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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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... a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any commitment to update the information contained herein. Disclaimer 3ware, Inc. Trademarks 3ware, Escalade, and 3DM are all trademarks of 3ware, Inc. Copyright ©2003 3ware, Inc. No part of 3ware, Inc., 455 West Maude Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94085. All rights reserved. make any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying...
... a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any commitment to update the information contained herein. Disclaimer 3ware, Inc. Trademarks 3ware, Escalade, and 3DM are all trademarks of 3ware, Inc. Copyright ©2003 3ware, Inc. No part of 3ware, Inc., 455 West Maude Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94085. All rights reserved. make any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying...
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... scan and dynamic sector repair enhance data integrity . . . 12 Quick Installation Guide 14 3ware Hardware Installation 17 To remove an existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller 17 Installing a Parallel ATA RAID Controller 18 Connect the interface cables to the Escalade ATA RAID Controller 18 Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the computer 19 Connect the drives to the interface cables 20 Installing...
... scan and dynamic sector repair enhance data integrity . . . 12 Quick Installation Guide 14 3ware Hardware Installation 17 To remove an existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller 17 Installing a Parallel ATA RAID Controller 18 Connect the interface cables to the Escalade ATA RAID Controller 18 Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the computer 19 Connect the drives to the interface cables 20 Installing...
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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...
... 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...
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... 26. Figure 13. Figure 35. Figure 9. 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...
... 26. Figure 13. Figure 35. Figure 9. 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...
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List of Successful Software Removal 99 Administrator Privileges Required Warning 99 Firmware Upgrade Requirement Warning 100 System Reboot Request 100 vi 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 44. Figure 48. Figure 45. Figure 47. Figure 49. Figure 50. 3DM Settings Display 89 3DM Administrator Login Display 90 3DM User Login Display 91 3DM Configure Display 92 3DM Help Display 95 Installation or Removal Dialog Box 99 A Warning for All Software Removal Requests 99 Confirmation of Figures Figure 40. Figure 42. Figure 41. Figure 46. Figure 43.
List of Successful Software Removal 99 Administrator Privileges Required Warning 99 Firmware Upgrade Requirement Warning 100 System Reboot Request 100 vi 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 44. Figure 48. Figure 45. Figure 47. Figure 49. Figure 50. 3DM Settings Display 89 3DM Administrator Login Display 90 3DM User Login Display 91 3DM Configure Display 92 3DM Help Display 95 Installation or Removal Dialog Box 99 A Warning for All Software Removal Requests 99 Confirmation of Figures Figure 40. Figure 42. Figure 41. Figure 46. Figure 43.
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...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. Before You Begin Congratulations on selecting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as your equipment and data, carefully read the information that ...12, are all PCI 64-bit / 66MHz. ■ Management. 3DM® Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface www.3ware.com 1 Features Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA Family The Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA family includes 7000-2, 7500-4, 7500-4LP, 7500-8, 7500-12, 7006-2, 7506-4LP, ...
...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. Before You Begin Congratulations on selecting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as your equipment and data, carefully read the information that ...12, are all PCI 64-bit / 66MHz. ■ Management. 3DM® Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface www.3ware.com 1 Features Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA Family The Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA family includes 7000-2, 7500-4, 7500-4LP, 7500-8, 7500-12, 7006-2, 7506-4LP, ...
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..., Windows XP with SP1 or newer, and Windows Server 2003 ■ Linux Support. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide ATA Command Readback, S.M.A.R.T. Low CPU utilization ■ RAID Support. PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant ■ Windows Support. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Parallel UltraDMA 133 and UltraDMA 100 drives are also...
..., Windows XP with SP1 or newer, and Windows Server 2003 ■ Linux Support. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide ATA Command Readback, S.M.A.R.T. Low CPU utilization ■ RAID Support. PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant ■ Windows Support. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Parallel UltraDMA 133 and UltraDMA 100 drives are also...
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... (.pdf format) ■ 3ware Release Notes ■ 3ware Installation Guide Escalade 8000 series Serial ATA RAID Controller ■ Escalade Serial ATA RAID Controller in an ESD-protective bag ■ Serial ATA interface cables (one per port) Exception: Cables are not included): Escalade 7000 series Parallel ATA RAID Controller ■ Escalade Parallel ATA RAID Controller in conjunction. If using the Escalade Serial ATA Controller with parallel drives...
... (.pdf format) ■ 3ware Release Notes ■ 3ware Installation Guide Escalade 8000 series Serial ATA RAID Controller ■ Escalade Serial ATA RAID Controller in an ESD-protective bag ■ Serial ATA interface cables (one per port) Exception: Cables are not included): Escalade 7000 series Parallel ATA RAID Controller ■ Escalade Parallel ATA RAID Controller in conjunction. If using the Escalade Serial ATA Controller with parallel drives...
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.... Before installing any of the hardware in a 64-bit PCI slot for serial ATA controllers. If your drives contain valuable data, back them up your array configuration. 4 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Before You Begin Tools Required ■ An ESD grounding strap or mat ■...; Standard hand tools to two, four, eight, or twelve IDE/ATA drives by the supplied interface cables. For the Escalade 7506 and 8506, install ...
.... Before installing any of the hardware in a 64-bit PCI slot for serial ATA controllers. If your drives contain valuable data, back them up your array configuration. 4 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Before You Begin Tools Required ■ An ESD grounding strap or mat ■...; Standard hand tools to two, four, eight, or twelve IDE/ATA drives by the supplied interface cables. For the Escalade 7506 and 8506, install ...
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...lead or component on the motherboard before installing. Mechanical Concerns Be careful when installing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller into your computer is aligned with its two ends. ■ Don't touch any ... grounded strap or work on an ESD-protective mat. ■ Don't remove the ATA RAID Controller from its protective bag until you from fans or heat sinks in the system case. Excessive...are keyed to avoid damaging computer components and accessories when installing or removing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. ■ When the case of cooling air from inserting them upside-down....
...lead or component on the motherboard before installing. Mechanical Concerns Be careful when installing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller into your computer is aligned with its two ends. ■ Don't touch any ... grounded strap or work on an ESD-protective mat. ■ Don't remove the ATA RAID Controller from its protective bag until you from fans or heat sinks in the system case. Excessive...are keyed to avoid damaging computer components and accessories when installing or removing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. ■ When the case of cooling air from inserting them upside-down....
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...further protect data from loss. Further, a single drive failure can bring new levels of reliability to isolate the drives from the 3ware website at any given time. In ADP Level-1, all drive commands are checked to ensure that no command corruption has taken place... of SCSI has inherent performance limitations due to make the data available. In this scenario, SCSI RAID features fail to arbitration latency and only one another. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down.
...further protect data from loss. Further, a single drive failure can bring new levels of reliability to isolate the drives from the 3ware website at any given time. In ADP Level-1, all drive commands are checked to ensure that no command corruption has taken place... of SCSI has inherent performance limitations due to make the data available. In this scenario, SCSI RAID features fail to arbitration latency and only one another. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down.
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... write data on more than one large volume. The stripe size is user configurable at 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K or 1M. 8 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide RAID increases performance and adds redundancy Escalade ATA RAID Controllers use a Redundant Array of events ■ Easy-to-configure arrays from BIOS or CLI ■ BIOS supports booting from 2 to...
... write data on more than one large volume. The stripe size is user configurable at 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K or 1M. 8 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide RAID increases performance and adds redundancy Escalade ATA RAID Controllers use a Redundant Array of events ■ Easy-to-configure arrays from BIOS or CLI ■ BIOS supports booting from 2 to...
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..., fault tolerance, high capacity and storage efficiency The RAID 5 configuration features the data striping of RAID 0 combined with the number of one drive. In addition, the array's storage efficiency increases with the parity of drives - 1). Unlike all drives rather than 3 drives. 10 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Higher data transfer rates are then grouped...
..., fault tolerance, high capacity and storage efficiency The RAID 5 configuration features the data striping of RAID 0 combined with the number of one drive. In addition, the array's storage efficiency increases with the parity of drives - 1). Unlike all drives rather than 3 drives. 10 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Higher data transfer rates are then grouped...
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... Example R5 FusionTM Technology significantly improves RAID 5 write performance 3ware's R5 Fusion significantly improves RAID 5 write performance for a failed drive in a mirrored array. This advanced block caching firmware technology is combined with Escalade 750x and 8508 ATA RAID Controllers. This command is issued 24 hours after the Escalade controller is available only with StorSwitch to prevent impending disk...
... Example R5 FusionTM Technology significantly improves RAID 5 write performance 3ware's R5 Fusion significantly improves RAID 5 write performance for a failed drive in a mirrored array. This advanced block caching firmware technology is combined with Escalade 750x and 8508 ATA RAID Controllers. This command is issued 24 hours after the Escalade controller is available only with StorSwitch to prevent impending disk...
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...SMART READ DATA - If the disk drive is returned at BIOS time or 3DM Disk Management Utility in the 3ware firmware, and is automatically utilized on the Escalade ATA RAID Controller's host and allows you to the system clock. The SMART data is part of a redundant array, error... and hot swap for spin up in the background on drives that the Escalade controller is issued to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide These commands are not required to the 3ware controller. Hot swap is logged to the 3DM Alarms page. Background media scan ...
...SMART READ DATA - If the disk drive is returned at BIOS time or 3DM Disk Management Utility in the 3ware firmware, and is automatically utilized on the Escalade ATA RAID Controller's host and allows you to the system clock. The SMART data is part of a redundant array, error... and hot swap for spin up in the background on drives that the Escalade controller is issued to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide These commands are not required to the 3ware controller. Hot swap is logged to the 3DM Alarms page. Background media scan ...
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...3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Specify RAID arrays and hot spares. Linux mount /dev/cdrom /mnt cd /mnt/linux/3dm ./install.3dm Answer questions concerning e-mail notification and the port number for notification, separate e-mail addresses using a comma. Create arrays Verify your boot device precedes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller...■ Replacing an existing ATA RAID Controller with a new version of the controller. Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller Install the two, four, eight, or twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controller in an available PCI slot. ...
...3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Specify RAID arrays and hot spares. Linux mount /dev/cdrom /mnt cd /mnt/linux/3dm ./install.3dm Answer questions concerning e-mail notification and the port number for notification, separate e-mail addresses using a comma. Create arrays Verify your boot device precedes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller...■ Replacing an existing ATA RAID Controller with a new version of the controller. Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller Install the two, four, eight, or twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controller in an available PCI slot. ...
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...Open the computer case according to the manufacturer's instructions. 4 Disconnect the disks from the existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller installed in your computer or the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. 3ware Hardware Installation Warning: Before proceeding with hardware installation, read the Before You Begin section that a ...a disk array. To remove an existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller 1 If the computer is connected to port 0 on the new ATA RAID Controller. However, it aside. (Save the screw for installing the new controller.) www.3ware.com 17 Preserving the port order of ...
...Open the computer case according to the manufacturer's instructions. 4 Disconnect the disks from the existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller installed in your computer or the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. 3ware Hardware Installation Warning: Before proceeding with hardware installation, read the Before You Begin section that a ...a disk array. To remove an existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller 1 If the computer is connected to port 0 on the new ATA RAID Controller. However, it aside. (Save the screw for installing the new controller.) www.3ware.com 17 Preserving the port order of ...
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...on any port. Connect the interface cables to the Escalade ATA RAID Controller 1 Connect the interface cables supplied with the product to either pins 1 and 2 or pins 3 and 4. See Figure 5. 18 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide JP2 LED drive status connector Note: ...Pin 1 and 4 are 3.3V and pin 2 and 3 are not installing a Parallel ATA RAID Controller, continue to page 21 "Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller". Installing a Parallel ATA RAID Controller Note: If you...
...on any port. Connect the interface cables to the Escalade ATA RAID Controller 1 Connect the interface cables supplied with the product to either pins 1 and 2 or pins 3 and 4. See Figure 5. 18 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide JP2 LED drive status connector Note: ...Pin 1 and 4 are 3.3V and pin 2 and 3 are not installing a Parallel ATA RAID Controller, continue to page 21 "Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller". Installing a Parallel ATA RAID Controller Note: If you...