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... are all trademarks of 3ware, Inc. Copyright ©2003 3ware, Inc. Trademarks 3ware, Escalade, and 3DM are property of 3ware, Inc., 455 West Maude Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94085. make any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the proper written consent of their respective owners. Disclaimer 3ware, Inc. All rights ...stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any commitment to update the information contained herein. The 3ware logo, StorSwitch, TwinStor, and R5 Fusion are all registered trademarks of this document, nor does...
... are all trademarks of 3ware, Inc. Copyright ©2003 3ware, Inc. Trademarks 3ware, Escalade, and 3DM are property of 3ware, Inc., 455 West Maude Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94085. make any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the proper written consent of their respective owners. Disclaimer 3ware, Inc. All rights ...stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any commitment to update the information contained herein. The 3ware logo, StorSwitch, TwinStor, and R5 Fusion are all registered trademarks of this document, nor does...
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... 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 Controller 59 Reboot the machine 59 Install the 3DM disk management utility...
... 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 Controller 59 Reboot the machine 59 Install the 3DM disk management utility...
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... 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 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...
... 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 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...
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...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... screen 58 3DM Remote Monitoring and Security Configuration Display . 80 3DM E-mail Notification Preferences 81 3DM Home Display 85 3DM Details Display 86 3DM Monitor Display 87 3DM Alarms Display 88 www.3ware.com v Figure...
...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... screen 58 3DM Remote Monitoring and Security Configuration Display . 80 3DM E-mail Notification Preferences 81 3DM Home Display 85 3DM Details Display 86 3DM Monitor Display 87 3DM Alarms Display 88 www.3ware.com v Figure...
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Figure 46. Figure 47. Figure 49. Figure 41. Figure 43. Figure 48. Figure 42. Figure 45. Figure 44. 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 46. Figure 47. Figure 49. Figure 41. Figure 43. Figure 48. Figure 42. Figure 45. Figure 44. 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
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... 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 This user guide gives simple, step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring your equipment... Hardware RAID. Low CPU Utilization ■ RAID Support. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (700x-2 does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. To ensure your personal safety and protect your Escalade ATA RAID Controller. Before You Begin Congratulations on selecting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as your RAID data ...
... 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 This user guide gives simple, step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring your equipment... Hardware RAID. Low CPU Utilization ■ RAID Support. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (700x-2 does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. To ensure your personal safety and protect your Escalade ATA RAID Controller. Before You Begin Congratulations on selecting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as your RAID data ...
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... 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. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.) ■ FreeBSD. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant...
... 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. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.) ■ FreeBSD. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant...
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...cables separately. 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. Monitoring, Dynamic Sector...Exception: Cables are not included with models 8506-8MI and 8506- 12MI, which have multi-lane internal controllers and require different cables. See the 3ware website (http://www.3ware.com) or contact sales@3ware.com for command and data transfers, ...
...cables separately. 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. Monitoring, Dynamic Sector...Exception: Cables are not included with models 8506-8MI and 8506- 12MI, which have multi-lane internal controllers and require different cables. See the 3ware website (http://www.3ware.com) or contact sales@3ware.com for command and data transfers, ...
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...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. In addition, 3ware has implemented Advanced Data ...Protection (ADP) features that drive unavailable and the rest of the storage system remains undisturbed. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire ...
...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. In addition, 3ware has implemented Advanced Data ...Protection (ADP) features that drive unavailable and the rest of the storage system remains undisturbed. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire ...
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... applicable to be dynamically substituted for both large sequential and small random transactions. From the 3DM Disk Array Configuration Utility, you to take proactive steps to the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapter. Three SMART commands are issued: SMART RETURN STATUS (B0h ... disk crashes. This command is issued 24 hours after the Escalade controller is timed www.3ware.com 11 S.M.A.R.T. This advanced block caching firmware technology is available only with Escalade 750x and 8508 ATA RAID Controllers. Note: R5 Fusion is combined with the content of the...
... applicable to be dynamically substituted for both large sequential and small random transactions. From the 3DM Disk Array Configuration Utility, you to take proactive steps to the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapter. Three SMART commands are issued: SMART RETURN STATUS (B0h ... disk crashes. This command is issued 24 hours after the Escalade controller is timed www.3ware.com 11 S.M.A.R.T. This advanced block caching firmware technology is available only with Escalade 750x and 8508 ATA RAID Controllers. Note: R5 Fusion is combined with the content of the...
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... drives have detected a "threshold exceeded" condition, then an AEN is issued to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter for media errors on the Escalade ATA RAID Controller's host and allows you must be powered-up . Hot swap is persistent after "#SMARTErrorLogStart." If none of...
... drives have detected a "threshold exceeded" condition, then an AEN is issued to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter for media errors on the Escalade ATA RAID Controller's host and allows you must be powered-up . Hot swap is persistent after "#SMARTErrorLogStart." If none of...
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... retries including downgrade of a disk drive problem or failure. Many sectors on the disk and can provide early warning of the UDMA mode. www.3ware.com 13 For example, if the media scan encounters many error locations, this may not be used or checked for long periods of repair is...to do corrective actions on problem areas on a drive may be fixed early to maintain optimal redundancy for scanning. Background Media Scan is encountered, the controller typically will then start from the drive is scheduled through 3DM. A notification of time. It will retry the command.
... retries including downgrade of a disk drive problem or failure. Many sectors on the disk and can provide early warning of the UDMA mode. www.3ware.com 13 For example, if the media scan encounters many error locations, this may not be used or checked for long periods of repair is...to do corrective actions on problem areas on a drive may be fixed early to maintain optimal redundancy for scanning. Background Media Scan is encountered, the controller typically will then start from the drive is scheduled through 3DM. A notification of time. It will retry the command.
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... a different device. ■ Replacing an existing ATA RAID Controller with a new version of installation and the operating system. www.3ware.com 15 Install 3DM Install 3DM for WEB monitoring. 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...
... a different device. ■ Replacing an existing ATA RAID Controller with a new version of installation and the operating system. www.3ware.com 15 Install 3DM Install 3DM for WEB monitoring. 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...
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...3DM Configure page, or you may designate a drive as a spare. This is useful when you to shut down the system. You may designate a drive as a Hot Spare during the BIOS page display, you may designate a drive as a Hot Spare through the CLI (Command Line Interface). www.3ware.com 27 The ATA RAID Controller... shares one IRQ on the PCI bus. Hot spare and hot swap Hot Spare is the label given to a drive that accompanies the CLI describes how to the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. There are three methods for the faulted...
...3DM Configure page, or you may designate a drive as a spare. This is useful when you to shut down the system. You may designate a drive as a Hot Spare during the BIOS page display, you may designate a drive as a Hot Spare through the CLI (Command Line Interface). www.3ware.com 27 The ATA RAID Controller... shares one IRQ on the PCI bus. Hot spare and hot swap Hot Spare is the label given to a drive that accompanies the CLI describes how to the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. There are three methods for the faulted...
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...-carrier, connecting interface cables and power cables can/will not be required to be displayed as a Hot Spare in the 3DM Configuration page. 3DM Configure Page In order to Figure 9. 28 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide If a spare is designated in the BIOS screen, the designation and configuration is not a JBOD drive or part...
...-carrier, connecting interface cables and power cables can/will not be required to be displayed as a Hot Spare in the 3DM Configuration page. 3DM Configure Page In order to Figure 9. 28 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide If a spare is designated in the BIOS screen, the designation and configuration is not a JBOD drive or part...
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... or more drives to create fault tolerant disk arrays by selecting a mirrored RAID 1 or RAID 10 array. Rebuilding a mirrored disk array Escalade ATA RAID Controllers allow you to protect against drive failure. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility Maintain Disk Array The array listed below can be... done in the BIOS, in the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility or 3DM Disk Management Utility chapters,...
... or more drives to create fault tolerant disk arrays by selecting a mirrored RAID 1 or RAID 10 array. Rebuilding a mirrored disk array Escalade ATA RAID Controllers allow you to protect against drive failure. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility Maintain Disk Array The array listed below can be... done in the BIOS, in the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility or 3DM Disk Management Utility chapters,...
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...you to continue if it is rebuilt using a simple (exclusive OR) function to the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility or 3DM Disk Management Utility chapters for more information.) Rebuilding a mirrored or RAID 5 array with the Not in the case of the drives is removed, unplugged or...-DTLA-387815 512 M 1.0GB 512 M 512 M 512 M DEGRADED Not in Degraded mode, the missing data is "disable." 40 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Degraded RAID 5 Array Drive When Not in Use As in Use drive intact. These disk arrays achieve fault tolerance by using the Rebuild feature. ...
...you to continue if it is rebuilt using a simple (exclusive OR) function to the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility or 3DM Disk Management Utility chapters for more information.) Rebuilding a mirrored or RAID 5 array with the Not in the case of the drives is removed, unplugged or...-DTLA-387815 512 M 1.0GB 512 M 512 M 512 M DEGRADED Not in Degraded mode, the missing data is "disable." 40 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Degraded RAID 5 Array Drive When Not in Use As in Use drive intact. These disk arrays achieve fault tolerance by using the Rebuild feature. ...
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... firmware queries the flag. www.3ware.com 43 To make sure that the information on power failure A power failure will be cancelled using the 3DM software. The rebuild will cause the secondary drive of a mirrored unit (RAID 1 or 10) to degrade. Rebuilding a RAID 5 disk array Auto rebuild of... a mirrored or RAID 5 array If a hot spare is specified and the mirrored ...
... firmware queries the flag. www.3ware.com 43 To make sure that the information on power failure A power failure will be cancelled using the 3DM software. The rebuild will cause the secondary drive of a mirrored unit (RAID 1 or 10) to degrade. Rebuilding a RAID 5 disk array Auto rebuild of... a mirrored or RAID 5 array If a hot spare is specified and the mirrored ...
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...initialized. The first time the array is verified (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM), the array is complete in the BIOS by writing zeroes to a RAID 1 or 10 array result in as system administrator. RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for use with full performance when created. Continue...to write zeroes to the other half. b Choose Computer Management from one half of drives) being compared to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows Installation Reboot the machine When you don't remove the diskette. 2 Partition and format the new arrays or disks ...
...initialized. The first time the array is verified (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM), the array is complete in the BIOS by writing zeroes to a RAID 1 or 10 array result in as system administrator. RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for use with full performance when created. Continue...to write zeroes to the other half. b Choose Computer Management from one half of drives) being compared to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows Installation Reboot the machine When you don't remove the diskette. 2 Partition and format the new arrays or disks ...
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... that 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. 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...
... that 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. 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...