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Install System Drivers 14 Step 4. Install 3DM 15 Hardware Installation 17 To remove an existing Escalade Storage Switch 18 Connect the interface cables to the Escalade Storage Switch . . 18 Install the Escalade Storage Switch in ...3ware BIOS tool 25 Determining your configuration 26 Displaying advance details 27 Creating a disk array 28 Determining your configuration 29 iii Install the Escalade Storage Switch 14 Step 2. RAID Array Background Initialization Process 15 Step 5. Create Arrays 14 Step 3. Contents Before You Begin 1 Features 1 Escalade 6000 Family (includes 6800...
Install System Drivers 14 Step 4. Install 3DM 15 Hardware Installation 17 To remove an existing Escalade Storage Switch 18 Connect the interface cables to the Escalade Storage Switch . . 18 Install the Escalade Storage Switch in ...3ware BIOS tool 25 Determining your configuration 26 Displaying advance details 27 Creating a disk array 28 Determining your configuration 29 iii Install the Escalade Storage Switch 14 Step 2. RAID Array Background Initialization Process 15 Step 5. Create Arrays 14 Step 3. Contents Before You Begin 1 Features 1 Escalade 6000 Family (includes 6800...
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... 52 Create disk arrays 52 Install the 3ware driver 52 Reboot the machine 52 RAID array initialization 53 Install the 3DM disk management utility 53 Replacing an existing storage switch with a new version of the switch 54 Update the 3ware driver 54 Install/Update the 3ware driver 55 Remove the existing Escalade Storage Switch and install the new...
... 52 Create disk arrays 52 Install the 3ware driver 52 Reboot the machine 52 RAID array initialization 53 Install the 3DM disk management utility 53 Replacing an existing storage switch with a new version of the switch 54 Update the 3ware driver 54 Install/Update the 3ware driver 55 Remove the existing Escalade Storage Switch and install the new...
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... disk arrays 66 Install the 3ware driver 66 Partition and format units on storage switch 67 RAID array initialization 68 Install the 3DM disk management utility 68 Replacing an existing storage switch with a new version of the switch 69 Update the 3ware driver 69 Install/Update the 3ware driver 71 Remove the existing Escalade Storage Switch and install...
... disk arrays 66 Install the 3ware driver 66 Partition and format units on storage switch 67 RAID array initialization 68 Install the 3DM disk management utility 68 Replacing an existing storage switch with a new version of the switch 69 Update the 3ware driver 69 Install/Update the 3ware driver 71 Remove the existing Escalade Storage Switch and install...
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... Replacing an existing storage switch with a new version of the switch 85 Updating the 3ware driver 85 Installing/Updating the 3ware driver 88 Remove the existing Escalade Storage Switch and install the new Escalade Storage Switch 94 Reboot the machine 94 RAID array initialization 95 Install the 3DM disk management utility 95 Linux Installation 97 Red Hat...
... Replacing an existing storage switch with a new version of the switch 85 Updating the 3ware driver 85 Installing/Updating the 3ware driver 88 Remove the existing Escalade Storage Switch and install the new Escalade Storage Switch 94 Reboot the machine 94 RAID array initialization 95 Install the 3DM disk management utility 95 Linux Installation 97 Red Hat...
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... . . 37 Figure 16. Install Driver 58 Figure 27. Storage Switch Quick-Splash Screen 74 ix RAID 0 Configuration Example 8 Figure 2. Disk Array Configuration Main Display, RAID 1 Example 27 Figure 8. BIOS Initialization Screen for a Mirrored Array 29 Figure 10. RAID 5 Configuration Example 10 Figure 5. 8-Port Escalade 7850 Storage Switch Layout 17 Figure 6. 3ware BIOS Tool 25 Figure 7. Remove...
... . . 37 Figure 16. Install Driver 58 Figure 27. Storage Switch Quick-Splash Screen 74 ix RAID 0 Configuration Example 8 Figure 2. Disk Array Configuration Main Display, RAID 1 Example 27 Figure 8. BIOS Initialization Screen for a Mirrored Array 29 Figure 10. RAID 5 Configuration Example 10 Figure 5. 8-Port Escalade 7850 Storage Switch Layout 17 Figure 6. 3ware BIOS Tool 25 Figure 7. Remove...
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... Figure 43. Installation or Removal Dialog Box 146 Figure 59. Storage Switch Quick-Splash Screen 80 Figure 37. Start Device Driver Installation 92 Figure 46. Digital Signature Not Found 93 Figure 47. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Figure 35. Installation Complete Notification 75 Figure 36. Install From Disk 90 Figure 44. Administrator...
... Figure 43. Installation or Removal Dialog Box 146 Figure 59. Storage Switch Quick-Splash Screen 80 Figure 37. Start Device Driver Installation 92 Figure 46. Digital Signature Not Found 93 Figure 47. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Figure 35. Installation Complete Notification 75 Figure 36. Install From Disk 90 Figure 44. Administrator...
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... Rebuild Scheduling, Background Scrubbing, Scheduled Scrubbing, Hot Swap, Hot Spare, Hardware Health Monitoring www.3ware.com 1 Features Escalade 6000 Family (includes 6800, 6400, 6410, 6200) • True Hardware RAID. PCI 32 bit / 33 Mhz • Management. 3DM Disk Management Utility and e-mail... • Windows Support. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers • Data Integrity. W98, WME, WinNT, Win2k, WinXP • Linux Support. Low CPU utilization • RAID Support. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.) • Performance. Before you begin installing...
... Rebuild Scheduling, Background Scrubbing, Scheduled Scrubbing, Hot Swap, Hot Spare, Hardware Health Monitoring www.3ware.com 1 Features Escalade 6000 Family (includes 6800, 6400, 6410, 6200) • True Hardware RAID. PCI 32 bit / 33 Mhz • Management. 3DM Disk Management Utility and e-mail... • Windows Support. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers • Data Integrity. W98, WME, WinNT, Win2k, WinXP • Linux Support. Low CPU utilization • RAID Support. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.) • Performance. Before you begin installing...
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... • BIOS. PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant • Windows Support. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Escalade 7000 Family (includes 7210, 7810, 7410, 7850, 7450) • True Hardware RAID. Low CPU Utilization • RAID Support. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers • Data Integrity. mat) 2 www.3ware.com ATA Command Readback, SMART Monitoring, Dynamic Sector Repair, Rebuild...
... • BIOS. PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant • Windows Support. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Escalade 7000 Family (includes 7210, 7810, 7410, 7850, 7450) • True Hardware RAID. Low CPU Utilization • RAID Support. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers • Data Integrity. mat) 2 www.3ware.com ATA Command Readback, SMART Monitoring, Dynamic Sector Repair, Rebuild...
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... 2000 • Red Hat Linux • SuSE Linux 14 www.3ware.com 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Step 1. Step 2. Specify RAID arrays and hot spares. Slots closest to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. The blue end of the... ribbon interface cable must be connected to the storage switch and the black end must be connected to the type of the switch. Install System Drivers The Escalade Storage Switch drivers...
... 2000 • Red Hat Linux • SuSE Linux 14 www.3ware.com 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Step 1. Step 2. Specify RAID arrays and hot spares. Slots closest to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. The blue end of the... ribbon interface cable must be connected to the storage switch and the black end must be connected to the type of the switch. Install System Drivers The Escalade Storage Switch drivers...
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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 When the rebuild is complete the two halves of the mirrored drive. For a RAID 1 configuration, if there was a problem, the firmware degrades the secondary drive in...
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 When the rebuild is complete the two halves of the mirrored drive. For a RAID 1 configuration, if there was a problem, the firmware degrades the secondary drive in...
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...system's Setup utility to set the boot order according to how you cannot install the driver or the operating system without having system administrator privileges. 46 www.3ware.com Note: Windows NT 4.0 driver requires Service Pack 4 or later. If you can use of the switch (page 54...). Use your boot device. Or, you are installing additional drives to a Windows NT system with an existing Escalade Storage Switch, follow the ...
...system's Setup utility to set the boot order according to how you cannot install the driver or the operating system without having system administrator privileges. 46 www.3ware.com Note: Windows NT 4.0 driver requires Service Pack 4 or later. If you can use of the switch (page 54...). Use your boot device. Or, you are installing additional drives to a Windows NT system with an existing Escalade Storage Switch, follow the ...
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3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Installing the storage switch and Windows NT 4.0 Materials required: • Windows NT 4.0 installation CD-ROM and diskettes • 3ware CD-ROM • 3ware Windows driver installation diskette Create disk arrays Refer to be formatted or made active. The partition does not need to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware... CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive, or the Windows NT 4.0 diskettes into the floppy diskette drive. 48 www.3ware.com If you are having trouble you may need a larger boot space create a single small (e.g., 100 MB) partition...
3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Installing the storage switch and Windows NT 4.0 Materials required: • Windows NT 4.0 installation CD-ROM and diskettes • 3ware CD-ROM • 3ware Windows driver installation diskette Create disk arrays Refer to be formatted or made active. The partition does not need to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware... CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive, or the Windows NT 4.0 diskettes into the floppy diskette drive. 48 www.3ware.com If you are having trouble you may need a larger boot space create a single small (e.g., 100 MB) partition...
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...restart this , type A:\winnt 3 After the driver is loaded from the diskette, you will be asked to this driver is correct in your computer:" The list will contain the 3ware Storage Switch. If it does not include a 3ware entry, check your Escalade Storage Switch that resembles the following: 4111 MB... shows existing partitions and spaces available for creating partitions." 2 The partitions list should contain an entry for Windows NT driver installation. 2 Select the 3ware Storage Switch from : at Id 0 on bus 0 on 3waregsm. uration is Inspecting Your Computer Hardware Config- Insert the...
...restart this , type A:\winnt 3 After the driver is loaded from the diskette, you will be asked to this driver is correct in your computer:" The list will contain the 3ware Storage Switch. If it does not include a 3ware entry, check your Escalade Storage Switch that resembles the following: 4111 MB... shows existing partitions and spaces available for creating partitions." 2 The partitions list should contain an entry for Windows NT driver installation. 2 Select the 3ware Storage Switch from : at Id 0 on bus 0 on 3waregsm. uration is Inspecting Your Computer Hardware Config- Insert the...
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...the Control Panel window. 3 Open SCSI Adapters from the Control Panel window. 4 Click on systems that boot from a different device Materials required: • 3ware Windows driver installation diskette • 3ware CD-ROM Create disk arrays Refer to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk...b Choose Administrative Tools from the Start menu. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Installing the storage switch on the Drivers tab in SCSI Adapters. 5 Follow the instructions in the Install/Update 3ware driver sec- Install the 3ware driver 1 Log in as system administrator when the system...
...the Control Panel window. 3 Open SCSI Adapters from the Control Panel window. 4 Click on systems that boot from a different device Materials required: • 3ware Windows driver installation diskette • 3ware CD-ROM Create disk arrays Refer to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk...b Choose Administrative Tools from the Start menu. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Installing the storage switch on the Drivers tab in SCSI Adapters. 5 Follow the instructions in the Install/Update 3ware driver sec- Install the 3ware driver 1 Log in as system administrator when the system...
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...Escalade Storage Switch does not require reconfiguring the drives connected to your switch and will not affect data stored in your system as system administrator. 4 Go to the Start menu, click on Settings and open the Control Panel window. 5 From the Control Panel window, open SCSI Adapters. 6 Click on the Drivers...instructions in to continue. 54 www.3ware.com Update the 3ware driver 1 Backup any critical data prior to upgrading the 3ware driver. 2 Backup the appropriate 3DM alarm log: Windows: 3waenlog.dat Linux: /var/log/3w-aenlog.txt See "Update the 3ware driver" on page 69 if you are...
...Escalade Storage Switch does not require reconfiguring the drives connected to your switch and will not affect data stored in your system as system administrator. 4 Go to the Start menu, click on Settings and open the Control Panel window. 5 From the Control Panel window, open SCSI Adapters. 6 Click on the Drivers...instructions in to continue. 54 www.3ware.com Update the 3ware driver 1 Backup any critical data prior to upgrading the 3ware driver. 2 Backup the appropriate 3DM alarm log: Windows: 3waenlog.dat Linux: /var/log/3w-aenlog.txt See "Update the 3ware driver" on page 69 if you are...
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DO NOT use the special diskette labeled specifically for Windows NT driver installation. 3 Ensure that the path name is correct in Copy manufacturer's files from Disk (Figure 25) dialog appears. The Install from : at the bottom of the box. Insert the 3ware driver installation diskette. The correct path name will be either the root directory or A:\winnt. 56 www.3ware.com Install Driver 2 Click on the Have Disk... button. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Figure 24.
DO NOT use the special diskette labeled specifically for Windows NT driver installation. 3 Ensure that the path name is correct in Copy manufacturer's files from Disk (Figure 25) dialog appears. The Install from : at the bottom of the box. Insert the 3ware driver installation diskette. The correct path name will be either the root directory or A:\winnt. 56 www.3ware.com Install Driver 2 Click on the Have Disk... button. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Figure 24.
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Be sure to highlight it, then click on the appropriate driver name (i.e., Escalade 7000 Storage Switch) listed in the dialog box to select the correct one, otherwise the driver update will not be successful. Windows NT®4.0 Installation Figure 25. Choose and click on OK. A progress bar appears briefly, followed by a System Settings Change dialog. 5 Shutdown your system. www.3ware.com 57 Install from Disk 4 The Install Driver (Figure 26) dialog box appears.
Be sure to highlight it, then click on the appropriate driver name (i.e., Escalade 7000 Storage Switch) listed in the dialog box to select the correct one, otherwise the driver update will not be successful. Windows NT®4.0 Installation Figure 25. Choose and click on OK. A progress bar appears briefly, followed by a System Settings Change dialog. 5 Shutdown your system. www.3ware.com 57 Install from Disk 4 The Install Driver (Figure 26) dialog box appears.
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... immediately by an "Installation Complete" notification (see Figure 22). 58 www.3ware.com Install Driver Remove the existing Escalade Storage Switch and install the new Escalade Storage Switch Refer to reboot. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Figure 26. Reboot the machine 1 Remove the driver diskette from your PC, then restart your disk arrays, press Alt-3 to...
... immediately by an "Installation Complete" notification (see Figure 22). 58 www.3ware.com Install Driver Remove the existing Escalade Storage Switch and install the new Escalade Storage Switch Refer to reboot. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Figure 26. Reboot the machine 1 Remove the driver diskette from your PC, then restart your disk arrays, press Alt-3 to...
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...Select option 5 to change the current drive and then repeat steps 3-5. 7 Press the Escape key several times in the process. 5 Install the 3ware driver. Restart the machine and format the boot device 1 As you get the same message (e.g., "Windows has detected that the machine restarts several times... as directed to exit fdisk and return to the Install 3ware driver section. 64 www.3ware.com Return to the MS-DOS prompt. 3 At the MS-DOS prompt, format your partition was not created properly. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide 6 After the primary DOS partition is created ...
...Select option 5 to change the current drive and then repeat steps 3-5. 7 Press the Escape key several times in the process. 5 Install the 3ware driver. Restart the machine and format the boot device 1 As you get the same message (e.g., "Windows has detected that the machine restarts several times... as directed to exit fdisk and return to the Install 3ware driver section. 64 www.3ware.com Return to the MS-DOS prompt. 3 At the MS-DOS prompt, format your partition was not created properly. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide 6 After the primary DOS partition is created ...
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...user name for the location of the help documentation (default is /usr/local/doc) 6 The next question asks if you would like to install the Escalade driver and/or 3DM. Please enter the name of your mail server: (default is local host name) Please enter the name of the user you want...Please enter the name of the help documentation: Please enter the location of the user you want receiving e-mail notification: (default is 3ware_admin) 122 www.3ware.com If you enable e-mail notification you like to this question is no. 5 The second question asks for the person who will be separated by...
...user name for the location of the help documentation (default is /usr/local/doc) 6 The next question asks if you would like to install the Escalade driver and/or 3DM. Please enter the name of your mail server: (default is local host name) Please enter the name of the user you want...Please enter the name of the help documentation: Please enter the location of the user you want receiving e-mail notification: (default is 3ware_admin) 122 www.3ware.com If you enable e-mail notification you like to this question is no. 5 The second question asks for the person who will be separated by...