RocketRAID 2224

[Nikolas Britton]

On 8/18/06, Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>

Sorry for the errors, here are the corrected steps:

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/hptmv6.ko
# echo 'hptmv6_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf

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


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