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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 6. Figure 9. Figure 18. Figure 22. 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 6. Figure 9. Figure 18. Figure 22. 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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...100 drives are all PCI 64-bit / 66MHz. ■ Management. 3DM Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface ■ BIOS. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.) ■ FreeBSD. Before You Begin ■ BIOS. Windows 2000 with ...-12MI. ■ True Hardware RAID. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (8006-2LP does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, R5Fusion ■ Field Upgrades. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
...100 drives are all PCI 64-bit / 66MHz. ■ Management. 3DM Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface ■ BIOS. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.) ■ FreeBSD. Before You Begin ■ BIOS. Windows 2000 with ...-12MI. ■ True Hardware RAID. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (8006-2LP does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, R5Fusion ■ Field Upgrades. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
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... ■ Serial ATA interface cables (one per port) ■ 3ware installation media 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 parallel drives a parallel-to purchase cables separately. See the...
... ■ Serial ATA interface cables (one per port) ■ 3ware installation media 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 parallel drives a parallel-to purchase cables separately. See the...
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..., 3ware has implemented Advanced Data Protection (ADP) features that drive unavailable and the rest of the storage system remains undisturbed. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. The Escalade 7000...bus architecture of array activities. 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 one drive ...
..., 3ware has implemented Advanced Data Protection (ADP) features that drive unavailable and the rest of the storage system remains undisturbed. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. The Escalade 7000...bus architecture of array activities. 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 one drive ...
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...-Rom drive):\3DMsetup from a different device. ■ Replacing an existing ATA RAID Controller with a new version of installation and the operating system. www.3ware.com 15 Step 2. Step 1. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to the type of the controller. Install 3DM Install 3DM for Windows or Linux from the 3DM installation...
...-Rom drive):\3DMsetup from a different device. ■ Replacing an existing ATA RAID Controller with a new version of installation and the operating system. www.3ware.com 15 Step 2. Step 1. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to the type of the controller. Install 3DM Install 3DM for Windows or Linux from the 3DM installation...
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... and select the OK button to save your requested array and member drives. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - 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 QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB 30.0GB 30.0GB DEGRADED 30...
... and select the OK button to save your requested array and member drives. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - 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 QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB 30.0GB 30.0GB DEGRADED 30...
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...Go to replace the degraded drive. To make sure that was a clean shutdown. During driver startup, a flag is required. This means that the data on the drives may not be correct For a RAID 5 configuration, if the process encounters the flag setting that there was removed. Cancelling and ... Rebuilding a RAID 5 disk array Auto rebuild of a mirrored or RAID 5 array If a hot spare is specified and the mirrored or RAID 5 array degrades, an event notification is called "RAID Disk". 4 Click the boxes in front of the RAID Disk and the degraded array. Select Rebuild. www.3ware.com 43 However...
...Go to replace the degraded drive. To make sure that was a clean shutdown. During driver startup, a flag is required. This means that the data on the drives may not be correct For a RAID 5 configuration, if the process encounters the flag setting that there was removed. Cancelling and ... Rebuilding a RAID 5 disk array Auto rebuild of a mirrored or RAID 5 array If a hot spare is specified and the mirrored or RAID 5 array degrades, an event notification is called "RAID Disk". 4 Click the boxes in front of the RAID Disk and the degraded array. Select Rebuild. www.3ware.com 43 However...
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... attached when not defined as a hot spare will make the drive appear as a hot spare. Note: If the rebuild is made into a hot spare. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 2 Add a different disk drive to rebuild the array. 3 Press Alt + 3 at Boot time to enter... ECC errors occur on the source disks, then indicate this drive. For more information, see the 3ware CLI User's Guide. 44 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Rebuild starts about 10 minutes after the driver loads in the 3ware BIOS, the new drive cannot be used to rebuild the degraded array unless it back as a ...
... attached when not defined as a hot spare will make the drive appear as a hot spare. Note: If the rebuild is made into a hot spare. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 2 Add a different disk drive to rebuild the array. 3 Press Alt + 3 at Boot time to enter... ECC errors occur on the source disks, then indicate this drive. For more information, see the 3ware CLI User's Guide. 44 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Rebuild starts about 10 minutes after the driver loads in the 3ware BIOS, the new drive cannot be used to rebuild the degraded array unless it back as a ...
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...Boot the machine Continue with the following steps to make the new disk array or independent disk accessible to assign a drive letter. 46 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide c Select Disk Management. 4 Follow the steps the appear on-screen to write a signature to the drive. 5 Right click...user upgrade to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. If your system has Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, the screens may be installed unless you have administrator privileges for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The driver or the operating system...
...Boot the machine Continue with the following steps to make the new disk array or independent disk accessible to assign a drive letter. 46 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide c Select Disk Management. 4 Follow the steps the appear on-screen to write a signature to the drive. 5 Right click...user upgrade to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. If your system has Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, the screens may be installed unless you have administrator privileges for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The driver or the operating system...
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... you have chosen to add. Press Enter to create a 3ware Windows Driver Installation Diskette from the Windows 2000/XP/2003 CD and press F6 when the message: "Press F6 if you have an additional disk ATA RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. 4 A box with the initial ...operating system build 1 Boot from the files located on the 3ware CD-ROM for Windows at this point.There are specific to the "...
... you have chosen to add. Press Enter to create a 3ware Windows Driver Installation Diskette from the Windows 2000/XP/2003 CD and press F6 when the message: "Press F6 if you have an additional disk ATA RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. 4 A box with the initial ...operating system build 1 Boot from the files located on the 3ware CD-ROM for Windows at this point.There are specific to the "...
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...following steps to make any new disk arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows 2000/XP/2003. 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes to assign a drive letter. RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for the array to become fully redundant, because it takes longer to initialize an ...menu. Continue with full performance when created. The system may not boot if you reboot the system, log in order to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide d Select Disk Management. 5 Follow the steps the appear on-screen to write a signature to the drive. 6 Right click ...
...following steps to make any new disk arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows 2000/XP/2003. 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes to assign a drive letter. RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for the array to become fully redundant, because it takes longer to initialize an ...menu. Continue with full performance when created. The system may not boot if you reboot the system, log in order to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide d Select Disk Management. 5 Follow the steps the appear on-screen to write a signature to the drive. 6 Right click ...
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... utility Refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. Continue to the Install/Upgrade 3ware driver section. Found New Hardware Wizard www.3ware.com 49 Install the 3ware driver As 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...
... utility Refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. Continue to the Install/Upgrade 3ware driver section. Found New Hardware Wizard www.3ware.com 49 Install the 3ware driver As 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...
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...button, insert your 3ware driver diskette, and enter the path to restart the system. c Select Storage. Reboot the machine Log in the Install From Disk dialog box. RAID 1 and 10 arrays are not initialized when created and are immediately available for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The... first time the array is verified (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM), the array is that the RAID 5 array can reboot the system before this is copied to ten ...
...button, insert your 3ware driver diskette, and enter the path to restart the system. c Select Storage. Reboot the machine Log in the Install From Disk dialog box. RAID 1 and 10 arrays are not initialized when created and are immediately available for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The... first time the array is verified (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM), the array is that the RAID 5 array can reboot the system before this is copied to ten ...
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... the Device Manager tab. 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. Note: Upgrading to a new version of the Escalade ATA RAID Controller does not require reconfiguring the drives connected to your...
... the Device Manager tab. 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. Note: Upgrading to a new version of the Escalade ATA RAID Controller does not require reconfiguring the drives connected to your...
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Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller Figure 25. 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties Display 9 Click on the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard (see Figure 26). www.3ware.com 53 button. 10 Click Next on the Update Driver...
Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller Figure 25. 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties Display 9 Click on the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard (see Figure 26). www.3ware.com 53 button. 10 Click Next on the Update Driver...
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Figure 27. 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 Windows Installation Figure 26. Then click Next and follow the instructions.
Figure 27. 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 Windows Installation Figure 26. Then click Next and follow the instructions.
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... the bottom of Windows you have. Figure 28. If you are using the 3ware CD, the path will be to the folder on the Have Disk... Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller 2 When the Select a Device Driver dialog appears (see Figure 28), click on the CD that has the...
... the bottom of Windows you have. Figure 28. If you are using the 3ware CD, the path will be to the folder on the Have Disk... Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller 2 When the Select a Device Driver dialog appears (see Figure 28), click on the CD that has the...
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Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows Installation Figure 29. Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31). The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). Figure 30. Be sure to highlight it. 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. Click on Next.
Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows Installation Figure 29. Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31). The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). Figure 30. Be sure to highlight it. 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. Click on Next.
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... a System Settings Change dialog. www.3ware.com 57 Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with your ATA RAID controller the Digital Signature Not Found screen may appear (see Figure 32). If this screen appears, click on the driver that was packaged with a new version of the controller Figure 31. Start Device Driver Installation 5 Depending on Yes to continue...
... a System Settings Change dialog. www.3ware.com 57 Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with your ATA RAID controller the Digital Signature Not Found screen may appear (see Figure 32). If this screen appears, click on the driver that was packaged with a new version of the controller Figure 31. Start Device Driver Installation 5 Depending on Yes to continue...