HighPoint Technologies 3530, 3540 User Manual
RocketRAID 3530/3540
SATAII Host Adapter
User’s Guide
Revision: 1.0
Date: September 2008
HighPoint T echnologies, Inc.
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Congratulations
1 - Features and Specifications .....................................................................................6
2 - Kit Contents .............................................................................................................8
Hardware Description and Installation
1 - RocketRAID 3540/3530 Host Adapter layout...........................................................8
2 - LED Connections ................................................................................................... 10
3 - Hardware Installation ............................................................................................. 11
4 - Verifying Installation ..............................................................................................12
5 - Battery Backup....................................................................................................... 12
RocketRAID BIOS Utility
1 - BIOS Command Overview ......................................................................................13
2 - Creating RAID Arrays............................................................................................ 18
3 - Deleting Arrays ......................................................................................................23
4 - Monitoring the Host Adapter, Arrays and Devices ...............................................24
5 - Maintaining Arrays ................................................................................................27
6 - Additional Functions and Settings ........................................................................ 32
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Table of Contents
Device Driver CD and HighPoint RAID Management
1 - Creating a Driver Diskette ......................................................................................35
2 - Device Driver Installation ......................................................................................36
3 - HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM) ......................................................43
Customer Support
Troubleshooting Checklist .........................................................................................49
Contact Us .................................................................................................................50
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Congratulations
Congratulations
You have purchased one of the highest performing and SATA hardware RAID
controllers available. The RocketRAID 3500 series offers the performance and data
protection features for homogeneous storage environments. The RocketRAID 3500
series meets the bandwidth requirements for high performance applications like video
capture and editing, CAD/CAM and digital graphics.
Remember to visit the HighPoint websites at http://www.highpoint-tech.com and http:/
/www.hptmac.com. There you can find information on all of HighPoint’s products with
F AQ’s, online manuals, BIOS and driver updates.
1 - Features and Specifications
Host Adapter Architecture
• T erabyteStream™ for Blazing Performance
• T erabyteSaver™ and TerabyteGuard™ for Data Protection and Reliability
• Intel IOP 81341(800MHz)
• PCI -Express x8 (compatible with x16 slot)
• 256 MB of DDR II memory with ECC protection
• RocketRAID 3530/3540 support up to 12/16 SAT AII drives
• Multi adapter support up to 4 adapters
• Intel RAID 6 (P+Q) for large capacity RAID arrays
• NVRAM for write journaling
• Battery Backup Unit (BBU) Optional
• RoHS compliant
Advanced RAID Features
• Support RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6,10, 50 and JBOD
• Multiple RAID support
• Multiple logical drive support
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Congratulations
• BIOS booting support
• BIOS PnP and BBS (BIOS boot specification)support
• Write through and write back cache
• Online array roaming
• Online capacity expansion (OCE) and Online RAID level migration (ORLM)
• Quick and Background initialization for instant RAID configuration
• Automatic RAID rebuild
• 64bit LBA support greater than 2TB per volume
• S.M.A.R.T monitoring hard drive status for reliability
• Staggered Drive Spinup
• (MAID) spin down drives in array when idle
• ATA pass-through mode support
• Firmware update while running the Operating System
Array Monitors, Alerts and Indicators
• SMTP for email notification
• Alarm / Buzzer alerts for drive failure
• SAF-TE (I2C) and SGPIO enclosure management
• SNMP for remote management
• Ethernet port for (OBM) Out of Band Management
• NTP (Network Time Protocol)
• Intelli-VRM. (Intelligent V irtual RAID Management)
• SHI – Storage Health Inspector (S.M.A.R.T. and disk maintenance)
HighPoint RAID Management ( HRM )
• Hot key (ctrl-h) boot-up RAID manager via BIOS
• Web browser-base RAID management software
• Command Line Interface (CLI)
• API library for customizing AP
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Operating System Support
• Windows XP, 2003, V ista, 2008 (32 and 64-bit versions)
• Linux (Fedora Core, Red Hat Enterprise / CentOS, SuSE)
• Mac OS X 10.4.x and above
• FreeBSD
Physical Specifications
Size: (202.0mm x 96.0mm) 7.95” L x 3.77” W
EMI: FCC Part 15 Class B and CE
Thermal and Atmospheric Characteristics:
W ork Temperature Range: +5 C ~+ 55 C
Relative Humidity Range: 5% ~ 60% non condensing
Storage T emperature: ~20 ~ 80 C
MTBF: 920,585 Hours
Congratulations
Electrical Characteristics:
2 - Kit Contents
Host Adapter
Mini-SAS to SATA cables
User Guide
HighPoint Products Software CD
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Hardware – Description and Installation
Hardware - Description and Installation
1 – RocketRAID 3540/3530 Host Adapter layout
RocketRAID 3540
RocketRAID 3530
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Hardware – Description and Installation
Port1-4 - These represent the RocketRAID 3530/3540’ s Internal Mini-SAS ports. Each
port can support up to 4 SATA hard disks. The RR3530 is 3 ports, and can support up
to 12 disks. The RR3540 is 4 ports, and can support up to 16 hard disks.
BEEP1 – (alarm/speaker): the speaker emits and audible alarm in the case of disk/array
failure.
A1-A4/F1-F4 – LED connections. “A” refers to the disk activity connectors, and
those marked “F” function as disk failure connectors
Note: The RocketRAID 3530 supports 12 disks, and only provides 3 LED connectors
for each function (A1-A3 ,F1-F3).
J17 - This jumper can be used to enable or disable the card’s alarm (BEEP1). The
alarm is enabled by default (the jumper is attached). To disable the alarm, remove the
jumper
J4 - This jumper supports SAF-TE interface (I2C).
J18 (BBU connector) - Connector for battery backup unit (optional part).
Ethernet Port - Ethernet port (U32) for Out of Band Management, support Net Time
Protocol.
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Hardware – Description and Installation
2 – LED Connections
LED connectors (Drive-activity/Drive-failure):. The RocketRAID 3530/3540 host
adapters have multiple LED connectors that are used to indicate the activity and
failure status of hard drives to the card’s SATA channels.
Active and Failure LED
Connectors A1-A4 provides LED support for Drive Activity , while connectors F1-F4
indicate Drive Failure.
ACT LED and Fail LED have 5 pins while we just explain 4 pin’ s function.
J4 – This jumper is the SAF-TE interface port (for disk enclosures/chassis)
SAF-TE jumper has 4 pins while we just explain 3 pin’s function.
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Hardware – Description and Installation
3 – Hardware Installation
Note: Make sure the system is powered-off before installing the RocketRAID host
adapter.
1. Open the system chassis and locate an unused PCI-Express x8.
2. Remove the PCI slot cover.
3. Gently insert the RocketRAID card into the PCI-Express slot, and secure the
bracket to the system chassis.(illustration shows RocketRAID 3540)
4 . After installing the adapter, attach the Mini-SAS connectors to the RocketRAID
Card’s Mini-SAS port, and to chassis backplane. Each Mini-SAS cable supports
up to 4 hard drives. Consult the chassis manual for proper installation
procedures.
5. Close and secure the system chassis.
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Hardware – Description and Installation
4 - Verifying Installation
Once the host adapter and hard disks have been installed into the chassis, boot-up
the system to verify that the hardware is properly recognized.
1. Power on the system. If the system detects the presence of the adapter, the
RocketRAID BIOS Utility will be displayed during boot up.
2. Press Ctrl+H to access the RocketRAID BIOS Utility. The BIOS Utility will
display information about hard drives attached to the adapter. Make sure all
attached drives are detected by this utility. If any of the hard drives are not
detected, power down the system and check the cable connections to both the
card and enclosure.
5 - Battery Backup
A battery backup option will be available as an optional add-on component. The
battery provides additional data security in case of a critical system failure. Data
normally lost during a major system fault, such as a power outage or CPU failure
which was in transit at the time of the failure (stored in the card’s onboard cache), will
remain viable for up to 72 hours. The battery unit can be attached to the card using
the BBU CONN. Attach the BBU into J18 of RocketRAID 3530/3540 using the cable
included with the BBU unit: (illustration shows RocketRAID 3540)
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RocketRAID BIOS Utility
RocketRAID BIOS Utility
The RocketRAID 3530/3540 card will display it’s BIOS screen during the system’s
boot process.
Press Control + H when prompted, to access the BIOS settings Menu.
1 - BIOS Settings Overview
The RocketRAID 3530/3540 BIOS utility is an interface that provides management
commands and controller related settings.
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RocketRAID BIOS Utility
Using the BIOS Utility
The following keys are utilized by the RocketRAID 3530/3540 BIOS utility:
F10 – press F10 to highlight the tool bar Menu.
Arrow keys – use these to move between different menu items
Enter – Open the selected toolbar command/execute the selected command.
Esc – move back to the previous menu, cancel the selected operation.
Tab – Switch between Disk and Array menus, move to next Menu item.
Space Bar – select an item (when selecting Block Size for a RAID configuration, for
example).
BIOS Menu Shortcuts
The BIOS interface can also be navigated using key stroke combinations (Alt +” X”).
When viewing the interface, letters highlighted in “red” represent the “X” values:
“S” – System
“D” – Disk
“A” – Array
“C” – Controller
“W” – Window
“H” – Help
“X” - Exit
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RocketRAID BIOS Utility
Logging In
The BIOS Utility has two interface modes: User and Supervisor
The User mode can only view information about the RocketRAID card, disks and
arrays.
The Supervisor mode is used to create/delete arrays, and configure RocketRAID
related settings. Supervisor mode requires a password – this is the same password
that you will need in order to use the Web Management interface.
Press F10 – this should bring you to the “System” toolbar command. Press Enter.
T o log on as a User, use the arrow keys to highlight “User mode”, and press Enter.
T o log on as Supervisor, select “Supervisor Mode”:, and press Enter .
You will be asked to enter the Supervisor password.
The default password is “hpt”.
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RocketRAID BIOS Utility
BIOS Commands
System
User/Supervisor modes – interface modes
Change password - for Supervisor mode
Exit the utility – quit and exit the RocketRAID BIOS utility
Disk
Information – displays information about the select hard disks
Initialize – initialize the selected disks (required in order to use new hard disks for
creating RAID arrays, disk replacement, or configuring spare disks.
Toggle Spare – configure spare disks.
Unplug – remove the selected disks (hot-swap)
Turn on write cache – enable write cache for the selected disks
T urn off write cache – disable write cache for the selected disks
Rescan – prompts the RocketRAID card to scan for new hard disks.
Array
Information – displays information about the selected RAID array
Create – Create a RAID array using the selected disks
Delete – Delete the selected RAID array
Unplug – Remove the selected RAID array (safe removal of disk members of the target
array - hot-swap)
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