HighPoint RocketRAID 2684 User Manual

RocketRAID 2684

4 Internal and 4 External PCI-Express x4 SAS RAID Controller

Host Adapter Architecture

• PCI-Express x4 (x8 and x16 slot compatible)

• 4 Internal SAS/SATA Device Ports and 4 External

SAS/SATA Device Ports

• Direct Connect up to 8 SAS/SATA Drives

• Low Profile

• RoHS compliant

Advance RAID Features

• Support RAID 0,1,5,10 and JBOD

• NCQ (Native Command Queuing)

• Multiple RAID support

• Multiple logical drive support

• BIOS booting support

• Automatic drive (insert / remove) detection

• Automatic RAID rebuild

• 64bit LBA support greater than 2TB per volume

Array Monitors, Alerts and Indicators

• Hard Drive LED Indicators (Active and Failed) for

internal channel.

• Email Notification

• Alarm/Buzzer alerts for drive/array failure

• SAF-TE (I2C) and SGPIO enclosure management
for internal channel.

RAID Management

• Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) and Online RAID
Level Migration (ORLM)

• Quick and Background initialization for instant RAID
configuration

• Write Back and Write Through support

• API library for customization

• CLI (Command Line Interface)

• Web GUI RAID management (local and remote
monitoring)

• Online Array roaming

• SHI (Drive analysis driven from S.M.A.R.T)

Operating System Support

• Windows (2000, XP, 2003 and Vista capable),

• Linux

• FreeBSD,

• Mac OS X

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RocketRAID 2684

EX PR ES S

8 Channel PCI-Express x4 SAS RAID Controller

RocketRAID 2684 HOST ADAPTER

The RocketRAID 2684 is a high-performance SAS RAID
solution, delivering reliability to demanding data-intensive
applications such as tiered storage environments (disk­to-disk), security and surveillance, video editing, and digital
content creation.Support for both SAS and SATA 3Gb/s
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 ens
compatibility. Drivers are available for all major operating
systems, including Windows , Linux, Mac OS X and
FreeBSD.

ure OS and hardware server

PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Size: (79.3mm*67mm) 3.12” L x 2.64” 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 ~ 80 C

MTBF: 920,585 Hours

Electrical Characteristics:

PCI-E

Power 6W max 0.5W max

3.3 V 12V

RocketRAID 2684 Specification

Host Side Interface

Device Interface

SAS Ports

Supported RAID
Levels

Operating Systems
Support

PCI- Express x4

SAS / SATA 3Gb/s

1 internal Mini-SAS and 1 external
Mini-SAS

RAID 0, 1,5,10, 50 and JBOD

Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and
FreeBSD

Company Information

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