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1. Array Creation Wizard E x Block Size 64k X pr Creation Option e Zeno Bud Scrub build parity No Build x Cancel lt lt Back f 1 Zero Build Create and initialize data blocks with zero build this will create the array and initialize parity but delete all data of each hard disks Use this option when starting from scratch 2 Scrub build parity This will create an array and initialize parity using the existing data on the hard disks This method requires the parity of every stripe to be evaluated and written to the appro priate location on the RAID array A scrub may be performed on an un initialized array i e an array with un initialized disks so that parity can be determined and written to disks during the regular operation of the array in response to write operations using the read modify write method WighPoint 15 HighPoint RAID Management software 3 No Build Create only the parity function will not become active until the array is first used When you select this option you will see a warning message warning xi AN This option is not recommended It can only be used when the data and parity in the selected disks are in a consistent state Continue Click Yes to continue the creation Step 3 Select the array disks Select the single disks from the Available Disks list and add them to the Selected Disks list using the button Array Creation Wi
2. HighPoint RAID Management Console Array Management a iol x Fie Management View Operation Help veii Rebuild Abort Create Delete Rename Add Disk i Local Host hpt3xx SEDC WD2500 D 00GBB0 EJ Maxtor BEO40L0 E5 WDC WD2500JD 00GBBO Model WDC WD2500JD 00GBBO E Maxtor BEO40L0 Physical Device Information Type Hard Disk Location Controller 1 Channel 1 Revision 022D Capacity 250 05 GB Status Available Transfer Mode ATA 150 Read Ahead Enabled Disable Write Cache Enabled Disable x Connected system OS Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional System 127 0 0 1 connected Click on a drive icon to display information about this disk the right side of the screen will provide information about the physical disk including the model type location revision capacity status and transfer mode Click on an array icon to provide informa tion about the selected array including the name RAID type or level and capacity a Create an array If the Create Array option has been enabled under the Privilege settings and enough disks are available to create an array click the Create button on the toolbar You can also click on the Operation menu and select the Create option to open the Array Creation Wizard window Step I Select the type of array Select the type of array you wish to create from the drop down menu If JBOD was
3. Operation and Help Click on the different menu to activate the different commands See the picture as shown below HighPoint RAID Management Console Remote Control i ol x File Management View Operation Help mm E amp Add Modity Delete Connect Disconnect System Address SystemName Pot Status No system connected File This menu includes five submenus Remote Control System Configuration User Management Password and Exit Click the Exit button to exit Serial ATA RAID software Management This menu includes six submenus Array Management Device Management Spare Management Event Notification Task Schedule Management and Refresh View This menu includes two submenus Event View and Icon View The system will display the connection status of all the attached disks or disk arrays The Event View window will display all of the events recorded while the software is running The Icon View window explains the functions of the various icons used by the software Operation This menu includes seven submenus Create Delete Rename Add Disk Verify Rebuild and Abort Help Click this menu to view the Help Topics or the version information About this HighPoint RAID Management software The help feature summarizes the functions of this software and includes a topic search option m Kigh Point HighPoint RAID Management software 4 4 Use the Software e The File menu This software allows yo
4. See the picture as shown next page Uigh Point 4 21 HighPoint RAID Management software l 2 HighPoint RAID Management Console S 7 DALE a Assign a disk to the spare pool To assign a spare disk to an important array select the Assign to a dedicated array option Disk arrays that can utilize the spare feature will then be displayed and listed on the drop down menu towards the right side of the array list When an array is selected the Available Disk section will list all the single physical disks attached to the RAID controller The Spare Pool section will list the physical disks that have already been set to spare disks The procedure can be repeated to add or remove additional spare disks 4 Event Notification Click on the Management menu and then the Event Notification option to set E mail notification so that the system will send an E mail to the mailbox when an event occurs a Set an E mail notification In order to send and receive E mail you must first configure the SMTP server Click the Settings button on the toolbar or click on the Operation menu and select the Settings option The E mail notification setting window will be displayed See the picture as shown next page 22 WighPoint HighPoint RAID Management software F mail notification setting X OK vw Enable E mail Notification M Cancel Mail From someone axx net SMTP Server smtp xxx net Part 25 Check the Enable E
5. selected you can jump directly to Step 3 If any other type of array is selected enter an array name and click the Next button If you do not wish to name the array leave the default name in the Array Name field and click Next If RAID 0 10 or 5 is selected proceed to step 2 WighPoint 13 HighPoint RAID Management software Array Creation Wizard 3 E x Params If RAID 1 is selected select from the following array options See the picture as shown below Array Creation Wizard x Creation Option Create only Create and duplicate ol i Params x Cancel lt lt Back 1 Create Only This option will create a RAID 1 array between the selected disks but the data on both disks will be lost 2 Create and Duplicate This option will create a RAID 1 array between the selected disks and will copy data from the source disk to the mirror also referred to as the target disk All data that was originally stored on the Mirror disk will be lost Step 2 Specify the block size When creating a RAID 0 or 10 array select the Block Size from the drop down menu 414 Kigh Point HighPoint RAID Management software and click the Next button See the picture as shown below Array Creation Wizard Block Size 64k When creating a RAID 5 array select the block size from the drop down menu and the appropriate Creation Option See the picture as shown below
6. t configured according to RAID a subsystem of disk drives that improves performance and fault tolerance JBOD provides much more capacity the sum of all the disks If there is more than a single physical disk not member of an array and not an ATAPI device or a removable disk you can create a JBOD array The RocketRAID 1810A host adapter supports two up to four hard disks to create a JBOD array Mirroring Known as RAID 1 which provides data protection by real time and automatic duplicat ing all data from a source disk to a mirror disk MighPoint Appendix A PCI X The 64 bit PCI X architecture supports transfer rates above 1 gigabyte per second and operates at speeds up to 133 MHz In addition it is backward compatible with existing standard PCI bus technology RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks 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 levels security levels and cost RAID 1 Known as RAID 1 this RAID level provides data protection by implementing real time and automatic duplication of data from a source disk to a mirror disk The RocketRAID 1810A host adapter supports two hard disks to create a RAID I array RAID 10 It is the combination of RAID
7. 5 provide different methods to reconstruct a broken array Ifa RAID I or a RAID 10 array is broken data is reconstructed by simply copying data of the surviving disks into the spare disk Ifa RAID 5 array is broken the surviving disks have the parity information needed to reconstruct the data onto the replacement disk You can specify one or more hard disks to act as spare disks Follow these steps to add or delete a spare disk from the spare pool i Within the main interface use the arrow key to highlight the Add Remove Spare menu and press ENTER or the up and down arrows to display a list of available singe disks See the picture as shown next page m Kigh Point BIOS Configuration Utility Rocket RAID 182x fGreate gt Delete gt Device Mame Array Name Capacity GB gt Mode Maxtor 2HB26H1 ATA 1944 ATA 1 ATA 133 elp Create or delete a spare disk tl Next Item Enterl Select LESC 1 Backward ii Use the arrow key to highlight the target disk and press ENTER to add it to the spare pool warning message will appear Warning The content on the single G Mode disk will be lost if the single disk 7 ATA AA is changed into a spare disk re yvoul S Or ae sure to do this 3 AT Press Yies or Nio to confirm Create or delete a spare disk tl Next Item Enter l Select LESC 1 Backuward Pay close attention to the warning message Press Y to add spare or press N to cancel After you have confirmed thi
8. IDE hard disks are attached to the RocketR AID 1810A via RocketHead 100 convert ers make sure the hard disk jumper is set to the Single position Check the hard disk documentation for the manufacturer s recommended jumper settings some drives may have to be set to single or master or master with no slave present instead of the conventional master setting After checking these items replace the computer s chassis and power on the computer 5 2 Kigh Point Trouble Shooting 3 The operating system will not boot when the boot drive is attached to the host adapter In order to boot from a disk or disk array attached to the RocketRAID 1810A certain BIOS settings are required 1 Make sure the motherboard s BIOS setup has set the host adapter as the first boot device If the motherboard s BIOS setup does not list the host adapter as a boot option use the SCSI option 2 Set the proper boot disk or disk array using the host adapter s BIOS see Chapter 3 for more information 4 Win9x ME operating systems will not boot when a disk drive is attached to the RocketRAID 1810A The RocketRAID 1810A does not allow Win9x ME operating system to be installed to or booted from any disk or array attached to the SATA channels If you wish to boot Win9x ME from another device attached to the motherboard make sure to press the END key to skip the BIOS when the RocketRAID 1810A starts posting during bootup 5 What should I do if an
9. To abort the procedure click on the Operation menu and select the Abort option This will cancel the Verify procedure HighPoint 4 19 HighPoint RAID Management software f Rebuild an array Click on the Management menu and then select the Device Management option High light the array that needs rebuilding and click the Rebuild Array button The broken RAID 5 RAID 1 or sub RAID 1 of RAID 10 array can use this feature If this menu option is disabled then the array cannot be rebuilt or the Rebuild Array Privilege has not been enabled To abort the procedure click on the Operation menu and select the Abort option This will cancel the rebuild procedure 2 Rescan the devices Click on the Management menu and then select the Device Management option Click the Rescan Device button or click on the Operation menu and select the Rescan Devices option This will scan all of the physical devices attached to the RAID controller 2 Device Management Click on the Management menu and then select the Device Management option This will open a new window which displays all of the physical drives attached to the RAID controller The physical drives are attached to the individual channel of RAID control ler See the picture as shown next page 420 HighPoint HighPoint RAID Management Console Device Management File Management View Operation Help HighPoint RAID Management software O x Eu A Rescan Device
10. array is reported as broken If an array is reported as broken shut down the system and make sure the power and S ATA cables are securely attached to the hard disks If necessary change the cables then power on the system If the problem is related to a connection issue this may restore the array If this method is ineffective the broken array was likely the result of a failed disk or hardware malfunction You need to determine which hard disk has failed in a broken array After that you should rebuild the broken array Refer to the 3 9 Rebuild Broken RAID1 RAID10 and RAIDS Array section on page 3 15 for the details 6 Why does the alarm buzzer continuously beep The alarm will sound if one or more hard disks is not responding To stop this alarm 1 Replace the faulty disk with a functional hard disk 2 Click on the Management menu and then select the Device Management option from the menu Click on the Rescan Device button or click on the Operation menu and select the Rescan Devices option to rescan all of the physical devices attached to the RAID controller 3 Reboot the system WighPoint 53 Trouble Shooting 7 The RAID management software does not seem to recognize the RocketRAID 1810A installed into my system What is causing this problem An account must be created in order for the software to recognize any host adapter Choose to add a new account and use the following values System Address 12
11. button on the tool bar or click on the Operation menu and select the Connect option You can also double click the desired connection from the connection list to start this operation new window will be displayed See the picture as shown below Login Form System Address 1 2 0 0 1 aa System Port 7402 a a User Mame RAID Password E X Cancel Enter the different values in the above fields and then click OK to display the warning message or Cancel to cancel this operation See the picture as shown below x AN You used the default password to logon It is strongly recommended to change the password Click OK to change the default password See the picture as shown below Please enter new password i x Mew Pazsword Confirm X ma Click OK to display the information See the picture as shown next page MighPoint m HighPoint RAID Management software Information Ed 5 Password has been changed Click OK to connect to the selected system System Address 127 0 0 1 this value can also be changed to the address you want to connect to System Port 7402 User Name RAID must be capitalized Password hpt must be lowercase 1 You can only connect to one remote system at a time Be sure to break the previous connection before attempting to connect to another system e Disconnecting a remote system To disconnect a remote system click the Re
12. mail Notification option and fill the Mail From SMTP Server and Port fields with the appropriate information Click OK to complete this process or click Cancel to cancel this operation The system does not support user validated SMTP server b Add a recipient Click the Add button on the toolbar or click on the Operation menu and select the Add recipient option This will open the Add Recipient window See the picture as shown below Add recipient x E mail x Cancel Mame Notification Options ee So Information Warning f Error Enter an E mail address the recipient s name and the notification options Three types of E mail notification options are available Information Warning and Error You can check them by his requirement and then click OK to confirm the selection c Modify a recipient Click the Modify button on the toolbar or click on the Operation menu and select the Modify Recipient option This will open the Modify Recipient window Modify the desired fields and click OK to confirm WighPoint 23 HighPoint RAID Management software d Delete a recipient Highlight a recipient and click the Delete button on the toolbar or click on the Opera tion menu and select the Delete Recipient option This will open the Delete Recipient window warning message will be displayed Click OK to delete the recipient e Test to notify Highlight a recipient and click the Test
13. that data is protected while remaining instantly accessible requires faster smarter solutions HighPoint offers such a solution with an Optimized XOR tech nique with advanced Intelligent Cache Algorithm powered by HighPoint s HPT601 The HPT601 uses a sophisticated algorithm to automatically do XOR operations on the parity drive without needing a large amount of memory on the adapter card This solution provides a significant performance enhancement and it is ideal for RAID implementations This will be the preferred choice of OEMs ODMs system integrators and resellers worldwide for its superior performance and ease of use 1 2 PCI X Overview The 64 bit PCI X architecture supports transfer rates above 1 gigabyte per second and operates at speeds up to 133 MHz In addition it is backward compatible with the existing standard PCI bus The bandwidth provided by PCI X is ideal for industry standard servers running enterprise applications 1 3 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 combinations can offer either fault tolerance or higher data throughput than a single hard disk system There are usually a few methods through which hard disks can be combined The different methods refer to different RAID Levels and different RAID levels represent different performance levels security levels and implementation costs
14. the S key to specify additional adapters Please press the S key at that time In the following window select Other then press the ENTER key to confirm 4 Setup will then prompt you to insert the driver diskette Insert the driver diskette and press ENTER to continue 5 In the following window select RocketRAID 182x 181x SATA Controller for Win U WighPoint 24 Adapter Installation dows NT4 0 then press ENTER 6 Press ENTER to confirm the devices to be installed and continue the installation of Windows NT4 0 Installing the RocketRAID I810A driver for an existing Windows NT 4 0 system 1 Click Start gt Settings gt Control Panel and then double click on the SCSI Adapters icon 2 Anew window should be displayed click on the Driver tab then click the Add button 3 In the next window click the Have Disk button The following window will appear Install From Disk Ei Insert the manufacturer s installation disk into the drive OK selected and then click OK Copy manufacturer s files from f In MT g Insert the driver diskette and type in the path of driver location A Win_NT in the above window then click OK In the following window select the RocketRAID 182x 181x SATA Controller item and then click OK Confirm the following system prompts to finish the driver installation And then restart the computer Installation Verification After the d
15. 02 HighDoint m HighPoint RAID Management software b Modify a connection This option is used to modify the connection information the name and port First select one connection from the connection list and then click the Modify button on the toolbar or click on the Operation menu and select the Modify option to open a Modify Connection window See the picture as shown below Modify Connection System Address MENANI System Hame RAID System Port 7402 After modifying the system name and system port information click OK Note 1 The System Address information is grayed and cannot be modified In order to modify this item the connection must be deleted and recreated 2 Make sure the connection is inactive It must be disconnected before it can be modified c Delete a connection This option is used to delete a connection First select one connection from the con nection list and then click the Delete button on the toolbar or click on the Operation menu and select the Delete option confirmation window will be displayed See the picture as shown below x 7 System 127 0 0 1 will be deleted do you want to continue Click Yes to delete the selected connection or No to cancel Note Make sure the connection is inactive it must be disconnected before it can be deleted from the connection list m Uigh Point HighPoint RAID Management software d Connect to a remote system Click the Connect
16. 1 and RAID 0 The RocketRAID 1810A host adapter supports four hard disks to create a RAID10 array RAID 5 RAID 5 includes a rotating parity array thus all read and write operations can be overlapped RAID 5 stores parity information but not redundant data It requires at least three disks to provide the most economic way to maximize data capacity with faster transfer rate The RocketRAID 1810A host adapter supports three up to four hard disks to create a RAID 5 array Rebuild The ability to use a new disk to replace a failed disk in a redundant disk array RAID 1 10 and RAID 5 arrays then repair the broken disk array and recover all the data on that failed disk Striping Known as RAID 0 data is spread over multiple disks to improve performance It does not provide data protection The RocketRAID 1810A host adapter supports two up to four hard disks to create a RAID 0 array a2 HighPoint Appendix A 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 free hard disk that can be used to replace the failed member of a redundant disk array then automatically recover the redundant disk array without user intervention Spare Pool A collection or grouping of the spare disks When a disk is added into the spare pool it will become a spare disk Synchronize Same as Duplicate HighPoi
17. 7 0 0 1 System Port 7402 System Name RAID must be capitalized Password hpt must be lowercase These values must be used if the software and host adapter are installed into the same system 8 Why can t I connect to a remote system when using the RAID management software Please check the following 1 You have installed HighPoint RAID Management Service on the remote system 2 The HighPoint RAID Management Service on the remote system is started On the remote system click Start gt Programs gt HighPoint RAID Management Software gt Service Manager to view the service status 3 You can access the remote system via TCP IP connection 4 If there is firewall configured on your network TCP port 7402 7403 should not be blocked i Kigh Point 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 A disk array with one or more members failed Broken RAID 1 10 or 5 arrays can still function by utilizing the remaining disks but broken RAID 0 or JBOD arrays will no longer function Duplicate Also known as Synchronize the operation of duplicating user data to generate backup data within a RAID I array Hot Swap The ability to add or remove a drive without powering off the computer or interrupting the user s work JBOD JBOD 1s an acronym for Just a Bunch of Disks It is used to refer to hard disks that aren
18. 81x SATA Controller for Windows 2000 RocketRAID 182x 181x SATA Controller for Windows XP 2003 RocketRAID 182x 181x SATA Controller for Windows AMD64 5 Please select the RocketRAID 182x 181x SATA Controller for Windows XP 2003 option and press ENTER to continue the installation of Windows XP 2003 Installing the RocketRAID 1810A driver for an existing Windows XP 2003 system After the operating system has booted Windows XP 2003 will automatically detect the newly installed adapter and prompt you to install it s driver Follow these steps to install the driver 1 When the Found New Hardware Wizard window appears select Install from a list or specific location Advanced and click Next to continue HighPoint gt 10 Adapter Installation Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install software for SCSI Controller If your hardware came with an installation CD EP or floppy disk insert it now What do pou want the wizard to do Install the software automatically Recommended Install from a list or specific location Advanced Click Next to continue 2 Click Don t search then click Next to continue Found New Hardware Wizard Please choose your search and installation options Pua tas y Search for the best driver in these locations Use the check boxes below to limit or expand the default search which includes local paths a
19. 9 Network adapters H ae seit a ct ages Sound video and game controllers System devices H Universal Serial Bus controllers Double click the SCSI and RAID controllers item from this window Two items as shown above should be displayed under the SCSI section one for the HighPoint RCM Device and another for the RocketRAID 182x 181x SATA Controller If these items are not displayed or there is or mark beside either of the entry the driver has not Kigh Point Adapter Installation been properly installed Delete these entries and reinstall the driver e Windows XP 2003 Installing the RocketRAID 1810A driver during Windows XP 2003 installation 1 Booting from the CD ROM when the Windows XP 2003 Setup blue screen appears look towards the bottom of the screen Windows will prompt you to press the F6 key if you want to install a third part SCSI or RAID driver Please press the F6 key at this time Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver 2 The setup procedure will continue and will later instruct you to press the S key to specify additional adapters Please press the S key at that time 3 Then the setup program will prompt you to insert the driver diskette Please insert the driver diskette and then press ENTER to continue 4 The next window will display several driver options RocketRAID 182x 181x SATA Controller for Windows NT 4 0 RocketRAID 182x 1
20. S Setting Utility vi 15 Cc gt 26803 2064 HighPoint Technologies Inc All rights reserved elp Press lt Gtrl gt lt H gt to run BIOS Setting Utility Next the RocketRAID 1810A adapter s BIOS will scan the connected hard disks Press Ctrl H to enter BIOS setup then select View gt Device Please pay attention to the screen display See the following screen shot If all connected hard disks are displayed correctly this indicates that all the hard disks have been correctly installed and recog nized by the computer m Kigh Point Adapter Installation Device Mame Array Name Capacity GB gt Mode 246 47 Maxtor 2H A2AH1 ATA 166 BOOT I BH DT LA 367615 z ATA 1 AA ST31 212A c ATA 1 AA Maxtor b6L 4 J2 ATA 133 Ho Device Ho Dairine 2 4 Driver Installation After the RocketRAID 1810A adapter has been installed and recognized by the computer the device driver must be installed e Windows 2000 Installing the RocketRAID 1810A driver during Windows 2000 installation 1 Booting from the CD ROM when the Windows 2000 Setup blue screen appears look towards the bottom of the screen Windows will prompt you to press F6 if you want to install a third part SCSI or RAID driver Please press the F6 key at this time Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver 2 The setup procedure will continue and will later instruct you to press the S key to specify additional adapters Please press th
21. Server critical business data storage gaming Audio Video editing secu rity system and high end personal storage IDE Hard Disk Compatible RocketRAID 1810A Serial ATA RAID host adapter can support up to four hard disk drives It not only is compatible with Serial ATA hard disks but also supports all standard IDE hard disks through RocketHead 100 RH100 sold separately internal converter See the picture as shown below Tell 2 RocketRAID 1810A a p Tr coe Note IDE hard disks attached to the RocketRAID 1810A via RocketHead 100 converters must have their jumpers set to the master position Some hard disks such as WD models may require single master or master with no slave present settings this may call for the the jumper to be removed entirely Consult the manufacturer s documentation for spe cific settings Kigh Point Chapter 2 Adapter Installation This chapter will describe how to install the RocketRAID 1810A host adapter into a computer system and how to properly attach hard drives to the adapter Please make sure to read through this chapter carefully before installing the adapter Contents of this chapter 2 1 Adapter Layout 2 2 Adapter Installation 2 3 Adapter s Installation Verification 2 4 Driver Installation If you have any questions about the installation procedure please contact our Cus tomer Support Department Please refer to Appendix B How to contact Customer Sup port De
22. Technologies Inc RocketRAID 1810A User s Manual Kigh Point Revision 1 0 Date Dec 2004 HighPoint Technologies Inc Copyright Copyright O 2004 HighPoint Technologies Inc This document contains materials pro tected 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 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 before using HighPoint s products and use at your own risk In no event shall HighPoint be liable for any loss of profits or for direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages arising from any defect or error in HighPoint s products or manuals Informa tion in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commit ment on the part of HighPoint 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 MighPoint Table of Contents Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction HPT601 Powered XOR Engine rrnnrrnnrrnnrrnnrronrronvennvernvrnnvrnnvrnnvernv
23. The most frequently used RAID levels include RAID 0 1 and 5 RAID 10 is the combi nation of RAID 0 and RAID 1 The following is a brief table of these popular RAID types Description Minimen g Benefits of Drives Highest Performance RASID Data Striping without data protection PRII Data protection through eee ele Mionng 100 data hd Data Striping Highest Performance Data Striping Highest Performaance RAL 9 and with data protection No data protection and Performance JBOD Disk spanning improving but full usage of disk capacity l i WighPoint Introduction 1 4 RocketRAID 1810A With 4 Serial ATA channels the RocketRAID 1810A provides advanced RAID function ality at an affordable price It can support up to four hard disks and utilizes a 64bit 133MHz PCI X bridge The RocketRAID 1810A solution is aimed at enterprise storage NAS workgroup and web severs video streaming back up and security systems The RocketRAID 1810A s low profile design makes it an ideal storage solution for 1U Rack mount servers The following are some highlight features Supports 64bit 133 MHz PCI X Backwards compatible with standard PCI slots Supports a maximum of 4 hard disks IDE hard disk compatible when used with RocketHead 100 converters Optional Supports RAID 0 1 5 10 and JBOD Supports hot spare for automatic rebuild Bootable disk or disk array support RAID configuration amp management software tool GUI Graphic Us
24. Windows cannot verify that it is compatible with your hardware If the driver is not compatible your hardware will not work correctly and your computer might become unstable or stop working completely Do you want to continue installing this driver HighPoint 2 8 Adapter Installation 11 After rebooting windows should detect the HighPoint RCM Device click Yes to finish the installation Digital Signature Not Found x The Microsoft digital signature affirms that software has been tested with Windows and that the software has not been altered since it was tested The software you are about to install does not contain a Microsoft digital signature Therefore there is no guarantee that this software works correctly with Windows HighPoint RCM Device If you want to search for Microsoft digitally signed software visit the Windows Update Web site at http windowsupdate microsoft com to see if one is available Do you want to continue the installation Yes No More Info Installation Verification After the driver has been installed and the computer has been restarted 1 Right click the My Computer icon then select the Properties item from the menu 2 In the pop up window select the Hardware item and then click on the Device Manager button 5 Device Manager Action view HD Floppy disk drives 4 428 IDE ATAJATAPI controllers H Eg Keyboards Mice and other pointing devices 2 Monitors E 8
25. agement option to open the following window User Management xX Add Delete vet Password Privilege di The User Management window displays information about all valid user accounts and provides options to add delete or modify user information a Add a user Follow these steps to add a new user 1 Click the Add button and enter a user name and password Confirm this password and then the Next See the picture as shown next page Kigh Point to HighPoint RAID Management software Add New User E x Mame UserName Password Ez Confira E x Cancel lt lt Back Next gt gt 2 Click the Privilege button and select the appropriate security privileges Click Finish See the picture as shown below fo w User management EF Array management soe Fj Notification E mail setting Clear events x Cancel Back Enn 3 Once a new user has been successfully added the user s entry will appear in the User Management window 4 10 Kigh Point HighPoint RAID Management software User Management User name I User ame Delete Set Password Privilege b Delete a user Select a user entry from the User Management window and click the Delete button Then the selected user will be deleted OO hh 7 User UserName will be deleted do you want to continue Click Yes to delete the selected user Note M
26. ake sure the selected user is not connected to the remote computer the Delete option will be disabled if you are connected to the system c Changing a user s password Select a user entry from the User Management window and click the Set Password button You can also click on the File menu and then select the Password option Enter the new password and click OK to confirm or Cancel to cancel this operation d Change a user s privilege level Select a user entry from the User Management window and click the Privilege button to display the following window HighPoint a HighPoint RAID Management software User privilege view eo User management IF Array management l Spare Management f Notification E mail setting SE Clear events Us SEE the connected lll Make appropriate changes and click OK to confirm or Cancel to cancel this operation e The Management menu The HighPoint RAID Management Console software supports a variety of RAID man agement features which are listed on the Management menu You can also use these features by clicking the buttons in the main interface 1 Array Management Click on the Management menu and select the Array Management option This will open a new window which displays all of the logical drives attached to the RAID controller The logical drives are grouped according to the physical disks See the picture as shown next page 2 HighPoint HighPoint RAID Management software
27. an Megatrends Inc BusLogic Adaptec 3960D Ultral60 m PCI SCSI Card Adaptec 4HA 1502 SCSI Host Adapter Adaptec 4H4 1505 SCSI Host Adapter Adaptec 4H4 1510 SCSI Host Adapter Adaptec 4HA4 1512 SCSI Host Adapter mb ALIA TOW IANA TOW me ALT CAC IMO CAP OM lt Back Next gt Cancel 5 Insert the RocketRAID 1810A installation disk into the drive selected then click Browse to find the driver under the installation folder A Win_ 2000 Click OK to continue Uigh Point 2 6 Adapter Installation Install From Disk x Insert the manufacturer s installation disk into the drive selected and then click OF Cancel Copy manufacturer s files from fa win 2000 r Browse 6 Select RocketRAID 182x 181x SATA Controller Click Next to continue Found New Hardware Wizard Select a Device Driver Na Which driver do you want to install for this device SY Select the manufacturer and model of your hardware device and then click Nest If you have disk that contains the driver you want to install click Have Disk Models RocketRAlD 182x 181x SATA Controller Have Disk ones 7 Click Next to continue Found New Hardware Wizard Start Device Driver Installation The device driver will be installed with the default settings The wizard is ready to install the driver for the following hardware device amp RocketRAID 182x 181x SATA Controller Windows
28. button on the toolbar or click on the Operation menu and select the Test to notify option This will send a testing mail to the recipient If you fail to send this mail you will get a pop up error message 5 Task Management Click on the Management menu and then select the Task Schedule Management option The following window will be displayed Task Management x a A A New Modify Delete Task schedule list Details Create date time Last modify date Verify RAID 1 0 5 27 2004 4 20 3 5 27 2004 4 20 RAID When an array needs to be regularly verified or rebuilt you can create a new scheduled task to automatically manage this procedure The Task Schedule list displays information about all added tasks Double click one of the task entries or select one and click on the Details button to display detailed informa tion about the selected task If the appropriate Privileges have been enabled you can add new tasks modify or delete the existing tasks a Adding a task schedule There are two types of tasks that can be scheduled Verify Array or Rebuild Array If any arrays can be rebuilt in the current system click the New button on the toolbar to 1 24 Kigh Point HighPoint RAID Management software open the New Task Schedule Wizard See the picture as shown below Mew task schedule wizard Please select task type Rebuild Please select an array that you want to verify or rebuild Availabl
29. chedule list in the main window and then click the Modify button on the toolbar In the pop up window you can modify the task name and the frequency the task occurs d Delete a task schedule Select a task that you want to delete from the Task Schedule list displayed in the main window and click the Delete button on the toolbar Note If an array is deleted all tasks assigned to the array will be deleted as well 6 Refresh Click on the Management menu and then select the Refresh option This command will rescan all the devices attached on the RAID controller e The View menu 1 Event View Click the View menu and select the Event View option This will display a list of all the logged events of the remote system There are three types of logged events Information Warning and Error 1 Selecting one of the Filter options will display all the selected type of events in the following Event View window 2 Clicking the Clear button will clear all the events listed in the Event View window and those stored on the remote system 3 Clicking the Save button will save all the events listed in the Event View window as a 26 HighPoint HighPoint RAID Management software plain text file 4 Clicking the Print button will print all the events listed in the Event View window HighPoint RAID Management Console Event Yiew Fie Management View Help V Waming IV Eror Xx Clear m Save Print EE DateTime beso
30. disk that contains the driver you want to install click Have Disk Show compatible hardware Model RocketR lD 182x 181x SATA Controller A This driver is not digitally signed Tell me why driver signing is important HighPoint 12 Adapter Installation 6 Click Continue Anyway to continue Hardware Installation The software you are installing for this hardware RockeRAlD 18281818 5474 Controller has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows AP Tell me why this testing is Important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Continue Anyway STOP Installation 7 Click Finish to continue Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard The wizard has finished installing the software for amp RocketR ID 182x 181x SATA Controller The hardware you installed will not work until you restart your computer Click Finish to close the wizard System Settings Change Windows has finished installing new devices The software that supports your device requires that you restart your KP computer You must restart your computer before the new settings will take effect Do you want to restart your c
31. e S key at that time 3 Then the setup program will prompt you to insert the driver diskette Please insert the driver diskette and then press ENTER to continue 4 The following window will display several driver options RocketRAID 182x 181x SATA Controller for Windows NT 4 0 RocketRAID 182x 181x SATA Controller for Windows 2000 RocketRAID 182x 181x SATA Controller for Windows XP 2003 RocketRAID 182x 181x SATA Controller for Windows AMD64 5 Please select the RocketRAID 182x 181x SATA Controller for Windows 2000 option and press ENTER to continue Windows 2000 setup Uigh Print 34 Adapter Installation Installing the RocketRAID 1810A driver for an existing Windows 2000 system After Windows 2000 has started the system will automatically find the newly installed adapter and ask you to install its driver Please follow these steps to install the driver 1 When the Found New Hardware Wizard window appears click Next to continue Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New amp Hardware Wizard I This wizard helps you install a device driver for hardware device To continue click Next a Cancel 2 In the follow up window select Display a list and then click Next to continue Found New Hardware Wizard Install Hardware Device Drivers Pat device driver is software program that enables hardware device to work with AF an operating system This wizard will comple
32. e arrays iy RAID 1 0 x Cancel lt lt Back new Select the task type and the target array from the drop down menu Then click Next to continue Mew task schedule wizard Connected system current date time 5 27 2004 4 23 10 PM Array Name RAID 1 0 Task Type Verity Task name verity RAID 1 0 Frequenc C Occurs onetimeon 5 27 2004 Eat 4 23 10 PE at 4 23 10 PRS Duratio Start date 5 27 2004 End date 5 27 2004 i Mo end date W Enable the task x Cancel lt lt Back Enin HighPoint 4 25 HighPoint RAID Management software The above window is used to configure the frequency a particular task should be run The current time of the connected remote system is displayed on the top b Add a new task 1 Enter a name for the task You can also use the default task name 2 Set frequency To add a task to rebuild an array you can select the Occur one time option To add a task to verify an array you can specify the detailed occur time by daily weekly or monthly 3 Set the effective date for a task in the Duration option 4 Check the Enable the task option to activate this task If this option is unchecked then the system will never execute this scheduled task 5 Click the Finish button When a task has been added successfully it will appear to the task schedule list in the main window c Modify a task schedule Select a task that you want to modify from the Task s
33. eate a clean RAID I array Duplication The BIOS will copy the data on the source disk the first selected disk onto the target disk the second selected disk when creating the RAID 1 array When you select this item the capacity of the target disk must be equal to or larger than that of the source disk Note 1 If choose Create Only will quicken the creation while choose Duplication must spend time to duplicate HDD from the first HDD to the second HDD 2 You is suggested to choose Duplication to make sure the data can be match e Fora RAID 5 array on the Create menu use the arrow key to highlight Start Creation and press ENTER An option list will appear displaying two creation options Zero Build and No Build See the picture as shown next page WighPoint z BIOS Configuration Utility Array Nam Select Devices Block SizetKB gt 64 Start Creation Zero Build Full gt Zero Build Full gt Ho ld Quick gt Tise Hext Item Enter Select LESC 1 Backward Zero Build Full This method requires every stripe in the RAID 5 array to be zeroed out Note that the result of an XOR on a set of zeros is also zero Consequently this method of initialization permits parity to be determined and written to disks during the regular operation of the array in response to write operations using the read modify write method This method owns fully security but you will spend more time It depends
34. er Interface version and CLI Command Line Interface version e Support system memory larger than 4GB Bigmen support under Linux PAE support under Microsoft Windows Support Intel EM64T and AMD 64 e Real time monitoring of device status and error alarm with popup message box and beeping Event log for easy troubleshooting Large LBA supports drive capacity exceeding 300GB Low profile Active and Failed LED s for system chassis SATA RAID Function Utility for RAID Configuration Management The RocketRAID 1810A Serial ATA provides multi level RAID support including RAID 0 1 5 10 and JBOD as well as powerful software management functions In addition to the BIOS configuration utility the RocketRAID 1810A includes graphical OS based RAID configuration software CLI Command Line Interface software is available for Linux Operating Systems Thin Cable Is Easy To Configure And Improves Cooling Conditions Inside A Computer Chassis The Serial ATA architecture replaces the wide ATA ribbon cable with a thin flexible cable that is up to I meter in length The serial cable is smaller and easier to route inside the WighPoint l 2 Introduction 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 An Ideal SATA RAID Solution As a high performance affordable RAID solution the RocketR AID 1810A makes sense for nearly any
35. etween the equipment and receiver amp Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user s au thority to operate the equipment under FCC rules This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation European Union Compliance Statement This Information Technologies Equipment has been tested and found to comply with the following European directives European Standard EN55022 1998 Class B European Standard EN55024 1998 HighPoint p2 HighPoint Technologies Inc http www highpoint tech com support highpoint tech com
36. g window will be displayed AID 18 cal Bi 1 Mi Remained Members Channel Device Mame Array Name Capacity GB gt Mode Maxtor 2HB26H1 raid 1 24 47 ATA 1A4 Maxtor 6L646J2 raid 1 44 95 ATA 133 ii If no suitable spare disk can be used to rebuild when the BIOS has detected that a RAID 1 10 or 5 array is broken the BIOS will provide several options to solve the problem See the picture as shown below Rocke Channel Device Hame Array Hame Capacity GB gt Mode A Maxtor 2HB26H1 raid 1 24 47 ATA 1 AA HighPoint 315 BIOS Configuration Utility 1 Power off This option enables you to power off the computer and replace the failed disk with a replacement disk Note If your computer does not support APM you must turn off your computer manually 2 Destroy This option allows you to delete the broken array For broken RAID 1 arrays the data on the surviving disk will be preserved after the destroy operation see section 3 3 If you select this option for broken RAID 10 RAID 5 JBOD or RAID 0 array all data on the array will be lost 3 Continue This option allows you to skip the problem and boot into the OS 4 Rebuild This option allows you to select another single disk attached to the controller to rebuild the broken array 1 After selecting this menu item a list of single disks will be displayed See the image below Rocket RAID 182x 181x BIOS Settin E Broken Mirroring i Remained Members Channel Device Name A
37. gement Software the following items should be displayed Ki Management Console mn Service Manager ria Uninstall HighPoint RAID Management Software Management Console For the remote systems or any system using a HighPoint RAID controller Service Manager For the administrative system Uninstall Uninstall the program 1 Starting the management service When you click the Service Manager option the icon will appear at the bottom right hand corner of the system s desktop Double click the icon to open the main interface of the Service Manager lil Service Manager Ioj x File Supported Drivers hptmv Active Port 7402 I Service started automatically Running RAID service is Running The colored traffic lights represent the Service s status The pEr pEr button can be used to activate or disable the Server Side software A green light indicates RAID service is started A red light indicates RAID service is disabled Check the Service started automatically option so that each time the system is launched the RAID ser vice will be started WighPrint 2 HighPoint RAID Management software 2 Starting the management console When you click the Management Console option the icon will appear at the bottom right hand corner of the system s desktop At the same time the main interface of the Management Console software appears on the desktop The main interface has five menus File Management View
38. he BIOS will use the default entry v On the Create menu use the arrow key to highlight the Select Devices item and press ENTER The device list will appear as shown below RocketRAID 182x Channel Device sal Array Mame Capacity GBR gt Mode y KE FE I sn Ir LL ee 7 P Tri Maxtor 2 as 24 47 ATA 10A i I BM DTLA 307015 ATA 1 BOOT T318212A ATA 1AA Maxtor 6L646J2 ATA 133 Ho Device Ho Device Ho Device Ho Device a tl gt Next Item Enter 1 5e lect LESC 1 Backward vi Highlight the target disks that you want to use and press ENTER to select them After all of the disks have been selected press the ESC key to return to the Create menu vil When creating a RAID 0 5 or 10 array in step 2 a block size must be specified The default block size is 64K a balanced setting suitable for most applications Note HighPoint 353 BIOS Configuration Utility On the Create menu use the arrow key to highlight the Block Size and press ENTER Select a block size from the pop up list See the picture as shown below Striping Array Name RAID AA Select Devices 4 ee oc aa J if a 4 EE Block sizeCkKbos 866 Start ent inne Create Only Tize Next Item Enter Select LESC 1 Backward If you choose to create a RAID 1 array the block size will be displayed as N A The block size option only applies to RAID 0 5 and 10 arrays vill On the Create menu
39. hown below E Rocket RAID 182x 181x BIOS Settins lt Create gt lt Delete gt lt Add Remove Spare gt fetere Set Boot Mark dot ark Select a device to set Z tl Hext Item LEnter elect LESC Backward ii Press ENTER to display the list of physical devices HighPoint 3 11 BIOS Configuration Utility e241 si oy I BM DTLA 3 7 15 15 35 ATA 1 4 BOOT ST314212A RA 14 23 ATA 1AA4 BOOT Maxtor bLA4 J2 Bl 44 95 ATA 133 BOOT tl gt Hext Item Enterl elect ESC 1 Backward iii Use the arrow key to highlight the target disk and press ENTER then select the Device Mode option on the Settings menu RAID Se RAID z ATA RAID 14 23 ATA 1464 BOOT RAID 48 95 ATA 133 BOOT ATA 1408 P Select a mode tl gt Next Item Enter 1 5elect LESC 1 Backward Note The RocketRAID 1810A automatically detects and assigns the correct hard disk mode setting we do not recommend changing the default value 3 7 Rename Array i On the Settings menu use the arrow key to highlight the Array Name option 12 WighPoint BIOS Configuration Utility RocketRAID 182x eee lt Ujieu gt Set Boot Mark Renove Boot Mark elp Rename the array you select tl Wext Item Enter Select CES8C Backward elp Use A Z a z B 9 _ and Maximum length of the name is 15 Tiee Next Item Enter 1 Select ESC Backward iii Use the arrow key to highlight the target array and press ENTER Type a new name f
40. ht the target array and press ENTER warning message will appear See the picture as shown below Warning The data will be lost Are Array Name you sure to delete it k SizetKB gt RAID AA Press Yes or Wto to confirn 64 elp Delete a RAID array attached to RocketRAID 192x 181x tl Next Item Enterl Select LESC 1 Backward Pay close attention to the warning message Press Y to delete the selected array or press N to cancel After you have confirmed this selection all data on the array will be lost HighPoint By BIOS Configuration Utility Note When you want to delete a RAID I array highlight the target array and press ENTER An option list will appear displaying 3 options See the picture as shown below Rocket RAID 192x 18ix BIOS Setting Utility vi 15 Add Remove Spare gt lt Settings gt lt Uieuw gt Delete array and all data on it Array Name Delete mirror relationship only lock Size lt KB gt 6 Cancel P tl e Next Item CEnter Select LESC 1 Backuward Delete array and all data on it The array and all data on it will be deleted Delete mirror relationship only The array relationship will be deleted the disks will now be listed as single drives The data on each of the disks will be left intact Cancel Cancel the deletion and return to the previous window 3 4 Add Remove Spare Disk A spare disk is available to substitute for any failed disk in a broken array RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID
41. ionally the system that hosts the Management Console may be referred to as the administrative system and the system that hosts the Service Manager may be referred to as the remote system The Management Console can be installed to any computer and is used to monitor and control RAID configurations utilized by other computers remote systems From the Management Console you can monitor one or more of these remote systems The software can be used to create monitor delete or modify various types of RAID arrays including RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5 and JBOD The Service Manager is designed to run continually on computers that utilize one or more HighPoint ATA RAID controller It is designed to receive and carry out commands issued by the Management Console logging events executing scheduled tasks and creating or rebuilding RAID arrays 4 2 Installation Follow these steps to install the Serial ATA RAID software under Windows 1 Insert the HighPoint Serial ATA RAID Management Software setup floppy diskette 1 into your floppy drive and double click the setup exe icon to start the installation procedure When prompted insert the remaining disks and follow the instructions displayed by the setup program 2 Confirm the follow up dialogue windows to finish the installation 3 You can install both the Management Console and the Service Manager to a single computer or install the Management Console to one computer and the Service Ma
42. lete from the tree display and click Delete button on the toolbar You can also click on the Operation menu and select the Delete option to display a warning message See the picture as shown below Click Yes to delete the selected array or No to cancel Note You cannot delete arrays that are bootable or in the process of being duplicated initial ized rebuilt or verified d Add a disk to an array Click on the Management menu and then select the Array Management option If an array 1s broken you will have to add a new single disk to proceed rebuild Select the broken array and then click the Add Disk button on the toolbar You can also click on the Operation menu and select the Add Disk option If this menu option 1s disabled then the disks cannot be added to this particular array or the Add Disk Privilege has not been enabled WighPoint 17 HighPoint RAID Management software When booting the computer if one member disk of RAID 1 RAID 10 or RAID 5 array is broken and there is a spare disk can be used to rebuild the broken array system will automatically use the spare disk to rebuild the broken array and then replace data to the target disk See the picture as shown below x OK Array RAID 1 0 is broken Do you want to add one of the following disk s to it x tance Location Controller 1 Channel 4 Capacity 80 02 GB Select the array you want to rebuild press the OK button to rebuild the br
43. mote Control command on the File menu then click the Disconnect button on the toolbar to display a new window See the picture as shown below Confirmation Click Yes to disconnect the remote system or No to cancel 2 Remote System Configuration Click on the File menu and select the System Configuration option to display the following window System Configuration z x X Cancel System Port BEMA Event Port 7403 You can modify the values in the System Port and Event Port fields e Kigh Point HighPoint RAID Management software a System Port When connecting to the remote system make sure the port value is correct The default value is 7402 this may be changed b Event Port The Management Console software retrieves event information through this port The default value is 7403 make sure this value is not the same as the system port value After setting up the system configuration you must exit and restart the software to make the changes take effect Note 1 If some firewall has been installed to your system when you connect to a remote system the system port may be disabled so that the connection may be failed In this case please open your system port manually in the firewall 2 If the system is only used under the intranet please check the port 7402 and 7403 to ensure these ports have been closed by the firewall 3 User Management Click on the File menu and select User Man
44. nager to another or several others You can access the Service Manager through the Management Console software See the picture as shown next page Kigh Poiat 1 HighPoint RAID Management software Select Components i x Select the components you want to install clear the components you do not want to install Components HighPoint RAID Management Service Files 1045K HighPoint RAID Management Console Files 1864 K Help Files PDF 1086 K Description This component includes all runable binary Change executables for HighPoint RAID Management Service Space Required 3999K Space Available 3795240 K lt Back Next gt Cancel Click Next to continue Information E x You have installed HighPoint RAID Management Service on this system You can use user name RAID and password hpt For First logon It s strongly recommended to change the password Click OK to continue Setup Complete Setup has finished installing HighPoint RAID Management Software on your computer You need not to restart the computer Click Finish to complete Setup Click Finish to complete setup 1 2 Kigh Point HighPoint RAID Management software Note It is strongly recommended to exit all windows programs before running this setup program 4 3 Get Started With the default option selected the setup program will create a program group Click Start gt Programs gt HighPoint RAID Mana
45. nd removable media The best driver found will be installed Search removable media floppy CD ROM Include this location in the search DN Don t search will choose the driver to install Choose this option to select the device driver from a list Windows does not quarantee that the driver you choose will be the best match for your hardware 3 Select SCSI and RAID controllers and click Next to continue gt WighPoint Adapter Installation Found New Hardware Wizard Hardware Type Select a hardware type and then click Next Common hardware types Ports COM amp LPT Printers S Processors Sa SBP2 IEEE 1394 Devices RQ SCSI and RAID controllers GS Smart card readers Sound video and game controllers Sa Storage volume shadow copies Gua Charana val mas 4 Insert the RocketRAID 1810A installation disk then click Have Disk to find the driver under the installation path A Win_XP Click OK to continue 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 ASNWin_XP Browse 5 Select RocketRAID 182x 181x SATA Controller then click Next to continue Found New Hardware Wizard Select the device driver you want to install for this hardware Fates FJ Select the manufacturer and model of your hardware device and then click Next If you have
46. nt Appendix B Customer Support If you encounter any problems or have any questions about the product please make sure to read through the manual Additional information about HighPoint products is available from our web site http www highpoint tech com If the information provided by the manual and our web site are unable to answer your questions or solve the problems please contact our Customer Support department E mail address support highpoint tech com Thank you for choosing our products p HighPoint Appendix B 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 equip ment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio com munications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particu lar installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on you are en couraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation b
47. oken array or press Cancel to cancel this operation If you press the OK button the following window will appear See the picture as shown below information 5 Array RAID_1_0 rebuilding started Click Yes to start the rebuild process See the picture as shown next page 18 HighPoint HighPoint RAID Management software wt MDA MOTD MD DES NE N ET FE LIST rn Enn k Note 1 In the process of rebuilding the Management Console will display the remaining time 2 During the system reboot the Management Console can save rebuilding progress automatically instead of rebuilding from the beginning When the system detects a physical disk a dialogue box will appear Select a single disk from the list and add it to the broken array Continue to add disks to the broken array until the broken status changes Once the status changes the system will begin the auto rebuild process When the rebuild procedure is complete please restart the com puter e Verify an array Click on the Management menu and then select the Array Management option Select the array you want to verify and click the Verify button You can also click on the Operation menu and select the verify option Once the verify command has been executed refresh the software interface a progress bar should appear If this menu option is disabled then the array cannot be verified or the Verify Disk Privilege has not been enabled
48. omputer now en Kigh Poiat Adapter Installation Installation Verification After the driver has been installed and the computer has been restarted 1 Click the Start button then right click My Computer icon Select Properties item from the pop up menu 2 In the pop up window select the Hardware tab and then click the Device Manager button G Device Manager EEK File Action View Help arag U JRESHTAVYOLHI Computer sa Disk drives a Display adapters Floppy disk controllers A Floppy disk drives IDE ATA ATAPI controllers 23 Keyboards Mice and other pointing devices z Monitors E8 Network adapters Ports COM amp LPT sl Processors g SCSI and RAID controllers f RocketRAID 182x 181x SATA Controller Sound video and game controllers System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers Double click the SCSI and RAID controllers item Make sure the item displayed above is listed under the SCSI section If the device item is not displayed or there is 7 or mark near the entry the driver has not been installed properly Delete the item and reinstall the driver e Windows NT4 0 Installing the RocketRAID 1810A driver during Windows NT4 0 installation 1 Press F6 when the installation program prompts Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration 2 The setup procedure will continue and will later instruct you to press
49. on total capacity of all RAID member disks No Build Quick This method assumes that a RAID 5 array is already in a consistent state with respect to the parity information contained in it This is an initialization method that is typically employed in scenarios where the data and parity in the disks comprising an array are in a consistent state For instance all drives may be zeroed out already by the manufacturer and are suitable for initialization by the means of no build such as new unused factory hard disks This method is unsuitable for use when data in the disks used for building the array cannot be relied upon to be in a consistent state 1 e the parity data is comprised of invalid values This method is quicker than Zero Build Full But it owns low security We suggest you must run Very an array under the HighPoint RAD management software for OS If you choose No Build Quick and not runs Verify an array under the HighPoint RAID management software for OS this RAID 5 array has NONE security E Kigh Point BIOS Configuration Utility 3 3 Delete Disk Array Follow these steps to delete a disk array Within the main interface use the arrow key to highlight the Delete menu item and press ENTER or up and down arrow to display a list of available arrays See the picture as shown below Hane ABA Delete a RAID array attached to RocketRAID 182x 181x Tiee Mext Item CEnter Select ESC 1 Backward i Highlig
50. or the array in the black textbox then press ENTER to confirm HighPoint 3 13 BIOS Configuration Utility Rocket RAID 182x Array Name RAIDLA elp Use Z a z 8 9 _ and Maximum length of the name is 15 tl Next Item Enterl Select LESC 1 Backward 3 8 View Information i Within the main interface use the arrow key to highlight the View menu then press ENTER or the up and down arrows to open the menu This menu displays three options Devices RAID Array and Logical Device y4 Logical Device elp List all devices attached to RocketRAID 192x 181x tl Next Item Enterl Select LESC 1 Backward ii Select an option then press Enter to display the corresponding information Devices Displays information about all the physical devices attached to the RocketRAID 1810A adapter RAID Array Displays information about all arrays Logical Device Displays information about the logical devices which are visible under the OS 7 WighPoint BIOS Configuration Utility 3 9 Rebuild Broken RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 Array An array is broken when it loses one or more members When the BIOS detects a broken RAID 1 10 or RAID 5 array it will do the following i Ifone spare disk is available the BIOS will automatically use it to rebuild the broken array If multiple hard disks are available the BIOS will automatically select the closest match to the original disk During the process of rebuilding the followin
51. ovides data protection and increased performance by stripped data and parity RAID 0 1 Provides data protection and increased performance by building mirrored striping sets RAID 1 0 Provides data protection and increased performance by building stripped mirroring sets ATA Hard disk It can be linked as master or slave device to a channel CDROM The linked device is a cdrom TAPE The linked device is tape Mobile Rack Provides convenience of hot plugging Unknown Device This device type can t be determined System Represents the connected system eonnected system OS Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional E System 127 0 0 1 connected w iy i v w i w 9 4 2 A WighPoint 21 Chapter 5 Trouble Shooting Please refer to this chapter if you encounter any problems while using the RocketRAID 1810A It provides answers to the most frequently asked questions and solutions to some of the more common problems associated with the host adapter HighDsint Trouble Shooting 1 The RocketRAID 1810A host adapter is not recognized by the system after it has been installed into a PCI slot or a PCI X slot If the card is detected by the system the following screen will be displayed when the computer Is starting up Rocket RAID 182x 181x BIOS Setting Utility vi 15 Cc gt 2663 2064 HighPoint Technologies Inc All rights reserved elp Press lt Ctrl gt lt H gt to run BIOS Setting Utility If the above sc
52. p window select Display a list and then click Next to continue HighPoint 2 16 Adapter Installation Add New Hardware Wizard What do vou want Windows to do Search for the best driver for your device Recommended Display a list of all the drivers in a specific I cma U Select SCSI controllers in the hardware type list and then click Next to continue In the following window click Have Disk to continue 5 Insert the RocketRAID 1810A installation disk into the drive selected then click Browse to find the driver under the installation folder A Win98_ ME Click OK to continue 4 Instail From Disk Ei Insert the manufacturer s nstallatiers disk into 01 the dive selected and then click OF Cancel Copy manufacturer s files from f r inag ME h Browse 6 Select RocketRAID 182x 181x SATA Controller Click Next to continue 7 In the following window click Next to continue 8 Click Finish to continue 9 Windows will display a prompt to restart the system Click Yes to restart Windows 10 After rebooting Windows will automatically find the HighPoint RCM device and install its drivers Installation Verification After the driver has been installed and the system has been restarted 1 Right click on the My Computer icon on the desktop and then select Properties from the menu 2 From the pop up window click the Device Manager tab as shown next
53. page Uigh Po at Adapter Installation System Properties Ei Reneral Device Manager Hardware Profile Performance fe View devices by type Viem devices by connection E Computer HR Disk drives ce Display adapters aS Floppy disk controllers 4 424 Hard disk controllers H Keyboard EG Monitors EH Mouse fl Network adapters fF Ports COM amp LPT El ESCSI controllers d HPT RCM DEVICE d FjocketRalD 1924 1815 SATA Controller rll System devices va Universal Serial Bus controllers Properties Refresh Remove Print OF Cancel Double click the SCSI controllers entry Two items should be displayed one for the RocketRAID 182x 181x SATA Controller and the other for the HPT RCM DEVICE If any of these items is not displayed or any or mark is displayed near the device icons the driver had not been correctly installed Delete these items and reinstall the driver If both items are properly displayed the driver has been installed correctly Note If the system is not restarted after driver installation yellow marks may displayed for the RocketRAID 1810A entries under Device Manager Reboot the system and allow Windows to refresh these entries bd kl HighPoint 2 18 Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration Utility The RocketRAID 1810A includes a built in BIOS configuration utility This utility pro vides options to configure and manage hard disk
54. partment HighPoint Adapter Installation 2 1 Adapter Layout j TE RocketRAID 1810A 1uOd rlUOd LEDs Connection The 8 pins of each connector are for use with LED s These LED s represent SATA channels S ATA1 S ATA2 S ATA3 and S ATA4 respectively The following diagram describes the connector pin definitions a CONI From D1 to D8 are HDD um signals SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 3 3V 3 3V 3 3V No Connection z WighPoint Adapter Installation c CON3 From D1 to D8 are HDD failure signals Buzzer The buzzer will emit warning alarms 1f one or more hard disks is not responding This function is dependent upon the RAID Management software see chapter 4 The alarm feature will not function properly unless this software has been installed The warning sound will be accompanied by a visual warning message Confirming this message clicking the OK button will stop the alarm 2 2 Adapter Installation Configure and Install the Drives To install the Serial ATA drives you will use with your RocketRAID 1810A controller Note 1 If you are installing more than one drive your system may not have enough power connectors for each drive If this is the case you may need to use a power extension cable that provides additional connectors and power supply 2 If you are using ATA hard disks you may need to use a RocketHead 100 converter Install the Controller Card Follow these
55. reen does not appear the adapter is not recognized by the system Then please open the computer s chassis and check the following 1 Whether or not the adapter has been securely installed into the PCI slot or a PCI X slot 2 If necessary try using another PCI slot or a PCI X slot After securing the adapter replace the computer case and power on the system HighPoint 59 Trouble Shooting 2 The hard disk connected to the host adapter is not detected After the RocketRAID 1810A adapter is recognized by the system the adapter s BIOS will start to scan for hard disk drives If drives are detected the following information will be displayed Channel Device Name Array Name i Maxtor 2H A2AH1 2 I BM DTLA 3 7 15 3 ST31 212A 4 Maxtor 6LA4 J2 Ho Device Ho Daira gt Add Remove Spare lt fSettings gt Ui CapacitylGB gt 24 47 Mode ATA 168 ATA 168 ATA 168 ATA 133 BOOT Please pay close attention to the information displayed by the BIOS make sure all of the hard disks attached to the controller are recognized by the BIOS If one or more of the hard disks are not recognized open the computer s chassis and check the following 1 Make sure the power cable for the hard drive is securely attached If necessary try using another power cable 2 Make sure the SATA cable is securely attached to the hard disk and the host adapter If necessary try using another SATA cable 3 If
56. river has been installed and the computer has been restarted 1 Click Start gt Settings gt Control Panel and then double click on the SCSI Adapters icon 2 15 HighPoint Adapter Installation SCSI Adapters Ei Devices Drivers amp SCSI adapters and connected devices are listed below E IDE CL FOM ATAPI 1 2 Dual EE PCI IDE Controller LOC self IC Fn JE or 5 BTA L LUER Lae Properties Cancel 2 Make sure the RocketRAID 182x 181x SATA Controller entry is displayed as shown above This indicates that the driver has been successfully installed If the entry is not displayed or any or marks is displayed near the device entries the driver has not been correctly installed Delete these items and reinstall the driver e Windows 9x ME Windows 9x ME operating systems Win95 98 and ME cannot be installed to hard disks or disk arrays attached to the RocketRAID 1810A host adapter The RocketRAID 1810A can be used to add disk or array support to an existing Win9x ME system but the card s BIOS must be skipped when booting the system Press the END key to skip the BIOS when the RocketRAID 1810A starts to Post After the operating system has booted Windows will automatically detect the newly installed adapter and prompt you to install its driver Follow these steps to install the driver 1 After the Add New Hardware Wizard window appears press the Next button to continue 2 In the follow u
57. rray Name Capacity GH gt Mode i Maxtor 2ZH Z H1 raid 1 246 47 ATA 1 4 I BM DTLA 3 874815 15 35 ATA 1488 ii Choose the target disk and press ENTER to rebuild the array Warning All data on the selected disk will be destroyed then the BIOS will start the rebuild process See the picture as shown next page 3 16 MighPoint BIOS Configuration Utility Rocket RAID 182x 181x BIOS Settin l Broken Mirroring nis Remained Members Channel Device Name Array Name Capacity GH gt Mode 1 Maxtor 2H826H1 raid 1 24 47 ATA 1 4 I BM DTLA 3 874815 15 35 ATA 1488 Note If possible we recommend that you boot the system and use our RAID Management software to rebuild the array The software can rebuild arrays many times faster than the BIOS utility Please refer to chapter 4 for detailed instructions HighPoint 3 17 Chapter 4 HighPoint ATA RAID Software This chapter describes how to use HighPoint RAID Management H R M software in detail Contents of this chapter 4 1 Introduction 4 2 Installation 4 3 Get Started 4 4 Use the Software HighDsint HighPoint RAID Management software 4 1 Introduction The HighPoint RAID Management Software is composed of two separate utilities HighPoint RAID Management Console and HighPoint RAID Management Service To simplify this guide we will refer to the Management Console and Service Manager and the HighPoint RAID Management Service as the Management Service Addit
58. rrnvnrnnn 1 1 GSE EE 1 1 62 VID 53 ES 1 1 RocketRAID 18104A ere addkanenen 1 2 Chapter 2 Adapter Installation PAPC TLS AOU a EEN 2 1 AE 2 2 Adapter s Installation Verification rrrrrnorrronrrrnnnrrronrrrnnnrennnvnrnnnnnrnnnn 2 3 POE Fa EE EE ME 2 4 Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration Enter BIOS Configuration Utility osrornrrronrrnnronnrrrnnrrnnvrnnvrrnnrrnnnrrnnrennnr 3 1 Create DIEE ATI eenernn en nner kt ten eee oe ee eer ne Fen rear ors ene 3 2 DEEP KN sv 3 7 Add Remove Spare Disk orroornnornnvronvoonnornnsennvrenvnnnnnsnnnrnnsrnnvranvennnsnnnsen 3 8 Set Remove Boot Mark rrrrnnrrnnvrnnvrnnvrrnnvrnnvranvrnnnrnnnnsonvrnnvrnnvnnnnnsenvsnnnenn 3 10 FN 3 11 Rv 3 12 VIEW ORM AOD sisiraan meanen nekaa ani aa uaaa aE aE ii 3 14 Rebuild Broken RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 array Chapter 4 HighPoint RAID Management software Mtr duetion uuunusnnslemennn a E E aaa eN ai 4 1 WighPoint i Table of Contents TA PV Ea RE SEN EE SES 4 1 GL 4 3 RS re GALE eane a E A E aAA 4 5 Chapter 5 Trouble Shooting Appendix A Glossary Appendix B Customer Support ii WighDPoint Chapter I Introduction This chapter discusses RAID related Serial ATA background information and the RocketRAID 1810A Serial ATA RAID solution Contents of this chapter 1 1 HPT601 Powered XOR Engine 1 2 PCI X Overview 1 3 RAID Basics 1 4 RocketRAID 1810A HighPoint Introduction 1 1 HPT601 Powered XOR Engine Making sure
59. s Unplug Local Hosthpt3xx Controller 1 6 Channel 1 SFDC WD2500JD 00GBBO 64 Channel 2 EJ Maxtor GED40LO 5 Channel 3 EE WDC WD2500JD 00GBBO 64 Channel 4 EJ Maxtor BEO40L0 Physical Device Information Model WDC WD2500JD 00GBB0 Type Hard Disk Location Revision 022D Capacity Status Available Transfer Mode ATA 150 ReadAhead Enabled Disable Write Cache Controller 1 Channel 1 250 05 GB Enabled Disable Connected system OS Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional a System 127 0 0 1 connected Clicking on a drive icon to display information about this disk the right side of the screen will provide information about the physical disk including the model type loca tion revision capacity status and transfer mode If you want to unplug the hard drive you can close all the operation on this hard drive and highlight the hard drive click the Unplug button You can also click on the Operation menu and select the Unplug option Once the unplug command is executed the physical drive will be off line Clicking on a channel icon to display information of this channel click the RAID Con troller icon to display information of this RAID controller 3 Spare Management Click on the Management menu and then select the Spare Management option This will open a new window
60. s or disk arrays connected to the RocketRAID 1810A host adapter The BIOS configuration utility is especially useful when arrays must be created 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 Add Remove Spare Disk 3 5 Set Remove Boot Mark 3 6 Set Device Mode 3 7 Rename Array 3 8 View Information 3 9 Rebuild Broken RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 array HighDsint BIOS Configuration Utility 3 1 Enter BIOS Configuration Utility When the following information appears on screen during boot up press CTRL H to enter BIOS configuration utility Rocket RAID 182x 181x BIOS Setting Utility vi 15 cc 26863 26064 HighPoint Technologies Inc All rights reserved Devices elp Press lt Ctrl gt lt H gt to run BIOS Setting Utility The main interface of the BIOS configuration utility 1s shown below Rocket RAID 182x 181x BIOS Setting Utility vi 15 hea lt Delete gt lt Add Remove Spare Settings lt Uiew gt tage anne I Device Name Array Name CapacitytGB gt Mode Maxtor 2H 2 H1 20 47 ATA 188 BOOT I BM DTLA 3 7 A15 15 35 ATA 1A4 ST31 212A ATA 1A4 Maxtor 6L 4 JZ ATA 133 Ho Device J DLI C 1 2 3 4 5 fi Selecting the options in the main menu e Press up down right left arrow to choose the item e Press Enter to confirm your selection e Press ESC to return to the previous menu Press ESC at the main menu
61. s selection all data on the disk you selected will be lost ili Use the arrow key to highlight the target spare disk and press ENTER to remove it from the spare pool HighPoint 3 9 BIOS Configuration Utility 3 5 Set Remove Boot Mark Follow these steps to set a disk or a disk array as a boot device or remove the boot mark Within the main interface use the arrow key to highlight the Settings menu and press ENTER or the up and down arrows to open the Settings menu See the picture as shown below RocketRAID 18 Remove Boot Mark Device Mode Array Name P Set boot mark to the logical device you select Tiee Next Item CEnter Select ESC Backward 1 On the Settings menu use the arrow key to highlight the Set Boot Mark option and press ENTER to display the list of logical devices Use the arrow key to highlight the target logical disk and press ENTER to set it as the boot device See the picture as shown below Tiee Next Item Enter Select LESC 1 Backuward ii On the Settings menu use the arrow key to highlight the Remove Boot Mark option See the picture as shown next page Uigh Point BIOS Configuration Utility Rocket RAID 182x anger Mode Array Name elp Remove the boot mark Tisze Next Item Enter Select LESC 1 Backward Press ENTER then the boot mark will be cancelled 3 6 Set Device Mode i On the Settings menu use the arrow key to highlight the Device Mode option as s
62. sen c 5 26 2004 5 09 23 PM Array RAID_5_0 has been deleted successfully X 5 26 2004 5 09 51 PM Disk at Controller1 Channel2 Device1 failed 5 26 2004 5 25 30 PM Disk Maxtor 6YO60M0 Location Controller 1 Channel 1 has been added to arr 5 26 2004 5 25 53 PM Array RAID 5 0 rebuilding started 3 5 26 2004 5 26 38 PM Disk at Controller Channel4 Device failed DN 5 26 2004 5 26 40 PM Array RAID 5 0 duplicating failed 5 26 2004 5 32 09 PM User RAID from 127 0 0 1 logged on system 5 26 2004 5 32 13 PM Array RAID 5 0 has been deleted successfully 5 26 2004 5 32 29 PM User RAID from 127 0 0 1 exited from system S 5 27 2004 8 46 19 4M User RAID from 127 0 0 1 logged on system g 5 27 2004 8 50 20 4M Array RAID_5 0 has been deleted successfully Connected system OS Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional EE E System 127 0 0 1 connected 2 Icon View Click the View menu and select the Icon View option A new window will be displayed showing the various event icons and their descriptions HighPoint RAID Management Console Icon iew Fie Management View Help RAID 0 Increases system performance by striping data across hard disks RAID 1 Provides data protection by mirroring data from one disk to another RAID 1 5 Extended RAID 1 array with higher performance than RAID 1 array JBOD Provides increased storage capacity by combining two or more disks into one virtual hard disk RAID 5 Pr
63. steps to install and connect hard disks to the host adapter 1 Shut down the computer and unplug the power supply 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 1810A adapter steadily into a PCI slot or a PCI X slot on the motherboard and then settle with a screw 5 Connect each Serial ATA hard disk to the RocketRAID 1810A adapter using a Serial ATA cable If IDE hard disks are used set the jumpers of each IDE hard disk to the master position please consult the manufacturer s recommended settings for correct jumper positions and then connect the hard disks to the RocketRAID 1810A by using RocketHead 100 converters sold separately 6 Connect all power supply cables to the hard disks 7 Replace the cover of the computer chassis HighPoint DE Adapter Installation Note 1 If the adapter or hard disk is not recognized please refer to the Trouble Shooting chapter for assistance 2 3 Adapter s Installation Verification After installing the RocketRAID 1810A adapter and connecting the hard disks as de scribed above turn on the computer Please pay close attention to the screen display while starting your computer If the following information appears this indicates that the RocketRAID 1810A adapter has been successfully installed and recognized by the computer Rocket RAID 182x 181x BIO
64. te the installation for this device amp SCSI Controller device driver is software program that makes a hardware device work Windows needs driver files for pour new device To locate driver files and complete the installation click Next What do you want the wizard to do Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended Display list of the known drivers for this device so that can choose specific idriver i lt Back Cancel 3 Select SCSI and RAID controllers in the hardware type list and then click Next to continue m Kigh Point Adapter Installation Found New Hardware Wizard Hardware Type Ot What type of hardware do you want to install SS Select a hardware type and then click Next Hardware types Sy Multi port serial adapters B Network adapters i NT Apm Legacy Support a Other devices amp PCMCIA adapters PCMCIA and Flash memory devices 9 Ports COM amp LPT S Printers SCSI and RAID controllers lt Back Cancel 4 Inthe following window click Have Disk to continue Found New Hardware Wizard Select a Device Driver x4 Which driver do you want to install for this device gt Select the manufacturer and model of your hardware device and then click Next If you have disk that contains the driver you want to install click Have Disk Manufacturers Models Adaptec Advanced Micro Devices AM Advansys Americ
65. to exit the BIOS configuration utility HighPoint m BIOS Configuration Utility 3 2 Create Disk Array Follow these steps to create a disk array i Within the main interface use the arrow key to highlight the Create menu item and press ENTER or the up and down arrow keys to display a list of available RAID levels RAID g RAID i Mirroring RAID 14 Mirroring over Striping RAID 5 Striping with Rotating Parity JBOD Volume For high performance usage Requires at least 2 disks Tiee Next Item CLEnter Select ESC 1 Backward ii Use the arrow keys to highlight the target array mode that you want to create and then press ENTER to confirm the selections as shown below Mi Pr I ices B Selected Block SizeCKB gt 64 Start Creation Create Only ELp Use A Z a z 8 9 _ and Maximum length of the name is 15 tl lt Next Item CEnter Select LESC 1 Backward iii On the Create menu use the arrow key to highlight the Array Name option and press ENTER The array name dialogue box will appear as shown next page Kigh Point BIOS Configuration Utility coe O MID A rett Deudee a Selected Block SizetKB gt 64 Start Creatio Create Only elp Use Pa Ar az and Maximum length of the name is 15 Thee Next Item CEnter Select LESC 1 Backward iv Type a new name in the Input Name section and press ENTER Note This feature is purely optional If you decide not to name the array t
66. u to connect to remote computers that utilize HighPoint RAID controllers over the Internet connection After verifying the system s name and password the software can be used to monitor repair or modify existing RAID arrays utilized by the remote system The software can also be used to modify user information and the Management Service s configuration 1 Remote Control Click on the File menu select the Remote Control option and press Enter to open the Remote Control Window a Add a connection This option is used to add a new system to the Remote Control window Systems added to the Remote Control window automatically appear each time the program is launched Click the Add button on the toolbar in the Remote Control window to add a new system See the picture as shown below Add Connection E x System Address fi 2r 0 0 1 System Mame RAID x Cancel System Part 7402 Enter the remote system s address name and port information into the appropriate fields then click OK Make sure the Address and Port information are correct the software will be unable to connect to the remote system if any information is left out Note If you do not need to connect to a remote system and only need to operate the arrays attached to the local system choose to add a new system and enter the following information into the appropriate fields System Address 127 0 0 1 System Name RAID must be capitalized System Port 74
67. use the arrow key to highlight Start Creation then press ENTER A warning message will be displayed See the picture as shown below Rocket RAID 182x 181x BIOS Setting Utility v1 15 4 tDelete gt lt Add Remove Spare Settings gt lt WUiew gt Array Name RAID Select Devices 4 Selected Frp EAA IE 4 Warning The data on the disks you have selected will be lost Continue to Create the array Press Yfes or Nio to confirm elp Start to create the array tl Next Item Enterl Select LESC 1 Backward ix Pay close attention to the warning message Press Y to finish the creation or press N to cancel Note The warning message may vary depending on which type of array is created Creation steps are different depending on the array mode For RAID 0 RAID 10 and JBOD arrays the only available creation option is Create Only which will delete all Kigh Point BIOS Configuration Utility data on the selected disks Fora RAID 1 array on the Create menu use the arrow key to highlight Start Creation and press ENTER A new submenu will appear and display two options Create Only and Duplication See the picture as shown below Rocket RAID 182x 181x BIOS Settin g Array Mame D_i Select Devices 2 Selected Block Size lt KB gt MA Start Creation Create Only Create Only elp tl gt Next Item CEnter Select LESC 1 Backward Create Only The BIOS will destroy all data on the selected disks and cr
68. will use default settings to install the software for this hardware device To install the software for your new hardware click Next E Kigh Point Adapter Installation 8 Click Yes to confirm the Digital Signature Not Found window when it appears Digital Signature Not Found lt x The Microsoft digital signature affirms that software has been tested with Windows and that the software has not been altered since it was tested The software you are about to install does not contain a Microsoft digital signature Therefore there is no guarantee that this software works corectly with Windows RocketR lD 182x 181x SATA Controller If you want to search for Microsoft digitally signed software visit the Windows Update Web site at http windowsupdate microsoft com to see if one is available Do you want to continue the installation No More Info 9 The Windows will find the HighPoint RCM device Click Finish to continue Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard amp RocketRAlD 182x 181x SATA Controller Windows has finished installing the software for this device The hardware you installed will not work until you restart your computer To close this wizard click Finish lt Back Cancel 10 Click Yes to restart the system to make the new settings take effect Update Driver Warning xi Installing this device driver is not recommended because
69. zard Available Disks E 5738002345 E 5738002345 E 5733001345 Model Capacity Location WDC WD360GD 50GHA0 37 01 GB Controller 1 Channel 3 Params x Cancel lt lt Back Finish If you are creating a RAID 1 array and have selected the Create and duplicate option the disk that you select first will be the source disk and the second will be the mirror disk Please make sure the capacity of the mirror disk is larger than that of the source disk If you are creating a RAID 1 array and have selected the Create Only option the source disk will be automatically selected After selecting the required disks please click the Finish button to create the array b Rename an array Click on the Management menu and then select the Array Management option Select the array you want to rename from the tree display and click the Rename button on the toolbar You can also click on the Operation menu and select the Rename option See the picture as shown next page 16 HighPoint HighPoint RAID Management software x Please input a new array name X Cancel Enter a new name for the desired array and then click OK to confirm or Cancel to cancel this operation Note You cannot rename arrays that are in the process of being duplicated initialized rebuilt or verified c Delete an array Click on the Management menu and then select the Array Management option Select the array you want to de

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