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  • Page 1 Rock k etRAI I D 2700 0 SAS 6Gb/s PCI-E Express Host A Adapte ers Use er’s Gu uide Revision: 2.1 Date: D December 2011 HighP Point Tech hnologies s, Inc.
  • Page 2 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.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

      Linux and FreeBSD Device Driver installation ..................28   HIGHPOINT RAID MANAGEMENT UTILITIES (HRM) – WEB GUI / CLI…...29   Windows Operating Systems – Installing the Web GUI From the Software CD........29 Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS, Fedora Core, Open SuSE – Installing the Web-based...
  • Page 4 Debian/Ubuntu Linux Distributions – Installing the Web-based Management Utility ..........................30   Linux Distributions – Command Line Interface (CLI) ........... 30 1 - Installing the Web GUI (v1.5) - Windows Operating Systems (2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, Windows 7) ..............................30  ...

  • Page 5: Highpoint Technologies, Inc

    HighPoint Technologies, Inc. HighPoint Technologies, long recognized as a leader in mass storage technologies specializes in the design and manufacturer of HBA (Host Bus Adapters) and HighPoint RAID IP (Intellectual Property). HighPoint provides a broad range of scalable hardware HBA’s that meet the storage requirements from Enterprise to...

  • Page 6: Highpoint Rocketraid 2700 Series - Pci-Express 2.0

    RAID Management software has to offer. COMPREHENSIVE OS SUPPORT HighPoint offers the broadest range of support for all major operating systems to ensure OS and hardware server compatibility. Drivers are available for all major operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and...

  • Page 7: Features And Specifications

     Alarm/ Buzzer alerts for drive failure  SHI – Storage Health Inspector (S.M.A.R.T. and disk maintenance)  HighPoint RAID Management (HRM)  Hot key (ctrl-h) boot-up RAID manager via BIOS  Web browser-based RAID management software (Web GUI) ...

  • Page 8: Physical Specifications

    Electrical Characteristics: PCI-E 3.3V Power 4W max 1W max 2 - Kit Contents  RocketRAID Host Adapter  User’s Guide  HighPoint RAID Management and Device Driver CD  SFF-8087 cables (x2 for RR2720, x1 for RR2710/RR2721)  Low-profile bracket...

  • Page 9: Hardware - Description And Installation

    HARDW ARE-DES SCRIPIO ON AND I INSTALL LATION 1-RocketR RAID 271 1x/272x H Host Adap pter layou 1.1 – Rocke etRAID 271 10/2720 Illustration sh hows RocketR RAID 2720 Port1, Port2 These represe nt the RocketR RAID 2720’s 2 Internal Min ni-SAS ports.
  • Page 10 This jumper su upports SAF-T TE interface ( (I2C). Pin Numb N description Pin1 Pin2 Pin3 1.2 – Rocke etRAID 272 21/2722 Port 1, Port2 , Port3 These represe nt the RocketR RAID 272x’s Mini-SAS por rts. Port1 is the in nternal Mini-SA AS port (SFF- -8087).
  • Page 11 Port2 and Port t3 are external l Mini-SAS po orts (SFF-808 Each port can support up to o 4 SATA/SAS S hard disks. LED Connec tions LED connecto ors (Drive-acti ivity/Drive-fai ilure): The Ro ocketRAID 27 21 host adapte er has 2 LED connectors tha at are used to indicate the ac...
  • Page 12 4. After inst talling the ada apter, attach ha ard drives to th he host adapte er using the da ata cable. 5. The Rock ketRAID 2720 0 (illustration) utilizes 2 Min ni-SAS to Min ni-SAS Cables s (included in each retail box 6.

  • Page 13: Rocketraid Bios Utility

    cketRAI ID BIOS S Utility The R RocketRAID 2 2700 card wil l display it's B BIOS screen du uring the syste em's boot proc cess. Press s Control + H when prompte ed, to access t the BIOS settin ngs Menu.

  • Page 14: Creating Raid Arrays

    Creating RAID Ar rrays Initi ializing Dis sks: Befo re creating a RAID array, the disks mu ust be initializ zed. Disk init tialization wri ites necessary y RAID confi iguration info ormation to th he hard disks. . Select the In nitialize comm mand from th he toolbar, an...
  • Page 15 1. U Use the arrow w keys to select t the RAID lev vel and press E ENTER. 2. U Use the arrow w keys to highl ight the Array y Name optio n and press En nter. The array y name dialog gue box will appear.

  • Page 16: Deleting Arrays

    Note e: Multiple arr rays can be cre eated using the e same set of h hard disk drive es. The Capac city option allo you t to set aside dis sk space that b be used to crea ate another arr ray, set as a sp pare disk, or pa artitioned to a...

  • Page 17: Adding/Remove Spare Disks

    rning: all data a stored on th he array will b be lost – do no ot delete if th he array conta ains critical d data. 4 - A Adding/R Remove Sp pare Disk This Add/Remove Spare comma and is used to assign a hard disk to act as a Spare Disk.

  • Page 18: Settings

    Settings To ac ccess the Setti ings menu, hig ghlight the Set ttings comman nd from the to oolbar, and pre ess Enter. Selec ct Boot Devic e – select whi ch disk or arra ay will act as t the boot disk, if the motherb board BIOS in...

  • Page 19: Highpoint Software Cd

    ghPoint t Softwa are CD Each h retail box inc cludes a copy o of the HighPo oint Products S Software CD. This CD can be us ed to generate e driver diskett tes, and instal l the HighPoin nt RAID Mana agement Utilit ty Suite for a...
  • Page 20 R RocketRAID download p pages for the e latest Wind dows Device Driver upda ates: http:/ //highpoint-tec ch.com Selec ct BIOS&Dr river – this w will display a a list of our controller c ard products . Click on th...

  • Page 21: Device Driver Installation - Windows Operating Systems

    cketRAID 2 2700 Windo ows Driver Installation Wind dows XP, 200 Insta alling the Ro ocketRAID d driver for an existing Win ndows system After r the operatin g system has booted, the H Hardware Wiz zard will dete ected the card and request t that the Devi...
  • Page 22 3. C Click on the “ Include this lo ocation in the search” option n, and click “B Browse”. Brow wse to the loca ation of the dri iver and click Next. 4. W Windows will display a war rning message e that states the e driver has “n not been...
  • Page 23 5. C Click finish w when prompted d. When Windo ows asks to re eboot the syste em, choose Ye Insta alling the Ro ocketRAID d driver during g a fresh Win ndows installa ation 1. Af fter booting fro om the Windo ows CD or DV VD-ROM, whe...

  • Page 24: Rocketraid 2700 Windows 7/Vista/Windows 2008 Driver Installation

    Rock ketRAID 2700 0 Windows 7/ /Vista/Windo ows 2008 Driv ver Installatio Insta alling the dri iver for an ex xisting Wind dows 7, Vista and 2008 sys stem 1. I Install the Roc cketRAID hos st adapter into the PC, then b boot up Windo Vista.
  • Page 25 4. S Select “I don’t t have disc, sh how me other o options”. 5. a and then selec ct “Browse my y computer for r driver softwa a re”.
  • Page 26 6. B Browse to the location of th he driver and c click “Next”. 7. W When asked: “ “Would you li ike to install th his driver softw w are?”, select t “Install”.
  • Page 27 8. R Reboot the sys stem when pro ompted. The R RocketRAID h host adapter w will be ready fo or use after Wi indows reboots. Insta alling the dri iver during a a fresh Wind ows 7, 2008, Vista install ation 1.

  • Page 28: Linux And Freebsd Device Driver Installation

    Linu ux and Fre eBSD Devi ice Driver in nstallation Binar ry and source e driver upda ates are routin nely posted fo for a variety o of older Linu ux operating s systems inclu uding past vers sions of Red H Hat Enterprise, , CentOS, Ope enSuSE, and F...

  • Page 29: Highpoint Raid Management Utilities (Hrm) - Web Gui / Cli

    RAID M Managem ment Ut tilities (H HRM) – Web G GUI / HighPoint RA AID Managem ment Utility S Suite, also kno own as “HRM M”, includes s several user in nterface optio ons. The latest t version of th...

  • Page 30: Debian/Ubuntu Linux Distributions - Installing The Web-Based Management Utility

    Command Line interface versions of the RocketRAID management utilities are available for Linux and FreeBSD operating systems. These packages are posted on the HighPoint Technologies, Inc. website, under the BIOS & Driver downloads page for the RocketRAID 272x (RR2720, 2722) and 2710.
  • Page 31 Click k “Run” to con ntinue: 2) T The HighPoin nt Web RAID M M anagement S Service install l screen will d d isplay. Click N Next to contin n ue:...
  • Page 32 3) C Click Yes to in nstall the Man nagement utilit 4) S Specify the De estination fold der and click N Next: Conf firm the install l location, and d click Next:...
  • Page 33 5) S Select the SAF F-TE configur ration file for the system’s c chassis. If the system does not support SA AF-TE, select the defa ault option “Sk kip and Config gure Later”.
  • Page 34 6) S Specify the lis stening port. 7 7402 is the def fault setting, an nd recommend ded for most s systems. 7) C Choose to ena able or disable e Remote Acc cess. Remote a access allows the card to be e managed via a a Web browser from a separate sys...
  • Page 35 8) C Click OK to complete the in n stallation pro ocedure:...
  • Page 36 2 - S Starting the e Web GUI 1) D Double-click t the “HighPoin nt Web RAID Management” ” Icon on the the Desktop t to start the We eb GUI. The system’s d default Web B Browser will o pen the follow wing page: 2) T...

  • Page 37: Starting The Web Gui

    3 - W Web GUI – – Icon Defin nitions Rocket RAID D Web GUI uses a varie ety of Icons t to represent various state es or function ns. The follo owing is a list of common i icons, and the eir definitions ：“Critical-b broken”...

  • Page 38: Web Gui - Icon Definitions

    4 - W Web GUI - - Configurin ng an Arra This guide assume es that the hard d disks have a already been in nstalled into th he external ch hassis, and atta ached to the c ard. These har rd disks must b be initialized b before they ca...
  • Page 39 To cr reate an array: 1) Select the e desired RAID D level from th he Array Type e drop down m menu: 2) Name the e array – enter a name for th he array, using the Array Nam me filed (optio onal).
  • Page 40 the Foregroun nd option. 4) If you are e creating a Re edundant Arra ay (RAID 1, 5, , 10), specify t the array’s Ca che Policy. If you are creating a a JBOD or RA AID 0 array, s skip to step 6 .

  • Page 41: Web Gui - Configuring Spare Disks

    5 - W Web GUI - Configurin ng Spare Di isks The t term “Spare D Disk” refers to a hard disk, o or dedicated di isk space, that t is used to reb build a RAID a array in the c case of hard d disk failure.
  • Page 42 2) Click “OK K” when the p pop-up window w is displayed d. This will ad dd the disk to t the Spare Pool 3) To remov ve a Spare Dis k from the Sp pare pool, click k the box befo ore the target S Spare Disk, an nd click...

  • Page 43: Web Gui - Recovering An Array

    6 - W Web GUI - Recovering g an Array When n a redundant array’s status s is ”Critical”, , fault toleranc ce is disabled. The array is c can be used in n this form mat, but should be rebuild as soon as possib ble.
  • Page 44 2) Cl lick “Add Disk k”. 3) Se elect the desire ed drive and c lick “submit. 4) Th he Web GUI w will initiate the e rebuild proce edure, and dis s play a progres s s bar.

  • Page 45: Scheduling Tasks

    Web GUI - - Maintaini ng RAID A Arrays Regu ular scheduled d RAID Mai intenance is e essential to d data security. We recomm mend routine e RAID verifi fication session ns to ensure t the parity of redundant arr rays is properl ly synchroniz ed.

  • Page 46: Web Gui - Maintaining Raid Arrays

    moving Tasks From m the task List t, Check the b ox before the target Task an nd click “Delet te”. – Storage He ealth Inspecto Storage He ealth Inspecto or section p provides real -time device e related inf formation inc cluding temp perature readin...

  • Page 47: Web Gui - Safeguarding Your Array

    SMART attrib butes vary bas ed on the disk k model and m manufacturer. T This informati ion is reported d by the drives themse elves – SHI si imply displays s and organize es this data. I If any attribut e is reported to have failed, or gene...
  • Page 48 Enab ble Audible A Alarm – enab ble or disable the card’s ala arm. The alarm m will sound if the a disk o or array stops s responding. Even nt Log Path – – Use this to se elect the locati ion of the Web b GUI’s event log.

  • Page 49: Web Gui - Event Notification

    9 - W Web GUI - Event Noti ification The R RocketRAID 2700 host ada apters will rec cord Administ trator activity or RAID relat ted errors to t he Web GUI’ ’s Event Log g. Data record ded to the ev vent log is cla assified as an n “event”.
  • Page 50 1) Enable ev vent notificatio on – click on t the box provid ded before “En nable Event N otification”. 2) Enter the E-mail Server r Address. 3) Specify th he E-mail “Fro om” address. 4) Specify th he user login n name.

  • Page 51: Web Gui - Advanced Raid Functions (Windows Vss, Oce/Orlm)

    10 - Web GUI - Advanced d RAID Fun nctions (W Windows VS S, OCE/OR RLM) – Variable Se ector Size Varia able Sector siz ze allows you specify the sec ctor size when n creating a RA AID array. This feature allow ws older, 32-bi...
  • Page 52 2. A After selecting g the block siz ze, the Web GU UI will display y a warning m message: Selec ct OK to conti inue. Click the e “Create” butt ton once more e to create the array. 3. T The Web GUI I will notify yo ou that the arra...
  • Page 53 5. D Double-click “ “Administrativ ve Tools”. 6. D Double-Click “Computer M Management”. 7. U Under “Storag ge”, click on th he folder icon n labeled “Disk k Managemen nt”. Disk Mana agement shou u ld open the Disk Wiza ard.
  • Page 54 Disk k Managemen 8. C Click “Next” t to continue...
  • Page 55 9. C Click “Finish” ” to continue. 10. R Right-click the e “Unallocated d” box and sel lect “New Par r tition”. 11. P Partition and f format the arra ay as desired.

  • Page 56: Online Capacity Expansion And Raid Level Migration (Oce/Orlm)

    Onli ne Capacity E Expansion an nd RAID Leve el Migration (OCE/ORLM E/ORLM allow ws you to add d hard disks to o an existing R RAID array, a and/or convert t the array to another RAID D level. Data a stored on th he array is no t lost during...
  • Page 57 a) Targe et Name – Th he GUI will a ask that you e enter a “new” name for ref ference (the p previous RAID D configuratio on will be dis splayed until the procedur e is complete e). The name can be chang ged after the a...
  • Page 58 4. T The Web GUI I will notify yo ou when the pr rocess starts. A A progress bar r will be displa ayed under the e Status column of the Manage-Arra ay menu. 5. A After the expa ansion/migrati ion process is complete, Di sk Manageme...

  • Page 59: Mac Os X Driver And Web-Based Raid Management Utility

    ac OS X Driver a and Web b-based R RAID M Managem ent Utili The R RocketRAID 2722 is comp atible with M ac OS X. The e OS X softwa are package in ncludes the dri iver and GUI managem ment utility.
  • Page 60 c OS X Driv ver and RA AID Manag gement Inst tallation The d driver and sof ftware package es for the Roc cketRAID 272 2 include both h the device dr river for OS X X, and a copy y of the Web R RAID Manage ement utility.
  • Page 61 Selec ct the installati ion destination n. Make sure t to install this p p ackage to the e system boot drive. Click k “Continue”. Click k “Install”...
  • Page 62 OS X X may request that the user a account passw word be entere d. Enter the pa assword and c click “OK”. The i installer will n now install the e driver and W Web GUI for th he RR2722 con ntroller.
  • Page 63 Click k “Restart” – after OS X reb boots, the card d will be recog gnized by the system. After r OS X reboots s, check Syste em Profiler (A About This Ma ac, More Info rmation), and d click on “PC CI Cards”.

  • Page 64: Customer Support

    Troubleshooting Checklist Before contacting our Customer Support department:  Make sure the latest BIOS, driver and HighPoint RAID Management software has been installed for the host adapter. The latest updates are available from our website.  Prepare a list of the computer system’s hardware and software (motherboard, CPU,...

  • Page 65: Thank You

    Support: support@highpoint-tech.com HighPoint China 4th Floor Kehaifulin Building, N0. 12 Zhong Guan Cun South Rd. Haidian District Beijing, China 100081 Website: http://www.highpoint-tech.cn/ Phone: + 86-10-6213-0920 (9 am ~ 6 pm) Fax: + 86-10-6897-5074 Sales E-mail: sales@highpoint-tech.cn Support E-mail: support @highpoint-tech.cn...
  • Page 66 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.

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