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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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...3ware, Escalade, and 3DM are property of their respective owners. make any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the proper written consent of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in this document, nor does 3ware, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of 3ware... commitment to update the information contained herein. Copyright ©2003 3ware, Inc. All other trademarks herein are all trademarks of 3ware, Inc. The 3ware logo, StorSwitch, TwinStor, and R5 Fusion are all registered trademarks of...
...3ware, Escalade, and 3DM are property of their respective owners. make any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the proper written consent of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in this document, nor does 3ware, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of 3ware... commitment to update the information contained herein. Copyright ©2003 3ware, Inc. All other trademarks herein are all trademarks of 3ware, Inc. The 3ware logo, StorSwitch, TwinStor, and R5 Fusion are all registered trademarks of...
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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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... 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.3ware.com iii Compliance and Conformity Statements 109 Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement 109 Microsoft...
... 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.3ware.com iii Compliance and Conformity Statements 109 Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement 109 Microsoft...
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.... Figure 32. Figure 35. Figure 39. 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 32. Figure 35. Figure 39. 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 41. Figure 42. Figure 47. Figure 44. Figure 49. Figure 43. Figure 48. 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 46. Figure 45. 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 41. Figure 42. Figure 47. Figure 44. Figure 49. Figure 43. Figure 48. 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 46. Figure 45. 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.
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...; Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface www.3ware.com 1 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. Low CPU Utilization ■ RAID Support. To ensure your personal safety and protect your Escalade ATA RAID Controller. This user guide gives...
...; Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface www.3ware.com 1 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. Low CPU Utilization ■ RAID Support. To ensure your personal safety and protect your Escalade ATA RAID Controller. This user guide gives...
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.... Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, R5Fusion ■ Field Upgrades. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide ATA Command Readback, S.M.A.R.T. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (8006-2LP does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant ■ Windows Support. Windows 2000 with SP3 or...
.... Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, R5Fusion ■ Field Upgrades. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide ATA Command Readback, S.M.A.R.T. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (8006-2LP does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant ■ Windows Support. Windows 2000 with SP3 or...
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... If your retail package is missing any of using the controller 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. If using the Escalade Serial ATA Controller with models 8506-8MI and 8506- 12MI, which have multi...
... If your retail package is missing any of using the controller 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. If using the Escalade Serial ATA Controller with models 8506-8MI and 8506- 12MI, which have multi...
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...supplied interface cables. Protecting Equipment and Data Back up to open your array configuration. 4 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Note: For all Escalade 750x and 850x models, and for serial ATA controllers. Drives must meet UltraATA-133 or UltraATA-100 standards, but may be of the ...arrays destroys existing files on the member drives. PCI-X slots can also be connected to up your data! 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 ...
...supplied interface cables. Protecting Equipment and Data Back up to open your array configuration. 4 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Note: For all Escalade 750x and 850x models, and for serial ATA controllers. Drives must meet UltraATA-133 or UltraATA-100 standards, but may be of the ...arrays destroys existing files on the member drives. PCI-X slots can also be connected to up your data! 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 ...
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Mechanical Concerns Be careful when installing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller into your system. www.3ware.com 5 Ensure that they do not impede the flow of your computer is aligned with its slot on the motherboard before installing. Do not flex... followed 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. ■ Interface cables are properly grounded. ■ Handle the ATA RAID Controller by its edges or by the black rail and metal bracket at its...
Mechanical Concerns Be careful when installing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller into your system. www.3ware.com 5 Ensure that they do not impede the flow of your computer is aligned with its slot on the motherboard before installing. Do not flex... followed 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. ■ Interface cables are properly grounded. ■ Handle the ATA RAID Controller by its edges or by the black rail and metal bracket at its...
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...-board processor minimizes host CPU overhead ■ SCSI device driver for O/S compatibility 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.
...-board processor minimizes host CPU overhead ■ SCSI device driver for O/S compatibility 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.
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... one large volume. The stripe size is user configurable at 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K or 1M. 8 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide variable striped mirrored RAID 10 arrays for performance; Striped disk arrays achieve high transfer rates because they can exist on 3ware's 4th generation network switched architecture, the 8000 series are the most advanced...
... one large volume. The stripe size is user configurable at 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K or 1M. 8 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide variable striped mirrored RAID 10 arrays for performance; Striped disk arrays achieve high transfer rates because they can exist on 3ware's 4th generation network switched architecture, the 8000 series are the most advanced...
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... gives your system fault tolerance by preserving the data on one drive if the other RAID levels, RAID 0 is not redundant, so loss of any disk drive results in 3ware's TwinStor technology boost performance by distinguishing between random and sequential read from a single optimal...For the sequential requests generated when accessing large files, both RAID 0 and RAID 1 techniques, thus the name RAID 10 (see Figure 2). RAID 10 arrays maximize performance and fault tolerance When drives are configured as a second fault tolerant www.3ware.com 9 Figure 1. A minimum of four drives are ...
... gives your system fault tolerance by preserving the data on one drive if the other RAID levels, RAID 0 is not redundant, so loss of any disk drive results in 3ware's TwinStor technology boost performance by distinguishing between random and sequential read from a single optimal...For the sequential requests generated when accessing large files, both RAID 0 and RAID 1 techniques, thus the name RAID 10 (see Figure 2). RAID 10 arrays maximize performance and fault tolerance When drives are configured as a second fault tolerant www.3ware.com 9 Figure 1. A minimum of four drives are ...
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... drive "on the four, eight, and twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controllers Figure 3. Parity information is distributed across all other RAID configurations that offer data striping, except for RAID 1, RAID 5 stripe size is available on -the-fly". You... can tolerate the loss of drives - 1). Using a simple parity (exclusive OR) function, RAID 5 can use hot spares to 87.5% for the parity drive. Unlike all drives rather than 3 drives. 10 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller...
... drive "on the four, eight, and twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controllers Figure 3. Parity information is distributed across all other RAID configurations that offer data striping, except for RAID 1, RAID 5 stripe size is available on -the-fly". You... can tolerate the loss of drives - 1). Using a simple parity (exclusive OR) function, RAID 5 can use hot spares to 87.5% for the parity drive. Unlike all drives rather than 3 drives. 10 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller...
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...the content of the Features register equal to only the first RAID 5 array on the RAID controller. S.M.A.R.T. SMART data is applicable to D5h), and SMART READ DATA (B0h with Escalade 750x and 8508 ATA RAID Controllers. Three SMART commands are issued: SMART RETURN STATUS (B0h ...Disk Array Configuration Utility, you to take proactive steps to be dynamically substituted for RAID 5 write operations. This command is issued 24 hours after the Escalade controller is timed www.3ware.com 11 Monitoring (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) adds monitoring and troubleshooting ...
...the content of the Features register equal to only the first RAID 5 array on the RAID controller. S.M.A.R.T. SMART data is applicable to D5h), and SMART READ DATA (B0h with Escalade 750x and 8508 ATA RAID Controllers. Three SMART commands are issued: SMART RETURN STATUS (B0h ...Disk Array Configuration Utility, you to take proactive steps to be dynamically substituted for RAID 5 write operations. This command is issued 24 hours after the Escalade controller is timed www.3ware.com 11 Monitoring (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) adds monitoring and troubleshooting ...
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..., the SMART RETURN STATUS is issued to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide This feature is automatically utilized on the 3DM Alarms page is pressed (See page 155). The Escalade supports the ATA/6 implementation of staggered spinup. 3DM Disk Management Utility runs... in the background on the Escalade ATA RAID Controller's host and allows you to the 3ware controller. Hot swap is returned at the bottom of a redundant array, error locations that are found and are deemed ...
..., the SMART RETURN STATUS is issued to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide This feature is automatically utilized on the 3DM Alarms page is pressed (See page 155). The Escalade supports the ATA/6 implementation of staggered spinup. 3DM Disk Management Utility runs... in the background on the Escalade ATA RAID Controller's host and allows you to the 3ware controller. Hot swap is returned at the bottom of a redundant array, error locations that are found and are deemed ...
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... the media, the disk drive firmware is allowed to do corrective actions on problem areas on page 105.) If the disk drive is encountered, the controller typically will then start from when it stops until reaching the maximum logical block address on the drive. If there are again both valid. When... drive (i.e., drive with no host commands, the rate of the media scan is as fast as the drive can provide early warning of time. www.3ware.com 13 After repairs, Background Media Scan continues on the same disk drive until the next scheduled scan. accordingly.
... the media, the disk drive firmware is allowed to do corrective actions on problem areas on page 105.) If the disk drive is encountered, the controller typically will then start from when it stops until reaching the maximum logical block address on the drive. If there are again both valid. When... drive (i.e., drive with no host commands, the rate of the media scan is as fast as the drive can provide early warning of time. www.3ware.com 13 After repairs, Background Media Scan continues on the same disk drive until the next scheduled scan. accordingly.