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...-card processor and firmware OS provides intelligent drive management and all disk commands, and directs data flow through 3ware's Disk Manager (3DM) utility, making installation and set-up to integrate and manage, the Escalade 7000-2 ATA RAID controller ...before. SCSI-like command queuing and elevator seek algorithms provide high-end RAID controller performance. S 7000 E R I E S Escalade™ 7000-2 ATA RAID Controller E S C A L A D E P RO D U C T F E AT U R E S • Supports up easy. 3DM, 3ware's web browserbased disk management utility, allows local and remote management and...
...-card processor and firmware OS provides intelligent drive management and all disk commands, and directs data flow through 3ware's Disk Manager (3DM) utility, making installation and set-up to integrate and manage, the Escalade 7000-2 ATA RAID controller ...before. SCSI-like command queuing and elevator seek algorithms provide high-end RAID controller performance. S 7000 E R I E S Escalade™ 7000-2 ATA RAID Controller E S C A L A D E P RO D U C T F E AT U R E S • Supports up easy. 3DM, 3ware's web browserbased disk management utility, allows local and remote management and...
Features Guide
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...For complete OS listing, go to : www.3ware.com/support Copyright © 2002 3ware, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of 3ware, Inc. disk drive monitoring for reliability Escalade 7000-2 Specifications • Half-length, half-height...controllers in a single system • Hot-swap and hot-spare support for data availability • Dynamic sector repair for greater fault tolerance • Multiple logical volumes and RAID levels can exist on one card • Up to 95% non-condensing • Power Requirements 5W max. 7000 SERIES Escalade™ 7000-2 Escalade...
...For complete OS listing, go to : www.3ware.com/support Copyright © 2002 3ware, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of 3ware, Inc. disk drive monitoring for reliability Escalade 7000-2 Specifications • Half-length, half-height...controllers in a single system • Hot-swap and hot-spare support for data availability • Dynamic sector repair for greater fault tolerance • Multiple logical volumes and RAID levels can exist on one card • Up to 95% non-condensing • Power Requirements 5W max. 7000 SERIES Escalade™ 7000-2 Escalade...
User Guide
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...to open your system's case and install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller into an available PCI expansion slot. Length of any capacity or physical form factor. 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide CBL-P-SATA (Parallel to Serial Drive Converter Kit) • Escalade CBL-P-SATA (one per port) • ...(one full size PCI slot. . System Requirements The Escalade ATA RAID Controller requires a workstation-class or server-class CPU whose bus complies with 5V as well as 3.3V. Note: It is recommended that the Escalade 7000 or 8000 card be installed in both 32-bit and 64-bit PCI...
...to open your system's case and install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller into an available PCI expansion slot. Length of any capacity or physical form factor. 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide CBL-P-SATA (Parallel to Serial Drive Converter Kit) • Escalade CBL-P-SATA (one per port) • ...(one full size PCI slot. . System Requirements The Escalade ATA RAID Controller requires a workstation-class or server-class CPU whose bus complies with 5V as well as 3.3V. Note: It is recommended that the Escalade 7000 or 8000 card be installed in both 32-bit and 64-bit PCI...
User Guide
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... and 8500 models) Escalade Serial ATA Controller The Escalade 8500 series of Serial ATA RAID cards are the only Serial ATA controllers that unleash the point-to increase your storage system's performance and provide fault tolerance. variable striped mirrored RAID 10 arrays for fault tolerance, high capacity and storage efficiency. 20 www.3ware.com These cards provide the highest...
... and 8500 models) Escalade Serial ATA Controller The Escalade 8500 series of Serial ATA RAID cards are the only Serial ATA controllers that unleash the point-to increase your storage system's performance and provide fault tolerance. variable striped mirrored RAID 10 arrays for fault tolerance, high capacity and storage efficiency. 20 www.3ware.com These cards provide the highest...
User Guide
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3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Hint: While the ATA RAID Controller runs properly in any PCI slot, not all pins make proper contact with your drives are connected to the power supply. 36 www.3ware.com The black end rail opposite the metal bracket may be set them . Connect the drives to the interface ...-100 and UltraATA-66, using quality cables is fully seated. 7 Check that the ATA RAID Controller's metal bracket covers the hole in the case and secure the bracket with both grooves in step 4. Our card should fit in both 32-bit and 64-bit PCI slots with 5V as well as...
3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Hint: While the ATA RAID Controller runs properly in any PCI slot, not all pins make proper contact with your drives are connected to the power supply. 36 www.3ware.com The black end rail opposite the metal bracket may be set them . Connect the drives to the interface ...-100 and UltraATA-66, using quality cables is fully seated. 7 Check that the ATA RAID Controller's metal bracket covers the hole in the case and secure the bracket with both grooves in step 4. Our card should fit in both 32-bit and 64-bit PCI slots with 5V as well as...
User Guide
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... 64-bit PCI slot typically give equal performance due to secure the serial ATA RAID Controller after you want to use for the slot. The www.3ware.com 39 it will be easier if you install the ATA RAID Controller next to damage from the outlet. 2 Open the computer case according to the... manufacturer's instrutions. 3 Find the PCI slot you have noticed that all slots give the best performance. Our card should fit in the...
... 64-bit PCI slot typically give equal performance due to secure the serial ATA RAID Controller after you want to use for the slot. The www.3ware.com 39 it will be easier if you install the ATA RAID Controller next to damage from the outlet. 2 Open the computer case according to the... manufacturer's instrutions. 3 Find the PCI slot you have noticed that all slots give the best performance. Our card should fit in the...
User Guide
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...To include drives that are part of the 3ware card (see Figure 11). Disk Array Advance Details Screen Creating a disk array To create an array, first select the drives to be included by selecting drives from two to the main 3ware Disk Array Configuration screen. Press Escape to... the drive is selected. An asterisk in the array by navigating the cursor over each drive and pressing Enter (see Figure 10). 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Displaying advance details Selecting Shift-F5 will show the software versions (BIOS, Firmware, monitor) and slot # of an existing...
...To include drives that are part of the 3ware card (see Figure 11). Disk Array Advance Details Screen Creating a disk array To create an array, first select the drives to be included by selecting drives from two to the main 3ware Disk Array Configuration screen. Press Escape to... the drive is selected. An asterisk in the array by navigating the cursor over each drive and pressing Enter (see Figure 10). 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Displaying advance details Selecting Shift-F5 will show the software versions (BIOS, Firmware, monitor) and slot # of an existing...
User Guide
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Detailed information on each unit (a unit is a disk array or JBOD). 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide • The number of 3ware ATA RAID controllers in a particular array). The individual drive status for each drive is displayed. • Under drive count is displayed ...firmware and BIOS versions, unit count (total number of disk arrays on the controller), and version numbers of the chips on the 3ware card. • Information is displayed. The array status, capacity, write cache status, RAID type, and subunits in the array are displayed. • Information is displayed...
Detailed information on each unit (a unit is a disk array or JBOD). 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide • The number of 3ware ATA RAID controllers in a particular array). The individual drive status for each drive is displayed. • Under drive count is displayed ...firmware and BIOS versions, unit count (total number of disk arrays on the controller), and version numbers of the chips on the 3ware card. • Information is displayed. The array status, capacity, write cache status, RAID type, and subunits in the array are displayed. • Information is displayed...
User Guide
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... blue box The Download Error Log button allows you to save the alarm messages and SMART data to controller 2. Controllers 0 and 1 are categorized by Windows. An alarm occurs when the ATA RAID controller requires attention, such as when a disk array becomes degraded and is a text file that records AEN ... of all alarms, also called Automatic Event Notifications (AENs), that have occurred on an ASCII text editor. The SMART data is a 3ware controller, it would be assigned a controller number. A SCSI card from another manufacturer would be garbled if displayed on the disk arrays.
... blue box The Download Error Log button allows you to save the alarm messages and SMART data to controller 2. Controllers 0 and 1 are categorized by Windows. An alarm occurs when the ATA RAID controller requires attention, such as when a disk array becomes degraded and is a text file that records AEN ... of all alarms, also called Automatic Event Notifications (AENs), that have occurred on an ASCII text editor. The SMART data is a 3ware controller, it would be assigned a controller number. A SCSI card from another manufacturer would be garbled if displayed on the disk arrays.
User Guide
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... of the following: • The operating system is installed on a device that locks-up when booting after a 3ware card is going on? To operate properly the ATA RAID controller requires that drives be one or more of the drives do not appear in the boot order. • If...system. • If you installed your operating system when you installed the ATA RAID controller, you may have made a mistake in your system's boot order. 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide 3ware website at http://www.3ware.com/products/compatibility.asp to see if you motherboard has been tested by a Dell...
... of the following: • The operating system is installed on a device that locks-up when booting after a 3ware card is going on? To operate properly the ATA RAID controller requires that drives be one or more of the drives do not appear in the boot order. • If...system. • If you installed your operating system when you installed the ATA RAID controller, you may have made a mistake in your system's boot order. 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide 3ware website at http://www.3ware.com/products/compatibility.asp to see if you motherboard has been tested by a Dell...
User Guide
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...the Ignore errors on initialization time, the ATA RAID controller performs a "rollcall" of all drives attached to the card. AEN 005h AEN_REBUILD_DONE The ATA RAID controller has successfully completed a rebuild. AEN 007h AEN_INIT_DONE The ATA RAID controller has completed the initialization sequence and performs the ... to abort a rebuild if an error is now redundant. Examples of incomplete units are synchronized). 180 www.3ware.com 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide rebuild failure is most likely caused by the source drive of the rebuild detecting some sort of...
...the Ignore errors on initialization time, the ATA RAID controller performs a "rollcall" of all drives attached to the card. AEN 005h AEN_REBUILD_DONE The ATA RAID controller has successfully completed a rebuild. AEN 007h AEN_INIT_DONE The ATA RAID controller has completed the initialization sequence and performs the ... to abort a rebuild if an error is now redundant. Examples of incomplete units are synchronized). 180 www.3ware.com 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide rebuild failure is most likely caused by the source drive of the rebuild detecting some sort of...
User Guide
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...the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 89/23/EEC Low Voltage Directive. 190 www.3ware.com 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL) 3ware, Inc. European Community Conformity Statement The StorSwitch Controller Card Model StorSwitch 4D is committed to market. However, a product's ... including electrical business equipment following the provisions of the drivers, please refer to our WEB site at www.3ware.com for certification at nearly the same time as their release to Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) certification ...
...the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 89/23/EEC Low Voltage Directive. 190 www.3ware.com 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL) 3ware, Inc. European Community Conformity Statement The StorSwitch Controller Card Model StorSwitch 4D is committed to market. However, a product's ... including electrical business equipment following the provisions of the drivers, please refer to our WEB site at www.3ware.com for certification at nearly the same time as their release to Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) certification ...
User Guide
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...card number with your credit card authorization and you have other support are available through the 3ware World Wide Web site at http:// www.3ware.com. 3ware's software library is accessible at the address of the defective unit. Please use the original packing material contents of the Escalade ATA RAID Controller... of implied warranties or their duration, so that you immediately ship the defective Escalade ATA RAID Controller to state. If 3ware receives the defective Escalade ATA RAID Controller from state to 3ware at (877)883-9273 or (408) 523-1111 (direct) as soon as...
...card number with your credit card authorization and you have other support are available through the 3ware World Wide Web site at http:// www.3ware.com. 3ware's software library is accessible at the address of the defective unit. Please use the original packing material contents of the Escalade ATA RAID Controller... of implied warranties or their duration, so that you immediately ship the defective Escalade ATA RAID Controller to state. If 3ware receives the defective Escalade ATA RAID Controller from state to 3ware at (877)883-9273 or (408) 523-1111 (direct) as soon as...