HighPoint RocketRAID 2722 User Manual

Advanced management features allow

HighPoint RocketRAID 2700 HBA’s are

Complete, Flexible Upgrade Paths

HighPoint 6Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID HBA’s

The Industry’s Most Cost-Effective, Comprehensive Selection of SAS/SATA 6Gb/s RAID HBA’s

RocketRAID 2700 Series

PCI-E 2.0 x8/x16 6Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID HBA’s

the most diverse, versatile and cost­effective RAID HBA’s available in today’s
marketplace. Powered by our industry­proven RAID technology, industry­standard Mini-SAS connectivity with
support for up to 32 devices and PCI­Express 2.0 x8 and x16 bus speeds,
RocketRAID 2700 HBA’s can be easily
integrated into a variety of hardware
and software platforms, and are ideal
for cost-effective, high-density SMB
applications.

HighPoint RAID Technology

For over a decade, HighPoint has strived
to take the cost and complexity out of
RAID. HighPoint was the first to
introduce affordable RAID 5 solutions to
the storage marketplace, for both SMB
and consumer applications. Our
industry-proven Value-RAID technology
keeps costs in check by fully utilizing
available system resources in order to
optimize data transfer and security, and
supports a wide-range of storage
configurations including RAID 0, 1, 5, 6,
10, 50 and JBOD.

Wide Selection of RAID HBA

Configurations

Powered by industry-standard Mini-SAS
connectivity with support for up to 32
devices, and PCI-Express 2.0 x8 and x16

RocketRAID 2700 HBA’s are fully
backwards compatible with SAS/SATA
3Gb/s devices, PCI-Express 1.0 and 2.0
motherboards, and are compliant with
all major operating systems including
Windows, Linux, FreeBSD & Mac OS X.

RAID arrays can be freely moved to any
other RocketRAID 2700 HBA. Upgrading,
scaling and expanding storage has never
been easier.

Comprehensive RAID & Storage
Management Interface

The streamlined web-based user

interface simplifies the storage
configuration process and allows
customers to quickly asses total
available capacity, the status of
individual hard drives or SSD’s, and the
health of storage configurations.
Optional auto rebuild and hot spare
features add additional layers of data
security to redundant RAID 5 and 6
configurations.
Administrators can designate unused
drives to automatically take the place of
failed units or configure the RocketRAID
HBA to immediately initialize rebuild
process by simply plugging in a new
drive.

bus speeds, RocketRAID 2700 HBA’s can
be easily integrated into a variety of
hardware and software platforms, and
are ideal for cost-effective, high-density
SMB applications.

Feature Highlights

• HighPoint Turbo RAID

Technology: RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10,
50 JBOD

• Wide Selection of HBA RAID

Configurations: 4-32 Ports

• Complete, Flexible Upgrade

Paths

• Comprehensive RAID & Storage

Management Interface

customers to manage storage

remotely via an internet connection
or local network, and configure
Email notification to inform one or
more users of changing storage
conditions while outside of the work
environment. In addition, optional
CLI packages are available for Linux
and FreeBSD platforms.

RocketRAID 2720SGL - 2x SFF-8087 (Mini-SAS)

RocketRAID 2721 - 1x SFF-8087&1x SFF-8088 (Mini-SAS)

RocketRAID 272x -8x 6Gb/s SAS/SATA Channels
RocketRAID 271x -4x 6Gb/s SAS/SATA Channels

Bus Interface

PCIe 2.0 x8

Form Factor

Low Profile

RocketRAID 2720SGL/2710 -96.3mm*65mm / RocketRAID 2722/2711/2721 ­120mm*68mm

RocketRAID 2720SGL - 0.12lb

RocketRAID 2721 - 0.18lb

FreeBSD

Driver embedded into FreeBSD 9.0 and later

Mac OS X 10.6 and later

Driver embedded into Mac OS X 10.8 and later

Flash ROM for Upgradeable BIOS

Yes

Storage Health Inspector

Yes

Redundant RAID Configurations

Yes

BIOS PnP (plug and play) and BBS (BIOS boot
specification) support

Write Back and Write Through

Yes

HighPoint 6Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID HBA’s

RocketRAID 2700 PCIe x8 RAID Controllers Feature Specifications

RocketRAID 2710 - 1x SFF-8087 (Mini-SAS)

Port Type

Number of Channel / Port

Number of Devices

RocketRAID 2722 - 2x SFF-8088 (Mini-SAS)
RocketRAID 2711 - 1x SFF-8088 (Mini-SAS)

RocketRAID 272x: 8x SAS /SATA Hard Drive or SSD / 2x SAS LTO devices
RocketRAID 271x: 4x SAS /SATA Hard Drive or SSD / 1x SAS LTO devices

Dimensions

Weight

RocketRAID 2710 - 0.11lb
RocketRAID 2722 - 0.19lb
RocketRAID 2711 - 0.18lb

RAID Mode 0, 1, 5, 6(1), 10, 50 and JBOD / Non-RAID Mode

Operating System

Window Server 2008 and Window 7 and later

Linux: RedHat Enterprise, Open SuSE, Fedora Core, Debian, Ubuntu

Advanced RAID Features

Bootable RAID Array Yes

EFI for Mac Platform Yes

Multiple RAID Partitions supported Supports up to 4 RAID partition per disk

Storage Configurations Support Details Direct Attached

Multiple RAID Adapters supported Supports up to 4 RAID controllers per system

Online Array Roaming Yes

Online RAID Level Migration (ORLM) Yes

Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) Yes

RAID Initialization Background/Foreground/Quick Yes

Global Hot Spare Disk support Yes

Automatic and configurable RAID Rebuilding Priority Yes

Disk Format compatible: 512, 512e, 4Kn Yes

Larger than 2 TB Drive and RAID Array support Yes

Spin down Massive Arrays of Idle Disks support Yes

Native Command Queuing Yes

Staggered Drive Spin Up Yes

Yes: RocketRAID 2720SGL, 2710