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RocketRAID 1720
SATAII Host Adapter
User's Guide
Revision: 1.0
Date: April 2007
HighPoint Technologies, Inc.

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  • Page 1 RocketRAID 1720 SATAII Host Adapter User’s Guide Revision: 1.0 Date: April 2007 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

    RocketRAID 1720 Hardware Description/Installation RocketRAID 1720 Hardware....................2-1 1 - RocketRAID 1720 Adapter Layout ................ 2-1 2 - LED Connections ....................2-1 3 - Installing the RocketRAID 1720 Host Adapter ............. 2-2 4 - Verifying Installation ..................... 2-4 Chapter 3 RocketRAID 1720 BIOS Utility RocketRAID 1720 BIOS Utility....................3-1...
  • Page 4 FreeBSD Driver Support 1 - Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 1720 Controller ........6-1 2 - Installing the RocketRAID 1720 Driver on an Existing System ......6-4 3 - Updating the Driver ....................6-7 4 - Uninstalling the Driver ..................6-7...

  • Page 5: Introducing The Rocketraid 1720 Host Adapter

    Chapter 1 Introduction Contents of this Chapter: About this guide Introducing the RocketRAID 1720 Host Adapter Product Features Understanding RAID Concepts and Terminology...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    RAID arrays hosted by the adapter. Introducing the RocketRAID 1720 Host Adapter The HighPoint RocketRAID 1720 is a 2-channel PCI to Serial ATA II RAID controller. The RocketRAID 1720 solution is ideal for small business servers, NAS storage, workgroup and web servers, back up, and security systems.

  • Page 7: Understanding Raid Concepts And Terminology

    A redundant array (RAID1) needs to be initialized to ensure full performance and reliability. Non-redundant arrays (RAID0, JBOD) do not need to be initialized. When you create a redundant array using the RocketRAID 1720 controller’s BIOS Configuration Utility, it will create the array in un-initialized state. The initialization process can be completed after installing the driver and management software.

  • Page 8: Background Initialization

    Disks attached to the RocketRAID 1720 that contain valid partition tables will be identified as legacy disks. A legacy disk attached to the RocketRAID 1720 can be accessed by the operating system, but cannot be used to create RAID arrays. A...

  • Page 9: Rocketraid 1720 Hardware Description/Installation

    Chapter 2 RocketRAID 1720 Hardware Description/Installation Contents of this Chapter: RocketRAID 1720 Hardware 1 - RocketRAID 1720 Adapter Layout 2 - LED Connections 3 - Installing the RocketRAID 1720 Host Adapter 4 - Verifying Installation...

  • Page 10: Rocketraid 1720 Hardware

    LED connectors for hard disk activity, and hard disk failure. 2 - LED Connections The RocketRAID 1720 provides one LED connector, which supports Disk Activity and Disk Failure LED’s. Note: The connector was designed for use with SATA/SATAII backplanes. Pins are...

  • Page 11: Installing The Rocketraid 1720 Host Adapter

    Open the system chassis and locate an unused PCI slot. Remove the PCI slot cover. Gently insert the RocketRAID 1720 into the PCI slot, and secure the bracket to the system chassis.
  • Page 12 RocketRAID 1720 Hardware Description/Installation After installing the adapter, attach hard disks to the RocketRAID 1720 using an SATA data cable. SATA cables have universal connections – either end can be attached to the adapter or hard disk. Each RocketRAID 1720 included four SATA cables, and supports up to four separate hard disks drives.

  • Page 13: Verifying Installation

    RocketRAID 1720 Hardware Description/Installation 4 - Verifying Installation Once the RocketRAID 1720 host adapter and hard disks have been installed into the chassis, boot-up the system to verify that the hardware is properly recognized. Power on the system. If the system detects the presence of the adapter, the RocketRAID 1720 BIOS Utility will be displayed during bootup.

  • Page 14: Rocketraid 1720 Bios Utility

    Chapter 3 RocketRAID 1720 BIOS Utility Contents of this Chapter: RocketRAID 1720 BIOS Utility 1 - BIOS Command Overview 2 - Creating RAID Arrays 3 - Adding/Removing Spare Disks 4 - Updating the BIOS...
  • Page 15 RocketRAID 1720 BIOS Utility RocketRAID 1720 BIOS Utility The RocketRAID 1720’s BIOS Utility can be accessed using the “Ctrl+H” command. This command should be displayed automatically when the RocketRAID 1720’s BIOS screen appears during the system’s boot up procedure. 1 - BIOS Command Overview The RocketRAID 1720 BIOS Utility provides a wide selection of RAID related commands.
  • Page 16 View – this command is used to select between two views. Press the ENTER key to change the view. Devices – displays information about hard disks attached to the RocketRAID 1720. ↑ ↓ Use the arrow keys to highlight the target hard disk, and press ENTER to view the information.

  • Page 17: Creating Raid Arrays

    RocketRAID 1720 BIOS Utility 2 - Creating RAID Arrays Initializing Disks: Before creating a RAID array, the disks must be initialized. Initialization writes necessary RAID configuration information to the hard disk. ← → Use the arrow keys to select the Initialize command, and press ENTER.
  • Page 18 RocketRAID 1720 BIOS Utility ↓ Next, Use the arrow key to highlight the Capacity (GB) option and press ENTER. The total available capacity will be displayed. Press ENTER if you wish to use all available space. If you wish to reserve disk space for additional arrays/single disks, use the keyboard to input the amount of space (in GB) you wish to set aside for this particular array, and press ENTER.

  • Page 19: Updating The Bios

    RocketRAID 1720 BIOS Utility 3 - Updating the BIOS BIOS updates are released periodically, and posted on our website for download. There are several ways to flash the RR1720 BIOS. For Windows based operating systems: 1) Download the desired BIOS update from the Support section provided for the RR1720 host adapter.
  • Page 20 RocketRAID 1720 BIOS Utility 6) Select the RR1720 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). 7) Highlight the image file, and click the “Flash!” button. The utility will update the card, then verify the update.
  • Page 21 RocketRAID 1720 BIOS Utility Once the A:\> prompt has appeared, insert the media that contains the required BIOS files, and type the following command: load xxx.xxx Then, press enter. Note: xxx.xxx = the name of the BIOS image file (type it exactly as it appears).

  • Page 22: Rocketraid 1720 Driver And Software Installation

    Chapter 4 RocketRAID 1720 Driver and Software Installation Microsoft Windows (2000, XP, 2003 Server, x64 versions, Vista) Contents of this Chapter: Driver and Software CD Windows Driver Installation...

  • Page 23: Driver And Software Cd

    RocketRAID 1720 Driver and Software Installation Driver and Software CD The RocketRAID 1720 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.
  • Page 24 RocketRAID 1720 Driver and Software Installation 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:...

  • Page 25: Windows Driver Installation

    2003/x64 system After the operating system has booted, Windows will automatically detect the RocketRAID 1720, and request that a device driver be installed. To install the device driver, follow the steps outlined below: When the “Found New Hardware Wizard” window appears, select “Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)”, and click Next to continue.

  • Page 26: Installation Verification

    In the popup window, select Hardware tab and then click Device Manager button. Double click the “SCSI and RAID controllers” entry. If the RocketRAID 1720 device entry is not displayed, or there are “?” or “!” marks displayed near the RocketRAID 1720 entry, the driver has not been installed properly.
  • Page 27 Installing the RocketRAID 1720 driver for an existing Windows Vista system Install the RocketRAID 1720 host adapter into the PC, then boot up Windows Vista. Windows should automatically detect the card, and display the “Found New Hardware” wizard pop-up window. Select “Locate and install driver software”.

  • Page 28: Installing The Raid Management Console/ Interface Overview

    In the popup window, select Hardware tab and then click Device Manager button. Double click the “SCSI and RAID controllers” entry. If the RocketRAID 1720 device entry is not displayed, or there are “?” or “!” marks displayed near the RocketRAID 1720 entry, the driver has not been installed properly.

  • Page 29: Software Interface - Overview Of Commands/Functions

    RocketRAID 1720 Driver and Software Installation Default Parameters: System Address: 127.0.0.1 Port: 7402 User Name: RAID Password: hpt Logging On (continued) Note: The password and user name fields are case sensitive. The first time the software is used, make sure to enter the information listed above.

  • Page 30: Creating An Array

    RocketRAID 1720 Driver and Software Installation Device Management - check information or change settings for host adapters, and hard disks Spare management - create and assign spare disks System Notification - Set up system notification options View Event view - Views the event log...
  • Page 31 Note: The selection sequence is important - the order in which the disks are selected will determine the disk sequence of the array. Select the capacity - the RocketRAID 1720 can create arrays between partitions on various disks. It is not limited to physical hard disk drives. As a result of this feature, you have the option of assigning a physical disk to multiple RAID arrays.

  • Page 32: Deleting An Array

    RocketRAID 1720 Driver and Software Installation Press Enter to use the default value (the maximum capacity for the array), or specify the desired value using the keyboard, and press Enter to confirm this selection. Then, click the Finish button. Note: If you have specified an initialization option, the initialization process will start automatically.
  • Page 33 RocketRAID 1720 Driver and Software Installation as “broken”. Broken arrays can be automatically rebuilt using hot-spare disks. However, if there are no available spare disks, you can still rebuild the array by adding a new disk to it. To add a disk to a broken array: Highlight the “Management”...

  • Page 34: Oce/Orlm

    You cannot change an array to another type of array with a smaller capacity. In some cases, a disk may need to be added to the RocketRAID 1720. During the OCE/ORLM procedure, the redundancy level of the array will be the lowest of the source and target arrays;...

  • Page 35: Misc. Array/Device Options

    8 - Misc. Array/Device Options Device Management The Device Management window provides configuration information about control- lers (the RocketRAID 1720 and other HighPoint host adapters), channels and hard disks. To access the Device Management window, highlight the “Management” menu, and select the “Device Management”...

  • Page 36: Managing Events

    Note: An array running background tasks cannot be renamed. 9 - Managing Events The HighPoint RAID Management Console will log all events that have occurred on any host adapter under it’s control. Viewing Logged Events To view logged events: 1.
  • Page 37 RocketRAID 1720 Driver and Software Installation Note: The software does not support SMTP servers that require user authentication. To add a Recipient: Highlight the “Management” menu, and select the “Event Notification” function. Click the “Add” button on the toolbar or select “Add” command from the “Operation”...
  • Page 38 RocketRAID 1720 Driver and Software Installation To test E-mail notification: 1. Highlight the “Management” menu, and select the “Event Notification” function. 2. Select one recipient from the main window. 3. Click the Test button on the toolbar or select the “Test” command from the “Opera- tion”...
  • Page 39 RocketRAID 1720 Driver and Software Installation To add a new scheduled task: Click the “New” button on the toolbar. The new task schedule wizard will appear. Select the task type and the array that you want to verify or rebuild, then click “Next”.

  • Page 40: Configuring Remote Systems

    10 - Configuring Remote Systems Then HighPoint RAID Management Console manages a RAID controller through a connection to the HighPoint RAID Management Service, which runs on the system where the RAID host adapter is physically installed. This type of system is referred to as a “remote system”.
  • Page 41 RocketRAID 1720 Driver and Software Installation 1. Highlight the “File” menu, and select the “Remote Control” function. 2. Click the Add button on the toolbar or select the “Add” command from the “Opera- tion” menu. 3. Enter the system address, name, and port information in the popup window.
  • Page 42 RocketRAID 1720 Driver and Software Installation Note: The System Address cannot be modified. If you insist on modifying this item, you must first delete this connection and then add a new connection. In addition, the connected system cannot be modified – you must first disconnect from this system.

  • Page 43: System Configuration

    RocketRAID 1720 Driver and Software Installation Note: The initial user name/password for a remote system is RAID/hpt. You are free to modify the username and password after the connection is established. If the connection is successful established, the application will retrieve the event logs from the remote system, then switch to Array Management view.

  • Page 44: Configuring Users And Privileges

    RocketRAID 1720 Driver and Software Installation Event Port - The client software will retrieve events through this port. The default value is 7403. The System Port value must differ from the value assigned to the Event Port. After you reset a system’s configuration, you should restart the service on that system for the changes to take effect.
  • Page 45 RocketRAID 1720 Driver and Software Installation 1. Click the “Add” button in the User Management window. 2. In the popup window, enter the user name, enter and confirm the password, and then click “Next”. 3. Select the appropriate privileges for the user.
  • Page 46 RocketRAID 1720 Driver and Software Installation 2. Click the “Set Password” option, and enter the password for the user. 3. Click OK to apply your selections. Set Privilege The Administrator uses this function set a user’s privileges for the selected remote system.

  • Page 47: Linux Driver Support

    Chapter 5 Linux Driver Support Contents of this Chapter: Fedora Core 6 Linux installation Overview Red Hat Enterprise 4 Overview SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) installation Overview...

  • Page 48: Fedora Core 6 Linux Installation Overview

    BIOS/Driver page for the RocketRAID 1720. To install Fedora Linux onto hard disks or RAID arrays attached to RocketRAID 1720 controller, follow the steps outlined below: Step 1 Prepare the Driver Diskette The driver is contained in a floppy diskette image file.
  • Page 49 3 - Installing the RocketRAID 1720 driver for an Exist- ing System Note: If a SCSI adapter is used to boot the system, make sure the RocketRAID 1720 controller BIOS loads/posts after the SCSI adapter’s BIOS. It may be necessary to move the adapter(s) to another PCI slot.
  • Page 50 If the original driver is installed in the system’s initrd (Initial RAM Disk) file (when using a system installed to the RocketRAID 1720 controller, for example), the driver module in the initrd file should be updated using the mkinitrd com-...
  • Page 51 (rr172x.o or rr172x.ko). 5 - Installing the RAID Management Software The HighPoint RAID Management Software is used to configure and keep track of your hard disks and RAID arrays attached to RR1720 controller. Installation of the management software is optional but recommended.

  • Page 52: Red Hat Enterprise 4 Overview

    1 - Red Hat Enterprise 4 Overview This section provides instructions describing how to install and utilize the RocketRAID 1720 Adapter on a Red Hat Enterprise 4 Linux system. 2 - Installing Red Hat Enterprise 4 (AS, ES, WS) Linux...
  • Page 53 3 - Installing the RocketRAID 1720 driver for an Exist- ing System Note: If a SCSI adapter is used to boot the system, make sure the RocketRAID 1720 controller BIOS loads/posts after the SCSI adapter’s BIOS. It may be necessary to move the adapter(s) to another PCI slot.
  • Page 54 Linux Driver Support To create a partition on this array (which will listed as /dev/sda1), use the “fdisk / dev/sda” command. Next, use the “mkfs /dev/sda1” command to setup a file system on this partition. Use the command “mkdir xxxx” to create a mount point for the RAID array. Then, mount /dev/sda1 /xxxx in order to access it.
  • Page 55 Linux Driver Support 4 - Updating the Driver If you are not booting from disks attached to RocketRAID 1720 controller, you can update the driver just by reinstalling it following the procedure outlined in the previous section, “Installing the RocketRAID 1720 driver for an Existing System”.

  • Page 56: Suse Linux Enterprise Server (Sles) Installation Overview

    BIOS/Driver page for the RocketRAID 1720. To install SLES onto hard disks or RAID arrays attached to RocketRAID 1720 controller, follow the steps outlined below: Step 1 Prepare the Driver Diskette The driver is contained in a floppy diskette image file (slesdd.img).

  • Page 57: Installing The Rocketraid 1720 Driver On An Existing System

    “BOOT” or “HDD0” will be identified as /dev/sda, “HDD1” as /dev/sdb, “HDD2” as /dev/sdc, etc. When creating mount points, /boot must be mounted on /dev/sda. 3 - Installing the RocketRAID 1720 Driver on an Exist- ing System If you are currently running SLES and would like to access drives or arrays attached...
  • Page 58 Linux Driver Support title Linux kernel (hd0,1)/vmlinux root=/dev/hda1 acpi=off initrd (hd0,1)/initrd Reboot the system to allow the new kernel parameters to take effect. Step 2 Install the Driver Module Extract the module file from the file /linux/suse /[arch]-[version]/install/update.tar.gz (from the driver disk), using the following commands: # mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy # cd / # tar xfz /mnt/floppy/linux/suse/i386-sles9/install/update.tar.gz...
  • Page 59 Linux Driver Support Use the command “mkdir xxxx” to create a mount point for the RAID array. Then, mount /dev/sda1 /xxxx in order to access it. Note: xxxx represents the desired name of the mount point. Step 4 Configure System to Automatically Load the Driver To avoid typing in “insmod rr172x.o”...

  • Page 60: Updating The Driver

    Note: If the driver is loaded in initrd (when system is installed onto a disk or array attached to the RocketRAID 1720), you need to run the mkinitrd command to update the initrd file. If you are using the lilo boot loader, run lilo again (# lilo).
  • Page 61 Chapter 6 FreeBSD Driver Support Contents of this Chapter: 1 - Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 1720 Controller 2 - Installing the RocketRAID 1720 Driver on an Existing System 3 - Updating the Driver 4 - Uninstalling the Driver...
  • Page 62 FreeBSD Driver Support 1 - Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 1720 Con- troller If you would like to install FreeBSD onto arrays attached to the RocketRAID 1720 host adapter, please follow the steps below. Step 1 Prepare the Driver Diskette...
  • Page 63 Booting [kernel] in 9 seconds… <-press SPACE key A prompted label “ok” will appear at the bottom of the screen. Insert the RocketRAID 1720 driver diskette into floppy drive. Type in “load diskx:rr172x-x.x” (without quotation marks), and then press enter. for FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE ok load kernel ok load disk1:rr172x-4.3.ko...
  • Page 64 FreeBSD Driver Support for FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr172x-4.10.ko for FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr172x-4.11.ko for FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr172x-5.0.ko for FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr172x-5.1.ko for FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr172x-5.2.1.ko for FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr172x-5.3.ko for FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr172x-5.4.ko for FreeBSD 5.3-AMD64-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr172x-5.3-amd64.ko...
  • Page 65 FreeBSD Driver Support Before exiting installation, an additional step must be taken to copy the RocketRAID 1720 driver module to the system. On the driver diskette, there is a setup script labeled “postinstall”, which will complete this task. Before rebooting...
  • Page 66 FreeBSD Driver Support For FreeBSD 4.x: # vnconfig vn0c freebsd_xxx.img # mount /dev/vn0c /mnt # cp /mnt/rr172x-xxx.ko /modules/rr172x.ko # vnconfig –du vn0c myfilesystem mount=/mnt For FreeBSD 5.x: # mdconfig –a –t vnode –f freebsd_5.x.img –u 0 # mount /dev/md0 /mnt # cp /mnt/rr172x-xxx.ko /boot/kernel/rr172x.ko # umount /mnt # mdconfig –d –u md0...
  • Page 67 # echo ’rr172x_load=”YES”’ >> /boot/defaults/loader.conf This command will instruct the loader to load the RocketRAID 1720 module together with the kernel. After using this command, reboot the system. The RocketRAID 1720 module should now automatically load each time the operating system starts up.
  • Page 68 4 - Uninstalling the Driver The driver can only be uninstalled when the system is not booting from devices attached to the RocketRAID 1720 controller. To uninstall, remove the line RR172x_load=”YES” located in /boot/defaults/loader.conf, and then delete the driver module /modules/rr172x.ko or /boot/kernel/rr172x.ko.

  • Page 69: Appendix

    Appendix Customer Support...
  • Page 70 Customer Support Customer Support If you encounter any problems while utilizing the RocketRAID1720, or have any questions about this or any other HighPoint product, feel free to contact our Cus- tomer Support Department. Troubleshooting Checklist Before contacting our Customer Support department: Make sure the latest BIOS, driver and RAID Software have been installed for the RocketRAID1720.

  • Page 71: 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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