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1. eee 1 1 Product Features p M 1 1 Understanding RAID Concepts and Terminology see 1 2 Chapter 2 RocketRAID 2210 Hardware Description Installation RocketRATD 2210 HardwWare insons eccceces toria eete titres etica rette erri eater 2 1 1 RocketRAID 2210 Adapter Layout eese 2 1 2 LED CONNECHONS M os 2 2 3 Installing the RocketRAID 2210 Host Adapter sess 22 4 Verifying Installation 5 ches nce tret tette etre te ere enne tis 24 Chapter 3 RocketRAID 2210 BIOS Utility RocketRAID 2210 BIOS Utility sese tnteentnnenenn 3 1 1 BIOS Command Ov rview etes tt dose teni rate ctn tat Uere ide tbe Pede ipae d 3 1 2 Creatine RAIDA MAYS icis tee tenetis EREE E RE EES 32 3 Adding Remove Spare Disks essere tenerte 34 A Updating the Pict wares ssc specs sn sen Mae ERR NAR RR ans 34 5 BIOS Additional Settings eee eese tenente enenenns 3 7 Chapter 4 RocketRAID 2210 Driver and Software Installation Microsoft Windows 2000 XP 2003 Server x64 versions High Poot gt Table of content Driver and Software CD tte en ere UE Cien 41 Windows Driver Installation esent tnter 43 1 Installing the RAID Management Console Interface Overview 44 2 Software Interface Overview of commands fun
2. 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 arrow keys to highlight the Create command and press ENTER to open the Create Menu 2 Use the T J arrow keys to select the appropriate RAID level then press ENTER 3 Next use the l 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 Onthe 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 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 6 Next Use the J arrow key to highlight the Capacity GB option and press ENTER The total availab
3. commands echo modprobe rr2210 gt etc init d hptdriver chmod 755 etc init d hptdriver High Pott ii Linux Driver Support 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 SO1hptdriver ln sf etc init d hptdriver etc rc 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 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 3 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 2210 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 2 If the original driver is installed in the lib modules uname r kernel drivers scsi directory and loaded by the script file Example etc init d hptdriver during the init process or the configure file Example etc modules conf please replace it with the new driver 112210 0 or rr2210 ko 4 Uninstalling the Driver To uninstall the RocketRAID 2210 driver Note The driver cannot be uninstalled while the system is bo
4. etc Example F1 FreeBSD Default F1 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 disko 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 For FreeBSD 5 1 and later select 6 on Welcome to FreeBSD Screen WighPoint FreeBSD Driver Support 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 rr2210 modules rr2210 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 da0s1e 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 rr2210 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 th
5. 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 4 23 WighPoiut RocketRAID 2210 Driver and Software Installation 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 Add New User Set user privileges L User management C Array management C Device management C Spare Management C Notification E mail setting C Clear events L Configure system parameters L Task management X Cancel lt lt Back 3 In the popup win
6. Status S M A R T Attributes ghcscsovxwusuneg c8 Name Raw Read Error Rate Spin Up Time Start Stop Count Reallocated Sector Ct Seek Error Rate Power On Hours Spin Retry Count Calibration Retry Count Power Cycle Count Unknown Attribute Hardware ECC Recovered Reallocated Event Count Current Pending Sector Offline Uncorrectable UDMA CRC Error Count Multi Zone Error Rate Threshold 51 21 Worst Value Status Preferences TT Poll this disk every 1 Minutes v Submit HighPoint Web RAID Management 1 4 Copyright c 1996 2006 HighPoint Technologies Inc All Rights Reserved 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 11 WighPoint Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software 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 devic
7. Use the drop down menus to enable or disable controller functions Using the DOS mode utility load exe Load xxx xxx c Note xxx xxx refers to the BIOS image file A BIOS menu similar to the BIOS setup utility will be displayed This sub menu allows the administrator to enable disable various controller functions High Poot RocketRAID 2210 BIOS Utility 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 RR2210 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 Staggered Drive Spinup 3
8. 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 rr2210 ko After you have extracted the driver module you can load it by following commands Von Linux Driver Support modprobe sd_mod insmod rr2210 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 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 rr2210 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 rr2210 ko file is located install d lib modules uname r kernel drivers scsi install c rr221
9. 3 Installing the RocketRAID 2210 Driver on an Exist ing System If you are currently running SUSE and would like to access drives or arrays attached to the Rocket RAID 2210 controller follow the steps outlined below Note 1 Ifa SCSI adapter is used to boot the system make sure the RocketRAID 2210 controller 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 Install the Driver Module Extract the module file from the file linux suse arch version install update tar gz from the driver disk using the following commands example mount dev fdO mnt floppy 8 cd tar xfz mnt floppy linux suse i386 10 1 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 1r2210 ko Then you can access the arrays attached to the controller as SCSI devices e g dev sda 5 16 sagtrPolut Linux Driver Support Step 2 Mounting and Partitioning the Device Note Many versions of SUSE include YAST YAST is
10. FreeBSD 5 4 AMD64 RELEASE ok load disk0 rr2210 5 4 amd64 ko for FreeBSD 6 0 RELEASE ok load disk0 rr2210 6 0 ko for FreeBSD 6 0 AMD64 RELEASE ok load disk0 rr2210 6 0 amd64 ko for FreeBSD 6 1 RELEASE ok load disk0 rr2210 6 1 ko for FreeBSD 6 1 AMD64 RELEASE ok load disk0 rr2210 6 1 amd64 ko 6 4 ap od FreeBSD Driver Support 5 After the driver has been loaded remove the floppy diskette from the floppy drive 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 Before exiting installation an additional step must be taken to copy the RocketRAID 2210 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 2210 Driver on an Existing System If you are currently running FreeBSD and would like to a
11. HighPot RocketRAID 2210 Driver and Software Installation 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 2210 To setup and schedule tasks highlight the Management menu and select the Task Management function to open Task Management window Task Management 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 Click the New button on the toolbar The new task schedule wizard will appear 0 hott RocketRAID 2210 Driver and Software Installation 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 IE Connected system current date time 2 4 2005 3 41 09 PM Array Name RAID 1 0 Task Type Verify Task name Verity RAID 1 0 Frequency Occurs on
12. 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 ee Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software 4 Device Management Select the Manage Device function to access the device management page anage Event Setting Logout Resan Devices Initialize Devices Help Controller 1 RocketRAID 232x SATA Controller Device_1_5 SMAR Device 1 6 SMART Device_1_7 SMART E Device 1 8 SMART Model Revision Location Capacity Max Free Model Revision Location Capacity Max Free Model Revision Location Capacity Max Free Model Revision Location Capacity Max Free WDC WDSOOO0YS 01MPBO 07 02E07 1 5 500 02 GB 0 00 GB WDC WD5000YS 01MPBO 07 02E07 1 6 500 02 GB 0 00 GB WDC WD5000YS 01MPBO 07 02E07 1 7 500 02 GB 0 00 GB WDC WD5000YS 01MPBO 06 02E06 1 8 500 02 GB 0 00 GB Read Ahead Write Cache TCQ NCQ Status Read Ahead Write Cache TCQ NCQ Status Read Ahead Wri
13. Settings Manage Event Task Setting Logout Help Clear Date Time Description amp 2006 7 27 17 32 31 Plugging device detected WDC WD5000YS 01MPBO at Controller1 Channel8 2006 7 27 17 32 31 Plugging device detected WDC WD5000YS 01MPB0 at Controller1 Channel7 amp 2006 7 27 17 32 31 Plugging device detected WDC WD5000YS 01MPBO at Controlleri 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 E Manage Event ask Setting Logout Help New Verify Task RAID 5 0 Task Name e Some one time Boos o po atf 3 ps C Occurs every Br Day s v on Sunday vj at hz 53 ps Schedule Start date 006 9 20 End date 2006 9 o No end date Submit HighPoint Web RAID Management 1 4 Copyright c 1996 2006 HighPoint Technologies Inc All Rights Reserved WighPoint 7 14 m Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software 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 Sele
14. and security systems Product Features e 4 channel PCI X to SATA II host adapter e Supports up to 4 SATA SATAII hard disk drives e PCI X64 bit 66 100 133MHz PCI bus e 64 bit LBA support for drive capacity over 2TB e Support RAID 0 1 5 10 and JBOD e Support Native Command Queuing NCQ e Online Capacity Expansion OCE and Online RAID Level Migration ORLM e Staggered drive spin up support e S M A RT monitoring of hard disk status for reliability e SAF TE Enclosure Management e Hot Swap and Hot Spare support e Audible alarm e LED support disk activity and disk failure status e Quick and Background initialization for quick RAID configuration e BIOS boot support e Command Line Interface for RAID management CLD e Graphical RAID Management Software RAID Management Console e Automatic RAID rebuild e SMTP support for email notification e Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Mac OSX Linux and FreeBSD support WighPotnt Introduction Understanding RAID Concepts and Terminology The following concepts and terminology is commonly used when describing the functions of the RocketRAID 2210 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 Initializ
15. have to be combined with other disks attached to the RocketRAID 2210 disk4 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 2210 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 RAID 0 array to a RAIDI array the array will be non redundant until the procedure is 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 2210 and other HighPoint host adapters channels and hard disks To access the Device Management window highlight the Management menu and select the Device Management function E ih Poet RocketRAID 2210 Driver and Software Installation 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
16. will determine the disk sequence of the array 7 Select the capacity the RocketRAID 2210 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 Highlight the Management menu then select the Array Management function 2 Highlight the array you want to delete then click on the Delete Icon or select the Delete command from the Operation menu 3 A warning message will appear Click Yes to delete the array Click on cancel to stop this procedure 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 used to rebuild redundant RAID arrays in the case of failure To configure spare disks highlight the M
17. 0 ko lib modules uname r kernel drivers scsi Then instruct the system to load the module when booting Use the following commands echo modprobe rr2210 gt etc init d hptdriver chmod 755 etc init d hptdriver ln sf etc init d hptdriver etc rc d rc3 d SO1hptdriver Kh Pot elp Linux Driver Support ln sf etc init d hptdriver etc rc d rc4 d SO 1 hptdriver ln sf etc init d hptdriver etc rc 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 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 3 Updating the Driver If you are not booting from disks attached to RocketRAID 2210 controller you can update the driver just by reinstalling it following the procedure outlined in the previous section Installing the RocketRAID 2210 driver for an Existing System If you are running the system installed to a disk or array attached to the RocketRAID 2210 First obtain the new driver module rr2210 ko Refer to the previous section Obtain the Driver Module In following steps we assume it has been copied to tmp rr2210 ko Replace rr2210 o in the boot RAM disk image boot initrd xxx img where xxx is the ke
18. 2 Click the Create Array button The create array page will appear 3 4 5 Task Setting Event Manage Logout Help Logical Device Information Name Type Capacity Cache Policy OS Name Status RAID 5 O RAIDS 1 50 TB Write Back HPT DISK 1_0 Normal Maintenance Create Array Physical Device Information Location Model Capacity Max Free E 1 5 WDC WD5000YS 01MPBO 500 02 GB 0 00 GB EJ 1 6 WDC WD5000YS 01MPBO 500 02 GB 0 00 GB ES 1 7 WDC WD5000YS 01MPBO 500 02 GB 0 00 GB ED 1 8 WDC WD5000YS 01MPB0 500 02 GB 0 00 GB _Rescan HighPoint Web RAID Management 1 4 Copyright c 1996 2006 HighPoint Technologies Inc All Rights Reserved Choose the array type you want to create from the drop down list Enter a name for the array this is optional If you are creating a redundant RAID array RAID1 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 creating RAIDS specify a cache policy for the array Hegh Po ni Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software 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
19. 8 iPoint Chapter 4 RocketRAID 2210 Driver and Software Installation Microsoft Windows 2000 XP 2003 Server x64 versions Contents of this Chapter Driver and Software CD Windows Driver Installation WighPoiut RocketRAID 2210 Driver and Software Installation Driver and Software CD The RocketRAID 2210 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 Insert a blank floppy diskette into the system s floppy drive 3 Click on Create Driver Diskette A MighPoint Products Software CD NN ReadMe First Install RAID Management Software Browse the CD Exit 4 Click on the Please Select a Product drop down button and select RocketRAID 2210 from the list F HighPoint Products i Create driver diskette xl Please select a product RocketRAID 2210 x Please select the diskette you want to create Ce WighPoint RocketRAID 2210 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 Create driver diskette Please select a product RocketRAID 2210 Please select the diskette you want to create W
20. RocketRAID 2210 SATAIT Host Adapter User s Guide Date Oct 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 i let Table of Contents Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction PDOUE TIS BUNT D M 1 1 Introducing the RocketRAID 2210 Host Adapter
21. 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 sdal use the fdisk dev sda command 2 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 rr2210 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 112210 ko file is located 1 Edit the file etc sysconfig kernel and add the RR2210 module to the line INITRD MODULES Example INITRD_MODULES reiserfs 12210 2 Run the depmod command to update the module configuration depmod 3 Next run the mkinitrd command to update the initrd file mkinitrd High Paini _ i 5 17 Linux Driver Support 4 Ifyou are using the l
22. 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 5 00PM Pacific Standard Time Additional information about HighPoint products is available from our web site http www highpoint tech com gg Voa 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 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit differen
23. ackage for the RocketRAID 2210 controller This package is available from our website and is posted on the BIOS Driver page for the RocketRAID 2210 To install SLES onto hard disks or RAID arrays attached to RocketRAID 2210 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 command to generate a boot diskette Insert a floppy disk into the floppy drive and type the following command dd if SLESdd img of 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 lt lt Vo Linux Driver Support floppy 4 When the Diver Update Menu is displayed press OK and back for back to installer 5 Next Select back to return to the installer Installation will now proceed normally Refer to SLES Linux documents for additional OS installation procedures Additional Installation Notes The system device
24. ad 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 Clickthe OCE ORLM button 5 The OCE ORLM page will appear The interface is similar to the array creation wizard 7 8 I H WighPoint Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software 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 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
25. anagement menu and select the Spare Vik Poot lb RocketRAID 2210 Driver and Software Installation Management function The Spare Management window will appear The option Assign to the spare pool and Assign to a dedicated array will be enabled or disabled depending on the spare support in the controller driver Generally the option Assign to the spare pool will be used A spare disk assigned to a dedicated array is known as a Hot Spare If this array should fail the software will automatically start the rebuild process using the array s hot spares 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 see page 4 2 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 Ad
26. 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 a button to display the S M A R T status settings window Renaming an Array 1 Highlight the Management menu and select the Array Management function Highlight the array you want to rename Click the Rename button on the toolbar or select the Rename command from the Operation menu 4 Enter a 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 ih Poot eib RocketRAID 2210 Driver and Software Installation 9 Managing Events The HighPoint RAID Management Console will log all events that have occurred on any host adapter under it s control Viewing Logged Events To view logged events 1 Highlight the View menu and select the Event View option 2 Inthe Event View window you can filer events clear events and save events to afile Configuring E mail notificati
27. 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 Connection 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 Operation menu 3 Enter the system address name and port information in the popup window Add Connection System Address x 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 High P aint iii i 4 18 RocketRAID 2210 Driver and Software Installation 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 3 Click the Modify button on the toolbar or select the Modify command from the Operation menu Modify Connection vx System Address LETATLUS Lv X Cancel System Name Local Host hptmyv6 System Port 7402 4 Enter new connection information in the po
28. ay can still provide 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 FEAP ont 0L Introduction OCE ORLM and the RocketRAID 2210 The RocketRAID 2210 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 2210 that contain valid partition tables will be identif
29. 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 Uninstalling To uninstall the driver and management software double click the rr222x dmg 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 erg Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software 2 Preparing Hard disks Disks must be initialized before they can be configured into RAID arrays Initializing hard disks D 2 3 Select the Manage Device function to access the device management page Click on the Initialize Devices button towards the upper portion of the interface screen Help Task Setting Logout Manage Event Rescan Devices Initialize Devices Checkmark each disk you wish to initialize and click the Submit button Warning initializing disks may delete data stored on the selected disks WighPoint 7 4 Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software 3 Array Management Creating an Array To create an array 1 Select Manage Array from the menu
30. c OSX Driver and RAID Management Software Contents of this Chapter 1 Installing the driver and RAID uitility 2 Preparing Hard disks 3 Array Management 4 Device Management 5 Configuring Spare Disks 6 Managing Events and Tasks 7 Settings WighPoint Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software 1 Installing the driver and RAID utility Installing the package 1 Double click the package labeled rr222x dmg to start the installation process This will open the driver and software package 2 Double click the rr232x mpkg file to start the installer _ 1r232x de s A Install_MacOSX_RR232x pd readme txt r232x mpkg i f v a POF COMMAND SAF TE Configuration pdf uninstall command 3 When the Installer window opens click the Continue button eoe Install HighPoint RR232x RAID Controller Welcome to the HighPoint RR232x RAID Controller Installer Welcome to the Mac OS X Installation Program You will be 6 Introduction guided through the steps necessary to install this software Select Destinati Installatio amp Install Finish Go Back Continue 4 Kigh Po ni Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software 4 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 5 Click the Install button Y
31. ccess drives or arrays attached to the RocketRAID 2210 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 8 rg FreeBSD Driver Support For FreeBSD 4 x mount o ro dev fd0 mnt cp mnt rr2210 xxx ko modules rr2210 ko umount mnt For FreeBSD 5 x 6 x mount o ro dev fd0 mnt cp mnt rr2210 xxx ko boot kernel rr2210 ko umount mnt Alternately it is possible extract the files from the img files directly without using a floppy diskette pk go For FreeBSD 4 x vnconfig vn0c freebsd xxx img mount dev vn0c mnt cp mnt rr2210 xxx ko modules rr2210 ko vnconfig du vn0c myfilesystem mount mnt For FreeBSD 5 x 6 x 4 mdconfig a t vnode f freebsd 5 x img u 0 mount dev md0 mnt cp mnt rr2210 xxx ko boot kernel rr2210 ko umount mnt mdconfig d u md0 6 6 FreeBSD Driver Support Step 2 Test the Driver Module Test the driver module to ensure that it works with the system by loading it during bootup If the module has been loaded successfully you should see the RocketRAID 2210 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
32. cription Installation 2 LED Connections The RocketRAID 2210 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 RocketRAID 2210 s SATA channels 1 2 3 and 4 respectively CONN1 1357 CONNI Hard disk Activity LED s CONN3 1 3 0 7 CONNG Hard Disk Failure LED s 3 Installing the RocketRAID 2210 Host Adapter Note Make sure the system is powered off before installing the RocketRAID 2210 host adapter The RocketRAID 2210 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 Open the system chassis and locate an unused PCI X slot 2 Remove the PCI slot cover Gently insert the RocketRAID 2210 into the PCI slot and secure the bracket to the system chassis High Poet gy RocketRAID 2210 Hardware Description Installation TY y 32 bit PCI Slots y 64 bit PCI Slots 4 After installing the adapter attach hard disks to the RocketRAID 2210 using an SATA data cable SATA cables have universal connections either end can be attached to the adapter or hard disk Each RocketRAID 2210 included four SATA cables and supports up to four separate hard disks driv
33. cta task from the Tasks List 2 Click the Delete button f WighPoint Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software 7 Settings Select the Settings option to access Settings page Task Setting Logout Manage Event Audible Alarm IF Enable audible alarm Change SAF TE Set SAF TE Config File Change Listening Port F Restrict to localhost access Port Number po Change Password bee ocen Confirm Pecas mi Change Password I Enable Event Notification Server Address name or IP Mail From E mail address Help Login Name he Password pee SMTP Port es Change Setting E mail Name Event Level E mail gt Name pew rs Event Level TF Information Warning l Error Add Test HighPoint Web RAID Management 1 4 Enable Audible Alarm This setting enables and disables the RR2210 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 Wigh Point 7 16 Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management 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 Enter a new port number and click the Change Port button to change the listening port Restrict to localhost access If this
34. ctions eese 4 5 3 Creatine AMA GAY sucscsssscszeseacssssdesestessbazestscdsteststssenueststapgasestevarsedesens R EEEE EENT 47 4 Deleting an Array sonne De nn ae aioe eRe 48 5 Configunng Spare Disks d eee pre Haeo rose tee rete tete pot Doe nt oce nh 4 9 6 Recovering Verifying Arrays eeeeseseeeeeeeeeenten tenentem tnn ten ene tenen tnnt 4 9 7 OCB OREM 1 5 n ee ipe Reit a Re ER reae oe 4 10 8 Misc Array Device Options eesssseeseeeeeeeenee tenente tenente eene 4 11 9 ManagiDg EVEhIS Loup iere tr be Ete te ear steer i EERE LESS 4 13 10 Configuring Remote Systems esee entree nenne 4 18 11 Configuring Users and Privileges esee tenentes 4 22 Chapter 5 Linux Driver Support l Fedora Core 5 Linux installation Overview eese 5 1 2 Red Hat Enterprise 4 Overview eese tenente nennen 5 5 3 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES installation Overview 5 10 4 SuSE Linux Pro Open SUSE 10 x installation Overview ssss 5 14 Chapter 6 FreeBSD Driver Support 1 Installing FreeBSD on the interface RocketRAID 2210 Controller 6 1 2 Installing the RocketRAID 2210 Driver on an Existing System 6 5 3 Updatmg the Driver eerie tir titt rit berita SIE ee ES ER ge 6 9 4 Uninstalling the Drivet e neret rtr te
35. d 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 Highlight the array that needs to be rebuilt 3 Click the Rebuild button on the toolbar or select the Rebuild command from the Operation menu gga ih Poet RocketRAID 2210 Driver and Software Installation 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 RAID 1 and a paired set of disks for RAID 10 For RAID 5 the verify process calculates RAID 5 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 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 Rocke
36. dow assign the privileges for the selected user 4 Click OK to apply your selections 4 24 pk ol Chapter 5 Linux Driver Support Contents of this Chapter Fedora Core 5 Linux installation Overview Red Hat Enterprise 4 Overview SuSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES installation Overview SuSE Linux Pro Open SUSE 10 x installation Overview WighPoiut Linux Driver Support 1 Fedora Core 5 Linux installation Overview This section provides instructions describing how to install and utilize the RocketRAID 2210 Adapter on a Fedora Core 3 Linux system 2 Installing Fedora Core 5 on the RocketRAID 2210 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 2210 controller This package is available from our website and is posted on the BIOS Driver page for the RocketRAID 2210 To install Fedora Linux onto hard disks or RAID arrays attached to RocketRAID 2210 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 syst
37. drop down list Enter a name for the array using the keyboard this is optional and click the Next button 5 If you 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 RAID 1 and RAID 10 arrays the default initialization method is No initialization For RAID 5 arrays the default initialization method is Foreground If you are creating RAID 5 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 Write through when the write through setting is selected all write requests the array are passed directly to the disks However subsequent reads may still be completed from the cache if appropriate 6 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 iit RocketRAID 2210 Driver and Software Installation 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 the disks are selected
38. e picture icon on the desktop Logging On The RAID Management Console requires that a user or Administrator log on The software is incapable of working with RAID arrays or hard disks attached to the RocketRAID 2210 until the user has logged on High Paint 4 4 RocketRAID 2210 Driver and Software Installation Login Form System Address and System Port ce 4 User Name e Password x cous 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 functions 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 FEER File Management View Operation Help PM Fs 5 9 HO Create Delete Rename dd Disk Unplug OCE ORLM S Rescan Overview of Function menus tabs WighPoiut RocketRAID 2210 Driver and Software Installation File Remote Control view information about remote systems System Configuration switch between available remote systems User Management add or rem
39. e 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 RocketRAID 2210 BIOS Sih Poet RocketRAID 2210 BIOS Utility For Windows based operating systems 1 Download the desired BIOS update from the Support section provided for the RocketRAID 2210 host adapter Extract the download to the directory of your choice 2 Insert the Driver and Software CD included with the RocketRAID 2210 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 4 ReadMe First Create Driver Diskette Install RAID Management Software 4 Select the Browse the CD option and access the directory provided for the RocketRAID 2210 host adapter 5 Open the BIOS directory and double click the hptflash exe icon This will start the BIOS flash utility uj HighP
40. e driver module for the active kernel is located under the directory that matches the kernel version tmp uname r i686 rr2210 ko After extracting the driver module load it using the following commands g ih Pret Linux Driver Support modprobe sd_mod ft insmod 1r2210 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 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 rr2210 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 1r2210 ko file is located cp rr2210 ko lib modules uname 1 kernel drivers scsi depmod Then instruct the system to load the module when booting Use the following
41. e module type in the following commands echo rr2210 load YES gt gt boot defaults loader conf This command will instruct the loader to load the RocketRAID 2210 module together with the kernel After using this command reboot the system The RocketRAID 2210 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 1t mknod dev rr2210 c 200 0 Then check to make sure the node dev rr2210 is present in the dev directory HighPot 6 8 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 2210 controller To uninstall remove the line 112210 load YES located in boot defaults loader conf and then delete the driver module modules rr2210 ko or boot kernel rr22 10 ko i LLL igh Dott Chapter 7 Ma
42. ed 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 2210 see legacy disk below Array initialization A redundant array RAID 5 RAID 1 RAID 10 needs to be initialized to ensure full performance and reliability Non redundant arrays RAID 0 JBOD do not need to be initialized When you create a redundant array using the RocketRAID 2210 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 eii LLL ih Dott Introduction 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 arr
43. em use the dd command to generate a boot diskette Insert a floppy disk into the floppy drive and type the following command dd if fc3 i1386 img ofz 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 4 1 Boot from the Fedora Installation CD and start the install procedure High Pott gt Linux Driver Support 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 update then press ENTER boot linux dd 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 Thesystem will now load the RocketRAID 2210 driver automatically 3 Installing the RocketRAID 2210 driver for an Existing System Note If a SCSI adapter is used to boot the system make sure the RocketRAID 2210 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 Th
44. es 5 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 Hegh Po ni RocketRAID 2210 Hardware Description Installation 4 Verifying Installation Once the RocketRAID 2210 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 2210 BIOS Utility should display the following prompt screenshot 2 Press Ctrl H to access the RocketRAID 2210 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 High Poet ilp Chapter 3 RocketRAID 2210 BIOS Utility Contents of this Chapter RocketRAID 2210 BIOS Utility 1 BIOS Command Overview 2 Creating RAID Arrays 3 Adding Removing Spare Disks 4 Updating the Firmware 5 BIOS Additional Settings WighPoiut RocketRAID 2210 BIOS Utility RocketRAID 2210 BIOS Utility The RocketRAID 2210 s BIOS Utility can be accessed u
45. es at once using the Rescan function on the Array Management page 7 12 WighPotut Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software 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 GAELG RRRA Manage Event Spare Pool Task Setting Logout _ Help Remove Spare Device 1 5 WDC WDS5000YS 01MPBO 500 02 GB IE gg Device 1 6 WDC WDS5000YS 01MPBO 500 02 GB E Device 1 7 WDC WD5000YS 01MPBO 500 02 GB p EJ Device 1 8 WDC WD5000YS 01MPBO 500 02 GB Add Spare HighPoint Web RAID Management 1 4 Copyright c 1996 2006 HighPoint Technologies Inc All Rights Reserved 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 7 13 WighPoint Mac OSX Driver and RAID Mana gement Software 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
46. et tiber breite 6 9 Chapter 7 Mac Osx Driver And RAID Management Softare 1 Installing the driver and RAID utility eese nnne 7 1 Table of content 2 Preparing Hard disks eee eite tree ree e Iib bee Pee spen ds 7 4 3 Array Mama pene mtr sescsssessvcssssssvessocsssusesuagesiss 7 5 4 Device Management 5 ire reete bit iie piece exercise 7 10 5 Confhip rimg Spare Disks cs cod uL e citet ente este rtr ebten tette tate pectine 7 15 6 Managing Events and Tasks eese tete 7 16 T SOUS ei ECL CPP 7 17 Appendix Customer Support uritur A 1 WighPoint III Chapter 1 Introduction Contents of this Chapter About this guide Introducing the RocketRAID 2210 Host Adapter Product Features Understanding RAID Concepts and Terminology WighPotut Introduction About this Guide The RocketRAID 2210 SATAII Host Adapter s User s Guide provides information about the functions and capabilities of the host adapter and instructions for installing configuring and maintaining RAID arrays hosted by the adapter Introducing the RocketRAID 2210 Host Adapter The HighPoint RocketRAID 2210 is a 4 channel Serial ATA II RAID controller It utilizes a 64bit 133MHz PCI X interface The RocketRAID 2210 solution is aimed at enterprise storage applications NAS storage workgroup and web servers video streaming video editing workstations back up
47. etime on 2 4 2005 lt at 3 41 09 Ph Occurs every fi Day at 3 41 09 Pl Duration Start date 8 2 2005 End date No end date IV Enable the task x Cancel lt lt Back Erin 4 16 ak ol RocketRAID 2210 Driver and Software Installation Enter a name for the task Configure the frequency for the task Set the duration for the task Check the Enable the task option to activate this task Click Finish nF wWN me 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 4 17 a tPatut RocketRAID 2210 Driver and Software Installation 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 remote system Note What the software classifies
48. f 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 Dn gg RocketRAID 2210 Hardware Description Installation 5 BIOS Additional Settings The RR2210 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 CBENIG Config Parameters Time waiting for CTRL H key secas e Beallo cete EBDA m Enable INT 13 support lt Enable J BBS valideti n Disapie Stop on error S e e e e SS Enable Boot disk hook last Disable gt Private stack size ho Maximum array count aa Cancel
49. gain lilo 4 Uninstalling the Driver To uninstall the RocketRAID 2210 driver Note The driver cannot be uninstalled while the system is booted from a disk or array attached to the RocketRAID 2210 To uninstall the driver remove the lines added to etc modules conf and etc fstab SUSE Linux Pro Open SUSE 10 x installation Overview This section provides instructions describing how to install and utilize the RocketRAID 2210 Adapter on a SUSE Linux system 1 Installing SUSE Linux on the RocketRAID 2210 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 2210 controller This package is available from our website and is posted on the BIOS Driver page for the 5 14 igh Pott Linux Driver Support RocketRAID 2210 To install SUSE onto hard disks or RAID arrays attached to RocketRAID 2210 controller follow the steps outlined below Step 1 Prepare the Driver Diskette The driver is contained in a floppy diskette image file susedd img On a DOS or Windows system a driver diskette can be generated using rawrite exe This utility is included on the SUSE Linux CD under dosutils Run rawrite using a command prompt window and follow the directions it provides Alternately use the rawrite for windows utility rawritewin exe this versi
50. hen 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 High Pott Er Linux Driver Support 5 The system will now load the RocketRAID 2210 driver automatically 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 2210 Continue the installation as normal You can refer to Red Hat Enterprise Linux installa tion guide Note The system device mapping order is the same as the order shown in RocketRAID 2210 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 HDD2 as dev sdc etc When creating mount points boot must be mounted on dev sda 2 Installing the RocketRAID 2210 driver for an Existing System Note If a SCSI adapter is used to boot the system make sure the RocketRAID 2210 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
51. ied as legacy disks A legacy disk attached to the RocketRAID 2210 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 WighPoint Chapter 2 RocketRAID 2210 Hardware Description Installation Contents of this Chapter RocketRAID 2210 Hardware 1 RocketRAID 2210 Adapter Layout 2 LED Connections 3 Installing the RocketRAID 2210 Host Adapter 4 Verifying Installation WighPoiut RocketRAID 2210 Hardware Description Installation RocketRAID 2210 Hardware 1 RocketRAID 2210 Adapter Layout wy oss C RocketRAID 2210 tc BEEP BU A CEDATE A COCE 1404 1804 1 1804 Hn Porti Port4 These represent the RocketRAID 2210 s four SATAII channels The SATA port furthest away from the surface of the adapter is always the odd numbered channel 1 3 while the port closest to the adapter is the even numbered channel 2 4 CONNI CONN3 LED connectors disk activity disk failure LED support is discussed in greater detail in the LED Connection section BEEPI Speaker Alarm speaker The speaker emits and audible alarm in the case of disk array failure JP5 PC jumper 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 WighPoint RocketRAID 2210 Hardware Des
52. ilo boot loader run lilo again lilo 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 ext2 defaults 00 4 Updating the Driver To update the driver simply reinstall the driver following the steps in previous section Install RocketRAID 2210 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 2210 you need to run the mkinitrd command to update the initrd file If you are using the lilo boot loader run lilo again lilo 5 Uninstalling the Driver To uninstall the RocketRAID 2210 driver Note The driver cannot be uninstalled while the system is booted from a disk or array attached to the RocketRAID 2210 To uninstall the driver remove the lines added to etc modules conf and etc fstab 9 Von Chapter 6 FreeBSD Driver Support Contents of this Chapter 1 Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 2210 Controller 2 Installing the RocketRAID 2210 Driver on an Existing System 3 Updating the Driver 4 Uninstalling the Driver WighPoiut FreeBSD Driver Support 1 Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 2210 Controller If you would like to i
53. indows driver vind driver Fedora Core 1 i386 driver Fedora Core 2 i386 driver Fedora Core 2 x85 54 driver Fedora Core 3 i386 driver Fedora Core 3 x85 54 driver Fedora Core 4 i386 driver Fedora Core 4 x85 54 driver Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 0 driver famd64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 0 driver athlon Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 0 driver i556 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 0 driver i686 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 0 driver x86 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 x 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 RocketRAID 2210 Driver and Software Installation Windows Driver Installation Before installing the RocketRAID 2210 device driver make sure the RocketRAID 2210 host adapter and all required hard disks have been installed into the system s chassis refer to the Hardware Installation section page 1 2 Installing the RocketRAID 2210 driver for an existing Windows XP 2003 x64 system After the operating system has booted Windows will automatically detect the RocketRAID 2210 and request tha
54. install update tar gz from the driver disk using the following commands mount dev fd0 mnt floppy cd tar xfz mnt floppy linux suse i386 sles9 install update tar gz The driver modules will be extracted to the directory lib modules kernel ver kernel drivers scsi After you have extracted the driver module you can load it by following commands modprobe sd mod insmod 1r2210 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 5 12 satrPolut Linux Driver Support 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 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 4 Configure System to Automatically Load the Driver To avoid ty
55. le 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 High Put i RocketRAID 2210 BIOS Utility 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 T L 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 th
56. mapping order is the same as the order shown in RocketRAID 2210 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 2 Installing the RocketRAID 2210 Driver on an Existing System If you are currently running SLES and would like to access drives or arrays attached to the RocketRAID 2210 controller follow the steps outlined below Note 1 Ifa SCSI adapter is used to boot the system make sure the RocketRAID 2210 controller 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 hdO 1 initrd Step 1 Update Grub If you are running an SLES SMP System you must first update the boot grub menu Ist High Poi _ i 5 11 Linux Driver Support Example default 0 timeout 8 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 arch version
57. nstall FreeBSD onto arrays attached to the RocketRAID 2210 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 2210 you must prepare a RocketRAID 2210 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 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 disko BP Bykort FreeBSD Driver Support BIOS driver B is diskl BIOS driver C is disk2 BIOS 636kB 74512kB available mem
58. ntry If the RocketRAID 2210 oe 39 device entry is not displayed or there are or RocketRAID 2210 entry the driver has not been installed properly Delete the marks displayed near the entries and reinstall the driver Installing the RocketRAID 2210 driver during a fresh Windows 2000 XP 2003 x64 installation 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 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 The next window will display several driver options Please select the RocketRAID 2210 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 There is no need to restart the system after installing the software To start the software double click th
59. odify 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 4 20 HighPot RocketRAID 2210 Driver and Software Installation System Configuration This function is used to modify the service configuration on a remote system To change the service configuration Highlight the File menu and select the Remote Control function Highlight the remote system you want to modify Select the System Configuration option from the Operation menu FORD L Modify the information in the popup window System Configuration vx System Port P N 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 service The default value is 7402 Event Port The client software will retrieve events through this port The defaul
60. oint Flash Utility lt X Controller RockelRAID 2210 SATA Contoler BIOS Image Ce Open Doni Flash Model High Paini i iii 3 5 RocketRAID2210 Hardware Description Installation 6 7 8 Select the RocketRAID 2210 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 direc tory 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 5 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 ENTER Note xxx xxx the name o
61. on To enable E mail notification 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 3 Next enter the necessary information in the E mail Notification Setting window E mail notification setting X Cancel Mail From SMTP Server Pott 25 Note The software does not support SMTP servers that require user authentication 4 13 WighPoiut RocketRAID 2210 Driver and Software Installation Toadd a Recipient 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 OK E mail Name Notification Options Information Warning IV 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 To test E mail notification l Highlight the Management menu and select the Event Notification function 2 Select one recipient from the main window 3 Click the Test button on the toolbar or select the Test command from the Operation menu 4 Thesoftware will send a test e mail message to the selected recipient 4 14
62. on is graphical double click to run 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 rr2210 suse 10 1 img ofz dev fdO Step 2 Install SUSE Linux l Start the install procedure by booting from the SUSE installation CD 2 After the CD boots select the Installation option and press F5 to load the driver 3 Insert the Driver Diskette when it displays Please insert the Driver Update floppy 4 When the Diver Update Menu is displayed press OK and back for back to installer 5 Next Select back to return to the installer 6 Installation will now proceed normally Refer to the SUSE Linux documents for additional OS installation procedures Additional Installation Notes The system device mapping order is the same as the order shown in RocketRAID 2210 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 High Paini og 5 15 Linux Driver Support For SUSE 10 x please format the boot partition using ext3 format default is reiserfs Otherwise the GRUB boot loader will overwrite the RAID information stored on sector 9 and cause your RAID array to be broken
63. 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 7 17 WighPoint Appendix Customer Support WighPoint Customer Support Customer Support If you encounter any problems while utilizing the RocketRAID 2210 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 2210 Updates are available from our website Prepare
64. ory FreeBSD i386 bootstrap loader Revision 0 8 mailto jkh narf osd bsdi com Sat Apr 21 08 46 19 GMT 2001 Hit Enter to boot immediately or any other key for command prompt Booting kernel in 9 seconds press SPACE key A prompted label ok will appear at the bottom of the screen 4 Insert the RocketRAID 2210 driver diskette into floppy drive Type in load diskx rr2210 x x without quotation marks and then press ENTER for FreeBSD 4 3 RELEASE Ok load kernel ok load diskl rr2210 4 3 ko for FreeBSD 4 4 RELEASE ok load kernel ok load diskl rr2210 4 4 ko for FreeBSD 4 5 RELEASE ok load diskl rr2210 4 5 ko for FreeBSD 4 6 2 RELEASE 6 2 WighPot FreeBSD Driver Support ok load diskl rr2210 4 6 2 ko for FreeBSD 4 7 RELEASE ok load diskl rr2210 4 7 ko for FreeBSD 4 8 RELEASE ok load diskl rr2210 4 8 ko for FreeBSD 4 9 RELEASE ok load diskl rr2210 4 9 ko for FreeBSD 4 10 RELEASE ok load diskl rr2210 4 10 ko for FreeBSD 4 11 RELEASE ok load diskl rr2210 4 11 ko for FreeBSD 5 0 RELEASE ok load disk0 rr2210 5 0 ko for FreeBSD 5 1 RELEASE ok load disk0 rr2210 5 1 ko for FreeBSD 5 2 1 RELEASE Ok load disk0 rr2210 5 2 1 ko WighPoiut FreeBSD Driver Support for FreeBSD 5 3 RELEASE ok load disk0 rr2210 5 3 ko for FreeBSD 5 4 RELEASE ok load disk0 rr2210 5 4 ko for FreeBSD 5 3 AMD64 RELEASE ok load disk0 rr2210 5 3 amd64 ko for
65. oted from a disk or array attached to the RocketRAID 2210 To uninstall the driver remove the lines added to etc fstab and remove the files created in the etc init d directory gg ihe Linux Driver Support Red Hat Enterprise 4 Overview This section provides instructions describing how to install and utilize the RocketRAID 2210 Adapter on a Red Hat Enterprise 4 Linux system 1 Installing Red Hat Enterprise 4 AS ES WS Linux on the RocketRAID 2210 controller To install Red Hat Enterprise Linux onto disks or RAID arrays attached to RocketRAID 2210 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 2 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 3 W
66. ou 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 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 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 7 2 WighPoint Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software The default user name is RAID and 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
67. ove users 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 eventlog 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 3 Creating an Array To create an array 1 Highlight the Management menu then select the Array Management function pk go RocketRAID 2210 Driver and Software Installation 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 P m Delete Create Delete iisk Unplug Rename S Local Hostshptrr Add Disk Unplug Verify Ej Initialize Rebuild Name OCEJORLM Stop Status Rescan System OS 3 Select the desired RAID level from the
68. ping in insmod rr2210 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 rr2210 ko file is located 1 Edit the file etc sysconfig kernel and add the rr2210 module to the line INITRD MODULES Example INITRD MODULES reiserfs 12210 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 High Paini m _ i 5 13 Linux Driver Support 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 3 Updating the Driver To update the driver simply reinstall the driver following the steps in previous section Install RocketRAID 2210 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 2210 you need to run the mkinitrd command to update the initrd file If you are using the lilo boot loader run lilo a
69. pup 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 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 eit RocketRAID 2210 Driver and Software Installation Connect to a Remote System This command establishes a connection to a remote system for RAID management To connect to a remote system Highlight the File menu and select the Remote Control function 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 Enterthe appropriate Login information in the popup window Login Form System Address Ba System Port 7402 User Name Password X coa Note The initial user name password for a remote system is RAID hpt You are free to m
70. rnel 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 rr22 10 0 mnt initrd lib rr22 10 0 9 Von Linux Driver Support 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 rr2210 o in lib modules cp tmp rr2210 ko lib modules uname kernel drivers scsi rr2210 ko Reboot your system to allow the new driver take effect 4 Uninstalling the Driver To uninstall the RocketRAID 2210 driver Note The driver cannot be uninstalled while the system is booted from a disk or array attached to the RocketRAID 2210 To uninstall the driver remove the lines added to etc fstab and remove the files created in the etc init d directory Wigh Poet lt _ lt Linux Driver Support SuSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES installation Overview This section provides instructions describing how to install and utilize the RocketRAID 2210 Adapter on a SuSE SLES Linux system 1 Installing SLES Linux on the RocketRAID 2210 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 p
71. scusses 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 2210 s boot device Note This setting is only relevant if the motherboard s BIOS has set the RocketRAID 2210 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 SDSU SDSU by default is disabled Enabling SDSU 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 2210 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 RocketRAID 2210 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 disks that have not been initialized 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 E ep Point RocketRAID 2210 BIOS Utility
72. 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 SJ Device_1_ Change Cache Policy CJ Device_1_ s JIDevice_1_8 JBOD volume OCE ORLM Rename 7 6 WighPoint Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software 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 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 added to the array rebuild process will start automaticall
73. sing the Ctrl H command This command should be displayed automatically when the RocketRAID 2210 s BIOS screen appears during the system s boot up procedure 1 BIOS Command Overview The RocketRAID 2210 BIOS Utility provides a wide selection of RAID related commands These commands are displayed towards the top of the utility s interface RocketRAID 2210 BIOS Setting Utility v1 8 lt c 2004 2006 HighPoint Technologies Inc All rights reserved elp Press lt Ctrl gt lt H gt to run BIOS Setting Utility Use the lt arrow keys to scroll through the various commands and the T d 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 KEJP orit e RocketRAID 2210 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 di
74. t 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 4 21 igh Poi RocketRAID 2210 Driver and Software Installation 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 User Management 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 4 22 HighPot RocketRAID 2210 Driver and Software Installation Add New User Name Password Confirm x cmos s uem 3 Select the appropriate privileges for the user 4 Click Finish
75. t a device driver be installed To install the device driver follow the steps outlined below 1 When the Found New 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 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 a V RocketRAID 2210 Driver and Software Installation button 3 Double click the SCSI and RAID controllers e
76. t 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
77. tRAID 2210 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 menu and select the Array Management function 2 Highlight the array you want to alter 3 Click the iH button on the toolbar or select OCE ORLM command from OCE ORLM the Operation menu High Paint 4 10 RocketRAID 2210 Driver and Software Installation 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 To perform OCE ORLM on an 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
78. te Cache TCQ NCQ Status Read Ahead Write Cache TCQ NCQ Status Enabled Change Enabled Change Not Supported Enabled Change Normal Enabled Change Enabled Change Not Supported Enabled Change Normal Enabled Change Enabled Change Not Supported Enabled Change Normal Enabled Change Enabled Change Not Supported Enabled Change Normal HighPoint Web RAID Management 1 4 Copyright c 1996 2006 HighPoint Technologies Inc All Rights Reserved 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 WighPoint 7 10 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 page Manage Event Setting Logout Help Device Name Device 1 5 Model Number WDC WDS5000YS 01MPBO Temperature Celsius 51 S M A R T Enabled Disable
79. y 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 te Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software 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 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 one RAID level to another RAID level and or expand the array dynamically even under I O lo

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