Does Yosemite support Highpoint RAID cards?

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Does Yosemite support Highpoint RAID cards?

Mac Pro, late 2010 12-core Westmere model with 24GB RAM.

Just updated to Yosemite. Discoverd the Highpoint RocketRAID card is no longer recognized and peripherals using eSATA are not mounting.

I don't recall whether it stated a driver was installed on previous versions of OS X, however I do know that the RAID card was supported natively at that time and attempting to add drivers resulted in the card not being recognized.

I've tried restarting, using a few RAID management tools from the vendors of peripherals I have, and updating the driver manually, and none have worked. Any suggestions?

Does it matter that the RAID controller is listed on 3 lines in the System Info, or is this just a glitch?

The Vendor ID is 1103.

Mac Pro (Mid 2010), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)

Posted on Oct 21, 2014 4:35 PM

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Answer 1

TrickyT1

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Oct 21, 2014 8:05 PM in response to Sambarbadonat

What model RocketRaid card do you have? Everyone seems to be having this issue.

RocketRAID 2314 w/ Yosemite?

I had a 2314 which apparently isn't supported anymore, got a 644L, which Hightpoint claims is supported, but it doesn't really work. The drivers show as not installed and I don't even see the model of the PCI card in the System Information. Yet, somehow it seems some of my drives. Have an issue open with them now about this.

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Answer 2

Dec 21, 2014 5:23 PM in response to TrickyT1

The model in my machine is the RocketRAID 644M. I've had no luck finding anything helpful online. From what I've seen this model should still be supported.

When I first installed the 644M, I tried to install drivers from the included disk and that prevented the card from working. The drivers are part of the system, if I recall correctly, so installing drivers ends up pointing the device to the wrong driver files.

I'm seeing this in the System Info Extensions pane:

HighPointRR:

Version: 4.3.3

Last Modified: 8/14/14, 6:39 PM

Bundle ID: com.highpoint-tech.kext.HighPointRR

Loaded: No

Obtained from: Identified Developer

Kind: Intel

Architectures: x86_64

64-Bit (Intel): Yes

Location: /Library/Extensions/HighPointRR.kext

Kext Version: 4.3.3

Loadable: Yes

Dependencies: Satisfied

Signed by: Developer ID Application: HighPoint Technologies, Inc (DX6G69M9N2), Developer ID Certification Authority, Apple Root CA

I'm going to try backing up this kext above and then deleting it and maybe that will solve the problem.

Thanks!

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