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User Guide Escalade® ATA RAID Controller Supports the 7000 and 8000 Series and Release 7.7.x of the 3ware Software PN 900-0041-00 December, 2003
User Guide Escalade® ATA RAID Controller Supports the 7000 and 8000 Series and Release 7.7.x of the 3ware Software PN 900-0041-00 December, 2003
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... 11 Background media scan and dynamic sector repair enhance data integrity . . . 12 Quick Installation Guide 14 3ware Hardware Installation 17 To remove an existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller 17 Installing a Parallel ATA RAID Controller 18 Connect the interface cables to the Escalade ATA RAID Controller 18 Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the computer 19 Connect the drives to the interface cables...
... 11 Background media scan and dynamic sector repair enhance data integrity . . . 12 Quick Installation Guide 14 3ware Hardware Installation 17 To remove an existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller 17 Installing a Parallel ATA RAID Controller 18 Connect the interface cables to the Escalade ATA RAID Controller 18 Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the computer 19 Connect the drives to the interface cables...
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... initialization 50 Install the 3DM disk management utility 51 Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller . 52 Updating the 3ware driver 52 Installing/Upgrading the 3ware driver 54 Remove the existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller and install the new Escalade ATA RAID Controller 59 Reboot the machine 59 Install the 3DM disk management utility 59 Linux...
... initialization 50 Install the 3DM disk management utility 51 Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller . 52 Updating the 3ware driver 52 Installing/Upgrading the 3ware driver 54 Remove the existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller and install the new Escalade ATA RAID Controller 59 Reboot the machine 59 Install the 3DM disk management utility 59 Linux...
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... 27. Figure 15. Figure 18. Figure 37. RAID 0 Configuration Example 9 RAID 1 Configuration Example 9 RAID 10 Configuration Example 10 RAID 5 Configuration Example 11 8-Port Escalade 750x-8 ATA RAID Controller Layout 18 12-Port Escalade 850x-12 Serial ATA RAID Controller . . . . . 21 12-Port Escalade 8506-12MI Serial ATA RAID Controller . . . 24 Multi-lane Cable (InfiniBand 4x, SFF-8470 24 3ware BIOS Tool 29 Disk Array Configuration Main Display...
... 27. Figure 15. Figure 18. Figure 37. RAID 0 Configuration Example 9 RAID 1 Configuration Example 9 RAID 10 Configuration Example 10 RAID 5 Configuration Example 11 8-Port Escalade 750x-8 ATA RAID Controller Layout 18 12-Port Escalade 850x-12 Serial ATA RAID Controller . . . . . 21 12-Port Escalade 8506-12MI Serial ATA RAID Controller . . . 24 Multi-lane Cable (InfiniBand 4x, SFF-8470 24 3ware BIOS Tool 29 Disk Array Configuration Main Display...
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Figure 41. Figure 45. Figure 49. Figure 42. Figure 46. Figure 50. 3DM Settings Display 89 3DM Administrator Login Display 90 3DM User Login Display 91 3DM Configure Display 92 3DM Help Display 95 Installation or Removal Dialog Box 99 A Warning for All Software Removal Requests 99 Confirmation of Figures Figure 40. List of Successful Software Removal 99 Administrator Privileges Required Warning 99 Firmware Upgrade Requirement Warning 100 System Reboot Request 100 vi 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 47. Figure 48. Figure 44. Figure 43.
Figure 41. Figure 45. Figure 49. Figure 42. Figure 46. Figure 50. 3DM Settings Display 89 3DM Administrator Login Display 90 3DM User Login Display 91 3DM Configure Display 92 3DM Help Display 95 Installation or Removal Dialog Box 99 A Warning for All Software Removal Requests 99 Confirmation of Figures Figure 40. List of Successful Software Removal 99 Administrator Privileges Required Warning 99 Firmware Upgrade Requirement Warning 100 System Reboot Request 100 vi 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 47. Figure 48. Figure 44. Figure 43.
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... Escalade ATA RAID Controller. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (700x-2 does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. Parallel UltraDMA 133, 100 ■ Bus Types. ■ 7000-2 is PCI 32 bit / 33 MHz ■ 7006-2 is PCI 32-bit / 66 MHz ■ 7500-4, 7500-4LP, 7500-8, 7500-12, are all PCI 64-bit / 33MHz ■ 7506-4LP, 7506-8, 7506-12...
... Escalade ATA RAID Controller. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (700x-2 does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. Parallel UltraDMA 133, 100 ■ Bus Types. ■ 7000-2 is PCI 32 bit / 33 MHz ■ 7006-2 is PCI 32-bit / 66 MHz ■ 7500-4, 7500-4LP, 7500-8, 7500-12, are all PCI 64-bit / 33MHz ■ 7506-4LP, 7506-8, 7506-12...
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... 8500-4, 8500-8, 8500-12, 8506-4LP, 8506-8, 8506-12, 8506-8MI, and 8506-12MI. ■ True Hardware RAID. Serial ATA 150 (SATA I) drives. PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant ■ Windows Support. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows 2000 ...bit, 66MHz PCI 2.2 compliant ■ 8500-4, 8500-8 and 8500-12 are all PCI 64-bit / 66MHz. ■ Management. 3DM Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface ■ BIOS. Low CPU utilization ■ RAID Support. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers ■ Data...
... 8500-4, 8500-8, 8500-12, 8506-4LP, 8506-8, 8506-12, 8506-8MI, and 8506-12MI. ■ True Hardware RAID. Serial ATA 150 (SATA I) drives. PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant ■ Windows Support. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows 2000 ...bit, 66MHz PCI 2.2 compliant ■ 8500-4, 8500-8 and 8500-12 are all PCI 64-bit / 66MHz. ■ Management. 3DM Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface ■ BIOS. Low CPU utilization ■ RAID Support. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers ■ Data...
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..., Hot Swap, Hot Spare, Hardware Health Monitoring, Background Verify Note: The Escalade Serial ATA controller can be used with the following : 3DM, Drivers and Escalade User Guide (.pdf format) ■ 3ware Release Notes ■ 3ware Installation Guide Escalade 8000 series Serial ATA RAID Controller ■ Escalade Serial ATA RAID Controller in conjunction. You will need to -serial converter must be used...
..., Hot Swap, Hot Spare, Hardware Health Monitoring, Background Verify Note: The Escalade Serial ATA controller can be used with the following : 3DM, Drivers and Escalade User Guide (.pdf format) ■ 3ware Release Notes ■ 3ware Installation Guide Escalade 8000 series Serial ATA RAID Controller ■ Escalade Serial ATA RAID Controller in conjunction. You will need to -serial converter must be used...
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...your data! Note: For all Escalade 750x and 850x models, and for 7006-2 and 8006-2, install the card in this package or removing the protective covers of unshielded interface cables may be found inside computer equipment. For the 750x-12, a full-length PCI slot is... elsewhere before changing your system's case and install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller into an available PCI expansion slot. The ATA RAID Controller may be connected to up to open your array configuration. 4 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide For the Escalade 7506 and 8506, install the card in 66 MHz, 100...
...your data! Note: For all Escalade 750x and 850x models, and for 7006-2 and 8006-2, install the card in this package or removing the protective covers of unshielded interface cables may be found inside computer equipment. For the 750x-12, a full-length PCI slot is... elsewhere before changing your system's case and install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller into an available PCI expansion slot. The ATA RAID Controller may be connected to up to open your array configuration. 4 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide For the Escalade 7506 and 8506, install the card in 66 MHz, 100...
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... its edges or by the black rail and metal bracket at its slot on the motherboard before installing. www.3ware.com 5 Mechanical Concerns Be careful when installing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller into your system. ■ Be sure the board is open and its internal parts are exposed, don't touch any internal part unnecessarily...
... its edges or by the black rail and metal bracket at its slot on the motherboard before installing. www.3ware.com 5 Mechanical Concerns Be careful when installing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller into your system. ■ Be sure the board is open and its internal parts are exposed, don't touch any internal part unnecessarily...
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... Windows and Linux (available from one drive may use the bus at http://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp, and described in 3ware Escalade Command Line Interface User Guide) www.3ware.com 7 Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. In this scenario, SCSI...
... Windows and Linux (available from one drive may use the bus at http://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp, and described in 3ware Escalade Command Line Interface User Guide) www.3ware.com 7 Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. In this scenario, SCSI...
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...technology for accelerated RAID 5 writes (only available on 7500, 7506, 8500 and 8506 models) Escalade Serial ATA Controller The Escalade 8000 series of Serial ATA RAID cards are the only Serial ATA controllers that unleash the point-to-point performance benefits of Serial ATA. Based on 3ware's 4th generation ... and storage efficiency. and RAID 5 arrays for fault tolerance and performance; Introduction ■ SMTP support for email/pager notification of events ■ Easy-to-configure arrays from BIOS or CLI ■ BIOS supports booting from 2 to 12 Serial ATA drives. Striped disk...
...technology for accelerated RAID 5 writes (only available on 7500, 7506, 8500 and 8506 models) Escalade Serial ATA Controller The Escalade 8000 series of Serial ATA RAID cards are the only Serial ATA controllers that unleash the point-to-point performance benefits of Serial ATA. Based on 3ware's 4th generation ... and storage efficiency. and RAID 5 arrays for fault tolerance and performance; Introduction ■ SMTP support for email/pager notification of events ■ Easy-to-configure arrays from BIOS or CLI ■ BIOS supports booting from 2 to 12 Serial ATA drives. Striped disk...
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.... Fault tolerance is not redundant, so loss of any disk drive results in 3ware's TwinStor technology boost performance by preserving the data on one drive if the other RAID levels, RAID 0 is a basic requirement for mission critical systems like web and database servers.... between random and sequential read from a single optimal drive head. RAID 1 Configuration Example TwinStorTM Technology adds performance to 3ware's mirrored disk arrays Traditional mirroring techniques do little to improve performance. RAID 10 arrays maximize performance and fault tolerance When drives are configured as...
.... Fault tolerance is not redundant, so loss of any disk drive results in 3ware's TwinStor technology boost performance by preserving the data on one drive if the other RAID levels, RAID 0 is a basic requirement for mission critical systems like web and database servers.... between random and sequential read from a single optimal drive head. RAID 1 Configuration Example TwinStorTM Technology adds performance to 3ware's mirrored disk arrays Traditional mirroring techniques do little to improve performance. RAID 10 arrays maximize performance and fault tolerance When drives are configured as...
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... smallest drive × (number of one drive. Unlike all other RAID configurations that offer data striping, except for RAID 1, RAID 5 stripe size is distributed across all drives rather than 3 drives. 10 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Introduction array using a two tier structure. RAID 10 Configuration Example RAID 5 arrays optimize performance, fault tolerance, high capacity and storage efficiency...
... smallest drive × (number of one drive. Unlike all other RAID configurations that offer data striping, except for RAID 1, RAID 5 stripe size is distributed across all drives rather than 3 drives. 10 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Introduction array using a two tier structure. RAID 10 Configuration Example RAID 5 arrays optimize performance, fault tolerance, high capacity and storage efficiency...
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... Spares). RAID 5 Configuration Example R5 FusionTM Technology significantly improves RAID 5 write performance 3ware's R5 Fusion significantly improves RAID 5 write performance for RAID 5 write operations. This advanced block caching firmware technology is applicable to D5h), and SMART READ DATA (B0h with Escalade 750x and 8508 ATA RAID Controllers. From ...24 hour wait period is powered up. This command is issued 24 hours after the Escalade controller is timed www.3ware.com 11 S.M.A.R.T. Note: R5 Fusion is available only with the content of the Features register equal to the...
... Spares). RAID 5 Configuration Example R5 FusionTM Technology significantly improves RAID 5 write performance 3ware's R5 Fusion significantly improves RAID 5 write performance for RAID 5 write operations. This advanced block caching firmware technology is applicable to D5h), and SMART READ DATA (B0h with Escalade 750x and 8508 ATA RAID Controllers. From ...24 hour wait period is powered up. This command is issued 24 hours after the Escalade controller is timed www.3ware.com 11 S.M.A.R.T. Note: R5 Fusion is available only with the content of the Features register equal to the...
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...Disk Management Utility in order to the 3ware controller. This feature is automatically utilized on your system but you to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide To remotely access 3DM, you can use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility. If the disk...persistent after "#SMARTErrorLogStart." This is repeated every 24 hours that the Escalade controller is issued to the 3DM Alarms page. This forces the drive firmware to monitor the controller and maintain the ATA RAID arrays and drives locally or remotely via a standard web browser. ...
...Disk Management Utility in order to the 3ware controller. This feature is automatically utilized on your system but you to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide To remotely access 3DM, you can use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility. If the disk...persistent after "#SMARTErrorLogStart." This is repeated every 24 hours that the Escalade controller is issued to the 3DM Alarms page. This forces the drive firmware to monitor the controller and maintain the ATA RAID arrays and drives locally or remotely via a standard web browser. ...
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... Windows or Linux from Run... Install 3DM Install 3DM for WEB monitoring. Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller Install the two, four, eight, or twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the Start menu. www.3ware.com 15 Step 1. Slots closest to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. cd / umount /mnt Note: When specifying...
... Windows or Linux from Run... Install 3DM Install 3DM for WEB monitoring. Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller Install the two, four, eight, or twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the Start menu. www.3ware.com 15 Step 1. Slots closest to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. cd / umount /mnt Note: When specifying...
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... the screw for installing the new controller.) www.3ware.com 17 This disk should be reconnected to port 0 on the controller. 3ware Hardware Installation Warning: Before proceeding with hardware installation, read the Before You Begin section that a plug-to the manufacturer's instructions. 4 Disconnect the disks from the existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller installed in personal injury or...
... the screw for installing the new controller.) www.3ware.com 17 This disk should be reconnected to port 0 on the controller. 3ware Hardware Installation Warning: Before proceeding with hardware installation, read the Before You Begin section that a plug-to the manufacturer's instructions. 4 Disconnect the disks from the existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller installed in personal injury or...
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...3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Reusing interface cables is not recommended. Connect the interface cables to the Escalade ATA RAID Controller 1 Connect the interface cables supplied with the product to either pins 1 and 2 or pins 3 and 4. 3ware Hardware Installation 6 Gently remove the ATA RAID Controller from the PCI slot. 7 Remove the cables from the ATA RAID Controller... ATA RAID Controller, continue to page 21 "Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller". Ports: 65 4 7 3 21 0 0 Serial Number (on plate) Figure 5. 8-Port Escalade 750x-8 ATA RAID Controller Layout Note...
...3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Reusing interface cables is not recommended. Connect the interface cables to the Escalade ATA RAID Controller 1 Connect the interface cables supplied with the product to either pins 1 and 2 or pins 3 and 4. 3ware Hardware Installation 6 Gently remove the ATA RAID Controller from the PCI slot. 7 Remove the cables from the ATA RAID Controller... ATA RAID Controller, continue to page 21 "Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller". Ports: 65 4 7 3 21 0 0 Serial Number (on plate) Figure 5. 8-Port Escalade 750x-8 ATA RAID Controller Layout Note...