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HighPoint SSD6540 User Manual

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SSD6540
4-Bay U.2 NVMe RAID Enclosure
User Guide
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  • Page 1 SSD6540 4-Bay U.2 NVMe RAID Enclosure User Guide V1.00...

  • Page 2: Kit Contents

    1x PCIe 3.0 x16 RAID Controller  4x Drive Trays  2x HD mini-SAS cable (1 meter)  1x UL Power Cord  16x 2.5” SSD mounting screws  1x Quick Installation Guide SSD6540 Hardware Controller Card Back Port: SFF-8644...
  • Page 3 Panel Layout-Front View Disk Present LED: Solid Blue Disk Active LED: Flash Blue Disk Fail LED: Solid Red Disk Rebuilding LED: Flash Red Disk Identify LED: Flash Blue and Red Enclosure Power LED: Solid Blue Temperature Warning LED: Solid Yellow Fan/Temperature Fail LED: Solid Red...

  • Page 4: System Requirements

    Panel Layout-Rear View System Requirements PC Requirements • Mac or PC System with a USB type C Port • Windows 10 or later • macOS 10.13 or later • Linux Kernel 3.3 or later...

  • Page 5: Enclosure Setup

    Enclosure Setup Insert the Controller card into a PCIe x16 slot in your system. Place the SSD6540 enclosure on a level surface and remove each disk tray. Carefully insert the 2.5” disk into each disk tray and secure them with the provided mounting screws.
  • Page 6 HighPoint NVMe RAID Controller entry should appear under Storage Controllers Driver Installation for macOS Download the Mac driver package from the HighPoint website: http://highpoint-tech.com/USA_new/series-ssd6540-download.htm Once downloaded, locate the folder you downloaded the driver to and double click on the file named “HighPointNVMe”...
  • Page 7 HighPoint Website: http://highpoint-tech.com/USA_new/series-ssd6540-download.htm Please follow the Linux Installation guide included with the software package to install and setup the SSD6540. Quickly Setting up a RAID Array An array is a collection of physical disks that will be seen as one virtual drive by your Operating System (OS).To create an array:...
  • Page 8 (For more information, refer to the SSD6540 user manual posted online) Using the HighPoint RAID Manager Starting the HighPoint RAID Manager Double click the Desktop ICON to start the Web browser. It will automatically log-in to the HighPoint RAID Manager using the default password.
  • Page 9 NVMe SSDs are listed under Physical Device Information. Manage the RAID disk The SSD6540 only supports one RAID disk. If you need to add new NVMe SSD, you must first delete the existing RAID disk, and then re-create a new RAID disk using all of the NVMe SSDs.
  • Page 10 Click the Create Array link from the Physical page: Review the array settings and confirm RAID creation. The SSD6540 supports variable RAID Block Sizes from 16K to 1024K. You may adjust the RAID Block size from the Create Array page. Click the Create Button to create the RAID disk.
  • Page 11 To delete an existing RAID disk: Under Logical tab, click the Maintenance link located to the right of the Status column. Click the Delete button from the pop-up Array Information Window: Warning: Deleting the RAID disk will destroy all data on the existing RAID array. Please make sure to back up important data before proceeding.
  • Page 12 Product Information and Settings The Setting page includes System and Email settings. System: This section allows you to adjust the systems settings Email Notification: This feature allows you to configure email notification. You can instruct NVMe Manager to send all, or specific Event Log notifications to an Email address of your choice.
  • Page 13 Event log All NVMe Manager operations and disk status updates will be recorded to the Event log. The Event log can be downloaded and saved to a file by clicking the Download button. The Clear button can be used to delete all entries and reset the event log. Warning: We recommend downloading and saving a copy of the current Event Log before using the Clear option.
  • Page 14 SHI (Storage Health Inspector) The SHI page will display S.M.A.R.T. data for each individual NVMe SSD. Click the Detail link to the right of each SSD to view the corresponding S.M.A.R.T. attributes. The SSD’s TBW (Total Bytes Written) information may help you review and track the SSD’s life cycle.

  • Page 15: Customer Support

    Customer Support If you encounter any problems while utilizing the SSD6540, or have any questions about this or any other HighPoint Technologies, Inc. product, feel free to contact our Customer Support Department or check our FAQ for more information. Web Support: http://www.highpoint-tech.com/websupport/...

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