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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 ....................................................... 1 - 1 Product Features .........................................................[...]

(2000, XP , 2003 Server , x64 versions, V ista) Driver and Software CD ............................................................................................. 4 - 1 W indows Driver Installation ...................................................................................... 4 - 3 1- W eb RAID Management Interface .......................[...]

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. Introducing the RocketRAID 174x Host Adapter The HighPoint [...]

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 GUI and CLI) • Support W indows (XP , 2000, Server 2003, V ista), Linux and FreeBSD • RoHS Compliant Understanding RAID Concepts and T erminology T[...]

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. When creating an array using the HighPoint RAID Management Console software, you can sp[...]

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. OCE, ORLM and the RocketRAID 174x The Rocke[...]

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 Host Adapter 4 - V erifying Installation[...]

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). The odd numbered pins of each CONN (1, 3, 5, and 7) represent the RR174[...]

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. It may be necessary to attach the low-profile bracke[...]

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. Each RocketRAID 174x included two standard SA T A cables, for the internal ports (Port 3 a[...]

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. If the system detects the presence of the adapter, the RocketRAID 174x BIOS Utility w[...]

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. 1 - BIOS Command Overview The RocketRAID 174x BIOS Utility provides a wide selection of RAID relate[...]

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. Settings Set Boot Mark - this function is used to designate a particular disk or RAID[...]

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. W arning: Initialization will destroy all pr e- existing[...]

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. Press ENTER if you wish to use all available space. 7 . If you wish to reserve disk space for additional arrays/single disks, use the keyboard to input the amount of space (in GB) you wi[...]

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. In this example, 200GB of disk space remains unallocated. This una[...]

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.exe” icon. This will start the BIOS flash utility: 6 ) Select the RR174x from the drop down menu labeled “Controller”, and press the “Open?[...]

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.xxx Then, press enter[...]

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 Installation[...]

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. The program should start automatically. 2 . Insert a[...]

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. 4-2[...]

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). Installing the RocketRAID 174x driver for an [...]

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. Delete the entries and reinstall the driver. Installing the Roc[...]

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. If hptsvr is not running, you can start it manually by using [...]

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. 4 ) Enter a name for the array (this is optional) 5 )[...]

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. Subsequent read[...]

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 . A broken array will be automatically rebuilt using available-spare disks. However, if you have no spare disks configured, you can still rebuild by manually adding an A vailable Disk to the [...]

RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation 1 ) Select menu “ Manage - Array ”. 2 ) Click the “ Maintenance” button. 3 ) Click the “ Rebuild” button. The rebuild process should begin. Expanding/Migrating an Array W ith the OCE/ORLM function, you can migrate an array from one RAID level to another RAID level and/or expand the array [...]

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. 4 Device Management Select the “ Manage | Device [...]

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.M.A.R.T. status checking to send notification messages when S.M.A.R.T. thresholds are excee[...]

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. Y ou can rescan all the devices a[...]

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). In addition you can configure E-mail Notification to receive information about these events (see Section 7 [...]

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. Delete a Scheduled T ask T o delete a task schedule: 1 ) Select a task from the T asks List. 2 ) C[...]

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. Listening Port Change Listening Port This is the TCP port number utilized by the HighPoint RAID Management Service in order to communicate with the manag[...]

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.” Change Password This setting allows you [...]

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. 2 - Installing Fedora Core 6 on the RocketRAID 174x Host Adapter Note: If the OS is running kernel that differs from the one supported by the preco[...]

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. 3 - Installing the RocketRAID 174x driver for [...]

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.ko” each time the operating system is booted,[...]

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.conf), please replace it with the new driver (rr174x.o or rr174x.ko). 6 - Uninstalling t[...]

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. 2 - Installing Red Hat Enterprise 4 (AS, ES, WS) Linux on the RocketRAID 174x controller T o install Red Hat Enterprise Linux onto disks or RAID arrays at[...]

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. If no other SCSI adapters are installed, the device marked as “BOOT” or “HDD0”will identified as /dev/sda , “[...]

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. Then,mount /dev/sda1 / xxxx in order to access it. Note:[...]

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”. If you are running the system installed to a disk or ar[...]

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. 2 - Installing SLES Linux on the RocketRAID 174x Host Adapter Note: If the OS is running kernel that differs from the one supported b[...]

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. Additional Installation Notes: The system device map[...]

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.tar.gz (from the driver disk), using the following commands: # [...]

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. T o install the module, type in the following commands (first change to the directory where the proper rr174x[...]

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.conf and /etc/fstab. 5 - Uninstalling the Driver T o uninstall the RocketRAID 174x driver 5-13 Linux Driver Support[...]

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 Driver 4 - Uninstalling the Driver[...]

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. Step 1 Prepare the Driver Diskette When installing FreeBSD to a disk or array attached to the RocketRAID 174x, you must prepare a RocketRAID 1[...]

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. 4 . Insert the Rock[...]

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 5.3-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr174x-5.3.ko for FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr174x-5.4.ko for FreeB[...]

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. Before rebooting the system, press Alt-F4 to enter the command shell, and type the following com[...]

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.ko /boot/kernel/rr174x.ko # umount /mnt # mdconfig [...]

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 to mount /dev/da1s1e to location /mnt/hpt after startup: /dev/da1s1e /mnt/hpt ufs rw 0 0 3 - Updating the Driver T o update the driver with a newer rev[...]

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. T roubleshooting Checklist Before contacting our Customer Support department: Make sure the latest BIOS, driver and RAID Software have been insta[...]

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