HighPoint Rocket 750 Operation & User’s Manual

User’s Guide Revision: 1.1 Nov. 27, 2015 HighPoint Technologies, Inc.

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1 Features and Specifications ................................................................................................................... 4 2 Physical Specifications ........................................................................................................................... 5 3 Kit Contents .......................................................................................................................................... 6 4 Hardware Description and Installation .................................................................................................. 7 4.1 Rocket 750 Host Adapter board layout ........................................................................................... 7 4.2 Connector and Jumper Description ................................................................................................ 8 4.3 Installing the Rocket 750 Host Adapter .......................................................................................... 9 5 Rocket 750 BIOS Utility ....................................................................................................................... 10 6 Rocket 750 Driver Installation ............................................................................................................. 11 6.1 Driver installation - Microsoft Windows ....................................................................................... 11 6.2 Driver installation -Linux and FreeBSD ......................................................................................... 17 7 HighPoint Web Non-RAID Management Software .............................................................................. 18 7.1 Installing the Web Non-RAID Management Software - Microsoft Windows ................................. 18 7.2 Installing the Web Non-RAID Management Software - Linux ........................................................ 25 7.3 Using the Web Non-RAID Management Software ........................................................................ 26 7.3.1 Web Non-RAID Management Software - Global View ......................................................... 26 7.3.2 Web Non-RAID Management Software - Physical ............................................................... 26 7.3.3 Web Non-RAID Management Software - Setting ................................................................. 28 7.3.4 Web Non-RAID Management Software - Event ................................................................... 29 7.3.5 Web Non-RAID Management Software - SHI (Storage Health Inspector) ............................ 30 8 BIOS Update ........................................................................................................................................ 32 9 Thank You ........................................................................................................................................... 33 10 Customer Support ............................................................................................................................. 34

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 320TB of storage capacity. The HighPoint Non-RAID Management Software provides a user friendly interface to monitor and maintain your storage solutions. 1 Features and Specifications Data Transfer Rate Up to 6Gb/s (per SFF-8087) Device Connector Type SFF-8087 ( Internal Mini-SAS) Number of Connectors 10 Host Bus Interface PCI Express 2.0 x8 speed Onboard Indicators /Monitor Alarm Buzzer , Fail and Active LEDs Device Supported Up to 40 SATA devices Physical Form Factor Full Height Supported Device Feature Staggered Drive Spin Up Hot-Plug and Hot-Swap Support Larger than 2 TB drive Support Management Suites Intelligent Storage Health Manager Operating System Support Windows: 8 / 2012 / 7 / 2008R2 Linux: OpenSource Driver /Ubuntu /SLES /RHEL /Open SuSE / Fedora, FreeBSD Supported Storage Expansion Options None Monitoring and Management Support SGPIO, Active/ Fail LED, I2C

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 3.3V 12V Power 4W max 1W max

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P1 Drive1 Drive5 Drive9 Drive13 Drive17 Drive21 Drive25 Drive29 Drive33 Drive37 lure LED conn P1 Drive1 Drive5 Drive9 Drive13 Drive17 Drive21 Drive25 Drive29 Drive33 Drive37 8 on nector pins. P2 Drive2 Drive6 Drive10 Drive14 Drive18 Drive22 Drive26 Drive30 Drive34 Drive38 ector pins. P2 Drive2 Drive6 Drive10 Drive14 Drive18 Drive22 Drive26 Drive30 Drive34 Drive38 P3 Drive3 Drive7 Drive11 Drive15 Drive19 Drive23 Drive27 Drive31 Drive35 Drive39 P3 Drive3 Drive7 Drive11 Drive15 Drive19 Drive23 Drive27 Drive31 Drive35 Drive39 P4 Drive4 Drive8 Drive12 Drive16 Drive20 Drive24 Drive28 Drive32 Drive36 Drive40 P4 3 Drive4 7 Drive8 1 Drive1 5 Drive1 9 Drive2 3 Drive2 7 Drive2 1 Drive3 5 Drive3 9 Drive4 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40

BEEP1 Audible alarm – will sound if a disk fails or stops responding. PORT1 to PORT10 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. For more information about LED functionality and connection requirements, please refer to: http://www.highpoint-tech.com/PDF/LED_connection.pdf 4.3 Installing the Rocket 750 Host Adapter Note: Make sure the system is powered-off before installing the Rocket host adapter. 1. Open the system chassis and locate an unused PCIe 2.0/1.0 (x8, x16) slot (or 3.0, x16). 2. Remove the PCI-E slot cover. 3. Gently insert the Rocket 750 HBA into the PCI-E slot, and secure the bracket to the system chassis. 4. After installing the adapter, attach the hard disks or backplane enclosure to the host adapter using the appropriate cables. Note: Many server-level chassis include hard-drive hot-swap bays. For these system chassis, cables are attached to the chassis backplane, rather than directly to each individual hard drive. Consult the chassis manual for proper installation procedures. 5. Close and secure the system chassis.

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.

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