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... build 47 Continue with Windows installation 47 Reboot the machine 48 RAID array initialization 48 Install the 3DM disk management utility 49 Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems that boot from a different device . 49 Create disk arrays 49 Install the 3ware driver 49 Reboot the machine 50 RAID array 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...
... build 47 Continue with Windows installation 47 Reboot the machine 48 RAID array initialization 48 Install the 3DM disk management utility 49 Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems that boot from a different device . 49 Create disk arrays 49 Install the 3ware driver 49 Reboot the machine 50 RAID array 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...
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... in Use 39 Degraded RAID 5 Array Drive When Not in Use 40 Continue on Source Error Example 41 Select Available Drive to Replace Faulted Drive, RAID 1 Example 42 Rebuild Array Status Display, RAID 1 Example 42 Found New Hardware Wizard 49 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties Display 53 Upgrade Driver Welcome Screen 54 Upgrade/Install Device Driver 54 Select a Device Driver 55 Install From Disk 56 Select a Device Driver 56 Start Device Driver Installation 57 Digital Signature Not Found 57 Final driver installation screen 58 3DM Remote Monitoring and Security Configuration Display...
... in Use 39 Degraded RAID 5 Array Drive When Not in Use 40 Continue on Source Error Example 41 Select Available Drive to Replace Faulted Drive, RAID 1 Example 42 Rebuild Array Status Display, RAID 1 Example 42 Found New Hardware Wizard 49 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties Display 53 Upgrade Driver Welcome Screen 54 Upgrade/Install Device Driver 54 Select a Device Driver 55 Install From Disk 56 Select a Device Driver 56 Start Device Driver Installation 57 Digital Signature Not Found 57 Final driver installation screen 58 3DM Remote Monitoring and Security Configuration Display...
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...; Data Integrity. Serial ATA 150 (SATA I) drives. Before You Begin ■ BIOS. ATA Command Readback, S.M.A.R.T. 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 RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (8006-2LP does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. Parallel UltraDMA 133 and UltraDMA 100 drives are also supported when using a parallel-toserial converter. ■ Bus Types. ■ 8006-2LP is not available...
...; Data Integrity. Serial ATA 150 (SATA I) drives. Before You Begin ■ BIOS. ATA Command Readback, S.M.A.R.T. 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 RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (8006-2LP does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. Parallel UltraDMA 133 and UltraDMA 100 drives are also supported when using a parallel-toserial converter. ■ Bus Types. ■ 8006-2LP is not available...
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.../support/download.asp, and described in 3ware Escalade Command Line Interface User Guide) www.3ware.com 7 Any drive failure makes that further protect data from the 3ware website at any given time. In this scenario, SCSI RAID features fail to arbitration latency and only one another. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. Further, a single drive failure can bring new levels of reliability to ATA RAID...
.../support/download.asp, and described in 3ware Escalade Command Line Interface User Guide) www.3ware.com 7 Any drive failure makes that further protect data from the 3ware website at any given time. In this scenario, SCSI RAID features fail to arbitration latency and only one another. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. Further, a single drive failure can bring new levels of reliability to ATA RAID...
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... drives that support this power management state. Every 24 hours, the SMART RETURN STATUS is issued to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide This forces the drive firmware to attached disk drives. These commands are not required to install any of the disk drives have access to replace a failed drive in a redundant array while the system remains up in order to the 3DM Alarms page. To remotely access 3DM, you to sequence the spin-up . ■ SMART READ LOG and SMART READ DATA - Hot...
... drives that support this power management state. Every 24 hours, the SMART RETURN STATUS is issued to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide This forces the drive firmware to attached disk drives. These commands are not required to install any of the disk drives have access to replace a failed drive in a redundant array while the system remains up in order to the 3DM Alarms page. To remotely access 3DM, you to sequence the spin-up . ■ SMART READ LOG and SMART READ DATA - Hot...
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... 4. in an available PCI slot. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Linux mount /dev/cdrom /mnt cd /mnt/linux/3dm ./install.3dm Answer questions concerning e-mail notification and the port number for WEB monitoring. Slots closest to the Accelerated Graphics Port give the best performance. Installations include: ■ Installing the ATA RAID Controller while installing the operating system. ■ Installing the ATA RAID Controller on systems that boot from Run...
... 4. in an available PCI slot. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Linux mount /dev/cdrom /mnt cd /mnt/linux/3dm ./install.3dm Answer questions concerning e-mail notification and the port number for WEB monitoring. Slots closest to the Accelerated Graphics Port give the best performance. Installations include: ■ Installing the ATA RAID Controller while installing the operating system. ■ Installing the ATA RAID Controller on systems that boot from Run...
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... Escalade ATA RAID Controller may be configured to be installed before you are installing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller on a system that boot from another device as a disk attached to the Hardware Installation section. If you install your system's Setup utility to set the boot order according to how you have a new drive configuration without an operating system and want to an existing ATA RAID controller (page 46). Or, you are installing an additional drive to a Windows 2000/XP/2003 system with a new version...
... Escalade ATA RAID Controller may be configured to be installed before you are installing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller on a system that boot from another device as a disk attached to the Hardware Installation section. If you install your system's Setup utility to set the boot order according to how you have a new drive configuration without an operating system and want to an existing ATA RAID controller (page 46). Or, you are installing an additional drive to a Windows 2000/XP/2003 system with a new version...
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... on the drive and select Create Volume. 6 Follow the steps that the user upgrade to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. If your system. c Select Disk Management. 4 Follow the steps the appear on-screen to write a signature to the drive. 5 Right click on -screen to create a volume and to Windows 2000/XP/2003: 1 Boot the system and log in as a system administrator. 2 Partition and format the new arrays or disks using the...
... on the drive and select Create Volume. 6 Follow the steps that the user upgrade to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. If your system. c Select Disk Management. 4 Follow the steps the appear on-screen to write a signature to the drive. 5 Right click on -screen to create a volume and to Windows 2000/XP/2003: 1 Boot the system and log in as a system administrator. 2 Partition and format the new arrays or disks using the...
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... initial operating system build 1 Boot from the files located on the 3ware CD-ROM for Windows at the Microsoft website. Please refer to the "Readme.txt" file on the 3ware CD-ROM. Continue with Windows installation Continue with the normal Windows 2000/ XP/2003 installation at this point.There are no instructions after installing the driver that are specific to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing Windows...
... initial operating system build 1 Boot from the files located on the 3ware CD-ROM for Windows at the Microsoft website. Please refer to the "Readme.txt" file on the 3ware CD-ROM. Continue with Windows installation Continue with the normal Windows 2000/ XP/2003 installation at this point.There are no instructions after installing the driver that are specific to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing Windows...
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... make any new disk arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows 2000/XP/2003. 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes to Select a Device Driver, click the Have Disk... RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to assign a drive letter. The system may not boot if you reboot the system. In RAID 10 arrays, data from one disk (the disk on -screen to create a volume and to a RAID 1 or 10 array...
... make any new disk arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows 2000/XP/2003. 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes to Select a Device Driver, click the Have Disk... RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to assign a drive letter. The system may not boot if you reboot the system. In RAID 10 arrays, data from one disk (the disk on -screen to create a volume and to a RAID 1 or 10 array...
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... disk arrays for the new version Escalade ATA RAID Controller before installing the controller. Note: Upgrading to the Start menu, click on Settings and open the Control Panel win- dow. 4 From the Control Panel window, click on the System icon. 5 Click on the Hardware tab and then click on 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...
... disk arrays for the new version Escalade ATA RAID Controller before installing the controller. Note: Upgrading to the Start menu, click on Settings and open the Control Panel win- dow. 4 From the Control Panel window, click on the System icon. 5 Click on the Hardware tab and then click on 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...
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... floppy drive of the array is copied to an array that is initialized. Initialization results in Red Hat versions 8 and 9. If your driver disk. RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to be asked for your locality. 3 If asked to insert your BIOS supports it you may boot directly from CD-ROM. After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Red Hat Linux Installation Create disk arrays Refer to a www.3ware.com 63 RAID...
... floppy drive of the array is copied to an array that is initialized. Initialization results in Red Hat versions 8 and 9. If your driver disk. RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to be asked for your locality. 3 If asked to insert your BIOS supports it you may boot directly from CD-ROM. After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Red Hat Linux Installation Create disk arrays Refer to a www.3ware.com 63 RAID...
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... complete in the BIOS by writing zeroes to all array members. Please refer to the other drive (or set of drives) being created in order to the 3ware CLI User Guide. Once booted to the operating system, the RAID 5 array goes into initialization mode after being compared to the "Readme.txt" file on the 3ware CD-ROM. RAID 5 arrays are multiple kernels). 1 Type: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy 64 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems...
... complete in the BIOS by writing zeroes to all array members. Please refer to the other drive (or set of drives) being created in order to the 3ware CLI User Guide. Once booted to the operating system, the RAID 5 array goes into initialization mode after being compared to the "Readme.txt" file on the 3ware CD-ROM. RAID 5 arrays are multiple kernels). 1 Type: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy 64 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems...
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... 68 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing SuSE Linux with YaST2 (page 68). Please refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. SuSE Linux Installation Note: Release 7.7 of the 3ware code set the boot order according to how you install your operating system. If you wish to upgrade to a newer 3ware Escalade Linux driver, please refer to the 3ware CLI User Guide. Note: If you have a new drive configuration without an operating system and want to create a 3ware Linux Driver Installation Diskette from a different device...
... 68 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing SuSE Linux with YaST2 (page 68). Please refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. SuSE Linux Installation Note: Release 7.7 of the 3ware code set the boot order according to how you install your operating system. If you wish to upgrade to a newer 3ware Escalade Linux driver, please refer to the 3ware CLI User Guide. Note: If you have a new drive configuration without an operating system and want to create a 3ware Linux Driver Installation Diskette from a different device...
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... channel number) being created in the data from one drive (or set of drives) being compared to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. You will eliminate this problem. SuSE Linux Installation ■ SuSE Linux Installation CD-ROM/DVD Note: We have tested systems where an IDE drive connected to the motherboard interfered with using the Installation - Disconnecting the IDE drive while installing Linux will then be prompted to insert the driver disk. After the initial...
... channel number) being created in the data from one drive (or set of drives) being compared to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. You will eliminate this problem. SuSE Linux Installation ■ SuSE Linux Installation CD-ROM/DVD Note: We have tested systems where an IDE drive connected to the motherboard interfered with using the Installation - Disconnecting the IDE drive while installing Linux will then be prompted to insert the driver disk. After the initial...
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... to initialize an array than it will be required to the 3ware CLI User Guide. Please refer to the "Readme.txt" file on the 3ware CD-ROM. Linux Installation this is complete in order to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems that the RAID 5 array can be fault tolerant until the initialization is complete. If you are using the 3ware Command Line Interface, refer to create a 3ware Linux Driver Installation Diskette from a different device Materials...
... to initialize an array than it will be required to the 3ware CLI User Guide. Please refer to the "Readme.txt" file on the 3ware CD-ROM. Linux Installation this is complete in order to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems that the RAID 5 array can be fault tolerant until the initialization is complete. If you are using the 3ware Command Line Interface, refer to create a 3ware Linux Driver Installation Diskette from a different device Materials...
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..., you want to create an array larger than 1 TByte. Note: Some versions of FreeBSD you have supports it. Boot with the current ones and then rebuild the kernel. 1 Run the FreeBSD installation and reboot. FreeBSD Installation Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing FreeBSD Materials required: ■ 3ware Escalade driver. This driver needs to arrays larger than 1 TByte, check to /sys/dev/twe. 74 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Check your 3ware CD-ROM for the...
..., you want to create an array larger than 1 TByte. Note: Some versions of FreeBSD you have supports it. Boot with the current ones and then rebuild the kernel. 1 Run the FreeBSD installation and reboot. FreeBSD Installation Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing FreeBSD Materials required: ■ 3ware Escalade driver. This driver needs to arrays larger than 1 TByte, check to /sys/dev/twe. 74 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Check your 3ware CD-ROM for the...
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... member drives. What is installed on a device that deleting a disk array overwrites any existing data on your drive) or Master. Enter the Dell BIOS setup and reload the BIOS defaults. Reinstall your operating system. ■ If you installed your operating system when you installed the ATA RAID controller, you may have overwritten your system's boot order. Remember that is required. 98 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Software installation Q6: The ATA RAID controller was installed before you configured your system's Setup utility...
... member drives. What is installed on a device that deleting a disk array overwrites any existing data on your drive) or Master. Enter the Dell BIOS setup and reload the BIOS defaults. Reinstall your operating system. ■ If you installed your operating system when you installed the ATA RAID controller, you may have overwritten your system's boot order. Remember that is required. 98 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Software installation Q6: The ATA RAID controller was installed before you configured your system's Setup utility...
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... modifying 36 verifying 37 Disk Array Configuration Utility 98 Disk Arrays, listed in BIOS 30 Disk Druid partitioning utility 98 Download Error Log 87 drive adding a new one to a controller 46 Drive Configuration Block (DCB) 105 drive status connector 18, 21 Drive types 4 drivers installing under Linux 63 installing under Windows 49 updating under Windows 52 upgrading 54 Dynamic Sector Repair 13, 104 E Escalade 7 European Community Conformity 110 Extended Error Log 87 F FCC 109 Force Continue on Rebuild 93 FreeBSD Installation 73 H Hardware Installation 17 hot spare 27, 36 www.3ware.com 115
... modifying 36 verifying 37 Disk Array Configuration Utility 98 Disk Arrays, listed in BIOS 30 Disk Druid partitioning utility 98 Download Error Log 87 drive adding a new one to a controller 46 Drive Configuration Block (DCB) 105 drive status connector 18, 21 Drive types 4 drivers installing under Linux 63 installing under Windows 49 updating under Windows 52 upgrading 54 Dynamic Sector Repair 13, 104 E Escalade 7 European Community Conformity 110 Extended Error Log 87 F FCC 109 Force Continue on Rebuild 93 FreeBSD Installation 73 H Hardware Installation 17 hot spare 27, 36 www.3ware.com 115
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... mirrored disk array 40 Rebuilding RAID 5 40 Rebuilding with Hot Spare 40 rebuilding with hot spare 43 Red Hat Linux installation 62 Remote Access 91 removing an existing Escalade controller 17 S Serial ATA 8 serial ATA RAID controller with multi-lane internal connectors 24 SMART 11, 87, 103 Staggered Spin Up 12 status connector for drive (LED) 18, 21 stripe size, selecting 34 System requirements 4 T Technical Support 111 Tools required 4 Troubleshooting 97 TwinStor 11 U Ultra DMA protocol 104 uninstalling 3DM 83 upgrading the 3ware driver 54 116 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
... mirrored disk array 40 Rebuilding RAID 5 40 Rebuilding with Hot Spare 40 rebuilding with hot spare 43 Red Hat Linux installation 62 Remote Access 91 removing an existing Escalade controller 17 S Serial ATA 8 serial ATA RAID controller with multi-lane internal connectors 24 SMART 11, 87, 103 Staggered Spin Up 12 status connector for drive (LED) 18, 21 stripe size, selecting 34 System requirements 4 T Technical Support 111 Tools required 4 Troubleshooting 97 TwinStor 11 U Ultra DMA protocol 104 uninstalling 3DM 83 upgrading the 3ware driver 54 116 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide