Installation Guide
Page 1
Installation Guide 3ware® SATA RAID Controller Supports the 9000 Series PN 720-0117-01 March 2005
Installation Guide 3ware® SATA RAID Controller Supports the 9000 Series PN 720-0117-01 March 2005
Installation Guide
Page 11
...to up to, four, eight, or twelve SATA drives using the open source Linux driver FreeBSD Other Requirements Adequate air flow and cooling Adequate power supply for serial ATA controllers. Operating System 3ware RAID controllers may be used with: Windows 2000 ...cables. System Requirements Drives Depending on the particular model, the 3ware RAID controller may be of any capacity or physical form factor. Drives must meet serial ATA 150 (SATA I) or serial ATA 300 (SATA 2) Gb/s standards. The length of both shielded and unshielded interface ...
...to up to, four, eight, or twelve SATA drives using the open source Linux driver FreeBSD Other Requirements Adequate air flow and cooling Adequate power supply for serial ATA controllers. Operating System 3ware RAID controllers may be used with: Windows 2000 ...cables. System Requirements Drives Depending on the particular model, the 3ware RAID controller may be of any capacity or physical form factor. Drives must meet serial ATA 150 (SATA I) or serial ATA 300 (SATA 2) Gb/s standards. The length of both shielded and unshielded interface ...
Installation Guide
Page 24
...: 2 and 3 0 and 1 Serial number (on plate) SODIMM (memory module) BBU (Battery Backup Unit) connector Figure 4. 4-Port 3ware 9500S-4 Serial ATA RAID Controller To connect serial cables to the controller 1 Take out the serial cables provided with the 3ware SATA RAID controller. 3ware serial controllers are supplied with the connector on J3: 0, 1, 2, 3 (left to ensure proper orientation and installation 2 Align the cable...
...: 2 and 3 0 and 1 Serial number (on plate) SODIMM (memory module) BBU (Battery Backup Unit) connector Figure 4. 4-Port 3ware 9500S-4 Serial ATA RAID Controller To connect serial cables to the controller 1 Take out the serial cables provided with the 3ware SATA RAID controller. 3ware serial controllers are supplied with the connector on J3: 0, 1, 2, 3 (left to ensure proper orientation and installation 2 Align the cable...
Installation Guide
Page 26
...interface cable connector is keyed to enable staggered spinup and specify the staggered method (ATA-6 or SATA OOB) in step 5. Installing the Hardware 7 Press down gently on the edge of the 3ware RAID controller directly above the slot until it into the drive or drive carrier. To connect the interface ...cables to the 3ware RAID Controller and plug it is fully seated. 8 Check that the 3ware RAID controller's metal bracket covers the hole in the case and secure the bracket with the screw that the drives...
...interface cable connector is keyed to enable staggered spinup and specify the staggered method (ATA-6 or SATA OOB) in step 5. Installing the Hardware 7 Press down gently on the edge of the 3ware RAID controller directly above the slot until it into the drive or drive carrier. To connect the interface ...cables to the 3ware RAID Controller and plug it is fully seated. 8 Check that the 3ware RAID controller's metal bracket covers the hole in the case and secure the bracket with the screw that the drives...
Installation Guide
Page 28
... a backplane, connect the other end. To connect the multi-lane cables Depending on the controller. If you will be connecting, you are using a standard enclosure, connect each of the individual SATA connectors to a drive. 20 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide See Figure 5. Each cable supports up to four serial ATA ports...
... a backplane, connect the other end. To connect the multi-lane cables Depending on the controller. If you will be connecting, you are using a standard enclosure, connect each of the individual SATA connectors to a drive. 20 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide See Figure 5. Each cable supports up to four serial ATA ports...
Installation Guide
Page 126
... array 28 module names for RedHat Linux 71 motherboard boot sequence 51 multilane cable, with individual SATA connectors 20 multilane cable, with multilane connectors on each end (847) 20 P PCI slots 8 R RAID concepts and levels 28 RAID level to use, determining 31 Red Hat Linux, installing driver under 68 RedHat kernel strings 71... 10 Troubleshooting 97 troubleshooting 97 U units configuring 27, 40 initializing 49 W Warranty 112 Windows, installing driver under 53 write cache, enabling or disabling 43 118 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
... array 28 module names for RedHat Linux 71 motherboard boot sequence 51 multilane cable, with individual SATA connectors 20 multilane cable, with multilane connectors on each end (847) 20 P PCI slots 8 R RAID concepts and levels 28 RAID level to use, determining 31 Red Hat Linux, installing driver under 68 RedHat kernel strings 71... 10 Troubleshooting 97 troubleshooting 97 U units configuring 27, 40 initializing 49 W Warranty 112 Windows, installing driver under 53 write cache, enabling or disabling 43 118 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
User Guide
Page 34
This test checks to SATA. UDMA mode does not apply to see if the UDMA mode can be logged as an Alarm. 58 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide The SMART thresholds indicate when a drive is occurring, to see whether SMART thresholds have been exceeded. This check is also done ...Technology). If any self-test, it will be increased. (If you are encountered, requiring multiple retries to 33. Moreover, if anything unusual is booted. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) Two self-tests can be downgraded from ATA 150 to ATA 133, to ATA 100, to 66, to read sectors. In ...
This test checks to SATA. UDMA mode does not apply to see if the UDMA mode can be logged as an Alarm. 58 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide The SMART thresholds indicate when a drive is occurring, to see whether SMART thresholds have been exceeded. This check is also done ...Technology). If any self-test, it will be increased. (If you are encountered, requiring multiple retries to 33. Moreover, if anything unusual is booted. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) Two self-tests can be downgraded from ATA 150 to ATA 133, to ATA 100, to 66, to read sectors. In ...