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RocketRAID 2700 PCI-Express 2.0 x8 HBA series

SAS/SATA 6Gb/s RAID Host Adapters

User’s Guide

Revision: 2.3 Jul. 23, 2015

HighPoint Technologies, Inc.

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Copyright

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Notice

Reasonable effort has been made to ensure that the information in this manual is accurate. HighPoint assumes no liability for technical inaccuracies, typographical, or other errors contained herein.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................................................ 4

2 Physical Specifications ........................................................................................................................... 5

3 Kit Contents .......................................................................................................................................... 5

4 Hardware Description and Installation .................................................................................................. 6 4.1 RocketRAID 272x/271x Host Adapter board layout ....................................................................... 6 4.2 Connector and Jumper description: ............................................................................................... 7 4.3 Installing the RocketRAID Host Adapter ......................................................................................... 7 4.4 Verifying Installation ..................................................................................................................... 8

5 RocketRAID BIOS Utility ........................................................................................................................ 9 5.1 BIOS Settings Overview ................................................................................................................. 9 5.2 Using the BIOS Utility..................................................................................................................... 9 5.3 BIOS Commands ............................................................................................................................ 9 5.4 Creating RAID Arrays .................................................................................................................... 10 5.5 Deleting Arrays ............................................................................................................................ 13 5.6 Adding/Remove Spare Disks ........................................................................................................ 13 5.7 Settings ........................................................................................................................................ 14

6 HighPoint Software CD ........................................................................................................................ 15

7 RocketRAID 272x/271x Driver Installation .......................................................................................... 16 7.1 Driver installation -Windows ....................................................................................................... 16 7.2 Driver installation -Linux and FreeBSD ......................................................................................... 19

8 HighPoint Web RAID Management software ...................................................................................... 20 8.1 Installing the Web RAID Management software .......................................................................... 20 8.2 Installing OS X Driver and Web RAID Management Software ...................................................... 21 8.3 Starting Using the Web RAID Management Software .................................................................. 21

9 Thank You ........................................................................................................................................... 22

10 CUSTOMER SUPPORT ........................................................................................................................ 23

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HighPoint RocketRAID 272x/271x – PCI-Express 2.0

RocketRAID 272x/271x Host Adapters

The RocketRAID 272x/271x host adapters are high-performance SAS RAID solutions, delivering reliability to demanding data-intensive applications such as tiered storage environments, security and surveillance, video editing, and digital content creation. Support for both 6Gb/s SAS and SATA drives on the same controller maintains configuration optimization for performance based on the characteristics of SAS and SATA drives available today.

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.

1 Features and Specifications Host Adapter Architecture • PCI-Express x8 (Gen2)• Support up to 4/8 SAS/SATA drives• 1 Internal Mini-SAS Connectors (SFF-8087) (RocketRAID 2710)• 1 External Mini-SAS Connector(SFF-8808) (RocketRAID 2711)• 2 Internal Mini-SAS Connectors (SFF-8087) (RocketRAID 2720)• 1 External Mini-SAS Connector (SFF-8088) / 1 Internal Mini-SAS Connector (SFF-8087) (RocketRAID

2721) • 2 External Mini-SAS Connectors (SFF-8088) (RocketRAID 2722)• Hot Swap and hot plug• Low Profile• RoHS complaintAdvanced RAID Features • Supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10,50 and JBOD• NCQ (Native Command Queuing)• Auto detect of unplug/plug SAS/SATA hard drive for RAID auto rebuild• Staggered drive spin up• HDD bad sector repair and remapping• Support Disk Scrubbing• BIOS Booting (INT13) to RAID array for better redundancy• 64bit LBA for RAID arrays greater than 2TB single partition• S.M.A.R.T array monitoring for hard drive status and reliabilityArray Monitors, Alerts and Indicators • Hard Drive LED Indicators (Activity and Failed) (except RocketRAID 2711/2722)• SMTP email notification for events and error reporting• Alarm/Buzzer alerts for drive/array failure• SAF-TE (I2C) and SGPIO enclosure managementRAID Management • Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) and Online RAID Level Migration (ORLM) for

Windows/Linux/FreeBSD • Quick and Background initialization for instant RAID access• API library for customization• CLI (Command Line Interface) for Linux and FreeBSD

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• Web GUI RAID management (local and remote monitoring)• Online array roaming• SHI (Drive analysis driven from S.M.A.R.T)HighPoint RAID Management (HRM) • Hot key (ctrl-h) boot-up RAID manager via BIOS• Web browser-based RAID management software (Web GUI)• Command Line Interface (CLI)Operating System Support • Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 / Windows Server 2008, 2012• Linux (Fedora Core, Red Hat Enterprise / CentOS, SuSE, Debian, Ubuntu)• FreeBSD• OS X (for RocketRAID 2711, 2721 and 2722 only)

2 Physical Specifications Dimensions: Size: 96.3mm X 65.0mm (RocketRAID 2710/2720) Size: 120.0mm X 68.0mm (RocketRAID 2711/2721/2722) 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 ~ +80 C MTBF: 920,585 Hours

Electrical Characteristics: PCI-E 3.3V 12V Power 4W max 1W max

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8 HighPoint Web RAID Management Software The HighPoint RAID Management software provides RAID configuration and management features. The software can be installed from the HighPoint software CD. Browse to the location of the HighPoint RAID Management software.

8.1 Installing the Web RAID Management Software Windows 1. Software location (RocketRAID Software CD):

/HighPoint RAID Management Software/Web RAID Management/Windows 2. Double click the “setup.exe” setup program to install the management software.3. After the setup is completed, double click the program shortcut on the Windows desktop to run

HighPoint RAID Management software:

Linux -Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS, Fedora Core, Open SuSE Linux operating systems that support .rpm packages, allow you to double-click the HighPoint Web RAID Management .rpm file to start the installation process.

1. Software location (RocketRAID Software CD):/HighPoint RAID Management Software/Web RAID Management/Linux

2. Extract the .tbz file to the desktop, and browse to the appropriate .rpm file (there are 32 and 64-bitoptions).

3. Double click the .rpm file – this should open the operating systems software installer. Enter theAdministrative password when prompted and proceed with installation.

4. The package can also be installed manually, using a terminal. Log on in as “root”, open a terminal, andbrowse 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)

Linux -Debian/Ubuntu Linux Distributions

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 - service program /etc/hptcfg - service config file /etc/rc.d/init.d/hptdaemon - service control script /usr/share/hpt/webguiroot - data files

If there is no /etc/hptcfg present, you can add it manually using by using the “echo” command on the driver file name to /etc/hptcfg.

For example: # echo hptiop.ko>/etc/hptcfg

Uninstalling the Utility Open a terminal, and use the following command: # rpm -e hptsvr-https

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8.2 Installing OS X Driver and Web RAID Management Software The RocketRAID 2711/2721/2722 is compatible with Mac OS X. The OS X software package includes the driver and Web GUI management utility.

Please check http://www.hptmac.com for the latest software/driver packages. Driver updates are posted on the card’s product page, under the “Download Center” section.

Please refer to the Installation Guide under the software package folder for installation steps.

8.3 Starting Using the Web RAID Management SoftwarePlease refer to the online help of “How to Use Web RAID Management Software”:

http://www.highpoint-tech.com/help/

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9 Thank You Thank you for purchasing the RocketRAID 272x/271x SAS/SATA RAID Host adapter. We appreciate your support, and welcome any questions, comments or product suggestions you may have.

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10 Customer Support If you encounter any problems while utilizing RocketRAID series host adapters, or have any questions about this or any other HighPoint Technologies, Inc. product, feel free to contact our Customer Support Department. HighPoint Technologies, Inc. websites: http://www.highpoint-tech.com/

Web Support: http://www.highpoint-tech.com/websupport/