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3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Specifying a hot spare 34 Changing an existing configuration 34 Modifying a disk array 34 Deleting a disk array 35 How to maintain or verify a disk array 36 Rebuilding a mirrored disk array 37 Rebuilding a RAID 5 disk array 39 Windows Installation 45 Windows NT®4.0 Installation 46 Adding drives to an existing storage switch 47 Boot the machine 47...
3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Specifying a hot spare 34 Changing an existing configuration 34 Modifying a disk array 34 Deleting a disk array 35 How to maintain or verify a disk array 36 Rebuilding a mirrored disk array 37 Rebuilding a RAID 5 disk array 39 Windows Installation 45 Windows NT®4.0 Installation 46 Adding drives to an existing storage switch 47 Boot the machine 47...
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... utility 111 Installing the storage switch on systems that boot from a different device 112 Create disk arrays 112 Install the 3ware driver 112 RAID array initialization 114 Install and run 3DM disk management utility 115 3DM Disk Management Utility 117 Windows Installation ... Setup 131 Enable/Disable Password Protection 133 Selecting Rebuild Rate 134 Selecting Cache Options 134 Event notification via e-mail 134 Mirrored Array Maintenance 135 Specifying a hot spare 137 Auto rebuild of a mirrored array 137 Rebuilding a redundant array with a hot swap drive 137 Selecting Force ...
... utility 111 Installing the storage switch on systems that boot from a different device 112 Create disk arrays 112 Install the 3ware driver 112 RAID array initialization 114 Install and run 3DM disk management utility 115 3DM Disk Management Utility 117 Windows Installation ... Setup 131 Enable/Disable Password Protection 133 Selecting Rebuild Rate 134 Selecting Cache Options 134 Event notification via e-mail 134 Mirrored Array Maintenance 135 Specifying a hot spare 137 Auto rebuild of a mirrored array 137 Rebuilding a redundant array with a hot swap drive 137 Selecting Force ...
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...Storage Switch Quick-Splash Screen 74 ix RAID 5 Configuration Example 10 Figure 5. 8-Port Escalade 7850 Storage Switch Layout 17 Figure 6. 3ware BIOS Tool 25 Figure 7. Disk Array Advance Details Screen 28 Figure 9. Degraded RAID 5 Array Drive When Not in Use . 38... Delete Disk Array Display 35 Figure 14. Rebuild Array Status Display, RAID 1 Example . . . 42 Figure 20. Add New Hardware Wizard 67 Figure 28. 3ware Storage Switch Properties Display 70 Figure 29. RAID 1 Configuration Example 8 Figure 3. Maintain Disk Array Display 36 Figure 15. RAID 0 Configuration Example...
...Storage Switch Quick-Splash Screen 74 ix RAID 5 Configuration Example 10 Figure 5. 8-Port Escalade 7850 Storage Switch Layout 17 Figure 6. 3ware BIOS Tool 25 Figure 7. Disk Array Advance Details Screen 28 Figure 9. Degraded RAID 5 Array Drive When Not in Use . 38... Delete Disk Array Display 35 Figure 14. Rebuild Array Status Display, RAID 1 Example . . . 42 Figure 20. Add New Hardware Wizard 67 Figure 28. 3ware Storage Switch Properties Display 70 Figure 29. RAID 1 Configuration Example 8 Figure 3. Maintain Disk Array Display 36 Figure 15. RAID 0 Configuration Example...
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.... RAID 5 capacity = size of smallest drive × (number of a RAID 5 array having less than being concentrated on -the-fly". from 66.7 % for 3 drives to rebuild a failed drive "on a single disk (see Figure 4). RAID 5 Configuration Example 10 www.3ware.com...RAID configurations that offer data striping, except for RAID 1, RAID 5 stripe size is distributed across all drives rather than 3 drives. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide RAID 5 arrays optimize performance, fault tolerance, high capacity and storage efficiency The RAID 5 configuration features the data striping of RAID...
.... RAID 5 capacity = size of smallest drive × (number of a RAID 5 array having less than being concentrated on -the-fly". from 66.7 % for 3 drives to rebuild a failed drive "on a single disk (see Figure 4). RAID 5 Configuration Example 10 www.3ware.com...RAID configurations that offer data striping, except for RAID 1, RAID 5 stripe size is distributed across all drives rather than 3 drives. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide RAID 5 arrays optimize performance, fault tolerance, high capacity and storage efficiency The RAID 5 configuration features the data striping of RAID...
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... for creating, deleting, maintaining disk arrays and rebuilding mirrored arrays. Introduction R5 FusionTM Technology significantly improves RAID 5 write performance 3ware's R5 Fusion significantly improves RAID 5 write performance for each read -scan of all disks in an array. An error notification is posted for... redundant data and rewrites it to deliver extremely high performance for RAID 5 write operations. Configure and manage your disk arrays The 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility is combined with Escalade 7450 and 7850 storage switches. Background Media Scan and Dynamic Sector...
... for creating, deleting, maintaining disk arrays and rebuilding mirrored arrays. Introduction R5 FusionTM Technology significantly improves RAID 5 write performance 3ware's R5 Fusion significantly improves RAID 5 write performance for each read -scan of all disks in an array. An error notification is posted for... redundant data and rewrites it to deliver extremely high performance for RAID 5 write operations. Configure and manage your disk arrays The 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility is combined with Escalade 7450 and 7850 storage switches. Background Media Scan and Dynamic Sector...
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To create, delete or verify arrays, you can use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility. To check array configuration or status, disable write cache, select a hot spare or rebuild a mirrored array, you must have access to the network with the Escalade Storage Switch. 3DM supports hot spare and hot swap for mirrored arrays. Hot swap is only available through...
To create, delete or verify arrays, you can use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility. To check array configuration or status, disable write cache, select a hot spare or rebuild a mirrored array, you must have access to the network with the Escalade Storage Switch. 3DM supports hot spare and hot swap for mirrored arrays. Hot swap is only available through...
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... for examples). QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Port 3 - The total array capacity is limited to the capacity of smallest drive) . www.3ware.com 29 Check that the proper drives are listed. QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Disk Arrays: 30.0GB 30.0GB 30.0GB 30.0GB Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare...
... for examples). QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Port 3 - The total array capacity is limited to the capacity of smallest drive) . www.3ware.com 29 Check that the proper drives are listed. QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Disk Arrays: 30.0GB 30.0GB 30.0GB 30.0GB Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare...
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... : 25% Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 12. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide a single disk, to avoid throughput loss due to continue with its next task. QUANTUM FIREBALLP KX27.3 512 M Disk Arrays: Array Unit 1 - 3 drive 64K RAID 5 Port...
... : 25% Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 12. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide a single disk, to avoid throughput loss due to continue with its next task. QUANTUM FIREBALLP KX27.3 512 M Disk Arrays: Array Unit 1 - 3 drive 64K RAID 5 Port...
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... Array Display Navigate to the Delete Array button and hit Enter to it . Check that the array is selected. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Disk Arrays: *Array Unit 0 - 4 drive 64K RAID 0 Port 0 - www.3ware.com 35 An asterisk in the left most column indicates the array ...Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 13. Recall that the correct drives are listed. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility Deleting a disk array To delete an array...
... Array Display Navigate to the Delete Array button and hit Enter to it . Check that the array is selected. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Disk Arrays: *Array Unit 0 - 4 drive 64K RAID 0 Port 0 - www.3ware.com 35 An asterisk in the left most column indicates the array ...Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 13. Recall that the correct drives are listed. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility Deleting a disk array To delete an array...
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... to maintain or verify a disk array The Maintain Disk Array (see Figure 14) shows the current disk array configuration that checks the data integrity of a fault tolerant array. QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Port 3 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB 30.0GB 30.0GB Array's Write Cache State: enabled Verify Array: no or yes. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide How...
... to maintain or verify a disk array The Maintain Disk Array (see Figure 14) shows the current disk array configuration that checks the data integrity of a fault tolerant array. QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Port 3 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB 30.0GB 30.0GB Array's Write Cache State: enabled Verify Array: no or yes. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide How...
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...3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility Rebuilding a mirrored disk array Escalade Storage Switches allow you to protect against drive failure. If one or more drives to create fault tolerant disk arrays by selecting a mirrored RAID 1 or RAID 10 array. These disk arrays store identical data on two or more of the drives of a mirrored array....0GB 30.0GB 30.0GB DEGRADED 30.0GB Not in Use www.3ware.com 37 Degraded RAID 1 Array Drive When Not in Use 30.0GB Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 ...
...3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility Rebuilding a mirrored disk array Escalade Storage Switches allow you to protect against drive failure. If one or more drives to create fault tolerant disk arrays by selecting a mirrored RAID 1 or RAID 10 array. These disk arrays store identical data on two or more of the drives of a mirrored array....0GB 30.0GB 30.0GB DEGRADED 30.0GB Not in Use www.3ware.com 37 Degraded RAID 1 Array Drive When Not in Use 30.0GB Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 ...
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3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Disk Arrays: Array Unit 0 - 4 drive 64K RAID 10 Port 0 - In a 4-drive configuration, up to four drives can be configured with either four, six or eight disks. Degraded RAID 10 Array Drive When Not in Use 30.0GB 30.0GB 30.0GB Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array... FIREBALLP LM30 Port 2 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 60.0GB DEGRADED 30.0GB Not in Use Note: A RAID 10 array can be rebuilt. 38 www.3ware.com In a 6-drive configuration, up to two drives can be rebuilt.
3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Disk Arrays: Array Unit 0 - 4 drive 64K RAID 10 Port 0 - In a 4-drive configuration, up to four drives can be configured with either four, six or eight disks. Degraded RAID 10 Array Drive When Not in Use 30.0GB 30.0GB 30.0GB Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array... FIREBALLP LM30 Port 2 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 60.0GB DEGRADED 30.0GB Not in Use Note: A RAID 10 array can be rebuilt. 38 www.3ware.com In a 6-drive configuration, up to two drives can be rebuilt.
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... When Not in Use As in Use Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 17. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility Rebuilding a RAID 5 disk array Escalade Storage Switches allow you to the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility or 3DM Disk Management Utility chapters for...
... When Not in Use As in Use Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 17. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility Rebuilding a RAID 5 disk array Escalade Storage Switches allow you to the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility or 3DM Disk Management Utility chapters for...
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... you must replace the drive and restart the rebuild process with the new drive. An asterisk in the Rebuild confirmation display. 4 Select F8 to exit the Disk Array Configuration Utility. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Rebuilding a mirrored or RAID 5 array with the Not in Use drive intact. The array will begin rebuilding after completion of the operating system load...
... you must replace the drive and restart the rebuild process with the new drive. An asterisk in the Rebuild confirmation display. 4 Select F8 to exit the Disk Array Configuration Utility. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Rebuilding a mirrored or RAID 5 array with the Not in Use drive intact. The array will begin rebuilding after completion of the operating system load...
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QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 *Port 3 - Select Available Drive to Replace Faulted Drive, RAID 1 Example www.3ware.com 41 QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Disk Arrays: *Array Unit 1 - 2 drive Mirror Port 1 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB 30.0GB 30.0GB DEGRADED 30.0GB Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 18. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 -
QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 *Port 3 - Select Available Drive to Replace Faulted Drive, RAID 1 Example www.3ware.com 41 QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Disk Arrays: *Array Unit 1 - 2 drive Mirror Port 1 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB 30.0GB 30.0GB DEGRADED 30.0GB Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 18. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 -
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... Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 19. QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Port 3 - A status screen will be displayed with your requested array and member drives. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - Rebuild Array Status Display, RAID 1 Example 42 www.3ware.com 3ware Escalade Storage...
... Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 19. QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Port 3 - A status screen will be displayed with your requested array and member drives. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - Rebuild Array Status Display, RAID 1 Example 42 www.3ware.com 3ware Escalade Storage...
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... Cancel F8 Done Figure 20. Auto rebuild of a mirrored or RAID 5 array If a hot spare is specified and the mirrored or RAID 5 array degrades, an event notification is complete. Data on the following drives will be displayed (see Figure 20). 3ware Disk Array Configuration Creating or destroying arrays will be destroyed. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 8 Press F8 to update...
... Cancel F8 Done Figure 20. Auto rebuild of a mirrored or RAID 5 array If a hot spare is specified and the mirrored or RAID 5 array degrades, an event notification is complete. Data on the following drives will be displayed (see Figure 20). 3ware Disk Array Configuration Creating or destroying arrays will be destroyed. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 8 Press F8 to update...
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...3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Auto rebuild on power failure During driver startup 3ware's auto rebuild feature sets a flag indicating that the parity matches the data. 44 www.3ware.com For a RAID 1 configuration, if there was a problem, the firmware degrades the secondary drive in the array and starts the background rebuild... of the mirror will be resynchronized. When the rebuild is a problem, the ...
...3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Auto rebuild on power failure During driver startup 3ware's auto rebuild feature sets a flag indicating that the parity matches the data. 44 www.3ware.com For a RAID 1 configuration, if there was a problem, the firmware degrades the secondary drive in the array and starts the background rebuild... of the mirror will be resynchronized. When the rebuild is a problem, the ...
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... and duration of storage media by scheduling array rebuilds or initializations, array verifications, and media scans. The Help display (see Figure 57) provides direct links to confirm the entries. The rebuild process will run in step 3. 7 Click the Rebuild Array button. When finished, be sure to ... Continue on Source Errors check box prior to rebuilding the array ensures rebuilds are not terminated if ECC errors are detected on the Save Schedule button to 3ware's website and online help documents. 138 www.3ware.com 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide 3 Physically remove the ...
... and duration of storage media by scheduling array rebuilds or initializations, array verifications, and media scans. The Help display (see Figure 57) provides direct links to confirm the entries. The rebuild process will run in step 3. 7 Click the Rebuild Array button. When finished, be sure to ... Continue on Source Errors check box prior to rebuilding the array ensures rebuilds are not terminated if ECC errors are detected on the Save Schedule button to 3ware's website and online help documents. 138 www.3ware.com 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide 3 Physically remove the ...
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3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Force Continue on Rebuild 138 H Hardware Installation 17 hot spare 23, 34, 137 Hot swap 12 J JBOD 26 JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks) 26 L Linux 14 M Maintaining a disk array 36 Modifying a disk array 34 motherboard boot sequence 21 ... PCI 19 Personal safety 3 R R5 Fusion 11 RAID 7, 31 RAID 0 7, 31 RAID 1 7, 8, 31, 37 RAID 10 7, 8, 31 RAID 5 7, 10, 31, 39 Rebuild Array 42 rebuild process 138 Rebuilding 44 Rebuilding a mirrored array with no hot spare 40 Rebuilding a mirrored disk array 39 Rebuilding RAID 5 39 Rebuilding with Hot Spare 40, 43 Red Hat Linux 14...
3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Force Continue on Rebuild 138 H Hardware Installation 17 hot spare 23, 34, 137 Hot swap 12 J JBOD 26 JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks) 26 L Linux 14 M Maintaining a disk array 36 Modifying a disk array 34 motherboard boot sequence 21 ... PCI 19 Personal safety 3 R R5 Fusion 11 RAID 7, 31 RAID 0 7, 31 RAID 1 7, 8, 31, 37 RAID 10 7, 8, 31 RAID 5 7, 10, 31, 39 Rebuild Array 42 rebuild process 138 Rebuilding 44 Rebuilding a mirrored array with no hot spare 40 Rebuilding a mirrored disk array 39 Rebuilding RAID 5 39 Rebuilding with Hot Spare 40, 43 Red Hat Linux 14...