RocketRAID 2640X4 SAS Host Adapter User’s Guide Revision: 1.0 Date: March 2008 HighPoint Technologies, Inc.
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Table of Contents Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 1 - About this Guide ...................................................................................................1-1 2 - Introducing the RocketRAID 2640X4 Host Adapters ...........................................1-1 3 - Product Features ...................................................................................................1-1 4 - Understanding RAID Concepts and Terminology ................................................
Table of Contents Chapter 4 Driver and Software Installation Microsoft Windows 1 - Driver and Software CD ........................................................................................ 4-1 2 - Windows Driver Installation .................................................................................4-3 3 - Windows Vista Driver Installation..................................................................................
Table of Contents Chapter 8 Mac OSX Driver and RAID Management Software 1 - Installing the driver and RAID utility ....................................................................8-1 Appendix Customer Support Customer Support ....................................................................................................
Chapter 1 Introduction Contents of this Chapter: About this guide Introducing the RocketRAID 2640X4 SAS Host Adapter Product Features Understanding RAID Concepts and Terminology
Introduction About this Guide The RocketRAID 2640X4 SAS Host Adapter’s User’s Guide provides information about the functions and capabilities of this host adapter product, and instructions for installing, configuring and maintaining RAID arrays hosted by this adapter cards.
Introduction Alarm/Buzzer alerts for drive/array failure Enclosure Management support with I2C and SPGIO 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) SHI (Drive analysis driven from S.M.A.R.
Introduction functions of the RocketRAID Host Adapter cards. Disk Status New The disk contains no data and has not been initialized. Initialized The disk has been initialized and can be used for array creation. Configured The disk has been assigned to one or more arrays, or configured as a spare disk. Legacy The disk was used on other controllers before use with the RocketRAID 2640X4.
Introduction Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) This feature allows disks to be added to existing RAID arrays, in order to increase the array’s capacity, without fear of data loss. Any number of disks can be added to an array, at any time. Data can be accessed and utilized even while being redistributed. Online RAID Level Migration This term describes the ability to change one type of array (RAID level), into a different type of array (changing a RAID 1 array into a RAID 10 array for example).
Chapter 2 Hardware Description/Installation Contents of this Chapter: RocketRAID 2640X4 Hardware 1 - RocketRAID 2640X4 Host Adapter Layout 2 - LED Connections 3 - Installing the RocketRAID Host Adapter 4 - Verifying Installation
RocketRAID 2640X4 Hardware Description/Installation 1 – RocketRAID 2640X4 Host Adapter layout RocketRAID 2640X4 Port1- Port4 These represent the host adapter’s four SAS channels. 2 – LED Connections LED connectors (disk-activity/disk-failure): LED support is discussed in greater detail in the LED Connection section. The RocketRAID 2640X4 host adapter has two LED jumpers that are used to indicate the activity and failure status of hard disks attached to the card’s four SAS channels.
RocketRAID 2640X4 Hardware Description/Installation J3 This jumper is SGPIO signal.The following diagram describes the connector pin definitions. Pins defined as follows: Pin 1: NC; Pin 2: SDATAIN; Pin 3: GND; Pin 4: SDATAOUT; Pin 5: SLOAD; Pin 6: GND; Pin 7: SCLOCK; Pin 8: NC. J5 These jumper can be used to select PCI-E work model. As following: Connect Pin 1 and Pin 2 support PCI-E X1, and connect Pin 2 and Pin 3 support PCI-E X4.
RocketRAID 2640X4 Hardware Description/Installation 4 - Installing the RocketRAID Host Adapter Note: Make sure the system is powered-off before installing the RocketRAID host adapter. The RocketRAID 2640X4 include both standard and low-profile brackets. It may be necessary to attach the low-profile bracket in place of the standard bracket, depending upon the chassis design. The RocketRAID 2640X4 is a full-height card, and is not designed for use with low-profile chassis. 1.
RocketRAID 2640X4 Hardware Description/Installation 4. After installing the adapter, attach hard disks to the host adapter using the data cable. The RocketRAID 2640X4 model utilizes standard Internal SATA to SAS cables – four are included in each retail box. This card can support up to four SAS/SATA hard disk drives. The RocketRAID 2640X4 includes 4 internal SATA to SAS cables. It can support up to four SAS/SATA hard disk drives. Note: Many server-level chassis include hard-disk hot-swap bays.
Chapter 3 BIOS Utility Contents of this Chapter: RocketRAID 2640X4 BIOS Utility 1 - BIOS Command Overview 2 - Creating RAID Arrays 3 - Adding/Remove Spare Disks 4 - Updating the BIOS 5 - BIOS – Additional Settings
RocketRAID 2640X4 BIOS Utility RocketRAID BIOS Utility Access the RocketRAID host adapter’s BIOS utility using the “Ctrl + H”. This command should be displayed automatically when the host adapter’s BIOS screen appears during the system’s boot up procedure. 1 - BIOS Command Overview The BIOS Utility provides a wide selection of RAID related commands. These commands are displayed towards the top of the utility’s interface.
RocketRAID 2640X4 BIOS Utility Add/Remove Spare - this command is used to assign hard disks to function as spare disks. The controller is capable of using spare disks to automatically rebuild broken or faulted RAID arrays. Section 3 discusses this command in detail. Settings Set Boot Mark - this function is used to designate a particular disk or RAID array to function as the host adapter’s boot device.
RocketRAID 2640X4 BIOS Utility Initialization writes necessary RAID configuration information to the hard disk. Use the ← →arrow keys to select the Initialize command, and press ENTER. Warning: Initialization will destroy all pre- existing data on the selected hard disks. Use the ↑ ↓ arrow keys to highlight the target hard disk(s) and press ENTER. Next, press the Y (yes) key to initialize the selected disk(s), or N (no) key to cancel the initialization process.
RocketRAID 2640X4 BIOS Utility Note: Multiple arrays can be created using the same set of hard disk drives. The Capacity option allows you to set aside disk space that be used to create another array, set as a spare disk, or partitioned to act as a single disk (by the operating system). 8. To complete the creation procedure, use the ↓ arrow key to highlight the Start Creation item and press ENTER. Press the Y (yes) key to create the array, or N (no) key to cancel the creation process.
RocketRAID 2640X4 BIOS Utility For Windows based operating systems: 1. Download the desired BIOS update from the Support section provided for the host adapter. Extract the download to the directory of your choice. 2. Insert the Driver and Software CD included with the retail box into the system’s CD-ROM or DVD drive. 3. The CD should autorun, and display the following screen: 4. Select the “Browse the CD” option, and access the directory provided for the RR2640X4 host adapter. 5.
RocketRAID 2640X4 BIOS Utility 5. Open the “BIOS” directory, and double click the “hptflash.exe” icon. This will start the BIOS flash utility (RR2640X4 example below): 6. Select the appropriate model from the drop down menu labeled “Controller”, and press the “Open” button – this will allow you to browse to the extracted BIOS download (step 1). 7. Highlight the image file, and click the “Flash!” button. The utility will update the card, then verify the update. 8.
RocketRAID 2640X4 BIOS Utility 2. If you are booting from a CD image, you will need to add these files to the CD. Insert the boot image media into the appropriate drive, and boot the system. 3. Once the A:\> prompt has appeared, insert the media that contains the required BIOS files, and type the following command: load xxx.xxx Then, press enter. Note: xxx.xxx = the name of the BIOS image file (type it exactly as it appears). 4.
RocketRAID 2640X4 BIOS Utility Use the drop down menus to enable or disable controller functions. Using the DOS mode utility (load.exe): Load xxx.xxx –c Note: “xxx.xxx” refers to the BIOS image file. A BIOS menu similar to the BIOS setup utility will be displayed. This sub-menu allows the administrator to enable/disable various controller functions.
Chapter 4 Driver and Software Installation Microsoft Windows Contents of this Chapter: Driver and Software CD Windows Driver Installation
RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface Driver and Software CD The retail box includes a Driver and Software CD. This CD can be used to generate driver diskettes, and install the RAID Management software for a variety of operating systems. To create a driver diskette: 1. Insert the CD into the system’s CD/DVD drive. The program should start automatically. 2. 3. Insert a blank floppy diskette into the system’s floppy drive. Click on “Create Driver Diskette”. 4.
RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface 5. Click on the “Please Select the Diskette you want to create” drop-down button, and select the appropriate OS from the list. 6. Click on the “OK” button to create the driver diskette. To install the RAID software: 1. Click on “Install RAID Management Software”. 2. Select the desired software from the drop down menu, and click on the “OK” button.
RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface Windows Driver Installation (Win2000, XP, Win 2003, Win 2008) Before installing the RocketRAID host adapter’s device driver, make sure the RocketRAID host adapter and all required hard disks have been installed into the system’s chassis/disk enclosure (refer to the Hardware Installation section).
RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface 3. Double click the “SCSI and RAID controllers” entry. If the RocketRAID device entry is not displayed, or there are “?” or “!” marks displayed near the RocketRAID entry, the driver has not been installed properly. Delete the entries and reinstall the driver. Installing the RocketRAID driver during a fresh Windows installation 1. After booting from the Windows CD or DVD-ROM, when the Windows Setup blue screen appears, look towards the bottom of the screen.
RocketRAID 2640X4 Driver and Software Installation 2. Windows should automatically detect the card, and display the “Found New Hardware” wizard pop-up window. Select “Locate and install driver software”. When Windows asks: “Windows needs your permission to continue”, select “continue”. 3. Select “I don’t have disc, show me other options” and then select “Browse my computer for driver software”. 4. Specify the location of the driver and click “Next”. 5.
Chapter 5 Web-RAID Management Interface Contents of this Chapter: RocketRAID 2640X4 BIOS Utility 1 - Web RAID Management Interface 2 - Preparing Hard disks 3 - Array Management 4 - Device Management 5 - Configuring Spare Disks 6 - Managing Events and Tasks 7 - Settings
RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface 1 - Web RAID Management Interface Note: To use the web-based RAID management interface, a web browser with XML support is required, e.g. Internet Explorer 6.0, Mozilla or FireFox. To run the management interface, start your browser and enter the following URL address: https://localhost:7402 If you are managing a remote system please change “localhost” to the server’s host name or IP address. The default user name is “RAID” and the initial password is “hpt”.
RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface 2 - Preparing Hard disks Disks must be initialized before they can be configured into RAID arrays. Initializing hard disks: 1. 2. Select the “Manage - Device” function to access the device management page. Click on the “Initialize Devices” button towards the upper portion of the interface screen. 3. Checkmark each disk you wish to initialize, and click the “Submit” button. Warning: initializing disks may delete data stored on the selected disks.
RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface 1. Select “Manage - Array” from the menu. 2. Click the Create Array button. The create array page will appear.
RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface 3. Choose the array type you want to create from the drop-down list. 4. Enter a name for the array (this is optional) 5. If you are creating a redundant RAID array (RAID1, 5, 10), select an initialization option for the array. Note: An un-initialized RAID1 or RAID10 array can still provide redundancy in case of a disk failure. A RAID5 array, however, is not fault-tolerant until initialization is finished. 6.
RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface 2. Click on the Maintenance button. An Array Information window will appear. 3. Click the Delete button. Note: An array in use by the operating system cannot be deleted. Any data stored on a deleted array will be inaccessible Adding Disks to an Array When an array member in a redundant array fails, the array will be listed as broken. A broken array will be automatically rebuilt using available-spare disks.
RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface Verifying an Array For a RAID 1 or RAID1/0 array, verify process compares the data of one mirror pair with the other. For RAID 5, verify process calculates RAID5 parity and compares it to the parity data on the array. Verification checks each sector on a drive. Periodic verification of an array allows the disk drive firmware to take corrective actions on problem areas on the disk, minimizing the occurrence of uncorrectable read and write errors.
RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface Note: When expanding a JBOD array, all the original disks must be included in the target array, and these disks must be selected in the same order (as the original array). If you want to migrate a JBOD array to another RAID level, only the first member disk can be included in the target array. For example, a JBOD comprised of 3 disks (1, 2, 3), can only be “migrated” using disk 1.
RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface Change Device Settings Depending upon the capabilities RAID controller and hard disks drives in use, several configurable device settings may be available: Read Ahead, Write Cache, TCQ, and NCQ. Each feature can be enabled or disabled individually, for each hard disk. SHI – Storage Health Inspector The primary SHI interface displays a brief “health” summary of each hard disk.
RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface Controller ID Which controller /card the disk is attached to. Port # Port location of the hard disk Device Serial Number Serial number of the hard disk RAID RAID/Non-RAID status F Temperature (in Fahrenheit) of the hard disk (Celsius is displayed under the SMART status) Bad Sectors/Found & Repaired The card is capable of repairing bad sectors – a summary of this activity is presented here. Device Status OK means the disk is in a healthy state.
RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface Note: S.M.A.R.T attribute data is drive-specific. The software includes a list of definitions for popular drive models/manufacturers. Unknown S.M.A.R.T. attributes will be shown as “unknown”. You can add the attribute definitions for your drive in the file smart.def (which resides in the software installation directory).
RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface 5 - Configuring Spare Disks To configure spare disks attached to the RocketRAID card, select the “Manage Spare” function. The Spare Pool Management page will be displayed. Adding a Spare Disk To add a spare disk, select a disk from the Available Disks list and click Add Spare button. This will add the disk to the Spare Pool list. Removing a Spare Disk To remove a spare disk, select it from the Spare Pool list and click the Remove Spare button.
RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface Click the Clear button to clear the event log. Managing Tasks With HighPoint RAID Management Software, you can setup background rebuild and verify tasks to help maintain the integrity of your drives and data. The tasks can be scheduled periodically. You can select menu “Task” to enter Task Management page. Scheduling a Task To add a task schedule: 1. Select the array that you want to verify or rebuild. 2. Enter a name for the task.
RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface 3. 4. Configure the frequency for the task. Check the Submit button. Delete a Scheduled Task To delete a task schedule: 1. Select a task from the Tasks List. 2. Click the Delete button. 7 - Settings Select the “Settings” option to access Settings page. Enable Audible Alarm This setting enables and disables the RocketRAID host adapter’s alarm.
RocketRAID 2640X4 Web-RAID Management Interface order to communicate with the management console and web browser software. When you connect to the service, the port value you enter must be in accordance with the system port value on the service. The default value is 7402. Enter a new port number and click the “Change Port” button to change the listening port. Restrict to localhost access If this option is selected, the HPT Web RAID Management Service will refuse any Remote Access request.
Chapter 6 Linux Driver Support Contents of this Chapter: Fedora Linux installation Overview Red Hat Overview SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) installation Overview
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support 1 - Overview This section provides instructions describing how to install and utilize the RocketRAID host adapter on a Fedora Core 6 Linux system. 2 - Installing Fedora Linux on RR26xx controller Note: If the OS is running kernel that differs from the one supported by the precompiled driver, the precompiled drivers cannot be used. A driver can be built for this kernel using the OpenSource package for the RocketRAID host adapter.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support Step 3 Prepare the Driver Diskette Driver is contained in a floppy diskette image file, you can get it from our web site for free. On a DOS or Windows system, you can make the Fedora driver diskette using rawrite. exe. It can be found on the Fedora Linux CD (under /dosutils). Just run it under a command window and follow its prompt. On a Linux system, you can use the “dd” command to make the boot diskette.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support # exit Then switch back to console 1 and finish the installation. Installation steps for Fedora 7 6. Start installing Fedora Linux by booting from the installation DVD. 7. On “Welcome to Fedora” installation screen, press “ESC”, then a prompted label “boot:” will appear at the top of the screen. Type in “linux dd” (without quotation mark) and then press Enter. 8. When prompted “Do you have a driver disk?” Select “Yes”.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support load the driver automatically. Installation steps for Fedora Core 1 & Core 3 & Core 4 & Core 6 1. Start installing Fedora Linux by booting from the installation CD. 2. On “Welcome to Fedora Linux” installation screen, a prompted label “boot:” will appear at the bottom of the screen. Type in “linux dd” (without quotation mark) and then press Enter. 3. When prompted “Do you have a driver disk?”. Select “Yes”.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support Then press “ALT+F1” to switch back to installation screen and select “No” to continue. 4. Continue the installation as usual. You can refer to Fedora Linux installation guide. Make sure you have finished the next step before system reboot. 5. When installation finishes and prompts you to reboot the system, press “CRL+ALT+F2” to the shell and type the following commands: # chroot /mnt/sysimage # mount /dev/fd0 /mnt # sh /mnt/fedora-install-step2.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support Step 2 Test the Driver Module You can test out the module to ensure that it works for your system by changing working directory to the location where rr26xx.ko resides and typing in the command “insmod rr26xx.ko”. If you are using a distribution with 2.4 kernel it should be “insmod rr26xx.o”. Sometimes insmod will report “unresolved symbols” when you attempt to load the module. This can be caused by two ways: 1.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support Step 3 Configure System to Automatically Load the Driver Most likely, you will not want to type in “insmod rr26xx.ko” each time you boot up the system. Therefore you must install the module and tell the system about it. To install the module, type in the following commands (first change directory to where the proper rr26xx.ko locates): # cp rr26xx.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support 4 - Monitoring the Driver Once the driver is running, you can monitor it through the Linux proc file system support. There is a special file under /proc/scsi/rr26xx/. Note:The file name is the SCSI host number allocated by OS. If you have no other SCSI cards installed, it will be 0. In the following sections, we will use x to represent this number.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support 6 - Installing RAID Management Software HighPoint RAID Management Software is used to configure and keep track of your hard disks and RAID arrays attached to RR26xx controller. Installation of the management software is optional but recommended. Please refer to HighPoint RAID Management Software documents about more information. 7 - Uninstalling You can only uninstall the driver when your system is not booting from devices attached to RR26xx controller.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support 1 - Overview The purpose of this document is to provide clear instructions on how to install and use RR26xx Controller on Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS Linux system.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support rawrite.exe. It can be found on the Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS Linux CD (under /dosutils). Just run it under a command window and follow its prompt. On a Linux system, you can use the “dd” command to make the boot diskette. Insert a floppy disk into the floppy drive and type the command (amd64 driver for example): # dd if=rr26xx-rhel5u1.img of=/dev/fd0 Step 4 Install Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS Linux Installation steps for other RedHat Enterprise/CentOS Linux 1.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support system be able to boot RR26xx controller. 6. Continue the installation as normal. You can refer to Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS Linux installation guide. Note: 1. The system device mapping order is the same as the order shown in RR26xx 2. BIOS Setting Utility. On some system the LILO boot loader may be installed incorrectly unless you specify BIOS parameters in /etc/lilo.conf.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support Driver modules for all supported kernel versions will be extracted. You can find the driver module for your running kernel under the directory that matches your kernel version (/tmp/‘uname –r‘/rr26xx.ko) Step 2 Test the Driver Module You can test out the module to ensure that it works for your system by changing working directory to the location where rr26xx.ko resides and typing in the command “insmod rr26xx.ko”. If you are using a distribution with 2.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support install the module, type in the following commands (first change directory to where the proper rr26xx.ko locates): #install –d /lib/modules/‘uname –r‘/kernel/drivers/scsi #install –c rr26xx.ko /lib/modules/‘uname –r‘/kernel/drivers/scsi #depmod Then you should inform the system load the module when system boots up with the following command: #iecho “modprobe rr26xx” > /etc/init.d/hptdriver #chmod 755 /etc/init.d/hptdriver #ln –sf /etc/init.d/hptdriver /etc/rc.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support Using the following command to show driver status: # cat /proc/scsi/rr26xx/x This command will show the driver version number, physical device list and logical device list. 5 - Updating the Driver First obtain the new driver module file rr26xx.ko from the driver image. Refer to the previous section “Obtain the Driver Module”. In the following steps, we assume you have copied it to /tmp/rr26xx.ko, and your initrd file is /boot/initrd-`uname –r`.img 1.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support To configure HighPoint RAID Management Software to work with rr26xx driver, you should setup /etc/hptcfg to be the driver name: #echo rr26xx > /etc/hptcfg Please refer to HighPoint RAID Management Software documents for more information. 7 - Uninstalling You can only uninstall the driver when your system is not booting from devices attached to RR26xx controller. Just remove the lines you added to /etc/fstab, and remove the file files you created in the /etc/init.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support 1 - Overview The purpose of this document is to provide clear instructions on how to install and use Rocket RAID 26xx Controller on SuSE Linux system.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support Insert a floppy disk into the floppy drive and type the command: # dd if=rr26xx-suse-10.3.img of=/dev/fd0 Step 4 Install SuSE Linux 1. Start installing by booting from SuSE installation CD. 2. When CD boots, press the Alt or F3 for Driver Disk and select “Installation” option. For SuSE9.0, press F3; For SuSE Linux 9.1/9.2/10.3, press F6; For SuSE 9. 3/10.0/OpenSuSE 10.2, press F5; For SuSE 10.1, press F3 for more options then press F5; For OpenSuSE 10.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support 3 - Installing RR26xx Driver on an Existing System If you are currently running Linux and would like to access drives or arrays attached to the Rocket RAID 26xx controller, you can perform the following steps. Note: 1. If you use a SCSI adapter to boot your system, you must make sure the RR26xx controller BIOS will be loaded after that adapter’s BIOS. If not, try to move it to another PCI slot. Otherwise you may be unable to boot up your system. 2.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support E.g. # insmod scsi_mod # insmod sd_mod # insmod rr26xx 2. You are using a kernel that is build off a different configuration with the driver. In this case the precompiled drivers cannot be used. You can build a driver for your kernel using the OpenBuild package for RocketRAID 26xx controller.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support Step 4 Configure System to Mount Volumes when Startup Now you can inform the system to automatically mount the array by modifying the file /etc/fstab. E.g. You can add the following line to tell the system to mount /dev/sda1 to location /mnt/raid after startup: /dev/sda1 /mnt/raid ext2 defaults 0 0 4 - Monitoring the Driver Once the driver is running, you can monitor it through the Linux proc file system support. There is a special file under /proc/scsi/rr26xx/.
Linux(Fedora,Red Hat,SuSE) Driver Support you need to run mkinitrd to update the initrd file. Also, if you are using lilo boot loader, you need to run lilo again. 6 - Installing RAID Management Software HighPoint RAID Management Software is used to configure and keep track of your hard disks and RAID arrays attached to RocketRAID controller. Installation of the management software is optional but recommended.
Chapter 7 FreeBSD Driver Support Contents of this Chapter: 1 - Installing FreeBSD on the RocketRAID 2640X4 Controller 2 - Installing FreeBSD on RocketRAID 26xx Controller 3 - Installing the RocketRAID 2640X4 Driver on an Existing System 4 - Updating the Driver 5 - Installing RAID Management Software 6 - Uninstalling the Driver
FreeBSD Driver Support 1 - Overview The purpose of this document is to provide clear instructions on how to install and use RocketRAID 26xx Controller on a FreeBSD system.
FreeBSD Driver Support you are installing FreeBSD 7.0 versions: # dd if=freebsd_7.0.img of=/dev/fd0 Step 4 Install FreeBSD 1. Start installing the FreeBSD by booting from installation CD. 2. If you are installing FreeBSD 5.0 or earlier versions, skip this step. When “Welcome to FreeBSD” screen appears, select “6”. 3. When “Hit [enter] to boot immediately or any other key for command prompt” screen appears, press SPACE key to stop loader from autobooting. BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.
FreeBSD Driver Support for FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr26xx-4.5.ko for FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr26xx-4.6.2.ko for FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr26xx-4.7.ko for FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr26xx-4.8.ko for FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr26xx-4.9.ko for FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr26xx-4.10.ko for FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE ok load disk1:rr26xx-4.11.ko for FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-5.0.ko for FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-5.1.
FreeBSD Driver Support for FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-5.4.ko for FreeBSD 5.3-AMD64-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-5.3-amd64.ko for FreeBSD 5.4-AMD64-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-5.4-amd64.ko for FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-6.0.ko for FreeBSD 6.0-AMD64-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-6.0-amd64.ko for FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-6.1.ko for FreeBSD 6.1-AMD64-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-6.1-amd64.ko for FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-6.1.ko for FreeBSD 6.
FreeBSD Driver Support for FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-6.3.ko for FreeBSD 6.3-AMD64-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-6.3-amd64.ko for FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-7.0.ko for FreeBSD 7.0-AMD64-RELEASE ok load disk0:rr26xx-7.0-amd64.ko 5. After the driver has been loaded, remove the floppy diskette from the floppy drive. 6. Type in “boot” and continue the installation as normal. You can refer to FreeBSD installation guide.
FreeBSD Driver Support 3 - Installing RR26xx Driver on an Existing System If you are currently running FreeBSD and would like to access drives or arrays attached to the RR26xx Controller, you can perform the following steps. Step 1 Copy the Driver Module If you have made freebsd drivers into a diskette, you can insert the driver diskette to floppy drive, then using the following commands to copy the driver module: for FreeBSD 4.x: # mount –o ro /dev/fd0 /mnt # cp /mnt/rr26xx-xxx.ko /modules/rr26xx.
FreeBSD Driver Support If the module has been loaded successfully you should see the RR26xx banner and a display screen of the attached drives. You can now access the drives as a SCSI device (if you have no other SCSI device, the first device is /dev/da0, then /dev/da1, etc.). Example: F1 FreeBSD Default: F1 >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/loader boot: BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.
FreeBSD Driver Support system to automatically load the driver, type in the following commands: # echo ’rr26xx_load=”YES”’ >> /boot/defaults/loader.conf This tells the loader to try loading the RR26xx module together with the kernel. Now, reboot the system. RR26xx module should be automatically loaded each time system start up. Note: If FreeBSD you installed is 4.
6 - Uninstalling You can only uninstall the driver when your system is not booting from devices attached to RR26xx controller. Just remove the line rr26xx_load=”YES” in /boot/defaults/loader.conf, and then delete the driver module /modules/rr26xx.ko or /boot/kernel/rr26xx.ko .
Chapter 8 Mac OSX Driver Contents of this Chapter: Installing the driver and RAID utility
Mac OSX Driver 1 Installing the driver and RAID utility Installing the package 1. Double click the package labeled “rr26xx-MacOSX-universal-vxxx.dmg” to start the installation process (“xxx” refers to the revision of the driver). This will open the driver and software packag. 2. Double click the “rr26xx-MacOSX-universal-vxxx.dmg” file to start the installer: 3. When the Installer window opens, click the “Continue” button. 4. The installer will ask you to select a destination for the driver.
Mac OSX Driver 6. You will then be notified that a reboot is needed to install the software. Click “Continue Installation”. 7. The driver will then be installed into the system. Click “Restart” to restart the system. After the system restarts, you can use a web browser to configure the controller and setup RAID arrays. Use the MacOSX Disk Utility to create partitions the RAID arrays. Uninstalling To uninstall the driver and management software, double click the “rr26xx-MacOSXuniversal-vxxx-” file. 1.
Appendix Customer Support
Customer Support Customer Support If you encounter any problems while utilizing the RocketRAID host adapter, or have any questions about this or any other HighPoint product, feel free to contact our Customer Support Department. Troubleshooting Checklist Before contacting our Customer Support department: Make sure the latest BIOS, driver and RAID Software have been installed for the RocketRAID host adapter. Updates are available from our website.
FCC Part 15 Class B Radio Frequency Interference statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
