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1. umount mnt For FreeBSD 5 x mount o ro dev fd0 mnt cp mnt rr174x xxx ko boot kernel rr174x ko umount mnt Alternately it is possible extract the files from the img files directly without using a floppy diskette Wigh Polat ey FreeBSD Driver Support For FreeBSD 4 x vnconfig wn0Oc freebsd xxx img mount dev vn0Oc mnt cp mnt rr174x xxx ko modules rr174x ko vnconfig du vn0c myfilesystem mount mnt For FreeBSD 5 x mdconfig a t vnode f freebsd 5 x img u 0 mount dev md0 mnt cp mnt rr174x xxx ko boot kernel rr174x ko umount mnt mdconfig 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 174x 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 gt gt FreeBSD i386 BOOT Default 0 ad 0 a boot loader boot BTX loader 1 00 BTX version is 1 01 Console internal video keyboard BIOS driver A is disk0oO 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 HighPoin2. Diver and Software CD ecserin titen nini earren aree Sues stenheiedssecnbbesastoncptessvonscastes 41 Windows Driver Installation eee ceeeeseceeceeeseceseeeceeeeeeeeeeeneeeaeeeeecaeesaeseeaeenees 43 l Web RAID Management Interface 0 oe eeeeceeeeeceseeeeceeeceeceeecaeceaeaeceaeeaeenseeseees 44 2 Preparing Hard disSKSeisiniieiurn nien e E EER E R 45 3 Atay M nagem nt snio erreen neee EEE EEEn ORE NE SEENE EE EEEE ES 46 4 Device Management siscscessescaessnsceevsensaseessscasssnsiescssennapssstnessiacendsevenseseueenss 410 5 Configuring Spare Disks iscissi oinetik vinas aeii 412 6 Managing Events and Tasks 0 0 0 eee eeeecceeeeeeceeeeeeeeseeeeeeseecaeesaecaeesaecaaeaeeaeeaes 413 PS SCCM 4 sade A E cesta veass cysts Sadeenesidbabesesedl Soonce E 415 Chapter 5 Linux Driver Support 1 Fedora Core 6 Linux installation Overview 0 ee eee eee cseeseceeeseceseeeeeneeeeeeeeeees 5 1 2 Red Hat Enterprise 4 Overview 0 ceeeceeeeeeeeeeseeceeeseecaecsaecaecaceaeseseeeeeeeeseeeeeees 5 5 3 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES installation Overview csceeereeeseeeeeee 5 9 Chapter 6 FreeBSD Driver Support 1 Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 174x Controller eee eee eeeeeeeeeeee 6 1 2 Installing the RocketRAID 174x Driver on an Existing System n se 64 3 Updating the DriVep ccssesus coctsizacedsscesesssessedescugscsdeccaseanesiecdssensgaits OE ETE ERE 6 7 4 Uninstalling the Driven sis scscicccss5cicc
3. Calibration Retry Count Si 100 100 oK c Orive Power Cyde Count o 100 100 DK c2 HDA Temperature o 253 103 ok c4 Relocation Event Count o 200 200 on c5 Current Pending Sector Count o 200 200 OK c6 Off line Scan Uncorrectable Sector Count o 200 200 ok 7 Ultra ATA CRC Error Rate o 253 200 or lt 8 Multi zone Error Rate 1 18S 200 or T Poll this disk every fi Minutes Submit 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 4 11 HighPoint RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation To rescan the devices 1 Select menu Manage Device 2 Click Rescan Devices button Note When you are hot plugging an entire array run rescan only after all array members hard disks have been physically plugged or unplugged from the system 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 di
4. For Windows based operating systems 1 Download the desired BIOS update from the Support section provided for the RR174x host adapter Extract the download to the directory of your choice 2 Insert the Driver and Software CD included with the RR174x retail box into the system s CD ROM or DVD drive 3 The CD should autorun and display the following screen HighPoint Products Software CD ReadMe First Create Driver Diskette Install RAID Management Software HighPoint RocketRAID 174x BIOS Utility 4 Select the Browse the CD option and access the directory provided for the RR174x host adapter 5 Open the BIOS directory and double click the hptflash exe icon This will start the BIOS flash utility tj HighPoint Flash Utility Controller 0 RocketRAID 174 SATA Controller BIOS Image Open Flash Model WINBOND W33L020 0xB5DA Elash Backup Exit 6 Select the RR174x from the drop down menu labeled Controller and press the Open button this will allow you to browse to the extracted BIOS download step 1 7 Highlight the image file and click the Flash button The utility will update the card then verify the update 8 Once 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
5. Hardware 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 At the 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 and 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 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 1 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 HighPoint RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation 3 Double click the SCSI and RAID controllers entry If the RocketRAID 174x coy device entry is not displayed or there are or marks displaye
6. chassis WighPoint e RocketRAID 174x Hardware Description Installation 4 After installing the adapter attach hard disks to the RocketRAID 174x using the appropriate data cable SATA cables have universal connections either end can be attached to the adapter or hard disk Each RocketRAID 174x included two standard SATA cables for the internal ports Port 3 and Port 4 The eSATA ports are designed for use with external disk enclosures that utilize eSATA connectors 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 6 Close and secure the system chassis hoe RocketRAID 174x Hardware Description Installation 4 Verifying Installation Once the RocketRAID 174x host adapter and hard disks have been installed into the chassis boot up the system to verify that the hardware is properly recognized 1 Power on the system If the system detects the presence of the adapter the RocketRAID 174x BIOS Utility will be displayed during bootup 2 Press Ctrl H to access the RocketRAID 174x 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 cab
7. device list will appear and display all available hard disk drives 5 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 3 3 m WighPoint RocketRAID 174x BIOS Utility 6 Next Use the J arrow key to highlight the Capacity GB option and press ENTER The total available capacity will be displayed Press ENTER if you wish to use all available space 7 If you wish to reserve disk space for additional arrays single disks use the keyboard to input the amount of space in GB you wish to set aside for this particular array and press ENTER 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 J 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 Additional Notes Redundant arrays cannot be initialized at the BIOS level the RAID management software is used to complete this task An un initialized array can still be utilized it will be recognized as an available volume during an OS installation for example but we highly recommend completing the initializat
8. 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 1 2 HighPoint Introduction When you create a redundant array using the RocketRAID 174x controller s BIOS Configuration Utility it will create the array in un initialized state The initialization process can be completed after installing the driver and management software When creating an array using the HighPoint RAID Management Console software you can specify an initialization option Skip initialization foreground and background Note The RocketRAID 174x s BIOS utility cannot complete the array initialization process the RAID management utilities OS specific software is used to complete this task 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 RAID 1 or RAID 10 array can still provide redundancy in case of a disk failure A RAIDS array h
9. 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 174x driver diskette into floppy drive Type in load diskx rr174x x x without quotation marks and then press enter for FreeBSD 4 3 RELEASE ok load kernel ok load disk1 rr174x 4 3 ko for FreeBSD 4 4 RELEASE ok load kernel ok load disk1l rr174x 4 4 ko for FreeBSD 4 5 RELEASE ok load disk1l rr174x 4 5 ko for FreeBSD 4 6 2 RELEASE ok load disk1l rr174x 4 6 2 ko for FreeBSD 4 7 RELEASE ok load disk1l rr174x 4 7 ko for FreeBSD 4 8 RELEASE ok load disk1l rr174x 4 8 ko for FreeBSD 4 9 RELEASE ok load disk1l rr174x 4 9 ko for FreeBSD 4 10 RELEASE ok load disk1l rr174x 4 10 ko HighPoint FreeBSD Driver Support for FreeBSD 4 11 RELEASE ok load disk1l rr174x 4 11 ko for FreeBSD 5 0 RELEASE ok load disk0 rr174x 5 0 ko for FreeBSD 5 1 RELEASE ok load disk0 rr174x 5 1 ko for FreeBSD 5 2 1 RELEASE ok load disk0 rr174x 5 2 1 ko for FreeBSD 5 3 RELEASE ok load disk0 rr174x 5 3 ko for FreeBSD 5 4 RELEASE ok load disk0 rr174x 5 4 ko for FreeBSD 5 3 AMD64 RELEASE ok load disk0 rr174x 5 3 amd64 ko for FreeBSD 5 4 AMD64 RELEASE ok load disk0 rr174x 5 4 amd64 ko 5 After the driver has been loaded remove the floppy diskette from
10. 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 1r174x o or 1r174x ko 5 Installing the RAID Management Software The HighPoint RAID Management Software is used to configure and keep track of your hard disks and RAID arrays attached to RR174x controller Installation of the management software is optional but recommended To configure HighPoint RAID Management Software to work with RR174x driver you should setup etc hptcfg to be the driver name echo RR174x gt etc hptcfg Please refer to HighPoint RAID Man agement Software documents for more information 6 Uninstalling the Driver To uninstall the RocketRAID 174x driver Note The driver cannot be uninstalled while the system is booted from a disk or array attached to the RocketRAID 174x To uninstall the driver remove the lines added to etc fstab and remove the files created in the etc init d directory WighPoint i Linux Driver Support 1 Red Hat Enterprise 4 Overview This section provides instructions describing how to install and utilize the RocketRAID 174x Adapter on a Red Hat Enterprise 4 Linux system 2 Installing Red Hat Enterprise 4 AS ES WS Linux on the RocketRAID 174x controller To install Red Hat Enterprise Linux onto disks or RAID arrays attache
11. 4 versions Vista Contents of this Chapter Driver and Software CD Windows Driver Installation HighPoint RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation Driver and Software CD The RocketRAID 174x retail box includes a Driver and Software CD This CD can be used to generate driver diskettes and install the RAID Management software for a variety of operating systems To create a driver diskette 1 Insert the CD into the system s CD DVD drive The program should start automatically Insert a 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 RocketRAID 174x from the list Create driver diskette Please select e product RocketRalD 174 kx Please select the diskette you wart to crests A 5 Click on the Please Select the Diskette you want to create drop down button and select the appropriate OS from the list WighPoint RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation Create driver diskette Please select a product RocketRAID 174x Please select the diskette you want to create Windows driver Fedora Core 1 i386 driver Fedora Core 2 1386 driver Fedora Core 2 x66_64 driver Fedora Core 3 1386 driver Fedora Core 3 x66_64 driver Fedora Co
12. 4x controller 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 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 i686 rr174x ko After extracting the driver module load it using the following commands modprobe sd_mod insmod rr174x 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 To create a partition on this array which will listed as dev sda1 use the fdisk dev sda command Next use the mkfs dev sdal command to setup a file system on this partition WighPoint 5 2 hm Linux Driver Support 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 r
13. Change Device_1_8 Revisson 05 02E06 Write Cache Enabled Change Location 18 o Not Supported SMART Capacity 500 02 GB neq Enabled Change Max Froe 0 00 GB Status Normal HighPoint Web RAID Management 1 4 Copyright c 1996 2006 HighPoint 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 HighPoint 410 RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation 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 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 page Medel Number WOC WD2500 0 00G880 SMART Enabled Disable Status ok 1D Name Threshold Worst Value Status 1 Read Error Rate 51 200 200 OK 3 Spin up Time 21 105 108 or 4 Start Stop Court 40 100 100 OK s Re allocated Sector Count 140 200 200 OF 7 Seek Error Rate Si 200 200 ok d Power on Hours Count o 99 99 DK a Spin up Retry Count 51 100 100 or b Drive
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15. RocketRAID 174x SATAIT Host Adapter User s Guide Date Dec 2006 HighPoint Technologies Inc Copyright Copyright 2006 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 ot Contents Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction About this Guide scscsisscicsdattieensd batigdlnen aa a Mie ieee ee EE A 1 1 Introducing the RocketRAI
16. 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 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 HighPoint Linux Driver Support Step 4 Configure System to Automatically Load the Driver To avoid typing in insmod rr174x 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 rr174x ko file is located 1 Edit the file etc sysconfig kernel and add the rr174x module to the line INITRD_MODULES Example INITRD_MODULES reiserfs rr174x 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 T
17. ange EES ee Password Confirm _Change Password 7 Enable Event Notification Server Address name or IP Mal From E mail address Login Name hors Password preesse SMTP Port Bs Change Setting E mail Name Event Level Add Recipient E mail En Name E 0O lt C i Ci SSSSC CS Event Level IF Information Warning Error Add Test Higfont Web RAID Management 1 4 Enable Audible Alarm This setting enables and disables the RR174x s alarm Listening Port Change Listening Port This is the TCP port number utilized by the HighPoint RAID Management Service in order to communicate with the management console and web browser software When you connect to the service the port value you enter must be in accordance with the system port value on the service The default value is 7402 HighPoint 4 15 RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation 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 Configure E mail notificatio
18. d near the RocketRAID 174x entry the driver has not been installed properly Delete the entries and reinstall the driver Installing the RocketRAID 174x driver during a fresh Windows 2000 XP 2003 x64 Vista installation Note Windows operating systems require driver input from a floppy disk drive they will not accept drivers from other media during the installation phase 1 After booting from the Windows 2000 XP 2003 CD 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 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 Next the setup program will prompt for the insertion of the driver diskette Please insert the driver diskette and then press ENTER to continue The next window will display several driver options Please select the RocketRAID 174x Controller for the corresponding operating system and press ENTER to continue 1 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 Mocalhost 7402 If you are managing a remote sy
19. d to RocketRAID 174x 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 amd64 driver for example dd if rh3dd amd64 img of dev fd0 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 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 1 The system will now load the RocketRAID 174x 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 the system be to boot from the RocketRAID 174x HighPoint Linux Driver Support Continue the installation as normal Yo
20. d to generate a boot diskette Insert a floppy disk into the floppy drive and type the following command dd if SLESdd img of dev fd0 Step 2 Install SLES Linux 1 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 HighPoint Linux Driver Support 4 When the Diver Update Menu is displayed press OK and back for back to installer Next Select back to return to the installer Installation will now proceed normally Refer to SLES Linux documents for additional OS installation procedures Additional Installation Notes The system device mapping order is the same as the order shown in RocketRAID 174x BIOS Setting Utility If no other SCSI adapters are installed the device marked as BOOT or HDDO will be identified as dev sda HDD1 as dev sdb HDD2 as dev sdc etc When creating mount points boot must be mounted on dev sda 3 Installing the RocketRAID 174x 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 174x controller follow the steps outlined below Note 1 Ifa SCSI adapter is used to boot the system make sure the RocketRAID 174x controller BIOS loads posts after the SCSI adap
21. e Migh Point RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation 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 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 a c Device_1i_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 Kigh Point RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation Adding Disks to an Array When an array member in a redundant array fails the array will be listed as 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 manually 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 4 Ifthe disk is successfully add
22. e 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 408 942 5800 request for support 9 00AM 6 00PM Pacific Standard Time Additional information about HighPoint products is available from our web site http www highpoint tech com KPa 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 measures e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver o Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit diff
23. ed disks WighPoint RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation 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 Manage Event Task Setting Logout Help Logical Device Information Name Type Capacity Cache Policy OS Name Status e RAID_S_ RAIDS 15078 Write Back HPT DISK 1_6 Normal Maintenance Create Array Physical Device Information Location Mode Capacty Max Free ays WDC WDS000YS O1MPBO 500 02 GB 0 00 GB S16 WDC WDS000YS O1MPBO 500 02 GB 0 00 GB av WDC WDS000YS O1MPBO 500 02 GB 0 00 G7 Sis WDC WDS000YS O1MPRO 500 02 GB 0 00 GB Rescan Higwunt Web RAID Management 1 4 Copyright c 1996 2006 HowWaont Technologies 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 RAID1 5 10 select an initializa tion 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 creating 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 failur
24. ed 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 Migh Point RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation 1 Select menu Manage Array 2 Click the Maintenance button 3 Click the Rebuild button The rebuild process should begin Expanding Migrating an Array With the OCE ORLM function you can migrate an array from o
25. erent from that to which the receiver is connected o 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 o European Standard EN55022 1998 Class B European Standard EN55024 1998
26. g the Driver To uninstall the RocketRAID 174x driver Note The driver cannot be uninstalled while the system is booted from a disk or array attached to the RocketRAID 174x To uninstall the driver remove the lines added to etc fstab and remove the files created in the etc init d directory WighPoint 5 8 Linux Driver Support 1 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES installation Overview This section provides instructions describing how to install and utilize the RocketRAID 174x Adapter on a SuSE SLES Linux system 2 Installing SLES Linux on the RocketRAID 174x Host Adapter Note If the OS is running kernel that differs from the one supported 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 174x controller This package is available from our website and is posted on the BIOS Driver page for the RocketRAID 174x To install SLES onto hard disks or RAID arrays attached to RocketRAID 174x controller 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 comman
27. he system can be instructed to automatically mount the array s during startup by modifying the file etc fstab For example add the following line to tell the system to mount dev sda1 to location mnt raid after startup dev sdal mnt raid ext2 defaults 00 4 Updating the Driver To update the driver simply reinstall the driver following the steps in previous section Install RocketRAID 174x 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 174x you need to run the mkinitrd command to update the initrd file If you are using the lilo boot loader run lilo again lilo WighPoint 5 12 Linux Driver Support 5 Uninstalling the Driver To uninstall the RocketRAID 174x driver Note The driver cannot be uninstalled while the system is booted from a disk or array attached to the RocketRAID 174x To uninstall the driver remove the lines added to etc modules conf and etc fstab 5 13 Vh Print Chapter 6 FreeBSD Driver Support Contents of this Chapter 1 Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 174x Controller 2 Installing the RocketRAID 174x Driver on an Existing System 3 Updating the Driver 4 Uninstalling the Driver HighDoint FreeBSD Driver Support 1 Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 174x Con troller If you would like to install FreeBSD onto arrays attached to the RocketRAID 174x h
28. iccssscescnsvesssesascessosbeabeauntaarovosvcdsguspsobecbessesdaevaend 6 7 Appendix Customer Support Customer SUPPOLE csesecsuscecnetdi assesses secusseutesis5 se eustenroapensnasts saoeueguveoguastecuseautessunsenenes A 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Contents of this Chapter About this guide Introducing the RocketRAID 174x Host Adapter Product Features Understanding RAID Concepts and Terminology HighPoint Introduction About this Guide The RocketRAID 174x SATAII Host Adapter s User s Guide provides information about the functions and capabilities of the RR174x series of host adapter cards and instructions for installing configuring and maintaining RAID arrays hosted by these adapter Introducing the RocketRAID 174x Host Adapter The HighPoint RocketRAID 174x series are 4 channel PCI to Serial ATA II RAID controllers The RocketRAID 174x solutions are ideal for small business home and office servers NAS storage workgroup and web servers Product Features e PCI32bit 33 66 Mhz e 2 4 internal SATA II 3Gb s ports variable depends on model e 2 4 external eSATA 3Gb s ports variable depends on model e Upto4 SATA I or SATA I Hard Drives e Support RAID 0 1 5 10 and JBOD e Backward compatible with RocketRAID 1640 RAID arrays e Native Command Queuing NCQ e Online Capacity Expansion OCE and Online RAID Level Migration ORLM e Staggered drive spin up e Hard Disk Activity Failed LED chassis funct
29. ion e SAF TE Enclosure Management Functions e BIOS Booting INT13 to RAID array e Quick and Background initialization for instant RAID access e Write through and write back cache for RAID arrays e Hot swap and hot spare e Online array roaming e S M A R T array monitoring for hard drive status and reliability e 64 bit LBA for RAID arrays greater than 2TB e Low profile form factor for 1U chassis HighPoint Introduction e Web browser base software Web GUI e Command Line Interface CLI e SMTP email notification for events and error reporting e Remote array management through Web GUI RAID GUI and CLI e Support Windows XP 2000 Server 2003 Vista Linux and FreeBSD e RoHS Compliant Understanding RAID Concepts and Terminology The following concepts and terminology is commonly used when describing the functions of the RocketRAID 174x Host Adapter 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 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 174x see legacy
30. ion process before transferring critical data to the redundant array to avoid the risk of data loss should a disk fail 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 T q 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 disks in question are part of a RAID array that did igh Done RocketRAID 174x BIOS Utility not utilize the full available capacity at the time of creation these disks may be used as spares For example a RAID 0 array was created between two 200GB hard disks but only 200GB of space out of a grand total of 400GB was assigned to that array In this example 200GB of disk space remains unallocated This 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 RR174x BIOS
31. ions The RocketRAID 174x has two LED jumpers that are used to indicate the activity and failure status of hard disks attached to the card s four SATAII channels These jumpers are labeled as CONN connector The odd numbered pins of each CONN 1 3 5 and 7 represent the RR174x s SATA channels 1 2 3 and 4 respectively The even numbered pins top row are not utilized Note These connectors were designed for use with SATA SATAII back planes and enclosures they were not designed for standard 2 pin LED cables Consult the system chassis manual for more information about LED support and configuration options lt n RocketRAID 174x Hardware Description Installation CONNI1 Hard disk Activity LED s CONN1 1 3 5 7 CONNS3 Hard Disk Failure LED s CONNS3 1 3 5 7 Note The RR1740 LED s utilize right angle connectors but functions in the same manner as the other 174x host adapters 3 Installing the RocketRAID 174x Host Adapter Note Make sure the system is powered off before installing the RocketRAID 174x host adapter The RocketRAID 174x includes both standard and low profile brackets It may be necessary to attach the low profile bracket in place of the standard bracket depend ing upon the chassis design 1 Open the system chassis and locate an unused PCI slot 2 Remove the PCI slot cover Gently insert the RocketRAID 174x into the PCI slot and secure the bracket to the system
32. ked up to an alternate storage device HighPoint lD RocketRAID 174x BIOS Utility Add Remove Spare this command is used to assign hard disks to function as spare disks The controller is capable of using spare disks to automatically rebuild broken or faulted RAID arrays Section 3 discusses this command in detail Settings Set Boot Mark this function is used to designate a particular disk or RAID array to function as the RocketRAID 174x s boot device Note This setting is only relevant if the motherboard s BIOS has set the RocketRAID 174x 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 RocketRAID 174x Use theT 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 RocketRAID 174x Use the T 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 disk
33. le connections WighPoint e Chapter 3 RocketRAID 174x BIOS Utility Contents of this Chapter RocketRAID 174x BIOS Utility 1 BIOS Command Overview 2 Creating RAID Arrays 3 Adding Removing Spare Disks 4 Updating the BIOS Kigh Point RocketRAID 174x BIOS Utility RocketRAID 174x BIOS Utility The RocketRAID 174x s BIOS Utility can be accessed using the Ctrl H command This command should be displayed automatically when the RocketRAID 174x s BIOS screen appears during the system s boot up procedure 1 BIOS Command Overview The RocketRAID 174x BIOS Utility provides a wide selection of RAID related commands These commands are displayed towards the top of the utility s interface RocketRAID 174x BIOS Setting Utility v1 01 HighPoint Technologies Inc All rights reserved to run BIOS Setting Utility Use the lt arrow keys to scroll through the various commands and the Tl 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 bac
34. n 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 igh Poke 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 High Point Linux Driver Support 1 Fedora Core 6 Linux installation Overview This section provides instructions describing how to install and utilize the RocketRAID 174x Adapter on a Fedora Core 6 Linux system 2 Installing Fedora Core 6 on the RocketRAID 174x Host Adapter Note If the OS is running kernel that differs from the one supported by the precompiled driver the precompiled drivers cannot be used A driver can be built for this kernel using the OpenSource package for the RocketRAID 174x controller This package is available from our website and is posted on the BIOS Driver page for the RocketRAID 174x To install Fedora Linux onto hard disks or RAID arrays a
35. ne 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 To expand migrate an array 1 Select Manage Array from the menu 2 Click the Maintenance button 3 Select the target array type 4 Click the 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 the lowest of the source and target arrays e g if you ORLM a RAIDO array to a RAID1 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 fr
36. odifying the file etc fstab For example add the following line to tell the system to mount dev sda1 to location mnt raid after startup dev sdal mnt raid ext2 defaults 00 HighPoint Linux Driver Support 4 Updating the Driver If you are not booting from disks attached to RocketRAID 174x controller you can update the driver just by reinstalling it following the procedure outlined in the previous section Installing the RocketRAID 174x driver for an Existing System If you are running the system installed to a disk or array attached to the RocketRAID 174x First obtain the new driver module rr174x ko Refer to the previous section Obtain the Driver Module In following steps we assume it has been copied to tmp rr174x ko Replace rr174x 0 in the boot RAM disk image boot initrd xxx img where xxx is the kernel version Example 2 4 21 4 EL for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 0 gzip dc boot initrd xxx img gt tmp initrd ext2 mkdir mnt initrd mount o loop tmp initrd ext2 mnt initrd cp tmp rr174x o mnt initrd lib rr174x 0 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 rr174x 0 in lib modules cp tmp rr174x ko lib modules uname 1 kernel drivers scsi rr174x ko Reboot your system to allow the new driver take effect 5 Uninstallin
37. om 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 ORLM process HighPoint RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation Renaming an Array To rename an array 1 Select Manage Array from the menu 2 Click on the Maintenance button 3 Enter a new name for the array 4 Click the Rename button Note An array running background tasks cannot be renamed 4 Device Management Select the Manage Device function to access the device management page Manage ver as Settin Logout Help 9 g 9 Resan Devices Initialize Devices Controller 1 RocketRAID 232x SATA Controller Model WDC WDS0007S 01MPBD Read Anead Enadled Change Deviee_1_5 Revisson 07 02E07 Write Cache Enabled Change Location 17 5 req Not Supported SMART Capacty 500 02 GB NCQ Enabled Change Max Free 0 00 GB Status Normal Model WDC WD5000 S 01MPBO Read Ahead Enabled Change Device_1_6 Revision 07 02 07 Write Cache Enabled Change Location 175 req Not Supported SMART Capacty 500 02 GB neq Enabled Change Max Free 0 00 GB Status Normal Model WDC WD5000 S 01MPBD Read Ahead Enabled Change Device_1_7 Reviscon 07 02E07 Write Cache Enabled Change Location 1 7 req Not Supported SMART Capacity 500 02 GB NCQ Enavled Change Max Free 0 00 GB Status Normal Model WDC WD5000 S 01MPB0 Read Ahead Enabled
38. operating system but cannot be used to create RAID arrays A legacy disk must be initialized before assigning it to an array 1 4 HighPoint Chapter 2 RocketRAID 174x Hardware Description Installation Contents of this Chapter RocketRAID 174x Hardware 1 RocketRAID 174x Adapter Layout 2 LED Connections 3 Installing the RocketRAID 174x Host Adapter 4 Verifying Installation WighPoint RocketRAID 174x Hardware Description Installation RocketRAID 174x Hardware 1 RocketRAID 174x Adapter Layout RocketRAID 1740 Adapter Layout e RocketRAID 1740 t suOd rio oo mm M m CEE CTT T RocketRAID 1742 Adapter Layout e bese bese RockelRAID 1742 High Poe a RocketRAID 174x Hardware Description Installation Portl Port4 These represent the RocketRAID 174x s 4 SATAII ports Depending upon the model these ports utilize standard SATA or eSATA external SATA connectors CONNI CONN3 These LED connectors can be used to configure Disk Failure CONN3 and Disk Activity CONN 1 indicators for each individual disk attached to the RocketRAID 174x BEEP 1 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 2 LED Connect
39. ost adapter please follow the steps below Step 1 Prepare the Driver Diskette When installing FreeBSD to a disk or array attached to the RocketRAID 174x you must prepare a RocketRAID 174x 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 dd if freebsd_5 x img of dev fd0 Step 2 Install FreeBSD 1 Start the FreeBSD installation procedure by booting from installation CD 2 If you 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 diskoO BIOS driver B is diskl BIOS driver C is disk2 BIOS 636kB 74512kB available memory 6 1 m Vh Pritt FreeBSD Driver Support FreeBSD i386 bootstrap loader Revision 0 8 mailto
40. 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 1 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 3 6 G oint RocketRAID 174x BIOS Utility 2 3 4 5 6 HighPoint 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 loadxxx xxx Then press enter 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 The utility will then ask if you want to flash the controller upgrade the BIOS Select Y for yes The utility will display a progress bar during the flash procedure then will attempt verify the update Once complete the system can be rebooted 3 7 Chapter 4 RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation Microsoft Windows 2000 XP 2003 Server x6
41. owever 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 HighPoint Introduction Online RAID Level Migration This term describes the ability to change one type of array RAID level into a different type of array changing a RAID 1 array into a RAID 10 array for example Data is still accessible during the migration process and a base level of security is still active OCE ORLM and the RocketRAID 174x The RocketRAID 174x supports 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 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 RocketRAID 174x that contain valid partition tables will be identified as legacy disks A legacy disk attached to the RocketRAID 174x can be accessed by the
42. r174x 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 rr174x ko file is located cp 1r174x ko lib modules uname r kernel drivers scsi depmod Then instruct the system to load the module when booting Use the following commands echo modprobe rr174x gt etc init d hptdriver chmod 755 etc init d hptdriver ln sf etc init d hptdriver etc rc d rc3 d SO lhptdriver ln sf etc init d hptdriver etc rc d rc4 d SO lhptdriver 1n sf etc init d hptdriver etc re 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 sda1 to location mnt raid after startup dev sdal mnt raid ext3 defaults 00 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 the RocketRAID 174x controller for example the driver module in the initrd file should be updated using the mkinitrd com mand or extract the initrd file and replace the driver module manually HighPoint Linux Driver Support 2 Ifthe original driver is installed in
43. re 4 1366 driver Fedora Core 4 x86_64 driver Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 0 driver amd64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 0 driver athlon Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 0 driver 1586 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 0 driver 1686 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 0 driver x66 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 0 driver amd64 SuSE Linux Enterprise 9 driver SuSE Linux 8 x driver SuSE Linux 9 0 driver SuSE Linux 9 1 driver SuSE Linux 9 2 driver 6 Click on the OK button to create the driver diskette To install the RAID software 1 Click on Install RAID Management Software ighPoint Products Software CD ReadMe First Create Driver Diskette all F Browse the CD Exit 2 Select the desired software from the drop down menu and click on the OK button HighPoint 42 RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation Windows Driver Installation Before installing the RocketRAID 174x device driver make sure the RocketRAID 174x host adapter and all required hard disks have been installed into the system s chassis refer to the Hardware Installation section page 2 3 Installing the RocketRAID 174x driver for an existing Windows XP 2003 x64 Vista system After the operating system has booted Windows will automatically detect the RocketRAID 174x and request that a device driver be installed To install the device driver follow the steps outlined below 1 When the Found New
44. s that have not been initialized The following section discusses this command in detail 3 2 iG oaint RocketRAID 174x BIOS Utility 2 Creating RAID Arrays Initializing Disks Before creating a RAID array the disks must be initialized Initialization writes necessary RAID configuration information to the hard disk Use the 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 4 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 2 Use the 4 arrow keys to select the appropriate RAID level then press ENTER 3 Next use the 1 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 4 On the Create menu use the J arrow key to highlight the Select Devices item and press ENTER A
45. splayed m Dewce_2_5 WDC WO2500 D 00GBB0 249 98 GB Remove Spare Available Disks Co 5 Device 1 6 FUJITSU MPG3204AH 20 40 GB r i Device_i_7 WDC WO2500 D 00GBB0 249 98 GB r J Oevee_1_8 ST315320A 15 23 GB Add Spare x 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 4 12 WighPoint RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation 6 Managing Events and Tasks The HighPoint Web RAID Management Software automatically logs all controller related events that have occurred for all controllers cards managed by the software In addition you can configure E mail Notification to receive information about these events see Section 7 Settings View Events To view logged events Please select Event from the menu The Event Management page will be displayed Manage Event Task Setting Logout Help _ a ZEA ear Date Time Description 2006 7 27 17 32 31 Pugging device detected WOC WD5000Y5 01MPS60 at Controlleri Channelg amp 2006 7 27 17 32 31 Plugging device detected WDC WDSO00YS O1MPBO at Controller t Channei 7 2006 7 27 17 32 31 Mugging device detected WOC WDS000YS 01MPBO at Controllert C hannel5 Click the Clear bu
46. stem please change localhost to the server s host name or IP address The default user name is RAID and the initial password is hpt You can change the password after you have logged in a 4 4 HighPoint RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation Note the login information is saved in etc hptuser dat If you forget the password you can remove this file to reset the password If you can t connect to the local system please check and make sure a process named hptsvr is running If hptsvr is not running you can start it manually by using the following command from a terminal window Library Startup Items 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 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 Manage Event Task Setting Logout Help Rescan Devices Initialize Devices 3 Checkmark each disk you wish to initialize and click the Submit button Warning initializing disks may delete data stored on the select
47. t FreeBSD Driver Support 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 lt press SPACE key Type for a list of commands help for more de tailed help ok load rr174x modules rri74x ko text 0xf571 data 0x2c8 0x254 ok autoboot Note If you have configured a RAID 10 using 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 rr174x 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 rr174x_ load YES gt gt boot defaults loader conf This command will instruct the loader to load the RocketRAID 174x module together with the kernel After using this command reboot the system The RocketRAID 174x module should now automatically load each time the operating system starts up Note When using FreeBSD 4 x type in the following command to config
48. tem as device dev sda WighPoint 5 6 Linux Driver Support To create a partition on this array which will listed as dev sda1 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 rr174x 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 rr174x ko file is located install d lib modules uname r kernel drivers scsi install c rr174x ko lib modules uname r kernel drivers scsi Then instruct the system to load the module when booting Use the following commands echo modprobe rr174x gt etc init d hptdriver chmod 755 etc init d hptdriver ln sf etc init d hptdriver etc rc d rc3 d SO 1 hptdriver ln sf etc init d hptdriver etc rc d rc4 d SO lhptdriver 1n sf etc init d hptdriver etc re d rc5 d SO 1 hptdriver Step 4 Configure System to Mount Volumes during Startup The system can be instructed to automatically mount the array s during startup by m
49. ter 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 st kernel hd0 1 vmlinuz root dev hda1 acpi off initrd hdO 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 5 10 WighPoint Linux Driver Support title Linux kernel hd0 1 vmlinux root dev hdal acpi off initrd hdO 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 inux suse arch version install update tar gz from the driver disk using the following commands mount dev fdO mnt floppy cd tar xfz mnt floppy linux suse i386 sles9 install update tar gz The driver modules will be extracted to the directory lib modules kernel ver kernel drivers scsi After you have extracted the driver module you can load it by following commands modprobe sd_mod insmod rr174x 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
50. the floppy drive 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 HighPoint FreeBSD Driver Support 7 Before exiting installation an additional step must be taken to copy the RocketRAID 174x driver module to the system On the driver diskette there is a setup script labeled postinstall which will complete this task Before rebooting the system press Alt F4 to enter the command shell and type the following commands mount o ro dev f d0 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 174x Driver on an Exist ing System If you are currently running FreeBSD and would like to access drives or arrays attached to the RocketRAID 174x Controller 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 rr174x xxx ko modules rr174x ko
51. ttached to RocketRAID 174x controller 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 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 fcX i386 img of dev fd0 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 then press Enter boot linux dd HighPoint 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 in the floppy drive and then select OK 4 The system will now load the RocketRAID 174x driver automatically 3 Installing the RocketRAID 174x driver for an Exist ing System Note If a SCSI adapter is used to boot the system make sure the RocketRAID 17
52. tton 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 4 13 WighPoint RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation Manage Event Task Setting Logout Help New Verify Task z RAID_5_0 Task Name Occurs one time 5 x Oc Boos p Ro at fi7 63 pe Occurs every fi Day s ej on Sundixy f7 53 2B Schedule Start date 2006 9 20 C Endase hoos o 2o No end date Submit HighPoint Web RAID Management 1 4 Copyright ic 1996 2006 HighPoint Tecthnofogies Inc Al Rights Reserved Scheduling 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 me 4 14 Migh Point RocketRAID 174x Driver and Software Installation 7 Settings Select the Settings option to access Settings page Manage Event Task Setting Logout Help Audible Alarm IF Enable audibte alarm Change SAF TE Set SAF TE Config Fite 7 _Change F Restrict to locaimost access Port Number 7402 Sh
53. u can refer to Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation guide Note The system device mapping order is the same as the order shown in RocketRAID 174x BIOS Setting Utility If no other SCSI adapters are installed the device marked as BOOT or 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 174x driver for an Exist ing System Note If aSCSI adapter is used to boot the system make sure the RocketRAID 174x controller 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 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 r rr174x ko After you have extracted the driver module you can load it by following commands modprobe sd_mod insmod rr174x 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 sys
54. ure the system mknod dev rr174x c 200 0 Then check to make sure the node dev rr174x is present in the dev directory HighPoint FreeBSD Driver Support 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 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 174x controller To uninstall remove the line 1r174x_load YES located in boot defaults loader conf and then delete the driver module modules rr174x ko or boot kernel rr174x ko Appendix Customer Support HighPoint Customer Support Customer Support If you encounter any problems while utilizing the RocketRAID 174x or have any questions about this or any other HighPoint product feel free to contact our Cus tomer Support Department Troubleshooting Checklist Before contacting our Customer Support department Make sure the latest BIOS driver and RAID Software have been installed for the RocketRAID 174x Updates are availabl
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