HighPoint RocketRAID 3522 User Manual

RocketRAID 3522

External 8 Channel PCI-e SATA II IOP Based RAID Controller

Host Adapter Architecture

• TerabyteStream™ for blazing performance

• Intel IOP 81341

• PCI -Express x8 (x16 slot compatible)

• 256 MB of DDR II memory with ECC protection

• Write through and write back cache

• 2 External mini-SAS Channels up to 8 SATA I or SATA II Hard Drives

• Multi -adapter support up to 4 adapters

• BIOS booting support

• BIOS PnP and BBS (BIOS boot specification)support

• Intel RAID 6 (P+Q) for large capacity RAID arrays

• NVRAM for write journaling

• Battery Backup Unit Ready (BBU-03)

• RoHS Compliant

Advance RAID Features

• Support RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50, and JBOD

• Multiple RAID support

• Multiple Logical Drive Support

• Online array roaming

• Online capacity expansion (OCE) and Online RAID level migration (ORLM)

• Quick and Background initialization for instant RAID configuration

• Automatic drive insertion / removal detection and rebuild

• 64bit LBA support greater than 2TB per volume

• S.M.A.R.T monitoring hard drive status for reliability

• Staggered Spinup with user selection in BIOS

• (MAID) spin down drives in array is idle

Array Monitors, Alerts and Indicators

• SMTP for email notification

• SAF -TE (I2C) enclosure management

• Alarm / Buzzer alerts for array activity

• SNMP for remote management

• Ethernet board for (OBM) Out of Band Management

• NTP (Network Time Protocol)

RAID Management

• TerabyteSaver™ and TerabyteGuard™ for Data Protection and Reliabillity

• Firmware update in the Operating System

• Hot key (ctrl-h) boot-up RAID manager via BIOS

• API library for customizing AP

• Command Line Interface (CLI)

• Web browser-base RAID management software

• Disk scrubbing to prevent degraded RAID arrays on and Reliability

• Bad sector repair and remapping to reduce dropped drives

• ATA pass-through mode support

Operating System Support

• Windows (2000, XP, x64) Microsoft WHQL 2003 and Vista (32 and 64) BIT) certified

• Linux

• Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5

• FreeBSD

• Open Source Driver (GPL Licensed) into Linux Kernel 2.6.24

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RocketRAID 3522

EX PR ES S

External 8 Channel PCI-e SATA II IOP Based RAID Controller

ROCKETRAID 3522 HOST ADAPTER

The HighPoint RocketRAID 3522 is the world’s fastest external RAID controller utilizing Intel IOP341 processor.

The RocketRAID 3522 is the latest product in storage technology, leveraging the storage performance in SATA II and supporting the fastest available throughput while supporting enterprise level features such as Native Command Queuing (NCQ), staggered drive spin-up and SAF-TE (I2C) enclosure management support.

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.

Intel 81341 I/O Processor and SDRAM

The RocketRAID 3522 RAID Controller has an integrated hardware I/O processor for RAID 6 parity calculations. With the new I/O processor the system CPU is free to perform other important tasks. There is also 256MB of DDR SDRAM with ECC protection on the R

ocketRAID

3522 RAID Controller for improved performance.

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, Mac OS X and FreeBSD. GPL Licensed Linux drivers into main Linux kernel help customers easily install and configure the RocketRAID 3522.

PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Size: (167.0mm x 67.0mm) 6.75”L x 2.63”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 : 12 V 3.3V Power: 10W 1W

RocketRAID 3522 Specification

Host Side Interface

Device Interface

Number of Channels

Supported RAID Levels

Operating Systems Support

RAID Management Tool

Some Highlighted Features

PCI-e x8 (x16 slot compatible)

SATA I or SATA II

2 external mini-SAS Channels

RAID 0, 1, 3 , 5, 6,10, 50 and JBOD

Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and FreeBSD

BIOS Web based RAID Management Software and CLI

Hot swap/hot spare

64bit LBA for over 2TB partition support

SMART hard drive monitoring

SMTP support for email notification

OCE/ORLM

Automatic RAID Rebuild Online Array Roaming