HighPoint RocketRAID 2700 Series User manual

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Copyright
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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.

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CONTENTS
HIGHPOINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC……………………………………………….. 5
HIGHPOINT ROCKETRAID 2700 SERIES – PCI-EXPRESS 2.0………………….6
1 - Features and Specifications .....................................................................................................................7
Physical Specifications .................................................................................................. 8
2 - Kit Contents..............................................................................................................................................8
HARDWARE – DESCRIPTION AND INSTALLATION…………………………….9
ROCKETRAID BIOS UTILITY…………………………………………………….. 13
1 - BIOS Settings Overview ........................................................................................................................13
Using the BIOS Utility ................................................................................................ 13
BIOS Commands......................................................................................................... 13
2 - Creating RAID Arrays...........................................................................................................................14
3 – Deleting Arrays ......................................................................................................................................16
4 - Adding/Remove Spare Disks .................................................................................................................17
5 - Settings ....................................................................................................................................................19
HIGHPOINT SOFTWARE CD……………………………………………………..…19
Creating a driver diskette ...........................................................................................................................19
Device Driver Installation – Windows Operating Systems ......................................................................21
RocketRAID 2700 Windows Driver Installation ......................................................................................21
Windows XP, 2003 ....................................................................................................... 21
RocketRAID 2700 Windows 7/Vista/Windows 2008 Driver Installation ............... 24
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
Management utility ..................................................................................................... 29

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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
2 - Starting the Web GUI ............................................................................................................................37
3 - Web GUI – Icon Definitions ..................................................................................................................38
4 - Web GUI - Configuring an Array ........................................................................................................38
Initializing a new hard drive ...................................................................................... 38
Create an Array ........................................................................................................... 38
5 - Web GUI - Configuring Spare Disks ....................................................................................................41
To assign a Spare disk ................................................................................................. 41
6 - Web GUI - Recovering an Array ..........................................................................................................43
To Rebuild an array .................................................................................................... 43
7 - Web GUI - Maintaining RAID Arrays .................................................................................................46
Scheduling Tasks ......................................................................................................... 45
Removing Tasks ........................................................................................................... 46
SHI – Storage Health Inspector ................................................................................. 46
8 - Web GUI - Safeguarding your Array ...................................................................................................47
Automatic RAID Rebuilding...................................................................................... 47
9 - Web GUI - Event Notification ...............................................................................................................49
Configuring SMTP (E-mail) Notification.................................................................. 49
10 - Web GUI - Advanced RAID Functions (Windows VSS, OCE/ORLM)...........................................51
VSS – Variable Sector Size ......................................................................................... 51
Online Capacity Expansion and RAID Level Migration (OCE/ORLM)............... 56
Mac OS X Driver and Web-based RAID Management Utility……………………59
CUSTOMER SUPPORT……………………………………………………………….64
THANK YOU…………………………………………………………………………...65
Contact Us................................................................................................................................................... 65

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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
SMB (Small Medium Sized Business) to PC enthusiast.

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HighPoint RocketRAID 2700 Series – PCI-Express 2.0
RocketRAID 2710, 2711, 2720, 2721, 2722 HOST ADAPTERS
The RocketRAID 271x/272x host adapters are high-performance SAS RAID solutions, delivering
reliability to demanding data-intensive applications such as tiered storage environments (disk-to-disk or
disk-to-disk-to-tape backup), security and surveillance, video editing, and digital content creation.
Support for both 6Gb/s SAS and SATA drives on the same controller maintains configuration optimization
for performance based on the characteristics of SAS and SATA drives available today.
HighPoint RAID Management HighPoint RAID Management software offers a user friendly interface to
create, manage and maintain your storage solutions. Email notification and remote are some of the advance
features that the 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
FreeBSD.

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1 - Features and Specifications
Host Adapter Architecture
PCI-Express x8 (Gen2)
Support up to 4/8 SAS/SATA drives
1 Internal MiniSAS Connectors (SFF-8087) (RocketRAID 2710)
2 Internal MiniSAS Connectors (SFF-8087) (RocketRAID 2720)
2 External MiniSAS Connectors (SFF-8088) (RocketRAID 2722)
1 External MiniSAS Connector (SFF-8088) / 1 Internal MiniSAS Connector (SFF-8087)
(RocketRAID 2721)
1External MiniSAS Connector(SFF-8808)(RocketRAID 2711)
Hot Swap and hot plug
Low Profile
RoHS complaint
Advanced RAID Features
Supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and JBOD
NCQ (Native Command Queuing)
Auto detect of unplug/plug SAS/SATA hard drive for RAID auto rebuild
Staggered drive spin up
Support bad sector repair feature
Support Disk Scrubbing
BIOS Booting (INT13) to RAID array for better redundancy
64bit LBA for RAID arrays greater than 2TB single partition
S.M.A.R.T array monitoring for hard drive status and reliability
Array Monitors, Alerts and Indicators
Hard Drive LED Indicators (Activity and Failed) (except RocketRAID 2722)
SMTP email notification for events and error reporting
Alarm/Buzzer alerts for drive/array failure
SAF-TE (I2C) and SGPIO enclosure management
RAID Management
Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) and Online RAID Level Migration (ORLM) for
Windows/Linux/FreeBSD
Quick and Background initialization for instant RAID access
API library for customization
CLI (Command Line Interface)0p
Web GUI RAID management (local and remote monitoring)
Online array roaming
SHI (Drive analysis driven from S.M.A.R.T)
Array Monitors, Alerts and Indicators
SMTP for email notification
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)
Command Line Interface (CLI)
Operating System Support
Windows XP, 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 2008, Windows 7 (32 and 64-bit versions)
Linux (Fedora Core, Red Hat Enterprise / CentOS, SuSE, Debian, Ubuntu)
FreeBSD
Mac OS X (RR2711/2722)

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Physical Specifications
Dimensions:
Size: 96.3mm X 65.0mm (RocketRAID 2710//2720)
Size: 120.0mm X 68.0mm (RocketRAID 2711/2721/2722)
EMI: FCC Part 15 Class B and CE
Thermal and Atmospheric Characteristics:
Work Temperature Range: +5 C ~+ 55 C
Relative Humidity Range: 5% ~ 60% non-condensing
Storage Temperature: -20 ~ +80 C
MTBF: 920,585 Hours
Electrical Characteristics:
PCI-E 3.3V 12V
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

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2 -
Init
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