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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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.... Figure 10. Figure 22. Figure 27. 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 Main...
.... Figure 10. Figure 22. Figure 27. 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 Main...
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..., R5Fusion ■ Field Upgrades. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.) ■ FreeBSD. Parallel UltraDMA 133 and UltraDMA 100 drives are all PCI 64-bit / 33MHz. ■ 8506-4LP, 8506-8, 8506-12, 8506-8MI, and 8506-12MI are also supported when using a parallel-toserial converter. ■ Bus...
..., R5Fusion ■ Field Upgrades. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.) ■ FreeBSD. Parallel UltraDMA 133 and UltraDMA 100 drives are all PCI 64-bit / 33MHz. ■ 8506-4LP, 8506-8, 8506-12, 8506-8MI, and 8506-12MI are also supported when using a parallel-toserial converter. ■ Bus...
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... Verify Note: The Escalade Serial ATA controller can be used 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. You ... Escalade 7000 series Parallel ATA RAID Controller ■ Escalade Parallel ATA RAID Controller in an ESD-protective bag ■ ATA interface cables (one per port) ■ 3ware installation media with models 8506-8MI and 8506- 12MI, which have multi-lane internal controllers and...
... Verify Note: The Escalade Serial ATA controller can be used 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. You ... Escalade 7000 series Parallel ATA RAID Controller ■ Escalade Parallel ATA RAID Controller in an ESD-protective bag ■ ATA interface cables (one per port) ■ 3ware installation media with models 8506-8MI and 8506- 12MI, which have multi-lane internal controllers and...
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... 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 Linux (available from the 3ware website at any given time. In addition, 3ware has...RAID features fail 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 Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers...
... 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 Linux (available from the 3ware website at any given time. In addition, 3ware has...RAID features fail 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 Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers...
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...Alt-3 to the Accelerated Graphics Port give the best performance. Step 3. Step 2. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to the type of CD-Rom drive):\3DMsetup from Run... Install 3DM ...RAID Controller with a new version of the controller. www.3ware.com 15 Installations include: ■ Installing the ATA RAID Controller while installing the operating system. ■ Installing the ATA RAID Controller on systems that boot from the 3DM installation CD-ROM. Step 1. Operating systems supporting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller...
...Alt-3 to the Accelerated Graphics Port give the best performance. Step 3. Step 2. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to the type of CD-Rom drive):\3DMsetup from Run... Install 3DM ...RAID Controller with a new version of the controller. www.3ware.com 15 Installations include: ■ Installing the ATA RAID Controller while installing the operating system. ■ Installing the ATA RAID Controller on systems that boot from the 3DM installation CD-ROM. Step 1. Operating systems supporting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller...
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... continue. 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 Port 3 - The rebuild will display, with your configuration and reboot the system. QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30...
... continue. 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 Port 3 - The rebuild will display, with your configuration and reboot the system. QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30...
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...shutdown. The drive is rewritten, indicating that was removed. The rebuild starts with a new drive Currently, a rebuild can be correct For a RAID 5 configuration, if the process encounters the flag setting that there was a clean shutdown. Auto initialization on power failure A power failure will indicate... process to degrade. When the initialization is complete, the two halves of the mirror are redundant again. 3ware's auto-init feature determines if this port. During driver startup, a flag is required. If your system does not have hot swap carriers: 1 Power down ...
...shutdown. The drive is rewritten, indicating that was removed. The rebuild starts with a new drive Currently, a rebuild can be correct For a RAID 5 configuration, if the process encounters the flag setting that there was a clean shutdown. Auto initialization on power failure A power failure will indicate... process to degrade. When the initialization is complete, the two halves of the mirror are redundant again. 3ware's auto-init feature determines if this port. During driver startup, a flag is required. If your system does not have hot swap carriers: 1 Power down ...
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... the drive appear as a hot spare. For more information, see the 3ware CLI User's Guide. 44 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Note: If the rebuild is made into a hot spare. Rebuild starts about 10 minutes after the driver loads in the operating system. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 2 Add a different disk drive to rebuild the...
... the drive appear as a hot spare. For more information, see the 3ware CLI User's Guide. 44 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Note: If the rebuild is made into a hot spare. Rebuild starts about 10 minutes after the driver loads in the operating system. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 2 Add a different disk drive to rebuild the...
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Note: Throughout this chapter, the screenshots show Windows 2000. If your system. 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: 1 Boot the system and log in as a system administrator. 2 ... Windows XP. We recommend that appear 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. b Select Storage. Windows Installation Note...
Note: Throughout this chapter, the screenshots show Windows 2000. If your system. 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: 1 Boot the system and log in as a system administrator. 2 ... Windows XP. We recommend that appear 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. b Select Storage. Windows Installation Note...
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... devices or you have an additional disk ATA RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. 4 A box with 3ware ATA RAID Controller is at this point.There are no instructions after installing the driver that are specific to 3ware. Refer to the Windows 2000/XP/2003 documentation... supplied by Microsoft if you need to create a 3ware Windows Driver Installation Diskette from the Windows...
... devices or you have an additional disk ATA RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. 4 A box with 3ware ATA RAID Controller is at this point.There are no instructions after installing the driver that are specific to 3ware. Refer to the Windows 2000/XP/2003 documentation... supplied by Microsoft if you need to create a 3ware Windows Driver Installation Diskette from the Windows...
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... 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 assign a drive letter. b Choose Computer Management from the Start menu. Initialization results in the data from... after being compared to the other half. The disadvantage of drives). After the initial verification, subsequent verifies 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...
... 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 assign a drive letter. b Choose Computer Management from the Start menu. Initialization results in the data from... after being compared to the other half. The disadvantage of drives). After the initial verification, subsequent verifies 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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... a different device Install the 3DM disk management utility Refer to the Install/Upgrade 3ware driver section. Found New Hardware Wizard www.3ware.com 49 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 which guides you in installing...
... a different device Install the 3DM disk management utility Refer to the Install/Upgrade 3ware driver section. Found New Hardware Wizard www.3ware.com 49 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 which guides you in installing...
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...on -screen to create a volume and to Select a Device Driver, click the Have Disk... The user can be used immediately, but it takes longer for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide button, insert your 3ware driver diskette, and enter the path to be fault tolerant until the ...initialization is that the RAID 5 array can reboot the system before this is complete. In RAID 10 arrays, data from one drive...
...on -screen to create a volume and to Select a Device Driver, click the Have Disk... The user can be used immediately, but it takes longer for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide button, insert your 3ware driver diskette, and enter the path to be fault tolerant until the ...initialization is that the RAID 5 array can reboot the system before this is complete. In RAID 10 arrays, data from one drive...
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... SCSI and RAID Controllers selection. 7 Locate and double-click on Settings and open the Control Panel win- Materials required: ■ 3ware CD-ROM Updating the 3ware driver 1 Backup any critical data prior to the Start menu, click on 3ware ATA RAID Controller. The 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties pop-up menu appears. 8 Click on the Driver tab (see Figure 25). 52 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User...
... SCSI and RAID Controllers selection. 7 Locate and double-click on Settings and open the Control Panel win- Materials required: ■ 3ware CD-ROM Updating the 3ware driver 1 Backup any critical data prior to the Start menu, click on 3ware ATA RAID Controller. The 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties pop-up menu appears. 8 Click on the Driver tab (see Figure 25). 52 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User...
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button. 10 Click Next on the Update Driver... www.3ware.com 53 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).
button. 10 Click Next on the Update Driver... www.3ware.com 53 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 Then click Next and follow the instructions. 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." Figure 27. Windows Installation Figure 26.
Upgrade/Install Device Driver 54 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Then click Next and follow the instructions. 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." Figure 27. Windows Installation Figure 26.
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...the Install from Disk (Figure 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 the controller 2 When the Select a Device Driver dialog appears (see Figure 28), click on the CD that..., the path will be to the folder on the Have Disk... button. If you are using a driver diskette and your CD drive is A:\. www.3ware.com 55 Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the box. Figure 28. For example, if your diskette drive is drive A, ...
...the Install from Disk (Figure 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 the controller 2 When the Select a Device Driver dialog appears (see Figure 28), click on the CD that..., the path will be to the folder on the Have Disk... button. If you are using a driver diskette and your CD drive is A:\. www.3ware.com 55 Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the box. Figure 28. For example, if your diskette drive is drive A, ...
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Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31). 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. The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). Be sure to highlight it. Figure 30. Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows Installation Figure 29.
Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31). 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. The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). Be sure to highlight it. Figure 30. Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows Installation Figure 29.
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Figure 32. Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with your ATA RAID controller the Digital Signature Not Found screen may appear (see Figure 32). www.3ware.com 57 Digital Signature Not Found 6 The final upgrade driver screen should appear (Figure 33), followed by a progress bar which appears briefly, then by a System Settings Change dialog. If this screen...
Figure 32. Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with your ATA RAID controller the Digital Signature Not Found screen may appear (see Figure 32). www.3ware.com 57 Digital Signature Not Found 6 The final upgrade driver screen should appear (Figure 33), followed by a progress bar which appears briefly, then by a System Settings Change dialog. If this screen...