RocketRAID 2224

[Nikolas Britton]

On 8/18/06, Dave Kingsley <david.kingsley at enc.edu> wrote:
> I am attemping to use a RocketRAID 2224 8 channel card to set up a
> storage server.  The server board is an Intel SE7230NH1-E with a P4-D
> 2.8GHz, 2GB RAM.
> FreeBSD doesn't see it at all.  I've noticed that the kernel config has
> options built in for the RocketRAID 182x.
> Are there options I can add for the newer card?  If so, will they work
> with FreeBSD 6.1 so that I can reconfigure for it rather than 6.0 that's
> running now?
> Basically we're trying to set up backups to disk with a RAID of about 4.5TB.
>

FreeBSD has native support for the following:
$whatis highpoint
hptmv(4)                 - HighPoint RocketRAID 182x device driver
rr232x(4)                - HighPoint RocketRAID 232x device driver

You have have a 2224 so no. You will need to use HighPoint's FreeBSD
drivers. You can download everything from here:
http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA/bios_rr2224.htm

While your at it update your cards BIOS (if needed) and grab a copy of
"CLI FreeBSD v2.2", the RAID management utility. After you download
the driver and un-tar it use the rr222x-bsd-6.img file... It's
designed for FreeBSD 6.0 but works perfect on FreeBSD 6.1... Follow
the steps below, remember to change /dev/md0 if needed:

This installs the device driver:
# mdconfig -a -t vnode -f rr222x-bsd-6.img
# mount /dev/md0 /mnt
# cp /mnt/hptmv6-6.0.ko /boot/modules/
# echo 'hptmv6_load="yes"' >> /boot/loader.conf

This installs the console management utility:
# pkg_add hptraidconf-2.2.tbz
# pkg_add hotsvr-3.12.tbz

That's it, after you reboot everything will be working. You should
print out the pdf manual for the console management utility. If you
need more help just ask... I myself have an HPT 2220.




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