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About this Guide
The RocketRAID 2220 SATA II Host Adapter’s User’s Guide provides information about the functions and
capabilities of the host adapter, and instructions for installing, configuring and maintaining RAID arrays
hosted by the adapter.
Introducing the RocketRAID 2220 Host Adapter
The HighPoint RocketRAID 2220 is an 8-channel Serial ATA II RAID controller. It utilizes a 64bit,
133MHz PCI-X interface. The RocketRAID 2220 solution is aimed at enterprise storage applications,
NAS storage, workgroup and web servers, video streaming / video editing workstations, back up, and
security systems.
Product Features
Ÿ 8 Channels PCI-X to SATAII host adapter
Ÿ Supports up to 8 SATA/SATAII hard disk drives
Ÿ PCI-X 64-bit, 66/100/133MHz PCI bus
Ÿ 64-bit LBA support for drive capacity over 2TB
Ÿ Supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, and JBOD
Ÿ Single RAID cross-adapter (up to 16 disks per array)
Ÿ Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
Ÿ Online Capacity Expansion (OCE)
Ÿ Online RAID Level Migration (ORLM)
Ÿ Staggered drive spin-up support
Ÿ S.M.A.R.T. monitoring of hard disk status for reliability
Ÿ SAF-TE Enclosure management
Ÿ Hot Swap and Hot Spare support
Ÿ Audible alarm
Ÿ LED support (disk activity and disk failure status)
Ÿ Quick and Background initialization for quick RAID configuration
Ÿ BIOS boot support
Ÿ Command Line Interface for RAID management (CLI)
Ÿ Graphical RAID Management Software (RAID Management Console)
Ÿ Automatic RAID rebuild
Ÿ SMTP support for email notification
Ÿ Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Linux and FreeBSD support