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- Page 1 RocketRAID 2700 PCI-Express 2.0 x8 HBA series SAS/SATA 6Gb/s RAID Host Adapters User’s Guide Revision: 2.3 Jul. 23, 2015 HighPoint Technologies, 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.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
7.1 Driver installation -Windows ....................16 7.2 Driver installation -Linux and FreeBSD ..................19 8 HighPoint Web RAID Management software ................... 20 8.1 Installing the Web RAID Management software ............... 20 8.2 Installing OS X Driver and Web RAID Management Software ........... 21 8.3 Starting Using the Web RAID Management Software ............... -
Page 4: Features And Specifications
SAS and SATA drives available today. HighPoint RAID Management HighPoint RAID Management software offers a user friendly interface to create, manage and maintain your storage solutions. Email notification and remote are some of the advance features that the RAID Management software has to offer. -
Page 5: Physical Specifications
Web GUI RAID management (local and remote monitoring) • • Online array roaming SHI (Drive analysis driven from S.M.A.R.T) • HighPoint RAID Management (HRM) Hot key (ctrl-h) boot-up RAID manager via BIOS • • Web browser-based RAID management software (Web GUI) Command Line Interface (CLI) •... -
Page 6: Hardware Description And Installation
4 Hardware Description and Installation 4.1 RocketRAID 272x/271x Host Adapter board layout RocketRAID 2710 RocketRAID 2711 RocketRAID 2720 RocketRAID 2721... -
Page 7: Connector And Jumper Description
Active/FAIL LED PIN connector: This connector is one-pin connection from HBA to LED on chassis. For detail LED connection requirement and display information, please refer to: https://filedn.com/lG3WBCwKGHT7yNuTsFCwXy0/HighPoint- Download/Document/Guide/RocketRAID/General%20Guide/LED_connection.pdf 4.3 Installing the RocketRAID Host Adapter Note: Make sure the system is powered-off before installing the RocketRAID host adapter. -
Page 8: Verifying Installation
After installing the adapter, attach hard drives to the host adapter. Note: Many server-level chassis include hard-drive hot-swap bays. For these system chassis, cables are attached to the chassis backplane, rather than directly to each individual hard drive. Consult the chassis manual for proper installation procedures. -
Page 9: Rocketraid Bios Utility
5 RocketRAID BIOS Utility The RocketRAID 272x/271x controller will display its BIOS screen during the system's boot process. The BIOS Utility will display information about hard drives attached to the adapter. Make sure all attached drives are detected by this utility. If any of the hard drives are not detected, power down the system and check the power and cable connections. -
Page 10: Creating Raid Arrays
RAID arrays). Initialize - this command is used to prepare disks for use with RAID arrays. Disks must be initialized before they can be used to create arrays. 5.4 Creating RAID Arrays Initializing Disks: Before creating a RAID array, the disks must be initialized. Disk initialization writes necessary RAID configuration information to the hard disks. - Page 11 Use the arrow keys to select the RAID level and press ENTER. Use the arrow keys 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 –...
- Page 12 Highlight the target disks that you want to use, and press Enter to select them. A numeral will be displayed before each selected disk. This number designates disk order. After all of the disks have been selected and press the ESC key to return to the Create Menu. Next, Use the ↓...
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Page 13: Deleting Arrays
5.5 Deleting Arrays Highlight the Delete command from the toolbar, and press Enter. The BIOS utility will display a list of available RAID arrays. Select the array you wish to delete, and press Enter. The utility will display a warning message. Press Y (yes) to delete the array, or select N (no) to cancel. Warning: all data stored on the array will be lost –... -
Page 14: Settings
Generally, single disks are designated to act as spares (disks that are not configured into RAID arrays). However, in some instances, disks that are members of RAID arrays may also be designated to act as a spare. If the disks in question are part of a RAID array that did not utilize the full available capacity at the time of creation, these disks may be used as spares. -
Page 15: Highpoint Software Cd
6 HighPoint Software CD Each retail box includes a copy of the HighPoint Products Software CD. This CD can be used to generate driver diskettes, and install the HighPoint RAID Management Utility Suite for a variety of operating systems. Creating a driver diskette Windows / Windows Server and several distributions of Linux and FreeBSD require driver diskettes when installing the operation system directly to a disk or array hosted by the RocketRAID host adapter. -
Page 16: Rocketraid 272X/271X Driver Installation
7 RocketRAID 2700 Driver Installation 7.1 Driver installation -Windows Installing the driver for an existing Windows operating system Install the RocketRAID host adapter into the PC, then boot up Windows Vista. Windows should automatically detect the card, and display the “Found New Hardware”... - Page 17 Select “I don’t have disc, show me other options”. and then select “Browse my computer for driver software”.
- Page 18 Browse to the location of the driver and click “Next”. When asked “Would you like to install this driver software?” select “Install”.
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Page 19: Driver Installation -Linux And Freebsd
7.2 Driver installation -Linux and FreeBSD Please refer to the Driver Installation Guide and README file under the driver package for the installation steps. Software location (RocketRAID Software CD): /Driver/RR272x_1x/Driver Please always check HighPoint website for latest software download. -
Page 20: Highpoint Web Raid Management Software
8 HighPoint Web RAID Management Software The HighPoint RAID Management software provides RAID configuration and management features. The software can be installed from the HighPoint software CD. Browse to the location of the HighPoint RAID Management software. 8.1 Installing the Web RAID Management Software... -
Page 21: Installing Os X Driver And Web Raid Management Software
Driver updates are posted on the card’s product page, under the “Download Center” section. Please refer to the Installation Guide under the software package folder for installation steps. 8.3 Starting Using the Web RAID Management Software Please refer to the online help of “How to Use Web RAID Management Software”: http://www.highpoint-tech.com/help/... -
Page 22: Thank You
9 Thank You Thank you for purchasing the RocketRAID 272x/271x SAS/SATA RAID Host adapter. We appreciate your support, and welcome any questions, comments or product suggestions you may have. -
Page 23: Customer Support
10 Customer Support If you encounter any problems while utilizing RocketRAID series host adapters, or have any questions about this or any other HighPoint Technologies, Inc. product, feel free to contact our Customer Support Department. HighPoint Technologies, Inc. websites: http://www.highpoint-tech.com/ Web Support: http://www.highpoint-tech.com/websupport/...
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