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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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...or otherwise, without the proper written consent of 3ware, Inc., 455 West Maude Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94085. Trademarks 3ware, Escalade, and 3DM are all registered trademarks of 3ware, Inc. The 3ware logo, StorSwitch, TwinStor, and R5 Fusion are all trademarks of 3ware, Inc. Copyright ©2003 3ware, Inc. All rights reserved. assumes no responsibility... system, or transmitted in any form by any commitment to update the information contained herein. No part of their respective owners. Disclaimer 3ware, Inc. All other trademarks herein are property of this document, nor does...
...or otherwise, without the proper written consent of 3ware, Inc., 455 West Maude Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94085. Trademarks 3ware, Escalade, and 3DM are all registered trademarks of 3ware, Inc. The 3ware logo, StorSwitch, TwinStor, and R5 Fusion are all trademarks of 3ware, Inc. Copyright ©2003 3ware, Inc. All rights reserved. assumes no responsibility... system, or transmitted in any form by any commitment to update the information contained herein. No part of their respective owners. Disclaimer 3ware, Inc. All other trademarks herein are property of this document, nor does...
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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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.... Figure 14. Figure 19. Figure 36. 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 14. Figure 19. Figure 36. 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 43. Figure 45. Figure 46. Figure 42. Figure 49. Figure 47. 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 44. 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 43. Figure 45. Figure 46. Figure 42. Figure 49. Figure 47. 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 44. 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
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..., 7500-8, 7500-12, are all PCI 64-bit / 33MHz ■ 7506-4LP, 7506-8, 7506-12, are all PCI 64-bit / 66MHz. ■ Management. 3DM® Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface www.3ware.com 1 Before You Begin Congratulations on selecting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as your equipment and data, carefully read the information that follows...
..., 7500-8, 7500-12, are all PCI 64-bit / 33MHz ■ 7506-4LP, 7506-8, 7506-12, are all PCI 64-bit / 66MHz. ■ Management. 3DM® Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface www.3ware.com 1 Before You Begin Congratulations on selecting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as your equipment and data, carefully read the information that follows...
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...) ■ 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 PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant ■ Windows Support. Monitoring, Dynamic Sector Repair, Rebuild Pacing, Rebuild Scheduling, Background Media Scan, Hot Swap, Hot Spare, Hardware ...
...) ■ 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 PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant ■ Windows Support. Monitoring, Dynamic Sector Repair, Rebuild Pacing, Rebuild Scheduling, Background Media Scan, Hot Swap, Hot Spare, Hardware ...
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... advantage of the items listed below, contact 3ware before proceeding with installation (disk drives and disk mounting brackets are not included 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. Package Contents ■ Data Integrity...
... advantage of the items listed below, contact 3ware before proceeding with installation (disk drives and disk mounting brackets are not included 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. Package Contents ■ Data Integrity...
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Drives must meet UltraATA-133 or UltraATA-100 standards, but may be used . For the Escalade 7506 and 8506, install the card in this package or removing the protective covers of the hardware in a 66MHz PCI slot. PCI-X slots can also be... Safety Warning! Before You Begin Tools Required ■ An ESD grounding strap or mat ■ Standard hand tools to open your array configuration. 4 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The controllers can also be of unshielded interface cables may be connected to two, four, eight, or twelve IDE/ATA drives by the supplied interface...
Drives must meet UltraATA-133 or UltraATA-100 standards, but may be used . For the Escalade 7506 and 8506, install the card in this package or removing the protective covers of the hardware in a 66MHz PCI slot. PCI-X slots can also be... Safety Warning! Before You Begin Tools Required ■ An ESD grounding strap or mat ■ Standard hand tools to open your array configuration. 4 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The controllers can also be of unshielded interface cables may be connected to two, four, eight, or twelve IDE/ATA drives by the supplied interface...
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...excessively. ■ Interface cable connectors must not be mated carefully without bending any pin, contact, lead or component on the ATA RAID Controller. Ensure that they do not impede the flow of your computer is aligned with its slot on an ESD-protective mat. ■...components and accessories when installing or removing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. ■ When the case of cooling air from its two ends. ■ Don't touch any pins. www.3ware.com 5 Mechanical Concerns Be careful when installing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller into your system. ■ Be sure the...
...excessively. ■ Interface cable connectors must not be mated carefully without bending any pin, contact, lead or component on the ATA RAID Controller. Ensure that they do not impede the flow of your computer is aligned with its slot on an ESD-protective mat. ■...components and accessories when installing or removing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. ■ When the case of cooling air from its two ends. ■ Don't touch any pins. www.3ware.com 5 Mechanical Concerns Be careful when installing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller into your system. ■ Be sure the...
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... has inherent performance limitations due to isolate the drives from the 3ware website at any given time. Some of the Escalade features and benefits include: ■ Non-blocking switch technology with RAID 5 parity ■ On-board processor minimizes host CPU overhead ...3ware has implemented Advanced Data Protection (ADP) features that drive unavailable and the rest of the storage system remains undisturbed. In ADP Level-1, all drive commands are checked to make the data available. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers...
... has inherent performance limitations due to isolate the drives from the 3ware website at any given time. Some of the Escalade features and benefits include: ■ Non-blocking switch technology with RAID 5 parity ■ On-board processor minimizes host CPU overhead ...3ware has implemented Advanced Data Protection (ADP) features that drive unavailable and the rest of the storage system remains undisturbed. In ADP Level-1, all drive commands are checked to make the data available. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers...
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... on 3ware's 4th generation network switched architecture, the 8000 series are configured in a striped disk array (see Figure 1), the Escalade ATA RAID Controller distributes large files across the multiple disks using RAID 0 techniques. and RAID 5 arrays for accelerated RAID 5 writes (only available on 7500, 7506, 8500 and 8506 models) Escalade Serial ATA Controller The Escalade 8000 series of Serial ATA RAID cards...
... on 3ware's 4th generation network switched architecture, the 8000 series are configured in a striped disk array (see Figure 1), the Escalade ATA RAID Controller distributes large files across the multiple disks using RAID 0 techniques. and RAID 5 arrays for accelerated RAID 5 writes (only available on 7500, 7506, 8500 and 8506 models) Escalade Serial ATA Controller The Escalade 8000 series of Serial ATA RAID cards...
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... with the number of one drive. You can tolerate the loss of disks; Unlike all drives rather than 3 drives. 10 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Note: BIOS will reject the creation of drives). RAID 10 is available on -the-fly". from 66.7% for 3 drives to rebuild a failed drive "on the four, eight, and...
... with the number of one drive. You can tolerate the loss of disks; Unlike all drives rather than 3 drives. 10 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Note: BIOS will reject the creation of drives). RAID 10 is available on -the-fly". from 66.7% for 3 drives to rebuild a failed drive "on the four, eight, and...
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..., JBOD and Hot Spares). Additional RAID 5 arrays on the RAID controller. From the 3DM Disk Array Configuration Utility, you to take proactive steps to only the first RAID 5 array on the RAID controller will not benefit from available drives to the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapter. ... This command is issued 24 hours after the Escalade controller is combined with StorSwitch to D5h), and SMART READ DATA (B0h with Escalade 750x and 8508 ATA RAID Controllers. Configure and manage your disk arrays The 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility is applicable to prevent ...
..., JBOD and Hot Spares). Additional RAID 5 arrays on the RAID controller. From the 3DM Disk Array Configuration Utility, you to take proactive steps to only the first RAID 5 array on the RAID controller will not benefit from available drives to the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapter. ... This command is issued 24 hours after the Escalade controller is combined with StorSwitch to D5h), and SMART READ DATA (B0h with Escalade 750x and 8508 ATA RAID Controllers. Configure and manage your disk arrays The 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility is applicable to prevent ...
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... Management Utility. Staggered Spin Up allows drives to be configured for media errors on the Escalade ATA RAID Controller's host and allows you can use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility. The Escalade supports the ATA/6 implementation of it. The disk drive must support staggered spin up and...of the SMART RETURN STATUS command. If any software on the 3DM Alarms page is issued to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Hot swap allows users to replace a failed drive in a redundant array while the system remains up of the ...
... Management Utility. Staggered Spin Up allows drives to be configured for media errors on the Escalade ATA RAID Controller's host and allows you can use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility. The Escalade supports the ATA/6 implementation of it. The disk drive must support staggered spin up and...of the SMART RETURN STATUS command. If any software on the 3DM Alarms page is issued to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Hot swap allows users to replace a failed drive in a redundant array while the system remains up of the ...
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... give the best performance. Slots closest to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Create arrays Verify your boot device precedes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the Start menu. Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller Install the two, four, eight, or twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controller in an available PCI slot. Installations include: ■ Installing...
... give the best performance. Slots closest to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Create arrays Verify your boot device precedes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the Start menu. Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller Install the two, four, eight, or twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controller in an available PCI slot. Installations include: ■ Installing...
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...an existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller 1 If the computer is unimportant, even if the disks are connected is running, shut it aside. (Save the screw for installing the new controller.) www.3ware.com 17 This disk should be reconnected to do so may result in your system. 3ware Hardware ... cord from the outlet. 3 Open the computer case according to the manufacturer's instructions. 4 Disconnect the disks from the existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller installed in personal injury or damage to your boot device, note or mark which physical disk is connected to -plug replacement is...
...an existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller 1 If the computer is unimportant, even if the disks are connected is running, shut it aside. (Save the screw for installing the new controller.) www.3ware.com 17 This disk should be reconnected to do so may result in your system. 3ware Hardware ... cord from the outlet. 3 Open the computer case according to the manufacturer's instructions. 4 Disconnect the disks from the existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller installed in personal injury or damage to your boot device, note or mark which physical disk is connected to -plug replacement is...
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... PCI slot. 7 Remove the cables from the ATA RAID Controller and discard. Ports: 65 4 7 3 21 0 0 Serial Number (on plate) Figure 5. 8-Port Escalade 750x-8 ATA RAID Controller Layout Note: The LED drive status connector, if used, will flash for any I/ O activity on any port. See Figure 5. 18 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Reusing interface cables is not recommended...
... PCI slot. 7 Remove the cables from the ATA RAID Controller and discard. Ports: 65 4 7 3 21 0 0 Serial Number (on plate) Figure 5. 8-Port Escalade 750x-8 ATA RAID Controller Layout Note: The LED drive status connector, if used, will flash for any I/ O activity on any port. See Figure 5. 18 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Reusing interface cables is not recommended...