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  • Page 1 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Rock k etRAI I D 2700 0 SAS 6Gb/s PCI-E Express Host A Adapte ers Use er’s Gu uide Revision: 2.1 Date: D December 2011 HighP Point Tech hnologies s, Inc.
  • Page 2 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.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

      RocketRAID 2700 Windows Driver Installation ..................21 Windows XP, 2003 ....................... 21   RocketRAID 2700 Windows 7/Vista/Windows 2008 Driver Installation ....24   Linux and FreeBSD Device Driver installation ..................28   HIGHPOINT RAID MANAGEMENT UTILITIES (HRM) – WEB GUI / CLI…...29  ...
  • Page 4 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Debian/Ubuntu Linux Distributions – Installing the Web-based Management Utility ..........................30   Linux Distributions – Command Line Interface (CLI) ........... 30 1 - Installing the Web GUI (v1.5) - Windows Operating Systems (2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, Windows 7) ..............................

  • Page 5: Highpoint Technologies, Inc

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com HighPoint Technologies, Inc. HighPoint Technologies, long recognized as a leader in mass storage technologies specializes in the design and manufacturer of HBA (Host Bus Adapters) and HighPoint RAID IP (Intellectual Property). HighPoint provides a broad range of scalable hardware HBA’s that meet the storage requirements from Enterprise to...

  • Page 6: Highpoint Rocketraid 2700 Series - Pci-Express 2.0

    RAID Management software has to offer. COMPREHENSIVE OS SUPPORT HighPoint offers the broadest range of support for all major operating systems to ensure OS and hardware server compatibility. Drivers are available for all major operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and...

  • Page 7: Features And Specifications

     Alarm/ Buzzer alerts for drive failure  SHI – Storage Health Inspector (S.M.A.R.T. and disk maintenance)  HighPoint RAID Management (HRM)  Hot key (ctrl-h) boot-up RAID manager via BIOS  Web browser-based RAID management software (Web GUI) ...

  • Page 8: Physical Specifications

    Electrical Characteristics: PCI-E 3.3V Power 4W max 1W max 2 - Kit Contents  RocketRAID Host Adapter  User’s Guide  HighPoint RAID Management and Device Driver CD  SFF-8087 cables (x2 for RR2720, x1 for RR2710/RR2721)  Low-profile bracket...

  • Page 9: Hardware - Description And Installation

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com HARDW ARE-DES SCRIPIO ON AND I INSTALL LATION 1-RocketR RAID 271 1x/272x H Host Adap pter layou 1.1 – Rocke etRAID 271 10/2720 Illustration sh hows RocketR RAID 2720 Port1, Port2 These represe nt the RocketR RAID 2720’s 2 Internal Min...
  • Page 10 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com This jumper su upports SAF-T TE interface ( (I2C). Pin Numb N description Pin1 Pin2 Pin3 1.2 – Rocke etRAID 272 21/2722 Port 1, Port2 , Port3 These represe nt the RocketR RAID 272x’s Mini-SAS por rts.
  • Page 11 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Port2 and Port t3 are external l Mini-SAS po orts (SFF-808 Each port can support up to o 4 SATA/SAS S hard disks. LED Connec tions LED connecto ors (Drive-acti ivity/Drive-fai ilure): The Ro ocketRAID 27 21 host adapte er has 2 LED...
  • Page 12 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 4. After inst talling the ada apter, attach ha ard drives to th he host adapte er using the da ata cable. 5. The Rock ketRAID 2720 0 (illustration) utilizes 2 Min ni-SAS to Min ni-SAS Cables s (included in each retail box...

  • Page 13: Rocketraid Bios Utility

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com cketRAI ID BIOS S Utility The R RocketRAID 2 2700 card wil l display it's B BIOS screen du uring the syste em's boot proc cess. Press s Control + H when prompte ed, to access t the BIOS settin ngs Menu.

  • Page 14: Creating Raid Arrays

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Creating RAID Ar rrays Initi ializing Dis sks: Befo re creating a RAID array, the disks mu ust be initializ zed. Disk init tialization wri ites necessary y RAID confi iguration info ormation to th he hard disks.
  • Page 15 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 1. U Use the arrow w keys to select t the RAID lev vel and press E ENTER. 2. U Use the arrow w keys to highl ight the Array y Name optio n and press En nter.

  • Page 16: Deleting Arrays

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Note e: Multiple arr rays can be cre eated using the e same set of h hard disk drive es. The Capac city option allo you t to set aside dis sk space that b be used to crea ate another arr ray, set as a sp...

  • Page 17: Adding/Remove Spare Disks

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com rning: all data a stored on th he array will b be lost – do no ot delete if th he array conta ains critical d data. 4 - A Adding/R Remove Sp pare Disk This Add/Remove...

  • Page 18: Settings

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Settings To ac ccess the Setti ings menu, hig ghlight the Set ttings comman nd from the to oolbar, and pre ess Enter. Selec ct Boot Devic e – select whi ch disk or arra ay will act as t the boot disk, if the motherb...

  • Page 19: Highpoint Software Cd

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ghPoint t Softwa are CD Each h retail box inc cludes a copy o of the HighPo oint Products S Software CD. This CD can be us ed to generate e driver diskett tes, and instal l the HighPoin nt RAID Mana...
  • Page 20 R RocketRAID download p pages for the e latest Wind dows Device Driver upda ates: http:/ //highpoint-tec ch.com Selec ct BIOS&Dr river – this w will display a a list of our controller c ard products . Click on th...

  • Page 21: Device Driver Installation - Windows Operating Systems

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com cketRAID 2 2700 Windo ows Driver Installation Wind dows XP, 200 Insta alling the Ro ocketRAID d driver for an existing Win ndows system After r the operatin g system has booted, the H Hardware Wiz zard will dete ected the card...
  • Page 22 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 3. C Click on the “ Include this lo ocation in the search” option n, and click “B Browse”. Brow wse to the loca ation of the dri iver and click Next. 4. W Windows will display a war rning message...
  • Page 23 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 5. C Click finish w when prompted d. When Windo ows asks to re eboot the syste em, choose Ye Insta alling the Ro ocketRAID d driver during g a fresh Win ndows installa ation 1.

  • Page 24: Rocketraid 2700 Windows 7/Vista/Windows 2008 Driver Installation

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Rock ketRAID 2700 0 Windows 7/ /Vista/Windo ows 2008 Driv ver Installatio Insta alling the dri iver for an ex xisting Wind dows 7, Vista and 2008 sys stem 1. I Install the Roc cketRAID hos st adapter into the PC, then b...
  • Page 25 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 4. S Select “I don’t t have disc, sh how me other o options”. 5. a and then selec ct “Browse my y computer for r driver softwa a re”.
  • Page 26 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 6. B Browse to the location of th he driver and c click “Next”. 7. W When asked: “ “Would you li ike to install th his driver softw w are?”, select t “Install”.
  • Page 27 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 8. R Reboot the sys stem when pro ompted. The R RocketRAID h host adapter w will be ready fo or use after Wi indows reboots. Insta alling the dri iver during a a fresh Wind ows 7, 2008, Vista install...

  • Page 28: Linux And Freebsd Device Driver Installation

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Linu ux and Fre eBSD Devi ice Driver in nstallation Binar ry and source e driver upda ates are routin nely posted fo for a variety o of older Linu ux operating s systems inclu uding past vers...

  • Page 29: Highpoint Raid Management Utilities (Hrm) - Web Gui / Cli

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ghPoint RAID M Managem ment Ut tilities (H HRM) – Web G GUI / HighPoint RA AID Managem ment Utility S Suite, also kno own as “HRM M”, includes s several user in nterface optio ons.

  • Page 30: Debian/Ubuntu Linux Distributions - Installing The Web-Based Management Utility

    Command Line interface versions of the RocketRAID management utilities are available for Linux and FreeBSD operating systems. These packages are posted on the HighPoint Technologies, Inc. website, under the BIOS & Driver downloads page for the RocketRAID 272x (RR2720, 2722) and 2710.
  • Page 31 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Click k “Run” to con ntinue: 2) T The HighPoin nt Web RAID M M anagement S Service install l screen will d d isplay. Click N Next to contin n ue:...
  • Page 32 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 3) C Click Yes to in nstall the Man nagement utilit 4) S Specify the De estination fold der and click N Next: Conf firm the install l location, and d click Next:...
  • Page 33 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 5) S Select the SAF F-TE configur ration file for the system’s c chassis. If the system does not support SA AF-TE, select the defa ault option “Sk kip and Config gure Later”.
  • Page 34 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 6) S Specify the lis stening port. 7 7402 is the def fault setting, an nd recommend ded for most s systems. 7) C Choose to ena able or disable e Remote Acc cess.
  • Page 35 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 8) C Click OK to complete the in n stallation pro ocedure:...
  • Page 36 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2 - S Starting the e Web GUI 1) D Double-click t the “HighPoin nt Web RAID Management” ” Icon on the the Desktop t to start the We eb GUI. The system’s d default Web B Browser will o pen the follow...

  • Page 37: Starting The Web Gui

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 3 - W Web GUI – – Icon Defin nitions Rocket RAID D Web GUI uses a varie ety of Icons t to represent various state es or function ns. The follo owing is a list of common i icons, and the eir definitions...

  • Page 38: Web Gui - Configuring An Array

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 4 - W Web GUI - - Configurin ng an Arra This guide assume es that the hard d disks have a already been in nstalled into th he external ch hassis, and atta ached to the c ard.
  • Page 39 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com To cr reate an array: 1) Select the e desired RAID D level from th he Array Type e drop down m menu: 2) Name the e array – enter a name for th he array, using the Array Nam me filed (optio...
  • Page 40 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com the Foregroun nd option. 4) If you are e creating a Re edundant Arra ay (RAID 1, 5, , 10), specify t the array’s Ca che Policy. If you are creating a a JBOD or RA AID 0 array, s skip to step 6 .

  • Page 41: Web Gui - Configuring Spare Disks

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 5 - W Web GUI - Configurin ng Spare Di isks The t term “Spare D Disk” refers to a hard disk, o or dedicated di isk space, that t is used to reb build a RAID a array in the c...
  • Page 42 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2) Click “OK K” when the p pop-up window w is displayed d. This will ad dd the disk to t the Spare Pool 3) To remov ve a Spare Dis k from the Sp pare pool, click k the box befo ore the target S...

  • Page 43: Web Gui - Recovering An Array

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 6 - W Web GUI - Recovering g an Array When n a redundant array’s status s is ”Critical”, , fault toleranc ce is disabled. The array is c can be used in n this form mat, but should...
  • Page 44 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2) Cl lick “Add Disk k”. 3) Se elect the desire ed drive and c lick “submit. 4) Th he Web GUI w will initiate the e rebuild proce edure, and dis s play a progres s s bar.

  • Page 45: Scheduling Tasks

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Web GUI - - Maintaini ng RAID A Arrays Regu ular scheduled d RAID Mai intenance is e essential to d data security. We recomm mend routine e RAID verifi fication session ns to ensure t the parity of redundant arr rays is properl...

  • Page 46: Web Gui - Maintaining Raid Arrays

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com moving Tasks From m the task List t, Check the b ox before the target Task an nd click “Delet te”. – Storage He ealth Inspecto Storage He ealth Inspecto or section p provides real -time device e related inf...

  • Page 47: Web Gui - Safeguarding Your Array

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SMART attrib butes vary bas ed on the disk k model and m manufacturer. T This informati ion is reported d by the drives themse elves – SHI si imply displays s and organize es this data.
  • Page 48 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Enab ble Audible A Alarm – enab ble or disable the card’s ala arm. The alarm m will sound if the a disk o or array stops s responding. Even nt Log Path – –...

  • Page 49: Web Gui - Event Notification

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 9 - W Web GUI - Event Noti ification The R RocketRAID 2700 host ada apters will rec cord Administ trator activity or RAID relat ted errors to t he Web GUI’ ’s Event Log g.
  • Page 50 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 1) Enable ev vent notificatio on – click on t the box provid ded before “En nable Event N otification”. 2) Enter the E-mail Server r Address. 3) Specify th he E-mail “Fro om”...

  • Page 51: Web Gui - Advanced Raid Functions (Windows Vss, Oce/Orlm)

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 10 - Web GUI - Advanced d RAID Fun nctions (W Windows VS S, OCE/OR RLM) – Variable Se ector Size Varia able Sector siz ze allows you specify the sec ctor size when n creating a RA AID array.
  • Page 52 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2. A After selecting g the block siz ze, the Web GU UI will display y a warning m message: Selec ct OK to conti inue. Click the e “Create” butt ton once more e to create the array.
  • Page 53 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 5. D Double-click “ “Administrativ ve Tools”. 6. D Double-Click “Computer M Management”. 7. U Under “Storag ge”, click on th he folder icon n labeled “Disk k Managemen nt”. Disk Mana agement shou u ld open the Disk Wiza ard.
  • Page 54 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Disk k Managemen 8. C Click “Next” t to continue...
  • Page 55 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 9. C Click “Finish” ” to continue. 10. R Right-click the e “Unallocated d” box and sel lect “New Par r tition”. 11. P Partition and f format the arra ay as desired.

  • Page 56: Online Capacity Expansion And Raid Level Migration (Oce/Orlm)

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Onli ne Capacity E Expansion an nd RAID Leve el Migration (OCE/ORLM E/ORLM allow ws you to add d hard disks to o an existing R RAID array, a and/or convert t the array to another RAID D level.
  • Page 57 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com a) Targe et Name – Th he GUI will a ask that you e enter a “new” name for ref ference (the p previous RAID D configuratio on will be dis splayed until the procedur e is complete e).
  • Page 58 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 4. T The Web GUI I will notify yo ou when the pr rocess starts. A A progress bar r will be displa ayed under the e Status column of the Manage-Arra ay menu. 5.

  • Page 59: Mac Os X Driver And Web-Based Raid Management Utility

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ac OS X Driver a and Web b-based R RAID M Managem ent Utili The R RocketRAID 2722 is comp atible with M ac OS X. The e OS X softwa are package in ncludes the dri iver and GUI managem...
  • Page 60 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com c OS X Driv ver and RA AID Manag gement Inst tallation The d driver and sof ftware package es for the Roc cketRAID 272 2 include both h the device dr river for OS X X, and a copy y of the Web R...
  • Page 61 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Selec ct the installati ion destination n. Make sure t to install this p p ackage to the e system boot drive. Click k “Continue”. Click k “Install”...
  • Page 62 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com OS X X may request that the user a account passw word be entere d. Enter the pa assword and c click “OK”. The i installer will n now install the e driver and W Web GUI for th he RR2722 con ntroller.
  • Page 63 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Click k “Restart” – after OS X reb boots, the card d will be recog gnized by the system. After r OS X reboots s, check Syste em Profiler (A About This Ma ac, More Info rmation), and d click on “PC...

  • Page 64: Customer Support

    Troubleshooting Checklist Before contacting our Customer Support department:  Make sure the latest BIOS, driver and HighPoint RAID Management software has been installed for the host adapter. The latest updates are available from our website.  Prepare a list of the computer system’s hardware and software (motherboard, CPU,...

  • Page 65: Thank You

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Thank You Thank you for purchasing the RocketRAID 2700 SATAII RAID Host adapter. We appreciate your support, and welcome any questions, comments or product suggestions you may have. Contact Us HighPoint Corporate Headquarters Address 1161 Cadillac Ct.
  • Page 66 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com FCC Part 15 Class B Radio Frequency Interference statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.

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