array failure. CONN6 Connector for battery backup (optional part). 2 - LED Connections The RocketRAID 3220 has 4 LED jumpers - CONN2, CONN3, CONN4, and CONN5. The following diagrams describe the connector pi[...]

RocketRAID 3220 Hardware Description/Installation 2-3 3 - Installing the RocketRAID 3220 Host Adapter Note: Make sure the system is powered-off before installing the RocketRAID 3220 host adapter. The RocketRAID 3220 includes both standard and low-profile brackets. It may be necessary to attach the low-profile bracket in place of the standard bracke[...]

RocketRAID 3220 Hardware Description/Installation 2-4 4 . After installing the adapter, attach hard disks to the RocketRAID 3220 using the appropriate Mini-SAS data cable. The card includes two Mini-SAS-to-SA T A cables. 5 . Many server-level chassis include hard-disk hot-swap bays. For these system chassis, cables are attached to the chassis backp[...]

Chapter 3 RocketRAID 3220 BIOS Utility Contents of this Chapter: RocketRAID 3220 BIOS Utility 1 - BIOS Command Overview 2 - Creating RAID Arrays 3 - Adding/Removing Spare Disks 4 - Updating the Firmware[...]

RocketRAID 3220 BIOS Utility 3-1 RocketRAID 3220 BIOS Utility The RocketRAID 3220’s BIOS Utility can be accessed using the “Ctrl+H” command. This command should be displayed automatically when the RocketRAID 3220’s BIOS screen appears during the system’s boot up procedure. 1 - BIOS Command Overview The RocketRAID 3220 BIOS Utility provide[...]

RocketRAID 3220 BIOS Utility 3-2 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. Settings Select Boot Device - this function is used to designate a particular dis[...]

RocketRAID 3220 BIOS Utility 3-3 Stop on Error - this setting is enabled by default. Disabling this option will prompt the RocketRAID 3220 to automatically skip error messages during bootup (broken array warnings), if the administrator does not input the “Ctrl + H” command to access the BIOS menu. V iew - this command is used to view informatio[...]

RocketRAID 3220 BIOS Utility 3-4 T o cr eate an array: 1 . Use the ← → arrow keys to highlight the Create command, and press ENTER to open the Create Menu. 2 . Use the ↑ ↓ arrow keys to select the appropriate RAID level, then press ENTER. 3 . Next, use the ↓ arrow key to highlight the Array Name option and press ENTER. The array name dial[...]

RocketRAID 3220 BIOS Utility 3-5 3 - Adding/Remove Spare Disks This command is used to assign a hard disk to act as a Spare Disk. Spare Disks are used to automatically rebuild Redundant RAID arrays (RAID 1, 5, 10) in the case of disk failure. T o set a hard disk to act as a Spare Disk, use the ↑ ↓ arrow keys to select a disk, and press ENTER. T[...]

RocketRAID 3220 BIOS Utility 3-6 3 ) Run the flashhelf-win.exe utility: flashelf-win xxx.xxx Note: xxx.xxx = the name of the BIOS image file (type it exactly as it appears). The utility will notify you when the card has been successfully updated. Y ou can now close the DOS prompt window. For other operating systems: In order to update the firmware,[...]

Chapter 4 RocketRAID 3220 Driver and Software Installation Microsoft Windows (2000, XP, 2003 Server, x64 versions) Contents of this Chapter: Driver and Software CD W indows Driver Installation[...]

4-1 RocketRAID 3220 Driver and Software Installation Driver and Software CD The RocketRAID 3220 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 cr eate a driver diskette: 1 . Insert the CD into the system’s CD/DVD drive[...]

RocketRAID 3220 Driver and Software Installation 4-2 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 softwar e: 1 . Click on “Install RAID Management Software”. 2 . Select the d[...]

RocketRAID 3220 Driver and Software Installation 4-3 Windows Driver Installation Before installing the RocketRAID 3220 device driver, make sure the RocketRAID 3220 host adapter and all required hard disks have been installed into the system’s chassis (refer to the Hardware Installation section, page 2-3). Installing the RocketRAID 3220 driver for[...]

RocketRAID 3220 Driver and Software Installation 4-4 3 . Double click the “SCSI and RAID controllers” entry. If the RocketRAID 3220 device entry is not displayed, or there are “?” or “!” marks displayed near the RocketRAID 3220 entry, the driver has not been installed properly. Delete the entries and reinstall the driver. Installing the[...]

RocketRAID 3220 Driver and Software Installation 4-5 Default Parameters: System Address: 127.0.0.1 Port: 7402 User Name: RAID Password: hpt Note: The password and user name fields are case sensitive. The first time the software is used, make sure to enter the information listed above. After successfully logging on, the software will ask you to alte[...]

RocketRAID 3220 Driver and Software Installation 4-6 Overview of Function - menus (tabs) File Remote Control - view information about remote systems System Configuration - switch between available remote systems User Management - add or remove users, edit user profiles Password - change the password Exit - exit the utility interface Management RAID[...]

RocketRAID 3220 Driver and Software Installation 4-7 3 - Creating an Array T o cr eate an array: 1 . Highlight the “Management” menu, then select the “Array Management” function. 2 . Click the Create button on the toolbar or select the “Create” command from the “Operation” menu. The array creation wizard will appear. 3 . Select the [...]

RocketRAID 3220 Driver and Software Installation 4-8 Write-through - when the write-through setting is selected, all write requests sent to the array are passed directly to the disks. However, subsequent reads may still be completed from the cache if appropriate. 6. Select which disks are to be used to create the array . Highlight the desired disk [...]

RocketRAID 3220 Driver and Software Installation 4-9 3 . A warning message will appear . Click Y es to delete the array . Click on cancel to stop this procedure. Note: An array in use by the operating system cannot be deleted. Any data stored on a deleted array will be inaccessible 5 - Configuring Spare Disks Spare disks can be used to rebuild redu[...]

RocketRAID 3220 Driver and Software Installation 4-10 T o manually start the rebuild process for a broken/critical array: 1 . Highlight the “Management” menu, and select the “Array Management” function. 2 . Highlight the array that needs to be rebuilt. 3 . Click the Rebuild button on the toolbar or select the “Rebuild” command from the [...]

RocketRAID 3220 Driver and Software Installation 4-11 T o perform OCE/ORLM on an array: 1 . Highlight the “Management” menu, and select the “Array Management” function. 2 . Highlight the array you want to alter. 3 . Click the button on the toolbar or select “OCE/ORLM” command from the “Operation” menu. 4 . The OCE/ORLM window will a[...]

RocketRAID 3220 Driver and Software Installation 4-12 8 - Misc. Array/Device Options Device Management The Device Management window provides configuration information about control- lers (the RocketRAID 3220 and other HighPoint host adapters), channels and hard disks. T o access the Device Management window , highlight the “Management” menu, an[...]

RocketRAID 3220 Driver and Software Installation 4-13 SAF-TE Management This feature allows the administrator to view and monitor a variety of SAF-TE related attributes, such as chassis temperature readings, disk failure, and the status of the chassis cooling apparatus (cooling fans). Note: This feature is dependent upon the system chassis – this[...]

RocketRAID 3220 Driver and Software Installation 4-14 V iewing Logged Events T o view logged events: 1 . Highlight the “V iew” menu, and select the “Event V iew” option. 2 . In the Event V iew window , you can filer events, clear events, and save events to a file. Configuring E-mail notification T o enable E-mail notification: 1 . Highlight[...]

RocketRAID 3220 Driver and Software Installation 4-15 4 . The recipient will be listed in the main window . Y ou can use Modify or Delete button on the toolbar to modify or delete the recipient. T o test E-mail notification: 1 . Highlight the “Management” menu, and select the “Event Notification” function. 2 . Select one recipient from the [...]

RocketRAID 3220 Driver and Software Installation 4-16 The T ask Schedule list displays all of the tasks assigned to the selected remote system. T o view detailed information about a specific task, highlight and Double-click the task’s name. Add a Scheduled T ask This command is used to add a Scheduled task for the selected remote system. T o add [...]

RocketRAID 3220 Driver and Software Installation 4-17 Select the task type and the array that you want to verify or rebuild, then click “Next”.[...]

RocketRAID 3220 Driver and Software Installation 4-18 1 . Enter a name for the task. 2 . Configure the frequency for the task. 3 . Set the duration for the task. 4 . Check the “Enable the task” option to activate this task. 5 . Click “Finish”. Modify a Scheduled T ask This command is used to change settings for a scheduled task. T o Modify [...]

RocketRAID 3220 Driver and Software Installation 4-19 Add a Connection This command is used to add new connection to a remote system. T o Add a Connection: 1 . Highlight the “File” menu, and select the “Remote Control” function. 2 . Click the Add button on the toolbar or select the “Add” command from the “Operation” menu. 3 . Enter [...]

RocketRAID 3220 Driver and Software Installation 4-20 4 . Enter new connection information in the popup window, and click OK to apply the changes. Note: The System Address cannot be modified. If you insist on modifying this item, you must first delete this connection and then add a new connection. In addition, the connected system cannot be modifie[...]

RocketRAID 3220 Driver and Software Installation 4-21 3 . Click the “Connect” button on the toolbar or select the “Connect” command from the “Operation” menu. 4 . Enter the appropriate Login information in the popup window. Note: The initial user name/password for a remote system is RAID/hpt. Y ou are free to modify the username and pas[...]

RocketRAID 3220 Driver and Software Installation 4-22 3 . Select the “System Configuration” option from the “Operation” menu. 4 . Modify the information in the popup window. System Port - This is the TCP port number that the RAID Management Service uses to communicate with RAID Management Console. When you connect to the service, the port v[...]

RocketRAID 3220 Driver and Software Installation 4-23 The user management window lists all users assigned to the selected remote system. The current/active user will be designated with an icon. Add a User This function adds a user account to the connected remote system. T o add a user: 1 . Click the “Add” button in the User Management window. 2[...]

RocketRAID 3220 Driver and Software Installation 4-24 3 . Select the appropriate privileges for the user. 4 . Click “Finish”. Delete a User This function deletes a user’s account on the connected remote system. T o delete a user: 1 . Select the target user ID from the User list displayed in the User Management window. 2 . Click Delete to remo[...]

RocketRAID 3220 Driver and Software Installation 4-25 3 . In the popup window, assign the privileges for the selected user. 4 . Click OK to apply your selections.[...]

Chapter 5 Linux Driver Support Contents of this Chapter: Fedora Core 4 Linux installation Overview Red Hat Enterprise 4 Overview SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) installation Overview[...]

Linux Driver Support 5-1 Fedora Core 4 Linux installation Overview This section provides instructions describing how to install and utilize the RocketRAID 3220 Adapter on a Fedora Core 4 Linux system. 1 - Installing Fedora Core 4 on the RocketRAID 3220 Host Adapter Note: If the OS is running kernel that differs from the one supported by the precomp[...]

Linux Driver Support 5-2 boot: linux dd 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 3220 driver automatically. Note: For the Fedora Core[...]

Linux Driver Support 5-3 Arrays attached to the adapter can be accessed as SCSI devices (e.g. /dev/sda). Step 2 Mounting and Partitioning the Device Example: A RAID array has been configured between several hard disks. This array will be registered to the system as device “/dev/sda”. T o create a partition on this array (which will listed as /d[...]

Linux Driver Support 5-4 #ln –sf /etc/init.d/hptdriver /etc/rc.d/rc4.d/S01hptdriver #ln –sf /etc/init.d/hptdriver /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S01hptdriver Step 4 Configure System to Mount V olumes during Startup The system can be instructed to automatically mount the array(s) during startup by modifying the file”/etc/fstab”. For example, add the follow[...]

Linux Driver Support 5-5 Red Hat Enterprise 4 Overview This section provides instructions describing how to install and utilize the RocketRAID 3220 Adapter on a Red Hat Enterprise 4 Linux system. 1 - Installing Red Hat Enterprise 4 (AS, ES, WS) Linux on the RocketRAID 3220 controller T o install Red Hat Enterprise Linux onto disks or RAID arrays at[...]

Linux Driver Support 5-6 6 . When prompted “Where do you want to install the boot loader? ” in the “Boot Loader Configuration” dialog, select “Master Boot Record (MBR)” to instruct the system be to boot from the RocketRAID 3220. Continue the installation as normal. Y ou can refer to Red Hat Enterprise Linux installa- tion guide. Note: T[...]

Linux Driver Support 5-7 After you have extracted the driver module, you can load it by following commands: # modprobe sd_mod # insmod hptiop.ko Arrays attached to the adapter can be accessed as SCSI devices (e.g. /dev/sda). Step 2 Mounting and Partitioning the Device Example: A RAID array has been configured between several hard disks. This array [...]

Linux Driver Support 5-8 #echo “modprobe hptiop” > /etc/init.d/hptdriver #chmod 755 /etc/init.d/hptdriver #ln –sf /etc/init.d/hptdriver /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S01hptdriver #ln –sf /etc/init.d/hptdriver /etc/rc.d/rc4.d/S01hptdriver #ln –sf /etc/init.d/hptdriver /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S01hptdriver Step 4 Configure System to Mount V olumes during Start[...]

Linux Driver Support 5-9 Example: (2.4.21-4.EL for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0): # gzip -dc /boot/initrd-xxx.img > /tmp/initrd.ext2 # mkdir /mnt/initrd # mount -o loop /tmp/initrd.ext2 /mnt/initrd # cp /tmp/hptiop.o /mnt/initrd/lib/hptiop.o # umount /mnt/initrd # gzip -c /tmp/initrd.ext2 > /boot/initrd-xxx.img If you are using lilo to boot t[...]

Linux Driver Support 5-10 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) installation Overview This section provides instructions describing how to install and utilize the RocketRAID 3220 Adapter on a SuSE (SLES) Linux system. 1 - Installing SLES Linux on the RocketRAID 3220 Host Adapter Note: If the OS is running kernel that differs from the one supported by[...]

Linux Driver Support 5-11 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. Additional Installation Notes: The system devic[...]

Linux Driver Support 5-12 default=0 timeout=8 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.tar.gz (from the driver disk), using t[...]

Linux Driver Support 5-13 using Y AST , if available, as it may help simplify the installation process. Example: A RAID array has been configured between several hard disks. This array will be registered to the system as device “/dev/sda”. 1 . T o create a partition on this array (which will listed as /dev/sda1), use the “fdisk /dev/sda” co[...]

Linux Driver Support 5-14 Step 5 Configure System to Mount V olumes during Startup The system can be instructed to automatically mount the array(s) during startup by modifying the file”/etc/fstab”. For example, add the following line to tell the system to mount /dev/sda1 to location / mnt/raid after startup: /dev/sda1 /mnt/raid ext2 defaults 0 [...]

Chapter 6 FreeBSD Driver Support Contents of this Chapter: 1 - Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 3220 Controller 2 - Installing the RocketRAID 3220 Driver on an Existing System 3 - Updating the Driver 4 - Uninstalling the Driver[...]

FreeBSD Driver Support 6-1 1 - Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 3220 Controller If you would like to install FreeBSD onto arrays attached to the RocketRAID 3220 host adapter, please follow the steps below. Step 1 Prepare the Driver Diskette When installing FreeBSD to a disk or array attached to the RocketRAID 3220, you must prepare a RocketRAID[...]

FreeBSD Driver Support 6-2 BIOS driver B: is disk1 BIOS driver C: is disk2 BIOS 636kB/74512kB available memory 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… <-press SPACE key A prompt[...]

FreeBSD Driver Support 6-3 for FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE ok load disk1:hptiop-4.5.ko for FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE ok load disk1:hptiop-4.6.2.ko for FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE ok load disk1:hptiop-4.7.ko for FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE ok load disk1:hptiop-4.8.ko for FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE ok load disk1:hptiop-4.9.ko for FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE ok load disk1:hptiop-4.10.ko for F[...]

FreeBSD Driver Support 6-4 for FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE ok load disk0:hptiop-5.0.ko for FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE ok load disk0:hptiop-5.1.ko for FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE ok load disk0:hptiop-5.2.1.ko for FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE ok load disk0:hptiop-5.3.ko for FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE ok load disk0:hptiop-5.4.ko for FreeBSD 5.3-AMD64-RELEASE ok load disk0:hptiop-5.3-amd6[...]

FreeBSD Driver Support 6-5 5 . After the driver has been loaded, remove the floppy diskette from the floppy drive. 6 . T ype in “boot” and continue with installation as normal. Refer to FreeBSD installation guide for additional information. ok boot Note: On some systems, when ACPI is enabled, FreeBSD may not function properly . T ry disabling A[...]

FreeBSD Driver Support 6-6 For FreeBSD 4.x: # mount –o ro /dev/fd0 /mnt # cp /mnt/hptiop-xxx.ko /modules/hptiop.ko # umount /mnt For FreeBSD 5.x: # mount –o ro /dev/fd0 /mnt # cp /mnt/hptiop-xxx.ko /boot/kernel/hptiop.ko # umount /mnt Alternately, it is possible extract the files from the .img files directly, without using a floppy diskette: Fo[...]

FreeBSD Driver Support 6-7 # umount /mnt # mdconfig –d –u md0 Step 2 T est the Driver Module T est the driver module to ensure that it works with the system, by loading it during bootup. If the module has been loaded successfully you should see the RocketRAID 3220 banner and a display screen of the attached drives. Y ou can now access the drive[...]

FreeBSD Driver Support 6-8 Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf /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 command[...]

This command will instruct the loader to load the RocketRAID 3220 module together with the kernel. After using this command, reboot the system. The RocketRAID 3220 module should now automatically load each time the operating system starts up. Note: When using FreeBSD 4.x, type in the following command to configure the system: # mknod /dev/hptiop c [...]

Appendix Customer Support[...]

Customer Support A-1 Customer Support If you encounter any problems while utilizing the RocketRAID 3220, or have any questions about this or any other HighPoint product, feel free to contact our Cus- tomer Support Department. T roubleshooting Checklist Before contacting our Customer Support department: Make sure the latest BIOS, driver and RAID Sof[...]

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. This equipment generates, uses and ca[...]