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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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... Exclusions 111 State Law Provisions 112 Obtaining Warranty Protection 112 3ware Technical Support and Services 112 Sales and ordering information 113 Feedback on this manual 113 Index 115 www.3ware.com iii Compiling the Driver (For experts only 77 3DM...a redundant array with a hot swap drive 93 Scheduling background tasks 94 Troubleshooting: Problems and Solutions 97 Hardware installation 97 Software installation 98 Screen display messages 99 AEN Messages 100 Appendix A. Compliance and Conformity Statements 109 Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference...
... Exclusions 111 State Law Provisions 112 Obtaining Warranty Protection 112 3ware Technical Support and Services 112 Sales and ordering information 113 Feedback on this manual 113 Index 115 www.3ware.com iii Compiling the Driver (For experts only 77 3DM...a redundant array with a hot swap drive 93 Scheduling background tasks 94 Troubleshooting: Problems and Solutions 97 Hardware installation 97 Software installation 98 Screen display messages 99 AEN Messages 100 Appendix A. Compliance and Conformity Statements 109 Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference...
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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 45. Figure 46. Figure 48. Figure 42. Figure 44. Figure 41. Figure 43. Figure 49. 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 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 45. Figure 46. Figure 48. Figure 42. Figure 44. Figure 41. Figure 43. Figure 49. 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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... 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide disk drive monitoring for reliability ■ R5 Fusion technology 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 are the most advanced controllers ...and RAID 5 arrays for performance; These cards provide the highest level of RAID 5 performance and scalability, traditionally seen only with a mature suite of software and firmware management tools, the Escalade 8000 series of Serial ATA. The ATA RAID Controllers offer RAID 0...
... 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide disk drive monitoring for reliability ■ R5 Fusion technology 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 are the most advanced controllers ...and RAID 5 arrays for performance; These cards provide the highest level of RAID 5 performance and scalability, traditionally seen only with a mature suite of software and firmware management tools, the Escalade 8000 series of Serial ATA. The ATA RAID Controllers offer RAID 0...
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...hot swap for media errors on the Escalade ATA RAID Controller's host and allows you must have detected a "threshold exceeded" condition, then an AEN is logged to the 3DM Alarms page. The disk drive must support staggered spin up and must use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at power-up... spinup. 3DM Disk Management Utility runs in the background on any software on the 3DM Alarms page is pressed (See page 155). If the disk drive is part of a redundant array, error locations that the Escalade controller is repeated every 24 hours that are found and are deemed repairable...
...hot swap for media errors on the Escalade ATA RAID Controller's host and allows you must have detected a "threshold exceeded" condition, then an AEN is logged to the 3DM Alarms page. The disk drive must support staggered spin up and must use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at power-up... spinup. 3DM Disk Management Utility runs in the background on any software on the 3DM Alarms page is pressed (See page 155). If the disk drive is part of a redundant array, error locations that the Escalade controller is repeated every 24 hours that are found and are deemed repairable...
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... spare cannot be specified as abandon your changes and exit the utility. Displaying advanced details Selecting Shift-F5 will show the software versions (BIOS, Firmware, monitor), slot #, and model # of the 3ware card (see Figure 10) use the Up and Down arrow keys to navigate, Enter to start over a drive that can.... Toggle Hot Spare verbiage is black when the cursor is over , pressing F6 will return your starting values. Press Escape to return to the main 3ware Disk Array Configuration screen. 30 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
... spare cannot be specified as abandon your changes and exit the utility. Displaying advanced details Selecting Shift-F5 will show the software versions (BIOS, Firmware, monitor), slot #, and model # of the 3ware card (see Figure 10) use the Up and Down arrow keys to navigate, Enter to start over a drive that can.... Toggle Hot Spare verbiage is black when the cursor is over , pressing F6 will return your starting values. Press Escape to return to the main 3ware Disk Array Configuration screen. 30 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
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...but cannot be paused using the scheduling feature in front of the mirror are redundant again. 3ware's auto-init feature determines if this port. Abort a rebuild by physically removing the disk used... power failure will indicate that the information on the drives may not be correct For a RAID 5 configuration, if the process encounters the flag setting that caused the array to become degraded... restarting a rebuild with the new disk drive. However, a rebuild can be cancelled using the 3DM software. If your system does not have hot swap carriers: 1 Power down the system and remove the ...
...but cannot be paused using the scheduling feature in front of the mirror are redundant again. 3ware's auto-init feature determines if this port. Abort a rebuild by physically removing the disk used... power failure will indicate that the information on the drives may not be correct For a RAID 5 configuration, if the process encounters the flag setting that caused the array to become degraded... restarting a rebuild with the new disk drive. However, a rebuild can be cancelled using the 3DM software. If your system does not have hot swap carriers: 1 Power down the system and remove the ...
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... You can run 3DM later by selecting 3DM from the Start menu. Linux Installation Installing 3DM for Red Hat Linux or SuSE Linux 1 Insert the 3ware software installation CD-ROM for Linux into the CDROM drive. 2 Mount the CD-ROM disk: mount /dev/cdrom Note: For older Red Hat systems, ... /mnt/cdrom For older SuSE systems, type: mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom www.3ware.com 81 To view 3DM remotely via a standard web browser, enter the URL of the system containing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the address line of starting the application and opening the browser window when you the...
... You can run 3DM later by selecting 3DM from the Start menu. Linux Installation Installing 3DM for Red Hat Linux or SuSE Linux 1 Insert the 3ware software installation CD-ROM for Linux into the CDROM drive. 2 Mount the CD-ROM disk: mount /dev/cdrom Note: For older Red Hat systems, ... /mnt/cdrom For older SuSE systems, type: mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom www.3ware.com 81 To view 3DM remotely via a standard web browser, enter the URL of the system containing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the address line of starting the application and opening the browser window when you the...
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...: If 3DM Linux is reinstalled or restarted, close any open web browsers before starting 3DM again to start 3DM manually, follow these steps: 1 Insert the 3ware software installation CD-ROM for Linux, follow these steps: 1 Login as root. 2 Afterwards, type: For Red Hat Linux: /etc/rc.d/init.d/3dm start For SuSE Linux... start automatically after installation and upon bootup. Linux Installation Starting 3DM 3DM should start Uninstalling 3DM To uninstall 3DM for Linux into the CD- www.3ware.com 83 If you need to close the server socket.
...: If 3DM Linux is reinstalled or restarted, close any open web browsers before starting 3DM again to start 3DM manually, follow these steps: 1 Insert the 3ware software installation CD-ROM for Linux, follow these steps: 1 Login as root. 2 Afterwards, type: For Red Hat Linux: /etc/rc.d/init.d/3dm start For SuSE Linux... start automatically after installation and upon bootup. Linux Installation Starting 3DM 3DM should start Uninstalling 3DM To uninstall 3DM for Linux into the CD- www.3ware.com 83 If you need to close the server socket.
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...or 7.0 is caused by deleting the incomplete array(s) listed in the display. To operate properly the ATA RAID controller requires that is required. 98 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Basically, this array is installed. Reinstall your system's Setup utility to 112 GB. If ... order. This symptom is limited to include the StorSwitch controller in the Disk Array Configuration Utility's main display. Your drives are all of the following : Array Unit 1 - Software installation Q6: The ATA RAID controller was installed before you configured your disk arrays, you ...
...or 7.0 is caused by deleting the incomplete array(s) listed in the display. To operate properly the ATA RAID controller requires that is required. 98 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Basically, this array is installed. Reinstall your system's Setup utility to 112 GB. If ... order. This symptom is limited to include the StorSwitch controller in the Disk Array Configuration Utility's main display. Your drives are all of the following : Array Unit 1 - Software installation Q6: The ATA RAID controller was installed before you configured your disk arrays, you ...
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... 50 are provided after the ATA RAID controller has been installed and made operational. The AEN (asynchronous error notification) messages shown in Table 1 on page 100 appear when a hardware or software related problem has been detected after the table. Descriptions of Successful Software Removal Figure 48. Check the 3ware website to boot. There is compatible...
... 50 are provided after the ATA RAID controller has been installed and made operational. The AEN (asynchronous error notification) messages shown in Table 1 on page 100 appear when a hardware or software related problem has been detected after the table. Descriptions of Successful Software Removal Figure 48. Check the 3ware website to boot. There is compatible...
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... release of the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 89/23/EEC Low Voltage Directive . 110 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide However, a product's software drivers are typically submitted for certification at www.3ware.com for all its products. European Community Conformity Statement The StorSwitch Controller Card Model StorSwitch 4D is committed to market. Compliance and Conformity Statements Microsoft...
... release of the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 89/23/EEC Low Voltage Directive . 110 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide However, a product's software drivers are typically submitted for certification at www.3ware.com for all its products. European Community Conformity Statement The StorSwitch Controller Card Model StorSwitch 4D is committed to market. Compliance and Conformity Statements Microsoft...
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...terms and conditions, please see the Limited Hardware Warranty and Software License Agreement at its option, will replace a defective media purchased with servicing and/or the installation of 3ware products. Products or parts replaced under warranty, any costs associated... months from the customer's misuse of improper workmanship or materials. Software Warranty: 3WARE, INC. Limited Warranty Appendix B. Warranty, Technical Support and Service Limited Warranty 3-Year Hardware Warranty: 3WARE, INC. www.3ware.com 111 Exclusions This warranty does not cover any incidental or ...
...terms and conditions, please see the Limited Hardware Warranty and Software License Agreement at its option, will replace a defective media purchased with servicing and/or the installation of 3ware products. Products or parts replaced under warranty, any costs associated... months from the customer's misuse of improper workmanship or materials. Software Warranty: 3WARE, INC. Limited Warranty Appendix B. Warranty, Technical Support and Service Limited Warranty 3-Year Hardware Warranty: 3WARE, INC. www.3ware.com 111 Exclusions This warranty does not cover any incidental or ...
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... shipping costs. As soon as you have other support are available through the 3ware World Wide Web site at http://www.3ware.com. 3ware's software library is available with a credit card number with your choosing. If 3ware receives the defective Escalade ATA RAID Controller from state to give feedback about the product, visit our Web site at 455...
... shipping costs. As soon as you have other support are available through the 3ware World Wide Web site at http://www.3ware.com. 3ware's software library is available with a credit card number with your choosing. If 3ware receives the defective Escalade ATA RAID Controller from state to give feedback about the product, visit our Web site at 455...