RocketRAID 1520 User Manual
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1. HighPoint ATA RAID Management Software iols File Configuration Management View Help Create RAID Delete RAID Spare Pool Management Duplicate Mame RAID_O_0 Type RAID 0 Capacity 20 05 GB Delete x Cance Model Humber Location MAXTOR 6LO4Q2 Controller Channel 1 Master MATOR 6LO4lI2 Controller Channel 2 Master G Double click the aray you want to delete and press Delete you will delete that array Logical device count 1 ap Within this interface Available Array All arrays that can be deleted will be listed in this pane The bootable array will not appear here and cannot be deleted user must delete it in BIOS Selected Array Disk array in the Selected Array pane will be deleted after clicking the Delete button Array Structure This area will display the member disks information of the highlighted array 2 Highlight the disk array in the Available Array pane and then click on the corre sponding hand icon to add it into the Selected Array pane then click on the Delete button 3 Next the warning message will popup see below igh Point ATA RAID Software Warming AN All data will be deleted do you want to continue Cancel Please pay much attention to the warning message and just click OK to delete the selected disk array or click Cancel to abort deletion 4 Next a message box will tell user that array has been deleted2. 2 Please discharge static electricity from your body by touching a conductor 3 Remove the corresponding card bracket from the back of the computer chassis 4 Insert the RocketRAID 1520 adapter steadily into a PCI slot on motherboard and then settle with a screw see picture2 5 Set jumper of IDE hard disks to master position and settle them inside the computer chassis If IDE HDDs are used 6 Connect Serial ATA hard disk to RAID adapter with Serial ATA cable If IDE hard disks are used then connect the cable and IDE hard disks by using RocketHead100 see picture3 7 Connect all power supply connectors to hard disks 8 Replace the cover of computer chassis Note 1 If adapter or hard disk is not recognized please refer to Trouble Shooting chapter for how to solve the problem 2 4 Adapter s Installation Verification After installed RocketRAID 1520 adapter and connected hard disks as required above now user can turn on the computer Please pay attention to the screen display while starting computer If the following information appears it indicates that the RocketRAID 1520 adapter has been successfully installed and recognized by the computer HighPoint Technologies Inc RockethAlD 1520 BIOS Setting Utility v2 325 Co 1999 2002 HighPoint Technologies Inc All rights reserved Press lt Ctrl gt lt h gt to run BIOS Setting Utility Scan Devices Please wait 28 Fig Drie Adapter Installation Next R
3. s information will be shown on the right side see above picture then click on the Start button to start duplication the progress bar will show the duplication progress User can cancel the duplication by clicking the Abort button while it is in processing 4 4 Management Functions Event Notification Event notification will enable users to set the software to notify relative administrator by email when specified events or errors occur In order to use this function the computer must can access a SMTP server Follow these steps to set event notification 1 Click the tab Management gt Event Notification the following window will appear ATA RAID Software HighPoint ATA RAID Management Software Iof x File Configuration Management View Help Event Notification Refresh M Enable Mail Notification SMTP Server 192 168 0 1 Pot 5 Mail From ftest nmasom Administrator OSES wW Save Notification Options Information V Waming J Error y Test Eoi If you Enable Mail Notification feature and set up all configuration corectly when error events occur the adminstrator will receive mail notifications Chip count 1 Logical device count 1 Within this interface SMTP Server Type in the domain name or IP address for the SMTP server that you will use to send email Port Type in the port of the SMTP service on the email server Administrator Type in the email address wher
4. Provides data protection by mirroring data from one disk to another JBOD Provides increased storage capacity by combining tao or more disks into orn toi Each icon or image appears in this sottware has its special meaning Here VOU Can 366 all the basic icons or images These icone forme Chip count 1 Logical device counk 2 r 4 6 Rebuild Broken RAID 1 Array During the running time of Serial ATA RAID software if a Disk array becomes critical due to a disk failure then the software will report the error and warn user with beeping until user confirm the error by clicking the OK button like below 442 ATA RAID Software Warming AN Disk Failure at Controller Channel 1 Master User can use the following ways to rebuild the broken RAID 1 array 1 Use a physical hard disk that has been connected to Serial ATA adapter to rebuild broken RAID 1 array Follow these steps to rebuild Right click on a physical hard disk not belong to any disk array in the System View window then select add to array from the popup menu see below HighPoint ATA RAID Management Software Mi x File eanigeaiay TANAAM View Help Move your mouse on the array image you will see its members Double click at an image you will see its property page Logical device count 2 E System Local host Then the follow up window will appear as below i ATA RAID Software RAID Checking Do
5. a red line between the array and some hard disks will appear This means these hard disks constructed that disk array The blue lines between controller icon and hard disk icons represent the different Serial ATA channels and the hard disks connected to these channels 2 Viewing disk array information Double click on the disk array icon which you want to view then the information table about that array will pop up as below Information X Logical device information Array name RAID_0_0 Array type RAID 0 Array capacity 80 05 GB Status Not available Block size 64k Model Number Location F 3 MAXTOR 6LO4QJ2 Controller Channel 1 Master MAXTOR 6LO4QJ2 Controller Channel 2 Master 4 9 ATA RAID Software 3 Viewing Physical Device Information Double click on the hard disk icon that you want to view then information table about that hard disk will popup as below Information x Physical Device Information tems Description Model Number MAA TOR 6LO40J2 Location Controllerl Channel 1 Master Capacity 40 02 GB Type Hard Disk status Available Transfer Made ATA SS Array Name RAID OO 4 Viewing Controller Information Double click on the controller icon and then the information table about the controller will popup as below Information Controller information oS Product HPT 3724 UDMA AT AL S3 RAID Controller Manufacturer HighPoint T
6. then a warning message will popup see below Warming AN All data on the disks you selected will be deleted Do vou want to continue Pay attention to the warning message and then click Yes to finish the creation of disk array or click No to cancel 3 Next a message box will be popup to tell user that disk array has been created successfully and ask whether to restart the computer or not see below Confirmation aa RAID 0 Array RAID O_O has been created successtully Disk 1 M amp sTOR 6LO402 7 Controller Channel 1 Master Disk MAXTOR 6LO402 Controlled Channel 2 Master t will not be available until you reboot the system Do you want to reboot Please click Yes to restart the computer or click No to skip restarting New setting will take effect only after restarting Warning 1 Please pay attention to the warning message at Step 2 Creating stripe array JBOD array will destroy all the data that already on the selected disks When creating mirror array Duplicate operation will reserve the data on source disk the first selected disk and copy them onto the mirror disk the second selected disk But Create Only operation will destroy all data on all the selected disks and create a clean mirror array without any data on it 44 ATA RAID Software Delete Disk Array Follow these steps to delete a disk array 1 Click the tab Configuration gt Delete RAID the following window will appear
7. 40 01 HDD6 secondary Slave No Drive Cc 1999 2002 HighPoint Technologies Inc All rights reserved ee oint uwy highpoint tech com Main Menu This column lists all currently available operation commands Help This column gives help information about the current selected item and the prompt on available operations Status This column lists all the hard disks and disk arrays connected to the adapter When this column is activated user can select the target device to perform a specific operation 3 2 Create Disk Array Follow these steps to create a disk array 1 Within the Menu column of main interface use the arrow key to highlight the Create Array command and press ENTER to call out the list of creation steps Pi aet oo BIOS Configuration Utility Array Name RAID 0 s lect Disk Drives Block Size 64k Start Creation Process 2 Highlight the Array Mode and press ENTER then a list of array modes will appear see below RAID 1 Mirroring for data protection RAID O71 Mirrored Striping JBOD Vo lume Just highlight the target array mode that you want to create and then press ENTER to confirm the selection If user selected RAID 1 mirror array then an option list will popup to enable user selecting Duplication or Create Only Duplication will let BIOS reserve the data on source disk the first selected disk and copy them onto the mirror disk the second selected disk
8. Drive Name Array Name Mode Size GB BIOS Configuration Utility 1 Power off and replace the failed drive This command enables user to power off the computer and replace the failed disk with a good one If your computer does not support APM you must turn off your computer manually After replacement user can boot into BIOS and select the 3 Choose replace ment drive and rebuild to rebuild the broken array 2 Destroy the mirroring relationship This command enables user to cancel the broken array s data mirroring relationship For broken RAID 1 array the data on the remained normal disk will be reserved after the destroy operation 3 Choose replacement drive and rebuild This command enables user to select an already connected disk to rebuild the broken array and replace the data to that disk 1 After chosen this command line the Status column will be activated see below 1 Power off and replace the failed drive A disk member of a mirroring Destroy the Mirroring Relationship array has failed or is not responding The array is 4 Continue to boot still functional but fault tolerance is disabled Channe 1 Drive Name Array Name Mode Size GB Primary Slave No Drive Secondary Master 31T340016A RAID_1 6 ATA 100 40 01 HDDO secondary Slave Wo Drive ic 1999 2002 HighPoint Technologies Inc All rights reserved Just highlight the target disk and press ENTER to select it 2 Then the warning message will appear
9. You want to add the disk to an arap on RAID_1_0 OF Just select the broken array then click OK and confirm the follow up data loss warning message box After rebuilding the new array will be automatically duplicated to rebuild the lost data 2 Hot swapping a hard disk to rebuild broken RAID 1 array Follow these steps to rebuild Hot swap on a good hard disk user may need to hot swap off the failed disk first then click tab to refresh the devices connected After device being rescanned the Serial ATA RAID software will find new disk plugged see below Just click OK the following window will popup to ask user whether to use this newly plugged disk to rebuild the broken array or not see below 4 14 Pini Poet ATA RAID Software RAID Checking yy x Do you want to add the disk to an array S RADM O OF ESS Cancel Type RAID 071 Capacity 28 624 GB Just select the broken array then click OK and confirm the follow up data loss warning message box to finish the rebuilding of the selected broken array After rebuilding the new array will be automatically duplicated to rebuild the lost data 3 Power off the computer and connect a new hard disk then power on and boot into BIOS or Serial ATA RAID software to rebuild Warning 1 In order to avoid possible damage to hard disk or the computer when manually unplugging or plugging a hard disk while computer is powered please use hard disk hot s
10. a location item and type in the driver location A Win9x_ME then click on Next button to continue If users install driver from CD make sure input the correct path for exampleD RRxxxx Windows Driver Win9x_ME High Dose 2 3 Adapter Installation 3 Confirm the following dialogue windows and restart the computer when the system prompts user to restart 4 After rebooting Windows will automatically find HighPoint RCM Device and install its drivers Installation Verification After the driver installation finished and the computer restarted 1 Right click on My Computer icon on desktop and then select Properties item from the menu 2 From the popup window activate Device Manager item see below System Properties x General Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance View devices by type View devices by connection m Computer CDROM 9 Disk drives E m Display adapters Floppy disk controllers S Hard disk controllers 3 Keyboard Monitors A Mouse EF Network adapters Other devices a7 Ports COM amp LPT amp SCSI controllers HPT RCM DEVICE GEHPT 3724 UDMA ATA133 RAID Controller H F 5 System devices xj Properties Refresh Remove Print omea If there are the two device items under SCSI Controllers tree as shown above it indi cates that the driver has been install
11. disk array and then press ENTER to delete it User can select a disk array by selecting its first member disk 2 Then a warning message will appear as below Create Array Delete Array Create Delete Spare select Boot Disk WARNING ALL data on the array will be deleted Continue Press YZH Pay attention to the warning message and then press Y to delete the selected disk array or press N to cancel 34 BiiphDatnt BIOS Configuration Utility 3 4 Set Boot Device Follow these steps to select a disk or disk array as boot device 1 Within the Menu column of main interface use the arrow key to highlight Select item and then press ENTER the Status column will be activated see below Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size GB Status C Primary Master 51T340016A ATA 100 40 01 HDDS c 1999 2002 HighPoint Technologies Inc All rights reserved E 7 uuu highpoint tech con Just use the arrow key to highlight the target disk or disk array and then press ENTER to select it as boot device If user selects a disk or disk array that has a boot mark and press ENTER then its boot setting will be canceled 2 After the disk or disk array is selected its status will be marked as BOOT see below Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size GB Status Cc 1999 2002 HighPoint Technologies Inc All rights reserved y 7 vuu highpoint tech com BIOS Configuration Utility 3 5 Duplicate Critical RA
12. installation 3 When installation completed restart the computer With the default option the setup program will create program group Start gt Pro gram gt HighPoint This program group contains the following items HighPoint Serial ATA RAID Management software Main Program Read Me Software Information Uninstall Uninstall the Program 4 2 Getting Start After installed Seral ATA RAID software it will be automatically started every time when your Windows OS is started and the small icon will appear in the tray of the task bar in the status area to indicate that Serial ATA RAID software is currently running Ss 3 53 PM Just double click on the small icon to call out the main interface of the software ATA RAID Software HighPoint ATA RAID Management Software Mi x File Hansaen View Help Lepper nett te teeter ites G Move your rm mouse on the array image you will see its members s Double click at an image you will see its properly page ystem Local host Logical device count 1 rc The main interface has five tabs File Configuration Management View and Help You can switch to different tabs by clicking on it File This tab displays welcome information Click the Exit button to exit Serial ATA RAID software Configuration This tab includes four sub tabs they are Create RAID Delete RAID Spare Pool Management and Duplicate These sub tabs will be intro duced lat
13. manage disks or disk arrays connected to RocketRAID 1520 adapter BIOS configuration utility is especially useful when user wants to create a disk array before an OS is installed Contents of this Chapter 3 1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility 3 2 Create Disk Array 3 3 Delete Disk Array 3 4 Set Boot Device 3 5 Duplicate Critical RAID 1 array 3 6 Rebuild Broken RAID 1 array WMighPoint BIOS Configuration Utility 3 1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility When the following information appears on screen during the computer is starting press CTRL H key to enter BIOS configuration utility HighPoint Technologies Inc RockethAID 1520 BIOS Setting Utility v2 325 Cod 1999 2007 HighPoint Technologies Inc All rights reserved Press Ctrl gt lt H gt to run BIOS Setting Utility Scan Devices Please wait The main interface of BIOS configuration utility is as below HighPoint Technologies Inc RocketRAID 1520 lt BIOS Setting Utility gt Main Menu Y _ He lp Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to HPT3 x controller Create Array Delete Array Create Delete Spare select Boot Disk e View Array Status t Move to next item Enter Conf irm the selection ESC Exit from the utility hannel Status Channe 1 Drive Name Name Mode Size GB Status Primary Master 51340016A ATA 100 40 01 HDDS Primary Slave No Drive secondary Master 51340016 ATA 100
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15. 502 Tad 32 AM Array RAID O_O has been deleted succes BATAAN F317 AM RAID A ra RAID A 0 has been toi Check Information to see common events Check Warning to see warning events a Check Error to zeg critical events Click Save to save event log to a text file aF L Wei Chip count 1 Logical device count 2 Within this interface user can 1 Selecting what type of events to be listed There are three types of events Information Warning and Error Just check the infor mation types under the Filter option to select what types of information to be listed 4 11 ATA RAID Software 2 Save all the listed events into a file Click the Save button and type in the file name and path in the follow up window to save the currently listed events into a TXT file 3 Clear all the currently logged events Click the Clear button then all the currently logged events will be deleted from the system and no more appear in the Event View list Icon View All icon types and their meanings will be listed in the Icon View window from here user will check what meaning a specific icon represents Click the tab View gt Icon View the following window will appear HighPoint ATA RAID Management Software Mil x File _ Manes mer View Help ATA Hard disk It can be linked as master or slave device to a channel RAID 0 Increases system performance by striping data across hard disks RAID 1
16. ID 1 array When booting computer if BIOS detected a RAID 1 duplication has been canceled or any reasons that may cause the inconsistency between user data and backup data on the disk array then the disk array will be marked as critical status and BIOS will automatically prompt user to duplicate the RAID 1 to make the backup data consist with the user data again see below The RAID 1 array needs to 2 Continue to boot be duplicated to ensure data consistency Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size GB Primary Master 3 1T340016A RAID_1_ 0 ATA 100 4060 01 secondary Master MAXTOR 6L040J2 RAID_1_ 0 ATA 1I33 40 02 Just select Duplicate Now to duplicate or select Continue to Boot to skip If user selects Continue to Boot user still can duplicate the array after booting into the OS 3 6 Rebuild Broken RAID 1 array When booting the computer if BIOS detected one member disk of RAID 1 array is failed the array will be marked as broken status If BIOS detected a RAID 1 array is broken and there RAID 1 array and then replace data to the target disk see below BIOS Configuration Utility 1 Duplicate now To abort the process press the ESC key Duplicating Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size GB If BIOS detects a RAID 1 array is broken but no spare disk can be used to rebuild then BIOS will prompt users with a few operations to solve the problem see below 1 Power off and replace the failed drive Channe 1
17. OK to continue If users install driver from CD make sure input the correct path for example D RRxxxx Windows Driver Win_XP Install From Disk Insert the manufacturer s installation disk and then make sure that the correct drive is selected below Copy manufacturer s files from ANWin_XP Browse 5 In the follow up window select HPT372A UDMA ATA133 RAID Controller then click Next to continue 6 In the follow up window click on Continue Anyway then click Finish in the follow up window 7 Next Windows will find HighPoint RCM device please confirm the Digital Signature Not Found window when it appears when finished please restart the computer 2 8 Adapter Installation Install driver during Windows XP installation Recommend users copy the driver to a floppy diskette s root directory 1 Booting from CD ROM when the Windows XP Setup blue screen appears and asks user to press F6 key to install third party SCSI or RAID driver please press F6 Key 2 The setup program will continue later when the setup program asks user if to specify additional adapters please press S key 3 Then the setup program will prompt user to insert the driver diskette Please insert the driver diskette and then press ENTER to continue 4 The follow up window will list out the installation choices please select HPT370 372 372A UDMA ATA133 RAID Controller for Windows XP and press ENTER to continue 5 The follow up window
18. RocketRAID 1520 User s Manual HighPoint Revision 1 1 Date Jun 2002 HighPoint Technologies Inc Notice Reasonable effort has been made to ensure that the information in this manual is accurate HighPoint assumes no liability for technical inaccuracies typographical or other errors contained herein Trademarks Companies and products mentioned in this manual are for identification purpose only Product names or brand names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective owners Backup your important data be fore using HighPoint s products and use at your own risks In no event shall HighPoint be liable for any loss of profits or for direct indirect special incidental or consequen tial damages arising from any defect or error in HighPoint s products or manuals Information in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of HighPoint Copyright Copyright 2002 HighPoint Technologies 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 High Point Table of Contents Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Seral ATA OVerviw dvvricreciaccastaicesstensaveseucedecnebtauedewmmenecbs vaneeveupeeeiiesebaduecs l
19. al channel PCI IDE Controller HK IDE CD ROM ATAPI 1 2 Dual channel PC IDE Controller SE HPT3724 UDMA 4TA133 RAID Controller Properties If there is HPT372A UDMA ATA133 RAID Controller item it indicates that the driver has been installed successfully e Windows 2000 Install driver under existing Windows 2000 After Windows 2000 is start up Windows system will automatically find the newly installed adapter and ask user to install its driver Please follow these steps to install the driver 1 When the Found New Hardware Wizard window appears click Next button to continue in the follow up window please select Display a list and then click Next to continue 2 In the follow up window select SCSI and RAID Controllers and then click Next to continue 3 In the follow up window click Have Disk then Insert the driver diskette and type in the driver location A Win_2000 then click OK to continue If users install driver from CD make sure input the correct path for example D RRxxxx Windows Driver Win_2000 Install From Disk Inzert the manufacturer s installation disk into the drive selected and then click OF Cancel Copy manufacturer s files from a wun 2000 of Browse RiiphDatnt 26 Adapter Installation 4 In the follow up window select HPT372A UDMA ATA133 RAID Controller then click Next to continue 5 Confirm the follow up windows and click the Finish button to co
20. and ask whether to restart the computer see below Confirmation Ga Array AAID_O_O has been deleted successfully Do you want to reboot the systen Just click Yes to restart the computer or click No to skip restarting New setting will take effect only after rebooting Warning 1 Deleting a disk array will destroy all the data on the disk array Duplicate RAID 1 array When a RAID 1 array is in critical status software will prompt user to duplicate that RAID array Also software provides a way to duplicate a RAID 1 array manually this duplication way enables user to duplicate a RAID 1 array whether in critical status or not Follow these steps to manually duplicate a RAID 1 array 1 Click the tab Configuration gt Duplicate the following window will appear ATA RAID Software HighPoint ATA RAID Management Software File Configuration Management View Help Create RAID Delete RAID Spare Pool Management Duplicate ni Katae ha aiaia Arrays List Name RAID 1_0 Type RAID Capacity 1431268 Duplicating Progress FR sat _ SSS aM l Q Select array and press Start to begin duplicating or press Abort to abort duplicating Chip count 1 Logical device count 3 Within this interface Arrays List All RAID 1 arrays that can be duplicated will be listed in this pane 2 Highlight a disk array within the Arrays List pane then the array
21. anecs 4 7 View Information cccccceeeeceeeeseseeeeenaaaeeeeececeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeqneaaeeeees 4 8 Rebuild Broken RAID 1 array ccccccccccccceeecceeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeaaaaaaas 4 12 Chapter 5 Trouble Shooting Appendix A Glossary Appendix B Contact Technical Support SO ii et Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter will give a brief introduction on the RAID related Serial ATA background knowledge as well as a brief introduction on RocketRAID 1520 Serial ATA RAID solution Contents of this Chapter 1 1 Serial ATA Overview 1 2 RAID Basics 1 3 RocketRAID 1520 1 4 RocketHead 100 MighPoint Introduction 1 1 Serial ATA Overview Serial ATA is a high performance interface for IDE storage devices and is the evolu tionary replacement for the longstanding ATA physical storage interface It is a prac tical add on solution that is compatible with today s leading operating systems and can be utilized alongside the existing PC architecture without the need for physical modification Serial ATA is scalable and will allow for future enhancements of the computing platform Serial ATA s efficient design further simplifies system integration The smaller cables and connectors improved silicon design and lower voltage require ments alleviate many shortcomings of the current ATA specifications The thin Serial ATA cables also significantly improve airflow within a computer s chassis this helps combat t
22. e the notification information will be sent Notification Option Select what kind of events that you want the software to notify 2 Make sure the Enable mail Notification item is checked then type in the required information and set the notification option then press the Save button to finish User can test if the setting is correct by clicking the Test button before saving the setting Refresh When user clicks on this tab the software will scan the computer system for any updated system information like if there is any new hard disk plugged or if there is any connected disk is failed After clicking on this tab the software will automatically switch to the System View screen here user can find the updated system information after scanning 4 5 View Information System View All devices will be shown in this window including the disk arrays Logical Devices the hard disks physical devices and the controller Click the tab View gt System View the following window will appear 48 ATA RAID Software HighPoint ATA RAID Management Software Eil x Bile Configuration Management Yiew Help JE Event View Icon View On Move your mouse on the array image you will see its members S Double click at an image you will see its property page H ystem Local host Within this interface user can perform the following operations 1 Viewing Device Relationship When you move your mouse on a disk array
23. echnologies Inc Channel Information Channel Control Port Interrupt Level ASF Channel M A FP Channel MIA Just click the scrolling bar to view all information about the controller 410 Pidi Dalat ATA RAID Software 5 Disk Array Operation Right click on the disk array icon from the popup menu you can select to delete or rename the disk array Note If the array is being duplicated broken or disabled the right click menu will not be available 6 Refresh Right click on the blank area within the System View window and select Refresh from the popup menu to refresh the devices connected This refresh operation is as same as the one under Management Functions tab Event View All logged events will appear in this window The filter divides them into three types Information Warning and Error Click the tab View gt Event View the following window will appear HighPoint ATA RAID Management Software Ioil x File Configuration Management View Help System view Event View Icon view Fansnnnsnnnnnnnannnnunnnnnnnnnn a Filter W Information M Warming fe Error H Save Date Time Description Ff BY 1 4 02 20 4 AM RAID 1 Array RAID 1_0 has been creater Fag a 1 02 T2649 AM RAID O Array AAID O_O has been creater Fag A 1 502 29 12 AM Array RAID O_O has been deleted succes Fag ar bara Be 30 30 AM RAID 0 Array AAID O_O has been createc Fag m1
24. ed correctly If user cannot find these two device items or there is or markings on device icon it indicates that the driver has not been correctly installed and user need to delete the devices and reinstall them Note If user do not restart the computer after installation then there may have on the device items User only need to reboot to make the devices normal Windows NT4 0 Install driver under existing Windows NT4 0 1 Click Start gt Settings gt Control Panel then double click on the SCSI Adapters icon 2 Within the follow up window select Driver item then click on Add button 24 Adapter Installation 3 Within the follow up window click on Have Disk button the following window will appear see below Install From Disk a x Insert the manufacturer s installation disk into al the drive selected and then click OF Cancel Copy manufacturer s files from EN Browse 4 Insert the driver diskette and type in the path of driver location A Win_NT in the above window then click OK If users install driver from CD make sure to input the correct path for example D RRxxxx Windows Driver Win_NT 5 Within the follow up window select HPT372A UDMA ATA133 RAID Controller item and then click OK 6 Confirm the follow up system prompts to finish the driver installation When instal lation finished restart the computer Install driver during WindowsNT4 0 installation Recommend
25. er Management This tab includes two sub tabs Event Notification and Refresh The Event Notification enables users to set automatic email notification when specified events occur When user clicks the Refresh sub tab the software will rescan the devices that connected to the adapter and the screen will jump directly to the View tab View This screen includes three sub tabs System View Event View and Icon View The System View screen will display all disks and arrays connec tion status The Event View window will list all the recorded events during the software are running The Icon View window will show the meaning of different icons in the software Help This tab contains the help information for this software 42 ATA RAID Software 4 3 Configuration Functions Create Disk Array Follow these steps to create a disk array 1 Click the tab Configuration gt Create RAID the folowing window will appear HighPoint ATA RAID Management Software Mi x File Configuration Management View Help Create RAID Delete RAID Spare Pool Management Duplicate Available Disks Selected Disks Array Type RAID 0 M esTOR BLiADA MAXTOR ELO40IZ Array Name Pan 00 Block Size Beak Creation Option Location Controller Channel 2 Master I Capaci 1002 CE tas Cancel Create G Select aray type you will see available disks that can be the member select membe
26. f device status and error alarm with popup message box and beeping 12 Event log for easy troubleshooting Serial ATA RAID Function and High Performance It provides multi level RAID supports including RAID 0 1 and JBOD as well as powerful software management functions RocketRAID 1520 Serial ATA RAID controller s performance increases to 1 5Gb s Thin Cable Is Easy Routing And Improving Cooling Condition Inside A Computer Chassis The Serial ATA architecture replaces the wide ATA ribbon cable with a thin flexible cable that is up to 1 meter in length The serial cable is smaller and easier to route inside the computer chassis The small diameter cable can help to improve airflow inside the computer system chassis in such a way to reduce the thermal in the computer yon RockerRALID 120 Pap Poke Er a E a So F Fa Introduction IDE Hard Disk Compatible As a 2 channel Serial ATA RAID controller RocketRAID 1520 is not only able to connect with Serial ATA hard disk but also able to connect with IDE hard disk through RocketHead 100 converter 1 4 RocketHead 100 RH100 RocketHead 100 is an ATA hard disk converter It is a sophisticate design circuit board RocketRAID 1520 Serial ATA controller card can be connected with any of ATA hard disks simply through RH100 with thin cable See the picture below Note If users use the regular IDE hard disks instead the Serial ATA hard disk by using RocketHead 100 converte
27. he risk of damage to vital PC components due to excessive heat retention Benefits Performance increases to 1 5Gb s Thin cables for easy routing and improved cooling inside a computer chassis Reduced pin count enables RAID scalability Backward compatible with existing ATA software and drivers Due to the high rate of performance cost and character cost Serial ATA RAID will be widely accepted by the market as cost effective RAID solution and Rocket RAID 1520 is one of the best Serial ATA RAID solutions 1 2 RAID Basics RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks is a method of combining several hard disks physical disks into one logical unit logical disk Such combination can offer either fault tolerance or higher data throughput than a single hard disk system There are hard disks can be combined together The different methods referred as different RAID Levels and different RAID levels represent different performance levels security levels and implementation costs The most frequently used RAID levels include RAID 0 1 and 5 Also there are some for example RAID 0 1 is the combination of RAID 0 and RAID 1 Here 1s a brief table of these popular RAID types Introduction Description T nani Benefits of Drivers RAID 0 Data Stripting Highest Performance without data protection Data protection through RAID 1 Disk Mirroring 100 data duplication Data Striping Highest performance peer vee and Mirroring wi
28. ide data protection Synchronize Same as Duplicate A2 ip Pent Appendix B Appendix B Contact Technical Support If you have any problems and questions when using our products you may get help from the following ways e Read this manual carefully e Visit our website www highpoint tech com We will post the most updated materials and FAQs onto our website If you still can not solve the problem after tried the above two ways please contact our technical support support highpoint tech com Our technical support will respond your question quickly with the proper answer Thank you for choosing our products Righ Pose B
29. n Pro 6 Within the Menu column of main interface use the arrow key to highlight the Start Creation Process and press ENTER then some warning messages will appear see below Array Mode RAID Striping Array Name RAID O 6 select Disk Drives Block S1ze F y WARNING All data on the selected disks will be deleted Continue Press YZH Please pay attention to the warning message and then press Y to finish the creation or press N to cancel the creation MighDoint oo BIOS Configuration Utility The warning message may be different depending on what array mode that user is creating Warning Please pay attention to the warning message at Step 6 Creating RAID 0 array JBOD array will destroy all data on all the selected disks When creating mirror array Duplication operation will reserve the data on source disk the first selected disk and copy them onto the mirror disk the second selected disk when creating mirror array 3 3 Delete Disk Array Follow these steps to delete a disk array 1 Within the Menu column of main interface use the arrow key to highlight Delete Array item and then press ENTER then the Status column will be activated see below Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size GB Status Primary Slave No Drive Secondary Master Maxtor 4G160J8 RAID_0_0 ATA 133 163 92 Hidden Secondary Slave No Drive c 1999 2002 HighPoint Technologies Inc All rights reserved Highlight the target
30. nnected to the adapter the information will display as below HighPoint Technologies Inc RocketRAID 1520 BIOS Setting Utility v2 32s Cc 1999 2002 HighPoint Technologies Inc All rights reserved Press lt Ctrl gt lt H to run BIOS Setting Utility Scan Devices Please wait Primary Haster ST3400168 Primary Slave Ho Drive Secondary Master ST3400168 Secondary Slave Ho Drive Please pay attention to the hard disks listed on the screen it indicates that these hard disks are connected properly and recognized by the computer If some hard disks are not recognized you should open the computer chassis and check the following 1 Whether the power supply connector has been plugged properly If necessary try to use another connector 2 Whether the cable has been connected properly If necessary try to use another cable After checked the above please place the cover of computer chassis and power on the computer e e Trouble Shooting 3 Hard disk mode is not correctly recognized In order to boot from disk or disk array connected to adapter usually you should do the following 1 Set SCSI device as the first booting device in main board BIOS 2 Set a booting device in RocketRAID 1520 adapter BIOS refer Chapter 3 on how to set a boot device Note If the regular IDE hard disks are chosen by using the RocketHead 100 converter connect to RocketRAID 1520 please make sure the hard disks jumper must correctl
31. ntinue 6 Next Windows will find HighPoint RCM device please confirm the Digital Signature Not Found window when it appears when finished please restart the computer Install driver during Windows 2000 installation Recommend users copy the driver to a floppy diskette s root directory 1 Booting from CD ROM when the Windows 2000 Setup blue screen appears and asks user to Press F6 if you need to install a third part SCSI or RAID driver please press F6 key 2 The setup program will continue later when the setup program asks user if to specify additional adapters please press S key 3 Then the setup program will prompt user to insert the driver diskette Please insert the driver diskette and then press ENTER to continue 4 The follow up window will list out the installation choices please select HPT370 372 372A UDMA ATA133 RAID Controller for Windows 2000 and press ENTER to continue 5 The follow up window will list out the devices to be installed in which HPT370 372 372A UDMA ATA133 RAID Controller item should be included If user want to install other devices please operate at this time If all devices have been successfully installed please go to next step Installation Verification After the driver has been installed and the computer restarted 1 Right click My Computer icon then select Properties item from the popup menu 2 In the popup window select Hardware item and then click Device Manager button Acti
32. ocketRAID 1520 adapter s BIOS will scan the connected hard disks Please pay attention to the screen display See next page screen shot If all connected hard disks are correctly detected it indicates that all the hard disks have been connected correctly and recognized by the computer HighPoint Technologies Inc RocketRAlD 1520 BIOS Setting Utility v2 des Cc 1999 27002 HighPoint Technologies Inc All rights reserved Press lt Ctrl gt lt h gt to run BIOS Setting Utility Scan Devices Please wait Primary Master ST340016A Primary Slave Ho Drive Secondary Master ST340016A Secondary Slave Ho Drive 2 5 Driver Installation After the RocketRAID 1520 adapter is installed and recognized by computer user can start to install driver Windows 9x ME After Windows 9x ME is start up Windows system will automatically find the newly installed adapter and prompt user to install its driver Follow these steps to install the driver 1 After the Add New Hardware Wizard window appears press Next button until the following window appears Add New Hardware Wizard Windows will search for new drivers in its driver database on your hard drive and in any of the following selected locations Click Next to start the search T Floppy disk drives M CD ROM drive Microsoft windows Update lV Specify a location fa ind8_ME x Browse coca 2 Insert the driver diskette then select the Specify
33. on View gt i lele aag 3 Keyboards A Mice and other pointing devices amp Other devices on Video Controller YGA Compatible Ports COM amp LPT amp SCSI and RAID controllers HighPoint RCM Device MAJATA 33 RA ic 2 E Adapter Installation If HPT372A UDMA ATA133 RAID Controller and HighPoint RCM Device items exist in the popup Device Manager window see above it indicates that the driver has been installed successfully Otherwise if user cannot find these two device items or there is or marks on device icon it indicates that the driver has not been correctly installed and user needs to delete the devices and reinstall them Windows XP Install driver under existing Windows XP After Windows XP is start up Windows system will automatically find the newly installed adapter and ask user to install its driver Please follow these steps to install the driver 1 When the Found New Hardware Wizard window appears select Install from a list or specify location Advanced and click Next to continue 2 In the follow up window please select Don t search I will choose the driver to install then click Next to continue 3 In the follow up window of device list please select SCSI and RAID controllers and then click Next to continue 4 In the next window click on Have Disk then type in the driver location A Win_XP into the follow up window then click
34. r connect to RocketRAID 1520 please make sure that the hard disk jumper must correctly set to master position setting Usually IDE jumper default setting is cable select RocketHead 100 converter supports ATA 100 ATA133 hard disk only Chapter 2 Adapter Installation This chapter will tell you how to install RocketRAID 1520 adapter onto your computer and connect hard disks to the adapter correctly Please make sure to read this chapter carefully before starting your installation procedures Contents of this Chapter 2 1 Adapter Layout 2 2 Hard Disk Connection 2 3 Adapter Installation 2 4 Adapter s Installation Verification 2 5 Driver Installation If you have any question during installation please contact our technical support HMighPoint Adapter Installation 2 1 Adapter Layout HighPoint HPT 372A Adapter LEDs connection The 4 pins LED connector is for LED connecting From the top to the bottom there are 4 pins 1 2 for Serial ATA channel 3 4 for Serial ATA channel2 2 2 Hard Disk Connection We suggest the following connection way depending on disk numbers 1 If you have only one disk connect to Serial ATA channel 2 If you have two disks connect to Serial ATA channell and then SATA chan nel2 in order 2 3 Adapter Installation Adapter Installation Follow these steps to install the RAID adapter and connect hard disks to the adapter 1 Shut down the computer and unplugs the power supply
35. rs to selected Disks and fil i in other aray properties Chip count 1 Logical device count 2 C Duplicate Within this interface Array Type This drop down box enables the user to select disk array type There are three array types that the user can select RAID 0 RAID 1 and JBOD Array Name User can type in a name for identifying the array to be created A good name will make it easy to distinguish different arrays Block Size If user selected RAID 0 array in the Array Type box then the Block Size selection drop down box will be enabled and user must select a block size here If user selected RAID 1 or JBOD then the Block Size selection dropdown box will become disable Available Disks This pane will list out all the disks that currently can be used to create disk array Selected Disks This pane will list out the disks that have been selected to create the disk array User can highlight the specific disk in Available Disks pane and click the corresponding hand icon to select that disk into the Selected Disks pane with no data on it ATA RAID Software Creation Option This option is only available after user selects RAID 1 array in the Array Type box Duplicate means reserve the data on the source disk first selected disk when creating RAID 1 array Create Only means destroy all data on the selected disks and create a clean RAID array 2 When the disk array s configuration is finished click the Create button
36. see below iPoint BIOS Configuration Utility 1 Power off and replace the failed drive Destroy the Mirroring Relationship 4 Continue to boot WARNING Cont inue Press YZH Please pay much attention to the warning message and then press Y to use that disk to rebuild or press N to cancel If user presses Y then all the data on the entire selected disk will be destroyed 3 Next BIOS will replace data onto the newly added disk see below 1 Power off and replace the failed drive Destroy the Mirroring Relationship 4 Continue to boot Duplicating User can press ESC to cancel the duplicating process at anytime 4 Continue to Boot This command will let BIOS to skip the problem and boot into OS A T Chapter 4 ATA RAID Software This chapter introduces for using HighPoint Serial ATA RAID Management soft ware in detail Contents of this chapter 4 1 Installation 4 2 Getting Start 4 3 Configuration Functions 4 4 Management Functions 4 5 View Information 4 6 Rebuild Broken RAID 1 Array WighPoint ATA RAID Software 4 1 Installation Follow these steps to install the Serial ATA RAID software 1 Browse the software installation CD and double click on the setup exe file to begin the software installation if user installs the software from CD ROM please select the correct path for example D RRxxxx Windows GUI setup exe 2 Confirm the follow up dialoge windows to finish the
37. th data protection No data protection and performance improving but full usage of disk capacity Disk Spanning 1 3 RocketRAID 1520 RocketRAID 15xx is a series of Serial ATA RAID solution contributed by HighPoint Technologies Inc and it mainly consists of two parts the RAID adapter and the RAID management software RocketRAID 1520 adapter with HPT372A chip as RAID controller is a 2 channel Serial ATA RAID solution Serial ATA RAID Management software is a Windows based software utility with graphical user interface and provides users an easy operation software tool to configure and manage disks or disk arrays connected to RocketRAID 1520 adapter Below are the main features and benefits of RocketRAID 1520 1 IDE hard disk collectible Supports ATA100 ATA133 hard disk only 2 Supports higher data transfer rate up to 1 5Gb s 3 Dual independent Serial ATA channels and 2 hard disks allowed connection 4 Better connectivity low pin count small cable and connector 5 Thin cable for easy routing and improving computer chassis cooling circulation 6 RocketHead converter is easy plug and play for all IDE hard disks 7 Supports RAID 0 1 and JBOD 8 Bootable disk or disk array support 9 Supports OSs like Windows9x ME NT4 0 2K XP Linux Red Hat SuSE Turbo Caldera FreeBSD Introduction 10 Windows based RAID configuration amp management software tool compatible with BIOS 11 Real time monitoring o
38. thin a RAID 1 or 0 1 array Also known as Synchronize Mirroring Known as RAID 1 which provides data protection by real time and automatic duplicating all data from a source disk to a mirror disk RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks it is a method of combining several hard disks physical disks into one logical unit logical disk thus providing higher performance and data redundancy RAID Levels RAID levels refer to different array architectures or methods of organizing a disk array Different RAID levels represent different performance level security level and cost High Pose A Appendix A Rebuild The ability to use a new disk to replace the failed disk in a redundant disk array say mirror array or 0 1 array then to repair the broken disk array and recover all the data on that failed disk Serial ATA Serial ATA is an evolutionary replacement for the IDE ATA physical storage interface Serial ATA is scalable and will allow future enhancements to the computing platform Spare Disk A spare hard disk which can automatically be used to replace the failed member of a redundant disk array and then automatically recover the redundant disk array without intervention Spare Pool Logically the place where spare disks stay When a disk is added into the spare pool it will become a spare disk Striping Known as RAID 0 spread data over multiple disks to improve performance It does not prov
39. users copy the driver to a floppy diskette s root directory 1 Press F6 key when the installation program prompts Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration 2 The installation will continue When installation program prompt user to press S key to specify other devices then please press S key 3 Within the follow up device type window select Other then press ENTER 4 Installation program will ask user to insert the driver diskette Please insert the driver diskette and then press ENTER 5 Within the follow up window select HPT370 372 372A UDMA ATA133 RAID Con troller for WinNT4 0 then press ENTER 6 The follow up window will list a set of devices to be installed in which HPT370 372 372A UDMA ATA133 RAID Controller item should be included If user want to install other devices please operate at this time If all devices have been installed please go to next step 7 Press ENTER to confirm the devices to be installed and continue the installation of Windows NT4 0 Installation Verification After the driver has been installed and the computer is restarted 1 Click Start gt Settings gt Control Panel and then double click on SCSI Adapters icon 2 Within the SCSI Adapters window see below TDi lt lt amp 2 Adapter Installation SCSI Adapters 21x Devices Drivers SCSI adapters and connected devices are listed below amp IDE CD ROM ATAPI 1 2 Du
40. wapping mobile rack for plugging or unplugging 2 Data on the hard disk used to rebuild the broken array will be all destroyed PD 1 Chapter 5 Trouble Shooting This chapter will list the most possibly occurred problem and most frequently asked question and their corresponding solution Please refer this chapter when you encounter a problem or do not know what to do when using our product WMighPoint Trouble Shooting 1 The adapter cannot be recognized by the computer after plugged into PCI slot If user can find the following information on the screen when starting computer it indicates that the adapter has been recognized successfully HighPoint Technologies Inc RocketRAID 1520 BIOS Setting Utility v2 32s Cc 1999 2002 HighPoint Technologies Inc All rights reserved Press lt Ctrl gt lt h gt to run BIOS Setting Utility Scan Devices Please wait If the above information does not appear it indicates that the adapter is not recognized by the system Then you should open the computer chassis and check the following 1 Whether the adapter has been correctly and steadily plugged into the PCI slot on the motherboard 2 If necessary try to use another PCI slot After checked the above replace the computer case and power on the computer 2 The hard disk that connected to adapter cannot be detected After the RocketRAID 1520 adapter is recognized the adapter s BIOS will start to scan disks co
41. when creating mirror array Creation steps may be different depending on what array mode has been selected 3 Within the Menu column of main interface use the arrow key to highlight the Array Name and then press ENTER Then the array name dialogue box will appear see below Array Mode RAID Striping Please input the name of the array Just type in the name that you want to name the array and then press ENTER to continue i lt BIOS Configuration Utility 4 Within the Menu column of main interface use the arrow key to highlight the Select Disk Drives and press ENTER the Status column will be activated see below Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size GB Status Primary Slave No Drive Secondary Master Maxtor 4G160J8 ATA 133 163 92 HDD4 Secondary Slave No Drive c 1999 2002 HighPoint Technologies Inc All rights reserved High Pout uuu highpoint tech com Just highlight the target disks that you want to use and press ENTER to select them respectively After all disks have been selected press ESC to go back to the creation steps menu 5 If user selected a RAID 0 array in step 2 then now user needs to select a block size for the array Within the Menu column of main interface use the arrow key to highlight the Block Size and press ENTER then select a block size from the popup list see below Array Mode RAID Array Name RAID Select Disk Drives Block Size 64K atart Creatio
42. will list a set of devices to be installed in which HPT370 372 372A UDMA ATA133 RAID Controller item should be included If user want to install other devices please operate at this time If all devices have been successfully installed please go to next step Installation Verification After the driver has been installed and the computer restarted 1 Right click My Computer icon then select Properties item from the popup menu 2 In the popup window select Hardware tab and then click Device Manager button Device Manager File Action view Help O E 2 a4 E Processors g5 SCSI and RAID controllers SEAHP T3724 UDMAjATALS3 RAID Controller m Sound video and game controllers WY System devices ACPI Fan ld ACPI Fixed Feature Button ig ACPI Thermal Zone Direct memory access controller W Highpoint RCM Device W Intel R 6200164 LPC Interface Controller 2440 T TLs limi aad ms Ina ORA Oe be ln a4 4a If HPT372A UDMA ATA133 RAID Controller and HighPoint RCM Device items exist in the popup Device Manager window see above it indicates that the driver has been installed successfully Otherwise if user cannot find these two device items it indi cates that the driver has not been correctly installed and user need to delete the de vices and reinstall them 2 9 Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration Utility RocketRAID 1520 provided on card BIOS configuration utility through which user can configure and
43. y set to the master position 4 What to do if an array is broken If an array is broken user may first power off the computer and check the power and cable connection between adapter and hard disk if necessary please change a new cable and power connector and then power on the computer again These measures may bring the broken array back to normal if the broken is caused by the connection problem If the above measures do not work then the reason of broken most likely is because hard disk is not functioning right User can use a new hard disk to rebuild the broken RAID 1 array in order that data will not be lost For RAID 0 or JBOD array user has to delete the array and all data on that array will be lost So please always backup the important data stored ina RAID 0 or JBOD array Appendix A Appendix A Glossary Array Also known as Disk Array two or more hard disks combined together to appear as a single device to the host computer Broken Array Disk array with a member disk failed A broken RAID 1 or O 1 array can still function with the remained normal disks but a broken RAID 0 or JBOD will no longer function Critical A RAID 1 or 0 1 array can be in critical status that means the array may have inconsistency between user data and backup data due to some reasons and need duplicate operation to make the backup data consist with the user data Duplicate The operation of duplicating user data to generate backup data wi
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