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RocketRAID 2320 S A T AII Host Adapter User’s Guide Revision: 1.0 Date: August 2005 HighPoint T echnologies, Inc. ...
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Copyright Copyright © 2005 HighPoint T echnologies, Inc. This document contains materials protected by International Copyright Laws. All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced, transmitted or transcribed in any form and for any purpose without the express written permission of HighPoint T echnologies, Inc. T rademarks Companies ...
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T able of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction About this Guide ................................................................................................... Introducing the RocketRAID 2320 Host Adapter .......................................... Product Features ...................................................................................... ...
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WINDOWS DRIVER INST ALLA TION ........................................................... 1 - Installing the RAID Management Console/ Interface Overview .......... 2 - Software Interface - Overview of commands/functions ........................... 3 - Creating an Array ................................................................................ ...
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Chapter 1 Introduction Contents of this Chapter: About this Guide Introducing the RocketRAID 2320 Host Adapter Product Features Understanding RAID Concepts and T erminology ...
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About this Guide The RocketRAID 2320 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. Introducing the RocketRAID 2320 Host Adapter The HighPoint RocketRAID 2320 is an 8-channel PCI-Ex ...
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Understanding RAID Concepts and T erminology The following concepts and terminology is commonly used when describing the functions of the RocketRAID 2320 Host Adapter . Disk initialization Initializing a disk writes necessary RAID configuration information to that disk. Disks must be initialized before configuring them into RAID arrays. The initial ...
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Foreground initialization Foreground initialization will zero-out all data on the array. The array is not accessible by the operating system until initialization is complete. Background initialization Background initialization allows the array to be used immediately. For RAID 1 and RAID 10 arrays, initialization will results in data being duplicate ...
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Spare disk A spare disk is a single disk that can be used to automatically rebuild a redundant array in case of drive failure. Spare disks may also be members of a RAID array . Any available space on these disks may be used to rebuild other broken arrays. Legacy disk Disks attached to the RocketRAID 2320 that contain valid partition tables will be ...
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Chapter 2 RocketRAID 2320 Hardware Description/Installation Contents of this Chapter: RocketRAID 2320 Hardware 1 - RocketRAID 2320 Adapter Layout 2 - LED Connections 3 - Installing the RocketRAID 2320 Host Adapter 4 - V erifying Installation 5 - Single-RAID Cross Adapter ...
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RocketRAID 2320 Hardware 1 – RocketRAID 2320 Adapter Layout Port1- Port8 These represent the RocketRAID 2320’s eight SA T AII channels. The SA T A port furthest away from the surface of the adapter is always the odd numbered channel (1, 3, 5, 7), while the port closest to the adapter is the even numbered channel (2, 4, 6, 8). J2, J3, J4, J5 LED ...
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2 - LED Connections The RocketRAID 2320 has 4 LED jumpers – J2, J3, J4 and J5. The following diagrams describe the connector pin definitions for the Disk Activity jumpers (J2, J3), and Disk Failure connections (J4, J5). The “Ports” refer to the RocketRAID 2320’s eight SA T AII channels. RocketRAID 2320 Hardware Description/Installation 2-2 ...
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RocketRAID 2320 LED Guide For more information about LED support, and installation guides for various chassis configurations, consult the RocketRAID 2320 LED Guide (which will be available for download), or contact our Customer Support Department. 3 - Installing the RocketRAID 2320 Host Adapter Note: Make sure the system is powered-off before insta ...
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4 . After installing the adapter, attach hard disks to the RocketRAID 2320 using an SA T A data cable. SA T A cables have universal connections – either end can be attached to the adapter or hard disk. Each RocketRAID 2320 included eight SA T A cables, and supports up to eight separate hard disks drives. 5 . Many server-level chassis include hard ...
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Each cross-adapter cable has a 3-pin and 4-pin connector, designed for insertion into JP3 and JP4 respectively. Example installation: For a 16-hard disk, 2-card cross-adapter RAID configuration, install a second card into the next available PCI-Express slot. Insert one end of the cross-adapter cable into the appropriate jumper on the first adapter ...
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Chapter 3 RocketRAID 2320 BIOS Utility Contents of this Chapter: RocketRAID 2320 BIOS Utility 1 - BIOS Command Overview 2 - Creating RAID Arrays 3 - Adding/Removing Spare Disks ...
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RocketRAID 2320 BIOS Utility The RocketRAID 2320’s BIOS Utility can be accessed using the “Ctrl+H” command. This command should be displayed automatically when the RocketRAID 2320’s BIOS screen appears during the system’s boot up procedure. 1 - BIOS Command Overview The RocketRAID 2320 BIOS Utility provides a wide selection of RAID relate ...
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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. Settings Set Boot Mark - this function is used to designate a particular disk or RAID array to function as the Roc ...
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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. W arning: Initialization will destr oy all pre- exist ...
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6 . 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. 7 . 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 asi ...
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3 - Adding/Remove Spare Disks This command is used to assign a hard disk to act as a Spare Disk. Spare Disks are used to automatically rebuild Redundant RAID arrays (RAID 1, 5, 10) in the case of disk failure. T o set a hard disk to act as a Spare Disk, use the ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ arrow keys to select a disk, and press ENTER. T ...
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Chapter 4 RocketRAID 2320 Driver and Software Installation Microsoft Windows (2000, XP, 2003 Server) Contents of this Chapter: Driver and Software CD W indows Driver Installation ...
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Driver and Software CD The RocketRAID 2320 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. T o cr eate a driver diskette: 1 . Insert the CD into the system’s CD/DVD drive. The program should start automatically. 2 . Insert ...
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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. RocketRAID 2320 Driver and Software Installation 4-2 ...
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T o install the RAID softwar e: Click on “Install RAID Management Software”. Select the desired software from the drop down menu, and click on the “OK” button. RocketRAID 2320 Driver and Software Installation 4-3 ...
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Windows Driver Installation Before installing the RocketRAID 2320 device driver, make sure the RocketRAID 2320 host adapter and all required hard disks have been installed into the system’s chassis (refer to the Hardware Installation section, page 2-3). Installing the RocketRAID 2320 driver for an existing Windows XP/ 2003/x64 system After the op ...
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2 . In the popup window, select Hardware tab and then click Device Manager button. 3 . Double click the “SCSI and RAID controllers” entry. If the RocketRAID 2320 device entry is not displayed, or there are “?” or “!” marks displayed near the RocketRAID 2320 entry, the driver has not been installed properly. Delete the entries and reinst ...
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Logging On The RAID Management Console requires that a user (or Administrator) log on. The software is incapable of working with RAID arrays or hard disks attached to the RocketRAID 2320 until the user has logged on. Default Parameters: System Address: 127.0.0.1 Port: 7402 User Name: RAID Password: hpt Note: The password and user name fields are ca ...
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2 - Software Interface - Overview of commands/functions After logging on, several new options will become available. These commands are displayed towards the top of the interface window: Overview of Function-menus (tabs) File Remote Control - V iew information about remote systems System Configuration - Switch between available remote systems User ...
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Operation This menu will list all available commands for the selected Function menu. These commands are also represented in icon/button form (below the function-menu/ tabs selections) Help Search through help topics related to the RAID Management Console software V iew software version information 3 - Creating an Array T o cr eate an array: 1 . Hig ...
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3 . Select the desired RAID level from the drop-down list. 4 . Enter a name for the array using the keyboard (this is optional), and click the Next button. 5 . If you are creating a redundant array (RAID 1, 5, 10), select an initialization option. If you are creating a RAID 0 or JBOD (volume), skip to step 6: For RAID 1 and RAID 10 arrays, the defa ...
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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. A progress bar will be displayed towards the ...
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5 - Configuring Spare Disks Spare disks can be used to rebuild redundant RAID arrays in the case of failure. T o configure spare disks, highlight the “Management” menu, and select the “Spare Management” function. The Spare Management window will appear. T o add a spare disk, select it from the A vailable Disk list box and click the button t ...
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2 . Highlight the array that needs to be rebuilt. 3 . Click the Rebuild button on the toolbar or select the “Rebuild” command from the “Operation” menu. V erifying an Array For a RAID 1 or RAID 10 array, the verify process compares the data of one mirror pair with the other (single hard disk in the case of RAID 1, and a paired set of disks ...
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T o perform OCE/ORLM on an array: 1 . Highlight the “Management” menu, and select the “Array Management” function. 2 . Highlight the array you want to alter. 3. Click the button on the toolbar or select “OCE/ORLM” command from the “Operation” menu. 4 . The OCE/ORLM window will appear. 5 . The interface is very similar to the Array C ...
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8 - Misc. Array/Device Options Device Management The Device Management window provides configuration information about control- lers (the RocketRAID 2320 and other HighPoint host adapters), channels and hard disks. T o access the Device Management window , highlight the “Management” menu, and select the “Device Management” function. Changin ...
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SAF-TE Management This feature allows the administrator to view and monitor a variety of SAF-TE related attributes, such as chassis temperature readings, disk failure, and the status of the chassis cooling apparatus (cooling fans). Note: This feature is dependent upon the system chassis – this function will not be available unless the chassis sup ...
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9 - Managing Events The HighPoint RAID Management Console will log all events that have occurred on any host adapter under it’s control. V iewing Logged Events T o view logged events: 1 . Highlight the “V iew” menu, and select the “Event V iew” option. 2 . In the Event V iew window , you can filer events, clear events, and save events to ...
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T o add a Recipient: 1 . Highlight the “Management” menu, and select the “Event Notification” function. 2 . Click the “Add” button on the toolbar or select “Add” command from the “Operation” menu. 3 . Enter the necessary information in the Add recipient window . 4 . The recipient will be listed in the main window . Y ou can use ...
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T o setup and schedule tasks highlight the “Management” menu, and select the “T ask Management” function to open T ask Management window . The T ask Schedule list displays all of the tasks assigned to the selected remote system. T o view detailed information about a specific task, highlight and Double-click the task’s name. Add a Schedule ...
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Select the task type and the array that you want to verify or rebuild, then click “Next”. RocketRAID 2320 Driver and Software Installation 4-19 ...
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Enter a name for the task. Configure the frequency for the task. Set the duration for the task. Check the “Enable the task” option to activate this task. Click “Finish”. Modify a Scheduled T ask This command is used to change settings for a scheduled task. T o Modify a T ask Schedule: 1 . Select a task from the T ask schedule list. 2 . Clic ...
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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”. Note: What the software classifies as a “remote s ...
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Modify a Connection This command modifies connection information for a remote system. T o modify a connection: 1 . Highlight the “File” menu and select the “Remote Control” function. 2 . Highlight the system you want to modify. 3 . Click the Modify button on the toolbar or select the “Modify” command from the “Operation” menu. 4 . E ...
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3 . Click the “Connect” button on the toolbar or select the “Connect” command from the “Operation” menu. 4 . Enter the appropriate Login information in the popup window. Note: The initial user name/passwor d for a r emote system is RAID/hpt. Y ou ar e fr ee to modify the username and password after the connection is established. If the ...
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System Configuration This function is used to modify the service configuration on a remote system. T o change the service configuration: 1 . Highlight the “File” menu and select the “Remote Control” function. 2 . Highlight the remote system you want to modify. 3 . Select the “System Configuration” option from the “Operation” menu. 4 ...
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1 1 - Configuring Users and Privileges The RAID Management Console allows the Administrator to manage user accounts in its own database. Y ou can setup multiple users and assign different privileges levels for the purpose of RAID management. Users can be assigned to each individual Remote System controlled by the RAID Management Console. Highlight ...
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3 . Select the appropriate privileges for the user. 4 . Click “Finish”. Delete a User This function deletes a user’s account on the connected remote system. T o delete a user: 1 . Select the target user ID from the User list displayed in the User Management window. 2 . Click Delete to remove the selected user . Click “Y es” to delete the ...
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1 . Select the target user ID from the user list displayed in the User Management window. 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. T o set privileges for a user: 1 . ...
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Chapter 5 Linux Driver Support Contents of this Chapter: Fedora Core 3 Linux installation Overview Red Hat Enterprise 3 Overview SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) installation Overview ...
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1 - Fedora Core 3 Linux installation Overview This section provides instructions describing how to install and utilize the RocketRAID 2320 Adapter on a Fedora Core 3 Linux system. 2 - Installing Fedora Core 3 on the RocketRAID 2320 Host Adapter Note: If the OS is running kernel that differs from the one supported by the precompiled driver, the prec ...
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2 ) At the “W elcome to Fedora Linux” installation screen, a prompt labeled “boot:” will appear at the bottom of the screen. T ype in linux dd , then press Enter . boot: linux dd 3 ) When prompted “Do you have a driver disk?”, select “Y es”. At the “Insert your driver disk and press OK to continue” prompt, insert the driver disk ...
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After extracting the driver module, load it using the following commands: # modprobe sd_mod # insmod rr2320.ko Arrays attached to the adapter can be accessed as SCSI devices (e.g. /dev/sda). Step 2 Mounting and Partitioning the Device Example: A RAID array has been configured between several hard disks. This array will be registered to the system a ...
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#chmod 755 /etc/init.d/hptdriver #ln –sf /etc/init.d/hptdriver /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S01hptdriver #ln –sf /etc/init.d/hptdriver /etc/rc.d/rc4.d/S01hptdriver #ln –sf /etc/init.d/hptdriver /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S01hptdriver Step 4 Configure System to Mount V olumes during Startup The system can be instructed to automatically mount the array(s) during start ...
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1 - Red Hat Enterprise 3 Overview This section provides instructions describing how to install and utilize the RocketRAID 2320 Adapter on a Red Hat Enterprise 3 Linux system. 2 - Installing Red Hat Enterprise 3 (AS, ES, WS) Linux on the RocketRAID 2320 controller T o install Red Hat Enterprise Linux onto disks or RAID arrays attached to RocketRAID ...
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1 . The system will now load the RocketRAID 2320 driver automatically. 2 . When prompted “Where do you want to install the boot loader? ” in the “Boot Loader Configuration” dialog, select “Master Boot Record (MBR)” to instruct the system be to boot from the RocketRAID 2320. Continue the installation as normal. Y ou can refer to Red Hat ...
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After you have extracted the driver module, you can load it by following commands: # modprobe sd_mod # insmod rr2320.o Arrays attached to the adapter can be accessed as SCSI devices (e.g. /dev/sda). Step 2 Mounting and Partitioning the Device Example: A RAID array has been configured between several hard disks. This array will be registered to the ...
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#echo “modprobe rr2320” > /etc/init.d/hptdriver #chmod 755 /etc/init.d/hptdriver #ln –sf /etc/init.d/hptdriver /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S01hptdriver #ln –sf /etc/init.d/hptdriver /etc/rc.d/rc4.d/S01hptdriver #ln –sf /etc/init.d/hptdriver /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S01hptdriver Step 4 Configure System to Mount V olumes during Startup The system can be inst ...
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Example: (2.4.21-4.EL for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0): # gzip -dc /boot/initrd-xxx.img > /tmp/initrd.ext2 # mkdir /mnt/initrd # mount -o loop /tmp/initrd.ext2 /mnt/initrd # cp /tmp/rr2320.o /mnt/initrd/lib/rr2320.o # umount /mnt/initrd # gzip -c /tmp/initrd.ext2 > /boot/initrd-xxx.img If you are using lilo to boot the system, use “lilo” ...
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1 - SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) installation Overview This section provides instructions describing how to install and utilize the RocketRAID 2320 Adapter on a SuSE (SLES) Linux system. 2 - Installing SLES Linux on the RocketRAID 2320 Host Adapter Note: If the OS is running kernel that differs from the one supported by the precompiled drive ...
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4 . When the “Diver Update Menu” is displayed, press “OK” and “back” for back to installer. 5 . Next. Select “back” to return to the installer. 6 . Installation will now proceed normally. Refer to SLES Linux documents for additional OS installation procedures. Additional Installation Notes: The system device mapping order is the sam ...
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Example: default=0 timeout=8 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 comm ...
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Step 3 Mounting and Partitioning the Device Note: Many versions of SuSE include Y AST . Y AST is a graphical configuration utility that is capable of executing the commands described below . W e r ecommend using Y AST , if available, as it may help simplify the installation pr ocess. Example: A RAID array has been configured between several hard di ...
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Step 5 Configure System to Mount V olumes during Startup The system can be instructed to automatically mount the array(s) during startup by modifying the file”/etc/fstab”. For example, 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 - Updating the Driver ...
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Chapter 6 FreeBSD Driver Support Contents of this Chapter: 1 - Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 2320 Controller 2 - Installing RocketRAID 2320 Driver on an Existing System 3 - Updating the Driver 4 - Uninstalling the Driver ...
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1 - Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 2320 Controller If you would like to install FreeBSD onto arrays attached to the RocketRAID 2320 host adapter, please follow the steps below. Step 1 Prepare the Driver Diskette When installing FreeBSD to a disk or array attached to the RocketRAID 2320, you must prepare a RocketRAID 2320 driver diskette befor ...
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BIOS driver B: is disk1 BIOS driver C: is disk2 BIOS 636kB/74512kB available memory FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 0.8 (mailto:jkh@narf.osd.bsdi.com, Sat Apr 21 08:46:19 GMT 2001) - Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. Booting [kernel] in 9 seconds… <-pr ess SP ACE key A prompted label “ ok ” will ...
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for FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr2320-4.6.2.ko for FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr2320-4.7.ko for FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr2320-4.8.ko for FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr2320-4.9.ko for FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr2320-4.10.ko for FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr2320-4.1 1.ko for FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE ok lo ...
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for FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr2320-5.2.1.ko for FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr2320-5.3.ko for FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr2320-5.4.ko for FreeBSD 5.3-AMD64-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr2320-5.3-amd64.ko for FreeBSD 5.4-AMD64-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr2320-5.4-amd64.ko 5 . After the driver has been loaded, remove the floppy disket ...
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7 . Before exiting installation, an additional step must be taken to copy the RocketRAID 2320 driver module to the system. On the driver diskette, there is a setup script labeled “ postinstall ”, which will complete this task. Before rebooting the system, press Alt-F4 to enter the command shell, and type the following commands: # mount –o ro ...
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Alternately, it is possible extract the files from the .img files directly, without using a floppy diskette: For FreeBSD 4.x: # vnconfig vn0c freebsd_xxx.img # mount /dev/vn0c /mnt # cp /mnt/rr2320-xxx.ko /modules/rr2320.ko # vnconfig –du vn0c myfilesystem mount=/mnt For FreeBSD 5.x: # mdconfig –a –t vnode –f freebsd_5.x.img –u 0 # mount ...
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>> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/loader boot: BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 Console: internal video/keyboard BIOS driver A: is disk0 BIOS driver C: is disk2 BIOS 636kB/74512kB available memory FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 0.8 (mailto:jkh@narf.osd.bsdi.com, Sat Apr 21 08:46:19 GMT 2001) Loading /boot/defaults/loade ...
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Note: If you have configured a RAID 10 using 4 disks, it will be registered to system as device /dev/da0 . Y ou can use “ /stand/sysinstall ” to cr eate partitions and disklabels (like da0s1e) on da0 . Then, create a new filesystem using “ newfs /dev/ da0s1e ”. Now you can mount /dev/da0s1e to somewhere to access it Step 3 Configur e System ...
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3 - Updating the Driver T o update the driver with a newer revision, simply reinstall the driver following the steps discussed in the previous section, “Install the driver on an existing system”. 4 - Uninstalling the Driver The driver can only be uninstalled when the system is not booting from devices attached to the RocketRAID 2320 controller ...
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Appendix Customer Support ...
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Customer Support If you encounter any problems while utilizing the RocketRAID 2320, or have any questions about this or any other HighPoint product, feel free to contact our Cus- tomer Support Department. T roubleshooting Checklist Before contacting our Customer Support department: Make sure the latest BIOS, driver and RAID Software have been insta ...
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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. This equipment generates, uses and ca ...
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