high pointe RocketRAID 840A Operation & User’s Manual

1. HighPoint RocketRAID 840A Overview ........................................ 3 2. Board Layout & Hardware Installation......................................... 4 3. Using the RocketRAID 840A ......................................................... 6 3.1. Using the RocketRAID Series HBA BIOS ................................ 6 3.1.1 Rock ...

RocketRAID 800 series HBA’s are the industry’s fastest SATA RAID Controllers. The PCIe Generation 3.0 host interface and dedicated 6Gb/s SATA channels work in tandem to deliver uncompromised transfer performance for up to 16 SSD’s or hard disks. Backed by HighPoint’s 20 years of RAID technology expertise, and p ...

SFF-8643 connector Each SFF-8643 connector supports 4 disk channels. Connect the hard disks or disk backplane to the RAID controller using the appropriate data cables. Active/FAIL LED PIN connector: LED pins are provided for Active/Fail status for each of the device channels. For more information about LED functional ...

Controller. 1. Open the system chassis and locate an unused PCIe (x8, x16) slot. 2. Remove the PCIe slot cover. 3. Gently insert the RAID controller into the PCIe slot, and secure the bracket to the system chassis. 4. After installing the adapter, attach the hard dis ...

3.1. Using the RocketRAID Series HBA BIOS 3.1.1 RocketRAID BIOS Setting Utility The RocketRAID controller BIOS utility is an interface that provides management commands and controller related settings. After installing the RAID controller and powering on the system, the RAID controller BIOS should post during the system’s boo ...

The following keys are utilized by the RocketRAID BIOS utility: 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. 3.1.3 BIOS Commands Create: Thi ...

Initializing Disks: 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 the Enter key. Highlight the target disks using the arrow keys, and then press the Enter key. A numeral w ...

1. Use the arrow keys to select the RAID level and press the Enter key. 2. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Array Name option and press the Enter key. 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 co ...

key to select them. A numeral will be displayed before each selected disk. This number designates disk 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 the E ...