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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 Installation 61...
... 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 Installation 61...
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Compiling the Driver (For experts only 77 3DM Disk Management Utility 79 Windows Installation 80 Installing 3DM for Windows 2000/XP/2003 80 Linux Installation 81 Uninstalling 3DM ... and Service 111 Limited Warranty 111 Exclusions 111 State Law Provisions 112 Obtaining Warranty Protection 112 3ware Technical Support and Services 112 Sales and ordering information 113 Feedback on this manual 113 Index 115 www.3ware.com iii Compliance and Conformity Statements 109 Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement 109 Microsoft...
Compiling the Driver (For experts only 77 3DM Disk Management Utility 79 Windows Installation 80 Installing 3DM for Windows 2000/XP/2003 80 Linux Installation 81 Uninstalling 3DM ... and Service 111 Limited Warranty 111 Exclusions 111 State Law Provisions 112 Obtaining Warranty Protection 112 3ware Technical Support and Services 112 Sales and ordering information 113 Feedback on this manual 113 Index 115 www.3ware.com iii Compliance and Conformity Statements 109 Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement 109 Microsoft...
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.... Figure 17. Figure 27. Figure 36. 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...
.... Figure 17. Figure 27. Figure 36. 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...
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... UltraDMA 100 drives are also supported when using a parallel-toserial converter. ■ Bus Types. ■ 8006-2LP is not available on 700x-2) ■ Field Upgrades. Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, R5Fusion ■ Field Upgrades. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and...
... UltraDMA 100 drives are also supported when using a parallel-toserial converter. ■ Bus Types. ■ 8006-2LP is not available on 700x-2) ■ Field Upgrades. Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, R5Fusion ■ Field Upgrades. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and...
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...; ATA interface cables (one per port) ■ 3ware installation media with either serial or parallel drives. If using the Escalade Serial ATA Controller 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. Package Contents ■ Data Integrity. The...
...; ATA interface cables (one per port) ■ 3ware installation media with either serial or parallel drives. If using the Escalade Serial ATA Controller 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. Package Contents ■ Data Integrity. The...
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... device driver for O/S compatibility and easy installation ■ Browser-based 3ware Disk Manager (3DM) utility with local and remote asynchronous event reporting of array activities. The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series uses a non-blocking switched architecture to make the data available. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers...
... device driver for O/S compatibility and easy installation ■ Browser-based 3ware Disk Manager (3DM) utility with local and remote asynchronous event reporting of array activities. The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series uses a non-blocking switched architecture to make the data available. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers...
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... a new version of CD-Rom drive):\3DMsetup from the 3DM installation CD-ROM. Slots closest to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Step 3. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to the type of installation and the operating system. Install 3DM Install 3DM for Windows or...
... a new version of CD-Rom drive):\3DMsetup from the 3DM installation CD-ROM. Slots closest to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Step 3. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to the type of installation and the operating system. Install 3DM Install 3DM for Windows or...
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QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Disk Arrays: *Array Unit 1 - 2 drive Mirror Port 1 - A status screen will start within a few minutes of the 3ware driver loading, once the operating system has booted. 42 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB REBUILDING (after F8) 30.0GB 30.0GB Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt...
QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Disk Arrays: *Array Unit 1 - 2 drive Mirror Port 1 - A status screen will start within a few minutes of the 3ware driver loading, once the operating system has booted. 42 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB REBUILDING (after F8) 30.0GB 30.0GB Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt...
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Rebuilding a RAID 5 disk array Auto rebuild of the mirror are redundant again. 3ware's auto-init feature determines if this port. If there was not a clean shutdown. If your system does not have hot swap carriers: 1 Power down the ..., the flag is accurate, initialization of a mirrored unit (RAID 1 or 10) to replace the degraded drive. Cancelling and restarting a rebuild with the new disk drive. www.3ware.com 43 To make sure that the information on both drives is rewritten, indicating that the driver loaded. During driver startup, a flag is required. Select Rebuild. Auto...
Rebuilding a RAID 5 disk array Auto rebuild of the mirror are redundant again. 3ware's auto-init feature determines if this port. If there was not a clean shutdown. If your system does not have hot swap carriers: 1 Power down the ..., the flag is accurate, initialization of a mirrored unit (RAID 1 or 10) to replace the degraded drive. Cancelling and restarting a rebuild with the new disk drive. www.3ware.com 43 To make sure that the information on both drives is rewritten, indicating that the driver loaded. During driver startup, a flag is required. Select Rebuild. Auto...
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... a hot spare. Rebuild starts about 10 minutes after the driver loads in the operating system. For more information, see the 3ware CLI User's Guide. 44 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Note: If the rebuild is not started in the 3ware BIOS, the new drive cannot be used to remove a... JBOD unit and add it is made into a hot spare. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 2 Add...
... a hot spare. Rebuild starts about 10 minutes after the driver loads in the operating system. For more information, see the 3ware CLI User's Guide. 44 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Note: If the rebuild is not started in the 3ware BIOS, the new drive cannot be used to remove a... JBOD unit and add it is made into a hot spare. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 2 Add...
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The driver or the operating system cannot be somewhat different. Note: Throughout this chapter, the screenshots show Windows 2000. Boot the machine Continue with the following steps to make the new disk array or independent disk accessible to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Windows Installation Note: 3ware supports released... a signature to the drive. 5 Right click on the drive and select Create Volume. 6 Follow the steps that the user upgrade to assign a drive letter. 46 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
The driver or the operating system cannot be somewhat different. Note: Throughout this chapter, the screenshots show Windows 2000. Boot the machine Continue with the following steps to make the new disk array or independent disk accessible to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Windows Installation Note: 3ware supports released... a signature to the drive. 5 Right click on the drive and select Create Volume. 6 Follow the steps that the user upgrade to assign a drive letter. 46 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
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... specify and adapter..." Make sure that the Windows operating system is displayed. www.3ware.com 47 Otherwise, press Enter. press S to specify that are no instructions after installing the driver that you have an additional disk ATA RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. 4 A box with the initial operating system build 1 Boot from...
... specify and adapter..." Make sure that the Windows operating system is displayed. www.3ware.com 47 Otherwise, press Enter. press S to specify that are no instructions after installing the driver that you have an additional disk ATA RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. 4 A box with the initial operating system build 1 Boot from...
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...the following steps to make any new disk arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows 2000/XP/2003. 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes to use with full performance when created. The disadvantage of drives). b Choose Computer Management from the ...disk (the disk on -screen to create a volume and to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for use the RAID 5 array immediately. c Select Storage. RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to be fault tolerant until the initialization is copied to ...
...the following steps to make any new disk arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows 2000/XP/2003. 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes to use with full performance when created. The disadvantage of drives). b Choose Computer Management from the ...disk (the disk on -screen to create a volume and to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for use the RAID 5 array immediately. c Select Storage. RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to be fault tolerant until the initialization is copied to ...
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... boot from a different device Materials required: ■ 3ware CD-ROM Create disk arrays Refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. Continue to the Install/Upgrade 3ware driver section. Figure 24. Install the 3ware driver As a Plug and Play device, Windows 2000/XP/2003 recognizes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller and brings up the Found New Hardware Wizard...
... boot from a different device Materials required: ■ 3ware CD-ROM Create disk arrays Refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. Continue to the Install/Upgrade 3ware driver section. Figure 24. Install the 3ware driver As a Plug and Play device, Windows 2000/XP/2003 recognizes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller and brings up the Found New Hardware Wizard...
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... initialized and are immediately initialized after a delay of this is complete in the data from the Administrative Tools menu. RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide button, insert your 3ware driver diskette, and enter the path to assign a drive letter. You should see a brief splash screen, followed immediately by...
... initialized and are immediately initialized after a delay of this is complete in the data from the Administrative Tools menu. RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide button, insert your 3ware driver diskette, and enter the path to assign a drive letter. You should see a brief splash screen, followed immediately by...
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... Manager tab. 6 Open the SCSI and RAID Controllers selection. 7 Locate and double-click on the Driver tab (see Figure 25). 52 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties pop-up menu appears. 8 Click on 3ware ATA RAID Controller. Windows Installation Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with the new version of the ATA RAID controller unless the new version of the...
... Manager tab. 6 Open the SCSI and RAID Controllers selection. 7 Locate and double-click on the Driver tab (see Figure 25). 52 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties pop-up menu appears. 8 Click on 3ware ATA RAID Controller. Windows Installation Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with the new version of the ATA RAID controller unless the new version of the...
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www.3ware.com 53 button. 10 Click Next on the Update Driver... Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller Figure 25. 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties Display 9 Click on the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard (see Figure 26).
www.3ware.com 53 button. 10 Click Next on the Update Driver... Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller Figure 25. 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties Display 9 Click on the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard (see Figure 26).
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Upgrade/Install Device Driver 54 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows Installation Figure 26. Figure 27. Upgrade Driver Welcome Screen Installing/Upgrading the 3ware driver 1 When you reach the Upgrade Device Driver screen shown in Figure 27, make sure to select "Display a list of known drivers for this device, so that I can choose a specific driver." Then click Next and follow the instructions.
Upgrade/Install Device Driver 54 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows Installation Figure 26. Figure 27. Upgrade Driver Welcome Screen Installing/Upgrading the 3ware driver 1 When you reach the Upgrade Device Driver screen shown in Figure 27, make sure to select "Display a list of known drivers for this device, so that I can choose a specific driver." Then click Next and follow the instructions.
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... 29) dialog appears, insert the 3ware driver installation diskette or the 3ware CD-ROM and type the correct path name in Copy manufacturer's files from: near the bottom of Windows you are using Windows 2000, the path will be : D:\win2k. Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller 2 When the Select a Device...
... 29) dialog appears, insert the 3ware driver installation diskette or the 3ware CD-ROM and type the correct path name in Copy manufacturer's files from: near the bottom of Windows you are using Windows 2000, the path will be : D:\win2k. Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller 2 When the Select a Device...
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Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Click on Next. Then click on the appropriate driver name (i.e., Escalade 7000 ATA RAID Controller) listed in the dialog box to select the correct driver name, otherwise the driver upgrade will not be successful. Be sure to highlight it. Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31). Figure 30. The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). Windows Installation Figure 29.
Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Click on Next. Then click on the appropriate driver name (i.e., Escalade 7000 ATA RAID Controller) listed in the dialog box to select the correct driver name, otherwise the driver upgrade will not be successful. Be sure to highlight it. Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31). Figure 30. The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). Windows Installation Figure 29.