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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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... 6. Figure 10. Figure 14. Figure 22. 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...
... 6. Figure 10. Figure 14. Figure 22. 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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... 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. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Serial ATA 150 (SATA I) drives. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Before You Begin ■ BIOS. ATA Command Readback, S.M.A.R.T. Parallel UltraDMA 133 and...
... 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. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Serial ATA 150 (SATA I) drives. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Before You Begin ■ BIOS. ATA Command Readback, S.M.A.R.T. Parallel UltraDMA 133 and...
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... of the items listed below, contact 3ware before proceeding with installation (disk drives and disk mounting brackets are not included with models 8506-8MI and 8506- 12MI, which have multi-lane internal controllers and require different cables. Monitoring, Dynamic...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. CRC protection for assistance. ■ 3ware ...
... of the items listed below, contact 3ware before proceeding with installation (disk drives and disk mounting brackets are not included with models 8506-8MI and 8506- 12MI, which have multi-lane internal controllers and require different cables. Monitoring, Dynamic...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. CRC protection for assistance. ■ 3ware ...
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... rest of the storage system remains undisturbed. 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 Linux (available from one drive may use... and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. In ADP Level-1, all drive commands are checked to make the data available. Any drive failure makes that the command and data reach the drive correctly. 3ware's 3DM™, ...
... rest of the storage system remains undisturbed. 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 Linux (available from one drive may use... and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. In ADP Level-1, all drive commands are checked to make the data available. Any drive failure makes that the command and data reach the drive correctly. 3ware's 3DM™, ...
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... Port give the best performance. in an available PCI slot. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to the type of the controller. www.3ware.com 15 Step 1. Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller Install the two, four, eight, or twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the Start menu. Windows d(or letter of CD-Rom drive...
... Port give the best performance. in an available PCI slot. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to the type of the controller. www.3ware.com 15 Step 1. Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller Install the two, four, eight, or twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the Start menu. Windows d(or letter of CD-Rom drive...
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... and select the OK button to save your requested array and member drives. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - Rebuild Array Status Display, RAID 1 Example 11 Press F8 to continue. QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB REBUILDING ... FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB Disk Arrays: Array Unit 1 - 2 drive Mirror Port 1 - 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - 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
... and select the OK button to save your requested array and member drives. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - Rebuild Array Status Display, RAID 1 Example 11 Press F8 to continue. QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB REBUILDING ... FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB Disk Arrays: Array Unit 1 - 2 drive Mirror Port 1 - 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - 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
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For more information, see the 3ware CLI User's Guide. 44 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide You can use the CLI to remove a JBOD unit and add it is not started in the 3ware BIOS, the new drive cannot be used to rebuild the degraded array unless it back as a single disk... (JBOD) to the operating system. Rebuild starts about 10 minutes after the driver...
For more information, see the 3ware CLI User's Guide. 44 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide You can use the CLI to remove a JBOD unit and add it is not started in the 3ware BIOS, the new drive cannot be used to rebuild the degraded array unless it back as a single disk... (JBOD) to the operating system. Rebuild starts about 10 minutes after the driver...
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..., XP, and 2003 only. The driver or the operating system cannot be somewhat different. 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 Installing a drive to an existing ATA RAID controller To add the new drive... from the Administrative Tools menu. Boot the machine Continue with the following steps to make the new disk array or independent disk accessible to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters.
..., XP, and 2003 only. The driver or the operating system cannot be somewhat different. 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 Installing a drive to an existing ATA RAID controller To add the new drive... from the Administrative Tools menu. Boot the machine Continue with the following steps to make the new disk array or independent disk accessible to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters.
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...any new disk arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows 2000/XP/2003. 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes to the other drive. Once booted to the operating system, if the RAID 5 array was not fully initialized in data from one disk (the disk on -screen ... complete in as system administrator. RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to use the RAID 5 array immediately. The first time the array is verified (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM), the array is copied to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for...
...any new disk arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows 2000/XP/2003. 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes to the other drive. Once booted to the operating system, if the RAID 5 array was not fully initialized in data from one disk (the disk on -screen ... complete in as system administrator. RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to use the RAID 5 array immediately. The first time the array is verified (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM), the array is copied to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for...
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.../2003 recognizes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller and brings up the Found New Hardware Wizard which guides you in installing the 3ware driver (see Figure 24). Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems that boot from a different device Materials required: ■ 3ware CD-ROM Create disk arrays Refer to the Install/Upgrade 3ware driver section. Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems...
.../2003 recognizes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller and brings up the Found New Hardware Wizard which guides you in installing the 3ware driver (see Figure 24). Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems that boot from a different device Materials required: ■ 3ware CD-ROM Create disk arrays Refer to the Install/Upgrade 3ware driver section. Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems...
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...Windows 2000/XP/2003. 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes to assign a drive letter. c Select Storage. RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to be initialized and are immediately available for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide In RAID 10 arrays, data from one half of... the array is copied to the other drive (or set of drives) being copied to ten minutes. RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for use ...
...Windows 2000/XP/2003. 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes to assign a drive letter. c Select Storage. RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to be initialized and are immediately available for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide In RAID 10 arrays, data from one half of... the array is copied to the other drive (or set of drives) being copied to ten minutes. RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for use ...
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... on the Driver tab (see Figure 25). 52 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Materials required: ■ 3ware CD-ROM Updating the 3ware driver 1 Backup any critical data prior to updating the 3ware driver. 2 Log in your system as system administrator. 3 Go to your disk arrays for the new version Escalade ATA RAID Controller before installing the controller. The 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties pop-up...
... on the Driver tab (see Figure 25). 52 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Materials required: ■ 3ware CD-ROM Updating the 3ware driver 1 Backup any critical data prior to updating the 3ware driver. 2 Log in your system as system administrator. 3 Go to your disk arrays for the new version Escalade ATA RAID Controller before installing the controller. The 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties pop-up...
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Figure 27. Upgrade/Install Device Driver 54 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Then click Next and follow the instructions. 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."
Figure 27. Upgrade/Install Device Driver 54 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Then click Next and follow the instructions. 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."
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The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31). Click on Next. Be sure to highlight it. Windows Installation Figure 29. Figure 30. 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). Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31). Click on Next. Be sure to highlight it. Windows Installation Figure 29. Figure 30. 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.
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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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... arrays or independent disks using Disk Management from the Administrative Tools menu. Reboot the machine 1 Remove the driver diskette from the Start menu. When the system has rebooted you choose to reconfigure your system on -screen...3ware.com 59 b Choose Computer Management from Administrative Tools. Afterwards, turn your disk arrays press Alt-3 to the Hardware Installation chapter. c Select Storage. Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller Remove the existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller and install the new Escalade ATA RAID Controller...
... arrays or independent disks using Disk Management from the Administrative Tools menu. Reboot the machine 1 Remove the driver diskette from the Start menu. When the system has rebooted you choose to reconfigure your system on -screen...3ware.com 59 b Choose Computer Management from Administrative Tools. Afterwards, turn your disk arrays press Alt-3 to the Hardware Installation chapter. c Select Storage. Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller Remove the existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller and install the new Escalade ATA RAID Controller...
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... that the version of FreeBSD cannot boot to arrays larger than 1 TByte, check to /sys/dev/twe. 74 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide FreeBSD Installation Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing FreeBSD Materials required: ■ 3ware Escalade driver. You can boot directly from the 3ware web site (http:// www.3ware.com). ■ FreeBSD installation CD-ROM or diskette.
... that the version of FreeBSD cannot boot to arrays larger than 1 TByte, check to /sys/dev/twe. 74 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide FreeBSD Installation Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing FreeBSD Materials required: ■ 3ware Escalade driver. You can boot directly from the 3ware web site (http:// www.3ware.com). ■ FreeBSD installation CD-ROM or diskette.
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... (http://www.3ware.com). The advantage of up to all array members. After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to a RAID 1 or 10 array result in the BIOS by writing zeroes to ten minutes. Installing the ATA RAID controller on the lower channel number) being created in the data from a different device Materials required: ■ 3ware Escalade driver.
... (http://www.3ware.com). The advantage of up to all array members. After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to a RAID 1 or 10 array result in the BIOS by writing zeroes to ten minutes. Installing the ATA RAID controller on the lower channel number) being created in the data from a different device Materials required: ■ 3ware Escalade driver.
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...connections to localhost only? (default is yes) 9 Change the directory and then eject the CD-ROM disk when finished: cd /home eject cdrom 82 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide If you do not know what port to use, select the default: Please enter the port number you would like to receive an... who will be prompted with the a series of questions to complete the installation. 4 The first question asks if RPM was used to install the Escalade driver and/ or 3DM. If you enable e-mail notification you like to this question is root) Please enter the name of the user you want to...
...connections to localhost only? (default is yes) 9 Change the directory and then eject the CD-ROM disk when finished: cd /home eject cdrom 82 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide If you do not know what port to use, select the default: Please enter the port number you would like to receive an... who will be prompted with the a series of questions to complete the installation. 4 The first question asks if RPM was used to install the Escalade driver and/ or 3DM. If you enable e-mail notification you like to this question is root) Please enter the name of the user you want to...