HighPoint RocketRAID

This guide shall help you, to install your RocketRAID card with an current kernel. I've testet it with =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.17.7.

Over git
At first you need the necassary ebuilds. You can get it via git by typing the following:

Over layman
Or you choose layman. Edit your and change the following line:

Then run this two command:

Installation of the kernel module
Install :

Load kernel module at startup
Now edit your and add your selected module. Now you can load your module.

At dmesg you would see some like this.

Install hptraidconf & hptsvr
is the configuration and monitoring software for your RocketRAID card. is the server software, on which hptraidconf connect. The server must be installed on the computer, on which the card is. The client can installed on the same or another computer.

Configuration of the server
To run the server you must add your used module to :

Now you can start the server:

To start the server on every system start, type in:

Connecting to the server
The default username ist RAID and the default password is hpt.

All commands for the client, you find in the official documention: The documentation is inside of this archive

Sepcial thanks
My special thanks go to camper2 from ubuntuforums.org. He's written the patches for the kernel modules.