4 Bay eSATA RAID 0/1/10/5/JBOD SUB SYSTEM w/ 6G PCIe Card RSV-S4-6G User Manual
Content 1 WELCOME............................................................................................................................. 4 1.1 1.2 1.2.1 1.2.2 1.2.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.7.1 2 RAID CARD INSTALLATION .......................................................................................... 11 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.4.1 2.4.2 2.4.3 2.4.4 2.4.5 2.4.6 2.4.7 3 PRECAUTION.....................................................................................................................
4.2 RED HAT ENTERPRISE/CENTOS, FEDORA CORE, OPEN SUSE – INSTALLING THE WEBBASED MANAGEMENT UTILITY ................................................................................................... 29 4.3 DEBIAN/UBUNTU LINUX DISTRIBUTIONS – INSTALLING THE WEB-BASED MANAGEMENT UTILITY............................................................................................................... 31 4.4 LINUX DISTRIBUTIONS – COMMAND LINE INTERFACE (CLI)......................................... 31 4.
1 WELCOME RSV-S4-6G enhances your data storage by combining advanced RAID 1 features typically seen on high-end data systems with low cost/high capacity Serial ATA drives. By using industry standard SATA drives and Hard Driver Controller Adapters, you can achieve extraordinarily low costs while remaining assured that your data is protected against hardware failure. 1.1 PRECAUTION Please read the safe precautions carefully before you using RSV-S4-6G storage appliance.
z Hard disk drive is not including. 1.2 FEATURES 1.2.1 DATA SECURITY The RSV-S4-6G software driver includes support for monitoring to predict suspect drives. RSV-S4-6G provides our highest commitment to data security through the use of RAID architecture to back up and protect data. RAID levels 1, 10, and 5 provide data security. RSV-S4-6G supports sophisticated sparing support so that hardware failure risk can be minimized by automatically regenerating the failed disk’s data on a backup disk.
1.3 EASE OF USE The RSV-S4-6G utility offers an easy to use utility for creating and managing your storage. It also supports the latest SATA enhancements including SATA-II Port Multiplier support, and up to 3Gbit/sec transfer rates on controllers that support that speed. Creating and deleting volumes is also possible without requiring a restart of the operating system and rebuilds never require the data to be taken off-line. Drives can also be moved between controllers without losing the data. 1.
z Drive interface: 4 x 3.5" SATA I / SATA II. z 150 watts, 100 & 240 Vac / 50~60Hz with FCC, CE requirement. z Single packing (color box with handle) and 4 in 1 outer box. 1.5 SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS The following operating systems are supported by the RSV-S4-6G software driver. z Windows XP, 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 2008, Windows 7 (32 and 64-bit versions) z Linux (Fedora Core, Red Hat Enterprise / CentOS, SuSE, Debian Ubuntu) z Mac OS X 10.5.x and above (RocketRAID 622) z FreeBSD 1.
1.7 RAID CARD INTRODUCTION SATA Revision 3.0, provides dramatically improves performance by doubling the bandwidth available for storage devices to 600MB/s. The RR622 is the premier SATA 3.0 RAID host adapter for connecting internal or external SATA devices. The RR622 is designed to optimize storage performance and redundancy with RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, and JBOD.
z BIOS PnP and BBS (BIOS boot specification)support z Write through and write back cache z Online array roaming z Online capacity expansion (OCE) and Online RAID level migration (ORLM) z Quick and Background initialization for instant RAID configuration z Automatic RAID rebuild z 64bit LBA support greater than 2TB per volume z S.M.A.R.
z PCI+3.3V: 3.3A, Power: 10W Dimensions z 67.5 (H) x 72.0 (L) mm z 2.66 (H) x 2.
2 RAID Card INSTALLATION 2.1 RocketRAID 622 Adapter Layout eSATA Ports: These represent the RocketRAID 620’s 2 External SATA (eSATA) ports. Each port can support up to 1 SATA 3.0 gb/s or 6.0 gb/s hard disks using standard enclosures, or up to 5 disks if attached to a port multiplier enclosure.
2.2 Installing the RocketRAID RR622 Host Adapter Note: Make sure the system is powered-off before installing the RocketRAID RR622 host adapter. 1. Open the system chassis and locate an unused PCI-E (2.0 or 1.0) x1, x4, x8 or x16 slot. 2. Remove the PCI slot cover. 3. Gently insert the RocketRAID RR622 into the PCI-E slot, and secure the bracket to the system chassis. 4. After installing the adapter, attach the SATA cables to the RocketRAID 62x’s SATA ports, and to the hard disks. 5.
Once the RocketRAID host adapter and hard drives 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 disks attached to the adapter. Make sure all attached disks are detected by this utility.
2.4.2 USING THE BIOS UTILITY The following keys utilized by the RocketRAID RR622 BIOS utility: Alt – press Alt to highlight the tool bar. 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, or exit the BIOS Utility. 2.4.3 BIOS COMMANDS Create - this command is used to open the RAID Creation menu. Delete - this command will delete the selected RAID array.
Before creating a RAID array, the disks must be initialized. Disk initialization writes necessary RAID configuration information to the hard disks. Select the Initialize command from the toolbar, and press ENTER. Highlight the target disks using the arrow keys, then select using Enter. A numeral will be displayed before each selected disk. Once all target disks have been selected, press ESC. The utility will display a warning, and ask you to press Y (yes) to initialize, or N (no) to cancel.
Use the arrow keys to highlight the Array Name option and press Enter. The array name dialogue box will appear. Use the keyboard to input a new Array Name, and press the Enter key. Note: the Array Name command is optional – it is not necessary to name the array. The array can be named at a later time, and the name of the array can be changed at any time. 3. On the Create menu, use the arrow keys to highlight the Select Devices item and press Enter.
order. After all of the disks have been selected and press the ESC key to return to the Create Menu. 5. Next, Use the ↓ arrow key to highlight the Capacity (GB) option and press Enter. The total available capacity will be displayed. Press ENTER if you wish to use all available space. If you wish to reserve disk space for additional arrays/single disks, use the keyboard to input the amount of space (in GB) you wish to set aside for this particular array, and press Enter.
The BIOS utility will display a list of available RAID arrays. Select the array you wish to delete, and press Enter. The utility will display a warning message. Press Y (yes) to delete the array, or select N (no) to cancel. Warning: all data stored on the array will be lost – do not delete if the array contains critical data.
2.4.6 Adding/Remove Spare Disks This Add/Remove Spare command is used to assign a hard disk to act as a Spare Disk. Spare Disks are used to automatically rebuild Redundant RAID arrays (RAID 1, 5, 10) in the case of disk failure. As with creating RAID arrays, disks must be initialized before they can be used as spares. To set a hard disk to act as a Spare Disk, use the arrow keys to select the target disk from the list of initialized disks, and press Enter.
2.4.7 Settings To access the Settings menu, highlight the Settings command from the toolbar, and press Enter. Select Boot Device – select which disk or array will act as the boot disk, if the motherboard BIOS instructs the card to act as the boot device. Staggered Drive Spinup – This option is disabled by default. Enabling this setting will instruct the card to power up the hard disks, sequentially (one disk approximately every 2 seconds).
3 Rosewill Software CD Each retail box includes a copy of the Rosewill Products Software CD. This CD contains drivers for different operating systems, and installing the Rosewill RAID Management Utility Suite for a variety of operating systems. 3.1 Device Driver Installation We recommend visiting the Rosewill download pages for the latest Windows Device Driver updates. 3.2 RocketRAID RR622 Windows Driver Installation 3.2.
2. Select “Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)”, and click Next to continue. 3. Click on the “Include this location in the search” option, and click “Browse”.
4. Browse to the location of the driver and click Next. 5. Windows will display a warning message that states the driver has “not been signed”. Select “Continue Anyway”. 6. Click finish when prompted. When Windows asks to reboot the system, choose Yes.
3.2.2 Windows 7/Vista/Windows 2008 Installation Installing the driver for an existing Windows 7, Vista and 2008 system 1. Install the RocketRAID host adapter into the PC, then boot up Windows Vista. 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. When asked to search online select “Don’t Search Online”.
4. Select “I don’t have disc, show me other options”. 5. And then select “Browse my computer for driver software”.
6. Browse to the location of the driver and click “Next”. 7. When asked: “Would you like to install this driver software?”, select “Install”.
8. Reboot the system when prompted. The RocketRAID host adapter will be ready for use after Windows reboots. Installing the driver during a fresh Windows 7, 2008, Vista installation 1. Boot from the Windows Installation DVD.
2. When the screen “where do you want to install Windows” appears, click “Load driver” and browse for the driver location. Windows can install drivers from several media types: floppy diskette, USB flash disk or CD. 3. Select the RocketRAID RR622 controller driver, and click “Next”. 4. The driver is now installed – the disk or array will be recognized as available disk space. Windows setup will then proceed normally. 3.
4 Rosewill RAID Management Utilities (HRM) – Web GUI / CLI The Rosewill RAID Management Utility Suite, also known as “HRM”, includes several user interface options. The latest version of the Web Management utility user manual is available from our website. 4.1 Windows Operating Systems – Installing the Web GUI From the Software CD. Please go to WebGUI Folder for the setup of the WebGUI files. 4.
4. The package can also be installed manually, using a terminal. Log on in as “root”, open a terminal, and browse to the location of the .rpm file. Run the following command: 5. # rpm -i hptsvr-https-1.4-10.i386.rpm (or hptsvr-https-1.4-10.x86_64.rpm) Note: The i386 rpm package can also work on 64-bit systems if you have 32-bit runtime libraries installed. If you use the x86_64 rpm package, please make sure the controller driver has 64-bit ioctl support.
4.3 Debian/Ubuntu Linux Distributions – Installing the Web-based Management Utility For Debian/Ubuntu Linux distributions, you can use alien to convert the rpm packages to a .deb package, then use "dpkg -i" command to install each package. Some script files may be lost during the conversion process from rpm to .deb, so you may need to make manual corrections. . The following files will be installed / configured: /usr/bin/hptsvr /etc/hptcfg - service program - service config file /etc/rc.d/init.
These packages are posted on the Rosewill website, under the download page for the products. 4.5 Installing the Web GUI (v1.5) - Windows Operating Systems (2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, Windows 7) 1. After downloading the Web GUI, double-click the zip file to view the contents. Double-click “Setup” to start installation. If you are running a 64-bit version of Windows 7, 2008 or Vista, you may need to right-click the icon, and select “Run as Administrator.” 2.
3. The Rosewill Web RAID Management Service install screen will display. Click Next to continue: 4.
5. Specify the Destination folder and click Next: 6.
7. Choose to enable or disable Remote Access. Remote access allows the card to be managed via a Web browser from a separate system.
8. Specify the listening port. 7402 is the default setting, and recommended for most systems. 9.
4.6 Starting the Web GUI 1. Double-click the “Rosewill Web RAID Management” Icon on the the Desktop to start the Web GUI. The system’s default Web Browser will open the following page: 2. Type in the default username and password to start the Web GUI: Username: RAID Password: hpt Note: The password can be changed using the “Settings” menu from the toolbar. 3. Click Login.
4.7 Web GUI – Icon Definitions The Rocket RAID Web GUI uses a variety of Icons to represent various states or functions. The following is a list of common icons, and their definitions. 1. ：“Critical-broken” status. Fault-tolerance is disabled. The array requires a replacement disk in order to rebuild parity. 2. ：“Verifying” status. The controller is checking the consistency of RAID data. 3. ：“Rebuilding” status. The controller is rebuilding the array. 4.
6. ：This icon is shown when an array is being initialized. There are two types of RAID initialization: The first is known as “foreground” – the controller will write “0’s” to the array disks. The array cannot be used until this procedure is complete. The second is “background” – the card will rebuild the parity data, while enabling access to the array. 7. ：“Uninitialized” status. If displayed above an Array, this Array requires initialization (see number 6, above).
1. Open the Web GUI interface, log-on, and select “Manage”, then “Device” from the toolbar: 2. Click the “Initialize Devices” button towards the top of the screen: 3. This will open a small menu. Check the box before the disk you wish to initialize and press “Submit”. The initialized disk can now be added to the array. Note: initializing disks will delete all data from the selected disks. 4.8.2 Create an Array To create an array, select Manage – Array from the Web RAID Management Utility’s toolbar.
To create an array: 1. Select the desired RAID level from the Array Type drop down menu: 2. Name the array – enter a name for the array, using the Array Name filed (optional). 3. When creating a Redundant Array (RAID 1, 3, 5, 10, 50), specify an initialization method. Select Background of Foreground from the drop down menu: No Initialization: Not recommended for most configurations. This option will not build parity. Select this when testing storage.
Foreground: The RAID initialization process will be set as high priority. The array cannot be utilized this procedure is complete, but the build process will take considerably less time, as the host adapter will dedicate it’s resources to completing this task. This is most secure option. Background: This option lowers the priority of RAID initialization. This option will start to build parity like the Foreground option, but at a lesser rate of speed. This option allows the array to be accessed immediately.
that the remaining capacity (unused space) can be used to configure additional arrays, or set to act as a “spare” disk. 7. Once all of the RAID parameters have been specified click the “Create” button to create the array. The utility will display a brief summary after successfully creating the array: 4.9 Web GUI - Configuring Spare Disks The term “Spare Disk” refers to a hard disk, or dedicated disk space, that is used to rebuild a RAID array in the case of hard disk failure.
4.9.1 To assign a Spare disk: 1. Click on the box displayed before the target disk entry, under the Available Disks section, and click the “Add Spare” button: 2. Click “OK” when the pop-up window is displayed. This will add the disk to the Spare Pool. 3.
The disk will be moved to the “Available Disk” Section
4.10 Web GUI - Recovering an Array When a redundant array’s status is ”Critical”, fault tolerance is disabled. The array is can be used in this format, but should be rebuild as soon as possible. If a Spare disk was configured, the RocketRAID 620 will use this disk to automatically rebuild the array. If a spare is not available, the array can be rebuilt manually. If Auto-Rebuild is enabled, simply install a new disk – the RocketRAID 620 will initialize the drive, and initiate the rebuild process.
2. Click “Add Disk”. 3. Select the desired drive and click “submit. 4. The Web GUI will initiate the rebuild procedure, and display a progress bar.
4.11 Web GUI - Maintaining RAID Arrays Regular scheduled RAID Maintenance is essential to data security. We recommend routine RAID verification sessions to ensure the parity of redundant arrays is properly synchronized. Unsynchronized arrays face an elevated risk of data loss in the event of hardware failure, even if the array itself is left intact. To schedule maintenance sessions, or “Tasks”, select the “Task” option from the utility toolbar.
3. Specify the time. Select the day from the drop-down menu, then enter the desired time in the provided fields. Note: the Health Inspector Scheduler works from a 24hr clock (3PM is represented as hour “15”, for example). 4. Once the task has been named and scheduled, click the “Submit” button to add the task to the Task List. 4.11.2 Removing Tasks From the task List, Check the box before the target Task and click “Delete”. 4.11.
SMART attributes vary based on the disk model and manufacturer. This information is reported by the drives themselves – SHI simply displays and organizes this data. If any attribute is reported to have failed, or generated an error, we would recommend contacting the disk manufacturers for additional technical support, and service recommendations. 4.
4.12.1 Automatic RAID Rebuilding Automatic RAID rebuilding can save an administrator considerable time when servicing a failed redundant array, virtually eliminating downtime. This feature instructs the Host Adapter to automatically initiate a rebuild procedure for a failed redundant array, when the Administrator inserts a new hard disk, using the card’s Hot Swap (Recan) options. Simply inset the new hard disk and click “Rescan” from the Manage – Array page. The host adapter will handle the rest.
Allowing idle disks to spin down minimizes the power consumption of the system’s storage devices. In addition to saving energy, spinning down unused disks reduces mechanical wear and the buildup of waste heat, which in turn, can greatly prolong the life of the system’s storage hardware, over the long-term. Click on the drop down menu provided for “Spin down idle disk (minutes)”, and select a time (in minutes). This determines when Host Adapter will power down idle hard disks.
Error: Error data includes instances of hardware related problems, such as hard disk failure, broken arrays, card related problems (BBU, memory failure). Note: Press the Clear button to delete the current event log 4.13.1 Configuring SMTP (E-mail) Notification The Web GUI provides an SMTP notification system – this feature can be used to instruct the Web GUI to send Event data to an Email address. This feature is useful for remote maintenance sessions.
6. Specify the SMTP port (25 is default). 7. Click the “Submit” button to save the SMTP settings. 8. Enter the recipient addresses under “Add Recipient”, and click the “Submit” button to save these settings. Additional options: Test Recipient - You can test a recipient’s address using this option – this will send a default test message to the selected E-mail address, and display a Pass/Fail message. If it is unable to send a message (Fail) double- check the SMTP and recipient settings.
1. The VSS option is provided towards the bottom of the Create Array menu. In this example a 4-disk RAID 0 array was created, using 1TB hard disks. A sector size of 1K is required for array with a capacity of 1-4TB. 2. After selecting the block size, the Web GUI will display a warning message: Select OK to continue. Click the “Create” button once more to create the array. 3. The Web GUI will notify you that the array has been successfully created. Click OK to confirm.
4. After creating the array, access the Windows Disk Management utility. Click the “Start” button and select “Control Panel”. 5. Double-click “Administrative Tools”.
6. Double-Click “Computer Management”. 7. Under “Storage”, click on the folder icon labeled “Disk Management”. Disk Management should open the Disk Wizard. Click “Next” to initialize the new volume.
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9. Click “Finish” to continue. 10. Right-click the “Unallocated” box and select “New Partition”. 11. Partition and format the array as desired. 4.14.2 Online Capacity Expansion and RAID Level Migration (OCE/ORLM) OCE/ORLM allows you to add hard disks to an existing RAID array, and/or convert the array to another RAID level. Data stored on the array is not lost during this procedure. The procedure described below documents the expansion of a 3-disk 2TB RAID 5 array to a 4-disk, 3TB RAID 5 array.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-6G User Manual 1. Start the Web GUI and logon. Click “Maintenance” to the right of the target array. 2. Select the desired RAID level from the drop down menu (select the existing RAID level if you only want to add hard disks to the array). Click the OCE/ORLM button. 3. The Web GUI will display the “Array Transforming” menu (similar to the create array menu).
4 Bay eSATA RAID 0/1/10/5/JBOD SUB SYSTEM w/ 6G PCIe Card RSV-S4-6G 1) User Manual Target Name – The GUI will ask that you enter a “new” name for reference (the previous RAID configuration will be displayed until the procedure is complete). The name can be changed after the array has been fully expanded / migrated. 2) Specify the Cache policy (Write Back is default). 3) Specify the block size (note: not available for all controller models – check the product documentation). 4.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-6G 5. User Manual After the expansion/migration process is complete, Disk Management should recognize the additional capacity. You are free to create a second partition, or expand the existing partition. Notes: z Bootable volumes should not be expanded beyond 2TB – Windows will not recognize the additional capacity. z Older 32-bit versions of Windows (2000, XP) limit capacity to 2TB, unless the VSS option is used.
4 Bay eSATA RAID 0/1/10/5/JBOD SUB SYSTEM w/ 6G PCIe Card RSV-S4-6G User Manual 5 Mac OS X Driver and Web-based RAID Management Utility The RR622is compatible with Mac OS X. The OS X software package includes the driver and Web GUI management utility. 5.1 Mac OS X Driver and RAID Management Installation The driver and software packages for the RR622includes both the device driver for OS X, and a copy of the Web RAID Management utility.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-6G User Manual Select the installation destination: Click “Continue”.
4 Bay eSATA RAID 0/1/10/5/JBOD SUB SYSTEM w/ 6G PCIe Card RSV-S4-6G User Manual Make sure all options are selected when installing for the first time. Click “Restart” – after OS X reboots, the card will be recognized by the system. After OS X reboots, check System Profiler (About This Mac, More Information), and click on “PCI Cards”. The RR622should be recognized as a RAID controller. OS X should report “Yes” under “Driver Installed”.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-6G User Manual Configure arrays using the Web GUI – the interface is universal (please refer to the Web GUI chapter for more information). Thank you for purchasing a quality Rosewill Product. Please register your product at : www.rosewill.com for complete warranty information and future support for your product.
