HighPoint RocketRAID 2711 Installation Manual - Page 4
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Part
2
–
P re-‐requisite
f or
D ata
R AID
C onfiguration
Overview
–
T he
R ocketRAID
2 711
s eries
c ontroller
s upport
D ata
R AID
c onfigurations
i nclude
R AID
0,
1 ,
5 ,
6 ,
1 0
a rrays.
T his
d ocument
w ill
i nclude
t he
i nstallations
s teps
t o
c onfigure
a nd
s etup
y our
hardware
t o
s upport
D ata
R AID
a rrays.
The
h ardware
a nd
s oftware
p re-‐requests
a re
l isted
b elow:
RocketRAID
2 711
s eries
H BA
w ith
H igh
D ensity
B IOS
•
RocketRAID
2 711
s eries
W indows
R AID
d rivers
•
Motherboard
w ith
P CI-‐e
( 1.0
o r
2 .0)
x 8
o r
x 16
s lot
•
Storage
c hassis
w ith
E J6172
S ATA
J BOD
B oard
•
System
R equirements
PC
H ardware:
M otherboard
w ith
a n
a vailable
P CIe
2 .0
o r
1 .0
s lot
c apable
o f
s upporting
a n
x 8
( 8-‐
lane)
o r
x 16
( 16-‐lane)
l ength
P CIe
c ard.
F or
o ptimal
p erformance,
u se
a
P CIe
2 .0
s lot
r unning
a t
x 8
o r
x16
s peeds.
Before,
i nstalling
t he
R ocketRAID
2 711
s eries
c ontroller
m ake
s ure
t he
c omputer
i s
t urned
o ff
a nd
unplugged
f rom
i ts
p ower
s ource.
T ake
a ppropriate
e lectrostatic
d ischarge
p recautions:
Your
c omputer
i s
a
s tatic-‐sensitive
d evice.
I t
i s
s usceptible
t o
i nvisible
d amage
i f
n ot
p rotected
d uring
installation.
We
r ecommend
p roper
g rounding
b y
u sing
a
g rounding
s trap.
M ake
s ure
t o
w ork
i n
a
c lean
a nd
static-‐free
a rea,
a nd
a void
w earing
c lothing
t hat
r etains
s tatic
c harges.
RocketRAID
2 711
H igh
D ensity
B IOS
The
R ocketRAID
2 711
s eries
c ontroller
w ill
n eed
t o
h ave
H igh
D ensity
B IOS
u pdated
t o
t he
c ontroller
before
p roceeding
t o
t he
W indows
d evice
d river
i nstallation.
Download
t he
H igh
D ensity
B IOS
f rom
t he
R ocketRAID
2 711
p roduct
p age
d ownload
s ection
a nd
follow
t he
i nstructions
b elow
f or
u pdating.
Step
1 :
I nstall
t he
R ocketRAID
2 711
Step
2 :
B oot
t he
s ystem
i nto
M S-‐DOS
m ode.
A
U SB
t humb
d rive
i s
r ecommended
f or
b ooting
i nto
M S-‐
DOS.
Step
3 :
E xecute
t he
L OAD.exe
u tility
t o
r e-‐flash
t he
R ocketRAID
2 711
s eries
c ontroller
w ith
t he
n ew
High
D ensity
B IOS.
Step
4 :
L oad
r r2711.v12
Step
5 :
F ollow
t he
p rompts
t o
r e-‐flash
t he
R ocketRAID
2 711
s eries
c ontroller
w ith
t he
H igh
D ensity
BIOS
Step
6 :
R eboot
t he
s ystem
w hen
t he
R ocketRAID
2 711
s eries
c ontroller
h as
c ompleted
t he
r e-‐flash.