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2. Manage Event Help Rescan Devices Initialize Devices Setting Logout 3 Checkmark each disk you wish to initialize and click the Submit button Warning initializing disks may delete data stored on the selected disks 3 Array Management Creating an Array To create an array 1 Select Manage Array from the menu 2 Click the Create Array button The create array page will appear HighPoint Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software Manage Event Task Setting Logout Logical Device Information Name Type Capacity Cache Policy OS Name Status e RAID 5 0 RAIDS 15078 Werne Back HPT DISK i Pormal Maintenance Create Array Physical Device Information Location Mode Capacty Max Free 23 1 5 WDC WDS000YS 01MP90 500 02 GB 0 00 6n 26 WDC WD5090YS 01MPhn0 500 02 GR 0 00 GB a 1 7 WDC WDS09Q0Y5 01MP90 500 02 GB 0 00 GA z5 1 8 WDC WDS5000VS5 91MPRO 500 02 GE 0 00 GB Rescan rigont Wen RAID Management 4 Coeynight 6 2996 2008 Hgwont Temeoieges Inc Al fights Reserved 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 Ifyou are creating a redundant RAID array RAIDI 5 10 select an initialization option for the array Note An un initialized RAID1 or RAID 10 array can still provide redundancy in case of a disk failure A RAIDS array however is not fault tolerant until initialization is finished 6 If you are creat
3. RocketRAID 231x Driver and Software Installation 3 Click the Rebuild button on the toolbar or select the Rebuild command from the Operation menu Verifying an Array For a RAID 1 or RAID 10 array the verify process compares the data of one mirror pair with the other single hard disk in the case of RAID1 and a paired set of disks for RAID 10 For RAID 5 the verify process calculates RAIDS parity and compares it to the parity data on the array Verification checks each sector on a given disk Periodic verifica tion of an array allows the disk drive firmware to take corrective actions on problem areas on the disk minimizing the occurrence of uncorrectable read and write errors To verify an array 1 Highlight the Management menu and select the Array Management function 2 Highlight the array you want to verify 3 Click the Verify button on the toolbar or select the Verify command from the Operation menu 4 Verify process will start 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 With the OCE ORLM function you can transform an array from one RAID level to another RAID level and or resize the array dynamically even under I O load To perform OCE ORLM on an array 1 Highlight the Management m
4. service The default value is 7402 Event Port The client software will retrieve events through this port The default value is 7403 The System Port value must differ from the value assigned to the Event Port After you reset a system s configuration you should restart the service on that system for the changes to take effect 5 Click OK to apply the changes 11 Configuring Users and Privileges The RAID Management Console allows the Administrator to manage user accounts in its own database You can setup multiple users and assign different privileges levels for the purpose of RAID management Users can be assigned to each individual Remote System controlled by the RAID Management Console Highlight the File menu and select the User Management function to configure User related options for the selected remote system 4 21 HighPoint RocketRAID 231x Driver and Software Installation User Management Usenime 5 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 To add a user 1 Click the Add button in the User Management window 2 In the popup window enter the user name enter and confirm the password and then click Next Add New User Name e Password r Confirm X Cancel Bac
5. 4 mdconfig a t vnode f freebsd 5 x img u 0 mount dev mdO mnt cp mnt rr2310 00 xxx ko boot kernel rr2310 00 ko umount mnt mdconfig d u md0 Step 2 Test the Driver Module Test the driver module to ensure that it works with the system by loading it during bootup Ifthe module has been loaded successfully you should see the RocketRAID banner and a display screen of the attached drives You can now access the drives as a SCSI device Note If you have no other SCSI device the first device is dev da0 then dev dal etc Example F1 FreeBSD Default F1 FreeBSD i386 BOOT Default 0 ad 0 a boot loader boot Migh Poist FreeBSD Driver Support BTX loader 1 00 BTX version is 1 01 Console internal video keyboard BIOS driver A is diskO0 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 Loading boot defaults loader conf kernel text 0x24fldb data 0x3007ec 0x2062c lt 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 ok load rr2310 00 modules rr2310 00 ko text 0xf571 data 0x2c8 0x254 ok autoboot Note If you have configured a RAID 10 u
6. 5 Core 1 66 dryer 2 985 dver 2 pia 64 driver BS dver 3pB5 64 drrer 4 086 dmeer 4 xfi 64 drever one 5 diver Fedors Core 6 driver Pied Hat Enterprises Unu 3 0 dryer mmol 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 0 dryer athlon Aed Hat Enterprise Linu 30 dryer 668 Red Hat Enterprise Line 3 0 dryer 6 65 Aed Hat Enterprise rnu 4 0 dryer 85 Aed Het Entenpn eem Linu 4 0 dryer mmol 4 S Linux Enterprise 9 dmeoer Linux d x dmr Linux 9 10 creer 6 Click on the OK button to create the driver diskette To install the RAID software 1 Click on Install RAID Management Software ghPoint Products Software CD ReadMe First Create Driver Diskette Browse the CD Exit 2 Select the desired software from the drop down menu and click on the OK button WighPoint 42 RocketRAID 231x 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 for an existing Windows system After the operating system has booted Windows will automatically detect the RocketRAID host adapter and request that a device driver be installed To install the device driver follow the steps outlined below 1 When the Found New H
7. Click the Test button on the toolbar or select the Test command from the Opera tion menu 4 The software will send a test e mail message to the selected recipient Managing Tasks The RAID management Console can be used to setup routine periodical background rebuild or verification tasks that will help maintain the integrity of RAID arrays attached to the RocketRAID host adapter To setup and schedule tasks highlight the Management menu and select the Task Management function to open Task Management window Task Management Sele Task schedule list Name TaskType Create datetime Last modify date The Task Schedule list displays all of the tasks assigned to the selected remote system To view detailed information about a specific task highlight and Double click the task s name Add a Scheduled Task This command is used to add a Scheduled task for the selected remote system To add a new scheduled task Wa EP LJ f 4 15 RocketRAID 231x Driver and Software Installation Click the New button on the toolbar The new task schedule wizard will appear New task schedule wizard Please select task type Rebuild Please select an array that you want to verify or rebuild Available arrays g RAID 1 0 Select the task type and the array that you want to verify or rebuild then click Next New task schedule wizard x Connec
8. To update the driver with a newer revision simply reinstall the driver following the steps discussed in the previous section Install the driver on an existing system 4 Uninstalling the Driver The driver can only be uninstalled when the system is not booting from devices attached to the RocketRAID host adapter To uninstall remove the line 112310 00 load YES located in boot defaults loader conf and then delete the driver module modules rr2310 00 ko or boot kernel rr2310 00 ko e V Chapter 7 Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software Contents of this Chapter J 2 3 DURA Installing the driver and RAID utility Preparing Hard disks Array Management Device Management Configuring Spare Disks Managing Events and Tasks Settings HighPoint Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software 1 Installing the driver and RAID utility Installing the package D 2 3 4 5 Double click the package labeled rr2310_00 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 Double click the rr2310_00 MacOSX universal vxxx dmg file to start the installer When the Installer window opens click the Continue button eee X 9 Install HighPoint RR2xxx RAID Controller Welcome to the HighPoint RR2 xxx RAID Controller Installer
9. edit user profiles Password change the password Exit exit the utility interface Management RAID Management Create delete maintain RAID arrays Device Management check information or change settings for host adapters and hard disks Spare management create and assign spare disks System Notification Set up system notification options View Event view Views the event log Icon view view icon descriptions legend Operation This menu will list all available commands for the selected Function menu These commands are also represented in icon button form below the function menu tabs selections Help Search through help topics related to the RAID Management Console software View software version information WighPoint 4 6 RocketRAID 231x Driver and Software Installation 3 Creating an Array To 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 4 HighPoint RAID Management Console Array Management File Management View Operation Help Fj isk Unplug Create Delete Delete qu 3j m Rename Add Disk Unplug Local Host hptr Verify Initialize Rebuild Name OGE ORLM Stop Status Rescan System OS 3 Select the desired RAID level from th
10. instruct the system to load the module when booting Use the following commands echo modprobe rr23 10_00 gt etc init d hptdriver chmod 755 etc init d hptdriver ln sf etc init d hptdriver etc rc d rc3 d SO lhptdrive 1n sf etc init d hptdriver etc re d rc4 d SO 1hptdriver ln sf etc init d hptdriver etc rc d rc5 d SO lhptdriver Step 4 Configure System to Mount Volumes 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 sdal to location mnt raid after startup dev sdal mnt raid ext3 defaults 00 WighPotet E Linux Driver Support 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 example the driver module in the initrd file should be updated using the mkinitrd command or extract the initrd file and replace the driver module manually 2 Ifthe 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 112310 00 0 or rr2310_00 ko 5 Uninstalling the Driver To uninstall the RocketRAID 23
11. rawrite using a command prompt window and follow the directions it provides On a Linux system use the dd command to generate a boot diskette Insert a floppy disk into the floppy drive and type the following command dd if fc6 i386 img of dev fdO Note The driver disk image file depends on your core version and hardware Step 2 Install Fedora Linux Installation steps for Fedora Core 6 1 Boot from the Fedora Installation CD and start the install procedure 2 At the Welcome to Fedora Linux installation screen a prompt labeled boot will appear at the bottom of the screen Type in linux dd and then press Enter Pp OO Linux Driver Support 3 When prompted Do you have a driver disk select Yes At the Insert your driver disk and press OK to continue prompt insert the driver diskette and then select OK 4 The system will now load the RocketRAID driver automatically 3 Installing the RocketRAID 231x 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 file from the file modules cgz from the driver disk using the following commands mount dev fdO cd tmp gzip dc media floppy modules cgz cpio idumv Driver modules for all suppo
12. RELEASE ok load disk1 rr2310 00 4 8 ko for FreeBSD 4 9 RELEASE ok load disk1 rr2310 00 4 9 ko 6 2 HighPoint 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 00 5 3 ko for FreeBSD 5 4 RELEASE Ok load disk0 rr2310 00 5 4 ko for FreeBSD 5 3 AMD64 RELEASE Ok load disk0 rr2310 00 5 3 amd64 ko for FreeBSD 5 4 AMD64 RELEASE Ok load disk0 rr2310 00 5 4 amd64 ko for FreeBSD 6 0 AMD64 RELEASE ok load disk0 rr2310 00 6 0 amd64 ko for FreeBSD 6 1 RELEASE ok load disk0 rr2310 00 6 1 ko for FreeBSD 6 1 AMD64 RELEASE Ok load disk0 rr2310 00 6 1 amd64 ko 5 After the driver has been loaded remove the floppy diskette from the floppy drive Migh Point FreeBSD Driver Support 6 Type 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 Try disabling ACPI in the motherboard s BIOS settings or type the command set hint acpi 0 disabled 1 under the boot prompt in order to solve the problem 7 Before exiting installation an
13. RocketRAID 231x 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 related commands These commands are displayed towards the top of the utility s interface Rocket RAID 231x BIOS Setting Utility vi c 2004 2006 HighPoint Technologies Inc All rights reserved lt CtrlD lt gt to run BIOS Setting Utility Use the lt arrow keys to scroll through the various commands and the T arrows to browse through the corresponding command menus Use the ENTER key to execute the selected command The ESC button can be used to cancel the selected command or return to the previ ous command menu Create this command is used to create RAID arrays Section 2 discusses this command in detail Delete this command will delete the selected RAID array Warning This command may result 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 RocketRAID 23 1x 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 fau
14. Staggered Drive Spinup enm Wot Chapter 4 RocketRAID 231x Driver and Software In stallation Microsoft Windows 2000 XP 2003 Server x64 versions of XP 2003 Vista Contents of this Chapter Driver and Software CD Windows Driver Installation HighPoint RocketRAID 231x 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 To create a driver diskette 1 Insert the CD into the system s CD DVD drive The program should start automatically 2 Inserta blank floppy diskette into the system s floppy drive 3 Click on Create Driver Diskette ReadMe First Install RAID Management Software Browse the CD Exit 4 Click on the Please Select a Product drop down button and select the appro priate host adapter model from the list xj Plaase selact a product RockafzAD 23x i mM Plaase select the diahetic you want to Cra re ICD o HighPoint A RocketRAID 231x 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 LLL pete deiwes Arette Plaase selact amp product FackeRAID 231 s mM m s Plaase selactthe diaketie you want to croak r Windows driver
15. Type in linux dd then press Enter boot linux dd When prompted Do you have a driver disk Select Yes When prompted Insert your driver disk and press OK to continue insert the driver diskette into the system s floppy drive and select OK 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 dialog select Master Boot Record MBR to instruct Pp O Linux Driver Support the system be to boot from the RocketRAID host adapter Continue the installation as normal You can refer to Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation guide 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 HDDO will identified as dev sda HDD1 as dev sdb HDD as dev sdc etc When creating mount points boot must be mounted on dev sda 3 Installing the RocketRAID 231x 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 file from the file modules cgz from the driver disk using the following commands mount dev fd
16. 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 Wigh Point dip RocketRAID 231x BIOS Utility 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 common functions are described below Keyboard Timeout diag exe Stop on Error hptflash exe disabling this option will prompt the card to automatically skip error messages during bootup broken array warnings if the administrator does not input the Control H command to access the BIOS menu EBDA Reallocation this function refers to Extended BIOS Data Area Disabling this feature may remedy boot problems associated with motherboards that halt after the RR231x BIOS screen is displayed INT13 The card s boot function Disabling this feature removes the card s ability to boot the system This may be useful for systems that utilize multiple bootable controllers some motherboards may not be able to load the BIOS of each device during bootup which may impair the system s ability to boot from a specific device Control H Allows the administrator to adjust the time allotted for hard disk scan ning detection This may be useful for hard disks that do not support
17. a Task To 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 Task To delete a task schedule 1 Select a task from the Tasks List 2 Click the Delete button 7 12 Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software 7 Settings Select the Settings option to access Settings page Manage Event Task Setting Logout Help Audible Alarm gt Enabhe audibte alarm Change SAF TE Set SAF TE Config Fee zj Change Listening Port V Restrict to locatrost access Port Number F402 Change _Change Password SMTP Settinc Epable Event Notification Server Address mame or IP Mw From E mail address Login Name hors Password LIII SMTP Port 25 Change Setting _ E mail Name Event Level E mail Name Fe o Evert Level information Warning Error Add Test tsohsmnt Wed RAID Management 54 Enable Audible Alarm This setting enables and disables the RocketRAID host adapter 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 management console and web browser software Migh Poist 7 13 Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software When you connect to the service the port value
18. arch version install update tar gz from the driver disk using the following commands SLES 9 is used as an example mount dev fd0 mnt floppy 8 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 rr2310 00 ko Then you can access the arrays attached to the controller as SCSI devices e g dev sda Step 3 Mounting and Partitioning the Device Note Many versions of SuSE include YAST YAST is a graphical configuration utility that is capable of executing the commands described below We recommend using YAST 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 To create a partition on this array which will listed as dev sda1 use the fdisk dev sda command 2 Next use the mkfs dev sdal command to setup a file system on this partition i it Dine Linux Driver Support 3 Use the command mkdir xxxx to create a mount point for the RAID array Then mount dev sdal xxxx in order to access it Note xxxx represents the desired name of the mount point Step 4 Configure System to Automatically Load the Driver To avoi
19. disk attached to the host adapter can be accessed by the operating system but cannot be used to create RAID arrays A legacy disk must be initialized before assigning it to an array Supports RR1640 RAID arrays The host adapter will recognize arrays created using the RocketRAID 1640 host adapter This feature simplifies hardware upgrade procedures allowing RR1640 users to take advantage of evolving SATA and bus technology without having to recreate arrays and restoring data from backup Chapter 2 RocketRAID 231x Hardware Description Installation Contents of this Chapter RocketRAID 23 1x Hardware 1 RocketRAID 23 1x Host Adapter Layout 2 LED Connections 3 Installing the RocketRAID Host Adapter 4 Verifying Installation HighPoint RocketRAID 231x Hardware Description Installation 1 RocketRAID 231x Host Adapter layout RocketRAID 2310 oe ecos JPS JP3 il esee se r pe re RocketRAID 2310 PORT 4 PORTS PORT 2 PORT 1 CEED A CETTE Port1 Port4 These represent the host adapter s four SATAII 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 2310 These connections are ideal for server chassis that utilize removable drive bays JP3 This jumper can be used to enable or disable the card s alarm BEEPI The alarm is enabled by default the jumper is attached To
20. disks in question are part of a RAID array that did 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 unallocated space would allow these disks to be set as spares for a separate redundant array that falls into the same capacity range 200GB 4 Updating the BIOS BIOS updates are released periodically and posted on our website for download There are several ways to flash the host adapter s BIOS dg Aot RocketRAID 231x BIOS Utility For Windows based operating systems D 2 3 4 5 HighPoint Products Software CD Download the desired BIOS update from the Support section provided for the host adapter Extract the download to the directory of your choice Insert the Driver and Software CD included with the retail box into the system s CD ROM or DVD drive The CD should autorun and display the following screen ReadMe First Create Driver Diskette Install RAID Management Software Select the Browse the CD option and access the directory provided for the RR231x host adapter Open the BIOS directory and double click the hptflash exe icon This will start the BIOS flash utility RR2310
21. on the HPT Management Console Logging On The RAID Management Console requires that a user or Administrator log on WighPoint 4 4 RocketRAID 231x Driver and Software Installation The software is incapable of working with RAID arrays or hard disks attached to the RocketRAID 231x until the user has logged on Login Form System Address EE d aoe System Port 7402 et 5 at User Name Password Ter 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 alter the password as a security precaution Enter a password and press enter 2 Software Interface Overview of commands func tions After logging on several new options will become available These commands are displayed towards the top of the interface window HighPoint RAID Management Console Array Management File Management View Operation Help fm PSF 5 Tf MH O FR Create Delete Rename Unplug Rel OCE ORLM Rescan HighPoint RocketRAID 231x 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
22. page Setting Logout Help Devir Nene Device_I_5 Mel mumbar WDC WOSO00YS 01NPaD T moesdtioe Cotes 51 SANT Enabled Disable Statue te iD Mame Threstiatd Worst Vahe Saw 1 Raw Read Error Rate 51 200 200 ne 3 Som Up Time 21 216 218 me 4 Start Stop Count a 100 100 ve 5 Reolloceted Sector Ct 140 200 200 ne Sack Error Race 51 200 200 s Power On Mours n EE EE vo Spin R my Count amp 1 100 100 ve b Caltration Retry Count 51 100 100 he t ower Cycle Count 100 10 o be Unknown Attribute 0 zu as a Hardware ECC Recovered 0 1 1 e Retiloc ed Event Count 0 200 200 ns 23 Current Pending Sector 200 200 ve w Oftine Uncrrrectatie 0 200 200 i cF UDMA ORC Error Count 0 200 200 ve a Mat Zone Error Rete 51 aun 200 ne D Peita etary es m Sba Herpes Mab RAID Manageernet 1 4 Copyright c 1990 2006 HighPoint Terhnisgan inc Ad Fights Poaervas 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 You can add the attribute definitions for your drive in the file smart def which resides in the software installation directory Rescan Devices When you physically add drives to the controller while the system is running you can rescan the controller to reflect the change 7 9 Migh Patet Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software To rescan the devices 1 Selec
23. the boot RAM disk image boot initrd xxx img where xxx is the kernel version Example gzip dc boot initrd xxx img gt tmp initrd ext2 mkdir mnt initrd mount o loop tmp initrd ext2 mnt initrd cp tmp rr23 10_00 ko mnt initrd lib rr23 10_00 ko umount mnt initrd gzip c tmp initrd ext2 gt boot initrd xxx img If you are using lilo to boot the system use lilo to reinstall the RAM disk lilo Update rr23 10_00 ko in lib modules cp tmp rr2310 00 ko lib modules uname r kernel drivers scsi 112310 00 ko Reboot your system to allow the new driver take effect e roe Linux Driver Support 5 Uninstalling the Driver To uninstall the RocketRAID 231x driver Note The driver cannot be uninstalled while the system is booted from a disk or array attached to the RocketRAID host adapter To uninstall the driver remove the lines added to etc fstab and remove the files created in the etc init d directory Wigh Pott E 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 231x Host Adapter Note If the OS is running kernel that differs from the one supported by the precompiled driver the precompiled drivers cannot be used A dri
24. the disks are selected will determine the disk sequence of the array Select the capacity the RocketRAID host adapter can create arrays between partitions on various disks It is not limited to physical hard disk drives As a result of this feature you have the option of assigning a physical disk to multiple RAID arrays Press Enter to use the default value the maximum capacity for the array or specify the desired value using the keyboard and press Enter to confirm this selection Then click the Finish button Note If you have specified an initialization option the initialization process will start automatically A progress bar will be displayed towards the bottom of the interface window and will indicate completion and provide an estimate of the time needed to complete the initialization procedure 4 Deleting an Array To delete an array 1 WighPoint Highlight the Management menu then select the Array Management function Highlight the array you want to delete then click on the Delete Icon or select the Delete command from the Operation menu A warning message will appear Click Yes to delete the array Click on cancel to stop this procedure 4 8 RocketRAID 231x Driver and Software Installation 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
25. the initial password is hpt You can change the password after you have logged in 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 the following command from a terminal window Library StartupItems Hptsvr hptsvr If you can t connect to a remote system make sure hptsvr is running on that system and you can access the remote system via TCP IP connection If you have a firewall configured make sure TCP port 7402 is not blocked Paint em Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software Uninstalling To uninstall the driver and management software double click the rr2310_00 MacOSX universal vxxx file 1 Locate and double click the uninstall command file 2 This will initiate the uninstall script and will open a Terminal window Enter the administrator password when prompted to delete the installed files 2 Preparing Hard disks Disks must be initialized before they can be configured into RAID arrays Initializing hard disks 1 Select the Manage Device function to access the device management page 2 Click on the Initialize Devices button towards the upper portion of the interface screen Technologies Inc Task
26. use with server chassis They were not designed for use with standard 2 pin LED s commonly used by desktop chassis LED Connections RR2314 The RocketRAID 2314 does not provide LED connectors It was designed for use with external drive enclosures rather than internal disk configurations Who a RocketRAID 231x Hardware Description Installation 3 Installing the RocketRAID Host Adapter Note Make sure the system is powered off before installing the RocketRAID host adapter The RocketRAID 2310 and 2312 models include both standard and low profile brackets It may be necessary to attach the low profile bracket in place of the stan dard bracket depending upon the chassis design The RocketRAID 2314 is a full height card and is not designed for use with low profile chassis 1 Open the system chassis and locate an unused PCI Express slot x4 x8 or x16 2 Remove the PCI slot bracket cover Gently insert the RocketRAID card into the PCI Express slot and secure the bracket to the system chassis illustration below shows 2310 model PCI Express slot ihre RocketRAID 231x Hardware Description Installation 4 After installing the adapter attach hard disks to the host adapter using the data cable The RocketRAID 2310 model utilizes standard SATA cables four are included in each retail box This card can support up to four SATA or SATAII hard disk drives The RocketRAID 2312 includes 2 standar
27. used to rebuild redundant RAID arrays in the case of failure To configure spare disks highlight the Management menu and select the Spare Management function The Spare Management window will appear To add a spare disk select it from the Available Disk list box and click the button to add the disk to the Spare Pool list box To remove a spare disk select it from the Spare Pool list box and click the button to remove the disk from the Spare Pool list box 6 Recovering Verifying Arrays When an array member hard disk of a redundant array fails the array will be marked as broken Broken arrays can be automatically rebuilt using hot spare disks However if there are no available spare disks you can still rebuild the array by adding a new disk to it To add a disk to a broken array 1 Highlight the Management menu and select the Array Management function 2 Highlight the broken array that needs to be rebuilt Click the Add Disk button on the toolbar or select Add Disk command from the Operation menu 4 Ifthe disk is successfully added to the array rebuild process will start automatically Note In some instances a failed array will not rebuild automatically To 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 4 9 Migh Poist
28. you enter must be in accordance with the system port value on the service The default value is 7402 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 Web 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 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 Enabling E mail notification To configure E mail notification 1 Select the Enable Event Notification option 2 Enter the appropriate information for the SMTP server 3 Click the Change Setting button Note Your SMTP server may require user authentication enter the appropriate password and username as required Toadd a Recipient 1 Enter the necessary information for the desired recipient 2 Click the Add button To test E mail notification 1 Enter the necessary information for the recipient 2 Click the Test button Pipe eam Appendix Customer Support Kigh Point 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 Tr
29. 0 cd tmp gzip dc mnt floppy modules cgz cpio idumv 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 1 1r23 10_00 ko After you have extracted the driver module you can load it by following commands modprobe sd_mod insmod rr2310_00 ko Arrays attached to the adapter can be accessed as SCSI devices e g dev sda 9 ioe Linux Driver Support 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 To create a partition on this array which will listed as dev sdal use the fdisk dev sda command Next use the mkfs dev sdal 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 sdal 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 To avoid typing in insmod rr2310 00 ko each time the operating system is booted the system must be instructed to automatically load the module during bootup To install the module type in the following commands first change to the directory where the proper rr2310 00 ko file is located install d li
30. 02 User Name Password X Cancel Note The initial user name password for a remote system is RAID hpt You are free to modify the username and password after the connection is established If the connection is successful established the application will retrieve the event logs from the remote system then switch to Array Management view Disconnect Remote System This function closes the connection from a connected system To disconnect a remote system 1 Highlight the File menu and select the Remote Control function 2 Highlight the system you want to disconnect from 3 Select the Disconnect command from the Operation menu System Configuration This function is used to modify the service configuration on a remote system To 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 Poet 420 RocketRAID 231x Driver and Software Installation System Configuration pm System Port X Cancel Event Port 7403 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 value you enter must be in accordance with the system port value on the
31. 18 RocketRAID 231x 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 you must first disconnect from this system Delete a Connection This command deletes a remote system from the connection list To delete a connection 1 Highlight the File menu and select the Remote Control function 2 Highlight the system you want to delete 3 Click the Delete button on the toolbar or select the Delete command from the Operation menu 4 A warning message will be displayed Click Yes to delete the item Select No to cancel this command Connect to a Remote System This command establishes a connection to a remote system for RAID management To connect to a remote system 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 information in the popup window 4 19 Migh Poist RocketRAID 231x Driver and Software Installation Login Form System Address fn 27 0 01 System Port 74
32. 1x driver Note The driver cannot be uninstalled while the system is booted from a disk or array attached to the RocketRAID host adapter To uninstall the driver remove the lines added to etc fstab and remove the files created in the etc init d directory di sig rotat 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 231x controller To install Red Hat Enterprise Linux onto disks or RAID arrays attached to RocketRAID host adapter Step 1 Prepare the Driver Diskette The driver is provided in a floppy diskette image file format On a DOS or Windows system a driver diskette can be generated using rawrite exe This utility is included on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD under dosutils Run rawrite using a command prompt window and follow the directions it provides On a Linux system use the dd command to generate a boot diskette Insert a floppy disk into the floppy drive and type the following command dd if 112310 00 rhel 4u4 img ofz dev fdO Step 2 Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux Start installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux by booting from the installation CD At the Welcome to Red Hat Linux installation screen a prompt labeled boot will appear at the bottom of the screen
33. Initialized The disk has been initialized and can be used for array creation Configured The disk has been assigned to one or more arrays or configured as a spare disk Legacy The disk was used on other controllers before use with the RocketRAID 231x see legacy disk below Array initialization A redundant array RAIDS RAID1 RAID10 needs to be initialized to ensure full performance and reliability Non redundant arrays RAIDO 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 The initialization process can be HighPoint 12 Introduction completed after installing the driver and management software When creating an array using the HighPoint RAID Management Console software you can specify an initialization option Skip initialization foreground and background Foreground initialization Foreground initialization will zero out all data on the array The array is not accessible by the operating system until initialization is complete Background initialization Background initialization allows the array to be used immediately For RAID1 and RAID 10 arrays initialization will results in data being duplicated identically to the mirror pair For RAIDS arrays initialization will result in parity being generated from all array members Note An un initialized RAID1 or RAID 10 array can still prov
34. Management L Notification E mail setting C Clear events O Configure system parameters L Task management 3 In the popup window assign the privileges for the selected user 4 Click OK to apply your selections Ye 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 MighPoint Linux Driver Support 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 231x Host Adapter Note If the OS is running kernel that differs from the one supported by the precompiled driver the precompiled drivers cannot be used A driver can be built for this kernel using the OpenSource package for the RocketRAID host adapter This package is available from our website and is posted on the BIOS Driver page for the corresponding RocketRAID host adapter To install Fedora Linux onto hard disks or RAID arrays attached to RocketRAID host adapter follow the steps outlined below Step 1 Prepare the Driver Diskette The driver is contained in a floppy diskette image file On a DOS or Windows system a Fedora driver diskette can be generated using rawrite exe This utility is included on the Fedora Linux CD under dosutils Run
35. RocketRAID 231x SATAIT Host Adapter User s Guide HighPoint Revision 1 1 Date January 2007 HighPoint Technologies Inc Copyright Copyright 2007 HighPoint Technologies Inc This document contains materials protected by International Copyright Laws All rights reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced transmitted or transcribed in any form and for any purpose without the express written permission of HighPoint Technologies Inc Trademarks Companies and products mentioned in this manual are for identification purpose only Product names or brand names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective owners Backup your important data before using HighPoint s products and use at your own risk In no event shall HighPoint be liable for any loss of profits or for direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages arising from any defect or error in HighPoint s products or manuals Information in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of HighPoint Notice Reasonable effort has been made to ensure that the information in this manual is accurate HighPoint assumes no liability for technical inaccuracies typographical or other errors contained herein Table of Contents Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction T About this Guide 2 ai aceite Riese Eo sabia eae Roe e ae eee 1 1 2 I
36. V Peer Gesesteles 7 3 3 Preparing Hard disks eed ome eer erri Eee epe c Ph er Eben ais 7 3 4 Device Management snenie nie e a mettre tre R iter EEE St 7 8 5 Configuring Spare Disks eessseeeeeeeeeeneeeerne ene nennen ener nenne 7 10 6 Managing Events and Tasks seeseessesseeeeeeeeenenene enne enne 7 11 EEN AEE a e E A E E E 7 13 Appendix Customer Support CUSTOMER SUP POT Pm A 1 HighPoint m Chapter 1 Introduction Contents of this Chapter About this guide Introducing the RocketRAID 231x Host Adapter Product Features Understanding RAID Concepts and Terminology HighPoint Introduction About this Guide The RocketRAID 231x SATAII 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 2310 2312 and 2314 Host Adapters The HighPoint RocketRAID 2310 2312 and 2314 host adapters are 4 channel PCI Ex press x4 to SATA II RAID controllers These RAID storage solutions are aimed at enterprise storage applications NAS storage workgroup and web servers video stream ing video editing workstations back up and security systems Product Features e 4 Channel PCI Express to SATAII host adapter e Upwards compatible with PCI Express 8x 16x Supports up to 4 SATA SATAII hard disk drive
37. Welcome to the Mac OS X Installation Program You will be quided through the steps necessary to install this software Back Continue The installer will ask you to select a destination for the driver Make sure to select the boot Volume the driver must be installed to System Library Exten sions folder in order to function properly Click the Install button You will be prompted clicking the install button will install a basic installation of the software package on your selected volume Confirm the prompt to install the software package 7 1 HighPoint Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software 6 You will then be notified that a reboot is needed to install the software Click Continue Installation 7 The driver will then be installed into the system Click Restart to restart the system After the system restarts you can use a web browser to configure the controller and setup RAID arrays Use the MacOSX Disk Utility to create partitions the RAID arrays Web RAID Management Interface Note To use the web based RAID management interface a web browser with XML support is required e g Internet Explorer 6 0 Mozilla or FireFox To run the management interface start your browser and enter the following URL address https localhost 7402 If you are managing a remote system please change localhost to the server s host name or IP address The default user name is RAID and
38. 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 commands mount o ro dev fd0 mnt sh mnt postinstall umount mnt Then press Alt F1 to return to the setup screen and choose X Exit Install to finish setup 2 Installing the RocketRAID 231x Driver on an Exist ing System If you are currently running FreeBSD and would like to access drives or arrays attached to the RocketRAID host adapter follow the steps outlined below Step 1 Copy the Driver Module If you have made FreeBSD drivers into a diskette you can insert the driver diskette to floppy drive then using the following commands to copy the driver module For FreeBSD 4 x mount o ro dev fd0 mnt cp mnt rr2310 00 xxx ko modules rr2310 00 ko umount mnt 6 4 Migh Poist FreeBSD Driver Support For FreeBSD 5 x mount o ro dev fd0 mnt 4 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 xxx img mount dev vn0c mnt cp mnt rr2310 00 xxx ko modules rr2310 00 ko vnconfig du vn0c myfilesystem mount mnt For FreeBSD 5 x
39. ardware Wizard window appears select Install from a list or specific location Advanced and click Next to continue 2 Click on the Include this location in the search option and select the system s floppy drive generally Disk A Next insert the Driver Installation diskette into the system s floppy drive 3 Atthe Hardware Wizard screen select the floppy drive as the source then click the Next button Select the appropriate operating system folder then click the Next button 4 Windows will display a warning message that states the driver has not been signed Select Continue Anyway then click Finish when prompted When windows asks to reboot the system choose No 5 Windows will then display a second Found New Hardware Wizard window repeat steps 1 through 4 6 Remove the Driver Installation diskette from the floppy drive then Shut down and restart the computer Installation Verification After the driver has been installed and the system has been restarted l Click the Start button then right click My Computer icon Select the Properties item from the popup menu 2 Inthe popup window select Hardware tab and then click Device Manager button High Poist RocketRAID 231x 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 d
40. asures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user s authority to operate the equipment under FCC rules This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation European Union Compliance Statement This Information Technologies Equipment has been tested and found to comply with the following European directives European Standard EN55022 1998 Class B European Standard EN55024 1998
41. ay 2 Click the Maintenance button 3 Click the Rebuild button The rebuild process should begin Expanding Migrating an Array With the OCE ORLM function you can migrate an array from one RAID level to another RAID level and or expand the array dynamically even under I O load This function implements both Online Capacity Expansion OCE and Online RAID Level Migration ORLM High Pott a Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software To expand migrate an array 1 Select Manage Array from the menu 2 Click the Maintenance button 3 Select the target array type 4 Clickthe OCE ORLM button 5 The OCE ORLM page will appear The interface is similar to the array creation wizard Note When expanding a JBOD array all the original disks must be included in the target array and these disks must be selected in the same order as the original array If you want to migrate a JBOD array to another RAID level only the first member disk can be included in the target array For example a JBOD comprised of 3 disks 1 2 3 can only be migrated using disk 1 Disks 2 and 3 cannot be used disk 1 would have to be combined with other disks attached to the RocketRAID card 4 You 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 card During the OCE ORLM procedure the redundancy level of the array will be
42. b modules uname r kernel drivers scsi install c 12310 00 ko lib modules uname r kernel drivers scsi Then instruct the system to load the module when booting Use the following commands echo modprobe rr23 10_00 gt etc init d hptdriver chmod 755 etc init d hptdriver ln sf etc init d hptdriver etc rc d rc3 d SO1hptdriver ln sf etc init d hptdriver etc rc d rc4 d SO1hptdriver ln sf etc init d hptdriver etc rc d rc5 d SO hptdriver Step 4 Configure System to Mount Volumes during Startup The system can be instructed to automatically mount the array s during startup by modifying the file etc fstab Pp ep Linux Driver Support For example add the following line to tell the system to mount dev sdal to location mnt raid after startup dev sdal mnt raid ext2 defaults 00 4 Updating the Driver If you are not booting from disks attached to RocketRAID host adapter you can update the driver just by reinstalling it following the procedure outlined in the previous section Installing the RocketRAID driver for an Existing System If you are running the system installed to a disk or array attached to the RocketRAID host adapter First obtain the new driver module rr2310 00 ko Refer to the previous section Obtain the Driver Module In following steps we assume it has been copied to tmp rr23 10_00 ko Replace rr23 10_00 ko in
43. complete 4 The OCE ORLM process can be aborted and continued at later time However you should always stop the transform progress from the RAID Management software 5 Anunexpected system crash may result in data loss while performing OCE ORLM on an array 8 Misc Array Device Options Device Management The Device Management window provides configuration information about control lers the RocketRAID host adapter channels and hard disks 4 1 Migh Poist RocketRAID 231x Driver and Software Installation To access the Device Management window highlight the Management menu and select the Device Management function Changing Device Settings Depending upon the hard disk in question and support provided by the current device driver you can adjust settings for disk Read Ahead Write Cache TCQ and NCQ Each feature can be enabled or disabled individually S M A R T Status You can view S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology data about a drive to help troubleshoot any problems that occur You can also setup periodical S M A R T status checks that send notification messages when S M A R T thresholds are exceeded To 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 SMART command from the Operation menu or click on the m bu
44. d SATA cables and 2 eSATA cables It can support up to four hard disk drives and the internal and external channels can be used simultaneously The RocketRAID 2314 includes four eSATA cables and supports up to four external hard disks drives 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 Verifying Installation Once the 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 BIOS Utility will be displayed during bootup 2 Press Ctrl H to access the RocketRAID adapter s BIOS Utility The BIOS Utility will display information about hard disks attached to the adapter Make sure all attached disks are detected by this utility If any of the hard disks are not detected power down the system and check the power and SATA cable connections VP O Chapter 3 RocketRAID 231x BIOS Utility Contents of this Chapter RocketRAID 231x BIOS Utility 1 BIOS Command Overview 2 Creating RAID Arrays 3 Adding Remove Spare Disks 4 Updating the BIOS 5 BIOS Additional Settings MighPoint
45. d if freebsd_5 x img of dev fd0 Step 2 Install FreeBSD 1 Start the FreeBSD installation procedure by booting from installation CD 2 Ifyou are installing FreeBSD 5 0 or earlier versions skip this step When the Welcome to FreeBSD screen appears select 6 3 When the Hit enter to boot immediately or any other key for command prompt screen appears press the SPACE key to stop the loader from autobooting BTX loader 1 00 BTX version is 1 01 Console internal video keyboard BIOS driver A is diskO0 BIOS driver B is diskl Migh Poist FreeBSD Driver Support 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 lt press SPACE key A prompted label ok will appear at the bottom of the screen 4 Insert the RocketRAID driver diskette into floppy drive Type in load diskx rr2310_00 x x without quotation marks and then press enter for FreeBSD 4 3 RELEASE ok load kernel Ok load diskl rr2310 00 4 3 ko for FreeBSD 4 4 RELEASE Ok load kernel ok load disk1 rr2310 00 4 4 ko for FreeBSD 4 5 RELEASE ok load disk1 rr2310 00 4 5 ko for FreeBSD 4 6 2 RELEASE ok load disk1 rr2310 00 4 6 2 ko for FreeBSD 4 7 RELEASE ok load disk1 rr2310 00 4 7 ko for FreeBSD 4 8
46. d typing in insmod rr23 10_00 0 each time the operating system is booted the system must be instructed to automatically load the module during bootup To install the module type in the following commands first change to the directory where the proper rr2310_00 ko file is located 1 Edit the file etc sysconfig kernel and add the rr2310 00 module to the line INITRD MODULES Example INITRD MODULES reiserfs 2310 00 2 Run the depmod command to update the module configuration depmod 3 Next run the mkinitrd command to update the initrd file mkinitrd 4 Ifyou are using the lilo boot loader run lilo again lilo Step 5 Configure System to Mount Volumes 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 sdal to location mnt raid after startup dev sdal mnt raid ext2 defaults 00 VP O Linux Driver Support 4 Updating the Driver To update the driver simply reinstall the driver following the steps in previous section Install RocketRAID driver on an Existing System Note If the driver is loaded in initrd when system is installed onto a disk or array attached to the RocketRAID host adapter you need to run the mkinitrd command to update the initrd file If you are using the lilo boot loader run lilo a
47. disable the alarm remove the jumper BEEPI Speaker Alarm speaker the speaker emits and audible alarm in the case of disk array failure 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 q ihre RocketRAID 231x Hardware Description Installation RocketRAID 2312 VIN y1v5 T m _ ese m isl RocketRAID 2312 rvive um tte eH HH HH HUN HU GG SATA1 SATA2 These represent the host adapter s two internal SATAII channels SATA3 SATA4 These represent the host adapter s two external SATAII eSATA channels J3 J4 These LED connectors can be used to configure Disk Failure J3 and Disk Activity J4 indicators for hard disks attached to the RocketRAID 2312 s internal SATA channels SATA 1 and 2 These connections are ideal for server chassis that utilize removable drive bays BEEPI Speaker Alarm speaker the speaker emits and audible alarm in the case of disk array failure Vig Poe O RocketRAID 231x Hardware Description Installation RocketRAID 2314 m S CN RocketRAID 2314 riv wp BILLER Il SATA 1 SATA4 These represent the RocketRAID 2310 s four external SATAII eSATA channels BEEPI Speaker Alarm speaker the speaker emits and audible alarm in the case of
48. disk array failure 2 LED Connections LED Connections RR2310 The RocketRAID 2310 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 SATAII channels J3 and J4 can be used to configure LED indicators for each individual disk attached to the card one LED per channel lt lt hie RocketRAID 231x Hardware Description Installation The following diagram describes the connector pin definitions for both of these LED connectors J3 provides LED support for Disk Failure while J4 supports Disk Activity J3 J4 SO6G09 12345 Pins 1 4 represent each SATAII channel port Pin 1 Port 1 Pin2 Port 2 etc Pin 5 is for power VCC 3 3v Note these LED connectors were designed for use with SATA and SATAII backplanes typically used in hot swap enclosures or drive bays designed for use with server chassis They were not designed for use with standard 2 pin LED s commonly used by desktop chassis LED Connections RR2312 The RocketRAID 2312 provides LED connectors for it s two internal SATA channels Pins 1 and 2 represent SATA channel 1 and 2 respectively Pins 3 and 4 are not utilized J3 provides LED support for Disk Failure while J4 supports Disk Activity J3 J4 ogee Note As with the RR2310 model these LED connectors were designed for use with SATA and SATAII backplanes typically used in hot swap enclosures or drive bays designed for
49. e Location 1 6 req Not Supported SMART Capacity 500 02 GB cQ Enabled Change Max Free 0 00 GB Status Normal Model WDC WD50007S D1MPBD Read Ahead Enabled Change Deve 1 7 Revision 07 02 07 Write Cache Enabled Change Location 1 7 req Not Supported SMART Capacty 500 02 GB cQ Enabled Change Max Free 0 00 GB Status Normal Model WDC WD5000YS 01MPB0 Read Ahead Enabled Change Device_1_8 Revision 05 02 06 Write Cache Enabled Change Location 1 8 req Not Supported SMART Capacty 500 02 GB cQ Enabled Change Max Free 0 00 GB Status Normal HighPoint Web RAID Management 1 4 Copyright c 1996 2006 MighPomt Technologies Inc Al Rights Reserves Change Device Settings Depending upon the capabilities RAID controller and hard disks drives in use several configurable device settings may be available Read Ahead Write Cache TCQ and NCQ Each feature can be enabled or disabled individually for each hard disk S M A R T Status You can view S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology data about a particular hard disk to help troubleshoot problems that occur You can also setup periodically S M A R T status checking to send notification messages when S M A R T thresholds are exceeded Migh Poist Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software To view the S M A R T status of a hard disk 1 Select Manage Device from the menu 2 Click the SMART link to display the S M A R T information
50. e drop down list Enter a name for the array using the keyboard this is optional and click the Next button 5 Ifyou are creating a redundant array RAID 1 5 10 select an initialization option If you are creating a RAID 0 or JBOD volume skip to step 6 For RAID1 and RAID 10 arrays the default initialization method is No initialization For RAIDS arrays the default initialization method is Foreground If you are creating RAIDS you will be asked to specify a cache policy 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 4 7 HighPoint RocketRAID 231x Driver and Software Installation 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 Select which disks are to be used to create the array Highlight the desired disk from the left side of the interface available disks then click on the button to move the disk to the right side of the interface selected disks Disks must be selected one a time If you wish to remove a selected disk highlight it from the selected disk section and use the button to move it to the available disk section Note The selection sequence is important the order in which
51. enu and select the Array Management function 2 Highlight the array you want to alter 4 10 WighPoiat RocketRAID 231x Driver and Software Installation 3 Click the H button on the toolbar or select OCE ORLM command from OCE ORLM the Operation menu The OCE ORLM window will appear 5 The interface is very similar to the Array Creation Wizard interface Select the type of array you wish to change the existing array into then set any corre sponding parameters cache initialization options capacity if relevant Notes 1 When expanding a JBOD array all the original disks must be included in the target array and these disks must be selected in the same order as the original array If you want to migrate a JBOD array to another RAID level only the first member disk can be included in the target array For example a JBOD comprised of 3 disks 1 2 3 can only be migrated using disk 1 Disks 2 and 3 cannot be used disk 1 would have to be combined with other disks attached to the RocketR AID host adapter 4 5 6 7 8 2 You 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 RAIDO array to a RAIDI array the array will be non redundant until the procedure is
52. example below tj HighPoint Flash Utility Controller D RocketRAID 2310 SATA Controller BIOS Image Open Contig Flash Model WINBOND W39L020 0xB5DA Backup Exit W ghPotet eg RocketRAID 23 1x BIOS Utility 6 7 8 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 Highlight the image file and click the Flash button The utility will update the card then verify the update Once complete click on the Exit button to close the utility Shutdown and reboot the system Note the Backup button will save a copy of the card s current BIOS to the directory of your choice For other operating systems In order to update the BIOS the system must be booted into DOS mode using a DOS boot diskette or CD image D 2 3 4 Copy the load exe and the bios image file to the bootable floppy diskette you may need to use a different floppy depending upon how much space is available on the boot diskette this can vary 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 Once the A gt prompt has appeared insert the media that contains the required BIOS files and type the following command load xxx xxx Then press en
53. gain lilo 5 Uninstalling the Driver To uninstall the RocketRAID 231x driver Note The driver cannot be uninstalled while the system is booted from a disk or array attached to the RocketRAID host adapter To uninstall the driver remove the lines added to etc modules conf and etc fstab iinet Chapter 6 FreeBSD Driver Support Contents of this Chapter 1 Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 231x Controller 2 Installing the RocketRAID 231x Driver on an Existing System 3 Updating the Driver 4 Uninstalling the Driver HighPoint FreeBSD Driver Support 1 Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 231x 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 driver diskette before starting the installation procedure First obtain the driver diskette image file from the driver package In a DOS or Windows system create the boot diskette using the rawrite exe utility This utility can be found on the FreeBSD CD under tools Run it under a DOS Prompt window and follow it s prompt On a FreeBSD system use the dd command to make the driver diskette For example Insert a floppy disk into the floppy drive and type the following command if you are installing FreeBSD 5 x versions d
54. ide redundancy in case of a disk failure A RAIDS array however is not fault tolerant until initialization is finished 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 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 231x These host adapters support both Online Capacity Expansion OCE and Online RAID Level Migration ORLM Both features are supported by a single function an array can be transformed from one RAID level to another RAID level while simulta neously being resized even under I O load High Poist Introduction Spare disk A spare disk is a single disk that can be used to automatically rebuild a redundant array in case of drive failure Spare disks may also be members of a RAID array Any available space on these disks may be used to rebuild other broken arrays Legacy disk Disks attached to the host adapter that contain valid partition tables will be identified as legacy disks A legacy
55. ing RAIDS specify a cache policy for the array Write back When the write back setting is selected writes 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 writes to the array are always passed directly to the disks Subsequent reads may still be completed from the cache if appropriate Poulet DB L Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software 7 Select disks from the Available Disks list 8 Enter a capacity for the array or use the default value the maximum capacity for the array 9 Click Create If you have specified an initialization option the initialization process will start automatically Deleting an Array To delete an array 1 Select Manage Array from the menu 2 Click on the Maintenance button An Array Information window will appear Array Information RAID 5 0 Spevice_1_6 Change Cache Policy edge NENNEN 805 E Device_1_8 JBOD volume OCE ORLM 3 Click the Delete button Note An array in use by the operating system cannot be deleted Any data stored on a deleted array will be inaccessible Adding Disks to an Array When an array member in a redundant array fails the array will be listed as broken A broken array will be automatically rebuilt using available spare disks However if you have no spare disks configured you can still rebuild by ma
56. lted RAID arrays Section 3 discusses this command in detail Settings Set Boot Mark this function is used to designate a particular disk or RAID array to function as the host adapter s boot device Note This setting is only relevant if the motherboard s BIOS has set the host adapter to function as the system s primary boot device Staggered drive spin up This function is used to enable or disable staggered drive spin up support This setting by default is disabled Enabling staggered drive spin up will power up the hard disks one at a time approximately every two seconds View this command is used to select between two views Press the ENTER key to change the view Devices displays information about hard disks attached to the host adapter Use the T J arrow keys to highlight the target hard disk and press ENTER to view the information RAID Arrays displays information about RAID arrays attached to the host adapter Use the J arrow keys to highlight the target array and press ENTER to view the information Initialize this function is used to prepare disks for use with RAID arrays 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 Se ioe RocketRAID 231x BIOS Utility Initialization writes necessary RAID c
57. n and press ENTER The total available capacity will be displayed Press ENTER if you wish to use all available space If you wish to reserve disk space for additional arrays single disks use the keyboard to input the amount of space in GB you wish to set aside for this particular array and press ENTER High Pole OO RocketRAID 23 1x BIOS Utility Note Multiple arrays can be created using the same set of hard disk drives The Capacity option allows you to set aside disk space that be used to create another array set as a spare disk or partitioned to act as a single disk by the operating system 8 To complete the creation procedure use the l arrow key to highlight the Start Creation item and press ENTER Press the Y yes key to create the array or N no key to cancel the creation process 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 To set a hard disk to act as a Spare Disk use the i af arrow keys to select a disk and press ENTER To 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
58. ntroducing the RocketRAID 2310 2312 and 2314 Host Adapters 12 3 Product Features cscs teen eie pe Er dere ce ert SSN 1 3 4 Understanding RAID Concepts and Terminology esee 14 Chapter 2 RocketRAID 231x Hardware Description Installation 1 RocketRAID 231x Host Adapter layout 00 ce cee ceecsseeeceeceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeas 2 1 2 ED Comme ct ONS s irtee eee NTER EEEE rode epi EEEE EEA ER 2 3 3 Installing the RocketRAID Host Adapter 00 eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeneeaeeaes 2 5 4 Verifying Installation eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee nente nennen ene aae EE S ESti 2 6 Chapter 3 RocketRAID 231x BIOS Utility RocketRAID BIOS Utility 1 BIOS Command Overview sees eere 3 1 2 2 Creating RAID ATray s scenice ereraa ae E e ESEE NE 3 2 3 Adding Remove Spare Disks eese eerte 34 4 Updating the BIOS oo e mter IO rt be RE MEER 34 5 BIOS Additional Settings sess 3 7 Chapter 4 RocketRAID 231x Driver and Software Installation Microsoft Windows Mhont eao Table of Contents 2000 XP 2003 Server x64 versions of XP 2003 Vista Diver and Software CD e e aee eed ec Ep de had det is eels anes 41 Windows Driver Installation eese ener 4 3 1 Installing the RAID Management Console Interface Overview 44 2 Software Interface Overview of commands functions
59. nually adding an Available Disk to the array To add a disk to a broken array 1 Select menu Manage Array 2 Click the Maintenance button 3 Click the Add Disk button 77 5 Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software 4 Ifthe disk is successfully added to the array rebuild process will start automatically Note If the system utilizes hot swap capable enclosures you can add new physical disks to the RocketRAID card in order to rebuild or modify an existing array using the Rescan feature Verifying an Array For a RAID 1 or RAID1 0 array verify process compares the data of one mirror pair with the other For RAID 5 verify process calculates RAIDS parity and compares it to the parity data on the array Verification checks each sector on a drive Periodic verification of an array allows the disk drive firmware to take corrective actions on problem areas on the disk minimizing the occurrence of uncorrectable read and write errors To verify an array 1 Select menu Manage Array 2 Click the Maintenance button 3 Click the Verify button to start the verify process Rebuilding an Array When a redundant array enters a critical broken state a rebuild is necessary to restore the array s redundancy security The rebuild process for an array generally starts automatically If you have aborted a rebuild process you can start it manually To rebuild an array 1 Select menu Manage Arr
60. ollers cards managed by the software In addition you can configure E mail Notification to receive information about these events see Section 7 Settings View Events To view logged events Please select Event from the menu The Event Management page will be displayed I Le a n Manage Event Task Setting Logout Help Clear Date Time Description i 2006 7 27 17 32 31 Mugging devine detected WHC WD5000YS D1MPB at Controlleri ChanelB A 2006 7 27 17 32 31 Mugging device detected WOC WOSOUDYS DIMPBSD at Contrellert nannel7 ik 2006 7 27 17 32 31 Mugging device detected WDC WD5000YS 01MPR0 at Controllert Channel5 Click the Clear button to clear the event log Managing Tasks With HighPoint RAID Management Software you can setup background rebuild and verify tasks to help maintain the integrity of your drives and data The tasks can be scheduled periodically You can select menu Task to enter Task Management page 7 1 HighPoint Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software Manage Event Task Setting Logout Help Tasks List New Verify Task c RAID 5 0 Task Name Octurs one tme i x 1 9c Roos 3 Bo at fi7 53 fe Ours every fa Daysi z on funny d fi7 sa 25 Smedule Start date 2006 O 20 Endaate 7006 9 B0 No end date Subma PighPont Wet RAID Management 1 4 Copyright ic 1996 2006 MighPomt Technologies Inc Ni Rights Reserved Scheduling
61. onfiguration information to the hard disk Use the lt arrow keys to select the Initialize command and press ENTER Warning Initialization will destroy all pre existing data on the selected hard disks Use the T J arrow keys to highlight the target hard disk s and press ENTER Next press the Y yes key to initialize the selected disk s or N no key to cancel the initialization process Once initialized these disks can be utilized to create RAID arrays To create an array 1 Use the lt arrow keys to highlight the Create command and press ENTER to open the Create Menu Use the T arrow keys to select the appropriate RAID level then press ENTER Next use the J arrow key to highlight the Array Name option and press ENTER The array name dialogue box will appear Use the keyboard to input a new Array Name and press the Enter key Note the Array Name command is optional it is not necessary to name the array The array can be named at a later time and the name of the array can be changed at any time On the Create menu use the J arrow key to highlight the Select Devices item and press ENTER A device list will appear and display all available hard disk drives Highlight the target disks that you want to use and press ENTER to select them After all of the disks have been selected press the ESC key to return to the Create Menu Next Use the J arrow key to highlight the Capacity GB optio
62. oubleshooting Checklist Before contacting our Customer Support department Make sure the latest BIOS driver and RAID Software have been installed for the RocketRAID host adapter Updates are available from our website Prepare a list of the computer system s hardware and software motherboard CPU memory other PCI devices host adapters operating system applications Contact Information E mail address support highpoint tech com Phone 408 240 6119 9 00AM 5 00PM Pacific Standard Time Additional information about HighPoint products is available from our web site http www highpoint tech com 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 can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interfer ence to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interfer ence to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equip ment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following me
63. ow you can filer events clear events and save events to a file Configuring E mail notification To enable E mail notification 1 Highlight the Management menu and select the Event Notification function 2 Click the Setting button on the toolbar or select Setting option from the Operation menu 4 13 Migh Poist RocketRAID 231x Driver and Software Installation 3 Next enter the necessary information in the E mail Notification Setting window E mail notification setting Enae EMA NOMCAION x xm Mail From SMTP Server Port Note The software does not support SMTP servers that require user authentication To 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 Enter the necessary information in the Add recipient window Add recipient E mail 3X Cancel Name Notification Options Information Warning V Error 4 Therecipient will be listed in the main window You can use Modify or Delete button on the toolbar to modify or delete the recipient Poet RocketRAID 231x Driver and Software Installation To test E mail notification 1 Highlight the Management menu and select the Event Notification function 2 Select one recipient from the main window 3
64. river has not been installed properly Delete the entries and reinstall the driver Installing the RocketRAID driver during a fresh Windows installa tion 1 After booting from the Windows CD or DVD ROM when the Windows Setup blue screen appears look towards the bottom of the screen Windows will prompt you to press the F6 key if you want to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver Press the F6 key at this time 2 The setup procedure will continue and will later instruct you to press the S key to specify additional adapters Press the S key as instructed 3 Next the setup program will prompt for the insertion of the driver diskette Please insert the driver diskette and then press ENTER to continue 4 Thenext window will display several driver options Please select the RocketRAID Controller for the corresponding operating system and press ENTER to continue 1 Installing the RAID Management Console Interface Overview To install the RAID software locate the setup exe file located on the floppy diskette labeled DISK 1 or the Disk1 folder if the software was downloaded Double click this file to start the Installation Wizard Note If the system chassis supports SAF TE make sure to select the corresponding chassis type manufacturer when prompted There is no need to restart the system after installing the software To start the software click on the Start button select Programs and click
65. rted kernel versions will be extracted The driver module for the active kernel is located under the directory that matches the kernel version tmp uname 1686 12310 00 ko After extracting the driver module load it using the following commands modprobe sd mod insmod rr2310 00 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 will be registered to the system as device dev sda P VlPolet Linux Driver Support To create a partition on this array which will listed as dev sdal use the fdisk dev sda command Next use the mkfs dev sdal 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 sdal 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 To avoid typing in insmod rr2310 00 ko each time the operating system is booted the system must be instructed to automatically load the module during bootup To install the module type in the following commands first change to the directory where the proper rr2310 00 ko file is located cp 1123 10_00 ko lib modules uname r kernel drivers scsi depmod Then
66. s e Up to 300MB s per SATAII channel e 64 bit LBA support for drive capacity over 2TB Supports Native Command Queuing NCQ e Online Capacity Expansion OCE Online RAID Level Migration ORLM Supports RAID 0 1 5 10 and JBOD e Supports RAID arrays created using RocketRAID 1640 SATA host adapter e Staggered drive spin up support e S M A R T monitoring of hard disk status for reliability SAF TE Enclosure management RR2310 model e Hot Swap and Hot Spare support e Audible alarm e LED support disk activity and disk failure status RR2310 2312 models Introduction e Quick and Background initialization for quick RAID 5 configurations e BIOS boot support INT13 e Command Line Interface for RAID management CLI e Graphical RAID Management Software RAID Management Console e Web based RAID Management Software e Automatic RAID rebuild e SMTP support for email notification Windows Win x64 Mac Linux and FreeBSD support Understanding RAID Concepts and Terminology The following concepts and terminology is commonly used when describing the functions of the RocketRAID 231x Host Adapter cards Disk initialization Initializing a disk writes necessary RAID configuration information to that disk Disks must be initialized before configuring them into RAID arrays The initialization process will destroy all data on the disk Disk Status New The disk contains no data and has not been initialized
67. sing 4 disks it will be registered to system as device dev da0 You can use stand sysinstall to create partitions and disklabels like daOsle on da0 Then create a new filesystem using newfs dev da0sle Now you can mount dev da0sle to somewhere to access it Step 3 Configure System to Automatically Load the Driver To avoid typing in load rr2310 00 each time the operating system is booted the system must be instructed to automatically load the module during bootup To configure the system to automatically install the module type in the following commands echo rr2310 00 load YES gt gt boot defaults loader conf 6 6 HighPoint Linux Driver Support 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 following command to configure the system mknod dev rr2310 00 c 200 0 Then check to make sure the node dev rr2310 00 i 3is present in the dev directory Step 4 Configure the System to Mount Volumes 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 dalsle to location mnt hpt after startup dev dalsle mnt hpt ufs rw 0 0 3 Updating the Driver
68. stallation 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 HDDO will be identified as dev sda HDD1 as dev sdb HDD as dev sdc etc When creating mount points boot must be mounted on dev sda 3 Installing the RocketRAID 231x Driver on an Exist ing System If you are currently running SLES and would like to access drives or arrays attached to the Rocket RAID host adapter follow the steps outlined below Note 1 Ifa SCSI adapter is used to boot the system make sure the RocketRAID host adapter s BIOS loads posts after the SCSI adapter s BIOS It may be necessary to move the adapter s to another PCI slot 2 The driver may work incorrectly on certain motherboards such as DFI77B KT400 For these motherboards add the acpi off kernel parameter in the boot grub menu lst kernel hd0 1 vmlinuz rootz dev hdal acpi off initrd hd0 1 initrd Step 1 Update Grub If you are running an SLES SMP System you must first update the boot grub menu Ist Example default 0 timeout 8 Kida E Linux Driver Support title Linux kernel hd0 1 vmlinux root dev hdal 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
69. t see 3 Select the appropriate privileges for the user 4 Click Finish Patet 4 22 RocketRAID 231x Driver and Software Installation Delete a User This function deletes a user s account on the connected remote system To 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 selected user Click Yes to delete the item Select No to cancel this command Note An active user user currently utilizing the software cannot be deleted from the console Set Password The Administrator uses this function to set a user s password the password allows a user to log on to a remote system and utilize the RAID Management Console To set password for a user 1 Select the target user ID from the user list displayed in the User Management window 2 Click the Set Password option and enter the password for the user 3 Click OK to apply your selections Set Privilege The Administrator uses this function set a user s privileges for the selected remote system To set privileges for a user 1 Select the target user ID from the user list displayed in the User Management window 2 Click the Set Privilege option HighPoint 4 23 RocketRAID 231x Driver and Software Installation Add New User Set user privileges L User management C Array management L Device management im Spare
70. t 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 You can rescan all the devices at once using the Rescan function on the Array Management page 5 Configuring Spare Disks To configure spare disks attached to the RocketRAID card select the Manage Spare function The Spare Pool Management page will be displayed GARR Manage Event Task Setting Logout Help Technologies Ine Spare Pool Remove Spare Available Disks r i Device 1 5 WDC WDS000YS 01MPBO 500 02 GB r 5 Device_1_6 WDC WD5000YS 01MPB0 500 02 GB r s5 Device_1_7 WDC WD5000YS 01MPB0 500 02 GB F 5 Device_1_8 WDC WD5000YS 01MPB0 500 02 GB Add Spare HighPoint Web RAID Management 1 4 Copyright c 1996 2006 HighPoint Technologies Inc All Rights Reserved 7 10 Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software Adding a Spare Disk To add a spare disk select a disk from the Available Disks list and click Add Spare button This will add the disk to the Spare Pool list Removing a Spare Disk To remove a spare disk select it from the Spare Pool list and click the Remove Spare button This will remove the disk from the Spare Pool list 6 Managing Events and Tasks The HighPoint Web RAID Management Software automatically logs all controller related events that have occurred for all contr
71. te system Note What the software classifies as a remote system may not always be an actual remote computer In some configurations the local computer hosts both the RAID host adapter and Management Service The local system in these cases is still generically referred to as a remote system Add a Connection This command is used to add new connection to a remote system To Add a Migh Poist 4 17 RocketRAID 231x Driver and Software Installation 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 system address name and port information in the popup window CI x System Address 3 Cancel System Name System Port 7402 The system address can be a host name or an IP address The default system port is 7402 4 Click OK to finish adding the new connection Modify a Connection This command modifies connection information for a remote system To modify a connection 1 Highlight the File menu and select the Remote Control function 2 Highlight the system you want to modify Click the Modify button on the toolbar or select the Modify command from the Operation menu Modify Connection System Address HETAUTUR System Name Local Host hptmy6 System Port 7402 Poet 4
72. ted system current date time 2 4 2005 3 41 09 PM Array Name RAID 1 Task Type Verify Task name Verity RAID_1_0 Frequency Occurs one time on 2 7 4 2005 at 3 41 08 PERS Occurs every fi zi Davis z 3 41 09 PhS at r Duration Start date 2 4 2005 Enddate 2 4 2005 No end date v Enable the task 3 Cancel Back 4 16 RocketRAID 231x 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 Task This command is used to change settings for a scheduled task To Modify a Task Schedule 1 Select a task from the Task schedule list 2 Click the Modify button on the toolbar and modify the task settings in the popup window Delete a Scheduled Task This command is used to delete a Scheduled Task for the selected remote system To delete a Task Schedule 1 Select a task from the Task schedule list 2 Click the Delete button on the toolbar 10 Configuring Remote Systems Then HighPoint RAID Management Console manages a RAID controller through a connection to the HighPoint RAID Management Service which runs on the system where the RAID host adapter is physically installed This type of system is referred to as a remo
73. ter Note xxx xxx the name of the BIOS image file type it exactly as it appears 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 i egies RocketRAID 231x BIOS Utility 5 The utility will then ask if you want to flash the controller upgrade the BIOS Select Y for yes 6 The utility will display a progress bar during the flash procedure then will attempt verify the update 7 Once complete the system can be rebooted 5 BIOS Additional Settings The RocketRAID host adapter s BIOS utility has several other configurable settings that can be accessed when flashing the BIOS Using the hptflash exe utility from within a Windows operating system Click on the Configure button from the main interface window The following window will appear Load Utility for Flash EPROM v2 5 50120 COFNIG x Config Parameters Time waiting for CTRL H key seconds 8 Reallocate EBDA JEnab1e x INT 13 support o JEnab le BES validation t Disable x Stop on error uu M JEnab le x Boot disk bhopk Last L LL LL Disable Private stack size 1700 Baxim m Array CoOunE s 2 Z Cancel
74. the lowest of the source and target arrays e g if you ORLM a RAIDO array to a RAIDI array the array will be non redundant until the procedure is complete The OCE ORLM process can be aborted and continued at later time However you should always stop the transform progress from the RAID Management software An unexpected system crash may result in data loss while performing OCE ORLM on an array We strongly recommend backing up data before starting the OCE JORLM process After the OCE ORLM procedure has completed reboot the system Renaming an Array To rename an array 1 Select Manage Array from the menu 2 Click on the Maintenance button 3 Entera new name for the array 4 Click the Rename button Note An array running background tasks cannot be renamed 7 7 Migh Poist Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software 4 Device Management Select the Manage Device function to access the device management page Manage Event Task Setting Logout Help Resan Devices Initialize Devices Controller 1 RocketRAID 232x SATA Controller Model WDC WD5000YS 01MP80 Read Ahead Enabled Change Dewce 1 5 Revision 07 02 07 Write Cache Enabled Change Location 1 5 req Not Supported SMART Capacty 500 02 GB neq Enabled Change Max Free 0 00 GB Status Normal E Model WDC WDS5000 S 01MPB0 Read Ahead Enabled Change Device_1_6 Revision 07 02 07 Write Cache Enabled Chang
75. tton to display the S M A R T status settings window SAF TE Management HighPoint RAID Management Console SAF TE Enclosure Management File Management View Help Name Status Temperature 0 Fan Speed 0 Temperature Limit 60 Slot A Fail LED n Slot B Fail LED Off Slot C Fail LED Off Slot D Fail LED Off 4 12 o Polet RocketRAID 231x Driver and Software Installation 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 function will not be available unless the chassis supports SAF TE Renaming an Array 1 Highlight the Management menu and select the Array Management function 2 Highlight the array you want to rename 3 Click the Rename button on the toolbar or select the Rename command from the Operation menu 4 Entera new name for the array using the keyboard and press the OK button to confirm your selection Note An array running background tasks cannot be renamed 9 Managing Events The HighPoint RAID Management Console will log all events that have occurred on any host adapter under it s control Viewing Logged Events To view logged events 1 Highlight the View menu and select the Event View option 2 In the Event View wind
76. ver can be built for this kernel using the OpenSource package for the RocketRAID host adapter This package is available from our website and is posted on the BIOS Driver page for the corresponding RocketRAID host adapter To install SLES onto hard disks or RAID arrays attached to RocketRAID host adapter follow the steps outlined below Step 1 Prepare the Driver Diskette The driver is contained in a floppy diskette image file slesdd img On a DOS or Windows system a driver diskette can be generated using rawrite exe This utility is included on the SLES Linux CD under dosutils Run rawrite using a command prompt window and follow the directions it provides On a Linux system use the dd command to generate a boot diskette Insert a floppy disk into the floppy drive and type the following command dd if SLESdd img ofz dev fdO Step 2 Install SLES Linux Start the install procedure by booting from SLES installation CD 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 10 igh Prot Linux Driver Support 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 In

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