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User Guide - Page 4
... . 49 Create disk arrays 49 Install the 3ware driver 49 Reboot the machine 50 RAID array 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...
User Guide - Page 5
... Support and Services 112 Sales and ordering information 113 Feedback on this manual 113
Index 115
www.3ware.com
iii 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 browser 84 Password setup...
User Guide - Page 10
... are all PCI 64-bit / 33MHz. ■ 8506-4LP, 8506-8, 8506-12, 8506-8MI, and 8506-12MI are all PCI
64-bit / 66MHz. ■ Management. 3DM Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line
Interface ■ BIOS. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (8006-2LP does not support
RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers ■...
User Guide - Page 20
... is part of a redundant array, error locations that are found and are deemed repairable are issued independent of drives. These commands are rewritten with the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. 3DM supports hot spare and hot swap for redundant arrays. Refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter for more details and additional features. (3DM does not work under FreeBSD.)
To create and...
User Guide - Page 48
... or not you to create fault tolerant RAID 5 disk arrays. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility
Rebuilding a RAID 5 disk array
Escalade ATA RAID Controllers allow you to read or write requests, the array is marked as DEGRADED and the drive is marked as Not In Use or is "disable."
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3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide IBM-DTLA-387815 Port 2 - Try rebuilding with no longer...
User Guide - Page 72
...on the 3ware CD-ROM for supported versions.
The advantage of drives) being created in the BIOS by writing zeroes to all array members.
Install the 3ware driver
Note: In the instructions below, refers to the kernel version (i.e., 2.4.2-2 smp) Check 3ware's website for directions.)
Create disk arrays Refer to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility...
User Guide - Page 76
...Guide Use your system's Setup utility to set (including firmware, driver, and 3DM) supports SuSE versions 8.1 and 8.2
As a Plug and Play device, the Escalade ATA RAID Controller may be configured to be required to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter.
If you install your boot device. If you are using the 3ware Command Line Interface, refer to install Linux on a drive managed by 3ware...
User Guide - Page 78
... 3ware Command Line Interface, refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. Install and run 3DM disk management utility Refer to the 3ware CLI User Guide. Please refer to the "Readme.txt" file on the 3ware CD-ROM. Linux Installation
this is that it will be used immediately, but it takes longer for directions.)
Create disk arrays Refer to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk...
User Guide - Page 81
...a new drive or array
(page 74). ■ Installing the 3ware driver on a system that you have already installed the 3ware Escalade controller and configured your disk arrays.
www.3ware.com
73 A drive or array managed by -step instructions for compiling the 3ware driver from the source files. Note: 3DM does not work under FreeBSD, however you can use the 3ware CLI (Command Line Interface...
User Guide - Page 87
... remove drives, specify an available drive as a background utility on the Alarms page.
Refer to the network containing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. Array status can be viewed or arrays can maintain your disk arrays from the 3ware website at http://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp. If you are using FreeBSD, use the 3ware CLI (command line interface) available from 3DM. Event...
User Guide - Page 93
...chips on the 3ware card.
■ Information is displayed on each subunit (a subunit is a drive used in the array are installed.
■ Detailed information for each controller is displayed, such as its model number, serial number, firmware and BIOS versions, unit count (total number of disk arrays on the controller), and version numbers of the operating system including service level and any...
User Guide - Page 94
..., disk drive capacity, model number, and serial number. Status for all OK), yellow (during array initialization or rebuild), or red (error alarm) banner. The Monitor display (see Figure 38) is displayed. 3DM Disk Management Utility
■ Under drive count is useful for each Monitor display, leaving the status color indication visible.
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User Guide - Page 106
... properly to hang. Enter the Dell BIOS setup and reload the BIOS defaults. Q7: An array shows up when booting after a 3ware card is required.
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3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Remember that creating or deleting a disk array overwrites any existing data on the member drives. Your drives are connected properly and that drives be unusable. What is your boot device...
User Guide - Page 123
... or RAID 5 array 43 Available Drives, listed in BIOS 30
B Background Media Scan 12 Background Task Rate 91 backplane, using with multi-lane connectors 24
BIOS 11, 29, 97
BIOS tool 28
C cancelling rebuild 43 changing existing configuration 36 CLI (Command Line Interface) 27
compiling the driver for FreeBSD 77 Compliance and Conformity 109
D defective drive, replacing with spare 28 Deleting a disk...
User Guide - Page 124
... existing Escalade controller 17
S Serial ATA 8 serial ATA RAID controller with multi-lane
internal connectors 24
SMART 11, 87, 103
Staggered Spin Up 12
status connector for drive (LED) 18, 21
stripe size, selecting 34 System requirements 4
T Technical Support 111 Tools required 4 Troubleshooting 97 TwinStor 11
U Ultra DMA protocol 104 uninstalling 3DM 83 upgrading the 3ware driver 54
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