Rocket 750 40-Channel SATA 6Gb/s PCI-Express 2.0 x8 HBA User’s Guide Revision: 1.0 Jan. 6, 2013 HighPoint Technologies, Inc.
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Table of Contents 1 Features and Specifications ................................................................................................................... 4 2 Physical Specifications ........................................................................................................................... 5 3 Kit Contents ..........................................................................................................................................
HighPoint Rocket 750 HBA Industry 1st Lowest-Cost 40-Port SATA HBA The HighPoint Rocket 750 is the industry’s first 40-Port 6Gb/s SATA HBA. Powered by a PCIe 2.0 host interface and HighPoint’s Intelligent Storage Health Management Suite, and was designed for use with any standard PC hardware and software platform. The 10 industry-standard Mini-SAS ports are fully compatible with any generation of SATA hard disk, and directly support up to 160TB of storage capacity.
2 Physical Specifications Dimensions: 198 mm x 110 mm x 19 mm (7.80” L x 4.39” H x 0.06” 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 3.
3 Kit Contents • One Rocket 750 Host Adapter • Software CD • Quick Installation Guide 6
4 Hardware D Descriptio on and Insttallation 4.
4.2 Connector C aand Jumperr Descriptio on Disk Acttivity LED conn nector pins. A1-A10 A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 P1 Drive1 Drive5 Drive9 Drive13 Drive17 Drive21 Drive25 Drive29 Drive33 Drive37 P2 Drive2 Drive6 Drive10 Drive14 Drive18 Drive22 Drive26 Drive30 Drive34 Drive38 P3 Drive3 Drive7 Drive11 Drive15 Drive19 Drive23 Drive27 Drive31 Drive35 Drive39 P4 Drive4 Drive8 Drive12 Drive16 Drive20 Drive24 Drive28 Drive32 Drive36 Drive40 Disk Failure LED connector pins.
J1 BEEP1 PORT1 to PORT10 I2C interface can be used for enclosure monitoring. Audible alarm – will sound if a disk fails or stops responding. These represent the Rocket 750’s 10 Internal Mini-SAS ports. Each port can directly support up to 4 hard disks. Active/FAIL LED PIN connector: Active/Failed LED Pin Connectors Two pins are provided for each of the Rocket 750’s 40 device channels: one for disk activity, and one for disk failure.
5 Rocket 750 BIOS Utility After installing the Rocket 750, power on the system. The Rocket 750 BIOS should post during the system’s boot procedure. The BIOS does not include a management interface. The Rocket 750 and hosted devices can be managed at the operating system level, using the Intelligent Storage Health Manager interface.
6 Ro ocket 750 0 Driver Installation 6.1 Driver D instaallation - Miicrosoft Win ndows 8 / 2 2012 / 7 / 20 008R2 Instaalling the driveer for an existting Windows operating sysstem nstall the Rockket 750 host adapter into th he PC, then bo oot up the Win ndows operating system. 1. In 2. W Windows will detect d the Roccket 750 HBA aand automaticcally search fo or the driver. 3.
4. In nsert the HighPoint software CD into the CD/DVD drivee. The program m should start automaticallyy. Click th he Setup.exe icon. ould be displaayed. Click the “Install Driver” button. Thee 5. The HighPoint SSoftware Instaall window sho nterface will in nstall the Rockket 750 driver, automaticallyy.
ou can via thee Device Manaager entry to in nstall the driver for Rocket 7 750 HBA too. 6. Yo 7. R Right-click the “RAID Controller” entry and d select “Updaate Driver Softtware”. ow. 8.
9. B Browse to the ffollowing Softtware CD foldeer: \D Driver\R750\W Windows Select the driveer option that matches yourr operating system: x3 32 (32-bit) x6 64 (64-bit). ollow the InstallShield Wizaard’s prompts to install the R Rocket 750 driiver. Click “Clo ose” to exit thee 10. Fo W Wizard and reb boot once the driver has beeen successfully installed.
11. O Once completee, the interfacee will notify yo ou that the driver has been successfully installed. Click “OK” to o reboot the system.
12. A After rebootingg the system, tthe Rocket 750 HBA will be recognized byy Device Manaager, and listed under “Storagee Controllers”. 6.2 Driver D instaallation - Lin nux and FreeBSD Pleasse refer to thee Driver Installation Guide o or README filee included with the driver packages for th he moree information..
7 HighPoint Non-RAID N Managem ment Softw ware The H HighPoint Non n-RAID Managgement softwaare provides cconfiguration aand managem ment features. The softw ware can be in nstalled from tthe HighPoint software CD. 7.1 Installing I / Uninstall th he Non-RAID Managem ment Softwaare - Microssoft Window ws Instaall the Non-RA AID Management Software 1. In nsert the HighPoint softwarre CD into the CD/DVD drivee. The program m should startt automaticallyy. Click th he Setup.exe icon. i 2.
3. F Follow the InsstallShield Wizzard’s promptss to install thee HighPoint No on-RAID Manaagement interrface. ngs. 4. Please use the default settin R Restrict to locaalhost access – This setting will restrict th he HighPoint N Non-RAID Man nagement inteerface to o the local nettwork.
5. C Click the “Finish” button to ccomplete the installation prrocedure. mportant: Thee default user name is “RAID D” and passwo ord is “hpt”. 6.
7. To start the HigghPoint Non-R RAID Managem ment Interfacee, double-clickk the “HighPoint Non-RAID M Management” icon that wass placed on thee desktop durring the installation procedu ure.
8. O Or, start the uttility manuallyy by opening your web brow wser. Enter thee following UR RL address: http://localhosst:7402 N Note: If you arre accessing th he Non-RAID M Managementt interface usin ng a remote ssystem, pleasee u update “localh host” to the seerver’s addresss. Iff you are unab ble to connectt to the local ssystem, pleasee make sure hptsvr.exe h is rrunning on tha at syystem (check using Window ws Task Mana ager).
Uninstall the Web b RAID Managgement Softwaare 1. There are two choices to uniinstall the HighPoint Non-RA AID Managem ment software. One is click tthe “Uninstall” icon n in the screen n bottom afteer click the “HighPoint Web Non-RAID Maanagement” iccon by A All apps.
2. The other choicce is click the “Uninstall a p program” in the Control Pan nel. Double click the icon in the ffollowing foldeer. 3. D he HighPoint N Non-RAID Man nagement inteerface. 4.
7.2 Installing I / Uninstallingg the Web Non-RAID N M Managemen nt Softwaree - Linux on-RAID Manaagement Softw ware Instaall the Web No Pleasse refer to the Web Non-R RAID Managem ment Installattion Guide or README file under the fo ollowing foldeer for the instaallation proced dure.
7.3 Using U the W Web Non-RA AID Manageement Softw ware HighPoint’s web-based Non-RAIID Managemeent Software (aalso known sim mply as the “W Web GUI”), is used to o HighPoint Ro ocket host adapters. moniitor and configgure hard diskks attached to The ssoftware packkage must be iinstalled on a system with ssupported HighPoint Rockett controllers in nstalled, and tthe device drivver must be lo oaded to run tthe service. 7.3.
7.3.2 2.1 Physical - Controller 1 Devices Physical Devices In nformation: These are th he devices attaached to the ccontroller. Info ormation inclu udes the device modeel, serial numb ber and capaccity.
7.3.2 2.2 Physical - Rescan The item will rescaan the controller to detect devices. d 7.3.3 3 Web Non-R RAID Management Softw ware - Settingg This ttab displays vaarious controller related setttings and opttions: 7.3.3 3.1 Setting - System Enab ble audible alaarm: When n a disk goes o off-line the beeeper on the HBA will sound. Set SSpindown Idlee Disk (Minutes): Hard drives can bee instructed to o spin down w when there is no disk activity for a m 10 to 240 minutes. m set peeriod of time.
Restrrict to localho ost accesss: This option o is used to restrict weeb GUI accesss to the local ssystem and no ot allow remotte access. Port Number 7402 2: The listening port n number used to t log into thee web GUI. 740 02 is the default port ber. Other porrt numbers can be used in p place of the deefault as long as they numb are free. word Setting: Passw ord “hpt” can be changed.
7.3.5 5 Web Non-R RAID Management Softw ware - SHI (Sttorage Healtth Inspector)) Storaage Health Insspector: SHI will inspect each HDD D periodically. If any abnorm mal status is found, it will bee recorded in the Event log. p to identify prroblems with HDD’s and preevent further damage or SHI can help data loss. If additional pro oof of errors iss needed, the HDD’s can bee placed onto d SATA port an nd a 3rd party SMART softw ware utility can n be run.
Task List: The Task tab b allows you to o schedule maaintenance system status.
8 BIIOS Updatte The B BIOS update u utility must be run while thee system is opeerating in a pu ure DOS enviro onment. The u update utilityy cannot be ru un from a DOSS-prompt wind dow. 1. V Visit the www.highpoint-tech.com website to download d the latest firrmware. 2. Extract the dow wnload to a bo ootable DOS USB U drive. Boot the system m using the bo ootable USB d drive. 3. B 4. A At the comman nd prompt, acccess the BIOS update’s direectory: 5.
9 Thank You Thank you for purchasing the Rocket 750 SATA 6Gb/s Host adapter. We appreciate your support, and welcome any questions, comments or product suggestions you may have.
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