HightPoint Technologies RocketStor 6314A Bedienungsanleitung
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RocketStor 6314A
User Manual
Sept. 25, 2015
Revision v1.02
HighPoint Technologies, Inc.
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Contents
Kit Contents .......................................................................................................................................................5
Getting Started ..................................................................................................................................................8
Setting Up the Hardware .............................................................................................................................8
Install and Update Drivers....................................................................................................................... 14
Install/Update Drivers on existing operating systems.................................................................. 16
Creating a Bootable Array (Mac Only) ............................................................................................... 22
Installing HighPoint WebGUI ................................................................................................................... 22
Navigating the WebGUI ................................................................................................................................. 24
Logging In HighPoint WebGUI ................................................................................................................. 25
Global Tab ................................................................................................................................................... 27
Viewing HBA Properties ....................................................................................................................... 28
Viewing Storage Properties.................................................................................................................. 28
Physical Tab ................................................................................................................................................ 29
Updating BIOS/Firmware ..................................................................................................................... 30
Obtaining Physical Device Information ............................................................................................ 30
Logical Tab .................................................................................................................................................. 33
Creating an Array .................................................................................................................................. 33
Adding Spare Disks............................................................................................................................... 38
Obtaining Logical Device Information .............................................................................................. 39
Expanding an Existing Array............................................................................................................... 41
Setting Tab .................................................................................................................................................. 44
System Settings ...................................................................................................................................... 45
Changing your WebGUI password ..................................................................................................... 46
Recovering your WebGUI password................................................................................................... 46
Email Setting ........................................................................................................................................... 46
Recover Tab................................................................................................................................................. 48
Backup your Recover List .................................................................................................................... 48
Reloading your Backup Recover List ................................................................................................. 49
Event Tab..................................................................................................................................................... 49
Event Log Icon Guide ............................................................................................................................ 49
SHI (Storage Health Inspector) ................................................................................................................ 50
Enabling SMART Monitoring ............................................................................................................... 50
Changing HDD Temperature Threshold........................................................................................... 51
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Utilizing the Health Inspector Scheduler ......................................................................................... 51
Creating a New Verify Task ................................................................................................................. 52
Initializing your Disks................................................................................................................................... 53
Formatting your Disks .................................................................................................................................. 53
Replacing a Failed Disk................................................................................................................................. 54
Rebuilding Your Array .................................................................................................................................. 54
Critical Condition ...................................................................................................................................... 55
Rebuilding Interrupted Due to Bad Sectors ..................................................................................... 55
Critical array disabled when you removed wrong disk................................................................. 56
Disabled Condition.................................................................................................................................... 56
Help................................................................................................................................................................... 57
WebGUI Icon Guide.................................................................................................................................... 58
RAID Level Reference Table..................................................................................................................... 60
HighPoint Recommended List of Hard Drives..................................................................................... 61
Contacting Technical Support ................................................................................................................ 61
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Kit Contents
RS6314A Enclosure (with 4 disk trays pre-installed)
Accessories Box
Screw bag (including 2 sets of 18 screws for HDD/SSD)
Thunderbolt™ Cable
UL Power Cord
Quick Installation Guide for RS6314A
For any damaged or missing items contact your reseller or submit a support ticket online at
www.highpoint-tech.com/websupport/
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Product Information
RocketStor 6314A
Port Technology
Thunderbolt™ 2
Onboard Storage processor
RAID-On-Chip Onboard
Onboard Cache Memory
512MB DDR 3 Cache Memory with ECC Protection
Port Type
2x Thunderbolt™ Port
RAID Level
0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and JBOD
Max. Capacity
up to 32 TB
Number Of drives
Up to 4
Drive Interface
SAS, SATA
Drive Form Factor
3.5" & 2.5"
Material
Brushed aluminum housing
Dimension
8.66"(H)x5.31"(W)x8.67"(D)
Weight
9.46lb
Warranty
3Years
Advanced RAID Feature
Configurable RAID Block Size up to 1MB
Flash ROM for Upgradeable Firmware
DV Mode Technology
Storage Health Inspector
Redundant RAID Configurations
Bootable RAID Array
EFI BIOS for Mac Platform
Multiple RAID Partitions supported
Online Array Roaming
Online RAID Level Migration (ORLM)
Online Capacity Expansion (OCE)
RAID Initialization Background/Foreground/Quick
Global Hot Spare Disk support
Automatic and configurable RAID Rebuilding Priority
Disk Format compatible: 512, 512e, 4Kn
Larger than 2 TB Drive and RAID Array support
Spin down Massive Arrays of Idle Disks support
Native Command Queuing
Write Back and Write Through
Storage Monitoring and Management Suite
RAID Management Suites:
Browser-Based management tool,
Drive Indicator
Power, Present, Active, Fail
SMTP
Email Alert Notification
Alarm Buzzer
Buzzer beeping when failed drive or array occurs
Operating System
Window 2008 and Window 7 and later
Driver embedded into Mac OS X 10.9 and later
Power Supply AC INPUT 100-240V ~ 5A 50/60Hz
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Operating Environment
Temperature
(operating) 5°C –45°C
(non-operating) -40°C –65°C
Relative Humidity
(operating) 8% –90% RH (Non-condensing)
(non-operating) 5% –95% RH (Non-condensing)
Figure 1. RS6314A Front Panel Figure 2. RS6314A Back Panel
Figure 3. Isometric view of disk tray with physical drive installed (drive not included)
Figure 4. Bottom View of disk tray. SSD mount points are on the bottom.
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Getting Started
Thank you for purchasing HighPoint Technologies RocketStor 6314A. You are only a few steps
away from utilizing RAID storage using the industry’s most affordable hardware RAID solution.
Main topics in this section include:
Setting Up the Hardware
How to Update and Install Drivers
How to Install HighPoint WebGUI
Setting Up the Hardware
Important:
1. Ensure that you have all items listed under Kit Contents.
2. Verify and record the S/N of the enclosure unit.
The technical support may ask for the S/N of the enclosure unit. Please record the S/N of
the unit. The S/N is located on the sticker on the bottom of the enclosure unit as below.
The S/N has 13 characters and the S/N format for the RocketStor 6314A is “****M3M******”
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Setup the hardware
Step 1. Plug in the power cord for your RS6314A. Note: To prevent physical drive damage, keep
the RS6314A oriented upright when in use.
Figure 5. Power Cord plugged into back panel
Step 2. Plug one end of the Thunderbolt™ cable to either of the RS6314A ports and the other
end to your computer’s Thunderbolt™ port.
Figure 6. Connect to either the right or left Thunderbolt™ port.
Step 3. Press then pull the blue tab on each disk tray to unlock and slide out each tray.
Step 4. Mount your hard drives onto each tray using the provided screws. (Note: see HELP for a
list of recommended hard drives)
Step 5. The disk trays have pre-drilled holes compatible with 3.5” and 2.5” hard drive form
factors. SSD holes are drilled on the bottom of the disk tray.
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Step 6. Switch the power button on.
Figure 9. Power Button located on Back Panel (figure shows enclosure switched ON)
Step 7. Make sure the power LED on the front of the enclosure is LIT.
Step 8. (For Windows) Install RS6314A drivers and the HighPoint WebGUI Management Utility
to access and manage your arrays.
(For Mac) RS6314A drivers are pre-installed for Mac OSX 10.9 and later. Earlier versions of Mac
OSX may require driver installation
LED Activity
A quick, convenient way for identifying a faulty drive or enclosure unit is to read the LED lights
on the front panel.
Table 1. LED Activity Reference
LED Location
Icon
Normal
Faulty
Disk Tray Top
LED
When powered
on, the LED will
be a STABLE
BLUE
When disk is
busy, the LED
will be BLINKING
BLUE
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