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... error conditions. Escalade 7000-2 Software Escalade 7000 software consists of the host CPU and OS. StorSwitch architecture incorporates RAID 0 and 1 functions in workstation storage. SCSI-like command queuing and elevator seek algorithms provide high-end RAID controller performance. Similar to network packet-switching hardware, StorSwitch architecture delivers superior reliability, scalability, and high performance over software-based ATA solutions. 3ware's Escalade 7000-2 card sets...
... error conditions. Escalade 7000-2 Software Escalade 7000 software consists of the host CPU and OS. StorSwitch architecture incorporates RAID 0 and 1 functions in workstation storage. SCSI-like command queuing and elevator seek algorithms provide high-end RAID controller performance. Similar to network packet-switching hardware, StorSwitch architecture delivers superior reliability, scalability, and high performance over software-based ATA solutions. 3ware's Escalade 7000-2 card sets...
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Hardware installation ...171 Software installation ...172 Screen display messages ...175 AEN Messages ...177 Appendix A Compliance and Conformity Statements ...189 Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement ...189 Microsoft Windows ... European Community Conformity Statement ...190 Appendix B Warranty, Technical Support and Service ...191 Limited Warranty ...191 Exclusions ...191 State Law Provisions ...192 Obtaining Warranty Protection ...192 3ware Technical Support and Services ...192 Sales and ordering information ...193 Feedback on this manual ...193 ix
Hardware installation ...171 Software installation ...172 Screen display messages ...175 AEN Messages ...177 Appendix A Compliance and Conformity Statements ...189 Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement ...189 Microsoft Windows ... European Community Conformity Statement ...190 Appendix B Warranty, Technical Support and Service ...191 Limited Warranty ...191 Exclusions ...191 State Law Provisions ...192 Obtaining Warranty Protection ...192 3ware Technical Support and Services ...192 Sales and ordering information ...193 Feedback on this manual ...193 ix
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... ...97 Installation Complete Notification ...98 Installation Complete Notification ...103 Found New Hardware Wizard ...106 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties Display . 110 Upgrade driver welcome screen ...111 Upgrade/Install device driver ...112 Select ...Software Removal Requests . . 176 Confirmation of Successful Software Removal ...176 Administrator Privileges Required Warning ...176 Firmware Upgrade Requirement Warning ...177 System Reboot Request ...177 xii Figure 33. Figure 37. Figure 44. Figure 54. Figure 47. Figure 56. Figure 60. 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller...
... ...97 Installation Complete Notification ...98 Installation Complete Notification ...103 Found New Hardware Wizard ...106 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties Display . 110 Upgrade driver welcome screen ...111 Upgrade/Install device driver ...112 Select ...Software Removal Requests . . 176 Confirmation of Successful Software Removal ...176 Administrator Privileges Required Warning ...176 Firmware Upgrade Requirement Warning ...177 System Reboot Request ...177 xii Figure 33. Figure 37. Figure 44. Figure 54. Figure 47. Figure 56. Figure 60. 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller...
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... and scalability, traditionally seen only with a mature suite of software and firmware management tools, the Escalade 8500 series of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) to increase your storage system's performance and provide fault tolerance. 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide • Multiple logical volumes and RAID levels can exist on 3ware's 4th generation network switched architecture, the 8500 series are...
... and scalability, traditionally seen only with a mature suite of software and firmware management tools, the Escalade 8500 series of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) to increase your storage system's performance and provide fault tolerance. 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide • Multiple logical volumes and RAID levels can exist on 3ware's 4th generation network switched architecture, the 8500 series are...
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...mirrored array, you can use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility. Background media scan and dynamic sector repair enhance data integrity Background Media Scan checks for media errors on any software on your system but you are rewritten with the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. 3DM supports hot spare and hot...drives locally or remotely via a standard web browser. This feature is persistent after power-down and power-up . 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Staggered Spin Up allows drives to be minimally intrusive to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter for redundant ...
...mirrored array, you can use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility. Background media scan and dynamic sector repair enhance data integrity Background Media Scan checks for media errors on any software on your system but you are rewritten with the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. 3DM supports hot spare and hot...drives locally or remotely via a standard web browser. This feature is persistent after power-down and power-up . 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Staggered Spin Up allows drives to be minimally intrusive to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter for redundant ...
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...Figure 10. Disk Array Advance Details Screen Creating a disk array To create an array, first select the drives to the main 3ware Disk Array Configuration screen. Press Escape to return to be included by selecting drives from two to twelve drives in the left most...over each drive and pressing Enter (see Figure 10). To include drives that are part of the 3ware card (see Figure 11). 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Displaying advance details Selecting Shift-F5 will show the software versions (BIOS, Firmware, monitor) and slot # of an existing disk array you must first ...
...Figure 10. Disk Array Advance Details Screen Creating a disk array To create an array, first select the drives to the main 3ware Disk Array Configuration screen. Press Escape to return to be included by selecting drives from two to twelve drives in the left most...over each drive and pressing Enter (see Figure 10). To include drives that are part of the 3ware card (see Figure 11). 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Displaying advance details Selecting Shift-F5 will show the software versions (BIOS, Firmware, monitor) and slot # of an existing disk array you must first ...
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.... The rebuild starts with a new drive Currently, a rebuild cannot be cancelled using the 3DM software, but a rebuild can be immediately aborted. 2 Go to enter 3ware BIOS. 4 Select the degraded array and the newly added drive. 5 Select Rebuild. For a RAID 1 or 10 configuration, if there was removed. If your system does not have hot...
.... The rebuild starts with a new drive Currently, a rebuild cannot be cancelled using the 3DM software, but a rebuild can be immediately aborted. 2 Go to enter 3ware BIOS. 4 Select the degraded array and the newly added drive. 5 Select Rebuild. For a RAID 1 or 10 configuration, if there was removed. If your system does not have hot...
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... diskette into the floppy drive and press Enter. 2 Select the 3ware ATA RAID Controller from : at Id 0 on bus 0 on 3waregsm. If it does not include a 3ware entry, check your hardware and restart the software installation process. 3 Create a partition in the unpartitioned space of ...your Escalade ATA RAID Controller that resembles the following mass storage devices in your computer:" The list will contain the 3ware ATA RAID Controller. Keep in mind that follows, select Other and press Enter. Otherwise, press Enter. www.3ware.com 71 Ensure the path to this software installation...
... diskette into the floppy drive and press Enter. 2 Select the 3ware ATA RAID Controller from : at Id 0 on bus 0 on 3waregsm. If it does not include a 3ware entry, check your hardware and restart the software installation process. 3 Create a partition in the unpartitioned space of ...your Escalade ATA RAID Controller that resembles the following mass storage devices in your computer:" The list will contain the 3ware ATA RAID Controller. Keep in mind that follows, select Other and press Enter. Otherwise, press Enter. www.3ware.com 71 Ensure the path to this software installation...
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Linux Installation Linux Installation Installing 3DM for Red Hat Linux or SuSE Linux 1 Insert the 3ware software installation CD-ROM for Linux into the CD-ROM drive. 2 Mount the CD-ROM disk: mount /dev/cdrom Note: For older Red Hat systems, type: mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom For older SuSE systems, type: mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom 3 Change the directory and run the install script: www.3ware.com 147
Linux Installation Linux Installation Installing 3DM for Red Hat Linux or SuSE Linux 1 Insert the 3ware software installation CD-ROM for Linux into the CD-ROM drive. 2 Mount the CD-ROM disk: mount /dev/cdrom Note: For older Red Hat systems, type: mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom For older SuSE systems, type: mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom 3 Change the directory and run the install script: www.3ware.com 147
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... and upon bootup. Linux Installation 7 The next question asks for Linux into the CD-ROM drive. 2 Mount the CD-ROM disk: mount /dev/cdrom www.3ware.com 149 If you do not know what port to use, select the default: Please enter the port number you would like 3DM connection security...-ROM disk when finished: cd /home eject cdrom Starting 3DM 3DM should start Uninstalling 3DM To uninstall 3DM for Linux, follow these steps: 1 Insert the 3ware software installation CD-ROM for the HTTP port that you need to use .
... and upon bootup. Linux Installation 7 The next question asks for Linux into the CD-ROM drive. 2 Mount the CD-ROM disk: mount /dev/cdrom www.3ware.com 149 If you do not know what port to use, select the default: Please enter the port number you would like 3DM connection security...-ROM disk when finished: cd /home eject cdrom Starting 3DM 3DM should start Uninstalling 3DM To uninstall 3DM for Linux, follow these steps: 1 Insert the 3ware software installation CD-ROM for the HTTP port that you need to use .
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... installed the ATA RAID controller, you motherboard has been tested by a Dell BIOS bug. Software installation Q7: The ATA RAID controller was installed before you configured your disk arrays, you may have overwritten your operating system. Basically, this bug sees the system boot drive as Single (if available on ? 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide 3ware website at http...
... installed the ATA RAID controller, you motherboard has been tested by a Dell BIOS bug. Software installation Q7: The ATA RAID controller was installed before you configured your disk arrays, you may have overwritten your operating system. Basically, this bug sees the system boot drive as Single (if available on ? 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide 3ware website at http...
User Guide
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... or Removal Dialog Box www.3ware.com 175 Follow the instructions that might appear during installation. Descriptions of each AEN are screen messages that appear. e. Screen display messages Figure 58 through Figure 63 are provided after the ATA RAID controller has been installed and made operational.... Q14: My driver fails to see if your motherboard manufacturer for Windows NT, Windows 98/ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP" on page 177 appear when a hardware or software related problem has been ...
... or Removal Dialog Box www.3ware.com 175 Follow the instructions that might appear during installation. Descriptions of each AEN are screen messages that appear. e. Screen display messages Figure 58 through Figure 63 are provided after the ATA RAID controller has been installed and made operational.... Q14: My driver fails to see if your motherboard manufacturer for Windows NT, Windows 98/ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP" on page 177 appear when a hardware or software related problem has been ...
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Administrator Privileges Required Warning 176 www.3ware.com 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 59. Confirmation of Successful Software Removal Figure 61. A Warning for All Software Removal Requests Figure 60.
Administrator Privileges Required Warning 176 www.3ware.com 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 59. Confirmation of Successful Software Removal Figure 61. A Warning for All Software Removal Requests Figure 60.
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... Model StorSwitch 4D is committed to market. 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL) 3ware, Inc. Since the certification process may lag behind the release of the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 89/23/EEC Low Voltage Directive. 190 www.3ware.com However, a product's software drivers are typically submitted for certification at www...
... Model StorSwitch 4D is committed to market. 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL) 3ware, Inc. Since the certification process may lag behind the release of the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 89/23/EEC Low Voltage Directive. 190 www.3ware.com However, a product's software drivers are typically submitted for certification at www...
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... to be provided by reason of 3ware. Software Warranty: 3WARE, INC. Exclusions THIS WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER ANY DAMAGE TO THIS PRODUCT WHICH RESULTS FROM ACCIDENT, ABUSE, MISUSE, NATURAL OR PERSONAL DISASTER, OR ANY UNAUTHORIZED DISASSEMBLY, REPAIR OR MODIFICATION. 3WARE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY ...purchase. For detailed terms and conditions, please see the Limited Hardware Warranty and Software License Agreement at its option, will repair or replace any part of this product which proves defective by 3ware on an exchange basis and will replace a defective media purchased with this ...
... to be provided by reason of 3ware. Software Warranty: 3WARE, INC. Exclusions THIS WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER ANY DAMAGE TO THIS PRODUCT WHICH RESULTS FROM ACCIDENT, ABUSE, MISUSE, NATURAL OR PERSONAL DISASTER, OR ANY UNAUTHORIZED DISASSEMBLY, REPAIR OR MODIFICATION. 3WARE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY ...purchase. For detailed terms and conditions, please see the Limited Hardware Warranty and Software License Agreement at its option, will repair or replace any part of this product which proves defective by 3ware on an exchange basis and will replace a defective media purchased with this ...
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... destroy your credit card authorization and you immediately ship the defective Escalade ATA RAID Controller to 3ware at : http://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp Web-based software downloads feature upgrading multiple switches simultaneously. 192 www.3ware.com 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide ARE THE SOLE WARRANTIES AND ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING...
... destroy your credit card authorization and you immediately ship the defective Escalade ATA RAID Controller to 3ware at : http://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp Web-based software downloads feature upgrading multiple switches simultaneously. 192 www.3ware.com 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide ARE THE SOLE WARRANTIES AND ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING...