Highpoint RocketRAID 2782 User Manual

RocketRAID 2782 6Gb/s SAS/SATA Host Adapter User Guide Revision: 1.1 Date: May 2011 HighPoint Technologies, Inc.

Hardware – Description and Installation 10 Hardware – Description and Installation 1-RocketRAID 2782 Host Adapter layout Port1-Port6 These represent

Hardware – Description and Installation 11 BEEP1-Speaker Alarm (speaker): the speaker emits and audible alarm in the case of Drive

Hardware – Description and Installation 12 4. After installing the adapter, attach hard drives to the host adapter using the data cable. Each Mini-

RocketRAID BIOS Utility 13 RocketRAID 2782 BIOS Utility The RocketRAID 2782 card will display its BIOS screen during the system's boot process.

RocketRAID BIOS Utility 14 BIOS Commands Create - this command is used to open the RAID Creation menu. Delete - this command will delete the sele

RocketRAID BIOS Utility 15 Highlight the target disks using the arrow keys, then select using Enter. You can use the arrow keys to select from the

RocketRAID BIOS Utility 16 1. Use the arrow keys to select the RAID level and press ENTER. 2. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Array Name op

RocketRAID BIOS Utility 17 (the screen will display 1 ports at a time. A numeral will be displayed before each selected disk. This number designates

RocketRAID BIOS Utility 18 the array, or N (no) key to cancel the creation process. 3 – Deleting Arrays Highlight the Delete command from the toolb

RocketRAID BIOS Utility 19 4 - Add/Remove Spare Disks This Add/Remove Spare command is used to assign a hard disk to act as a Spare Disk. Spare Disk

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RocketRAID BIOS Utility 20 Select Boot Device – select which disk or array will act as the boot disk, if the motherboard BIOS instructs the card to

HighPoint Software CD 21 HighPoint Software CD Each retail box includes a copy of the HighPoint Products Software CD. This CD can be used to gener

HighPoint Software CD 22 Device Driver Installation – Windows Operating Systems We recommend visiting the RocketRAID product pages for the latest W

HighPoint Software CD 23 4. Select “I don’t have disc, show me other options”. 5. And then select “Browse my computer for driver software”.

HighPoint Software CD 24 6. Browse to the location of the driver and click “Next”. 7. When asked: “Would you like to install this driver so

HighPoint Software CD 25 8. Reboot the system when prompted. The RocketRAID 2782 host adapter will be ready for use after Windows reboots.

HighPoint Software CD 26 Installing the driver during a fresh Windows 7, 2008, Vista installation 1. Boot from the Windows Installation DVD. 2.

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 27 HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) – Web GUI / CLI The HighPoint RAID Management Utility Suite,

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 28 1. Copy the Web RAID Management package from the RR2782 Software CD, to the desktop of the Linux operat

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 29 Debian/Ubuntu Linux Distributions – Installing the Web-based Management Utility For Debian/Ubuntu Linu

Table of Contents 3 Contents HIGHPOINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ... 6 HIGHPOINT ROCKETRAID 2782

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 30 Linux Distributions – Command Line Interface (CLI) Command Line interface versions of the RocketRAID ma

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 31 3) The HighPoint Web RAID Management Service install screen will display. Click Next to continue: 4)

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 32 5) Specify the Destination folder and click Next: Confirm the install location, and click“ Next”: 6

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 33 7) Specify the listening port. 7402 is the default setting, and recommended for most systems. 8) Ch

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 34 2 - Starting the Web GUI 1) Double-click the “HighPoint Web RAID Management” Icon on the Desktop to st

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 35 3 - Web GUI – Icon Definitions The Rocket RAID Web GUI uses a variety of Icons to represent various sta

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 36 9. ：This shows the OCE/ORLM procedure has been stopped or paused. 10.：This icon is displayed above “Leg

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 37 initialize and press “Submit”. The initialized disk can now be added to the array. Note: initializing d

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 38 3) When creating a Redundant Array (RAID 1, 5, 10, 50), specify an initialization method. Select Backg

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 39 Write Through – this option raises the level of data security. Data is written directly to disk when th

Table of Contents 4 Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS, Fedora Core, Open SuSE, SLES – Installing the Web-based Management utility ...

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 40 5 - Web GUI - Configuring Spare Disks The term “Spare Disk” refers to a hard disk, or dedicated disk spa

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 41 2) Click “OK” when the pop-up window is displayed. This will add the disk to the Spare Pool. 3) To r

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 42 To Rebuild an array: 1) Click “Maintenance” towards the right of the target array. 2) Click “Add Disk

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 43 4) The Web GUI will initiate the rebuild procedure, and display a progress bar. 7 - Web GUI - Maintain

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 44 Scheduling Tasks: 1) Enter a name for the task in the “Task Name” field. 2) Specify the frequency of

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 45 Click “SMART” besides each disk to see its SMART attribute status. SMART attributes vary based on t

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 46 failure. To access these features, select Settings – System from the utility toolbar: Automatic RAID

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 47 Enable Audible Alarm – enable or disable the card’s alarm. The alarm will sound if the disk or array sto

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 48 9 - Web GUI - Event Notification The RocketRAID 2782 host adapters will record Administrator activit

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 49 Configuring SMTP (E-mail) Notification The Web GUI provides an SMTP notification system – this feature

Table of Contents 5 Troubleshooting Checklist ... 58 THANK YOU ...

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 50 before the target E-mail address and click the “Delete” button. 10 - Web GUI - Advanced RAID Functions

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 51 1. The VSS option is provided towards the bottom of the Create Array menu. In this example a 4-disk RAI

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 52 5. Double-click “Administrative Tools”. 6. Double-Click “Computer Management”. 7. Under “Storage”

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 53 Disk Management 8. Click “Next” to continue

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 54 9. Click “Finish” to continue. 10. Right-click the “Unallocated” box and select “New Partition”. 11

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 55 Online Capacity Expansion and RAID Level Migration (OCE/ORLM) OCE/ORLM allows you to add hard disks to

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 56 3. The Web GUI will display the “Array Transforming” menu (similar to the create array menu). Array tra

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) 57 4. The Web GUI will notify you when the process starts. A progress bar will be displayed under the Stat

Customer Support 58 Customer Support If you encounter any problems while utilizing the RocketRAID 2782 host adapter, or have any questions about thi

Customer Support 59 Thank You Thank you for purchasing the RocketRAID 2782 SAS/SATA RAID Host adapter. We appreciate your support, and welcome any qu

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Customer Support 60 FCC Part 15 Class B Radio Frequency Interference statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits fo

HighPoint RocketRAID 2700 Series 7 HighPoint RocketRAID 2782 – PCI-Express 2.0×16 The RocketRAID 2782 host adapter is a high-performance SAS RAI

HighPoint RocketRAID 2700 Series 8 1 - Features and Specifications Host Adapter Architecture • PCI-Express x16 (Gen2) • Support up 32 SAS/SATA dr

HighPoint RocketRAID 2700 Series 9 HighPoint RAID Management (HRM) • Hot key (ctrl-h) boot-up RAID manager via BIOS • Web browser-base RAID mana