Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 01:49:18 -0700 From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: "Dave Kingsley" <david.kingsley@enc.edu> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RocketRAID 2224 Message-ID: <ef10de9a0608210149v3e6f3769n26126e9b6424bbeb@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <ef10de9a0608181243o3b473746v8de31f1f30a0979e@mail.gmail.com> References: <44E5C217.4080205@enc.edu> <ef10de9a0608181243o3b473746v8de31f1f30a0979e@mail.gmail.com>
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On 8/18/06, Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> wrote: > On 8/18/06, Dave Kingsley <david.kingsley@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 -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/
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