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User Guide 3ware® Serial ATA RAID Controller Supports the 9550SX and 9590SE Models PN 720-0126-04 April 2006
User Guide 3ware® Serial ATA RAID Controller Supports the 9550SX and 9590SE Models PN 720-0126-04 April 2006
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... Specifying a Hot Spare 27 Leaving Individual Drives as JBODs 27 Checking the Motherboard Boot Sequence 28 What Next 28 Chapter 4. Table of Contents About This Guide v How this Guide is Organized v Conventions vii Chapter 1. Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller 1 Product Models and Features 1 What's New with Your 3ware RAID Controller 15 Chapter 3.
... Specifying a Hot Spare 27 Leaving Individual Drives as JBODs 27 Checking the Motherboard Boot Sequence 28 What Next 28 Chapter 4. Table of Contents About This Guide v How this Guide is Organized v Conventions vii Chapter 1. Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller 1 Product Models and Features 1 What's New with Your 3ware RAID Controller 15 Chapter 3.
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... Access 82 Setting the Incoming Port 83 Setting the Frequency of Volumes Created with the 3DM Screens 76 3DM Menus 77 Viewing Information About Different Controllers in 3BM 137 Partitioning and Formatting Units 137 ii 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide
... Access 82 Setting the Incoming Port 83 Setting the Frequency of Volumes Created with the 3DM Screens 76 3DM Menus 77 Viewing Information About Different Controllers in 3BM 137 Partitioning and Formatting Units 137 ii 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide
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... 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 Compliance and Conformity Statements 249 Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement 249 Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality ...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 ...
... 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 Compliance and Conformity Statements 249 Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement 249 Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality ...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 ...
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..., and so forth, is described in your 3ware RAID controller. About This Guide 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide provides instructions for configuring and maintaining your controller. This guide assumes that there are different installation guides for the 9590SE, the 9550SX, and the 9500S.) How this guide. You can download the installation guide from You can also perform many tasks...
..., and so forth, is described in your 3ware RAID controller. About This Guide 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide provides instructions for configuring and maintaining your controller. This guide assumes that there are different installation guides for the 9590SE, the 9550SX, and the 9500S.) How this guide. You can download the installation guide from You can also perform many tasks...
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... 9. Maintaining Units 10. Provides step-by-step instructions for terms used throughout this Guide Chapter 1. Describes how to another, and replace an existing 3ware controller with a new one controller to configure new units and spares, change configuration settings that affect the controller and all the 3DM pages. Describes how to update the driver, move a unit...
... 9. Maintaining Units 10. Provides step-by-step instructions for terms used throughout this Guide Chapter 1. Describes how to another, and replace an existing 3ware controller with a new one controller to configure new units and spares, change configuration settings that affect the controller and all the 3DM pages. Describes how to update the driver, move a unit...
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Also known as a single drive. Array and unit are used for buttons, fields, and settings that describe using 3DM, current controller is used to refer to the controller which is currently selected in this manual. • Boldface is used for code and to be treated by the operating system as...this drop-down list. • Unit refers to one or more disks configured through this guide: • 3BM and 3BM 2 both refer to the 3ware BIOS Manager, version 2. • 3DM and 3DM 2 both refer to the 3ware Disk Manager, version 2. • In the sections that appear on the screen. •...
Also known as a single drive. Array and unit are used for buttons, fields, and settings that describe using 3DM, current controller is used to refer to the controller which is currently selected in this manual. • Boldface is used for code and to be treated by the operating system as...this drop-down list. • Unit refers to one or more disks configured through this guide: • 3BM and 3BM 2 both refer to the 3ware BIOS Manager, version 2. • 3DM and 3DM 2 both refer to the 3ware Disk Manager, version 2. • In the sections that appear on the screen. •...
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... you determine the level detail to display at power-up • Ability to be used when carving units into volumes. 2 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide What's New with 9550SX and 9590SE Models The 9550SX and 9590SE models in the event of the boot volume. • Ability to define a carving size ...; Support for RAID units greater than 2 terabytes with 64-bit LBA support. • An enhanced 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.
... you determine the level detail to display at power-up • Ability to be used when carving units into volumes. 2 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide What's New with 9550SX and 9590SE Models The 9550SX and 9590SE models in the event of the boot volume. • Ability to define a carving size ...; Support for RAID units greater than 2 terabytes with 64-bit LBA support. • An enhanced 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.
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Chapter 1. Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller • Internet Explorer 5.5 and later • Mozilla 1.2 and later • Firefox 1.02 and later • Netscape 7 and later • JavaScript must be enabled • Cookies ... a complete listing of features and system requirements, refer to the 9550SX Series Datasheet or the 9590SE Series Datasheet, available from the website at http://www.3ware.com/products/serial_ata9000.asp. 4 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
Chapter 1. Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller • Internet Explorer 5.5 and later • Mozilla 1.2 and later • Firefox 1.02 and later • Netscape 7 and later • JavaScript must be enabled • Cookies ... a complete listing of features and system requirements, refer to the 9550SX Series Datasheet or the 9590SE Series Datasheet, available from the website at http://www.3ware.com/products/serial_ata9000.asp. 4 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
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... in the loss of all the data in that array, and can read and write data on your operating system. RAID 0 Configuration Example 6 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Requires a minimum of any kind. Chapter 1. Striped disk arrays give exceptional performance, particularly for drives attached to prevent system hangs and data loss...
... in the loss of all the data in that array, and can read and write data on your operating system. RAID 0 Configuration Example 6 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Requires a minimum of any kind. Chapter 1. Striped disk arrays give exceptional performance, particularly for drives attached to prevent system hangs and data loss...
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...a grouping of 3 means that if two or more drives in a twelve drive RAID 10 array, up to use this technique. Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller RAID 10 This array is a combination of four drives to one drive in a twelve drive RAID 50 array, up to use both RAID 0...since the array can have 3 disks each RAID 5 set fail, then all of each mirrored pair) and the array will be lost . 8 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Higher data transfer rates are mirrored as RAID 1 and RAID 5), since the array can fail (half of the data will continue to form...
...a grouping of 3 means that if two or more drives in a twelve drive RAID 10 array, up to use this technique. Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller RAID 10 This array is a combination of four drives to one drive in a twelve drive RAID 50 array, up to use both RAID 0...since the array can have 3 disks each RAID 5 set fail, then all of each mirrored pair) and the array will be lost . 8 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Higher data transfer rates are mirrored as RAID 1 and RAID 5), since the array can fail (half of the data will continue to form...
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...Storage efficiency increases with hot spare RAID 5 RAID 5 + hot spare RAID 10 Combination of RAID 0, RAID 1, single disk RAID 5 + hot spare RAID 10 + hot spare Combination of RAID 0, RAID 1, hot spare, for single disk RAID 50 Depending on the number of smallest drive) 10 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide.... Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller Table 3: Possible Configurations Based on # of Drives # Drives Possible RAID Configurations 1 2 3 4 5 6 or more Single drive or hot spare RAID 0 or RAID 1 RAID 0 RAID 1 with the number of disks: storage efficiency = (...
...Storage efficiency increases with hot spare RAID 5 RAID 5 + hot spare RAID 10 Combination of RAID 0, RAID 1, single disk RAID 5 + hot spare RAID 10 + hot spare Combination of RAID 0, RAID 1, hot spare, for single disk RAID 50 Depending on the number of smallest drive) 10 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide.... Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller Table 3: Possible Configurations Based on # of Drives # Drives Possible RAID Configurations 1 2 3 4 5 6 or more Single drive or hot spare RAID 0 or RAID 1 RAID 0 RAID 1 with the number of disks: storage efficiency = (...
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... RAID configuration you easily configure the drives attached to your 3ware RAID controller, specifying which runs in configuring and managing units attached to interchangeably as 3DM and 3DM 2. 12 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller 3ware Tools for Configuration and Management 3ware software tools lets you want, and designating hot spares...
... RAID configuration you easily configure the drives attached to your 3ware RAID controller, specifying which runs in configuring and managing units attached to interchangeably as 3DM and 3DM 2. 12 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller 3ware Tools for Configuration and Management 3ware software tools lets you want, and designating hot spares...
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... functions such as adding or removing drives, and reconfiguring RAID units online. Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features Several 3ware RAID controller features aid in monitoring and troubleshooting your drives. • SMART Monitoring (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) ...allow the controller to reallocate the error sectors accordingly. • Error Correction. If the disk drive is described in 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features 3ware CLI (Command Line Interface) The 3ware CLI ...
... functions such as adding or removing drives, and reconfiguring RAID units online. Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features Several 3ware RAID controller features aid in monitoring and troubleshooting your drives. • SMART Monitoring (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) ...allow the controller to reallocate the error sectors accordingly. • Error Correction. If the disk drive is described in 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features 3ware CLI (Command Line Interface) The 3ware CLI ...
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... what drive needs to a chassis with a failed drive (9550SX and 9590SE controllers only). 14 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller choose a time for these tasks to be run when it will be stored in system cache, 3ware controller cache, and drive cache before the data is stored in cache, it...
... what drive needs to a chassis with a failed drive (9550SX and 9590SE controllers only). 14 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller choose a time for these tasks to be run when it will be stored in system cache, 3ware controller cache, and drive cache before the data is stored in cache, it...
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...Time RAID Configuration Using 3BM." Physically Install the Controller and Drives To install your controller and drives, follow the instructions in the installation guide that came with Your 3ware RAID Controller Setting up your 3ware RAID controller involves these steps depends in which you perform these... main steps: • Physically Install the Controller and Drives • Configure the RAID...
...Time RAID Configuration Using 3BM." Physically Install the Controller and Drives To install your controller and drives, follow the instructions in the installation guide that came with Your 3ware RAID Controller Setting up your 3ware RAID controller involves these steps depends in which you perform these... main steps: • Physically Install the Controller and Drives • Configure the RAID...
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... to refer to 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 Make the Operating System... unconfigured disks (JBODs) are described in Chapter 4, "Driver Installation." The default settings for installing drivers are available in this user guide and can be performed, to minimize the impact on page 184 16 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
... to refer to 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 Make the Operating System... unconfigured disks (JBODs) are described in Chapter 4, "Driver Installation." The default settings for installing drivers are available in this user guide and can be performed, to minimize the impact on page 184 16 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
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Chapter 2. Getting Started with Your 3ware RAID Controller 18 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
Chapter 2. Getting Started with Your 3ware RAID Controller 18 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
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...on your screen longer. 3 If you have more than one 9000-series controller in your system, a screen lists the available boards. (See Figure 6.)... -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... GB 279.48 GB 279.48 GB Figure 5. 3ware BIOS Screen 2 Press Alt-3 immediately to work and press Enter. First... up the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM). Normally your system. Chapter 3. While the system is starting, watch for just a few seconds. Figure 6. 3ware Controller Board Selection Screen...
...on your screen longer. 3 If you have more than one 9000-series controller in your system, a screen lists the available boards. (See Figure 6.)... -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... GB 279.48 GB 279.48 GB Figure 5. 3ware BIOS Screen 2 Press Alt-3 immediately to work and press Enter. First... up the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM). Normally your system. Chapter 3. While the system is starting, watch for just a few seconds. Figure 6. 3ware Controller Board Selection Screen...
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... press Tab to move to display the available RAID levels for the number of Configuration Choices for random access (such as a database). 22 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 9. In general, use each, see "Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels" on page 5. 4 Use the arrow keys or press Tab to move to...
... press Tab to move to display the available RAID levels for the number of Configuration Choices for random access (such as a database). 22 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 9. In general, use each, see "Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels" on page 5. 4 Use the arrow keys or press Tab to move to...