HighPoint RocketRAID 2740 - Manual (Page 3)

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HIGHPOINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC................................................................... 5
HIGHPOINT ROCKETRAID 2740/2744 ............................................................... 6
6GB/S SASPCI-EXPRESS 2.0 X16 ......................................................................... 6
1 - Features and Specifications .................................................................................................................... 7
2 - Kit Contents ............................................................................................................................................. 8
HARDWARE – DESCRIPTION AND INSTALLATION ........................................ 9
1 - Host Adapter Descriptions and PCB Layout ........................................................................................ 9
RocketRAID 2740 Host Adapter layout ..................................................................................................... 9
RocketRAID 2744 Host Adapter layout ....................................................................................................10
ROCKETRAID BIOS UTILITY .......................................................................... 13
1 - BIOS Settings Overview ........................................................................................................................13
Using the BIOS Utility ..............................................................................................................................13
BIOS Commands.......................................................................................................................................14
2 - Creating RAID Arrays ...........................................................................................................................14
3 – Deleting Arrays ......................................................................................................................................17
4 - Add/Remove Spare Disks .......................................................................................................................18
5 - Settings ....................................................................................................................................................18
HIGHPOINT SOFTWARE CD ............................................................................ 19
Creating a driver diskette ...........................................................................................................................19
Device Driver Installation – Windows Operating Systems ......................................................................20
RocketRAID 2740/2744 Windows Driver Installation..............................................................................21
Windows XP, 2003 ....................................................................................................................................21
RocketRAID 2740/2744 Windows 7/Vista/Windows 2008 Driver Installation ........................................24
HIGHPOINT RAID MANAGEMENT UTILITIES (HRM) – WEB GUI / CLI ..... 28
Windows Operating Systems – Installing the Web GUI from the Software CD. ...................................28
Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS, Fedora Core, Open SuSE – Installing the Web-based Management utility .28
Debian/Ubuntu Linux Distributions – Installing the Web-based Management Utility ..............................29
Linux Distributions – Command Line Interface (CLI) ..............................................................................29
1 - Installing the Web GUI (v1.5.3) - Windows Operating Systems (2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008,
Windows 7) ...................................................................................................................................................30