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RocketRAID 3540 S A T AII Host Adapter User’s Guide Revision: 1.0 Date: January 2008 HighPoint T echnologies, Inc..
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T able of Contents T able of Content Chapter 1 Introduction About this Guide ....................................................................................................... 1 - 1 Introducing the RocketRAID 3540 Host Adapter ...................
II Chapter 5 W eb-RAID Management Interface 1 - W eb RAID Management Interface ........................................................................ 5 - 1 2 - Preparing Hard disks ....................................................................
Chapter 1 Introduction Contents of this Chapter: About this guide Introducing the RocketRAID 3540 Host Adapter RocketRAID 3540 Features and Specifications Understanding RAID Concepts and T erminology .
Introduction 1-1 About This Guide The RocketRAID 3540 SA T AII Host Adapter’s User’s Guide provides information about the functions and capabilities of the host adapter, and instructions for installing, configuring and maintaining RAID arrays hosted by the adapter.
Introduction 1-2 256MB of DDR Memory with ECC protection is integrated into the RocketRAID 3540 for improved performance, and provides additional security in the case of critical system failure, when used in conjunction with the optional battery back up unit.
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Introduction 1-4 Electrical Characteristics: PCI-e : 3.3V 2W Power: 12V 14W Understanding RAID Concepts and T erminology The following concepts and terminology is commonly used when describing the functions of the RocketRAID 3540 Host Adapter . Disk initialization Initializing a disk writes necessary RAID configuration information to that disk.
Online RAID Level Migration This term describes the ability to change one type of array (RAID level), into a different type of array (changing a RAID 1 array into a RAID 10 array for example). Data is still accessible during the migration process, and a base level of security is still active.
Chapter 2 RocketRAID 3540 Hardware Description/Installation Contents of this Chapter: RocketRAID 3540 Hardware 1 - RocketRAID 3540 Adapter Layout 2 - Installing the RocketRAID 3540 Host Adapter 3 - V .
RocketRAID 3540 Hardware Description/Installation 2-1 RocketRAID 3540 Hardware 1 - RocketRAID 3540 Adapter Layout Port1, Port2, Port3, Port4 These represent the RocketRAID 3540’s four Internal Mini-SAS ports. Each port can support up to 4 hard disks.
RocketRAID 3540 Hardware Description/Installation 2- 2 J18 (BBU connector) Connector for battery backup unit (optional part). BEEP1 – Speaker Alarm (speaker): the speaker emits and audible alarm in the case of disk/array failure. Ethernet Port Ethernet port for Out of Bound Manegement, support Net Time Protocol.
RocketRAID 3540 Hardware Description/Installation 2-3 3 - V erifying Installation Once the RocketRAID 3540 host adapter and hard disks have been installed into the chassis, boot-up the system to verify that the hardware is properly recognized. 1 . Power on the system.
RocketRAID 3540 Hardware Description/Installation 2- 4 Make sure all attached disks are detected by this utility. If any of the hard disks are not detected, power down the system and check the cable connections to both the card, and enclosure. 4 - Battery Backup A battery backup option will be available as an optional add-on component.
Chapter 3 RocketRAID 3540 BIOS Utility Contents of this Chapter: RocketRAID 3540 BIOS Utility 1 - BIOS Command Overview 2 - Disk Menu 3 - Array Menu 4 - Controller Menu.
RocketRAID 3540 BIOS Utility The RocketRAID 3540’s BIOS Utility can be accessed using the “Ctrl+H” command. This command should be displayed automatically when the RocketRAID 3540’s BIOS screen appears during the system’s boot up procedure.
RocketRAID 3540 BIOS Utility Press [AL T + S] to open the “System” menu in the figure 1; then select “Supervisor mode”, and press ENTER. This will open the user authentication interface. Enter the appropriate password and then press ENTER. The initial password is “hpt”.
RocketRAID 3540 BIOS Uti lity 3-3 Note: If the selected disk has already been initialized, the BIOS utility will display a warning message, but will continue to initialize the remaining disks. W arning : Initializing a disk may result in data loss – do not initialize disks that contain critical data.
RocketRAID 3540 BIOS Utility Note: V ariable Sector Size (VSS) for over 2TB support in 32bit LBA OS. It changes the sector size from default 512 Bytes to 4k Bytes etc. the maximum volume capacity up to 16TB. This option works under W indows platform only .
RocketRAID 3540 BIOS Uti lity 3-5 Start T ask – select this option to schedule specific RAID maintenance tasks such as RAID V erification. Stop T ask – use this option to terminate scheduled tasks. Set boot - use this option to set an array to act as a boot volume.
RocketRAID 3540 BIOS Utility Network Setting Use this menu to configure the RocketRAID card’s network settings. Access the Controller menu, select “Network” and press ENTER. Y ou can select “Use automatic config” to request the network information from the system, or configure the settings manually.
Chapter 4 RocketRAID 3540 Driver and Software Installation Microsoft Windows (2000, XP , 2003 Server , V ista) Contents of this Chapter: Driver and Software CD W indows Driver Installation.
RocketRAID 3540 Driver and Software Installation Driver and Software CD The RocketRAID 3540 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.
RocketRAID 3540 Driver and Software Installation 4-2 5 . Click on the “Please Select the Diskette you want to create” drop-down button, and select the appropriate OS from the list. 6 . Click on the “OK” button to create the driver diskette. T o install the RAID software: 1 .
RocketRAID 3540 Driver and Software Installation 4-3 Windows Driver Installation Before installing the RocketRAID 3540 device driver, make sure the RocketRAID 3540 host adapter and all required hard disks have been installed into the system’s chassis (refer to the Hardware Installation section, pages 2-2, 2-3).
RocketRAID 3540 Driver and Software Installation 4-4 Installing the RocketRAID 3540 driver during a fresh Windows 2000/XP/2003/x64 installation 1 . After booting from the W indows 2000/XP/2003 CD-ROM, when the W indows Setup blue screen appears, look towards the bottom of the screen.
4-5 RocketRAID 3540 Driver and Software Installation 5 . When asked: “W ould you like to install this driver software?”, select “Install”. 6 . Reboot the system when prompted. The RocketRAID 3540 will be available for use after V ista reboots.
Chapter 5 RocketRAID 3540 W eb RAID Management Interface Contents of this Chapter: 1 - W eb RAID Management Interface 2 - Preparing Hard disks 3 - Array Management 4 - Device Management 5 - Configurin.
W eb RAID Management Interface 5-1 1 - W eb RAID Management Interface There are two methods to access the RocketRAID 3540’s web-based RAID management interface: Use HighPoint In-band Management Service or use the adapter’s Ethernet port (out-of-band management).
W eb RAID Management Interface The in-band management software provides an access URL for each controller on the system. Y ou can access the RAID management interface for each controller through its access URL. Then Select the controller’s Access URL by click the link http://127.
W eb RAID Management Interface 5-3 3) Checkmark each disk you wish to initialize, and click the Submit button. W arning: initializing disks may delete data stored on the selected disks. Legacy Disks Disks that already contain data or have been partitioned will be recognized as “Legacy Disks”.
W eb RAID Management Interface 5-4 5 . If you are creating a redundant RAID array (RAID1, 5, 6, 10, 50), select an initialization option for the array. Note: An un-initialized RAID1 or RAID10 array can still provide redundancy in case of a disk failure.
W eb RAID Management Interface 5-5 3 ) 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 Array Maintenan.
W eb RAID Management Interface 5-6 2 ) Highlight the desired RAID array 3 ) Click the “ Maintenance ” button. Click the V erify button to start the verify process.
W eb RAID Management Interface 5-7 An unexpected system crash may result in data loss while performing OCE/ORLM on an array . W e strongly recommend backing up data before starting the OCE/ORLM process. After the OCE/ORLM procedure has completed, reboot the system.
W eb RAID Management Interface 5-8 4 Device Management Select the “ Manage - Device ” function to access the device management page. Change Device Settings Depending upon the capabilities RAID controller and hard disks drives in use, several configurable device settings may be available: Read Ahead, W rite Cache, TCQ, and NCQ.
W eb RAID Management Interface 5-9 User can also use the W eb RAID management to upgrade controller’s firmware. SHI – Storage Health Inspector The primary SHI interface displays a brief “health” summary of each hard disk. Controller ID Which controller /card the disk is attached to.
W eb RAID Management Interface 5-10 Device SSN# Serial number of the hard disk RAID RAID/Non-RAID status F T emperature (in Fahrenheit) of the hard disk (Celsius is displayed under the SMAR T status) Bad Sectors/Found & Repaired The card is capable of repairing bad sectors – a summary of this activity is presented here.
W eb RAID Management Interface 5-11 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”. Y ou can add the attribute definitions for your drive in the file smart.
W eb RAID Management Interface 5-12 T o rescan the devices: 1 ) Select menu “ Manage - Device ”. 2 ) Click “ Rescan Devices ” button. Note: When you are hot-plugging an entire array, run rescan only after all array members (hard disks) have been physically plugged or unplugged from the system.
W eb RAID Management Interface 5-13 6 Managing Events and T asks The HighPoint W eb RAID Management Software automatically logs all controller related events that have occurred (for all controllers/cards managed by the software).
W eb RAID Management Interface 5-14 Scheduling a T ask T o add a task schedule: 1 ) Select the array that you want to verify or rebuild. 2 ) Enter a name for the task. 3 ) Configure the frequency for the task. 4 ) Check the Submit button. Delete a Scheduled T ask T o delete a task schedule: 1 ) Select a task from the T asks List.
W eb RAID Management Interface 5-15 Settings>System The System Setting page include SAF-TE config file setting, Audible Alarm setting, Staggered Spinup setting, Spindown Idle Disk setting, Rebuild priority setting and Auto Rebuild setting. The Upload SAF-TE config file option allow user to upload the special SAF-TE config files.
W eb RAID Management Interface 5-16 Settings>User This setting allows you to alter the default password (when logging on). Enter a new password and click the “Change Password” button to change the current user’s password.
T o test E-mail notification: 1 ) Enter the necessary information for the recipient. 2 ) Click the T est button. If the software is unable to send a test message, an error will be displayed. Double check the recipient entries and make sure the information is correct.
Chapter 6 Linux Driver Support Contents of this Chapter: Fedora Linux installation Overview SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) installation Overview Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS Overview.
Linux Driver Support 6-1 1 - Overview The purpose of this document is to provide clear instructions on how to install and use RocketRAID 3540 Controller on Fedora Linux system.
Linux Drive r Support 6-2 command to make the boot diskette. Insert a floppy disk into the floppy drive and type the command(Example): #dd if=rr3xxx_4xxx-fedora.img of=/dev/fd0 Step 4 Install Fedora Linux Installation steps for Fedora 8 1. Start installing Fedora Linux by booting from the installation DVD.
Linux Driver Support 6-3 the floppy drive and then select “ OK ”. The system will load RR3540 driver automatically. When prompted “ Do you wish to load any more driver disks?” Select “ No ”. 9. When prompted for an update disk source, select fd0 .
Linux Drive r Support 6-4 5. Continue the installation as usual. Installation steps for Fedora Core 2 1. Start installing Fedora Linux by booting from the installation CD. 2. On “ W elcome to Fedora Linux ” installation screen, a prompted label “ boot: ” will appear at the bottom of the screen.
Linux Driver Support 6-5 Remove hptiop.ko module on Fedora 6 & 7 & 8 If you installed RR3540 controller, you must remove built-in module from system: # rm –f /lib/modules/‘uname –r‘/kernel/drivers/scsi/hptiop.ko # rmmod hptiop.ko Step 1 Obtain the Driver Module Y ou can extract the module file from the file modules.
Linux Drive r Support 6-6 kernel using Open Source package for RocketRAID 3540 controller. T o ensure the module has been loaded successfully , you can check the driver status by typing in the command “ cat /proc/scsi/hptiop/x ”, where x is the filename you found under /proc/scsi/hptiop/.
Linux Driver Support 6-7 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/hptiop/. Note: The file name is the SCSI host number allocated by OS.
Linux Drive r Support 6-8 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 RR3540 controller. Installation of the manage- ment software is optional but recommended.
Linux Driver Support 6-9 1 - Overview The purpose of this document is to provide clear instructions on how to install and use Rocket RAID 3540 Controller on SLES Linux system.
Linux Drive r Support 6-10 can be found on the SLES 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 driver diskette. Insert a floppy disk into the floppy drive and type the command: # dd if=rr3xxx_4xxx-sles.
Linux Driver Support E.g. default=0 timeout=8 title Linux kernel (hd0,1)/vmlinux root=/dev/hda1 acpi=off initrd (hd0,1)/initrd Then reboot the system to make new kernel parameter take effect. Step 2 Install the Driver Module The driver modules are packed in file /linux/suse /[ arch ]-[ version ]/install/update.
Linux Drive r Support Step 4 Configure System to Automatically Load the Driver Most likely, you will not want to type in “ insmod hptiop ” each time you boot up the system. Y ou can add the driver to the initial RAM disk image to load the driver at boot time: 1.
Linux Driver Support 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 RR3540 controller. Installation of the manage- ment software is optional but recommended.
Linux Drive r Support 1 - Overview The purpose of this document is to provide clear instructions on how to install and use RocketRAID 3540 Controller on Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS system. Please refer to HighPoint RAID Management Software documents about more information.
Linux Driver Support 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=rr3xxx_4xxx-rhel_centos-.
Linux Drive r Support Note: 1. The system device mapping order is the same as the order shown in RR3540 BIOS Setting Utility. 2. On some system the LILO boot loader may be installed incorrectly unless you specify BIOS parameters in /etc/lilo.
Linux Driver Support Step 2 T est the Driver Module Y ou can test out the module to ensure that it works for your system by changing working directory to the location where hptiop.o resides and typing in the command “ insmod hptiop.ko ”. If you are using a distribution with 2.
Linux Drive r Support Then you should inform the system load the module when system boots up with the following command: #echo “modprobe hptiop” > /etc/init.d/hptdriver #chmod 755 /etc/init.d/hptdriver #ln –sf /etc/init.d/hptdriver /etc/rc.d/rc3.
Linux Driver Support RR3540 driver on an Existing System ”. Overwrite the driver file in the directory “ /lib/modules/`uname –r`/kernel/drivers/scsi/”.
Chapter 7 FreeBSD Driver Support Contents of this Chapter: 1 - Overview 2 - Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 3540 Controller 3 - Installing the RocketRAID 3540 Driver on an Existing System 4 - Upd.
FreeBSD Driver Support 1 - Overview The purpose of this document is to provide clear instructions on how to install and use RocketRAID 3540 Controller on a FreeBSD system.
FreeBSD Driver Support On a FreeBSD system, you can use the “dd” command to make the driver diskette. For example, Insert a floppy disk into the floppy drive and type the following command if you are installing FreeBSD versions: # dd if=rr3xxx_4xxx-bsd.
FreeBSD Driver Support ok load disk1:hptiop-4.4.ko for FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE ok load disk1:hptiop-4.5.ko for FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE ok load disk1:hptiop-4.6.2.ko for FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE ok load disk1:hptiop-4.7.ko for FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE ok load disk1:hptiop-4.
FreeBSD Driver Support for FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE ok load disk0:hptiop-5.4.ko for FreeBSD 5.4-AMD64-RELEASE ok load disk0:hptiop-5.4-amd64.ko for FreeBSD 5.5-RELEASE ok load disk0:hptiop-5.5.ko for FreeBSD 5.5-AMD64-RELEASE ok load disk0:hptiop-5.5-amd64.
FreeBSD Driver Support for FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE ok load disk0:hptiop-6.3.ko for FreeBSD 7.0-AMD64-RELEASE ok load disk0:hptiop-6.3-amd64.ko 5. After the driver has been loaded, remove the floppy diskette from the floppy drive. 6. T ype in “boot” and continue the installation as normal.
FreeBSD Driver Support 3 - Installing RR3xxx/4xxx Driver on an Existing System If you are currently running FreeBSD and would like to access drives or arrays attached to the RR3xxx/4xxx Controller, you can perform the following steps.
FreeBSD Driver Support 7-7 (if you have no other SCSI device, the first device is /dev/da0, then /dev/da1, etc.). Example 1. Load it at boot loader for 5.0 or earlier version: F1 FreeBSD Default: F1 >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/loader boot: BTX loader 1.
FreeBSD Driver Support Now you can mount /dev/da0s1e to somewhere to access it. Step 3 Configure System to Automatically Load the Driver Most likely, you will not want to type “load hptiop” each time you boot up the system. Therefore you must install the module and tell the system about it.
FreeBSD Driver Support 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 RR3540 controller. Installation of the manage- ment software is optional but recommended.
Chapter 8 Mac OSX Driver Contents of this Chapter: Installing the driver and RAID utility 7-8.
1 Installing the driver and RAID utility Installing the package 1. Double click the package labeled “ rr3xxx-mac-v120-1 13007.dmg ” to start the installation process (“xxx” refers to the revision of the driver) . This will open the driver and software packag.
Appendix Customer Support.
Customer Support If you encounter any problems while utilizing the RocketRAID 3540, or have any questions about this or any other HighPoint product, feel free to contact our Customer Support Department.
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