Highpoint ROCKETCACHE 3244X8 Manual

1User’sGuidev1.2RocketCache32xxSeriesHBAAddSSDPerformancetoYourHDDStorage

10UsingtheRocketCacheManagementsoftware1. RocketCacheManagementSoftwareOverviewNote:Tousetheweb‐basedCachingmanagementinterface,a

11HBA’sBIOScanalsobeflashedfromthistab.BrowsetotheBIOSbinaryfileandclickSubmittoflashtheBIOS:2. BuildRocketCacheClickthe

12Note:IftheHDD/SSDstatusis“Legacy”mode,itcannotbeusedtobuildRocketCache.Try“InitializeDevices”fromthe“Overview”tabbeforebu

133. CachingModelSelectionMaximumPerformance‐ThiscachingmodeoptimizestheSSDandHDDdevicesformaximumreadandwriteperformance.Maxi

144. ManageRocketCacheRocketCacheStatusandmaintenance:RocketCacheVirtualDevicestatus:Normalstatus–RocketCacheisunderstandardnormal

15ToremovetheSSDcachefromaRocketCachevirtualdisk,switchtothe“ManageRocketCache”tabandclickthe“RemoveCache”button.OncetheSS

16ToRebuildtheCriticalRocketCachea. InstallanewHDDtoreplacetheoff‐linedHDD/portofthe RocketCache32xx.b. TheRocketCachemanagem

17Rebuildingstatus‐RocketCacheisreconstructionandsynchronizingdataoftheRocketCache’smirroredHDDsmember.Therebuildingpercentagecanb

185. DeleteRocketCache/LogicalDeviceTodeletetheRocketCacheorLogicalDevicea. SwitchtotheManageRocketCachetab.b. Clickthe“Maint

196. ViewEventlogSwitchtothe“Log”taboftheRocketCacheManagementsoftwaretoViewtheallEvent:

2Contents HighPointRocketCache32xxSeries HostAdapter...3Kit Content……...

20CustomerSupportIf you encounter any problems while utilizing the Rocket series hostadapter, or have any questions about this o

21FCCPart15ClassBRadioFrequencyInterferencestatementThisequipmenthasbeentested andfoundtocomplywiththelimitsforaClassBdigit

3HighPointRocketCache32xxSeriesHostAdapter–AddSSDPerformancetoYourHDDStorageTheRocketCache32xxSeriesHBAisahigh‐performancePCI‐

4HardwareInstallationInstallingtheRocketCache32xxHostAdapter Note:Makesurethesystemispowered‐off beforeinstallingtheRocketCache

5DriverInstallation(Windows7,Vista,2008)1. AfterinstallingtheRocketCache32xxhostadapter,boottotheWindowsoperatingsystem.2. Win

6RocketCacheManagementsoftwareInstallation(Windows)RocketCacheSoftwareinstallationFollowbelowstepstoinstalltheRocketCachemanagements

7RocketCacheSoftwareInstallation(MacOSX)TheRocketCacheMacsoftwarecontainsoneinstallationpackage,RC32XX.mpkg,whichcontainsdriverand

83. Youwillbepromptedthatarebootisneededtoinstallthesoftware.Click“ContinueInstallation”.

94. TheWebControllerManagementwillbeinstalledtosystem.Click“Restart”torestartthesystem.5. Afterthesystemisrestarted,youcan