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... 37 Rebuilding a mirrored disk array 38 Rebuilding a RAID 5 disk array 40 Windows Installation 45 Installing a drive to an existing ATA RAID controller 46 Boot the machine 46 Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing Windows 2000/XP/2003 47 Create disk arrays 47 Installing ... 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 ...
... 37 Rebuilding a mirrored disk array 38 Rebuilding a RAID 5 disk array 40 Windows Installation 45 Installing a drive to an existing ATA RAID controller 46 Boot the machine 46 Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing Windows 2000/XP/2003 47 Create disk arrays 47 Installing ... 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 ...
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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 83 Checking Array Status 84 View status using your standard ... 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 Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL 110...
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 83 Checking Array Status 84 View status using your standard ... 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 Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL 110...
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... Serial ATA 150 (SATA I) drives. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows 2000 with SP3 or newer, Windows XP with SP1 or newer, and Windows Server 2003 ■ Linux Support. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. ATA Command Readback, S.M.A.R.T. ... 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. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (8006-2LP does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ...
... Serial ATA 150 (SATA I) drives. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows 2000 with SP3 or newer, Windows XP with SP1 or newer, and Windows Server 2003 ■ Linux Support. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. ATA Command Readback, S.M.A.R.T. ... 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. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (8006-2LP does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ...
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...architecture to isolate the drives 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 Any drive failure makes that exceeds the reliability of SCSI shared-bus storage ...performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. Some of the Escalade features and benefits include: ■ Non-blocking switch technology with RAID 5 parity ■ On-board processor minimizes host CPU overhead ■ SCSI device driver for Windows and ...
...architecture to isolate the drives 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 Any drive failure makes that exceeds the reliability of SCSI shared-bus storage ...performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. Some of the Escalade features and benefits include: ■ Non-blocking switch technology with RAID 5 parity ■ On-board processor minimizes host CPU overhead ■ SCSI device driver for Windows and ...
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... for Windows or Linux from a different device. ■ Replacing an existing ATA RAID Controller with a new version of the controller. Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller Install the two, four, eight, or twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the boot sequence, then press Alt-3 to activate the 3ware Disk ...be installed according to the Accelerated Graphics Port give the best performance. in the Start menu. www.3ware.com 15 Operating systems supporting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller include: ■ Windows 2000 (SP3 or newer), XP (SP1 or newer), or 2003 ■ Red Hat and ...
... for Windows or Linux from a different device. ■ Replacing an existing ATA RAID Controller with a new version of the controller. Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller Install the two, four, eight, or twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the boot sequence, then press Alt-3 to activate the 3ware Disk ...be installed according to the Accelerated Graphics Port give the best performance. in the Start menu. www.3ware.com 15 Operating systems supporting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller include: ■ Windows 2000 (SP3 or newer), XP (SP1 or newer), or 2003 ■ Red Hat and ...
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... you can configure the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. www.3ware.com 45 Or, you are replacing an installed Escalade ATA RAID Controller with a new version of the controller (page 52). If you are installing an additional drive to a Windows 2000/XP/2003 system with an existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller, follow the instructions in : Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing Windows 2000/XP/ 2003...
... you can configure the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. www.3ware.com 45 Or, you are replacing an installed Escalade ATA RAID Controller with a new version of the controller (page 52). If you are installing an additional drive to a Windows 2000/XP/2003 system with an existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller, follow the instructions in : Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing Windows 2000/XP/ 2003...
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... accessible to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Installing a drive to an existing ATA RAID controller To add the new drive to an existing disk array, refer to Windows 2000/XP/2003:...Windows Installation Note: 3ware supports released versions of Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 only. c Select Disk Management. 4 Follow the steps the appear on-screen to write 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...
... accessible to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Installing a drive to an existing ATA RAID controller To add the new drive to an existing disk array, refer to Windows 2000/XP/2003:...Windows Installation Note: 3ware supports released versions of Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 only. c Select Disk Management. 4 Follow the steps the appear on-screen to write 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...
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... SP3 or newer; www.3ware.com 47 Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing Windows 2000/XP/2003 Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing Windows 2000/XP/2003 Materials required: ■ Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 installation CD-ROM ■ 3ware CD-ROM (You will be required to create a 3ware Windows Driver Installation Diskette from the Windows 2000/XP/2003 CD...
... SP3 or newer; www.3ware.com 47 Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing Windows 2000/XP/2003 Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing Windows 2000/XP/2003 Materials required: ■ Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 installation CD-ROM ■ 3ware CD-ROM (You will be required to create a 3ware Windows Driver Installation Diskette from the Windows 2000/XP/2003 CD...
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...lower channel number) being compared to assign a drive letter. After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to a RAID 1 or 10 array result in order to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide RAID 5 arrays are immediately initialized after a delay of drives) being copied to ten minutes. In...created and are immediately available for use with 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 all array members. The disadvantage of this is ...
...lower channel number) being compared to assign a drive letter. After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to a RAID 1 or 10 array result in order to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide RAID 5 arrays are immediately initialized after a delay of drives) being copied to ten minutes. In...created and are immediately available for use with 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 all array members. The disadvantage of this is ...
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.... Found New Hardware Wizard www.3ware.com 49 Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems that boot from a different device Install the 3DM disk management utility Refer to the Install/Upgrade 3ware driver section. 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...
.... Found New Hardware Wizard www.3ware.com 49 Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems that boot from a different device Install the 3DM disk management utility Refer to the Install/Upgrade 3ware driver section. 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...
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... The system may not boot if you reboot the system. RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to the driver in the BIOS by an "Installation Complete" notification. RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The advantage of drives) being copied to the... created. The first time the array is verified (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM), the array is complete. Continue with 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 ...
... The system may not boot if you reboot the system. RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to the driver in the BIOS by an "Installation Complete" notification. RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The advantage of drives) being copied to the... created. The first time the array is verified (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM), the array is complete. Continue with 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 ...
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... version Escalade ATA RAID Controller before installing the controller. dow. 4 From the Control Panel window, click on the System icon. 5 Click on the Hardware tab and then click on the Device 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...
... version Escalade ATA RAID Controller before installing the controller. dow. 4 From the Control Panel window, click on the System icon. 5 Click on the Hardware tab and then click on the Device 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...
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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. Figure 27. Upgrade/Install Device Driver 54 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows Installation Figure 26.
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. Figure 27. Upgrade/Install Device Driver 54 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows Installation Figure 26.
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...your diskette drive is drive A, the correct path name is drive D and you are using Windows 2000, the path will be : D:\win2k. www.3ware.com 55 Figure 28. If you have. If you are using the 3ware CD, the path will be to the folder on the Have Disk... Select a Device Driver...files from: near the bottom of the controller 2 When the Select a Device Driver dialog appears (see Figure 28), click on the CD that has the name of the version of Windows you are using a driver diskette and your CD drive is A:\. Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the box....
...your diskette drive is drive A, the correct path name is drive D and you are using Windows 2000, the path will be : D:\win2k. www.3ware.com 55 Figure 28. If you have. If you are using the 3ware CD, the path will be to the folder on the Have Disk... Select a Device Driver...files from: near the bottom of the controller 2 When the Select a Device Driver dialog appears (see Figure 28), click on the CD that has the name of the version of Windows you are using a driver diskette and your CD drive is A:\. Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the box....
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Windows Installation Figure 29. Figure 30. Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). Be sure to highlight it. 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. Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31).
Windows Installation Figure 29. Figure 30. Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). Be sure to highlight it. 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. Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31).
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Windows Installation Figure 33. Final driver installation screen 58 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
Windows Installation Figure 33. Final driver installation screen 58 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
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... remotely via a standard web browser provided you are using FreeBSD, use the 3ware CLI (command line interface) available from 3DM. If you have access to the network containing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. The e-mail that the recipient receives will only occur while 3DM is running...tolerant. Event notification occurs from 3DM when the ATA RAID controller requires attention, such as a hot spare or launch the rebuild process. You can send an e-mail to the following sections for more information: Windows Installation page 80 Linux Installation page 81 Checking Array ...
... remotely via a standard web browser provided you are using FreeBSD, use the 3ware CLI (command line interface) available from 3DM. If you have access to the network containing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. The e-mail that the recipient receives will only occur while 3DM is running...tolerant. Event notification occurs from 3DM when the ATA RAID controller requires attention, such as a hot spare or launch the rebuild process. You can send an e-mail to the following sections for more information: Windows Installation page 80 Linux Installation page 81 Checking Array ...
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... each entry with a comma (,). You may do not know your server name, ask your system 80 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 34. 3DM Remote Monitoring and Security Configuration Display 5 At the E-mail Notification Preferences window (see Figure 34), check the first checkbox to use the default port. If the second checkbox is...
... each entry with a comma (,). You may do not know your server name, ask your system 80 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 34. 3DM Remote Monitoring and Security Configuration Display 5 At the E-mail Notification Preferences window (see Figure 34), check the first checkbox to use the default port. If the second checkbox is...
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... 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 the application and opening the browser window when you the option of your email client. Figure 35. 3DM E-mail Notification Preferences 6 ...Continue with the installation as prompted. 3DM gives you complete the installation (recommended). Linux Installation Installing 3DM for Red Hat Linux or SuSE Linux 1 Insert the 3ware software...
... 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 the application and opening the browser window when you the option of your email client. Figure 35. 3DM E-mail Notification Preferences 6 ...Continue with the installation as prompted. 3DM gives you complete the installation (recommended). Linux Installation Installing 3DM for Red Hat Linux or SuSE Linux 1 Insert the 3ware software...