HighPoint RocketRAID 3700 Series User Manual

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1. HighPoint RocketRAID 3700 Overview
RocketRAID 3700 series host bus adapters are the world’s most price competitive 12G SAS/SATA RAID controllers, and deliver
unprecedented end-to-end Generation 3.0 PCI Express transfer performance with Professional class RAID Storage reliability and
management capabilities.
RocketRAID 3700 series host bus adapters capitalize on HighPoint’s two decades of RAID and storage technology to deliver
professional grade RAID storage at a fraction of the cost of conventional host RAID solutions. Each adapter is powered by our
industry proven RAID technology, superior Gen 3.0 PCIe express transfer bandwidth, and up to sixteen dedicated 12Gb/s SAS
channels, which support robust, high-performance RAID 0, 1, 5 ,6, 10, 50 and JBOD configurations of SAS or SATA hard drives of
any disk format, including 512, 512e and 4Kn.
RocketRAID 3700 Technical Specifications
Bus Interface
8-lane, 8 GT/s PCI Express 3.0 Compliant
Number of Channel / Port
16x 12Gb/s SAS / 6Gb/s SATA Channels
Data Transfer Rates:
Up to 12Gb/s per port
Port Type
SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD and SFF-8644 mini-SAS HD
Number of Devices
16x SAS/SATA Hard Drive/SSD
Form Factor
Low Profile
Dimensions
5.97*2.68*0.06 (in)
Weight
0.26lb
RAID Level Support
0,1,5,6, 1/0,5/0 and JBOD / Non-RAID Mode
RAID 6 is not supported on macOS
Bootable RAID 6 arrays are not supported
RAID 1/0 is equivalent of RAID 10. RAID 5/0 is equivalent of RAID 5/0
Operating System
Windows 7 and later
Windows Server 2008 and later
Linux (Support Linux Driver auto Compile)
macOS
FreeBSD
RAID Feature Suite
Flash ROM for Upgradeable BIOS
Storage Health Inspector
Redundant RAID Configurations
BIOS PnP (plug and play) and BBS (BIOS boot specification) support
Bootable RAID Array
EFI for Mac Platform
Multiple RAID Partitions supported
Storage Configurations Support Details
Multiple RAID Adapters supported
Online Array Roaming
Online RAID Level Migration (ORLM)
Online Capacity Expansion (OCE)
RAID Quick Initialization for fast array setup
Drive hot plug support
Global Hot Spare Disk support
Automatic and configurable RAID Rebuilding Priority
Auto resume incomplete rebuilding after power on or reboot system
Disk Format compatible: 512, 512e, 4Kn
Larger than 2 TB Drive and RAID Array support
Spin down Massive Arrays of Idle Disks support
Native Command Queuing
SAS TCQ
Disk media scan and repair
Device Error Recovery support
Automatic remap and fix drive bad block for RAID array
Staggered Drive Spin Up
Write Back and Write Through

HighPoint RocketRAID 3700 Series Specifications

General

Brand	HighPoint
Model	RocketRAID 3700 Series
Category	Computer Hardware
Language	English