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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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... a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any commitment to update the information contained herein. Trademarks 3ware, Escalade, and 3DM are property of 3ware, Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks herein are all trademarks of 3ware, Inc., 455 West Maude Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94085. make any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or...
... a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any commitment to update the information contained herein. Trademarks 3ware, Escalade, and 3DM are property of 3ware, Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks herein are all trademarks of 3ware, Inc., 455 West Maude Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94085. make any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or...
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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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Figure 3. Figure 6. Figure 10. Figure 12. Figure 26. Figure 30. Figure 34. 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...
Figure 3. Figure 6. Figure 10. Figure 12. Figure 26. Figure 30. Figure 34. 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...
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Figure 46. Figure 47. Figure 41. Figure 44. 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 49. Figure 48. Figure 43. Figure 42. 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. Figure 45.
Figure 46. Figure 47. Figure 41. Figure 44. 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 49. Figure 48. Figure 43. Figure 42. 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. Figure 45.
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... RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. Before You Begin Congratulations on selecting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as your Escalade ATA RAID Controller. Features Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA Family The Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA family includes 7000-2, 7500-4, 7500-4LP, 7500-8, 7500-12, 7006-2, 7506-4LP, 7506-8, and 7506-12.... 7500-4, 7500-4LP, 7500-8, 7500-12, are all PCI 64-bit / 33MHz ■ 7506-4LP, 7506-8, 7506-12, are all PCI 64-bit / 66MHz. ■ Management. 3DM® Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface www.3ware.com 1 To ensure your personal safety...
... RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. Before You Begin Congratulations on selecting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as your Escalade ATA RAID Controller. Features Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA Family The Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA family includes 7000-2, 7500-4, 7500-4LP, 7500-8, 7500-12, 7006-2, 7506-4LP, 7506-8, and 7506-12.... 7500-4, 7500-4LP, 7500-8, 7500-12, are all PCI 64-bit / 33MHz ■ 7506-4LP, 7506-8, 7506-12, are all PCI 64-bit / 66MHz. ■ Management. 3DM® Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface www.3ware.com 1 To ensure your personal safety...
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...Hot Spare, Hardware Health Monitoring, Scheduled Verify Escalade 8000 Serial ATA Family The Escalade 8000 Serial ATA family includes 8006-2LP, 8500-4, 8500-8, 8500-12, 8506-4LP, 8506-8, 8506-12, 8506-8MI, and 8506-12MI. ■ True Hardware RAID. PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant ■ ...and Windows Server 2003 ■ Linux Support. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (8006-2LP does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, R5Fusion (R5 Fusion is ...
...Hot Spare, Hardware Health Monitoring, Scheduled Verify Escalade 8000 Serial ATA Family The Escalade 8000 Serial ATA family includes 8006-2LP, 8500-4, 8500-8, 8500-12, 8506-4LP, 8506-8, 8506-12, 8506-8MI, and 8506-12MI. ■ True Hardware RAID. PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant ■ ...and Windows Server 2003 ■ Linux Support. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (8006-2LP does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, R5Fusion (R5 Fusion is ...
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... ■ 3ware Installation Guide Escalade 8000 series Serial ATA RAID Controller ■ Escalade Serial ATA RAID Controller in conjunction. If using the Escalade Serial ATA Controller with parallel drives is missing any of the items listed below, contact 3ware before proceeding with installation (disk drives and disk mounting brackets are not included): Escalade 7000 series Parallel ATA RAID Controller ■ Escalade Parallel ATA RAID Controller in...
... ■ 3ware Installation Guide Escalade 8000 series Serial ATA RAID Controller ■ Escalade Serial ATA RAID Controller in conjunction. If using the Escalade Serial ATA Controller with parallel drives is missing any of the items listed below, contact 3ware before proceeding with installation (disk drives and disk mounting brackets are not included): Escalade 7000 series Parallel ATA RAID Controller ■ Escalade Parallel ATA RAID Controller in...
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For the 750x-12, a full-length PCI slot is required. PCI-X slots can also be used . High voltages may be found inside computer equipment. 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 ...may be used in a 66MHz PCI slot. For the Escalade 7506 and 8506, install the card in 66 MHz, 100 MHz, or 133 MHz PCI-X slots. The controllers can also be connected to up your array configuration. 4 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Protecting Equipment and Data Back up to open...
For the 750x-12, a full-length PCI slot is required. PCI-X slots can also be used . High voltages may be found inside computer equipment. 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 ...may be used in a 66MHz PCI slot. For the Escalade 7506 and 8506, install the card in 66 MHz, 100 MHz, or 133 MHz PCI-X slots. The controllers can also be connected to up your array configuration. 4 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Protecting Equipment and Data Back up to open...
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...3ware.com 5 ESD Precautions ESD Precautions Standard electrostatic discharge (ESD) precautions must be followed to prevent you from its protective bag until you are fragile and must be crimped or pinched. The connectors provided are keyed to avoid damaging computer components and accessories when installing or removing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller... can damage the board, the cables, your drives or your system. 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 ...
...3ware.com 5 ESD Precautions ESD Precautions Standard electrostatic discharge (ESD) precautions must be followed to prevent you from its protective bag until you are fragile and must be crimped or pinched. The connectors provided are keyed to avoid damaging computer components and accessories when installing or removing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller... can damage the board, the cables, your drives or your system. 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 ...
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...include: ■ Non-blocking switch technology with RAID 5 parity ■ On-board processor minimizes host CPU overhead ■ SCSI device driver for Windows and Linux (available from the 3ware website at any given time. The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series uses a non-blocking ... 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.
...include: ■ Non-blocking switch technology with RAID 5 parity ■ On-board processor minimizes host CPU overhead ■ SCSI device driver for Windows and Linux (available from the 3ware website at any given time. The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series uses a non-blocking ... 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.
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...3ware's 4th generation network switched architecture, the 8000 series are the only Serial ATA controllers that unleash the point-to-point performance benefits of Serial ATA. Based on 7500, 7506, 8500 and 8506 models) Escalade Serial ATA Controller The Escalade 8000 series of Serial ATA RAID cards are configured in a striped disk array (see Figure 1), the Escalade ATA RAID Controller...to 12 Serial ATA drives. variable striped mirrored RAID 10 arrays for performance; RAID increases performance and adds redundancy Escalade ATA RAID Controllers use a Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) ...
...3ware's 4th generation network switched architecture, the 8000 series are the only Serial ATA controllers that unleash the point-to-point performance benefits of Serial ATA. Based on 7500, 7506, 8500 and 8506 models) Escalade Serial ATA Controller The Escalade 8000 series of Serial ATA RAID cards are configured in a striped disk array (see Figure 1), the Escalade ATA RAID Controller...to 12 Serial ATA drives. variable striped mirrored RAID 10 arrays for performance; RAID increases performance and adds redundancy Escalade ATA RAID Controllers use a Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) ...
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.... Unlike all drives rather than 3 drives. 10 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Parity information is distributed across all other RAID configurations that offer data striping, except for RAID 1, RAID 5 stripe size is available on the four, eight, and twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controllers Figure 3. Using a simple parity (exclusive OR) function, RAID 5 can use hot spares to 64k. In...
.... Unlike all drives rather than 3 drives. 10 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Parity information is distributed across all other RAID configurations that offer data striping, except for RAID 1, RAID 5 stripe size is available on the four, eight, and twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controllers Figure 3. Using a simple parity (exclusive OR) function, RAID 5 can use hot spares to 64k. In...
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...This performance improvement is a BIOS level tool for both large sequential and small random transactions. Additional RAID 5 arrays on the RAID controller. SMART data is timed www.3ware.com 11 This 24 hour wait period is checked on all disk drives (array members, JBOD ...RAID 5 array on the RAID controller will not benefit from available drives to the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapter. This command is issued 24 hours after the Escalade controller is available only with Escalade 750x and 8508 ATA RAID Controllers. Configure and manage your disk arrays The 3ware...
...This performance improvement is a BIOS level tool for both large sequential and small random transactions. Additional RAID 5 arrays on the RAID controller. SMART data is timed www.3ware.com 11 This 24 hour wait period is checked on all disk drives (array members, JBOD ...RAID 5 array on the RAID controller will not benefit from available drives to the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapter. This command is issued 24 hours after the Escalade controller is available only with Escalade 750x and 8508 ATA RAID Controllers. Configure and manage your disk arrays The 3ware...
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... up . If any disk drive connected to the 3ware controller. These commands are only issued when the 'Download Error Log' button on the Escalade ATA RAID Controller's host and allows you to monitor the controller and maintain the ATA RAID arrays and drives locally or remotely via a standard ... after power-down and power-up . These commands are rewritten with the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. 3DM supports hot spare and hot swap for spin up in order to take advantage of the disk drives have access to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
... up . If any disk drive connected to the 3ware controller. These commands are only issued when the 'Download Error Log' button on the Escalade ATA RAID Controller's host and allows you to monitor the controller and maintain the ATA RAID arrays and drives locally or remotely via a standard ... after power-down and power-up . These commands are rewritten with the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. 3DM supports hot spare and hot swap for spin up in order to take advantage of the disk drives have access to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
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.... Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller Install the two, four, eight, or twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the Start menu. cd / umount /mnt Note: When specifying multiple e-mail addresses for WEB monitoring. www.3ware.com 15 Operating systems supporting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller include: ■... SuSE Linux ■ FreeBSD Step 4. Slots closest to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Create arrays Verify your boot device precedes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the boot sequence, then press Alt-3 to the Accelerated Graphics ...
.... Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller Install the two, four, eight, or twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the Start menu. cd / umount /mnt Note: When specifying multiple e-mail addresses for WEB monitoring. www.3ware.com 15 Operating systems supporting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller include: ■... SuSE Linux ■ FreeBSD Step 4. Slots closest to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Create arrays Verify your boot device precedes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the boot sequence, then press Alt-3 to the Accelerated Graphics ...
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.... 4 Disconnect the disks from the existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller installed in your computer or the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. Tip: If your boot disk is connected to the ATA RAID Controller and you intend to retain it is recommended that completely describes personal and system precautions. Failing to your system. 3ware Hardware Installation Warning: Before proceeding with hardware...
.... 4 Disconnect the disks from the existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller installed in your computer or the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. Tip: If your boot disk is connected to the ATA RAID Controller and you intend to retain it is recommended that completely describes personal and system precautions. Failing to your system. 3ware Hardware Installation Warning: Before proceeding with hardware...
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... 2 and 3 are not installing a Parallel ATA RAID Controller, continue to page 21 "Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller". 3ware Hardware Installation 6 Gently remove the ATA RAID Controller from the PCI slot. 7 Remove the cables from the ATA RAID Controller and discard. Reusing interface cables is not recommended. Connect the interface cables to the Escalade ATA RAID Controller 1 Connect the interface cables supplied with...
... 2 and 3 are not installing a Parallel ATA RAID Controller, continue to page 21 "Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller". 3ware Hardware Installation 6 Gently remove the ATA RAID Controller from the PCI slot. 7 Remove the cables from the ATA RAID Controller and discard. Reusing interface cables is not recommended. Connect the interface cables to the Escalade ATA RAID Controller 1 Connect the interface cables supplied with...