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RocketRAID 230x SA T AII Host Adapter User’s Guide Revision: 1.1 Date: January 2007 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 2300, 2302 and 2304 Host Adapters ...................... 1 - 1 3 - Product Features ....................................................................[...]

Driver and Software CD ........................................................................................... 4 - 1 W indows Driver Installation .................................................................................... 4 - 4 1 - Installing the RAID Management Console/ Interface Overview ......................... 4 - 5 2 - Software I[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction Contents of this Chapter: About this guide Introducing the RocketRAID 230x Host Adapter Product Features Understanding RAID Concepts and T erminology[...]

Introduction About this Guide The RocketRAID 230x SA T AII Host Adapter’s User’s Guide provides information about the functions and capabilities of these host adapter products, and instructions for installing, configuring and maintaining RAID arrays hosted by these adapter cards. Introducing the RocketRAID 2300, 2302 and 2304 Host Adapters The [...]

Introduction  LED support - disk activity and disk failure status (RR2300, 2302 models)  Quick and Background initialization for quick RAID 5 configurations  BIOS boot support (INT13)  Command Line Interface for RAID management (CLI)  Graphical RAID Management Software (RAID Management Console)  W eb-based RAID Management Software[...]

Introduction Array initialization A redundant array (RAID5, RAID1, RAID10) needs to be initialized to ensure full performance and reliability. Non-redundant arrays (RAID0, JBOD) do not need to be initialized. When you create a redundant array using the host adapter’s BIOS Configuration Utility, it will create the array in un-initialized state. Th[...]

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 230x These hos[...]

Chapter 2 RocketRAID 230x Hardware Description/Installation Contents of this Chapter: RocketRAID 230x Hardware 1 - RocketRAID 230x Host Adapter Layout 2 - LED Connections 3 - Installing the RocketRAID Host Adapter 4 - V erifying Installation[...]

1 – RocketRAID 230x Host Adapter layout RocketRAID 2300 Port1- Port4 These represent the host adapter’s four SA T AII channels J3, J4 These LED connectors can be used to configure Disk Failure (J3) and Disk Activity (J4) indicators for each individual disk attached to the RocketRAID 2300. These connections are ideal for server chassis that util[...]

RocketRAID 230x Hardware Description/Installation JP5 SAF-TE support: this support is dependent upon the system chassis. Not all chassis models support SAF-TE features. Consult the chassis’s manual for more information. RocketRAID 2302 SA T A1, SA T A2 These represent the host adapter’s two internal SA T AII channels SA T A3, SA T A4 These repr[...]

RocketRAID 230x Hardware Description/Installation RocketRAID 2304 SA T A 1- SA T A These represent the RocketRAID 2300’s four external SA T AII (eSA T A) channels BEEP1 - Speaker Alarm (speaker): the speaker emits and audible alarm in the case of disk/array failure. 2 - LED Connections 2-3 LED connection with the backplane or LED light: Hard Disk[...]

RocketRAID 230x Hardware Description/Installation 1: D 1 2: D 2 3: D 3 4: D 4 5: +3.3V In the first group, 1,2,3,4 represent the activity status of disk 1,2,3,4 respectively, low level is effective. When hard disk isn’t receiving the read/write data, they keep high level 3.3 V. otherwise they change to low level. When connected, please connect th[...]

RocketRAID 230x Hardware Description/Installation LED Connections –RR2300 The RocketRAID 2300 host adapter 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. J3 and J4 can be used to configure LED indicators for each individual disk attached to the card (one[...]

RocketRAID 230x Hardware Description/Installation LED Connections – RR2304 The RocketRAID 2304 does not provide LED connectors. It was designed for use with external drive enclosures, rather than internal disk configurations. Note: these LED connectors were designed for use with SA T A and SA T AII backplanes (typically used in hot-swap enclosure[...]

RocketRAID 230x Hardware Description/Installation 1 . Open the system chassis and locate an unused PCI-Express slot (x1, x4, x8 or x16). 2 . Remove the PCI slot/bracket cover. 3 . Gently insert the RocketRAID card into the PCI-Express slot, and secure the bracket to the system chassis ( illustration below shows 2302 model ). 2-7 4 . After installin[...]

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. 5 . Close and secure the system chassis. 4 - V erifying Installation Once the host adapter and [...]

Chapter 3 RocketRAID 230x BIOS Utility Contents of this Chapter: RocketRAID 230x BIOS Utility 1 - BIOS Command Overview 2 - Creating RAID Arrays 3 - Adding/Remove Spare Disks 4 - Updating the BIOS 5 - BIOS – Additional Settings[...]

RocketRAID 230x BIOS Utility RocketRAID BIOS Utility Access the RocketRAID host adapter’s BIOS utility using the “Control + 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 relat[...]

RocketRAID 230x BIOS Utility W arning: This command may r esult in permanent data loss - it should only be used if data stored on the target array is no longer relevant, or has been backed up to an alternate storage device. Add/Remove Spare - this command is used to assign hard disks to function as spare disks. The controller is capable of using sp[...]

RocketRAID 230x BIOS Utility Note: Arrays cannot be created between disks that have not been initialized. The following section discusses this command in detail. 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. U[...]

RocketRAID 230x BIOS Utility name the array. The array can be named at a later time, and the name of the array can be changed at any time. 4 . On the Create menu, use the ↓ arrow key to highlight the Select Devices item and press ENTER. A device list will appear , and display all available hard disk drives. 5 . Highlight the target disks that you[...]

RocketRAID 230x BIOS Utility T o remove the Spare Disk setting from a hard disk, highlight the spare disk, and press ENTER. Generally, single disks are designated to act as spares (disks that are not configured into RAID arrays). However, in some instances, disks that are members of RAID arrays may also be designated to act as a spare. If the disks[...]

RocketRAID 230x BIOS Utility 4 ) Select the “Browse the CD” option, and access the directory provided for the RR230x host adapter. 5 ) Open the “BIOS” directory, and double click the “hptflash.exe” icon. This will start the BIOS flash utility (RR2300 example below): 3-6[...]

RocketRAID 230x BIOS Utility 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. The utility will update the card, then verify the update. 8 ) Once[...]

RocketRAID 230x BIOS Utility 4 ) The utility will scan for the controller, and ask if you want to backup the BIOS (save a copy of the current BIOS to a floppy diskette). This is optional - you can answer No, and continue. Note: This option will not function if the system was booted from CD. 5 ) The utility will then ask if you want to flash the con[...]

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. Several of the more com[...]

Chapter 4 RocketRAID 230x Driver and Software In- stallation Microsoft Windows (2000, XP, 2003 Server , x64 versions of XP/2003,V ista) Contents of this Chapter: Driver and Software CD W indows Driver Installation[...]

RocketRAID 230x Driver and Software Installation 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 . Insert the CD into the system’s CD/DVD drive. The program should [...]

RocketRAID 230x Driver and Software Installation 5 . Click on the “Please Select the Diskette you want to create” drop-down button, and select the appropriate OS from the list. 4-2[...]

RocketRAID 230x 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. 4-3[...]

RocketRAID 230x Driver and Software Installation Windows Driver Installation 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). Installing the RocketRAID driver [...]

RocketRAID 230x Driver and Software Installation 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. Delete the entries and reinstall the driver. Installing the RocketRAID dr[...]

RocketRAID 230x Driver and Software Installation The software is incapable of working with RAID arrays or hard disks attached to the RocketRAID 2304 until the user has logged on. 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 softw[...]

RocketRAID 230x Driver and Software Installation 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 Manag[...]

RocketRAID 230x Driver and Software Installation 3 - Creating an Array T o create 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 desir[...]

RocketRAID 230x Driver and Software Installation Write-back - when the write-back setting is selected, all write requests sent to the array are cached. This will result in higher performance, but data loss may occur in case of a power failure. Write-through - when the write-through setting is selected, all write requests sent to the array are passe[...]

RocketRAID 230x Driver and Software Installation 4 - Deleting an Array T o delete an array: 1 . Highlight the “Management” menu, then select the “Array Management” function. 2 . Highlight the array you want to delete, then click on the “Delete Icon” or select the Delete command from the “Operation” menu. 3 . A warning message will a[...]

RocketRAID 230x Driver and Software Installation 1 . Highlight the “Management” menu, and select the “Array Management” function. 2 . Highlight the broken array that needs to be rebuilt. 3 . Click the Add Disk button on the toolbar or select “Add Disk” command from the “Operation” menu. 4 . If the disk is successfully added to the a[...]

RocketRAID 230x Driver and Software Installation 7 – OCE/ORLM The RocketRAID host adapter supports both OCE (Online Capacity Expansion), and ORLM (Online RAID Level Migration. The RAID software provides support for these features through a single function, known as OCE/ORLM. W ith the OCE/ORLM function, you can transform an array from one RAID le[...]

RocketRAID 230x Driver and Software Installation 2 . Y ou cannot change an array to another type of array with a smaller capacity . In some cases, a disk may need to be added to the RocketRAID host adapter. 3 . During the OCE/ORLM procedure, the redundancy level of the array will be the lowest of the source and target arrays; e.g. if you ORLM a RAI[...]

RocketRAID 230x Driver and Software Installation T o view the S.M.A.R.T status of a hard disk: 1 . Highlight the “Management” menu, and select the “ Device Management” function. 2 . Highlight the disk you want to examine. 3 . Select the “SMAR T” command from the “Operation” menu, or click on the button to display the S.M.A.R.T statu[...]

RocketRAID 230x Driver and Software Installation 9 - Managing Events The HighPoint RAID Management Console will log all events that have occurred on any host adapter under it’s control. 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 [...]

RocketRAID 230x Driver and Software Installation Note: The software does not support SMTP servers that require user authentication. T o add a Recipient: 1 . Highlight the “Management” menu, and select the “Event Notification” function. 2 . Click the “Add” button on the toolbar or select “Add” command from the “Operation” menu. 3[...]

Linux Driver Support T o setup and schedule tasks highlight the “Management” menu, and select the “T ask Management” function to open T ask Management window . 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[...]

Linux Driver Support Select the task type and the array that you want to verify or rebuild, then click “Next”. 4-18[...]

RocketRAID 230x Driver and Software Installation 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 a T a[...]

RocketRAID 230x Driver and Software Installation 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 “Opera- tion” menu. 3. Enter the sy[...]

RocketRAID 230x Driver and Software Installation 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 modified –[...]

RocketRAID 230x Driver and Software Installation 1. Highlight the “File” menu and select the “Remote Control” function. 2. Highlight the remote system you to establish a connection with. 3. Click the “Connect” button on the toolbar or select the “Connect” command from the “Operation” menu. 4. Enter the appropriate Login informat[...]

RocketRAID 230x Driver and Software Installation T o change the service configuration: 1. Highlight the “File” menu and select the “Remote Control” function. 2. Highlight the remote system you want to modify. 3. Select the “System Configuration” option from the “Operation” menu. 4. Modify the information in the popup window. System [...]

RocketRAID 230x Driver and Software Installation Highlight the “File” menu and select the “User Management” function to configure User related options for the selected remote system. 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 fun[...]

RocketRAID 230x Driver and Software Installation 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 remove the se[...]

RocketRAID 230x Driver and Software Installation 3. In the popup window, assign the privileges for the selected user. 4. Click OK to apply your selections. 4-26[...]

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[...]

1 – Fedora Core 6 Linux installation 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 Core 6 on the RocketRAID 230x Host Adapter Note: If the OS is running kernel that differs from the one supported by the precompiled driver , the p[...]

Linux Driver Support 2 ) At the “W elcome to Fedora Linux” installation screen, a prompt labeled “boot:” will appear at the bottom of the screen. T ype in “linux dd” and then press Enter. 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 [...]

Linux Driver Support This array will be registered to the system as device “/dev/sda”. 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 th[...]

Linux Driver Support For example, add the following line to tell the system to mount /dev/sda1 to location / mnt/raid after startup: /dev/sda1 /mnt/raid ext3 defaults 0 0 4 - Updating the Driver 1 . If the original driver is installed in the system’s initrd (Initial RAM Disk) file (when using a system installed to RockeRAID host adapter, for exam[...]

Linux Driver Support 1 - Red Hat Enterprise 4 Overview This section provides instructions describing how to install and utilize the RocketRAID host adapter on a Red Hat Enterprise 3 Linux system. 2 - Installing Red Hat Enterprise 4 (AS, ES, WS) Linux on the RocketRAID 230x controller T o install Red Hat Enterprise Linux onto disks or RAID arrays at[...]

Linux Driver Support When prompted “Insert your driver disk and press OK to continue”, insert the driver diskette into the system’s floppy drive, and select “OK”. 1 . The system will now load the RocketRAID driver automatically. 2. When prompted “Where do you want to install the boot loader? ” in the “Boot Loader Configuration” di[...]

Linux Driver Support Driver modules for all supported kernel versions will be extracted. The driver module for the active kernel is located under the directory that matches the kernel version (/ tmp/‘uname –r‘/rr2310_00.ko). After you have extracted the driver module, you can load it by following commands: # modprobe sd_mod # insmod rr2310_00[...]

Linux Driver Support Then, instruct the system to load the module when booting. Use the following commands: #echo “modprobe rr2310_00” > /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/hptdriv[...]

Linux Driver Support Example: # gzip -dc /boot/initrd-xxx.img > /tmp/initrd.ext2 # mkdir /mnt/initrd # mount -o loop /tmp/initrd.ext2 /mnt/initrd # cp /tmp/rr2310_00.ko /mnt/initrd/lib/rr2310_00.ko # umount /mnt/initrd # gzip -c /tmp/initrd.ext2 > /boot/initrd-xxx.img If you are using lilo to boot the system, use “lilo” to reinstall the R[...]

Linux Driver Support 1 – SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) installation Overview This section provides instructions describing how to install and utilize the RocketRAID host adapter on a SuSE (SLES) Linux system. 2 - Installing SLES Linux on the RocketRAID 230x Host Adapter Note: If the OS is running kernel that differs from the one supported b[...]

Linux Driver Support 2 . After the CD boots, select the “Installation” option and press F6 to load the driver. 3 . Insert the Driver Diskette when it displays “Please insert the Driver Update floppy”. 4 . When the “Diver Update Menu” is displayed, press “OK” and “back” for back to installer. 5 . Next. Select “back” to return[...]

Linux Driver Support Step 1 Update Grub If you are running an SLES SMP System, you must first update the /boot/grub/menu. lst. Example: 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[...]

Linux Driver Support Step 3 Mounting and Partitioning the Device Note: Many versions of SuSE include Y AST . Y AST is a graphical configuration utility that is capable of executing the commands described below . W e recommend using Y AST , if available, as it may help simplify the installation process. Example: A RAID array has been configured betw[...]

2 . Run the “depmod” command to update the module configuration: # depmod 3 . Next, run the “mkinitrd” command to update the initrd file: # mkinitrd 4 . If you are using the lilo boot loader, run lilo again: # lilo Step 5 Configure System to Mount V olumes during Startup The system can be instructed to automatically mount the array(s) durin[...]

Chapter 6 FreeBSD Driver Support Contents of this Chapter: 1 - Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 230x Controller 2 - Installing the RocketRAID 230x Driver on an Existing System 3 - Updating the Driver 4 - Uninstalling the Driver[...]

FreeBSD Driver Support 1 - Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 230x Con- troller If you would like to install FreeBSD onto arrays attached to the RocketRAID host adapter, please follow the steps below. Step 1 Prepare the Driver Diskette When installing FreeBSD to a disk or array attached to the RocketRAIDhost adapter, you must prepare a driver dis[...]

FreeBSD Driver Support 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 prompted l[...]

FreeBSD Driver Support for FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr2310_00-4.10.ko for FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr2310_00-4.11.ko for FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr2310_00-5.0.ko for FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr2310_00-5.1.ko for FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr2310_00-5.2.1.ko for FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr2310[...]

FreeBSD Driver Support 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 pr operly . T r y disabling ACPI in the motherboard’s BIOS settings, or type the command “ set hint.acpi.0.disabled[...]

FreeBSD Driver Support # cp /mnt/rr2310_00-xxx.ko /modules/rr2310_00.ko # umount /mnt For FreeBSD 5.x: # mount –o ro /dev/fd0 /mnt # cp /mnt/rr2310_00-xxx.ko /boot/kernel/rr2310_00.ko # umount /mnt Alternately, it is possible extract the files from the .img files directly, without using a floppy diskette: For FreeBSD 4.x: # vnconfig vn0c freebsd_[...]

FreeBSD Driver Support >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/loader boot: BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 Console: internal video/keyboard BIOS driver A: is disk0 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) Loadi[...]

# echo ’rr2310_00_load=”YES”’ >> /boot/defaults/ loader.conf This command will instruct the loader to load the RocketRAID module together with the kernel. After using this command, reboot the system. The RocketRAID module should now automatically load each time the operating system starts up. Note: When using FreeBSD 4.x, type in the [...]

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

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[...]