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...Driver and Firmware 200 Updating the 3ware Driver and Firmware Under Windows 201 Using the Update Utility With Multiple Controllers 206 Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP 207 Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat 213 Updating the 3ware Driver Under SuSE 214 Updating the 3ware Driver Under FreeBSD 216 Updating the Firmware Under ...RMA Process 252 AMCC Technical Support and Services 253 Sales and ordering information 253 Feedback on this manual 253 Index 255 iv 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide Locating a Drive by Blinking Its LED 196 Chapter 10.
...Driver and Firmware 200 Updating the 3ware Driver and Firmware Under Windows 201 Using the Update Utility With Multiple Controllers 206 Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP 207 Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat 213 Updating the 3ware Driver Under SuSE 214 Updating the 3ware Driver Under FreeBSD 216 Updating the Firmware Under ...RMA Process 252 AMCC Technical Support and Services 253 Sales and ordering information 253 Feedback on this manual 253 Index 255 iv 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide Locating a Drive by Blinking Its LED 196 Chapter 10.
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... of a power outage. (Battery Backup unit sold separately) • Support for RAID units greater than the industry-leading 3ware 9500S RAID controller • PCI-X (for 9550SX) or PCI Express (for 9590SE) connectivity • 7th generation StorSwitch(TM) technology...firmware platform allows future upgrades. • AMCC's remote management software, 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM®2) simplifies storage configuration and management through a web browser. Chapter 1. Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller Features of the 3ware 9000 series controllers include: • Advanced RAID...
... of a power outage. (Battery Backup unit sold separately) • Support for RAID units greater than the industry-leading 3ware 9500S RAID controller • PCI-X (for 9550SX) or PCI Express (for 9590SE) connectivity • 7th generation StorSwitch(TM) technology...firmware platform allows future upgrades. • AMCC's remote management software, 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM®2) simplifies storage configuration and management through a web browser. Chapter 1. Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller Features of the 3ware 9000 series controllers include: • Advanced RAID...
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...to reallocate the error sectors accordingly. • Error Correction. Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features Several 3ware RAID controller features aid in 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. The standby power management state is part of a redundant unit, error locations that ... scheduled times. Both SATAII OOB and ATA spin-up methods are rewritten with the redundant data. This forces the drive firmware to be dynamically repaired through a Command Line Interface. SMART data is described in monitoring and troubleshooting your drives. •...
...to reallocate the error sectors accordingly. • Error Correction. Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features Several 3ware RAID controller features aid in 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. The standby power management state is part of a redundant unit, error locations that ... scheduled times. Both SATAII OOB and ATA spin-up methods are rewritten with the redundant data. This forces the drive firmware to be dynamically repaired through a Command Line Interface. SMART data is described in monitoring and troubleshooting your drives. •...
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... the following information: • Chapter 6, "3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2)" • Chapter 8, "Configuring Units" • 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide, available from the CD-ROM and from the website http://www.3ware.com/support/userdocs.asp Install the Driver and ... driver under "Updating the Driver and Firmware" on page 184 16 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide You will be looked up your configured units. Set Up Management and Maintenance Features 3ware RAID controllers come with Your 3ware RAID Controller CLI for configuration, go ahead and ...
... the following information: • Chapter 6, "3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2)" • Chapter 8, "Configuring Units" • 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide, available from the CD-ROM and from the website http://www.3ware.com/support/userdocs.asp Install the Driver and ... driver under "Updating the Driver and Firmware" on page 184 16 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide You will be looked up your configured units. Set Up Management and Maintenance Features 3ware RAID controllers come with Your 3ware RAID Controller CLI for configuration, go ahead and ...
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... a unit has degraded, the screen indicates the problem and remains on -screen for a screen similar to Figure 5. ----Press to access 3ware BIOS Manager ---3ware ATA RAID Controller: 9590SE-12 BIOS: BE9X X.XX.XX.XXX Firmware: FE9X X.XX.XX.XXX BBU Status: Not Present Number of online units: 1, available drives: 0, hot spare: 0, offline units:0 Exportable Units...
... a unit has degraded, the screen indicates the problem and remains on -screen for a screen similar to Figure 5. ----Press to access 3ware BIOS Manager ---3ware ATA RAID Controller: 9590SE-12 BIOS: BE9X X.XX.XX.XXX Firmware: FE9X X.XX.XX.XXX BBU Status: Not Present Number of online units: 1, available drives: 0, hot spare: 0, offline units:0 Exportable Units...
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...installing Windows on page 32. Type S to specify that you have an additional 3ware RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. 4 When a box with AMCC 3ware Series ATA RAID Controller appears, press Enter to add. Otherwise, press Enter. If Windows is already .... 4 When the confirm message appears, insert a blank diskette into your system. 2 When the 3ware Menu appears, click Driver and Firmware Disks. 3 In the 3ware Driver & Firmware Images menu, click the appropriate button to create the driver diskette that you have additional devices to select...
...installing Windows on page 32. Type S to specify that you have an additional 3ware RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. 4 When a box with AMCC 3ware Series ATA RAID Controller appears, press Enter to add. Otherwise, press Enter. If Windows is already .... 4 When the confirm message appears, insert a blank diskette into your system. 2 When the 3ware Menu appears, click Driver and Firmware Disks. 3 In the 3ware Driver & Firmware Images menu, click the appropriate button to create the driver diskette that you have additional devices to select...
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..., using a drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller as a boot device. Note: We have tested some older systems where an IDE drive connected to create a Linux driver diskette for your system. 2 When the 3ware Escalade Menu appears, click the Driver & Firmware Disks button. 3 In the 3ware Driver & Firmware Disk Images menu, click the button for...
..., using a drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller as a boot device. Note: We have tested some older systems where an IDE drive connected to create a Linux driver diskette for your system. 2 When the 3ware Escalade Menu appears, click the Driver & Firmware Disks button. 3 In the 3ware Driver & Firmware Disk Images menu, click the button for...
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... from the update.tar.gz file, using this command: tar -xzf update.tar.gz Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module while Installing SuSE Linux with the installation. 46 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Or • Follow the steps above to create. Driver Installation To create a driver ... to /packages/drivers/linux and copy the appropriate kernel driver modules for your system. 2 When the 3ware Escalade Menu appears, click Driver and Firmware Disks. 3 In the 3ware Driver and Firmware Disk Images menu, click the button for the driver disk you need to create a Linux driver diskette...
... from the update.tar.gz file, using this command: tar -xzf update.tar.gz Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module while Installing SuSE Linux with the installation. 46 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Or • Follow the steps above to create. Driver Installation To create a driver ... to /packages/drivers/linux and copy the appropriate kernel driver modules for your system. 2 When the 3ware Escalade Menu appears, click Driver and Firmware Disks. 3 In the 3ware Driver and Firmware Disk Images menu, click the button for the driver disk you need to create a Linux driver diskette...
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...You access 3BM during the start-up process for a screen similar to Figure 24. ----Press to access 3ware BIOS Manager ---3ware ATA RAID Controller: 9590SE-12 BIOS: BE9X X.XX.XX.XXX Firmware: FE9X X.XX.XX.XXX BBU Status: Not Present Number of the tools you can use to configure and...Screens" on page 58 • "Displaying Controller Information" on page 63 • "Getting Help While Using 3BM" on page 57 • "Working in this guide. www.3ware.com 55 This section is starting, watch for your 3ware 9550SX or 9590SE RAID controller. For information about doing particular tasks in 3BM...
...You access 3BM during the start-up process for a screen similar to Figure 24. ----Press to access 3ware BIOS Manager ---3ware ATA RAID Controller: 9590SE-12 BIOS: BE9X X.XX.XX.XXX Firmware: FE9X X.XX.XX.XXX BBU Status: Not Present Number of the tools you can use to configure and...Screens" on page 58 • "Displaying Controller Information" on page 63 • "Getting Help While Using 3BM" on page 57 • "Working in this guide. www.3ware.com 55 This section is starting, watch for your 3ware 9550SX or 9590SE RAID controller. For information about doing particular tasks in 3BM...
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...have selected. 76 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Chapter 6. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) Working with the driver that is not listed, it . You can move between pages by using the menu bar, or by clicking a link on a series of pages you specified. a firmware flash upgrade may not... be required. After you log in to 3DM, the Summary page shows a list of commands you access to other pages in your 3ware RAID controller and the resources connected to see a controller that is loaded; The main area of ...
...have selected. 76 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Chapter 6. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) Working with the driver that is not listed, it . You can move between pages by using the menu bar, or by clicking a link on a series of pages you specified. a firmware flash upgrade may not... be required. After you log in to 3DM, the Summary page shows a list of commands you access to other pages in your 3ware RAID controller and the resources connected to see a controller that is loaded; The main area of ...
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... that a unit is currently being used to 3DM, and when you see details about each 3ware RAID controller in your system. www.3ware.com 85 To see for the same controller in the ID column. Model. Status. Error indicates that you click the Summary link in ... in the screenshots in the menu bar. The Summary page provides basic information about the units in a controller, click the link in 3DM version 1.x. The firmware version running on the controller. Driver. The driver version being performed (rebuilding, migrating, or initializing). The overall status of the...
... that a unit is currently being used to 3DM, and when you see details about each 3ware RAID controller in your system. www.3ware.com 85 To see for the same controller in the ID column. Model. Status. Error indicates that you click the Summary link in ... in the screenshots in the menu bar. The Summary page provides basic information about the units in a controller, click the link in 3DM version 1.x. The firmware version running on the controller. Driver. The driver version being performed (rebuilding, migrating, or initializing). The overall status of the...
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...the menu bar. Firmware. The firmware version running on the controller. Boot Loader. This field appears only for PCI-X slots; For 9550SX and 9590SE controllers, the bus width...3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide x4, x8, or x16, for 7000- BIOS. and 8000-series controllers. Boot Loader version on the controller. Model. Controller Details Page The Controller Details page appears when you choose Information > Controller Details from this screen. Chapter 6. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) Controller Details Page Figure 36. For 9550SX and 9590SE controllers...
...the menu bar. Firmware. The firmware version running on the controller. Boot Loader. This field appears only for PCI-X slots; For 9550SX and 9590SE controllers, the bus width...3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide x4, x8, or x16, for 7000- BIOS. and 8000-series controllers. Boot Loader version on the controller. Model. Controller Details Page The Controller Details page appears when you choose Information > Controller Details from this screen. Chapter 6. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) Controller Details Page Figure 36. For 9550SX and 9590SE controllers...
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...It will help AMCC identify the problem you click an ID number on the controller. # of Ports. To see details about each currently has a drive connected. # of whether each unit. www.3ware.com 87 Unit Information Page The Unit Information page appears when you choose Information ... page shows a list of the units on the controller specified in the Unit # column. The number of the bus used on this link to download the firmware error log to the controller. For 9550SX and 9590SE controllers, the speed of drives connected to your controller. 3DM 2 Reference Bus Speed.
...It will help AMCC identify the problem you click an ID number on the controller. # of Ports. To see details about each currently has a drive connected. # of whether each unit. www.3ware.com 87 Unit Information Page The Unit Information page appears when you choose Information ... page shows a list of the units on the controller specified in the Unit # column. The number of the bus used on this link to download the firmware error log to the controller. For 9550SX and 9590SE controllers, the speed of drives connected to your controller. 3DM 2 Reference Bus Speed.
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... capacity (in the unit. Previous versions of unit, specified during configuration: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID 50, Single Disk, JBOD, or Spare. Status. Note: If an asterisk (*) appears next to be caused by the firmware. The type of 3DM 1.x used the 1KB = 1000 bytes definition. ..., or Verifying, the percentage (%) complete is empty, no longer exists. 88 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide This feature provides a diagnostic capability for potential problem drives. For 9000-series controllers, unit numbers are in the Unit Names section of the drives in MBytes or...
... capacity (in the unit. Previous versions of unit, specified during configuration: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID 50, Single Disk, JBOD, or Spare. Status. Note: If an asterisk (*) appears next to be caused by the firmware. The type of 3DM 1.x used the 1KB = 1000 bytes definition. ..., or Verifying, the percentage (%) complete is empty, no longer exists. 88 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide This feature provides a diagnostic capability for potential problem drives. For 9000-series controllers, unit numbers are in the Unit Names section of the drives in MBytes or...
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...drive. the size has simply been calculated differently for this drive to blink, if it is in the Port # column. Firmware. Unit. Port #. Serial #. The firmware version of the unit, shown on the Unit Information page. Status. Blink. The physical capacity of the drive may differ from... this box to cause the LED for consistency. www.3ware.com 91 3DM 2 Reference To see additional detail about a particular drive, including the SMART data, whether NCQ is connected to the I2C connector on the 9550SX or 9590SE controller. The unit the drive belongs to which the drive ...
...drive. the size has simply been calculated differently for this drive to blink, if it is in the Port # column. Firmware. Unit. Port #. Serial #. The firmware version of the unit, shown on the Unit Information page. Status. Blink. The physical capacity of the drive may differ from... this box to cause the LED for consistency. www.3ware.com 91 3DM 2 Reference To see additional detail about a particular drive, including the SMART data, whether NCQ is connected to the I2C connector on the 9550SX or 9590SE controller. The unit the drive belongs to which the drive ...
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... the Unit Write Cache" on page 177. The furthest right buttons set the firmware to I /O. the feature is enabled, upon degrade of this Controller Settings page. For 9550SX and 9590SE controllers, you can enable or disable write cache for Rebuild/Migrate Rate and Verify Rate... applies to both rebuild and verify rates. For 9500S controllers, a Disable Write Cache on 9000-series controllers, you can see "About Background Tasks" on page 143. 94 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide and 8000-series controllers show separate settings for each unit. 3DM lists each ...
... the Unit Write Cache" on page 177. The furthest right buttons set the firmware to I /O. the feature is enabled, upon degrade of this Controller Settings page. For 9550SX and 9590SE controllers, you can enable or disable write cache for Rebuild/Migrate Rate and Verify Rate... applies to both rebuild and verify rates. For 9500S controllers, a Disable Write Cache on 9000-series controllers, you can see "About Background Tasks" on page 143. 94 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide and 8000-series controllers show separate settings for each unit. 3DM lists each ...
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...outside the time window, and may or may not start a rebuild manually. Since this policy is recommended that affect protection and www.3ware.com 95 You can enable it causes command reordering to the "Force continue on the drive, itself. These profiles automatically adjust several... a schedule is needed . The 9550SX and 9590SE, like the 9500S, supports StorSave. It is set back to make verification of some source data in the CLI. This policy applies only to start a verify task for verify tasks, then the controller firmware can improve performance in the unit....
...outside the time window, and may or may not start a rebuild manually. Since this policy is recommended that affect protection and www.3ware.com 95 You can enable it causes command reordering to the "Force continue on the drive, itself. These profiles automatically adjust several... a schedule is needed . The 9550SX and 9590SE, like the 9500S, supports StorSave. It is set back to make verification of some source data in the CLI. This policy applies only to start a verify task for verify tasks, then the controller firmware can improve performance in the unit....
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..., the StorSave Profile capability does not apply and is disabled, only spares will contain two volumes, with 96 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide For 9550SX and 9590SE controllers, the Auto-Rebuild policy determines how the controller firmware will contain 3 volumes, with the first volume containing 2 TB and the second volume containing 0.5 TB. The default carve...
..., the StorSave Profile capability does not apply and is disabled, only spares will contain two volumes, with 96 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide For 9550SX and 9590SE controllers, the Auto-Rebuild policy determines how the controller firmware will contain 3 volumes, with the first volume containing 2 TB and the second volume containing 0.5 TB. The default carve...
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... new unit with the lowest port number of unit: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID 50, Single Disk, Spare, or JBOD. Use the checkbox next to the unit to select a unit before clicking one of the drive. 102 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide The percentage complete can be imported. The ...seen as a unit, restart the computer.. Capacity. If you still want to the unit by the firmware. If the unit has been given a unique name, it shows beneath the RAID type. When Rebuilding, Initializing, Migrating, or Verifying, the percentage (%) complete is blank. Number of the...
... new unit with the lowest port number of unit: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID 50, Single Disk, Spare, or JBOD. Use the checkbox next to the unit to select a unit before clicking one of the drive. 102 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide The percentage complete can be imported. The ...seen as a unit, restart the computer.. Capacity. If you still want to the unit by the firmware. If the unit has been given a unique name, it shows beneath the RAID type. When Rebuilding, Initializing, Migrating, or Verifying, the percentage (%) complete is blank. Number of the...
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and 8000- Message. Use this page to determine whether a backup battery is able to backup the 3ware RAID controller or not. Firmware. Indicates the BBU firmware version. BBU Ready. Indicates if the BBU is present, see details about it, and perform a battery test.... When the status is not "Ready," write caching is the time retrieved from firmware. series controllers is automatically disabled on the 3ware RAID controller. The specific text relating to the controller. 110 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide If the BBU is the time received by the driver from the ...
and 8000- Message. Use this page to determine whether a backup battery is able to backup the 3ware RAID controller or not. Firmware. Indicates the BBU firmware version. BBU Ready. Indicates if the BBU is present, see details about it, and perform a battery test.... When the status is not "Ready," write caching is the time retrieved from firmware. series controllers is automatically disabled on the 3ware RAID controller. The specific text relating to the controller. 110 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide If the BBU is the time received by the driver from the ...