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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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Trademarks 3ware, Escalade, and 3DM are all trademarks of 3ware, Inc. Disclaimer 3ware, Inc. make any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the proper written consent of 3ware, Inc. All rights reserved. The 3ware logo, StorSwitch, TwinStor, and R5 Fusion are property of this document, nor does 3ware, Inc.... No part of their respective owners. All other trademarks herein are all registered trademarks of 3ware, Inc., 455 West Maude Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94085. assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in this publication may be...
Trademarks 3ware, Escalade, and 3DM are all trademarks of 3ware, Inc. Disclaimer 3ware, Inc. make any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the proper written consent of 3ware, Inc. All rights reserved. The 3ware logo, StorSwitch, TwinStor, and R5 Fusion are property of this document, nor does 3ware, Inc.... No part of their respective owners. All other trademarks herein are all registered trademarks of 3ware, Inc., 455 West Maude Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94085. assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in this publication may be...
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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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... European Community Conformity Statement 110 Appendix B. Warranty, Technical Support and Service 111 Limited Warranty 111 Exclusions 111 State Law Provisions 112 Obtaining Warranty Protection 112 3ware Technical Support and Services 112 Sales and ordering information 113 Feedback on this manual 113 Index 115 www...
... European Community Conformity Statement 110 Appendix B. Warranty, Technical Support and Service 111 Limited Warranty 111 Exclusions 111 State Law Provisions 112 Obtaining Warranty Protection 112 3ware Technical Support and Services 112 Sales and ordering information 113 Feedback on this manual 113 Index 115 www...
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.... Figure 26. Figure 29. Figure 36. 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...
.... Figure 26. Figure 29. Figure 36. 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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Figure 43. Figure 48. Figure 49. Figure 41. Figure 46. Figure 42. Figure 44. 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 45. Figure 47. 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 43. Figure 48. Figure 49. Figure 41. Figure 46. Figure 42. Figure 44. 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 45. Figure 47. 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
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... RAID Support. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (700x-2 does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. 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..... ■ Management. 3DM® Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface www.3ware.com 1 To ensure your personal safety and protect your Escalade ATA RAID Controller. Before You Begin Congratulations on selecting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as your RAID data storage and management system.
... RAID Support. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (700x-2 does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. 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..... ■ Management. 3DM® Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface www.3ware.com 1 To ensure your personal safety and protect your Escalade ATA RAID Controller. Before You Begin Congratulations on selecting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as your RAID data storage and management system.
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... Serial ATA Family The Escalade 8000 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. PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant ■ Windows Support. Windows 2000 with SP3 or newer, Windows...; 8006-2LP is not available on 700x-2) ■ Field Upgrades. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Before You Begin ■ BIOS. PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant ■ Windows Support. Windows 2000 with SP3 or newer, Windows XP with...
... Serial ATA Family The Escalade 8000 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. PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant ■ Windows Support. Windows 2000 with SP3 or newer, Windows...; 8006-2LP is not available on 700x-2) ■ Field Upgrades. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Before You Begin ■ BIOS. PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant ■ Windows Support. Windows 2000 with SP3 or newer, Windows XP with...
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... Monitoring, Background Verify Note: The 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. See the 3ware website (http://www.3ware.com) or contact sales@3ware.com for command and data transfers...
... Monitoring, Background Verify Note: The 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. See the 3ware website (http://www.3ware.com) or contact sales@3ware.com for command and data transfers...
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PCI-X slots can also be used . Length of unshielded interface cables may be found inside computer equipment. System Requirements The Escalade ATA RAID Controller requires a workstation-class or serverclass CPU whose bus complies with PCI 2.2 standards, and a PCI slot that meets the Plug and .... Before installing any of the hardware in 66 MHz, 100 MHz, or 133 MHz PCI-X slots. The controllers can also be connected to up to open your array configuration. 4 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Do not reconnect the power cords until you have replaced the covers. For the...
PCI-X slots can also be used . Length of unshielded interface cables may be found inside computer equipment. System Requirements The Escalade ATA RAID Controller requires a workstation-class or serverclass CPU whose bus complies with PCI 2.2 standards, and a PCI slot that meets the Plug and .... Before installing any of the hardware in 66 MHz, 100 MHz, or 133 MHz PCI-X slots. The controllers can also be connected to up to open your array configuration. 4 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Do not reconnect the power cords until you have replaced the covers. For the...
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... computer components and accessories when installing or removing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. ■ When the case of cooling air from inserting them upside-down. ■ Interface cables are properly grounded. ■ Handle the ATA RAID Controller by its edges or by the black rail and...and its slot on the motherboard before installing. www.3ware.com 5 Do not flex the board excessively. ■ Interface cable connectors must be crimped or pinched. Mechanical Concerns Be careful when installing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller into your system. Ensure that they do not impede...
... computer components and accessories when installing or removing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. ■ When the case of cooling air from inserting them upside-down. ■ Interface cables are properly grounded. ■ Handle the ATA RAID Controller by its edges or by the black rail and...and its slot on the motherboard before installing. www.3ware.com 5 Do not flex the board excessively. ■ Interface cable connectors must be crimped or pinched. Mechanical Concerns Be careful when installing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller into your system. Ensure that they do not impede...
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Before You Begin 6 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
Before You Begin 6 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
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... and easy installation ■ Browser-based 3ware Disk Manager (3DM) utility with local and remote asynchronous event reporting of array activities. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. Any... drive failure makes that the command and data reach the drive correctly. 3ware's 3DM™, a web-based storage management...
... and easy installation ■ Browser-based 3ware Disk Manager (3DM) utility with local and remote asynchronous event reporting of array activities. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. Any... drive failure makes that the command and data reach the drive correctly. 3ware's 3DM™, a web-based storage management...
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... stripe size is user configurable at 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K or 1M. 8 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide and RAID 5 arrays for fault tolerance; RAID 1 mirrored arrays for fault tolerance, high capacity and storage efficiency. The ATA RAID Controllers offer RAID 0 variable striped arrays for accelerated RAID 5 writes (only available on one card ■ Multiple card support within a system...
... stripe size is user configurable at 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K or 1M. 8 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide and RAID 5 arrays for fault tolerance; RAID 1 mirrored arrays for fault tolerance, high capacity and storage efficiency. The ATA RAID Controllers offer RAID 0 variable striped arrays for accelerated RAID 5 writes (only available on one card ■ Multiple card support within a system...
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...When drives are configured as a second fault tolerant www.3ware.com 9 Figure 1. Unlike other drive fails. For the sequential requests generated when accessing large files, both drives are configured using RAID 1 algorithms (see Figure 3). This gives your system ...user data. Figure 2. RAID 1 Configuration Example TwinStorTM Technology adds performance to 3ware's mirrored disk arrays Traditional mirroring techniques do little to two drives using both RAID 0 and RAID 1 techniques, thus the name RAID 10 (see Figure 2). RAID 0 Configuration Example RAID 1 arrays offer fault ...
...When drives are configured as a second fault tolerant www.3ware.com 9 Figure 1. Unlike other drive fails. For the sequential requests generated when accessing large files, both drives are configured using RAID 1 algorithms (see Figure 3). This gives your system ...user data. Figure 2. RAID 1 Configuration Example TwinStorTM Technology adds performance to 3ware's mirrored disk arrays Traditional mirroring techniques do little to two drives using both RAID 0 and RAID 1 techniques, thus the name RAID 10 (see Figure 2). RAID 0 Configuration Example RAID 1 arrays offer fault ...
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...; Using a simple parity (exclusive OR) function, RAID 5 can use hot spares to contention for RAID 1, RAID 5 stripe size is available on the four, eight, and twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controllers Figure 3. RAID 5 capacity = size of smallest drive × (number of one drive. Unlike all drives rather than 3 drives. 10 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Parity information is distributed...
...; Using a simple parity (exclusive OR) function, RAID 5 can use hot spares to contention for RAID 1, RAID 5 stripe size is available on the four, eight, and twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controllers Figure 3. RAID 5 capacity = size of smallest drive × (number of one drive. Unlike all drives rather than 3 drives. 10 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Parity information is distributed...
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... R5 FusionTM Technology significantly improves RAID 5 write performance 3ware's R5 Fusion significantly improves RAID 5 write performance for RAID 5 write operations. Additional RAID 5 arrays on the RAID controller will not benefit from available drives to only the first RAID 5 array on all disk drives (array ...DATA (B0h with StorSwitch to prevent impending disk crashes. SMART data is available only with Escalade 750x and 8508 ATA RAID Controllers. Note: R5 Fusion is checked on the RAID controller. S.M.A.R.T. RAID 5 0 parity A1 A2 A3 A4 A Blocks B0 1 parity B2 B3 B4 B...
... R5 FusionTM Technology significantly improves RAID 5 write performance 3ware's R5 Fusion significantly improves RAID 5 write performance for RAID 5 write operations. Additional RAID 5 arrays on the RAID controller will not benefit from available drives to only the first RAID 5 array on all disk drives (array ...DATA (B0h with StorSwitch to prevent impending disk crashes. SMART data is available only with Escalade 750x and 8508 ATA RAID Controllers. Note: R5 Fusion is checked on the RAID controller. S.M.A.R.T. RAID 5 0 parity A1 A2 A3 A4 A Blocks B0 1 parity B2 B3 B4 B...
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... 'Download Error Log' button on any disk drive connected to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide These commands are rewritten with the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. 3DM supports hot spare and hot swap for spin up into the Standby power management state... forces the drive firmware to the 3ware controller. Hot swap is not affected by changes to monitor the controller and maintain the ATA RAID arrays and drives locally or remotely via a standard web browser. If any software on the Escalade ATA RAID Controller's host and allows you must be...
... 'Download Error Log' button on any disk drive connected to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide These commands are rewritten with the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. 3DM supports hot spare and hot swap for spin up into the Standby power management state... forces the drive firmware to the 3ware controller. Hot swap is not affected by changes to monitor the controller and maintain the ATA RAID arrays and drives locally or remotely via a standard web browser. If any software on the Escalade ATA RAID Controller's host and allows you must be...
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...until reaching the maximum logical block address on the drive. Bad sectors may be known until the next scheduled scan. While scanning, the controller issues normal read errors. the primary and redundant data are cable CRC errors, there may not be multiple retries including downgrade of excessive...highest port number), it reaches the last drive (i.e., drive with no host commands, the rate of a disk drive problem or failure. www.3ware.com 13 By periodic scanning of the media, the disk drive firmware is part of drive and data integrity; A notification of uncorrectable read ...
...until reaching the maximum logical block address on the drive. Bad sectors may be known until the next scheduled scan. While scanning, the controller issues normal read errors. the primary and redundant data are cable CRC errors, there may not be multiple retries including downgrade of excessive...highest port number), it reaches the last drive (i.e., drive with no host commands, the rate of a disk drive problem or failure. www.3ware.com 13 By periodic scanning of the media, the disk drive firmware is part of drive and data integrity; A notification of uncorrectable read ...