Sas 12gb/s pci-express 3.0 x8 raid controller (38 pages)
Summary of Contents for HighPoint RocketRAID 2711
Page 1
High
D ensity
R ocketRAID
2 711
+
E J6172
D evice
B oard
Data
R AID
I nstallation
G uide
Introduction
–
T he
H ighPoint
H igh
D ensity
S torage
S olutions
h ammer
d own
h igh
d ensity
s torage
cost
...
Page 2
Part
1
–
W hat
i s
a
D ata
R AID?
A
D ata
R AID
i s
s etting
u p
a
R AID
a rray
( 0,
1 ,
5 ,
6 ,
1 0
o r
J BOD)
o n
t he
R ocketRAID
2 711
s eries
controller.
...
Page 3
Capacity:
A ll
b ut
t wo
d rive
w orth
o f
c apacity
i s
u sable.
M inimum
f our
d rives
a re
n eeded
t o
c reate
a
RAID
...
Part
2
–
P re-‐requisite
f or
D ata
R AID
C onfiguration
Overview
–
T he
R ocketRAID
2 711
s eries
c ontroller
s upport
D ata
R AID
c onfigurations
i nclude
R AID
0,
...
Page 5
Part
3
-‐
H ardware
I nstallation
a nd
V erification
RocketRAID
2 711
I nstallation
Make
s ure
c omputer
i s
t urned
o ff
a nd
u nplugged
f rom
i ts
p ower
s ource
•...
Page 6
Dimensions
a nd
C hassis
M ounting
R equirements
E J6172
m ounting
b racket
The
R ocket
E J6172
c an
b e
i nstalled
i nto
f ree
P CI-‐E
s lots,
a nd
m ounted
i nto
a
c hassis
l ike
a
s tandard,
full-‐height
...
Page 7
RocketRAID
2 711
+
E J6172
V erification
Once
t he
h ost
a dapter
a nd
h ard
d rives
h ave
b een
i nstalled
i nto
t he
c hassis,
b oot-‐up
t he
s ystem
t o
verify
...
Page 8
Select
“ Install
f rom
a
l ist
o r
s pecific
l ocation
( Advanced)”,
a nd
c lick
N ext
t o
c ontinue.
...
Page 9
Browse
t o
t he
l ocation
o f
t he
d river
a nd
c lick
N ext.
Windows
w ill
d isplay
a
w arning
m essage
t hat
s tates
t he
d river
h as
“ not
b een
signed”.
...
Page 10
Once
t he
W indows
d river
i nstall
i s
c omplete
p roceed
t o
i nstall
t he
R AID
M anagement
W eb
G UI.
Download
...
Page 11
Storage
O verview
• Total
A vailable
C apacity
Total
C onfigured
C apacity
• Total
F ree
C apacity
• Easily
...
Page 12
HBA
A ttributes
HBA
M odel
• BIOS
V ersion
• PCI
B us
I nformation
• • BIOS
U pdate
i n
O S
...
Page 13
HDD
A ttributes
• Port
a nd
L ocation
Model
a nd
S /N#
• Firmware
• Cache
S ettings
( ReadAhead
a nd
W rite)
•...
Page 14
RAID
S upport
RAID
0 ,
1 ,
5 ,
6 ,
1 0,
5 0
a nd
J BOD
• • Write
B ack
/
W rite
T hrough
O ptions
Quick,
...
Page 15
Spare
P ool
Global
H DD
s pare
p ool
f or
a uto
r ebuilding
R AID
a rray
w ithout
u ser
i ntervention.
•...
Page 16
Monitor
E nvironmental
C onditions
• Fan
s peed
m onitoring
a nd
s tatus
Internal
B oard
a nd
c hipset
t emperature
m onitoring
•...
Page 17
Storage
M aintenance
• Auto
R ebuild
w hen
n ew
d isk
i s
i nserted,
n o
a ction
n eeded
f rom
u ser
Continue
...
Page 18
SMTP
( Email
N otification)
Alter
u ser
w ith
e mail
a ny
s torage
a ctivity
( Information,
W arning
a nd
E rror)
•...
Page 19
Event
V iewer
Trace
a ll
s torage
e vents
f rom
t he
e vent
l ogs
f or
t roubleshooting
p urpose
•...