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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 Installation 61...
... 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 Installation 61...
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.... Figure 35. Figure 22. Figure 28. 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 35. Figure 22. Figure 28. 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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.... Windows 2000 with SP3 or newer, 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 Version 4.8 ■ Performance. ATA Command Readback, S.M.A.R.T. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Parallel UltraDMA 133 and UltraDMA 100 drives are all PCI 64-bit / 66MHz...
.... Windows 2000 with SP3 or newer, 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 Version 4.8 ■ Performance. ATA Command Readback, S.M.A.R.T. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Parallel UltraDMA 133 and UltraDMA 100 drives are all PCI 64-bit / 66MHz...
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... (one per port) Exception: Cables are not included 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. CRC protection for assistance. ■ 3ware installation media with models 8506-8MI and 8506- 12MI, which have multi-lane...
... (one per port) Exception: Cables are not included 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. CRC protection for assistance. ■ 3ware installation media with models 8506-8MI and 8506- 12MI, which have multi-lane...
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...remains undisturbed. Some of the Escalade features and benefits include: ■ Non-blocking switch technology with RAID 5 parity ■ On-board processor minimizes host CPU overhead ■ SCSI device driver for Windows and Linux (available from the 3ware website at any given time... 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...
...remains undisturbed. Some of the Escalade features and benefits include: ■ Non-blocking switch technology with RAID 5 parity ■ On-board processor minimizes host CPU overhead ■ SCSI device driver for Windows and Linux (available from the 3ware website at any given time... 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...
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Create arrays Verify your boot device precedes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the boot sequence, then press Alt-3 to the type of the controller. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Step 1. Step 2. Step 3. Windows d(or letter of CD-Rom drive):\3DMsetup from...
Create arrays Verify your boot device precedes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the boot sequence, then press Alt-3 to the type of the controller. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Step 1. Step 2. Step 3. Windows d(or letter of CD-Rom drive):\3DMsetup from...
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...Figure 23. The rebuild will display, with your configuration and reboot the system. Select Available Drive to Replace Faulted Drive, RAID 1 Example 9 Navigate to the Rebuild Array button and press Enter. 10 Navigate to and select the OK button to...3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - Rebuild Array Status Display, RAID 1 Example 11 Press F8 to continue. A status screen will start within a few minutes of the 3ware driver loading, once the operating system has booted. 42 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 3ware...
...Figure 23. The rebuild will display, with your configuration and reboot the system. Select Available Drive to Replace Faulted Drive, RAID 1 Example 9 Navigate to the Rebuild Array button and press Enter. 10 Navigate to and select the OK button to...3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - Rebuild Array Status Display, RAID 1 Example 11 Press F8 to continue. A status screen will start within a few minutes of the 3ware driver loading, once the operating system has booted. 42 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 3ware...
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... occur on the source disks, then indicate this drive. Note: If the rebuild is not started in the 3ware BIOS, the new drive cannot be used to rebuild the degraded array unless it back as a single disk ...(JBOD) to the operating system. Rebuild starts about 10 minutes after the driver loads in the 'Force continue on source errors' option. 6 Select Rebuild. 7 Press F8 to start a rebuild with.... Booting with this in the operating system. For more information, see the 3ware CLI User's Guide. 44 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
... occur on the source disks, then indicate this drive. Note: If the rebuild is not started in the 3ware BIOS, the new drive cannot be used to rebuild the degraded array unless it back as a single disk ...(JBOD) to the operating system. Rebuild starts about 10 minutes after the driver loads in the 'Force continue on source errors' option. 6 Select Rebuild. 7 Press F8 to start a rebuild with.... Booting with this in the operating system. For more information, see the 3ware CLI User's Guide. 44 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
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... and to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Installing a drive to an existing ATA RAID controller To add the new drive to an existing disk array, refer to assign a drive letter. 46 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The driver or the operating system...Server 2003, the screens may be installed unless you have administrator privileges for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Windows Installation Note: 3ware supports released versions of Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 only. Note: Throughout this chapter, the screenshots show Windows 2000....
... and to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Installing a drive to an existing ATA RAID controller To add the new drive to an existing disk array, refer to assign a drive letter. 46 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The driver or the operating system...Server 2003, the screens may be installed unless you have administrator privileges for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Windows Installation Note: 3ware supports released versions of Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 only. Note: Throughout this chapter, the screenshots show Windows 2000....
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...any new disk arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows 2000/XP/2003. 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes to the other half. Continue with full performance when created. In RAID 10 arrays, data from one drive (or set of the array is complete in as ...the appear on the lower channel number) being copied to the other drive (or set of up to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to the other drive. The advantage of this is copied to restart the system. The disadvantage...
...any new disk arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows 2000/XP/2003. 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes to the other half. Continue with full performance when created. In RAID 10 arrays, data from one drive (or set of the array is complete in as ...the appear on the lower channel number) being copied to the other drive (or set of up to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to the other drive. The advantage of this is copied to restart the system. The disadvantage...
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... a Plug and Play device, Windows 2000/XP/2003 recognizes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller and brings up the Found New Hardware Wizard which guides you in installing the 3ware driver (see Figure 24). Found New Hardware Wizard www.3ware.com 49 Figure 24. Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems that boot from a different device Install the 3DM...
... a Plug and Play device, Windows 2000/XP/2003 recognizes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller and brings up the Found New Hardware Wizard which guides you in installing the 3ware driver (see Figure 24). Found New Hardware Wizard www.3ware.com 49 Figure 24. Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems that boot from a different device Install the 3DM...
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... insert your 3ware driver diskette, and enter the path to the driver in the BIOS by an "Installation Complete" notification. RAID 1 and 10 arrays are not initialized when created and are immediately available for use with full performance when created. RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for use the RAID 5 array ... array result in order to ten minutes. The user can be used immediately, but it takes longer for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide You should see a brief splash screen, followed immediately by writing zeroes to all array members. The system ...
... insert your 3ware driver diskette, and enter the path to the driver in the BIOS by an "Installation Complete" notification. RAID 1 and 10 arrays are not initialized when created and are immediately available for use with full performance when created. RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for use the RAID 5 array ... array result in order to ten minutes. The user can be used immediately, but it takes longer for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide You should see a brief splash screen, followed immediately by writing zeroes to all array members. The system ...
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.... 6 Open the SCSI and RAID Controllers selection. 7 Locate and double-click on the Driver tab (see Figure 25). 52 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties pop-up menu appears. 8 Click on 3ware ATA RAID Controller. Your system may not boot with a new version of the controller Caution: Install the correct driver (Escalade 7000/8000 ATA RAID Controller) for this and previous...
.... 6 Open the SCSI and RAID Controllers selection. 7 Locate and double-click on the Driver tab (see Figure 25). 52 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties pop-up menu appears. 8 Click on 3ware ATA RAID Controller. Your system may not boot with a new version of the controller Caution: Install the correct driver (Escalade 7000/8000 ATA RAID Controller) for this and previous...
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Upgrade/Install Device Driver 54 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 27. Then click Next and follow the instructions. Windows Installation Figure 26. Upgrade Driver Welcome Screen Installing/Upgrading the 3ware driver 1 When you reach the Upgrade Device Driver screen shown in Figure 27, make sure to select "Display a list of known drivers for this device, so that I can choose a specific driver."
Upgrade/Install Device Driver 54 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 27. Then click Next and follow the instructions. Windows Installation Figure 26. Upgrade Driver Welcome Screen Installing/Upgrading the 3ware driver 1 When you reach the Upgrade Device Driver screen shown in Figure 27, make sure to select "Display a list of known drivers for this device, so that I can choose a specific driver."
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Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31). Click on Next. Then click on the appropriate driver name (i.e., Escalade 7000 ATA RAID Controller) listed in the dialog box to select the correct driver name, otherwise the driver upgrade will not be successful. The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Be sure to highlight it. Figure 30. Windows Installation Figure 29.
Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31). Click on Next. Then click on the appropriate driver name (i.e., Escalade 7000 ATA RAID Controller) listed in the dialog box to select the correct driver name, otherwise the driver upgrade will not be successful. The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Be sure to highlight it. Figure 30. Windows Installation Figure 29.
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Windows Installation Figure 33. Final driver installation screen 58 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
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www.3ware.com 59 c Select Storage. d Select Disk Management. 5 Follow the steps the appear on-screen to write a signature to the drive. 6 Right click on the ... Utility. 3 Log in as system administrator. a Choose Administrative Tools from the Administrative Tools menu. Reboot the machine 1 Remove the driver diskette from Administrative Tools. Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller Remove the existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller and install the new Escalade ATA RAID Controller Refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter.
www.3ware.com 59 c Select Storage. d Select Disk Management. 5 Follow the steps the appear on-screen to write a signature to the drive. 6 Right click on the ... Utility. 3 Log in as system administrator. a Choose Administrative Tools from the Administrative Tools menu. Reboot the machine 1 Remove the driver diskette from Administrative Tools. Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller Remove the existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller and install the new Escalade ATA RAID Controller Refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter.
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...with the current ones and then rebuild the kernel. 1 Run the FreeBSD installation and reboot. This driver needs to /sys/dev/twe. 74 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide For instructions on how to install FreeBSD, see the FreeBSD website, at http://www....FreeBSD Installation Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing FreeBSD Materials required: ■ 3ware Escalade driver. You can boot directly from the 3ware web site (http:// www.3ware.com). ■ FreeBSD installation CD-ROM or diskette. If you will replace the old 3ware driver source files with the FreeBSD...
...with the current ones and then rebuild the kernel. 1 Run the FreeBSD installation and reboot. This driver needs to /sys/dev/twe. 74 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide For instructions on how to install FreeBSD, see the FreeBSD website, at http://www....FreeBSD Installation Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing FreeBSD Materials required: ■ 3ware Escalade driver. You can boot directly from the 3ware web site (http:// www.3ware.com). ■ FreeBSD installation CD-ROM or diskette. If you will replace the old 3ware driver source files with the FreeBSD...
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... Once booted to the operating system, the RAID 5 array goes into initialization mode after being created in data from one , download the FreeBSD driver from a different device Materials required: ■ 3ware Escalade driver. After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to a RAID 1 or 10 array result in order to ...that it does to write zeroes to the other half. Installing the ATA RAID controller on the lower channel number) being compared to use with full performance when created. Check your 3ware CD-ROM for the array to become fully redundant, because it takes ...
... Once booted to the operating system, the RAID 5 array goes into initialization mode after being created in data from one , download the FreeBSD driver from a different device Materials required: ■ 3ware Escalade driver. After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to a RAID 1 or 10 array result in order to ...that it does to write zeroes to the other half. Installing the ATA RAID controller on the lower channel number) being compared to use with full performance when created. Check your 3ware CD-ROM for the array to become fully redundant, because it takes ...
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... who will be prompted with the a series of questions to complete the installation. 4 The first question asks if RPM was used to install the Escalade driver and/ or 3DM. If you enable e-mail notification you like to have e-mail notification enabled (Y/N)? If you do not know what port to use...the help documentation (default is yes) 9 Change the directory and then eject the CD-ROM disk when finished: cd /home eject cdrom 82 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Please enter the name of your mail server: (default is local host name) Please enter the name of the user you want ...
... who will be prompted with the a series of questions to complete the installation. 4 The first question asks if RPM was used to install the Escalade driver and/ or 3DM. If you enable e-mail notification you like to have e-mail notification enabled (Y/N)? If you do not know what port to use...the help documentation (default is yes) 9 Change the directory and then eject the CD-ROM disk when finished: cd /home eject cdrom 82 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Please enter the name of your mail server: (default is local host name) Please enter the name of the user you want ...