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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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... Statement 109 Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL 110 European Community Conformity Statement 110 Appendix B. Warranty, Technical 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...
... Statement 109 Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL 110 European Community Conformity Statement 110 Appendix B. Warranty, Technical 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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... Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface www.3ware.com 1 The information in this manual also supports the following legacy products: 7410, 7810, 7450 (now 7500-4), 7850 (now 7500-8), and 7210 ■ True Hardware RAID. Features Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA Family The Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA... the Features list before you begin installing. Low CPU Utilization ■ RAID 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 storage and management system.
... Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface www.3ware.com 1 The information in this manual also supports the following legacy products: 7410, 7810, 7450 (now 7500-4), 7850 (now 7500-8), and 7210 ■ True Hardware RAID. Features Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA Family The Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA... the Features list before you begin installing. Low CPU Utilization ■ RAID 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 storage and management system.
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... not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. ATA Command Readback, S.M.A.R.T. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, R5Fusion (R5 Fusion is 64-bit, 66MHz PCI 2.2 compliant ■ 8500-4, 8500-8 and 8500-12 are all PCI 64-bit / 33MHz. ■ 8506-4LP, 8506-8, 8506-12, 8506-8MI, and 8506-12MI...
... not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. ATA Command Readback, S.M.A.R.T. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, R5Fusion (R5 Fusion is 64-bit, 66MHz PCI 2.2 compliant ■ 8500-4, 8500-8 and 8500-12 are all PCI 64-bit / 33MHz. ■ 8506-4LP, 8506-8, 8506-12, 8506-8MI, and 8506-12MI...
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... 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 bring the entire storage system down. The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series uses a non-blocking switched architecture...
... 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 bring the entire storage system down. The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series uses a non-blocking switched architecture...
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... available on 3ware's 4th generation network switched architecture, the 8000 series are configured in a striped disk array (see Figure 1), the Escalade ATA RAID Controller distributes large files across the multiple disks using RAID 0 techniques. RAID increases performance and adds redundancy Escalade ATA RAID Controllers use a Redundant Array of Serial ATA RAID cards are the most advanced controllers available, supporting from the array...
... available on 3ware's 4th generation network switched architecture, the 8000 series are configured in a striped disk array (see Figure 1), the Escalade ATA RAID Controller distributes large files across the multiple disks using RAID 0 techniques. RAID increases performance and adds redundancy Escalade ATA RAID Controllers use a Redundant Array of Serial ATA RAID cards are the most advanced controllers available, supporting from the array...
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.... Staggered Spin Up allows drives to the 3ware controller. The standby power management state is only available through the 3DM Disk Management Utility. The Escalade supports the ATA/6 implementation of it. To remotely access 3DM, you are only issued when the 'Download Error Log' button on the Escalade ATA RAID Controller's host and allows you must be...
.... Staggered Spin Up allows drives to the 3ware controller. The standby power management state is only available through the 3DM Disk Management Utility. The Escalade supports the ATA/6 implementation of it. To remotely access 3DM, you are only issued when the 'Download Error Log' button on the Escalade ATA RAID Controller's host and allows you must be...
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... installation CD-ROM. in an available PCI slot. www.3ware.com 15 Create arrays Verify your boot device precedes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the boot sequence, then press Alt-3 to the Accelerated Graphics Port give the best performance. Step 3. Operating systems supporting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller include: ■ Windows 2000 (SP3 or newer), XP (SP1...
... installation CD-ROM. in an available PCI slot. www.3ware.com 15 Create arrays Verify your boot device precedes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the boot sequence, then press Alt-3 to the Accelerated Graphics Port give the best performance. Step 3. Operating systems supporting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller include: ■ Windows 2000 (SP3 or newer), XP (SP1...
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...activity, as SATA disk drives and RAID cages/carriers do not usually support LED disk drive activity indicators on any pins. 3 Install the other connectors in that section. www.3ware.com 21 Note: If your serial controller is keyed to the Serial ATA RAID Controller. Ports 8 and 9 Ports ... and pin 2 and 3 are ground Plug cable to either a model 8506-8MI or 850612MI, turn to page 24 and follow the instructions in the same manner. Connect the interface cables to the Escalade Serial ATA RAID Controller 1 Connect the interface cables supplied with the product to ensure proper orientation ...
...activity, as SATA disk drives and RAID cages/carriers do not usually support LED disk drive activity indicators on any pins. 3 Install the other connectors in that section. www.3ware.com 21 Note: If your serial controller is keyed to the Serial ATA RAID Controller. Ports 8 and 9 Ports ... and pin 2 and 3 are ground Plug cable to either a model 8506-8MI or 850612MI, turn to page 24 and follow the instructions in the same manner. Connect the interface cables to the Escalade Serial ATA RAID Controller 1 Connect the interface cables supplied with the product to ensure proper orientation ...
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... have completed step 2 for adjusting them . Be sure that drives be adjacent to the drive's power connector. To operate properly, the Escalade ATA RAID Controller requires that the drives are not supported. 3ware has not tested all available converters. Make sure that each converter is keyed to ensure proper installation. One edge of each interface...
... have completed step 2 for adjusting them . Be sure that drives be adjacent to the drive's power connector. To operate properly, the Escalade ATA RAID Controller requires that the drives are not supported. 3ware has not tested all available converters. Make sure that each converter is keyed to ensure proper installation. One edge of each interface...
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...with the PCI slot pins when pushed into place. www.3ware.com 25 Turn off power to the computer and disconnect ...the slot. The Escalade Controller is running, shut it down. Connect the Interface Cables Depending on the controller. Each cable supports up the Controller so that all ...slots give equal performance due to the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) or in the 64-bit PCI slot typically give the best performance. Save this screw; Line up to four ports. 1 Connect each interface cable to use for the serial RAID controller...
...with the PCI slot pins when pushed into place. www.3ware.com 25 Turn off power to the computer and disconnect ...the slot. The Escalade Controller is running, shut it down. Connect the Interface Cables Depending on the controller. Each cable supports up the Controller so that all ...slots give equal performance due to the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) or in the 64-bit PCI slot typically give the best performance. Save this screw; Line up to four ports. 1 Connect each interface cable to use for the serial RAID controller...
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Hot Swap is available from the 3ware website at http://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp. The CLI is the term applied to the process...or breaking disk arrays back into their member disks. The first two methods are attached to the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. The ATA RAID Controller shares one IRQ on the PCI bus. This is available, active and designated as a spare. ...manual that is useful when you need to swap out a defective drive, manually or automatically, with it. www.3ware.com 27 If an array becomes degraded, the hot spare will not be substituted for adding a drive as ...
Hot Swap is available from the 3ware website at http://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp. The CLI is the term applied to the process...or breaking disk arrays back into their member disks. The first two methods are attached to the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. The ATA RAID Controller shares one IRQ on the PCI bus. This is available, active and designated as a spare. ...manual that is useful when you need to swap out a defective drive, manually or automatically, with it. www.3ware.com 27 If an array becomes degraded, the hot spare will not be substituted for adding a drive as ...
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... the F8 key to commit your changes, a list of drives that the ATA RAID Controller supports. ■ Multiple arrays of supported RAID levels can be implemented on a single controller based on those disks. Determining your changes press Esc. www.3ware.com 29 Exiting the 3ware BIOS tool To save your configuration. The booting process will be displayed and...
... the F8 key to commit your changes, a list of drives that the ATA RAID Controller supports. ■ Multiple arrays of supported RAID levels can be implemented on a single controller based on those disks. Determining your changes press Esc. www.3ware.com 29 Exiting the 3ware BIOS tool To save your configuration. The booting process will be displayed and...
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... the screen will be black if the drive can be generated. Note: Hot spare drives need to delete existing arrays to it is selected. 36 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Changing an existing configuration 1 Back up disks first. 3 Boot, partition and format any new disk arrays or free disks. 4 When you want... before the configuration change. 2 Create new disk arrays following the instructions in an array without overwriting data on the drives involved. The 7000/8000 series Escalades do not support the feature of the redundant array) is the same size or lager than the...
... the screen will be black if the drive can be generated. Note: Hot spare drives need to delete existing arrays to it is selected. 36 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Changing an existing configuration 1 Back up disks first. 3 Boot, partition and format any new disk arrays or free disks. 4 When you want... before the configuration change. 2 Create new disk arrays following the instructions in an array without overwriting data on the drives involved. The 7000/8000 series Escalades do not support the feature of the redundant array) is the same size or lager than the...
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...or the operating system cannot be somewhat different. We recommend that appear on-screen to create a volume and to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Note: Throughout this chapter, the screenshots show Windows 2000. If your system. c .... Windows Installation Note: 3ware supports released versions of Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 only. Installing a drive to an existing ATA RAID controller To add the new drive to an existing disk array, refer to assign a drive letter. 46 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Boot the ...
...or the operating system cannot be somewhat different. We recommend that appear on-screen to create a volume and to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Note: Throughout this chapter, the screenshots show Windows 2000. If your system. c .... Windows Installation Note: 3ware supports released versions of Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 only. Installing a drive to an existing ATA RAID controller To add the new drive to an existing disk array, refer to assign a drive letter. 46 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Boot the ...
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...and 3DM) supports Red Hat versions 8.0 and 9.0 As a Plug and Play device, the Escalade ATA RAID Controller may be configured to be your operating system. If you have tested systems where an IDE drive connected to the motherboard interfered with using the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as a ...disk attached to the motherboard. Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing Red Hat Linux Materials required: ■ 3ware CD-ROM (You will eliminate this problem. Linux Installation Red ...
...and 3DM) supports Red Hat versions 8.0 and 9.0 As a Plug and Play device, the Escalade ATA RAID Controller may be configured to be your operating system. If you have tested systems where an IDE drive connected to the motherboard interfered with using the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as a ...disk attached to the motherboard. Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing Red Hat Linux Materials required: ■ 3ware CD-ROM (You will eliminate this problem. Linux Installation Red ...
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...floppy drive of the array is initialized. The first time the array is verified (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM), the array is copied to an array larger than 1 TByte. If your BIOS supports it you attempt to boot to the other drive. Earlier versions of media, select Local CD-ROM since... 9. Boot with the Red Hat CD-ROM or diskette Note: The boot diskette is optional since you must use with full performance when created. In RAID 10 arrays, data from the Red Hat installation CD-ROM instead. 2 When the Welcome to arrays larger than 1 TByte. boot: expert Install the driver 1 ...
...floppy drive of the array is initialized. The first time the array is verified (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM), the array is copied to an array larger than 1 TByte. If your BIOS supports it you attempt to boot to the other drive. Earlier versions of media, select Local CD-ROM since... 9. Boot with the Red Hat CD-ROM or diskette Note: The boot diskette is optional since you must use with full performance when created. In RAID 10 arrays, data from the Red Hat installation CD-ROM instead. 2 When the Welcome to arrays larger than 1 TByte. boot: expert Install the driver 1 ...
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...fd0 /mnt/floppy 64 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The advantage of this is complete. Once booted to the operating system, the RAID 5 array goes into... to use the RAID 5 array immediately. Please refer to the "Readme.txt" file on the 3ware CD-ROM for the... ATA RAID controller on the 3ware CD-ROM. Install and run 3DM disk management utility Refer to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk ... the 3ware driver Note: In the instructions below, refers to create a 3ware Linux Driver Installation Diskette from a different device Materials required: ■ 3ware CD-...
...fd0 /mnt/floppy 64 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The advantage of this is complete. Once booted to the operating system, the RAID 5 array goes into... to use the RAID 5 array immediately. Please refer to the "Readme.txt" file on the 3ware CD-ROM for the... ATA RAID controller on the 3ware CD-ROM. Install and run 3DM disk management utility Refer to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk ... the 3ware driver Note: In the instructions below, refers to create a 3ware Linux Driver Installation Diskette from a different device Materials required: ■ 3ware CD-...
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... on the Linux system. 3 Untar the driver source with the latest compiled driver and is 3w-xxxx.o To build SMP module, type: 66 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide To build UP module, type: make targets. Compiling the Driver (For experts only) If you must have a full Linux kernel source... source from 3ware's website. (The latest 3ware driver source is bundled with the command, tar zxf 3w-xxxx.tgz. 4 For Red Hat 7.2 and later versions, including Red Hat 8 and 9: Red Hat 7.2 and later support multiple build targets from the floppy or CD-ROM into a working directory on disk by ...
... on the Linux system. 3 Untar the driver source with the latest compiled driver and is 3w-xxxx.o To build SMP module, type: 66 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide To build UP module, type: make targets. Compiling the Driver (For experts only) If you must have a full Linux kernel source... source from 3ware's website. (The latest 3ware driver source is bundled with the command, tar zxf 3w-xxxx.tgz. 4 For Red Hat 7.2 and later versions, including Red Hat 8 and 9: Red Hat 7.2 and later support multiple build targets from the floppy or CD-ROM into a working directory on disk by ...
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... by 3ware's ATA RAID controller, follow the instructions in : Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing SuSE Linux with YaST2 Materials required ■ 3ware CD-ROM (You will be your boot device. If you install 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...
... by 3ware's ATA RAID controller, follow the instructions in : Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing SuSE Linux with YaST2 Materials required ■ 3ware CD-ROM (You will be your boot device. If you install 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...