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... all registered trademarks of their respective owners. Trademarks 3ware, the 3ware logo, Palisade, Escalade, StorSwitch, TwinStor, R5 Fusion and 3DM are property of 3ware, Inc. make any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the proper written consent of this document, nor does 3ware, Inc. No part of 3ware, Inc., 701 East Middlefield Road, Suite 300...
... all registered trademarks of their respective owners. Trademarks 3ware, the 3ware logo, Palisade, Escalade, StorSwitch, TwinStor, R5 Fusion and 3DM are property of 3ware, Inc. make any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the proper written consent of this document, nor does 3ware, Inc. No part of 3ware, Inc., 701 East Middlefield Road, Suite 300...
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... Screen 23 3DM Configure Page 24 Invoking the 3ware BIOS tool 24 Exiting the 3ware BIOS tool 25 Determining your configuration 26 Displaying advance details 27 Creating a disk array 28 Determining your configuration 29 iii RAID Array Background Initialization Process 15 Step 5. Install System Drivers 14 Step 4. Create Arrays 14 Step 3. Install the Escalade Storage...
... Screen 23 3DM Configure Page 24 Invoking the 3ware BIOS tool 24 Exiting the 3ware BIOS tool 25 Determining your configuration 26 Displaying advance details 27 Creating a disk array 28 Determining your configuration 29 iii RAID Array Background Initialization Process 15 Step 5. Install System Drivers 14 Step 4. Create Arrays 14 Step 3. Install the Escalade Storage...
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... 52 Reboot the machine 52 RAID array initialization 53 Install the 3DM disk management utility 53 Replacing an existing storage switch with a new version of the switch 54 Update the 3ware driver 54 Install/Update the 3ware driver 55 Remove the existing Escalade Storage Switch and install the new Escalade Storage Switch 58 Reboot the machine...
... 52 Reboot the machine 52 RAID array initialization 53 Install the 3DM disk management utility 53 Replacing an existing storage switch with a new version of the switch 54 Update the 3ware driver 54 Install/Update the 3ware driver 55 Remove the existing Escalade Storage Switch and install the new Escalade Storage Switch 58 Reboot the machine...
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... on systems that boot from a different device 66 Create disk arrays 66 Install the 3ware driver 66 Partition and format units on storage switch 67 RAID array initialization 68 Install the 3DM disk management utility 68 Replacing an existing storage switch with a new version of the... switch 69 Update the 3ware driver 69 Install/Update the 3ware driver 71 Remove the existing Escalade Storage Switch and install the new Escalade Storage Switch ...
... on systems that boot from a different device 66 Create disk arrays 66 Install the 3ware driver 66 Partition and format units on storage switch 67 RAID array initialization 68 Install the 3DM disk management utility 68 Replacing an existing storage switch with a new version of the... switch 69 Update the 3ware driver 69 Install/Update the 3ware driver 71 Remove the existing Escalade Storage Switch and install the new Escalade Storage Switch ...
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... storage switch with a new version of the switch 85 Updating the 3ware driver 85 Installing/Updating the 3ware driver 88 Remove the existing Escalade Storage Switch and install the new Escalade Storage Switch 94 Reboot the machine 94 RAID array initialization 95 Install the 3DM disk management utility 95 Linux Installation 97 Red Hat® Linux...
... storage switch with a new version of the switch 85 Updating the 3ware driver 85 Installing/Updating the 3ware driver 88 Remove the existing Escalade Storage Switch and install the new Escalade Storage Switch 94 Reboot the machine 94 RAID array initialization 95 Install the 3DM disk management utility 95 Linux Installation 97 Red Hat® Linux...
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... command shell 109 Set up the system so driver will load on boot 110 Edit the lilo.conf file 110 RAID array initialization 111 Install and run 3DM disk management utility 111 Installing the storage switch on systems that boot from a different device 112 Create disk arrays... 112 Install the 3ware driver 112 RAID array initialization 114 Install and run 3DM disk management utility 115 3DM Disk Management Utility 117 Windows Installation 118 Installing 3DM for Windows NT, Windows 98/ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP 118 Linux...
... command shell 109 Set up the system so driver will load on boot 110 Edit the lilo.conf file 110 RAID array initialization 111 Install and run 3DM disk management utility 111 Installing the storage switch on systems that boot from a different device 112 Create disk arrays... 112 Install the 3ware driver 112 RAID array initialization 114 Install and run 3DM disk management utility 115 3DM Disk Management Utility 117 Windows Installation 118 Installing 3DM for Windows NT, Windows 98/ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP 118 Linux...
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3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Figure 35. Final driver installation screen 94 Figure 48. 3DM Remote Monitoring Configuration Display . 119 Figure 49. 3DM E-mail Notification Preferences 120 Figure 50. 3DM Home Display 127 Figure 51. 3DM Details Display 128 Figure 52. 3DM Monitor Display 129 Figure 53. 3DM Alarm Display 130 Figure 54. 3DM...Figure 60. Storage Switch Quick-Splash Screen 80 Figure 37. Found New Hardware Wizard 83 Figure 39. 3ware Storage Switch Properties Display 86 Figure 40. Digital Signature Not Found 93 Figure 47. Installation Complete Notification ...
3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Figure 35. Final driver installation screen 94 Figure 48. 3DM Remote Monitoring Configuration Display . 119 Figure 49. 3DM E-mail Notification Preferences 120 Figure 50. 3DM Home Display 127 Figure 51. 3DM Details Display 128 Figure 52. 3DM Monitor Display 129 Figure 53. 3DM Alarm Display 130 Figure 54. 3DM...Figure 60. Storage Switch Quick-Splash Screen 80 Figure 37. Found New Hardware Wizard 83 Figure 39. 3ware Storage Switch Properties Display 86 Figure 40. Digital Signature Not Found 93 Figure 47. Installation Complete Notification ...
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Features Escalade 6000 Family (includes 6800, 6400, 6410, 6200) • True Hardware RAID. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers • Data Integrity. Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, Ultra DMA66 • Field Upgrades. ATA Command Readback, SMART..., Hot Swap, Hot Spare, Hardware Health Monitoring www.3ware.com 1 W98, WME, WinNT, Win2k, WinXP • Linux Support. Before you begin installing. This user guide gives simple, step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring your RAID data storage and management system. PC99, PnP, BBS ...
Features Escalade 6000 Family (includes 6800, 6400, 6410, 6200) • True Hardware RAID. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers • Data Integrity. Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, Ultra DMA66 • Field Upgrades. ATA Command Readback, SMART..., Hot Swap, Hot Spare, Hardware Health Monitoring www.3ware.com 1 W98, WME, WinNT, Win2k, WinXP • Linux Support. Before you begin installing. This user guide gives simple, step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring your RAID data storage and management system. PC99, PnP, BBS ...
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... provided for 2-port models) • Escalade Installation Guide and Escalade User Guide (.pdf for- Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers • Data Integrity. mat) 2 www.3ware.com ATA Command Readback, SMART Monitoring, ...RAID Support. W98, WME, WinNT, Win2k, WinXP • Linux Support. Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, R5Fusion, UltraDMA100 • Field Upgrades. PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant • Windows Support. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Escalade 7000 Family (includes 7210, 7810, 7410, 7850, 7450) • True Hardware RAID. RAID...
... provided for 2-port models) • Escalade Installation Guide and Escalade User Guide (.pdf for- Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers • Data Integrity. mat) 2 www.3ware.com ATA Command Readback, SMART Monitoring, ...RAID Support. W98, WME, WinNT, Win2k, WinXP • Linux Support. Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, R5Fusion, UltraDMA100 • Field Upgrades. PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant • Windows Support. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Escalade 7000 Family (includes 7210, 7810, 7410, 7850, 7450) • True Hardware RAID. RAID...
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An error notification is combined with Escalade 7450 and 7850 storage switches. Introduction R5 FusionTM Technology significantly improves RAID 5 write performance 3ware's R5 Fusion significantly improves RAID 5 write performance for RAID 5 write operations. The drive reallocates the sector where the read error... Technology) adds monitoring and troubleshooting functionality by www.3ware.com From the 3DM Disk Array Configuration Utility, you can also specify hot spares from available drives to the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapter. This advanced block caching...
An error notification is combined with Escalade 7450 and 7850 storage switches. Introduction R5 FusionTM Technology significantly improves RAID 5 write performance 3ware's R5 Fusion significantly improves RAID 5 write performance for RAID 5 write operations. The drive reallocates the sector where the read error... Technology) adds monitoring and troubleshooting functionality by www.3ware.com From the 3DM Disk Array Configuration Utility, you can also specify hot spares from available drives to the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapter. This advanced block caching...
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.... Hot swap is only available through the 3DM Disk Management Utility. 12 www.3ware.com To remotely access 3DM, you are not required to install any software on the Escalade Storage Switch's host and allows you can use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility. Refer to replace...to monitor the switch and rebuild mirrored arrays remotely via a standard web browser. Hot swap allows users to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide automatically checking a disk drive's health and reporting potential problems. It allows you to take proactive...
.... Hot swap is only available through the 3DM Disk Management Utility. 12 www.3ware.com To remotely access 3DM, you are not required to install any software on the Escalade Storage Switch's host and allows you can use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility. Refer to replace...to monitor the switch and rebuild mirrored arrays remotely via a standard web browser. Hot swap allows users to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide automatically checking a disk drive's health and reporting potential problems. It allows you to take proactive...
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Quick Installation Guide Quick Installation Guide Install Storage Switch Refer to Hardware Installation Create Arrays ALT-3 at Boot Refer to 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility Install System Driver Refer to Windows Installation or Linux Installation RAID Array Background Initialization Process* Install 3DM Refer to 3DM Disk Management Utility Installation Complete * This process does not interfere with the installation of 3DM or the use of the array. www.3ware.com 13
Quick Installation Guide Quick Installation Guide Install Storage Switch Refer to Hardware Installation Create Arrays ALT-3 at Boot Refer to 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility Install System Driver Refer to Windows Installation or Linux Installation RAID Array Background Initialization Process* Install 3DM Refer to 3DM Disk Management Utility Installation Complete * This process does not interfere with the installation of 3DM or the use of the array. www.3ware.com 13
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... questions concerning e-mail notification and the port number for notification, separate e-mail addresses using a comma. Windows a:\setup from the 3DM installation CDROM. RAID Array Background Initialization Process The completion of the array. www.3ware.com 15 Step 5. in the Start menu. Quick Installation Guide Step 4. cd / umount /mnt Note: When specifying multiple e-mail...
... questions concerning e-mail notification and the port number for notification, separate e-mail addresses using a comma. Windows a:\setup from the 3DM installation CDROM. RAID Array Background Initialization Process The completion of the array. www.3ware.com 15 Step 5. in the Start menu. Quick Installation Guide Step 4. cd / umount /mnt Note: When specifying multiple e-mail...
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...arrays back into their member disks. This is available, active and designated as you are creating your array, you are attached to the Escalade Storage Switch. Hot Spare and Hot Swap Hot Spare is the label given to the process of swapping out a degraded drive, programmatically ... and, consequently, they cannot be substituted for adding a drive as spares at www.3ware.com 23 These two methods are two methods for the faulted drive. JBOD drives become available to create disk arrays by using 3DM, with a pre-assigned spare. Note: The BIOS will automatically be designated as ...
...arrays back into their member disks. This is available, active and designated as you are creating your array, you are attached to the Escalade Storage Switch. Hot Spare and Hot Swap Hot Spare is the label given to the process of swapping out a degraded drive, programmatically ... and, consequently, they cannot be substituted for adding a drive as spares at www.3ware.com 23 These two methods are two methods for the faulted drive. JBOD drives become available to create disk arrays by using 3DM, with a pre-assigned spare. Note: The BIOS will automatically be designated as ...
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... done with an approved and recognized drive-carrier swap. This should appear as dead. To designate a drive as a Hot Spare from the 3DM configure page, you see a screen similar to designate an available drive as a spare from this drive as a Hot Spare. When...system (Windows/Linux system shutdown); If you must ensure that the drive is in the 3DM configuration page. 3DM Configure Page In order to Figure 6. 24 www.3ware.com 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide a later time. Invoking the 3ware BIOS tool Reboot your system. If a spare is designated in the BIOS screen, ...
... done with an approved and recognized drive-carrier swap. This should appear as dead. To designate a drive as a Hot Spare from the 3DM configure page, you see a screen similar to designate an available drive as a spare from this drive as a Hot Spare. When...system (Windows/Linux system shutdown); If you must ensure that the drive is in the 3DM configuration page. 3DM Configure Page In order to Figure 6. 24 www.3ware.com 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide a later time. Invoking the 3ware BIOS tool Reboot your system. If a spare is designated in the BIOS screen, ...
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...RAID 1 Array Drive When Not in Use 30.0GB Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 15. QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Port 1 - 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility Rebuilding a mirrored disk array Escalade... as DEGRADED and the drive is rebuilt using the Rebuild feature, described in the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility or 3DM Disk Management Utility chapters. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - You can still read or write ...
...RAID 1 Array Drive When Not in Use 30.0GB Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 15. QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Port 1 - 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility Rebuilding a mirrored disk array Escalade... as DEGRADED and the drive is rebuilt using the Rebuild feature, described in the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility or 3DM Disk Management Utility chapters. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - You can still read or write ...
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... generate the parity data that is rebuilt using the Rebuild feature. (Refer to the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility or 3DM Disk Management Utility chapters for more information.) www.3ware.com 39 Degraded RAID 5 Array Drive When Not in Use As in the case of the drives is... Array Unit 1 - 3 drive 64K RAID 5 Port 1 - If one of RAID 1 and 10 arrays RAID 5 arrays allow you to read or write requests, the array is marked as Not In Use (see Figure 17). 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility Rebuilding a RAID 5 disk array Escalade Storage Switches allow you to create fault ...
... generate the parity data that is rebuilt using the Rebuild feature. (Refer to the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility or 3DM Disk Management Utility chapters for more information.) www.3ware.com 39 Degraded RAID 5 Array Drive When Not in Use As in the case of the drives is... Array Unit 1 - 3 drive 64K RAID 5 Port 1 - If one of RAID 1 and 10 arrays RAID 5 arrays allow you to read or write requests, the array is marked as Not In Use (see Figure 17). 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility Rebuilding a RAID 5 disk array Escalade Storage Switches allow you to create fault ...
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Install the 3DM disk management utility Refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. www.3ware.com 51 This process may take several hours, but it does not interfere with the installation of 3DM or the use of the system driver installation will start the RAID array initialization process. Windows NT®4.0 Installation RAID array initialization The completion of the array.
Install the 3DM disk management utility Refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. www.3ware.com 51 This process may take several hours, but it does not interfere with the installation of 3DM or the use of the system driver installation will start the RAID array initialization process. Windows NT®4.0 Installation RAID array initialization The completion of the array.
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www.3ware.com 53 RAID array initialization The completion of the array. Install the 3DM disk management utility Refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. This process may take several hours, but it does not interfere with the installation of 3DM or the use of the system driver installation will start the RAID array initialization process. Windows NT®4.0 Installation c Choose Disk Administrator from the Administrative Tools menu.
www.3ware.com 53 RAID array initialization The completion of the array. Install the 3DM disk management utility Refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. This process may take several hours, but it does not interfere with the installation of 3DM or the use of the system driver installation will start the RAID array initialization process. Windows NT®4.0 Installation c Choose Disk Administrator from the Administrative Tools menu.
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...3ware driver. 2 Backup the appropriate 3DM alarm log: Windows: 3waenlog.dat Linux: /var/log/3w-aenlog.txt See "Update the 3ware driver" on page 69 if you are using Windows 2000/XP. 3 Log in the Install/Update 3ware driver section (page 55) to continue. 54 www.3ware....com Your computer system will not affect data stored in your system as system administrator. 4 Go to the Start menu, click on Settings and open the Control Panel window. 5 From the Control...(Escalade 7000 Storage Switch) for this and previous versions. 3ware Escalade ...
...3ware driver. 2 Backup the appropriate 3DM alarm log: Windows: 3waenlog.dat Linux: /var/log/3w-aenlog.txt See "Update the 3ware driver" on page 69 if you are using Windows 2000/XP. 3 Log in the Install/Update 3ware driver section (page 55) to continue. 54 www.3ware....com Your computer system will not affect data stored in your system as system administrator. 4 Go to the Start menu, click on Settings and open the Control Panel window. 5 From the Control...(Escalade 7000 Storage Switch) for this and previous versions. 3ware Escalade ...