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1.    Mac OSX Driver   Installing the driver and RAID utility 0 0 0  eee eeeeeeeeecee cee cae ceaeaeseaeeeeneeeeeens 8 1  Appendix   Customer SUPPOLE sis issiisscasssnshcesesecsabesouseasesssavesapeboaacecancadesspeude uuadscabesdbacbvabavenncasnpsens A 1    Chapter 1    Introduction    Contents of this Chapter   About this guide  Introducing the RocketRAID 3522 Host Adapter  RocketRAID 3522 Features and Specifications  Understanding RAID Concepts and Terminology  Network Features  Web Management BIOS Utilities     Hegh Point    Introduction       About this Guide    The RocketRAID 3522 SATAII Host Adapter   s User   s Guide provides information  about the functions and capabilities of the host adapter  and instructions for    installing  configuring and maintaining RAID arrays hosted by the adapter     Introducing the RocketRAID 3522 Host Adapter    The HighPoint RocketRAID 3522 is an 8 channel PCI E x8 to Serial ATA II RAID  controller  The RocketRAID 3522 solution designed for enterprise storage applica   tions such as NAS solutions  workgroup and web servers  video streaming   video    editing workstations  data archiving back up  and security systems     The RocketRAID 3522 delivers optimized performance and features  through the use of HighPoint   s industry leading RAID technology     The HighPoint RocketRAID 3522 PCI E SATA II RAID Controller offers the features  needed for enterprise level storage environments  The RocketRAID 3522 is the latest  product in storage techn
2.   Features and Specifications    Host Adapter Architecture    TerabyteStream    for Blazing Performance   Intel IOP 81341   PCI  Express x8  x16 slot compatible    256 MB of DDR II memory with ECC protection  Write through and write back cache   8 SATA II channels at 3Gb s per port   Multi  adapter support up to 4 adapters   BIOS booting support   BIOS PnP and BBS  BIOS boot specification  support  Intel RAID 6 Engine for large capacity RAID arrays  Battery Backup Unit  BBU  Optional   RoHS compliant    Advance RAID Features    HighPoint    Support RAID 0  1  3  5  10  50  6 and JBOD   Multiple RAID support   Multiple Logical Drive Support   Online array roaming   Online capacity expansion  OCE  and Online RAID level migration  ORLM   Quick and Background initialization for instant RAID configuration  Automatic drive insertion   removal detection and rebuild   64bit LBA support greater than 2TB per volume   S M A R T monitoring hard drive status for reliability   Staggered Spinup with user selection in BIOS    MAID  spin down drives in array is idle       Introduction       Array Monitors  Alerts and Indicators  e SMTP for email notification  e Alarm   Buzzer alerts for array activity  e  SAF TE support  e Ethernet Board for  OBM  Out of Band Management  e   NTP  Network Time Protocol   RAID Management  e   TerabyteSaver    and TerabyteGuard    for Data Protection and Reliability  e Firmware update in the Operating System  e Ethernet board for OBM  Out of Bound Management    
3.   Supports NTP  protocol  e SNMP support  e   Hot key  ctrl h  boot up RAID manager via BIOS  e API library for customizing AP  e Command Line Interface  CLI   e Web browser base RAID management software  e Disk scrubbing to prevent degraded RAID arrays  e Bad sector repair and re mapping to reduce dropped drives  e ATA pass through mode support  Operating System Support  e Windows 2000  XP  2003  Vista  32 bit and 64 bit   e Linux  native support   e FreeBSD  e   MacOS X 10 4 x  amp  10 5 x  e Open Source Driver  GPL Licensed  into Linux Kernel 2 6  PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS  Size   160 0mm x 66 0mm  6 26   L x 2 59     WEMI   FCC Part 15 Class B and CE  Thermal and Atmospheric Characteristics   Work Temperature Range    5C    55C  Relative Humidity Range   5    60  non condensing  Storage Temperature    20   80C  MTBF  920 585 Hours    a 1 3       HighPoint    Introduction       Electrical Characteristics        PCI e   12   3 34  Power   10 VW    1 W    Understanding RAID Concepts and Terminology   The following concepts and terminology is commonly used when describing the  functions of the RocketRAID 3522 Host Adapter    Disk initialization   Initializing a disk writes necessary RAID configuration information to that disk  Disks    must be initialized before configuring them into RAID arrays  The initialization    process will destroy all data on the disk   Disk Status    New The disk contains no data and has not been initialized   Initialized The disk has been initialized 
4.  200 0  Then  check to make sure the node     dev hptiop     is present in the  dev directory   Step 4 Configure the System to Mount Volumes at Startup  Instruct the system to automatically mount the array by modifying the file  etc fstab     Example  Add the following line to instruct the system to mount  dev da1s1e to location   mnt hpt after startup      dev dalsle  mnt hpt ufs rw 0 0  3   Updating the Driver    To update the driver with a newer revision  simply reinstall the driver following the steps    discussed in the previous section     Install the driver on an existing system        4   Uninstalling the Driver    The driver can only be uninstalled when the system is not booting from devices  attached to the RocketRAID host adapter  To uninstall  remove the line  hptiop_load     YES    located in  boot defaultsNoader conf  and then delete the driver  module  modules hptiop ko or  boot kernel hptiop ko        HighPoint    7 6       Chapter 8  Mac OSX Driver    Contents of this Chapter     Installing the driver and RAID utility    Hegh Pont    Mac OSX Driver    1 Installing the driver and RAID utility    Installing the package  1  Double click the package labeled    rr3xxx_4xxx MacOSX universal vxxx dmg    to    start the installation process      xxx    refers to the revision of the driver   This will open    the driver and software packag   2  Double click the    rr3xxx_4xxx MacOSX universal vxxx dmg       file to start the installer   3  When the Installer window op
5.  4 ST3160812SV SLSEQ884  4  Disk  Information 2008 01 07 18 52 40 5 HDS725050KLA360 KRVNO3 AG63A7D  5  Disk 6 HDS725050KLA360   KRVP22 AGOH13C  6  Disk 7 HDS725050KLA360 KRVNO2 AGOKVIC  7  Disk  8 HDS725050KLA360 KRVP22 AGOJHOC  8         Ca    Click the Clear button to clear the event log   Managing Tasks  With the HighPoint RAID Management Software  you can configure and schedule back     ground rebuild and verify tasks to help maintain the integrity of your drives and data     You can select menu    Task    to enter Task Management page     HighPoint           5 13    Web RAID Management Interface                    Technol       Manage Event Settings Logout    Name Description  verify Verify array  RAID_6_0  every day at 11 43 54 from 2008 01 08                                                                                                     C  SHI Check all disks every week on Sunday at 11 44 02  New Verify Task   6  RAID_6_0  Task  Name   Occurs one    meon 2008   1   8 at  11   158  1     Occurs every 1 Day s  Yjon Sunday   at  11    58    i    Schedule   Start   i 7  Sat fos   h   e   OEnddate  o8 J i fe  No end     date    Scheduling a Task  To add a task schedule     1  Select the array that you want to verify or rebuild   2  Enter a name for the task    3  Configure the frequency for the task    4  Check the Submit button    Delete a Scheduled Task    To delete a task schedule   1  Select a task from the Tasks List   2  Click the Delete button     7 Settings    S
6.  Capacity 159 92 GB NCQ Enabled Change  Max Free 0 00 GB Read Ahead Enabled Change    Serial Number SLSES6GL       Change Device Settings    Depending upon the capabilities RAID controller and hard disks drives in use  several  configurable device settings may be available  Read Ahead  Write Cache  TCQ  and  NCQ  Each feature can be enabled or disabled individually  for each hard disk     Unplug   The Unplug option found below each Device name  can be used to quickly remove   hot swap  a Legacy disk    Extended Information  amp  Update Firmware    The device management page also show the extended information of the RAID    controller  such as onboard memory and battery information        HighPoint    5 8            Web RAID Management Interface                  HohPoint Web RAID Management  Device Managem        2 A M         Model       HDS725050KLA360 KRVP22ZAGOJHOC Write Cache Enabled Change  Device_8 Revision K2AOA10C Status Normal  Location 8  Capacity 500 02 GB NCQ Enabled Change  Max Free 340 10 GB Read Ahead Enabled Change    Serial Number KRVP22ZAGOJHOC    Extended Information  Controller 1     IOP Model  IOP34x  69056818   SDRAM Size  256M   Battery Status  Installed  BatteryMB Status  Installed   Battery Voltage  Normal   Battery Temperature  Normal   Firmware Version  v1 2 12 25    Update Firmware Controller 1   Select the blf file to update Firmware   This process may take some time           ees       User can also use the Web RAID management to upgrade controll
7.  Interface    There are two methods to access the RocketRAID 3522   s web based RAID management  interface  Use HighPoint In band Management Service or use the adapter   s Ethernet  port  out of band management    The Web RAID Management interface is a firmware based utility  If you are using the  adapter   s Ethernet port  you need no additional software and configuration on the host  system  You can access the web interface once you have setup the adapter   s network  configuration   You can also access the web interface through the in band management software  The  in band management software acts as a proxy between the web browser and the firmware   The in band management software can also provide remote RAID management through  the host system   s network interface   Installing the HighPoint In band Management software   For Windows   Run setup exe from the in band management software folder on the software CD   For Linux   The in band management software is distributed as a RPM package  You can  install it by    rpm    i    command   For FreeBSD   You can install the in band management software by    pkg_add    command   For more information about in band management software  please check the README  file in the in band management software package   Starting the Management Interface  Note  To use the web based RAID management interface  a web browser with XML  support is required  e g  Internet Explorer 6 0   Mozilla  FireFox  or Safari  for OSX  systems    To run the m
8.  disks only have to be initialized once  The disk initialize process should only    take a few seconds     Initializing disks may result in loss     do not initialize disks unless they are to be    configured into RAID arrays   Initializing hard disks   1  Select the    Manage   Device    function to access the device management page     2  Click on the    Initialize Devices    button towards the upper portion of the    interface screen        2      HighPoint        Web RAID Management Interface    A       Rescan Devices   Initialize Devices      3  Checkmark each disk you wish to initialize  and click the Submit button   Warning  initializing disks may delete data stored on the selected disks     Legacy Disks   Disks that already contain data or have been partitioned will be recognized as     Legacy Disks       Arrays cannot be created from Legacy Disks  These disks would have to be  initialized  which may result in data loss     3 Array Management    Creating an Array    To create an array   1  Select    Manage   Array    from the menu   2  Click the Create Array button  The create array page will appear                         Seg plots    GLOU RI       Task    Logical Device Information    Setting          Name Type Capacity Cache Policy OS Name Status  Create Array  Physical Device Information  Location Model Capacity Max Free  E 1 3 11 WDC WD5000YS 01MPB0 WD WMANU1006170 500 02 GB 500 02 GB  E 1 3 2 WDC WDS000YS 01MPB0 WD WMANU1018718 500 02 GB 500 02 GB  E 1 3 33 WDC 
9.  must prepare a driver diskette before starting the installation procedure   First  obtain the driver diskette image file from the driver package   In a DOS or Windows system  create the boot diskette using the rawrite exe utility  This  utility can be found on the FreeBSD CD  under  tools   Run it under a DOS Prompt  window and follow it   s prompt   On a FreeBSD system  use the    dd    command to make the driver diskette  For example   Insert a floppy disk into the floppy drive and type the following command  if you are  installing FreeBSD 5 x versions       dd if freebsd_5 x img of  dev fd0  Step 2 Install FreeBSD  1  Start the FreeBSD installation procedure by booting from installation CD   2  If you are installing FreeBSD 5 0 or earlier versions  skip this step  When the     Welcome to FreeBSD    screen appears  select    6      3  When the    Hit  enter  to boot immediately or any other key for command    prompt    screen appears  press the SPACE key to stop the loader from autobooting     BTX loader 1 00 BTX version is 1 01   Console  internal video keyboard   BIOS driver A  is disko   BIOS driver B  is diskl   BIOS driver C  is disk2   BIOS 636kB 74512kB available memory   FreeBSD i386 bootstrap loader  Revision 0 8   mailto jkh narf osd bsdi com  Sat Apr 21 08 46 19 GMT  2001    Hit  Enter  to boot immediately  or any other key for    command prompt        HighPoint    FreeBSD Driver Support       Booting  kernel  in 9 seconds        lt  press SPACE key    A prompte
10. 0x3007ec 0x2062c      lt   For FreeBSD 5 1 and later  select    e    on    Welcome to  FreeBSD    screen    Hit  Enter  to boot immediately  or any other key for  command prompt    Booting  kernel  in 9 seconds       lt  press SPACE key   Type          for a list of commands     help    for more de   tailed help    ok load hptiop    modules hptiop ko text 0xf571 data 0x2c8 0x254    ok autoboot       HighPoint    FreeBSD Driver Support       Note  If you have configured a RAID 10 using 4 disks  it will be registered to system  as device  dev da0  You can use     stand sysinstall    to create partitions and  disklabels  like daOsle  on da0  Then  create a new filesystem using    newfs  dev     da0sle     Now you can mount  dev da0sle to somewhere to access it  Step 3 Configure System to Automatically Load the Driver    To avoid typing in    load hptiop    each time the operating system is booted  the  system must be instructed to automatically load the module during bootup  To  configure the system to automatically install the module  type in the following    commands      echo    hptiop load  YES        gt  gt   boot defaults loader conf  This command will instruct the loader to load the RocketRAID module together with  the kernel  After using this command  reboot the system  The RocketRAID module  should now automatically load each time the operating system starts up    Note  When using FreeBSD 4 x  type in the following command to configure the system     mknod  dev hptiop c
11. 240  4  KLSA8    Normal W a P WD7SGGAYSY WD RE2  Normal n      HDS 72464G6KLSA8G  Normal n z 5 WD7SGGAYSY WD RE2  Normal n     HDS 724646KLSA8G    A  Capacity Status Progress       General Navigation    Press ALT   the first letter of the each menu item  highlighted in red  to access the  corresponding menu  Alt   D will open the    Disk    menu bar   You can also press F10  to quickly browse through the various menu selections  Use the  lt      arrow keys to  select the desired item  and press ENTER to open the menu  Use the T L arrows keys  to select the desired command from each menu  and press the ENTER key to confirm  the selected command    There are two windows in the utility   s interface  Disk interface and Array interface     Use the TAB key to switch between each interface   Supervisor User mode    The default BIOS operation mode is User mode  user can only view some information  of the controller through BIOS  If user wants to modify the setting of the RAID    controller  it must be changed to Supervisor mode     3 1           WighPoint    RocketRAID 3522 BIOS Utility       Press  ALT   S  to open the    System    menu in the figure 1  then select    Supervisor  mode     and press ENTER  This will open the user authentication interface  Enter    the appropriate password and then press ENTER  The initial password is    hpt        WCache Model Number    HDS 72 464 KLSA8G  WD75GGAYSY WD RE2  HDS 72 464 KLSA8G        a    Alt 8      YD75    AYSY WD RE2  HDS 72404  KLS
12. A8A       WD SGGAYSY WD RE2  Normal New     HDS 724646KLSA8G       2   Disk Menu   Press  ALT   D  to access the    Disk    menu    View a disk   From the Disk menu  use the    J arrows keys to select a disk  After highlighting the    desired disk  select Disk  gt Information to view hardware data about this disk     Array Controller Window Help                             Disk Information  Channel ber    evice Type SATA disk   KLSA8O  odel Number WD75  0AYSY WD RE2 Y WD RE2  erial Number KLSA8   irmware Revision Y WD RE2  apacity 1566660006 sectors KLSA8   Wwite cache On Y WD RE2  co KLSA88    Progress       Disk initialization   Disks must be initialized prior to creating a RAID array  To initialize a disk  access the  Disk menu and highlight a disk using the T J arrows keys  Press ENTER to add the  disk to the initialization list  Repeat this procedure for each disk that requires  initialization  After selecting the required disks  select Disk  gt Initialize option from the  Disk menu        HighPoint    RocketRAID 3522 BIOS Utility       Note  If the selected disk has already been initialized  the BIOS utility will display a    warning message  but will continue to initialize the remaining disks     Warning  Initializing a disk may result in data loss     do not initialize disks that  contain critical data  Non initialized disks can still be utilized as stand alone drives     and will be recognized as    Legacy    devices   Other Disk related Functions       Disk  gt Togg
13. RocketRAID 3522  SATAIT Host Adapter    User   s Guide    HighPoint  Revision  1 0   Date  January 2008  HighPoint Technologies  Inc     Copyright    Copyright    2008 HighPoint Technologies  Inc  This document contains materials  protected by International Copyright Laws  All rights reserved  No part of this  manual may be reproduced  transmitted or transcribed in any form and for any    purpose without the express written permission of HighPoint Technologies  Inc   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  Information in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not    represent a commitment 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        HighPoint    Table of Contents    Table of Content    Chapter 1   Introduction   ADOUE  HIS Ge  cscs ccsenscs conceit cescecteewicsct cxenstgato
14. S M A R T  thresholds are    exceeded     Click on the blue    SMART    text to view the SMART status of the hard disk     5 10                   WighPoint    Web RAID Management Interface    GAGRO    xim        Schedule  Storage Health Inspector SHI   i Bad Sectors p  Controller ID Port  Device SSN  RAID oF  gt  Device Status  Found  amp  Repaired   1 3_1 WD WMANU1006170 None 100 None OK SMART  1 3 2 WD WMANU1018718 None 100 None OK SMART  1 3_3 WD WMANU1016543 None 102 None OK SMART  1 34 WD WMANU1018709 None 101 None OK SMART   Device Name Device_1_3_2   Model Number WDC WDS5000YS 01MPB0 WD WMANU1018718    Temperature Celsius 39    S M A R T Enabled Disable  S M A R T Attributes    ID Name Threshold Worst Value Status  1 Raw Read Error Rate 51 200 200 oK  3 Spin Up Time 21 215 249 oK  4 Start Stop Count 0 100 100 oK  5 Reallocated Sector Ct 140 200 200 oK  7 Seek Error Rate 51 200 200 oK  9 Power On Hours 0 98 98 OK  a Spin Retry Count 51 100 100 oK  b Calibration Retry Count 51 100 100 oK  c Power Cycle Count 0 100 100 OK  be Unknown Attribute 0 18 61 oK  c3 Hardware ECC Recovered 0 1 1 oK  c4 Reallocated Event Count 0 200 200 OK  c5 Current Pending Sector 0 200 200 oK  c6 Offline Uncorrectable 0 200 200 oK  c7 UDMA CRC Error Count 0 200 200 OK  c8 Multi Zone Error Rate 51 199 200 oK       HighPoint Web RAID Management 1 6 0  Copyright  c  1996 2007 HighPoint Technologies  Inc  All Rights Reserved       Note  S M A R T attribute data is drive specific  The software includ
15. WDS000YS 01MPB0 WD WMANU 1016543 500 02 GB 500 02 GB  Sy 1 374 WDC WDS000YS 01MPB0 WD WMANU1018709 500 02 GB 500 02 GB  Rescan       HighPoint Web RAID Management 1 6 0  Copyright  c  1996 2007 HighPoint Technologies  Inc  All Rights Reserved    3  Choose the array type you want to create from the drop down list     Enter a name for the array  this is optional        WighPoint    Web RAID Management Interface    5  If you are creating a redundant RAID array  RAID1  5  6  10  50   select an  initialization option for the array    Note  An un initialized RAID1 or RAID10 array can still provide redundancy in   case of a disk failure  A RAIDS array  however  is not fault tolerant until initializa    tion is finished    6  Specify a cache policy   Write back  When the write back setting is selected  writes to the array are cached  This will  result in higher performance  but data loss may occur in case of a power failure   Write through  When the write through setting is selected  writes to the array are always passed  directly to the disks  Subsequent reads may still be completed from the cache  if  appropriate   None  Neither write back nor write through cache is used  I O data will be passed to disks  directly   Select disks from the Available Disks list   Enter a capacity for the array  or use the default value  the maximum capacity for  the array     9  Click Create  If you have specified an initialization option  the initialization  process will start automatically    Deleti
16. a1   use the    fdisk  dev   sda    command   Next  use the    mkfs  dev sdal    command to setup a file system on this partition   Use the command    mkdir xxxx    to create a mount point for the RAID array   Then  mount  dev sdal  xxxx in order to access it     Note  xxxx represents the desired name of the mount point            6 5    WighPoint    Linux Driver Support       Step 3 Configure System to Automatically Load the Driver    To avoid typing in    insmod hptiop ko    each time the operating system is booted   the system must be instructed to automatically load the module during bootup  To  install the module  type in the following commands  first change to the directory  where the proper hptiop ko file is located      install  d  lib modules    uname    r    kernel drivers scsi    install  c hptiop ko  lib modules    uname    r    kernel drivers scsi  Then  instruct the system to load the module when booting  Use the following commands    echo    modprobe hptiop     gt   etc init d hptdriver   chmod 755  etc init d hptdriver   1n    sf  etc init d hptdriver  etc rc d rc3 d SO lhptdriver   1n    sf  etc init d hptdriver  etc rc d rc4 d SO lhptdriver   1n    sf  etc init d hptdriver  etc rc d rc5 d SO lhptdriver  Step 4 Configure System to Mount Volumes during Startup  The system can be instructed to automatically mount the array s  during startup by  modifying the file     etc fstab      For example  add the following line to tell the system to mount  dev sda1 to loc
17. acity Expansion  OCE   and Online  RAID Level Migration  ORLM   Both features are supported by a single function   an  array can be transformed from one RAID level to another RAID level while simulta   neously being resized  even under I O load    Spare disk   A spare disk is a single disk that can be used to automatically rebuild a redundant array  in case of drive failure  Spare disks may also be members of a RAID array  Any available  space on these disks may be used to rebuild other broken arrays    Legacy disk   Disks attached to the RocketRAID 3522 that contain valid partition tables will be identi   fied as legacy disks  A legacy disk attached to the RocketRAID 3522 can be accessed by    the operating system  but cannot be used to create RAID arrays  A legacy disk must be    initialized before assigning it to an array     Network Features    The RocketRAID 3522 offers a selection of network oriented RAID Management  functions  These features are integrated into the card   s firmware  and can be adminis   trated using the BIOS and Web based management utilities    SNMP Manager   Simple Network Management Protocol  Allows the administrator to    view the current state of the entire RAID system     SNMP Trap   The RAID adapter can be configured to report events over the network   When an event is generated by the RAID Management utility  the SNMP Trap will send  SNMP Trap messages to the Trap Receiver    NTP   Network time protocol  The RocketRAID 3522   s firmware automa
18. ample  A RAID array has been configured between several hard disks   This array will be registered to the system as device     dev sda      To create a partition on this array  which will listed as  dev sda1   use the    fdisk    dev sda    command   Next  use the    mkfs  dev sdal    command to setup a file system on this partition   Step 3 Configure System to Automatically Load the Driver  To avoid typing in    insmod hptiop ko    each time the operating system is booted   the system must be instructed to automatically load the module during bootup  To  install the module  type in the following commands  first change to the directory  where the proper hptiop ko file is located      cp hptiop ko  lib modules    uname    r    kernel drivers scsi     depmod    HighPoint       6 2       Linux Driver Support    Then  instruct the system to load the module when booting  Use the following  commands     echo    modprobe hptiop     gt   etc init d hptdriver    chmod 755  etc init d hptdriver    1n    sf  etc init d hptdriver  etc rc d rc3 d SO lhptdriver    1n    sf  etc init d hptdriver  etc rc d rc4 d SO lhptdriver    1n    sf  etc init d hptdriver  etc rc d rc5 d SO lhptdriver  Step 4 Configure System to Mount Volumes during Startup  The system can be instructed to automatically mount the array s  during startup by  modifying the file     etc fstab      For example  add the following line to tell the system to mount  dev sda1 to location    mnt raid after startup      dev sdal  m
19. anagement interface  start the web browser and enter the access URL     If you are using the adapter   s Ethernet port  please enter http   adapter ip address       If you are using in band management software  please enter http   host address 7402    Where host address is the host name or IP address of the host system  Specifically  if    you are running the browser on the host system  you can use http   localhost 7402     HighPoint          Web RAID Management Interface       The in band management software provides an access URL for each controller on the  system  You can access the RAID management interface for each controller through its  access URL                 ontrollers Email Setting SNMP Setting  ies Technologies  Inc                Controller HTTPPort CLIPort  Controller 1 Enter Network Password  This secure Web Site  at 127 0 0 1  requires you to log on     Please type the User Name and Password that you use for HighPoint  Web RAID Management     HighPoint Web RAID Managem eeNome    Copyright  c  1996 2007 HighH Password    I Save this password in your password list    Cancel    Then Select the controller   s Access URL by click the link http   127 0 0 1 7412  You will be asked for the User and Password to login  The default user name is          RAID    and the initial password is    hpt     You can change the password after you    have logged in     2 Preparing Hard disks    Disks must be initialized before they can be configured into RAID arrays     Normally 
20. and can be used for array creation     Configured The disk has been assigned to one or more arrays  or configured as a    spare disk    Legacy The disk was used on other controllers before use with the  RocketRAID 3522  see legacy disk below     Array initialization   A redundant array  RAIDS  RAID1  RAID10  needs to be initialized to ensure full  performance and reliability  Non redundant arrays  RAIDO  JBOD  do not need to be  initialized    When you create a redundant array using the RocketRAID 3522 controller   s BIOS  Configuration Utility  it will automatically start the initialization process  When  creating an array using the HighPoint RAID Management Console software  you can  specify an initialization option  Skip initialization  foreground and background    Online Capacity Expansion  OCE    This feature allows disks to be added to existing RAID arrays  in order to increase the  array   s capacity  without fear of data loss  Any number of disks can be added to an    array  at any time  Data can be accessed and utilized even while being redistributed     HighPoint       l 4      Introduction    Online RAID Level Migration   This term describes the ability to change one type of array  RAID level   into a different  type of array  changing a RAID 1 array into a RAID 10 array for example   Data is still  accessible during the migration process  and a base level of security is still active   OCE  ORLM and the RocketRAID 3522   The RocketRAID 3522 supports both Online Cap
21. and start the install procedure   2  At the    Welcome to Fedora Linux    installation screen  a prompt labeled    boot     will  appear at the bottom of the screen  Type in    linux dd    and then press Enter   3  When prompted    Do you have a driver disk      select    Yes     At the    Insert your  driver disk and press OK to continue      prompt  insert the driver diskette and then  select    OK      4  The system will now load the RocketRAID driver automatically        HighPoint        6      Linux Driver Support       3   Installing the RocketRAID 3522 driver for an Exist   ing System    Note  If a SCSI adapter is used to boot the system  make sure the RocketRAID host  adapter BIOS loads posts after the SCSI adapter   s BIOS  It may be necessary to move  the adapter s  to another PCI slot     Step 1 Obtain the Driver Module    Extract the module file from the file modules cgz  from the driver disk  using the  following commands      mount  dev fd0     cd  tmp     gzip  dc  media floppy modules cgz   cpio  idumv    Driver modules for all supported kernel versions will be extracted  The driver module  for the active kernel is located under the directory that matches the kernel version    tmp    uname    r    1686 hptiop ko     After extracting the driver module  load it using the following commands       modprobe sd_mod    insmod hptiop ko    Arrays attached to the adapter can be accessed as SCSI devices  e g   dev sda    Step 2 Mounting and Partitioning the Device    Ex
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23. array will be lost   Unplug   use this option to safely remove each disk member of the selected array   This allows you to safely park and power off each hard disk while the system remains    active     Verify     select this option to verify the integrity of the selected array  Routine RAID    verification is essential to avoid data loss in the case of disk failure     HighPoint       RocketRAID 3522 BIOS Utility       Start Task     select this option to schedule specific RAID maintenance tasks such as  RAID Verification     Stop Task     use this option to terminate scheduled tasks    Set boot   use this option to set an array to act as a boot volume    Note  This setting is dependent on the motherboard   s BIOS configuration  An array  designated as a boot volume cannot be used to boot the system unless the card has    been instructed to act as the system   s boot device  Consult the motherboard   s BIOS     CMOS setup menu  and corresponding manual for more information     4   Controller Menu  Press  ALT   C  to access the    Controller    menu     View Controller information    To view information about the controller  access the Controller menu  select    view     and press ENTER     View Events   To view the RocketRAID event log  access the Controller menu  select    Evnetlog     and press ENTER  Use  Shift   TAB  to select from the different items  check boxes   editable fields   and use the SPACE key to confirm the selection  There are three  selectable filter optio
24. ation    mnt raid after startup      dev sda1  mnt raid ext2 defaults 0 0  4   Updating the Driver    If you are not booting from disks attached to RocketRAID host adapter  you can update  the driver just by reinstalling it following the procedure outlined in the previous section      Installing the RocketRAID driver for an Existing System       If you are running the system installed to a disk or array attached to the RocketRAID  host adapter    First  obtain the new driver module    hptiop ko     Refer to the previous section    Obtain  the Driver Module     In following steps  we assume it has been copied to       tmp  hptiop ko       Replace hptiop ko in the boot RAM disk image   boot initrd xxx img  where xxx is the    kernel version         HighPoint    6 6         Linux Driver Support    Example     gzip  dc  boot initrd xxx img  gt   tmp initrd ext2    mkdir  mnt initrd    mount  o loop  tmp initrd ext2  mnt initrd    cp  tmp hptiop ko  mnt initrd lib hptiop_00 ko    umount  mnt initrd    gzip  c  tmp initrd ext2  gt   boot initrd xxx img  If you are using lilo to boot the system  use    lilo    to reinstall the RAM disk     lilo  Update hptiop ko in  lib modules     cp  tmp hptiop ko  lib modules    uname    r    kernel drivers scsi hptiop ko    Reboot your system to allow the new driver take effect     5   Uninstalling the Driver    To uninstall the RocketRAID 3522 driver  Note  The driver cannot be uninstalled while the system is booted from a disk or array  attach
25. ave been installed for the  RocketRAID 3522  Updates are available from our website     Prepare a list of the computer system   s hardware and software  motherboard  CPU     memory  other PCI devices host adapters  operating system  applications   Contact Information    E mail address  support  highpoint tech com       Phone  408 942 5800  request for support   9 00AM 6 00PM  Pacific Standard Time    Additional information about HighPoint products is available from our web site     http   www highpoint tech com    High Point        T    FCC Part 15 Class B Radio Frequency Interference statement    This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B  digital device  pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules  These limits are designed to  provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation   This equipment generates  uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and  if not  installed and used in accordance with the instructions  may cause harmful interfer   ence to radio communications  However  there is no guarantee that interference will  not occur in a particular installation  If this equipment does cause harmful interfer   ence to radio or television reception  which can be determined by turning the equip   ment off and on  the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or    more of the following measures        Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna      Increase the separation between the e
26. ay   3  Click on the    Maintenance    button    4  Enter a new name for the array in the provided field   5  Click the    Rename    button     Note  An array running background tasks cannot be renamed    Unplug   This can be used to safely take an entire array offline while the system remains  operational    To Unplug an array    1  Select    Manage   Array    from the menu    2  Highlight the desired RAID array   3  Click on the    Maintenance    button     4  Click the    Unplug    button     5  The software will notify you when it is safe to remove the array     Note  Make sure the array is not in use before using this command  Active arrays    cannot be unplugged        HighPoint    Web RAID Management Interface       4 Device Management    Select the    Manage   Device    function to access the device management page        Manage Event Settings Logout       Rescan Devices Initialize Devices  Controller 1 CRocketRAID 3522 Controller     i   Model  T3160812SV SLSENGST Write Cache Enabled Change  Device_1 Revision 3 ACP Status Normal  Location T  Capacity 159 92 GB NCQ Enabled Change  Max Free 0 00 GB Read Ahead Enabled Change    Serial Number SLSENGST    Model  T3160812SV SLSESH7E Write Cache Enabled Change  Device_2 Revision 3 ACP Status Normal  Location 2  Capacity 159 92 GB NCQ Enabled Change  Max Free 0 00 GB Read Ahead Enabled Change    Serial Number SLSESH7E    Model  T3160812SV SLSES6GL Write Cache Enabled Change  Device_3 Revision 3 ACP Status Normal  Location 3 
27. been configured between several hard disks   This array will be registered to the system as device     dev sda      1  To create a partition on this array  which will listed as  dev sda1   use the     fdisk  dev sda    command   2  Next  use the    mkfs  dev sda1    command to setup a file system on this partition   3  Use the command    mkdir xxxx    to create a mount point for the RAID array   Then  mount  dev sda1  xxxx in order to access it   Note  xxxx represents the desired name of the mount point   Step 4 Configure System to Automatically Load the Driver  To avoid typing in    insmod hptiop o    each time the operating system is booted   the system must be instructed to automatically load the module during bootup  To  install the module  type in the following commands  first change to the directory  where the proper hptiop ko file is located    1  Edit the file     etc sysconfig kernel        and add the hptiop module to the  line   INITRD_MODULES          Example    INITRD_MODULES     reiserfs hptiop          HighPoint       6 10      Linux Driver Support    2  Run the    depmod    command to update the module configuration     depmod   3  Next  run the    mkinitrd    command to update the initrd file     mkinitrd   4  If you are using the lilo boot loader  run lilo again     lilo   Step 5 Configure System to Mount Volumes during Startup    The system can be instructed to automatically mount the array s  during startup by  modifying the file    etc fstab       For exa
28. d       This setting allows you to alter the default password  when logging on    Enter a new password and click the    Change Password    button to change the    current user   s password     Settings gt Email    V  Enable Event Notification                   Server Address  name or IP    192 168 0 1 ae    Mail From  E mail address   admin host com                                                       Login Name  admin  Password  evcccces   SMTP Port  25  E mail Name Event Level  tester host com tester Information Warning Error  Add Reapient  E mail   Name   Event Level  Information Warning    Error  Aad Tanl       Enabling E mail notification   To configure E mail notification     1  Select the    Enable Event Notification    option   2  Enter the appropriate information for the SMTP server   3  Click the    Change Setting    button     Note  Your SMTP server may require user authentication     enter the appropriate    password and username as required   To add a Recipient     1  Enter the necessary information for the desired recipient   2  Click the Add button     HighPoint       5 16        Web RAID Management Interface       To test E mail notification   1  Enter the necessary information for the recipient     2  Click the Test button     If the software is unable to send a test message  an error will be displayed  Double  check the recipient entries and make sure the information is correct     Settings gt SNMP    You can set three SNMP Trap IP address and trap type  th
29. d label    ok    will appear at the bottom of the screen    4  Insert the RocketRAID driver diskette into floppy drive  Type in    load diskx   hptiop x x     without quotation marks   and then press enter   for FreeBSD 4 3 RELEASE    ok load kernel  ok load disk1l hptiop 4 3 ko    for FreeBSD 4 4 RELEASE  ok load kernel  ok load disk1l hptiop 4 4 ko    for FreeBSD 4 5 RELEASE  ok load diskl hptiop 4 5 ko    for FreeBSD 4 6 2 RELEASE  ok load diskl hptiop 4 6 2 ko    for FreeBSD 4 7 RELEASE  ok load disk1l hptiop 4 7 ko    for FreeBSD 4 8 RELEASE  ok load diskl hptiop 4 8 ko    for FreeBSD 4 9 RELEASE  ok load diskl hptiop 4 9 ko    for FreeBSD 4 10 RELEASE  ok load diskl hptiop 4 10 ko    for FreeBSD 4 11 RELEASE  ok load diskl hptiop 4 11 ko    for FreeBSD 5 0 RELEASE  ok load disk0 hptiop 5 0 ko       7 2      HighPoint    FreeBSD Driver Support       for FreeBSD 5 1 RELEASE  ok load disk0 hptiop 5 1 ko    for FreeBSD 5 2 1 RELEASE  ok load disk0 hptiop 5 2 1 ko    for FreeBSD 5 3 RELEASE  ok load disk0 hptiop 5 3 ko    for FreeBSD 5 4 RELEASE  ok load disk0 hptiop 5 4 ko    for FreeBSD 5 3 AMD64 RELEASE  ok load disk0 hptiop 5 3 amd64 ko    for FreeBSD 5 4 AMD64 RELEASE  ok load disk0 hptiop 5 4 amd64 ko    for FreeBSD 6 0 AMD64 RELEASE  ok load disk0 hptiop 6 0 amd64 ko    for FreeBSD 6 1 RELEASE  ok load disk0  hptiop 6 1 ko    for FreeBSD 6 1 AMD64 RELEASE  ok load disk0  hptiop 6 1 amd64 ko    5  After the driver has been loaded  remove the floppy diskette from the fl
30. e      If the array   s capacity is over 2TB  user will be asked to select the Sector Size values   from 512B to 4K         HighPoint    3 3      RocketRAID 3522 BIOS Utility    Disk  FreeSpace WCache Model Number  Arra     wyeyvyyyvwY     lt    lt    lt    lt        lt    lt    lt     Progress    Create a Cancel 1        CFi   Menu  TAB  Switch window  Enter  Select    Note  Variable Sector Size  VSS  for over 2TB support in 32bit LBA OS   It changes the sector size from default 512 Bytes to 4k Bytes etc  the maximum volume  capacity up to 16TB  This option works under Windows platform only  And it CANNOT be    converted to Dynamic Disk  because 4k sector size is not a standard format   View an Array    To view information about a specific Raid array  use the TAB key to switch to the  Array Interface view  and use the    J arrows keys to select the array  After selecting  the array  access the Array menu and select the Information option  then press  ENTER    Other RAID array related functions      Array  gt Delete        Array  gt Unplug        Array  gt Verify        Array  gt Start task        Array  gt   Stop task    and    Array  gt Set Boot    work in the same manner as the    View an Array     function   Highlight the desired array using the Array Interface view  and press  ENTER   Return to the Array menu  select the desired function  and press ENTER to  initiate the task    Delete     use this option to delete the selected array    Warning  all data on the selected 
31. ed to the RocketRAID host adapter     To uninstall the driver  remove the lines added to  etc fstab  and remove the files    created in the  etc init d directory        HighPoint    Linux Driver Support       1   SuSE Linux Enterprise Server  SLES  installation    Overview    This section provides instructions describing how to install and utilize the RocketRAID    host adapter on a SuSE  SLES  Linux system     2   Installing SLES Linux on the RocketRAID 3522 Host  Adapter    Note  If the OS is running kernel that differs from the one supported by the precompiled  driver  the precompiled drivers cannot be used  A driver can be built for this kernel using  the OpenSource package for the RocketRAID host adapter  This package is available  from our website  and is posted on the BIOS Driver page for the corresponding  RocketRAID host adapter    To install SLES onto hard disks or RAID arrays attached to RocketRAID host adapter   follow the steps outlined below    Step 1 Prepare the Driver Diskette   The driver is contained in a floppy diskette image file  slesdd img     On a DOS or Windows system  a driver diskette can be generated using rawrite exe   This utility is included on the SLES Linux CD  under  dosutils   Run rawrite using a  command prompt window  and follow the directions it provides    On a Linux system  use the    dd    command to generate a boot diskette  Insert a floppy    disk into the floppy drive and type the following command     dd if SLESdd img of  dev fdO  S
32. elect the    Settings    option to access Settings page                 GAER    CCE L            Settings SHI  System Network  User Email  SNMP NTP       Technologies  Ine           5 14       Web RAID Management Interface       Settings gt System                 Settings    System Setting          SAF TE Config File no config file x   Audible Alarm    Enabled       Staggered Spinup Enabled      Number of Drives Per Spinup 2    i          Delay between spinup  seconds   2 65  Spindown Idle Disk  minutes  Disabled          Rebuild Priority  Medium     Auto Rebuild Disabled v   Upload SAF TE Config File     e       The System Setting page include SAF TE config file setting  Audible Alarm setting   Staggered Spinup setting  Spindown Idle Disk setting  Rebuild priority setting and  Auto Rebuild setting     The Upload SAF TE config file option allow user to upload the special SAF TE config  files     Settings gt Network                               IP Address 192 j9    200    251  Subnet Mask 255   j255    255    0  IP broadcast 255  255    255  255  Gateway 192 19    200    1103  DNS Server                               Current IP Address 192 9 200 251  Current Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0  Current Gateway 192 9 200 103  Current DNS Server   Ether Net MAC Address 00 19 3c 00 00 00    This page allow user to adjust the onboard LAN values         5 15       WighPoint    Web RAID Management Interface                   Settings gt User  User Setting  Password   Confirm   Change Passwor
33. enees 43  Chapter 5   RocketRAID 3522 Web RAID Management Interface  1   Web RAID Management Interface  0      cece eeceseeeeeeeeceseeeeeeesecaeeseescsaeceeeecsaeeaseees 5 1  2  Preparing Hard disks sissioni eo citka aaen A E RAE ER EES 5 2  3 Artay Management siccssescsscscastaciscoctatianiatessoneubesctsssasstuaaseasnbenadesistsbsacteascoses e ris ra 5 3  4   Device Management oarsnesretisrerisesseod kreisen esine L Ee ESE ERE AEE EE EESE iea 5 8  5   Configuring Spare Disks 000    eeceesseeecseceeseeseceeeecacsaeeesseceaeseeseseesneeseeseeaeeaees 5 12  6   Managing Events and Tasks 00 0    eee eceeceeeseeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseecaeesaecaeesaecaesaeeaeeaes 5 13  Te SUMMING 5 i ce hak es SL esc Sy cen saa EEEE EE AE TO EEE E E 5 14  Chapter 6   Linux Driver Support   1   Fedora Core Linux installation Overview   00        ce ceeceeceeeeeeeseeeeeeseeeaesaeesaesneeaees 6 1  2  Red Hat Enterprise Overview oe  eee eceeeeceesceeeecseesaecceeaeceeceseeeeeeseeeeeesenseaeeenes 64   3   SuSE Linux Enterprise Server  SLES  installation Overview              ccesceeeeeeseeeeeee 68  Chapter 7   FreeBSD Driver Support   1   Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 3522 Controller    eee eee eeeeeeeeeee 7 1  2   Installing the RocketRAID 3522 Driver on an Existing System   0 0 0    eee TA  3s Updating the Driver oc  csie sivisisesciswilih htsctiscueteiaeves iE E E i E S asia aies 76  4   Uninstalling the Driver vesise ieesuscisketesbieesteisioisteecstetsehenanetive ns dates cantina  76  Chapter 8
34. ens  click the    Continue    button     4  The installer will ask you to select a destination for the driver  Make sure to select  the boot Volume   the driver must be installed to  System Library Extensions folder in    order to function properly   5  Click the    Install    button     You will be prompted     clicking the install button will install a basic installation of the  software package on your selected volume     Confirm the prompt to install the software    package    6  You will then be notified that a reboot is needed to install the software  Click     Continue Installation       7  The driver will then be installed into the system  Click    Restart    to restart the ystem   After the system restarts  you can use a web browser to configure the controller and  setup RAID arrays  Use the MacOSX Disk Utility to create partitions the RAID arrays   Web RAID Management Utility   Please refer to page 5 1     the Web utility utilizes a universal interface  and operates in    the same manner as revisions released for other operating systems     High Posat     eE    Appendix    Customer Support    HighPoint    Customer Support    Customer Support    If you encounter any problems while utilizing the RocketRAID 3522  or have any    questions about this or any other HighPoint product  feel free to contact our Customer    Support Department   Troubleshooting Checklist  Before contacting our Customer Support department     Make sure the latest BIOS  driver and RAID Software h
35. er    s firmware   SHI  Storage Health Inspector  The primary SHI interface displays a brief    health    summary of each hard disk              Schedule  d  Controller 1D Port  Device SSN  RAID oF Kix d mi ed Device Status  1 31 WD WMANU1006170 None 100 None OK SMART  1 32 WD WMANU1018718 None 100 None OK SMART  1 3_3 WD WMANU1016543 None 102 None OK SMART  st 34 WD WMANU1018709 None 101 None OK SMART       HighPoint Web RAID Management 1 6 0  Copyright  c  1996 2007 HighPoint Technologies  Inc  All Rights Reserved    Controller ID   Which controller  card the disk is attached to   Port     Port location of the hard disk       HighPoint    Web RAID Management Interface       Device SSN    Serial number of the hard disk   RAID   RAID Non RAID status   F   Temperature  in Fahrenheit  of the hard disk  Celsius is displayed under the SMART    status     Bad Sectors Found  amp  Repaired    The card is capable of repairing bad sectors     a summary of this activity is presented    here    Device Status   OK means the disk is in a healthy state  A Failed status suggests the disk was taken  offline  due toa RAID  SMART or sector failure     Schedule    Click on the blue    Schedule    link to access the Event menu     S M A R T Status   You can view S M A R T   Self Monitoring  Analysis  and Reporting Technology  data about a  particular hard disk to help troubleshoot problems that occur  You can also setup periodically  S M A R T  status checking to send notification messages when 
36. erboards  such as DFI77B KT400    For these motherboards  add the    acpi off    kernel parameter in the boot grub menu Ist   kernel  hd0 1  vmlinuz root  dev hdal acpi off  initrd  hd0  1  initrd  Step 1 Update Grub  If you are running an SLES SMP System  you must first update the  boot grub menu Ist   Example   default 0  timeout 8  title Linux  kernel  hd0  1  vmlinux root  dev hdal acpi off  initrd  hd0  1  initrd  Reboot the system to allow the new kernel parameters to take effect   Step 2 Install the Driver Module    Extract the module file from the file  linux suse   arch   version  install update tar gz     from the driver disk   using the following commands  SLES 9 is used as an example      HighPoint           6 9    Linux Driver Support         mount  dev fd0  mnt floppy   cd     tar xfz  mnt floppy linux suse i386 sles9 install update tar gz  The driver modules will be extracted to the directory  lib modules  kernel ver  kernel   drivers scsi     After you have extracted the driver module  you can load it by following commands     modprobe sd_mod    insmod hptiop ko  Then you can access the arrays attached to the controller as SCSI devices  e g   dev   sda    Step 3 Mounting and Partitioning the Device  Note  Many versions of SuSE include YAST  YAST is a graphical configuration utility    that is capable of executing the commands described below  We recommend using    YAST  if available  as it may help simplify the installation process   Example  A RAID array has 
37. es a list of  definitions for popular drive models manufacturers  Unknown S M A R T  attributes  will be shown as    unknown     You can add the attribute definitions for your drive in    the file smart def  which resides in the software installation directory    Rescan Devices    When you physically add drives to the controller while the system is running  you  can rescan the controller to reflect the change         5 1 1       HighPoint    Web RAID Management Interface       To rescan the devices    1  Select menu    Manage   Device       2  Click    Rescan Devices    button    Note  When you are hot plugging an entire array  run rescan only after all array  members  hard disks  have been physically plugged or unplugged from the system   You can rescan all the devices at once using the Rescan function on the Array    Management page   5 Configuring Spare Disks    To configure spare disks attached to the RocketRAID card  select the    Manage    Spare    function  The Spare Pool Management page will be displayed        Manage Event Settings    Spare Pool                                        z  Device_5 HDS725050KLA360 KRVNO3ZAG63A7D 500 02 GB  Available Disks     Device_6 HDS725050KLA360 KRVP22Z2AGOH13C 500 02 GB     Device_7 HDS725050KLA360 KRVNO2ZAGOKV1C 500 02 GB        Device_8 HDS725050KLA360 KRVP22ZAGOJHOC 500 02 GB  Add Spare  Adding a Spare Disk    To add a spare disk  select a disk from the Available Disks list and click the Add Spare  button  This will add the dis
38. es hptiop ko     umount  mnt   For FreeBSD 5 x      mount  o ro  dev fd0  mnt     cp  mnt hptiop xxx ko  boot kernel hptiop ko      umount  mnt    Alternately  it is possible extract the files from the  img files directly  without using a    floppy diskette     HighPoint       For FreeBSD 4 x      vnconfig vn0c freebsd xxx img     mount  dev vn0c  mnt     cp  mnt hptiop xxx ko  modules hptiop ko    vnconfig  du vn0c myfilesystem mount  mnt    7 4      FreeBSD Driver Support       For FreeBSD 5 x     mdconfig  a  t vnode  f freebsd 5 x img  u 0    mount  dev md0  mnt    cp  mnt hptiop xxx ko  boot kernel hptiop ko    umount  mnt      mdconfig  d  u md0  Step 2 Test the Driver Module    Test the driver module to ensure that it works with the system  by loading it during  bootup  Ifthe module has been loaded successfully you should see the RocketRAID  banner and a display screen of the attached drives  You can now access the drives as a  SCSI device     Note  If you have no other SCSI device  the first device is  dev da0  then  dev dal  etc       Example  F1 FreeBSD    Default  F1     gt  gt  FreeBSD i386 BOOT  Default  0 ad 0 a   boot loader  boot     BTX loader 1 00 BTX version is 1 01  Console  internal video keyboard  BIOS driver A  is disko   BIOS driver C  is disk2   BIOS 636kB 74512kB available memory    FreeBSD i386 bootstrap loader  Revision 0 8   mailto jkh narf osd bsdi com  Sat Apr 21 08 46 19 GMT 2001   Loading  boot defaults loader conf   kernel text 0x24fldb data 
39. includes a Driver and Software CD   This CD can be used to generate driver diskettes  and install the RAID Management  software for a variety of operating systems     To create a driver diskette     1  Insert the CD into the system   s CD DVD drive  The program should start    automatically     2  Insert a blank floppy diskette into the system   s floppy drive   3  Click on    Create Driver Diskette        t HighPoint Products Software CD x     ReadMe First    Install RAID Management Software  Browse the CD    Exit       4  Click on the    Please Select a Product    drop down button  and select     RocketRAID 3522    from the list         Create driver diskette    Please select a product      RocketPAID 3522          Please select the diskette you wantto create              RocketRAID 3522 Driver and Software Installation       5  Click on the    Please Select the Diskette you want to create    drop down button   and select the appropriate OS from the list     ighPoint Products So        Create driver diskette    Please select a product   RocketRAID 3522 F    Please selectthe diskette you wantto create     Windows driver bs       Fedora Core 3  i386  driver  Fedora Core 3  x86_64  driver  Fedora Core 4  i386  driver    Fedora Core 4  x86_64  driver       Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 0 driver  amd64   Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 0 driver  athlon   Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 0 driver  i586    i  f    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 0 driver  i686   Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 0 driver  
40. is setting will be saved in the  flash  While the corresponding type of events generated  the adapter will send SNMP  Trap Messages to the designated Trap Receiver through its Ethernet interface     SNMP Configurations       SNMP Trap IP Address  1                                                                       Port    162    SNMP Trap IP Address  2   port    162    SNMP Trap IP Address  3     Port    162    Trap Type Information  _  Warning  L  Error   Submit    Reset           If you do not use the adapter   s Ethernet interface  you can setup the SNMP  configuration in the In Band Management Service configuration page  In this case     the in band management service will send SNMP Trap messages through the  network interface of the host computer     Settings gt NTP    NTP Server Configurations    NTP Server IP Address  1        EE                   NTP Server IP Address  2 i                      Time Zone  GMT 12 00 International Date Line West v       Current Time 2008 01 08 11 53 21    Submit    Reset    You can check the current firmware time and setup two NTP time server addresses and    select the time zone  The adapter will keep its clock synchronized with time sever              Note  To use the NTP feature you must setup the Ethernet port of the adapter       5 17       WighPoint    Chapter 6    Linux Driver Support    Contents of this Chapter   Fedora 7 Linux installation Overview  Red Hat Enterprise 5 Overview  SuSE Linux Enterprise Server  SLES  installati
41. iver is provided in a floppy diskette image file format    On a DOS or Windows system  a driver diskette can be generated using rawrite exe   This utility is included on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD  under  dosutils   Run  rawrite using a command prompt window  and follow the directions it provides    On a Linux system  use the    dd    command to generate a boot diskette  Insert a floppy    disk into the floppy drive and type the following command     dd if  hptiop rhel 4u4 img of  dev fd0    Step 2 Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux    Start installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux by booting from the installation CD    At the    Welcome to Red Hat Linux    installation screen  a prompt labeled    boot     will  appear at the bottom of the screen  Type in linux dd  then press Enter    boot  linux dd   When prompted    Do you have a driver disk      Select    Yes        When prompted    Insert your driver disk and press OK to continue     insert the driver    diskette into the system   s floppy drive  and select    OK      1  The system will now load the RocketRAID driver automatically   2  When prompted    Where do you want to install the boot loader      in the    Boot    Loader Configuration    dialog  select    Master Boot Record  MBR     to instruct the  system be to boot from the RocketRAID host adapter     Continue the installation as normal  You can refer to Red Hat Enterprise Linux    installation guide     HighPoint       6 4    Linux Driver Support    Note    1  The s
42. k to the Spare Pool list     Removing a Spare Disk    To remove a spare disk  select it from the Spare Pool list and click the Remove Spare  button  This will remove the disk from the Spare Pool list        HighPoint    5 12        Web RAID Management Interface       6 Managing Events and Tasks    The HighPoint Web RAID Management Software automatically logs all controller  related events that have occurred  for all controllers cards managed by the software    In addition you can configure E mail Notification to receive information about these    events  see Section 7 Settings  View Events      Events    Tasks executed by the Management Software  or any disk array errors reported by the  card while the OS is active are known as    Events     These events are logged   recorded  by the Management Software    To view logged events  Please select    Event    from the menu  The Event Management    page will be displayed        Settings       Type Date Time Description  Information 2008 01 08 11 33 59 Disk  Device_5   Location  5  has been put into spare pool successfully     Information 2008 01 08 11 29 27 User RAID logged on system   Information 2008 01 08 11 02 09 User RAID logged on system   Information 2008 01 08 10 13 23 User RAID logged on system     Information 2008 01 08 10 05 09 User RAID logged on system     RAID 6 Array  RAID_6_0  has been created successfully  Disk  1 5T3160812SV SLSENGST  1  Disk 2 ST3160812SV SLSESH7E  2  Disk   cp an  3 8T3160812SV SLSESEGL  3  Disk
43. le Spare        Disk  gt Unplug           Disk  gt Rescan           Disk  gt Turn on write  cache     and    Disk  gt Turn off write cache    work in the same manner as Disk  Initialization  Highlight the desired disks and press ENTER to select them  Return to  the Disk menu  highlight the desired function  and press ENTER to initiate the task     Toggle Spare     use this option to specify spare disks  Spare disks are used to  automatically rebuild failed RAID arrays     Unplug      use this option to safely remove the selected hard disk  This allows you to    safely park and power off a disk while the system remains active   Rescan     use this option when attaching hard disks to the RocketRAID card     Turn on Turn off write Cache     use these options to enable or disable write cache on  the selected disks  Disk cache is enabled by default     3   Array Menu  Press  ALT   A  to access the    Array    menu     Create an Array   To create a RAID array  first access the Disk menu  Use the T J arrows keys to highlight  a disk  and press the Enter key to confirm the selection  Repeat this procedure to add  additional disks to the array  Once the appropriate disks have been selected  return to  the Array menu  highlight the Create option  and press ENTER to access the    Create  Array    page  Use the TAB and  Shift   TAB  to select from the corresponding RAID  settings  Radio button  Edit box  etc     and use the SPACE key to confirm the selections     VSS  Variable Sector Siz
44. mple  add the following line to tell the system to mount  dev sda1 to location    mnt raid after startup      dev sdal  mnt raid ext2 defaults 0 0  4   Updating the Driver    To update the driver  simply reinstall the driver following the steps in previous  section      Install RocketRAID driver on an Existing System        Note  If the driver is loaded in initrd  when system is installed onto a disk or array  attached to the RocketRAID host adapter   you need to run the mkinitrd to command  to update the initrd file  If you are using the lilo boot loader  run lilo again    lilo      5   Uninstalling the Driver    To uninstall the RocketRAID 3522 driver  Note  The driver cannot be uninstalled while the system is booted from a disk or array  attached to the RocketRAID host adapter     To uninstall the driver  remove the lines added to  etc modules conf and  etc fstab         ell igh Point    Chapter 7  FreeBSD Driver Support    Contents of this Chapter   1   Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 3522 Controller  2   Installing the RocketRAID 3522 Driver on an Existing System  3   Updating the Driver  4   Uninstalling the Driver    HighPoint    FreeBSD Driver Support    1   Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 3522 Con   troller    If you would like to install FreeBSD onto arrays attached to the RocketRAID host    adapter  please follow the steps below   Step 1 Prepare the Driver Diskette  When installing FreeBSD to a disk or array attached to the RocketRAID host adapter     you
45. ng an Array   To delete an array    1  Select    Manage   Array    from the menu     2  Click on the Maintenance button  An Array Information window will appear     Array Information    unpu      SJdevice_1_8  JBOD Volume     OCE ORLM      Rig Pott                 eO       Web RAID Management Interface    3  Click the Delete button     Note  An array in use by the operating system cannot be deleted  Any data stored on    a deleted array will be inaccessible  Array Maintenance     Rebuilding Verifying Modifying RAID arrays  Rebuilding a Failed Array    When an array member in a redundant array fails  the array will be listed as broken  A  broken array will be automatically rebuilt using available spare disks  However  if you  have no spare disks configured  you can still rebuild by manually adding an Available  Disk to the array  To add a disk to a broken array     1  Select menu    Manage   Array       2  Highlight the desired RAID array   3  Click the    Maintenance    button    4  Click the    Add Disk    button    5  Ifthe disk is successfully added to the array  rebuild process will start  automatically  A progress bar will be displayed    Note  If the system utilizes hot swap capable enclosures  you can add new physical   disks to the RocketRAID card in order to rebuild or modify an existing array  using the      Rescan    feature    Reminder  When adding disks manually  make sure to initialize the disk  see Preparing    Hard Disks    Only initialized disks can be used t
46. ns  which can be used specify the type of information presented  by the selected log  A maximum of 10 logs are listed in the utility at a time  use the     Prev    and    Next    button to turn the pages  Use the    Clear    button to delete all logs     Controller Setting   To access the Controller Settings page access the Controller menu  select    Settings     and press ENTER  Use  Shift   TAB  to select between different menu items      Radio  buttons  check boxes  editable fields  etc   and use the SPACE key to confirm the selection        HighPoint    3 5        RocketRAID 3522 BIOS Utility       Network Setting    Use this menu to configure the RocketRAID card   s network settings  Access the  Controller menu  select    Network    and press ENTER  You can select    Use automatic    config    to request the network information from the system  or configure the settings    manually     Channel Status  Normal    Normal  Normal  Normal  Normal  Normal  Normal    Name    JBOD_6        ea    ac address    2f  342d3 e5265 89  ll pee       or 2H 26H1   8212A   or 6L  40J2   or 2H  2  H1   DTLA 307015    8212A  or 6L646J2    Progress             WighPoint    Chapter 4   RocketRAID 3522 Driver and   Software Installation Microsoft Windows   2000  XP  2003 Server  Vista     Contents of this Chapter   Driver and Software CD    Windows Driver Installation    HighPoint    RocketRAID 3522 Driver and Software Installation       Driver and Software CD    The RocketRAID 3522 retail box 
47. nt raid ext3 defaults 0 0  4   Updating the Driver    1 If the original driver is installed in the system   s initrd  Initial RAM Disk  file  when  using a system installed to RocketRAID host adapter  for example   the driver module  in the initrd file should be updated using the mkinitrd command  or extract the initrd    file and replace the driver module manually      2 If the original driver is installed in the  lib modules    uname    r    kernel drivers scsi   directory  and loaded by the script file  Example  etc init d hptdriver  during the init  process  or the configure file  Example  etc modules conf   please replace it with the    new driver  hptiop o or hptiop ko    5   Uninstalling the Driver    To uninstall the RocketRAID 3522 driver    Note  The driver cannot be uninstalled while the system is booted from a disk or array  attached to the RocketRAID host adapter     To uninstall the driver  remove the lines added to  etc fstab  and remove the files    created in the  etc init d directory        HighPoint    Linux Driver Support       1   Red Hat Enterprise 5 Installation Overview    This section provides instructions describing how to install and utilize the RocketRAID    host adapter on a Red Hat Enterprise 3 Linux system     2   Installing Red Hat Enterprise 5  AS  ES  WS  Linux    on the RocketRAID 3522 controller   To install Red Hat Enterprise Linux onto disks or RAID arrays attached to RocketRAID  host adapter    Step 1 Prepare the Driver Diskette   The dr
48. nto  the system   s floppy drive    At the Hardware Wizard screen  select the floppy drive as the source  then click  the Next button  Select the appropriate operating system folder  then  click the  Next button    Windows will display a warning message that states the driver has    not been  signed     Select    Continue Anyway     then  click Finish when prompted  When  Windows asks to reboot the system  choose No    Windows will then display a second    Found New Hardware Wizard    window      repeat steps 1 through 4    Remove the Driver Installation diskette from the floppy drive  then Shut down    and restart the computer     Installation Verification    After the driver has been installed  and the system has been restarted     1     Click the Start button  then right click My Computer icon  Select the Properties  item from the popup menu    In the popup window  select Hardware tab and then click Device Manager button   Double click the    SCSI and RAID controllers    entry  If the RocketRAID 3522  device entry is not displayed  or there are         or          RocketRAID 3522 entry  the driver has not been installed properly  Delete the    marks displayed near the    entries and reinstall the driver     4 3       WighPoint    RocketRAID 3522 Driver and Software Installation       Installing the RocketRAID 3522 driver during a fresh Windows 2000 XP 2003 x64  installation    1  After booting from the Windows 2000 XP 2003 CD ROM  when the Windows  Setup blue screen appear
49. o rebuild RAID arrays     Verifying an Array    For a RAID 1 or RAID1 0 array  verify process compares the data of one mirror pair  with the other  For RAID 5  verify process calculates RAIDS parity and compares it to  the parity data on the array  Verification checks each sector on a drive  Periodic  verification of an array allows the disk drive firmware to take corrective actions on  problem areas on the disk  minimizing the occurrence of uncorrectable read and write    errors   To verify an array     1  Select menu    Manage   Array           HighPoint    Web RAID Management Interface    2  Highlight the desired RAID array  3  Click the    Maintenance    button     Click the Verify button to start the verify process    OCE ORLM   modifying existing RAID arrays   Expanding Migrating an Array   With the OCE ORLM function  you can migrate an array from one RAID level to   another RAID level and or expand the array dynamically  even under I O load  This   function implements both Online Capacity Expansion  OCE  and Online RAID Level   Migration  ORLM     To expand migrate an array    1  Select    Manage   Array    from the menu    2  Highlight the desired RAID array   3  Click the    Maintenance    button    4  Select the target array type    5  Click the    OCE ORLM    button    6  The OCE ORLM page will appear  The interface is similar to the array creation  wizard    Note    A  When expanding a JBOD array  all the original disks must be included in the   target array  and 
50. ology  combining the outstanding high performance capabili   ties of SATA II  with enterprise storage features  such as Native Command Queuing     NCQ   staggered drive spin up  and SAF TE enclosure management     The external mini SAS Interconnect System   Unparalleled flexibility    and outstanding performance    The RocketRAID 3522 supports a variety of connectors and cable assemblies that  make installation a snap  and ensure compatibility with a wide array of external  storage chassis and enclosures  These assemblies enable flexible approach to speed   dependent applications  ranging from 1 5 to 6 0 Gbps  with maximum capabilities up to  10 0 Gbps  The RocketRAID 3522 is an ideal and versatile multi faceted solution for    the growing server storage market   Intel 81341 I O Processor and RAID Off load Engine    The RocketRAID 3522 utilizes the Intel 81341 hardware I O processor for superior  RAID 6 and 5 parity calculations  The Off load engine relieves the mainboard   s CPU  from the burden of RAID related computations  allowing it to attend to other impor     tant system tasks        WighPoint    Introduction       Onboard Cache and Optional Battery Backup for optimal performance    and added security    256MB of DDR SDRAM with ECC protection is integrated into the RocketRAID 3522    for improved performance  and provides additional security in the case of critical    system failure  when used in conjunction with the optional battery back up unit     RocketRAID 3522   
51. on Overview    HighPoint    Linux Driver Support    1   Fedora 7 Linux installation Overview    This section provides instructions describing how to install and utilize the RocketRAID    host adapter on a Fedora 7 Linux system     2   Installing Fedora 7 on the RocketRAID 3522  Host Adapter    Note  If the OS is running kernel that differs from the one supported by the precompiled  driver  the precompiled drivers cannot be used  A driver can be built for this kernel using  the OpenSource package for the RocketRAID host adapter  This package is available  from our website  and is posted on the BIOS Driver page for the corresponding  RocketRAID host adapter     To install Fedora Linux onto hard disks or RAID arrays attached to RocketRAID host  adapter  follow the steps outlined below    Step 1 Prepare the Driver Diskette   The driver is contained in a floppy diskette image file    On a DOS or Windows system  a Fedora driver diskette can be generated using  rawrite exe  This utility is included on the Fedora Linux CD  under  dosutils   Run rawrite  using a command prompt window  and follow the directions it provides     On a Linux system  use the    dd    command to generate a boot diskette  Insert a floppy  disk into the floppy drive and type the following command      dd if fc6 1386 img of  dev fdO  Note  The driver disk image file depends on your core version and hardware   Step 2 Install Fedora Linux  Installation steps for Fedora 7  1  Boot from the Fedora Installation CD  
52. oppy    drive   6  Type in    boot    and continue with installation as normal  Refer to FreeBSD    installation guide for additional information   ok boot    Note  On some systems  when ACPI is enabled  FreeBSD may not function  properly  Try disabling ACPI in the motherboard   s BIOS settings  or type the  command    set hint acpi 0 disabled    1       under the boot prompt  in order to    solve the problem        HighPoint    me    7 3    FreeBSD Driver Support       Before exiting installation  an additional step must be taken to copy the    RocketRAID driver module to the system  On the driver diskette  there is a setup  script labeled    postinstall     which will complete this task  Before rebooting the    system  press Alt F4 to enter the command shell  and type the following    commands              mount  o ro  dev f  d0  mnt  sh  mnt postinstall    umount  mnt    Then  press Alt F1 to return to the setup screen  and choose  X Exit    Install  to finish setup     2   Installing the RocketRAID 3522 Driver on an Exist   ing System    If you are currently running FreeBSD and would like to access drives or arrays attached    to the RocketRAID host adapter  follow the steps outlined below     Step 1 Copy the Driver Module    If you have made FreeBSD drivers into a diskette  you can insert the driver diskette to    floppy drive  then using the following commands to copy the driver module     For FreeBSD 4 x      mount  o ro  dev f  d0  mnt     cp  mnt hptiop xxx ko  modul
53. pon the chassis design     Open the system chassis and locate an unused PCI E x8  or x16  slot     Remove the PCI slot cover   Gently insert the RocketRAID 3522 into the PCI E slot  and secure the bracket to    the system chassis     4  After installing the adapter  attach the disk enclosures to the RocketRAID 3522  the appropriate external Mini SAS cables     5  Consult the disk enclosure   s manual for proper hard disk installation procedures    Note  The Full RocketRAID 3522 product include the Rocket Ethernet board  The    Ethernet board can be removed to fit the 2U chassis in case of user won   t use the    OBM feature        HighPoint            TY          Ss  gt   aT    B    mar  i Wo  f 4           PCI Express siot    2 2      RocketRAID 3522 Hardware Description Installation    TY                   PCI Express slot    3   Verifying Installation    Once the RocketRAID 3522 host adapter and hard disks have been installed into the    disk enclosure  boot up the system to verify that the hardware is properly recognized     1  Power on the system  If the system detects the presence of the adapter  the  RocketRAID 3522 BIOS Utility will be displayed during bootup    2  Press Ctrl H to access the RocketRAID 3522 BIOS Utility    The BIOS Utility will display information about hard disks attached to the adapter    Make sure all attached disks are detected by this utility  If any of the hard disks are   not detected  power down the system and check the cable connections to bo
54. quipment and receiver       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    authority 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     
55. r software      When Windows asks     Windows needs your permission to continue     select     continue       3  Select    I don   t have disc  show me other options    and then select    Browse  my computer for driver software        4  Specify the location of the driver and click    Next           HighPoint    4 4      RocketRAID 3522 Driver and Software Installation    5  When asked     Would you like to install this driver software      select    Install      6  Reboot the system when prompted  The RocketRAID 3522 will be available    for use after Vista reboots   Installation Verification  After the driver has been installed  and the system has been restarted     1  Click the Start button  then right click My Computer icon  Select the Properties  item from the popup menu    2  Inthe popup window  select Hardware tab and then click Device Manager button   Double click the    SCSI and RAID controllers    entry  If the RocketRAID device       ey     entry is not displayed  or there are         or         marks displayed near the  RocketRAID entry  the driver has not been installed properly  Delete the entries    and reinstall the driver     Chapter 5  RocketRAID 3522  Web RAID Management Interface    Contents of this Chapter   1   Web RAID Management Interface  2   Preparing Hard disks  3   Array Management  4   Device Management  5   Configuring Spare Disks  6   Managing Events and Tasks    7   Settings    HighPoint    Web RAID Management Interface    1 Web RAID Management
56. s  look towards the bottom of the screen  Windows will  prompt you to press the F6 key if you want to install a third party SCSI or RAID  driver  Press the F6 key at this time    2  The setup procedure will continue  and will later instruct you to press the    S    key  to specify additional adapters  Press the    S    key as instructed    3  Next  the setup program will prompt for the insertion of the driver diskette  Please  insert the driver diskette  and then press ENTER to continue    4  The next window will display several driver options  Please select the  RocketRAID 3522 Controller for the corresponding operating system  and press  ENTER to continue     Windows Vista Driver Installation    Installing the driver during a fresh Windows Vista installation    Boot from Windows Vista DVD    2  When the screen    where do you want to install Windows    appears  click     Load driver    and browse for the driver location  Windows Vista can install  drivers from several media types  floppy diskette  USB flash disk or CD    3  Select the RocketRAID 3522 controller driver  and click    Next       The driver is now installed   you can now continue on with the installation    procedure   Installing the driver for an existing Windows Vista system    1  Install the RocketRAID 3522 host adapter into the PC  then boot up Windows  Vista    2  Windows should automatically detect the card  and display the    Found New  Hardware    wizard pop up window  Select    Locate and install drive
57. tep 2 Install SLES Linux    1  Start the install procedure by booting from SLES installation CD    2  After the CD boots  select the    Installation    option and press F6 to load the driver   3  Insert the Driver Diskette when it displays    Please insert the Driver Update floppy      4  When the    Diver Update Menu    is displayed  press    OK    and    back    for back to  installer    5  Next  Select    back    to return to the installer    6  Installation will now proceed normally  Refer to SLES Linux documents for additional    OS installation procedures     HighPoint       6 83      Linux Driver Support    Additional Installation Notes     The system device mapping order is the same as the order shown in RocketRAID  host adapter   s BIOS Setting Utility  If no other SCSI adapters are installed  the device  marked as    BOOT    or    HDDO    will be identified as  dev sda     HDD1    as  dev sdb      HDD     as  dev sdc  etc  When creating mount points   boot must be mounted on    dev sda     3   Installing the RocketRAID 3522 Driver on an Exist   ing System  If you are currently running SLES and would like to access drives or arrays attached  to the Rocket RAID host adapter  follow the steps outlined below   Note   1  Ifa SCSI adapter is used to boot the system  make sure the RocketRAID host adapter   s  BIOS loads posts after the SCSI adapter   s BIOS  It may be necessary to move the  adapter s  to another PCI slot   2  The driver may work incorrectly on certain moth
58. th the    card  and enclosure        HighPoint    RocketRAID 3522 Hardware Description Installation       4   Battery Backup    A battery backup option will be available as an optional add on component    The battery provides additional data security in case of a critical system failure    Data normally lost during a major system fault  such as a power outage or CPU failure   which was in transit at the time of the failure  stored in the card   s onboard cache   will  remain viable for up to 72 hours    The battery unit can be attached to the card using the BBU CONN    Attach the BBU into J8 of RocketRAID 3522 using the cable included with the BBU    unit        2 4           HighPoint    Chapter 3  RocketRAID 3522 BIOS Utility    Contents of this Chapter   RocketRAID 3522 BIOS Utility  1   BIOS Command Overview  2   Disk Menu  3   Array Menu  4   Controller Menu    WighPoint    RocketRAID 3522 BIOS Utility       RocketRAID 3522 BIOS Utility    The RocketRAID 3522   s BIOS Utility can be accessed using the    Ctrl H    command   This command should be displayed automatically when the RocketRAID 3522   s BIOS    screen appears during the system   s boot up procedure     1   BIOS Command Overview    The RocketRAID 3522 BIOS Utility provides a wide selection of RAID related    commands  These commands are displayed towards the top of the utility   s interface     Channel Status WCache Model Number    Normal W     HDS 724646KLSA8G  Normal     WD7SGBAYSY WD RE2  Normal W     HDS 7
59. these disks must be selected in the same order  as the original   array   If you want to migrate a JBOD array to another RAID level  only the first   member disk can be included in the target array  For example  a JBOD comprised   of 3 disks  1  2  3   can only be    migrated    using disk 1  Disks 2 and 3 cannot be   used     disk 1 would have to be combined with other disks attached to the   RocketRAID card    B  You cannot change an array to another type of array with a smaller capacity  In   some cases  a disk may need to be added to the RocketRAID card    During the OCE ORLM procedure  the redundancy level of the array will be the   lowest of the source and target arrays  e g  if you ORLM a RAIDO array to a RAIDI   array  the array will be non redundant until the procedure is complete    C  The OCE ORLM process can be aborted and continued at later time  However    you should always stop the transform progress from the RAID Management software     php     gt     Web RAID Management Interface    An unexpected system crash may result in data loss while performing OCE ORLM on  an array  We strongly recommend backing up data before starting the OCE ORLM  process    After the OCE ORLM procedure has completed  reboot the system    Other RAID related Functions    Renaming an Array    You are free to rename RAID arrays  This will not harm the array     data will not be lost   To rename an array     1  Select    Manage   Array    from the menu    2  Highlight the desired RAID arr
60. tically synchro   nizes it   s internal clock to match that of the selected server  If a NTP server is not    specified  the adapter will synchronize itself with the host system   s BIOS clock      gt  NOt    Chapter 2  RocketRAID 3522    Hardware Description Installation    Contents of this Chapter   RocketRAID 3522 Hardware  1   RocketRAID 3522 Adapter Layout  2   Installing the RocketRAID 3522 Host Adapter  3   Verifying Installation  4   Battery Backup    WighPoint    RocketRAID 3522 Hardware Description Installation  RocketRAID 3522 Hardware  1   RocketRAID 3522 Adapter Layout       coco cco pa T       esa 6888 BRERA occ  z J9 J8 J1  J24   m Z  3  PORTI    I PORT2    RocketRAID 3522             WN ARAOO OHOOO OAN OOOO NOORD    Port1  Port2    These represent the RocketRAID 3522   s two External Mini SAS ports  Each port can  support up to 4 hard disks     J1 SAF TE connector    SCL GND SDA vec  3 3V    BEEP    Speaker  Alarm  speaker   the speaker emits and audible alarm in the case of disk array failure   J8  BBU connector     Connector for battery backup unit  optional part         HighPoint    RocketRAID 3522 Hardware Description Installation       2   Installing the RocketRAID 3522 Host Adapter    Note  Make sure the system is powered off before installing the RocketRAID 3522    host adapter     The RocketRAID 3522 includes both standard and low profile brackets  It may be  necessary to attach the low profile bracket in place of the standard bracket  depend     ing u
61. x86   Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 0 driver  arnd64   SuSE Linux Enterprise 9 driver   SuSE Linux 6 x driver   SuSE Linux 9 0 driver   SuSE Linux 9 1 driver   SuSE Linux 9 2 driver   SuSE Linux 10 0 driver             6  Click on the    OK    button to create the driver diskette   To install the RAID software   1  Click on    Install RAID Management Software       7    ReadMe First    Create Driver Diskette    Browse the CD    Exit       2  Select the desired software from the drop down menu  and click on the    OK    button     HighPoint       RocketRAID 3522 Driver and Software Installation    Windows Driver Installation    Before installing the RocketRAID 3522 device driver  make sure the RocketRAID 3522    host adapter and all required hard disks have been installed into the system   s chassis     refer to the Hardware Installation section  pages 2 2  2 3      Installing the RocketRAID 3522 driver for an existing Windows XP 2003 x64 system    After the operating system has booted  Windows will automatically detect the  RocketRAID 3522  and request that a device driver be installed  To install the device    driver  follow the steps outlined below     1     When the    Found New Hardware Wizard    window appears  select    Install from a  list or specific location  Advanced      and click Next to continue    Click on the    Include this location in the search    option  and select the system   s  floppy drive  generally Disk A   Next  insert the Driver Installation diskette i
62. ystem device mapping order is the same as the order shown in RocketRAID  BIOS Setting Utility  If no other SCSI adapters are installed  the device marked as     BOOT    or    HDDO    will identified as  dev sda     HDD1    as  dev sdb     HDD     as     dev sdc  etc  When creating mount points   boot must be mounted on  dev sda     3   Installing the RocketRAID 3522 driver for an Exist   ing System    Note  If a SCSI adapter is used to boot the system  make sure the RocketRAID host  adapter BIOS loads posts after the SCSI adapter   s BIOS  It may be necessary to  move the adapter s  to another PCI slot     Step 1 Obtain the Driver Module    Extract the module file from the file modules cgz  from the driver disk  using the  following commands     mount  dev fdO    cd  tmp    gzip  dc  mnt floppy modules cgz   cpio  idumv  Driver modules for all supported kernel versions will be extracted  The driver module  for the active kernel is located under the directory that matches the kernel version     tmp    uname  1    hptiop ko    After you have extracted the driver module  you can load it by following commands     modprobe sd_mod    insmod hptiop ko  Arrays attached to the adapter can be accessed as SCSI devices  e g   dev sda    Step 2 Mounting and Partitioning the Device  Example  A RAID array has been configured between several hard disks   This array will be registered to the system as device     dev sda         To create a partition on this array  which will listed as  dev sd
    
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