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EscaladeTM Storage Switch Supports the 6000 and 7000 series PN 720-0034-02, Revision C March 8, 2002
EscaladeTM Storage Switch Supports the 6000 and 7000 series PN 720-0034-02, Revision C March 8, 2002
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..., electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the proper written consent of 3ware, Inc. Disclaimer 3ware, Inc. assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in any form by any commitment to update the information contained herein. Trademarks 3ware, the 3ware logo, Palisade, Escalade, StorSwitch, TwinStor, R5 Fusion and 3DM are property of this publication may...
..., electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the proper written consent of 3ware, Inc. Disclaimer 3ware, Inc. assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in any form by any commitment to update the information contained herein. Trademarks 3ware, the 3ware logo, Palisade, Escalade, StorSwitch, TwinStor, R5 Fusion and 3DM are property of this publication may...
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Install System Drivers 14 Step 4. Contents Before You Begin 1 Features 1 Escalade 6000 Family (includes 6800, 6400, 6410, 6200) . . . 1 Escalade 7000 Family (includes 7210, 7810, 7410, 7850, 7450 2 Package contents 2 Tools required 3 System requirements 3 Personal safety 3 Protecting ... Page 24 Invoking the 3ware BIOS tool 24 Exiting the 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...
Install System Drivers 14 Step 4. Contents Before You Begin 1 Features 1 Escalade 6000 Family (includes 6800, 6400, 6410, 6200) . . . 1 Escalade 7000 Family (includes 7210, 7810, 7410, 7850, 7450 2 Package contents 2 Tools required 3 System requirements 3 Personal safety 3 Protecting ... Page 24 Invoking the 3ware BIOS tool 24 Exiting the 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...
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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 ...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 Escalade ...
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 ...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 Escalade ...
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...the storage switch on systems that boot from a different device 66 Create 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 the new Escalade Storage Switch...
...the storage switch on systems that boot from a different device 66 Create 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 the new Escalade Storage Switch...
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... 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...
... 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...
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... the driver via a command shell 109 Set up the system so driver will load on boot 110 Edit the lilo.conf file 110 RAID array initialization 111 Install and run 3DM disk management 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 118 Installing 3DM for ...
... the driver via a command shell 109 Set up the system so driver will load on boot 110 Edit the lilo.conf file 110 RAID array initialization 111 Install and run 3DM disk management 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 118 Installing 3DM for ...
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3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Troubleshooting: Problems and Solutions 141 Hardware Installation 141 Software Installation 142 Screen Display Messages 145 AEN Messages 148 Appendix A Compliance and ... European Community Conformity Statement 158 Appendix B Warranty, Technical Support and Service 159 Limited Warranty 159 Exclusions 159 State Law Provisions 160 Obtaining Warranty Protection 160 3ware Technical Support and Services 160 Sales and ordering information 161 Feedback on this manual 161 viii
3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Troubleshooting: Problems and Solutions 141 Hardware Installation 141 Software Installation 142 Screen Display Messages 145 AEN Messages 148 Appendix A Compliance and ... European Community Conformity Statement 158 Appendix B Warranty, Technical Support and Service 159 Limited Warranty 159 Exclusions 159 State Law Provisions 160 Obtaining Warranty Protection 160 3ware Technical Support and Services 160 Sales and ordering information 161 Feedback on this manual 161 viii
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... Figure 14. Add New Hardware Wizard 67 Figure 28. 3ware Storage Switch Properties Display 70 Figure 29. RAID 5 Configuration Example 10 Figure 5. 8-Port Escalade 7850 Storage Switch Layout 17 Figure 6. 3ware BIOS Tool 25 Figure 7. BIOS Initialization Screen for a Mirrored Array 29 Figure 10. Degraded RAID 10 Array Drive When Not in Use . . 37 Figure...
... Figure 14. Add New Hardware Wizard 67 Figure 28. 3ware Storage Switch Properties Display 70 Figure 29. RAID 5 Configuration Example 10 Figure 5. 8-Port Escalade 7850 Storage Switch Layout 17 Figure 6. 3ware BIOS Tool 25 Figure 7. BIOS Initialization Screen for a Mirrored Array 29 Figure 10. Degraded RAID 10 Array Drive When Not in Use . . 37 Figure...
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... Warning . . . . . 147 Figure 62. Firmware Upgrade Requirement Warning 147 Figure 63. Found New Hardware Wizard 83 Figure 39. 3ware Storage Switch Properties Display 86 Figure 40. Select a Device Driver 89 Figure 43. Installation Complete Notification 75 Figure 36. Update/Install device ... Complete Notification 80 Figure 38. Start Device Driver Installation 92 Figure 46. Installation or Removal Dialog Box 146 Figure 59. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Figure 35. Storage Switch Quick-Splash Screen 80 Figure 37. Upgrade driver welcome screen 87 Figure 41...
... Warning . . . . . 147 Figure 62. Firmware Upgrade Requirement Warning 147 Figure 63. Found New Hardware Wizard 83 Figure 39. 3ware Storage Switch Properties Display 86 Figure 40. Select a Device Driver 89 Figure 43. Installation Complete Notification 75 Figure 36. Update/Install device ... Complete Notification 80 Figure 38. Start Device Driver Installation 92 Figure 46. Installation or Removal Dialog Box 146 Figure 59. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Figure 35. Storage Switch Quick-Splash Screen 80 Figure 37. Upgrade driver welcome screen 87 Figure 41...
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...ing, Dynamic Sector Repair, Rebuild Pacing, Rebuild Scheduling, Background Scrubbing, Scheduled Scrubbing, Hot Swap, Hot Spare, Hardware Health Monitoring www.3ware.com 1 RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD • Bus Type. PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant • Windows Support. ATA Command Readback,... event notification • BIOS. Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, Ultra DMA66 • Field Upgrades. Features Escalade 6000 Family (includes 6800, 6400, 6410, 6200) • True Hardware RAID. W98, WME, WinNT, Win2k, WinXP • Linux Support. This user guide gives simple, step-by-...
...ing, Dynamic Sector Repair, Rebuild Pacing, Rebuild Scheduling, Background Scrubbing, Scheduled Scrubbing, Hot Swap, Hot Spare, Hardware Health Monitoring www.3ware.com 1 RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD • Bus Type. PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant • Windows Support. ATA Command Readback,... event notification • BIOS. Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, Ultra DMA66 • Field Upgrades. Features Escalade 6000 Family (includes 6800, 6400, 6410, 6200) • True Hardware RAID. W98, WME, WinNT, Win2k, WinXP • Linux Support. This user guide gives simple, step-by-...
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... If your package is missing any of the items listed below, contact 3ware before proceeding with installation (disk drives and disk mounting brackets are not included): • Escalade Storage Switch in Open Source.) • Performance. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS..., 3DM and Drivers • Data Integrity. Low CPU Utilization • RAID Support. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Escalade 7000 Family (includes 7210, 7810, 7410...
... If your package is missing any of the items listed below, contact 3ware before proceeding with installation (disk drives and disk mounting brackets are not included): • Escalade Storage Switch in Open Source.) • Performance. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS..., 3DM and Drivers • Data Integrity. Low CPU Utilization • RAID Support. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Escalade 7000 Family (includes 7210, 7810, 7410...
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... Standard hand tools to two, four or eight IDE/ATA drives by the supplied 40-pin, 80-conductor ribbon interface cables. System requirements The Escalade Storage Switch requires a workstation-class or server-class CPU whose bus complies with PCI 2.1 standards, and a PCI slot that meets the Plug .... Before you have replaced the covers. High voltages may be connected to up to open your system's case and install the Escalade Storage Switch into the drive. www.3ware.com 3 It may not exceed 18" (45.7 cm). Length of any computer equipment, turn off power switches and disconnect ...
... Standard hand tools to two, four or eight IDE/ATA drives by the supplied 40-pin, 80-conductor ribbon interface cables. System requirements The Escalade Storage Switch requires a workstation-class or server-class CPU whose bus complies with PCI 2.1 standards, and a PCI slot that meets the Plug .... Before you have replaced the covers. High voltages may be connected to up to open your system's case and install the Escalade Storage Switch into the drive. www.3ware.com 3 It may not exceed 18" (45.7 cm). Length of any computer equipment, turn off power switches and disconnect ...
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... mat. • Don't remove the storage switch from its slot on the member drives. Mechanical concerns Be careful when installing the Escalade Storage Switch into your data! The connectors provided are properly grounded. • Handle the storage switch by its edges or by the...keyed to avoid damaging computer components and accessories when installing or removing the Escalade Storage Switch. • When the case of your drives contain valuable data, back them upside-down. 4 www.3ware.com 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Protecting equipment and data Back up and save data...
... mat. • Don't remove the storage switch from its slot on the member drives. Mechanical concerns Be careful when installing the Escalade Storage Switch into your data! The connectors provided are properly grounded. • Handle the storage switch by its edges or by the...keyed to avoid damaging computer components and accessories when installing or removing the Escalade Storage Switch. • When the case of your drives contain valuable data, back them upside-down. 4 www.3ware.com 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Protecting equipment and data Back up and save data...
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• The blue end of cooling air from fans or heat sinks in the system case. 5 Ensure that they do not impede the flow of the interface cable plugs into the board and the black end plugs into the drive. • Interface cables are fragile and must not be crimped or pinched.
• The blue end of cooling air from fans or heat sinks in the system case. 5 Ensure that they do not impede the flow of the interface cable plugs into the board and the black end plugs into the drive. • Interface cables are fragile and must not be crimped or pinched.
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...'s performance and provide fault tolerance. RAID increases performance and adds redundancy Escalade Storage Switches use low-cost IDE/ATA drives in your storage system and still achieve performance levels and fault tolerance capabilities typically found only in 3ware products, accelerates your disk array concatenates each drive's capacity www.3ware.com 7 Striped disk arrays achieve...
...'s performance and provide fault tolerance. RAID increases performance and adds redundancy Escalade Storage Switches use low-cost IDE/ATA drives in your storage system and still achieve performance levels and fault tolerance capabilities typically found only in 3ware products, accelerates your disk array concatenates each drive's capacity www.3ware.com 7 Striped disk arrays achieve...
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... fault tolerance Mirrored disk arrays write data to improve performance. RAID -1 RAID -1 Figure 2. This gives your system fault tolerance by distinguishing between random and sequen- 8 www.3ware.com The stripe size is a basic requirement for mission critical systems like web and database servers. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide into one drive if the other...
... fault tolerance Mirrored disk arrays write data to improve performance. RAID -1 RAID -1 Figure 2. This gives your system fault tolerance by distinguishing between random and sequen- 8 www.3ware.com The stripe size is a basic requirement for mission critical systems like web and database servers. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide into one drive if the other...
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... using a two tier structure. RAID 10 Configuration Example www.3ware.com 9 Drives can be dynamically... profiled, specifically for your brand of drive, during installation to use this technique. The third and fourth drives are used, with the heads simultaneously reading alternating sections of four drives are required to customize the stripe size (for RAID... configurations offering variable striping) and seek algorithms. RAID 10 arrays... drives are mirrored as a striped RAID 0 array using RAID 1. Introduction tial read from a ...
... using a two tier structure. RAID 10 Configuration Example www.3ware.com 9 Drives can be dynamically... profiled, specifically for your brand of drive, during installation to use this technique. The third and fourth drives are used, with the heads simultaneously reading alternating sections of four drives are required to customize the stripe size (for RAID... configurations offering variable striping) and seek algorithms. RAID 10 arrays... drives are mirrored as a striped RAID 0 array using RAID 1. Introduction tial read from a ...
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... drives rather than 3 drives. Note: BIOS will reject the creation of drives - 1). RAID 5 Configuration Example 10 www.3ware.com 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 0 combined with the number of disks; This avoids throughput loss due to...
... drives rather than 3 drives. Note: BIOS will reject the creation of drives - 1). RAID 5 Configuration Example 10 www.3ware.com 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 0 combined with the number of disks; This avoids throughput loss due to...