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RocketRAID 2640X4
SAS Host Adapter
User's Guide
Revision: 1.0
Date: March 2008
HighPoint Technologies, Inc.

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  • Page 1 RocketRAID 2640X4 SAS Host Adapter User’s Guide Revision: 1.0 Date: March 2008 HighPoint Technologies, Inc.
  • Page 2 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.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 1 - About this Guide ....................1-1 2 - Introducing the RocketRAID 2640X4 Host Adapters ...........1-1 3 - Product Features ....................1-1 4 - Understanding RAID Concepts and Terminology ..........1-2 Chapter 2 Hardware Description/Installation 1 - RocketRAID 2640X4 Host Adapter layout ............2-1...

  • Page 4: Web-Raid Management Interface

    1 - Overview .......................7-1 2 - Installing FreeBSD on RocketRAID 26xx Controller ..........7-1 3 - Installing the RocketRAID 2640X4 Driver on an Existing System ......7-5 4 - Updating the Driver ....................7-8 5 - Installing RAID Management Software ..............7-8...
  • Page 5 Table of Contents Chapter 8 Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software 1 - Installing the driver and RAID utility ..............8-1 Appendix Customer Support Customer Support ....................A-1...
  • Page 6 Chapter 1 Introduction Contents of this Chapter: About this guide Introducing the RocketRAID 2640X4 SAS Host Adapter Product Features Understanding RAID Concepts and Terminology...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Introduction About this Guide The RocketRAID 2640X4 SAS Host Adapter’s User’s Guide provides information about the functions and capabilities of this host adapter product, and instructions for installing, configuring and maintaining RAID arrays hosted by this adapter cards. Introducing the RocketRAID 2640X4 Host Adapters...

  • Page 8: Understanding Raid Concepts And Terminology

    Introduction Alarm/Buzzer alerts for drive/array failure Enclosure Management support with I2C and SPGIO RAID Management Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) and Online RAID Level Migration (ORLM) Quick and Background initialization for instant RAID configuration Write Back and Write Through support API library for customization CLI (Command Line Interface) Web GUI RAID management (local and remote monitoring) SHI (Drive analysis driven from S.M.A.R.T)
  • Page 9 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).
  • Page 10 Data is still accessible during the migration process, and a base level of security is still active. OCE, ORLM and the RocketRAID 2640X4 This host adapter support 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 simultaneously being resized, even under I/O load.

  • Page 11: Hardware Description/Installation

    Chapter 2 Hardware Description/Installation Contents of this Chapter: RocketRAID 2640X4 Hardware 1 - RocketRAID 2640X4 Host Adapter Layout 2 - LED Connections 3 - Installing the RocketRAID Host Adapter 4 - Verifying Installation...

  • Page 12: Rocketraid 2640X4 Host Adapter Layout

    2 – LED Connections LED connectors (disk-activity/disk-failure): LED support is discussed in greater detail in the LED Connection section. The RocketRAID 2640X4 host adapter has two LED jumpers that are used to indicate the activity and failure status of hard disks attached to the card’s four SAS channels.
  • Page 13 RocketRAID 2640X4 Hardware Description/Installation This jumper is SGPIO signal.The following diagram describes the connector pin definitions. Pins defined as follows: Pin 1: NC; Pin 2: SDATAIN; Pin 3: GND; Pin 4: SDATAOUT; Pin 5: SLOAD; Pin 6: GND; Pin 7: SCLOCK; Pin 8: NC.

  • Page 14: Installing The Rocketraid Host Adapter

    The RocketRAID 2640X4 include 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. The RocketRAID 2640X4 is a full-height card, and is not designed for use with low-profile chassis.

  • Page 15: Verifying Installation

    – four are included in each retail box. This card can support up to four SAS/SATA hard disk drives. The RocketRAID 2640X4 includes 4 internal SATA to SAS cables. It can support up to four SAS/SATA hard disk drives.

  • Page 16: Bios Utility

    Chapter 3 BIOS Utility Contents of this Chapter: RocketRAID 2640X4 BIOS Utility 1 - BIOS Command Overview 2 - Creating RAID Arrays 3 - Adding/Remove Spare Disks 4 - Updating the BIOS 5 - BIOS – Additional Settings...

  • Page 17: Bios Command Overview

    RocketRAID 2640X4 BIOS Utility RocketRAID BIOS Utility Access the RocketRAID host adapter’s BIOS utility using the “Ctrl + H”. This command should be displayed automatically when the host adapter’s BIOS screen appears during the system’s boot up procedure. 1 - BIOS Command Overview The BIOS Utility provides a wide selection of RAID related commands.

  • Page 18: Creating Raid Arrays

    RocketRAID 2640X4 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 discusses this command in detail.
  • Page 19 RocketRAID 2640X4 BIOS Utility Initialization writes necessary RAID configuration information to the hard disk. ← → Use the arrow keys to select the Initialize command, and press ENTER. Warning: Initialization will destroy all pre- existing data on the selected hard disks.

  • Page 20: Adding/Remove Spare Disks

    RocketRAID 2640X4 BIOS Utility 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 array, set as a spare disk, or partitioned to act as a single disk (by the operating system).
  • Page 21 RocketRAID 2640X4 BIOS Utility For Windows based operating systems: Download the desired BIOS update from the Support section provided for the host adapter. Extract the download to the directory of your choice. 2. Insert the Driver and Software CD included with the retail box into the system’s CD-ROM or DVD drive.
  • Page 22 RocketRAID 2640X4 BIOS Utility 5. Open the “BIOS” directory, and double click the “hptflash.exe” icon. This will start the BIOS flash utility (RR2640X4 example below): 6. Select the appropriate model 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).

  • Page 23: Bios - Additional Settings

    RocketRAID 2640X4 BIOS Utility 2. 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. 3. Once the A:\> prompt has appeared, insert the media that contains the required BIOS files, and type the following command: load xxx.xxx...
  • Page 24 RocketRAID 2640X4 BIOS Utility 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.

  • Page 25: Driver And Software Installation Microsoft Windows

    Chapter 4 Driver and Software Installation Microsoft Windows Contents of this Chapter: Driver and Software CD Windows Driver Installation...

  • Page 26: Driver And Software Cd

    RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface Driver and Software CD The 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: Insert the CD into the system’s CD/DVD drive.
  • Page 27 RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface Click on the “Please Select the Diskette you want to create” drop-down button, and select the appropriate OS from the list. Click on the “OK” button to create the driver diskette. To install the RAID software: Click on “Install RAID Management Software”.

  • Page 28: Windows Driver Installation

    RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface Windows Driver Installation (Win2000, XP, Win 2003, Win 2008) Before installing the RocketRAID host adapter’s device driver, make sure the RocketRAID host adapter and all required hard disks have been installed into the system’s chassis/disk enclosure (refer to the Hardware Installation section).

  • Page 29: Windows Vista Driver Installation

    Select the RocketRAID 2640X4 controller driver, and click “Next”. The driver is now installed - you can now continue on with the installation procedure. Installing the driver for an existing Windows Vista system Intall the RocketRAID 2640X4 host adapter into the PC, then boot up Windows Vista.
  • Page 30 Specify the location of the driver and click “Next”. When asked: “Would you like to install this driver software?”, select “Install”. Reboot the system when prompted. The RocketRAID 2640X4 will be available for use after Vista reboots. Installation Verification After the driver has been installed, and the system has been restarted: Click the Start button, then right-click My Computer icon.

  • Page 31: Web-Raid Management Interface

    Chapter 5 Web-RAID Management Interface Contents of this Chapter: RocketRAID 2640X4 BIOS Utility 1 - Web RAID Management Interface 2 - Preparing Hard disks 3 - Array Management 4 - Device Management 5 - Configuring Spare Disks 6 - Managing Events and Tasks...

  • Page 32: Web Raid Management Interface

    RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface 1 - 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...

  • Page 33: Preparing Hard Disks

    RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface 2 - Preparing Hard disks Disks must be initialized before they can be configured into RAID arrays. Initializing hard disks: 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.
  • Page 34 RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface Select “Manage - Array” from the menu. Click the Create Array button. The create array page will appear.

  • Page 35: Deleting An Array

    RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface 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.
  • Page 36 RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface 2. Click on the Maintenance button. An Array Information window will appear. 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.
  • Page 37 RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface 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 RAID5 parity and compares it to the parity data on the array.

  • Page 38: Device Management

    RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface 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.
  • Page 39 RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface 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.
  • Page 40 RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface Controller ID Which controller /card the disk is attached to. Port # Port location of the hard disk Device Serial Number Serial number of the hard disk RAID RAID/Non-RAID status Temperature (in Fahrenheit) of the hard disk (Celsius is displayed under the SMART status) Bad Sectors/Found &...
  • Page 41 RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface 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).

  • Page 42: Configuring Spare Disks

    This will remove the disk from the Spare Pool list. 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...
  • Page 43 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.

  • Page 44: Setting

    Select the “Settings” option to access Settings page. Enable Audible Alarm This setting enables and disables the RocketRAID host adapter’s alarm. Listening Port Change Listening Port This is the TCP port number utilized by the HighPoint RAID Management Service in 5-13...
  • Page 45 RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface order to communicate with the management console and web browser 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.

  • Page 46: Linux Driver Support

    Chapter 6 Linux Driver Support Contents of this Chapter: Fedora Linux installation Overview Red Hat Overview SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) installation Overview...

  • Page 47: Overview

    Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support 1 - Overview This section provides instructions describing how to install and utilize the RocketRAID host adapter on a Fedora Core 6 Linux system. 2 - Installing Fedora Linux on RR26xx controller Note: If the OS is running kernel that differs from the one supported by the precompiled driver, the precompiled drivers cannot be used.
  • Page 48 Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support Step 3 Prepare the Driver Diskette Driver is contained in a floppy diskette image file, you can get it from our web site for free. On a DOS or Windows system, you can make the Fedora driver diskette using rawrite. exe.
  • Page 49 Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support # exit Then switch back to console 1 and finish the installation. Installation steps for Fedora 7 6. Start installing Fedora Linux by booting from the installation DVD. 7. On “Welcome to Fedora” installation screen, press “ESC”, then a prompted label “boot:”...
  • Page 50 Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support load the driver automatically. Installation steps for Fedora Core 1 & Core 3 & Core 4 & Core 6 1. Start installing Fedora Linux by booting from the installation CD. 2. On “Welcome to Fedora Linux” installation screen, a prompted label “boot:” will appear at the bottom of the screen.
  • Page 51 Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support Then press “ALT+F1” to switch back to installation screen and select “No” to continue. 4. Continue the installation as usual. You can refer to Fedora Linux installation guide. Make sure you have finished the next step before system reboot. 5.
  • Page 52 Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support Step 2 Test the Driver Module You can test out the module to ensure that it works for your system by changing working directory to the location where rr26xx.ko resides and typing in the command “insmod rr26xx.ko”. If you are using a distribution with 2.4 kernel it should be “insmod rr26xx.o”.
  • Page 53 Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support Step 3 Configure System to Automatically Load the Driver Most likely, you will not want to type in “insmod rr26xx.ko” each time you boot up the system. Therefore you must install the module and tell the system about it. To install the module, type in the following commands (first change directory to where the proper rr26xx.ko locates): # cp rr26xx.ko /lib/modules/‘uname –r‘/kernel/drivers/scsi...

  • Page 54: Updating The Driver

    Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support 4 - Monitoring the Driver Once the driver is running, you can monitor it through the Linux proc file system support. There is a special file under /proc/scsi/rr26xx/. Note:The file name is the SCSI host number allocated by OS. If you have no other SCSI cards installed, it will be 0.

  • Page 55: Installing Raid Management Software

    Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support 6 - Installing RAID Management Software HighPoint RAID Management Software is used to configure and keep track of your hard disks and RAID arrays attached to RR26xx controller. Installation of the manage- ment software is optional but recommended.
  • Page 56 Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support 1 - Overview The purpose of this document is to provide clear instructions on how to install and use RR26xx Controller on Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS Linux system. 2 - Installing Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS Linux on RR26xx controller If you would like to install Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS Linux onto drives attached to RR26xx controller, please perform the following operations: Step 1 Prepare Your Hardware for Installation...
  • Page 57 Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support rawrite.exe. It can be found on the Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS Linux CD (under /dosutils). Just run it under a command window and follow its prompt. On a Linux system, you can use the “dd” command to make the boot diskette. Insert a floppy disk into the floppy drive and type the command (amd64 driver for example): # dd if=rr26xx-rhel5u1.img of=/dev/fd0 Step 4 Install Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS Linux...
  • Page 58 Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support system be able to boot RR26xx controller. 6. Continue the installation as normal. You can refer to Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS Linux installation guide. Note: The system device mapping order is the same as the order shown in RR26xx BIOS Setting Utility.
  • Page 59 Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support Driver modules for all supported kernel versions will be extracted. You can find the driver module for your running kernel under the directory that matches your kernel version (/tmp/‘uname –r‘/rr26xx.ko) Step 2 Test the Driver Module You can test out the module to ensure that it works for your system by changing working directory to the location where rr26xx.ko resides and typing in the command “insmod rr26xx.ko”.
  • Page 60 Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support install the module, type in the following commands (first change directory to where the proper rr26xx.ko locates): #install –d /lib/modules/‘uname –r‘/kernel/drivers/scsi #install –c rr26xx.ko /lib/modules/‘uname –r‘/kernel/drivers/scsi #depmod Then you should inform the system load the module when system boots up with the following command: #iecho “modprobe rr26xx”...
  • Page 61 If you are using lilo to boot your system, use “lilo” to reinstall the RAM disk: lilo 6 - Installing RAID Management Software HighPoint RAID Management Software is used to configure and keep track of your hard disks and RAID arrays attached to RR26xx controller. Installation of the manage- ment software is optional but recommended.
  • Page 62 Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support To configure HighPoint RAID Management Software to work with rr26xx driver, you should setup /etc/hptcfg to be the driver name: #echo rr26xx > /etc/hptcfg Please refer to HighPoint RAID Management Software documents for more information. 7 - Uninstalling You can only uninstall the driver when your system is not booting from devices attached to RR26xx controller.
  • Page 63 Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support 1 - Overview The purpose of this document is to provide clear instructions on how to install and use Rocket RAID 26xx Controller on SuSE Linux system. 2 - Installing SuSE Linux on RR26xx Controller Note: If you would like to install SuSE Linux onto drives attached to RR26xx controller, please perform the following operations: Step 1 Prepare Your Hardware for Installation After you attach your hard disks to RR26xx controller, you can use RR26xx BIOS...
  • Page 64 Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support Insert a floppy disk into the floppy drive and type the command: # dd if=rr26xx-suse-10.3.img of=/dev/fd0 Step 4 Install SuSE Linux 1. Start installing by booting from SuSE installation CD. 2. When CD boots, press the Alt or F3 for Driver Disk and select “Installation” option.
  • Page 65 Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support 3 - Installing RR26xx Driver on an Existing System If you are currently running Linux and would like to access drives or arrays attached to the Rocket RAID 26xx controller, you can perform the following steps. Note: If you use a SCSI adapter to boot your system, you must make sure the RR26xx controller BIOS will be loaded after that adapter’s BIOS.
  • Page 66 Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support E.g. # insmod scsi_mod # insmod sd_mod # insmod rr26xx 2. You are using a kernel that is build off a different configuration with the driver. In this case the precompiled drivers cannot be used. You can build a driver for your kernel using the OpenBuild package for RocketRAID 26xx controller.
  • Page 67 Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support Step 4 Configure System to Mount Volumes when Startup Now you can inform the system to automatically mount the array by modifying the file /etc/fstab. E.g. You can add the following line to tell the system to mount /dev/sda1 to location /mnt/raid after startup: /dev/sda1 /mnt/raid ext2 defaults 0 0 4 - Monitoring the Driver...
  • Page 68 6 - Installing RAID Management Software HighPoint RAID Management Software is used to configure and keep track of your hard disks and RAID arrays attached to RocketRAID controller. Installation of the management software is optional but recommended.

  • Page 69: Installing Freebsd On Rocketraid 26Xx Controller

    Contents of this Chapter: 1 - Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 2640X4 Controller 2 - Installing FreeBSD on RocketRAID 26xx Controller 3 - Installing the RocketRAID 2640X4 Driver on an Existing System 4 - Updating the Driver 5 - Installing RAID Management Software...
  • Page 70 FreeBSD Driver Support 1 - Overview The purpose of this document is to provide clear instructions on how to install and use RocketRAID 26xx Controller on a FreeBSD system. 2 - Installing FreeBSD on RocketRAID 26xx Controller If you would like to install FreeBSD onto drives attached to RocketRAID 26xx controller, please perform the following operations: Step 1 Prepare Your Hardware for Installation After you attach your hard disks to RR26xx controller, you can use RR26xx BIOS...
  • Page 71 FreeBSD Driver Support you are installing FreeBSD 7.0 versions: # dd if=freebsd_7.0.img of=/dev/fd0 Step 4 Install FreeBSD 1. Start installing the FreeBSD by booting from installation CD. 2. If you are installing FreeBSD 5.0 or earlier versions, skip this step. When “Wel- come to FreeBSD”...
  • Page 72 FreeBSD Driver Support for FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr26xx-4.5.ko for FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr26xx-4.6.2.ko for FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr26xx-4.7.ko for FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr26xx-4.8.ko for FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr26xx-4.9.ko for FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr26xx-4.10.ko for FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr26xx-4.11.ko for FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-5.0.ko...
  • Page 73 FreeBSD Driver Support for FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-5.4.ko for FreeBSD 5.3-AMD64-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-5.3-amd64.ko for FreeBSD 5.4-AMD64-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-5.4-amd64.ko for FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-6.0.ko for FreeBSD 6.0-AMD64-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-6.0-amd64.ko for FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-6.1.ko for FreeBSD 6.1-AMD64-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-6.1-amd64.ko for FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-6.1.ko...
  • Page 74 FreeBSD Driver Support for FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-6.3.ko for FreeBSD 6.3-AMD64-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-6.3-amd64.ko for FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-7.0.ko for FreeBSD 7.0-AMD64-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-7.0-amd64.ko 5. After the driver has been loaded, remove the floppy diskette from the floppy drive.
  • Page 75 FreeBSD Driver Support 3 - Installing RR26xx Driver on an Existing System If you are currently running FreeBSD and would like to access drives or arrays attached to the RR26xx Controller, you can perform the following steps. 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: for FreeBSD 4.x:...
  • Page 76 FreeBSD Driver Support If the module has been loaded successfully you should see the RR26xx banner and a display screen of the attached drives. You can now access the drives as a SCSI device (if you have no other SCSI device, the first device is /dev/da0, then /dev/da1, etc.). Example: F1 FreeBSD Default: F1...

  • Page 77: Updating The Driver

    “Install the driver on an existing system”. 5 - Installing RAID Management Software HighPoint RAID Management Software is used to configure and keep track of your hard disks and RAID arrays attached to RR26xx controller. Installation of the manage- ment software is optional but recommended.
  • Page 78 6 - Uninstalling You can only uninstall the driver when your system is not booting from devices attached to RR26xx controller. Just remove the line rr26xx_load=”YES” in /boot/defaults/loader.conf, and then delete the driver module /modules/rr26xx.ko or /boot/kernel/rr26xx.ko .

  • Page 79: Installing The Driver And Raid Utility

    Chapter 8 Mac OSX Driver Contents of this Chapter: Installing the driver and RAID utility...

  • Page 80: Installing The Driver And Raid Utility

    Mac OSX Driver 1 Installing the driver and RAID utility Installing the package Double click the package labeled “rr26xx-MacOSX-universal-vxxx.dmg” to start the installation process (“xxx” refers to the revision of the driver). This will open the driver and software packag. Double click the “rr26xx-MacOSX-universal-vxxx.dmg”...
  • Page 81 Mac OSX Driver You will then be notified that a reboot is needed to install the software. Click “Continue Installation”. 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.

  • Page 82: Customer Support

    Appendix Customer Support...

  • Page 83: Customer Support

    Customer Support Customer Support If you encounter any problems while utilizing the RocketRAID host adapter, or have any questions about this or any other HighPoint product, feel free to contact our Customer 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 host adapter.

  • Page 84: European Union Compliance Statement

    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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