Highpoint RocketRAID 3522 manual

RocketRAID 3522 SA T AII Host Adapter User’s Guide Revision: 1.0 Date: January 2008 HighPoint T echnologies, Inc.[...]

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T able of Contents I T able of Content Chapter 1 Introduction About this Guide ....................................................................................................... 1 - 1 Introducing the RocketRAID 3522 Host Adapter ...................................................... 1 - 1 RocketRAID 3522 – Features and Specifications .......[...]

II Driver and Software CD ............................................................................................. 4 - 1 W indows Driver Installation ...................................................................................... 4 - 3 Chapter 5 RocketRAID 3522 W eb-RAID Management Interface 1 - W eb RAID Management Interface ..........[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction Contents of this Chapter: About this guide Introducing the RocketRAID 3522 Host Adapter RocketRAID 3522 Features and Specifications Understanding RAID Concepts and T erminology Network Features (W eb Management/BIOS Utilities)[...]

Introduction 1-1 About this Guide The RocketRAID 3522 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 3522 Host Adapter The HighPoint RocketRAID 3522 is an[...]

Introduction 1-2 Onboard Cache and Optional Battery Backup for optimal performance and added security 256MB of DDR SDRAM with ECC protection is integrated into the RocketRAID 3522 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. Rocket[...]

Introduction 1-3 Array Monitors, Alerts and Indicators • SMTP for email notification • Alarm / Buzzer alerts for array activity • SAF-TE support • Ethernet Board for (OBM) Out of Band Management • NTP (Network Time Protocol) RAID Management • T erabyteSaver™ and T erabyteGuard™ for Data Protection and Reliability • Firmware update[...]

Introduction 1-4 Electrical Characteristics: Understanding RAID Concepts and T erminology The following concepts and terminology is commonly used when describing the functions of the RocketRAID 3522 Host Adapter . Disk initialization Initializing a disk writes necessary RAID configuration information to that disk. Disks must be initialized before c[...]

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 3522 The RocketRAID 3522 su[...]

Chapter 2 RocketRAID 3522 Hardware Description/Installation Contents of this Chapter: RocketRAID 3522 Hardware 1 - RocketRAID 3522 Adapter Layout 2 - Installing the RocketRAID 3522 Host Adapter 3 - V erifying Installation 4 - Battery Backup[...]

RocketRAID 3522 Hardware Description/Installation 2-1 RocketRAID 3522 Hardware 1 - RocketRAID 3522 Adapter Layout Port1, Port2 These represent the RocketRAID 3522’s two External Mini-SAS ports. Each port can support up to 4 hard disks. J1 - SAF-TE connector BEEP1 – Speaker Alarm (speaker): the speaker emits and audible alarm in the case of disk[...]

RocketRAID 3522 Hardware Description/Installation 2-2 2 - Installing the RocketRAID 3522 Host Adapter Note: Make sure the system is powered-off before installing the RocketRAID 3522 host adapter. The RocketRAID 3522 includes both standard and low-profile brackets. It may be necessary to attach the low-profile bracket in place of the standard bracke[...]

RocketRAID 3522 Hardware Description/Installation 2-3 3 - V erifying Installation Once the RocketRAID 3522 host adapter and hard disks have been installed into the disk enclosure, 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 3522 BIO[...]

RocketRAID 3522 Hardware Description/Installation 2-4 4 - Battery Backup A battery backup option will be available as an optional add-on component. The battery provides additional data security in case of a critical system failure. Data normally lost during a major system fault, such as a power outage or CPU failure, which was in transit at the tim[...]

Chapter 3 RocketRAID 3522 BIOS Utility Contents of this Chapter: RocketRAID 3522 BIOS Utility 1 - BIOS Command Overview 2 - Disk Menu 3 - Array Menu 4 - Controller Menu[...]

RocketRAID 3522 BIOS Uti lity 3-1 RocketRAID 3522 BIOS Utility The RocketRAID 3522’s BIOS Utility can be accessed using the “Ctrl+H” command. This command should be displayed automatically when the RocketRAID 3522’s BIOS screen appears during the system’s boot up procedure. 1 - BIOS Command Overview The RocketRAID 3522 BIOS Utility provid[...]

RocketRAID 3522 BIOS Utility Press [AL T + S] to open the “System” menu in the figure 1; then select “Supervisor mode”, and press ENTER. This will open the user authentication interface. Enter the appropriate password and then press ENTER. The initial password is “hpt”. 2 - Disk Menu Press [AL T + D] to access the “Disk” menu. V iew[...]

RocketRAID 3522 BIOS Uti lity 3-3 Note: If the selected disk has already been initialized, the BIOS utility will display a warning message, but will continue to initialize the remaining disks. W arning : Initializing a disk may result in data loss – do not initialize disks that contain critical data. Non-initialized disks can still be utilized as[...]

RocketRAID 3522 BIOS Utility Note: V ariable Sector Size (VSS) for over 2TB support in 32bit LBA OS. It changes the sector size from default 512 Bytes to 4k Bytes etc. the maximum volume capacity up to 16TB. This option works under W indows platform only . And it CANNOT be converted to Dynamic Disk, because 4k sector size is not a standard format. [...]

RocketRAID 3522 BIOS Uti lity 3-5 Start T ask – select this option to schedule specific RAID maintenance tasks such as RAID V erification. Stop T ask – use this option to terminate scheduled tasks. Set boot - use this option to set an array to act as a boot volume. Note: This setting is dependent on the motherboard’s BIOS configuration. An ar[...]

RocketRAID 3522 BIOS Utility Network Setting Use this menu to configure the RocketRAID card’s network settings. Access the Controller menu, select “Network” and press ENTER. Y ou can select “Use automatic config” to request the network information from the system, or configure the settings manually. 3-6[...]

Chapter 4 RocketRAID 3522 Driver and Software Installation Microsoft Windows (2000, XP , 2003 Server , V ista) Contents of this Chapter: Driver and Software CD W indows Driver Installation[...]

RocketRAID 3522 Driver and Software Installation Driver and Software CD The RocketRAID 3522 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[...]

RocketRAID 3522 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 software: 1 . Click on “Install RAID Management Software”. 2 . Select the de[...]

RocketRAID 3522 Driver and Software Installation 4-3 Windows Driver Installation Before installing the RocketRAID 3522 device driver, make sure the RocketRAID 3522 host adapter and all required hard disks have been installed into the system’s chassis (refer to the Hardware Installation section, pages 2-2, 2-3). Installing the RocketRAID 3522 driv[...]

RocketRAID 3522 Driver and Software Installation 4-4 Installing the RocketRAID 3522 driver during a fresh Windows 2000/XP/2003/x64 installation 1 . After booting from the W indows 2000/XP/2003 CD-ROM, when the W indows Setup blue screen appears, look towards the bottom of the screen. W indows will prompt you to press the F6 key if you want to insta[...]

4-5 RocketRAID 3522 Driver and Software Installation 5 . When asked: “W ould you like to install this driver software?”, select “Install”. 6 . Reboot the system when prompted. The RocketRAID 3522 will be available for use after V ista reboots. Installation V erification After the driver has been installed, and the system has been restarted:[...]

Chapter 5 RocketRAID 3522 W eb RAID Management Interface Contents of this Chapter: 1 - W eb RAID Management Interface 2 - Preparing Hard disks 3 - Array Management 4 - Device Management 5 - Configuring Spare Disks 6 - Managing Events and T asks 7 - Settings[...]

W eb RAID Management Interface 5-1 1 W eb RAID Management Interface There are two methods to access the RocketRAID 3522’s web-based RAID management interface: Use HighPoint In-band Management Service or use the adapter’s Ethernet port (out-of-band management). The W eb RAID Management interface is a firmware-based utility . If you are using the[...]

W eb RAID Management Interface The in-band management software provides an access URL for each controller on the system. Y ou can access the RAID management interface for each controller through its access URL. Then Select the controller’s Access URL by click the link http://127.0.0.1:7412 Y ou will be asked for the User and Password to login. Th[...]

W eb RAID Management Interface 5-3 3) Checkmark each disk you wish to initialize, and click the Submit button. W arning: initializing disks may delete data stor ed on the selected disks. Legacy Disks Disks that already contain data or have been partitioned will be recognized as “Legacy Disks”. Arrays cannot be created from Legacy Disks. These d[...]

W e b RAID M anageme nt Inte rface 5-4 5 . If you are creating a redundant RAID array (RAID1, 5, 6, 10, 50), select an initialization option for the array. 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. 6 . Specif[...]

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 Array Maintenance – Rebuilding/V erifying/Modifying RAID arrays Rebuilding a Failed Array When an array member in a redundant array fails, the array will be listed[...]

W e b RAID M anageme nt Inte rface 5-6 2 ) Highlight the desired RAID array 3 ) Click the “ Maintenance ” button. Click the V erify button to start the verify process. OCE/ORLM – modifying existing RAID arrays 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 ex[...]

W eb RAID Management Interface 5-7 An unexpected system crash may result in data loss while performing OCE/ORLM on an array . W e strongly recommend backing up data before starting the OCE/ORLM process. After the OCE/ORLM procedure has completed, reboot the system. Other RAID related Functions Renaming an Array Y ou are free to rename RAID arrays. [...]

W e b RAID M anageme nt Inte rface 5-8 4 Device Management Select the “ Manage - Device ” function to access the device management page. 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 [...]

W eb RAID Management Interface 5-9 User can also use the W eb RAID management to upgrade controller’s firmware. SHI – Storage Health Inspector The primary SHI interface displays a brief “health” summary of each hard disk. Controller ID Which controller /card the disk is attached to. Port # Port location of the hard disk[...]

W e b RAID M anageme nt Inte rface 5-10 Device SSN# Serial number of the hard disk RAID RAID/Non-RAID status F T emperature (in Fahrenheit) of the hard disk (Celsius is displayed under the SMAR T status) Bad Sectors/Found & Repaired The card is capable of repairing bad sectors – a summary of this activity is presented here. Device Status OK m[...]

W eb RAID Management Interface 5-11 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.def (which resides in the software installatio[...]

W e b RAID M anageme nt Inte rface 5-12 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 r escan all the devices at once us[...]

W eb RAID Management Interface 5-13 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 Settings -V i[...]

W e b RAID M anageme nt Inte rface 5-14 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 ) Click the [...]

W eb RAID Management Interface 5-15 Settings>System The System Setting page include SAF-TE config file setting, Audible Alarm setting, Staggered Spinup setting, Spindown Idle Disk setting, Rebuild priority setting and Auto Rebuild setting. The Upload SAF-TE config file option allow user to upload the special SAF-TE config files. Settings>Netw[...]

W e b RAID M anageme nt Inte rface 5-16 Settings>User This setting allows you to alter the default password (when logging on). Enter a new password and click the “Change Password” button to change the current user’s password. Settings>Email Enabling E-mail notification: T o configure E-mail notification: 1 ) Select the “ Enable Event [...]

T o test E-mail notification: 1 ) Enter the necessary information for the recipient. 2 ) Click the T est button. If the software is unable to send a test message, an error will be displayed. Double check the recipient entries and make sure the information is correct. Settings>SNMP Y ou can set three SNMP T rap IP address and trap type, this sett[...]

Chapter 6 Linux Driver Support Contents of this Chapter: Fedora 7 Linux installation Overview Red Hat Enterprise 5 Overview SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) installation Overview[...]

Linux Driver Support 6-1 1 - Fedora 7 Linux installation Overview This section provides instructions describing how to install and utilize the RocketRAID host adapter on a Fedora 7 Linux system. 2 - Installing Fedora 7 on the RocketRAID 3522 Host Adapter Note: If the OS is running kernel that differs from the one supported by the precompiled driver[...]

Linux Drive r Support 6-2 3 - Installing the RocketRAID 3522 driver for an Exist- ing System Note: If a SCSI adapter is used to boot the system, make sure the RocketRAID host adapter BIOS loads/posts after the SCSI adapter’s BIOS. It may be necessary to move the adapter(s) to another PCI slot. Step 1 Obtain the Driver Module Extract the module fi[...]

Linux Driver Support 6-3 Then, instruct the system to load the module when booting. Use the following commands: #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/hptdri[...]

Linux Drive r Support 6-4 1 - Red Hat Enterprise 5 Installation 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 5 (AS, ES, WS) Linux on the RocketRAID 3522 controller T o install Red Hat Enterprise Linux onto disks[...]

Linux Driver Support 6-5 Note: 1. The system device mapping order is the same as the order shown in RocketRAID BIOS Setting Utility. If no other SCSI adapters are installed, the device marked as “BOOT” or “HDD0”will identified as /dev/sda , “HDD1” as /dev/sdb , “HDD2” as /dev/sdc , etc. When creating mount points, /boot must be moun[...]

Linux Drive r Support 6-6 Step 3 Configure System to Automatically Load the Driver T o avoid typing in “insmod hptiop.ko” 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 h[...]

Linux Driver Support 6-7 Example: # gzip -dc /boot/initrd-xxx.img > /tmp/initrd.ext2 # mkdir /mnt/initrd # mount -o loop /tmp/initrd.ext2 /mnt/initrd # cp /tmp/hptiop.ko /mnt/initrd/lib/hptiop_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 [...]

Linux Drive r Support 6-8 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 3522 Host Adapter Note: If the OS is running kernel that differs from the one supporte[...]

Linux Driver Support 6-9 Additional Installation Notes: The system device mapping order is the same as the order shown in RocketRAID host adapter’s BIOS Setting Utility. If no other SCSI adapters are installed, the device marked as “BOOT” or “HDD0” will be identified as /dev/sda , “HDD1” as /dev/sdb , “HDD2” as /dev/sdc , etc. Whe[...]

Linux Drive r Support 6-10 # mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy # cd / # tar xfz /mnt/floppy/linux/suse/i386-sles9/install/update.tar.gz The driver modules will be extracted to the directory /lib/modules/[kernel-ver]/kernel/ drivers/scsi/ . After you have extracted the driver module, you can load it by following commands: # modprobe sd_mod # insmod hptiop.[...]

6-11 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) dur[...]

Chapter 7 FreeBSD Driver Support Contents of this Chapter: 1 - Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 3522 Controller 2 - Installing the RocketRAID 3522 Driver on an Existing System 3 - Updating the Driver 4 - Uninstalling the Driver[...]

FreeBSD Driver Support 7-1 1 - Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 3522 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 RocketRAID host adapter, you must prepare a drive[...]

FreeBSD Driver Support 7-2 Booting [kernel] in 9 seconds… <-press SPACE key A prompted label “ ok ” will appear at the bottom of the screen 4 . Insert the RocketRAID driver diskette into floppy drive. T ype in “ load diskx: hptiop-x.x ” (without quotation marks), and then press enter . for FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE ok load kernel ok load dis[...]

FreeBSD Driver Support 7-3 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 o k load disk0:hptiop-5.3-amd64.ko for FreeBSD 5.4-AMD64-RELEASE o k load disk0:h[...]

FreeBSD Driver Support 7-4 7 . Before exiting installation, an additional step must be taken to copy the RocketRAID 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 comm[...]

FreeBSD Driver Support 7-5 For FreeBSD 5.x: # mdconfig –a –t vnode –f freebsd_5.x.img –u 0 # mount /dev/md0 /mnt # cp /mnt/hptiop-xxx.ko /boot/kernel/hptiop.ko # 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 [...]

FreeBSD Driver Support 7-6 Note: If you have configured a RAID 10 using 4 disks, it will be registered to system as device /dev/da0 . Y ou can use “ /stand/sysinstall ” to cr eate partitions and disklabels (like da0s1e) on da0 . Then, create a new filesystem using “ newfs /dev/ da0s1e ”. Now you can mount /dev/da0s1e to somewhere to access [...]

Chapter 8 Mac OSX Driver Contents of this Chapter: Installing the driver and RAID utility[...]

Mac OSX Driver 1 Installing the driver and RAID utility Installing the package 1) Double click the package labeled “ rr3xxx_4xxx-MacOSX-universal-vxxx.dmg ” to start the installation process (“xxx” refers to the revision of the driver) . This will open the driver and software packag. 2) Double click the “rr3xxx_4xxx-MacOSX-universal-vxxx.[...]

Appendix Customer Support[...]

Customer Support If you encounter any problems while utilizing the RocketRAID 3522, 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 install[...]

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