HighPoint 750 User Manual

Rocket 750

40-Channel SATA 6Gb/s PCI-Express 2.0 x8 HBA

User’s Guide

Revision: 1.0

Jan. 6, 2013

HighPoint Technologies, Inc.

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Copyright

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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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The HighPoint Rocket 750 is the industry’s first 40-Port 6Gb/s SATA HBA. Powered by a PCIe 2.0 host interface and HighPoint’s Intelligent Storage Health Management Suite, and was designed for use with any standard PC hardware and software platform. The 10 industry-standard Mini-SAS ports are fully compatible with any generation of SATA hard disk, and directly support up to 160TB of storage capacity.

The HighPoint Non-RAID Management Software provides a user friendly interface to monitor and maintain your storage solutions.

1 Features and Specifications

Data Transfer Rate Up to 6Gb/s (per SFF-8087) Device Connector Type SFF-8087 ( Internal Mini-SAS) Number of Connectors 10 Host Bus Interface PCI Express 2.0 x8 speed Onboard Indicators /Monitor Alarm Buzzer , Fail and Active LEDs Device Supported Up to 40 SATA devices Physical Form Factor Full Height

Staggered Drive Spin Up

Supported Device Feature

Management Suites Intelligent Storage Health Manager

Operating System Support

Supported Storage Expansion Options Monitoring and Management Support

Hot-Plug and Hot-Swap Support Larger than 2 TB drive Support

Windows: 8 / 2012 / 7 / 2008R2 Linux: OpenSource Driver /Ubuntu /SLES /RHEL /Open SuSE / Fedora, FreeBSD

None

SGPIO, Active/ Fail LED, I2C

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2 Physical Specifications

Dimensions:

198 mm x 110 mm x 19 mm (7.80” L x 4.39” H x 0.06” W)

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°C ~ +80°C MTBF: 920,585 Hours

Electrical Characteristics:

PCI-E 3.3V 12V Power 4W max 1W max

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3 Kit Contents

• One Rocket 750 Host Adapter

• Software CD

• Quick Installation Guide

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Active/FAIL LED PIN connector: Active/Failed LED Pin Connectors Two pins are provided for each of the Rocket 750’s 40 device channels: one for disk activity, and one for disk failure. For more information about LED functionality and connection requirements, please refer to:

http://www.highpoint-tech.com/PDF/LED_connection.pdf

I2C interface can be used for enclosure monitoring. Audible alarm These represent the Rocket 750’s 10 Internal Mini-SAS ports. Each port can

directly support up to 4 hard disks.

will sound if a disk fails or stops responding.

4.3 Installing the Rocket 750 Host Adapter

Note: Make sure the system is powered-off before installing the Rocket host adapter.

1. Open the system chassis and locate an unused PCIe 2.0/1.0 (x8, x16) slot (or 3.0, x16).

2. Remove the PCI-E slot cover.

3. Gently insert the Rocket 750 HBA into the PCI-E slot, and secure the bracket to the system chassis.

4. After installing the adapter, attach the hard disks or backplane enclosure to the host adapter using the appropriate cables.

Note: Many server-level chassis include hard-drive hot-swap bays. For these system chassis, cables are attached to the chassis backplane, rather than directly to each individual hard drive. Consult the chassis manual for proper installation procedures.

5. Close and secure the system chassis.

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5 Rocket 750 BIOS Utility

After installing the Rocket 750, power on the system. The Rocket 750 BIOS should post during the system’s boot procedure. The BIOS does not include a management interface. The Rocket 750 and hosted devices can be managed at the operating system level, using the Intelligent Storage Health Manager interface.

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9 Thank You

Thank you for purchasing the Rocket 750 SATA 6Gb/s Host adapter. We appreciate your support, and welcome any questions, comments or product suggestions you may have.

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10 Customer Support

If you encounter any problem while utilizing Rocket & RocketRAID series host adapters, or have any questions about this or any other HighPoint Technologies, Inc. product, feel free to contact our Customer Support Department.

HighPoint Technologies, Inc. websites:

http://www.highpoint-tech.com/

Web Support:

http://www.highpoint-tech.com/websupport/ http://www.hptmac.com

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