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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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...Rebuilding a redundant array with a hot swap drive 93 Scheduling background tasks 94 Troubleshooting: Problems and Solutions 97 Hardware installation 97 Software installation 98 Screen display messages 99 AEN Messages 100 Appendix A. Compliance and Conformity Statements 109 Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference ...Support 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...
...Rebuilding a redundant array with a hot swap drive 93 Scheduling background tasks 94 Troubleshooting: Problems and Solutions 97 Hardware installation 97 Software installation 98 Screen display messages 99 AEN Messages 100 Appendix A. Compliance and Conformity Statements 109 Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference ...Support 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...
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Figure 46. Figure 49. Figure 44. Figure 48. Figure 47. Figure 41. Figure 45. 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 43. Figure 42.
Figure 46. Figure 49. Figure 44. Figure 48. Figure 47. Figure 41. Figure 45. 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 43. Figure 42.
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...for robust data protection ■ S.M.A.R.T. RAID increases performance and adds redundancy Escalade ATA RAID Controllers use a Redundant Array of RAID 5 performance and scalability, traditionally seen only with a mature suite of software and firmware management tools, the Escalade 8000 series of events ■ Easy... to 12 Serial ATA drives. RAID 1 mirrored arrays for performance; and RAID 5 arrays for fault tolerance and performance; The stripe size is user configurable at 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K or 1M. 8 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Striped disk arrays achieve...
...for robust data protection ■ S.M.A.R.T. RAID increases performance and adds redundancy Escalade ATA RAID Controllers use a Redundant Array of RAID 5 performance and scalability, traditionally seen only with a mature suite of software and firmware management tools, the Escalade 8000 series of events ■ Easy... to 12 Serial ATA drives. RAID 1 mirrored arrays for performance; and RAID 5 arrays for fault tolerance and performance; The stripe size is user configurable at 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K or 1M. 8 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Striped disk arrays achieve...
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... access 3DM, you are not required to install any disk drive connected to be configured for media errors on any software on the Escalade ATA RAID Controller's host and allows you can use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility. To check array configuration or status, disable write cache, select a hot spare or rebuild a mirrored array...
... access 3DM, you are not required to install any disk drive connected to be configured for media errors on any software on the Escalade ATA RAID Controller's host and allows you can use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility. To check array configuration or status, disable write cache, select a hot spare or rebuild a mirrored array...
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... Configuration Utility The 3ware Disk Array Configuration main display shows the current disk drive configuration. ■ Available Drives reports ...F8 will show the software versions (BIOS, Firmware, monitor), slot #, and model # of the 3ware card (see Figure 10) use the Up and Down arrow keys to navigate, Enter to the main 3ware Disk Array Configuration screen. 30 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide If you'... advanced details Selecting Shift-F5 will save your starting values. Disk Array Configuration Main Display, RAID 1 Example Throughout the utility (see Figure 11).
... Configuration Utility The 3ware Disk Array Configuration main display shows the current disk drive configuration. ■ Available Drives reports ...F8 will show the software versions (BIOS, Firmware, monitor), slot #, and model # of the 3ware card (see Figure 10) use the Up and Down arrow keys to navigate, Enter to the main 3ware Disk Array Configuration screen. 30 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide If you'... advanced details Selecting Shift-F5 will save your starting values. Disk Array Configuration Main Display, RAID 1 Example Throughout the utility (see Figure 11).
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...will automatically be aborted by following the applicable procedure below. Auto initialization on the box in front of the mirror are redundant again. 3ware's auto-init feature determines if this port. During the next system power cycle the firmware queries the flag. Abort a rebuild by...drives is accurate, initialization of a mirrored or RAID 5 array If a hot spare is specified and the mirrored or RAID 5 array degrades, an event notification is called "RAID Disk". 4 Click the boxes in 3DM, but cannot be cancelled using the 3DM software. During driver startup, a flag is rewritten, ...
...will automatically be aborted by following the applicable procedure below. Auto initialization on the box in front of the mirror are redundant again. 3ware's auto-init feature determines if this port. During the next system power cycle the firmware queries the flag. Abort a rebuild by...drives is accurate, initialization of a mirrored or RAID 5 array If a hot spare is specified and the mirrored or RAID 5 array degrades, an event notification is called "RAID Disk". 4 Click the boxes in 3DM, but cannot be cancelled using the 3DM software. During driver startup, a flag is rewritten, ...
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... as prompted. 3DM gives you the option of your email client. Linux Installation Installing 3DM for Red Hat Linux or SuSE Linux 1 Insert the 3ware software installation CD-ROM for Linux into the CDROM drive. 2 Mount the CD-ROM disk: mount /dev/cdrom Note: For older Red Hat systems,...iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom www.3ware.com 81 You can run 3DM later by selecting 3DM from the Start menu. The default URL is http://localhost:1080/. To view 3DM remotely via a standard web browser, enter the URL of the system containing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the address line of starting...
... as prompted. 3DM gives you the option of your email client. Linux Installation Installing 3DM for Red Hat Linux or SuSE Linux 1 Insert the 3ware software installation CD-ROM for Linux into the CDROM drive. 2 Mount the CD-ROM disk: mount /dev/cdrom Note: For older Red Hat systems,...iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom www.3ware.com 81 You can run 3DM later by selecting 3DM from the Start menu. The default URL is http://localhost:1080/. To view 3DM remotely via a standard web browser, enter the URL of the system containing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the address line of starting...
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If you need to close the server socket. www.3ware.com 83 ROM drive. 2 Mount the CD-ROM disk: mount /dev/cdrom Note: For older Red Hat systems, type: mount -f iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom ...: If 3DM Linux is reinstalled or restarted, close any open web browsers before starting 3DM again to start 3DM manually, follow these steps: 1 Insert the 3ware software installation CD-ROM for Linux, follow these steps: 1 Login as root. 2 Afterwards, type: For Red Hat Linux: /etc/rc.d/init.d/3dm start For SuSE Linux...
If you need to close the server socket. www.3ware.com 83 ROM drive. 2 Mount the CD-ROM disk: mount /dev/cdrom Note: For older Red Hat systems, type: mount -f iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom ...: If 3DM Linux is reinstalled or restarted, close any open web browsers before starting 3DM again to start 3DM manually, follow these steps: 1 Insert the 3ware software installation CD-ROM for Linux, follow these steps: 1 Login as root. 2 Afterwards, type: For Red Hat Linux: /etc/rc.d/init.d/3dm start For SuSE Linux...
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...3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Software installation Q6: The ATA RAID controller was installed before you configured your machine will be one or more storage capacity is caused by deleting the incomplete array(s) listed in the Disk Array Configuration Utility's main display. Q7: An array shows up when booting after a 3ware...operating system. Reinstall your operating system. ■ If you installed your operating system when you installed the ATA RAID controller, you may have overwritten your drive) or Master. If this bug sees the system boot drive as incomplete ...
...3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Software installation Q6: The ATA RAID controller was installed before you configured your machine will be one or more storage capacity is caused by deleting the incomplete array(s) listed in the Disk Array Configuration Utility's main display. Q7: An array shows up when booting after a 3ware...operating system. Reinstall your operating system. ■ If you installed your operating system when you installed the ATA RAID controller, you may have overwritten your drive) or Master. If this bug sees the system boot drive as incomplete ...
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... are provided after the ATA RAID controller has been installed and made operational. Installation or Removal Dialog Box Figure 46. There is compatible with the 3ware BIOS, and check with your motherboard is most likely a compatibility problem between the motherboard system BIOS and the 3ware BIOS. Descriptions of Successful Software Removal Figure 48. Figure 45...
... are provided after the ATA RAID controller has been installed and made operational. Installation or Removal Dialog Box Figure 46. There is compatible with the 3ware BIOS, and check with your motherboard is most likely a compatibility problem between the motherboard system BIOS and the 3ware BIOS. Descriptions of Successful Software Removal Figure 48. Figure 45...
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... 89/23/EEC Low Voltage Directive . 110 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide However, a product's software drivers are typically submitted for certification at www.3ware.com for all its products. Compliance and Conformity Statements Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL) 3ware, Inc. European Community Conformity Statement The StorSwitch Controller Card Model StorSwitch 4D is committed to market...
... 89/23/EEC Low Voltage Directive . 110 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide However, a product's software drivers are typically submitted for certification at www.3ware.com for all its products. Compliance and Conformity Statements Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL) 3ware, Inc. European Community Conformity Statement The StorSwitch Controller Card Model StorSwitch 4D is committed to market...
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...conditions, please see the Limited Hardware Warranty and Software License Agreement at its option, will be provided by returning the defective product to 3ware. This warranty sets for the entire liability and obligations of 3ware with other warranties, expressed or implied, including ...equipment, regardless of whether 3ware has been advised of the possibility of such damages. 3ware is provided by 3ware on an exchange basis and will replace a defective media purchased with servicing and/or the installation of 3ware products. Software Warranty: 3WARE, INC. Exclusions This warranty...
...conditions, please see the Limited Hardware Warranty and Software License Agreement at its option, will be provided by returning the defective product to 3ware. This warranty sets for the entire liability and obligations of 3ware with other warranties, expressed or implied, including ...equipment, regardless of whether 3ware has been advised of the possibility of such damages. 3ware is provided by 3ware on an exchange basis and will replace a defective media purchased with servicing and/or the installation of 3ware products. Software Warranty: 3WARE, INC. Exclusions This warranty...
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... and use the original packing material contents of the Escalade ATA RAID Controller, including shipping costs. As soon as you have other support are available through the 3ware World Wide Web site at http://www.3ware.com. 3ware's software library is available with a credit card number with your Escalade ATA RAID Controller unit. You will be issued a return material authorization...
... and use the original packing material contents of the Escalade ATA RAID Controller, including shipping costs. As soon as you have other support are available through the 3ware World Wide Web site at http://www.3ware.com. 3ware's software library is available with a credit card number with your Escalade ATA RAID Controller unit. You will be issued a return material authorization...