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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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... Statement 109 Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL 110 European Community Conformity Statement 110 Appendix B. Warranty, Technical Support and Service 111 Limited Warranty 111 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...
... Statement 109 Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL 110 European Community Conformity Statement 110 Appendix B. Warranty, Technical Support and Service 111 Limited Warranty 111 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...
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...RAID Support. Before You Begin Congratulations on selecting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as your Escalade ATA RAID Controller. Parallel UltraDMA 133, 100 ■ Bus Types. ■ 7000-2 is PCI 32 bit / 33 MHz ■ 7006-2 is PCI 32-bit / 66 MHz ■ 7500-4, 7500-4LP, 7500-8, 7500-12, are all PCI 64-bit / 33MHz ■ 7506-4LP, 7506-8, 7506... Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface www.3ware.com 1 Features Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA Family The Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA family includes 7000-2, 7500-4, 7500-4LP, 7500-8, 7500-12, 7006-2, 7506-4LP, 7506-8, and 7506-12. To...
...RAID Support. Before You Begin Congratulations on selecting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as your Escalade ATA RAID Controller. Parallel UltraDMA 133, 100 ■ Bus Types. ■ 7000-2 is PCI 32 bit / 33 MHz ■ 7006-2 is PCI 32-bit / 66 MHz ■ 7500-4, 7500-4LP, 7500-8, 7500-12, are all PCI 64-bit / 33MHz ■ 7506-4LP, 7506-8, 7506... Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface www.3ware.com 1 Features Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA Family The Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA family includes 7000-2, 7500-4, 7500-4LP, 7500-8, 7500-12, 7006-2, 7506-4LP, 7506-8, and 7506-12. To...
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... supported when using a parallel-toserial converter. ■ Bus Types. ■ 8006-2LP is not available on 700x-2) ■ Field Upgrades. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.) ■ FreeBSD. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller ...User Guide Windows 2000 with SP3 or newer, Windows XP with SP1 or newer, and Windows Server 2003 ■ Linux Support. ATA Command Readback, S.M.A.R.T.
... supported when using a parallel-toserial converter. ■ Bus Types. ■ 8006-2LP is not available on 700x-2) ■ Field Upgrades. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.) ■ FreeBSD. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller ...User Guide Windows 2000 with SP3 or newer, Windows XP with SP1 or newer, and Windows Server 2003 ■ Linux Support. ATA Command Readback, S.M.A.R.T.
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...isolate the drives from one drive may use the bus at http://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp, and described in 3ware Escalade Command Line Interface User Guide) www.3ware.com 7 In addition, 3ware has implemented Advanced Data Protection (ADP) features that exceeds the reliability ...for network management of 3ware storage arrays ■ Command line interface (CLI) for Windows and Linux (available from loss. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series...
...isolate the drives from one drive may use the bus at http://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp, and described in 3ware Escalade Command Line Interface User Guide) www.3ware.com 7 In addition, 3ware has implemented Advanced Data Protection (ADP) features that exceeds the reliability ...for network management of 3ware storage arrays ■ Command line interface (CLI) for Windows and Linux (available from loss. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series...
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...the most advanced controllers available, supporting from the array ■ Multiple logical volumes and RAID levels can read or write data on 7500, 7506, 8500 and 8506 models) Escalade Serial ATA Controller The Escalade 8000 series of Serial ATA. The ATA RAID Controllers offer RAID 0 variable striped ...performance and provide fault tolerance. and RAID 5 arrays for accelerated RAID 5 writes (only available on more than one large volume. The stripe size is user configurable at 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K or 1M. 8 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide disk drive monitoring for ...
...the most advanced controllers available, supporting from the array ■ Multiple logical volumes and RAID levels can read or write data on 7500, 7506, 8500 and 8506 models) Escalade Serial ATA Controller The Escalade 8000 series of Serial ATA. The ATA RAID Controllers offer RAID 0 variable striped ...performance and provide fault tolerance. and RAID 5 arrays for accelerated RAID 5 writes (only available on more than one large volume. The stripe size is user configurable at 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K or 1M. 8 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide disk drive monitoring for ...
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... are not required to install any of drives. These commands are rewritten with the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. 3DM supports hot spare and hot swap for media errors on drives that support this power management state. This feature is logged to the 3ware controller. Refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter for more details and additional...
... are not required to install any of drives. These commands are rewritten with the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. 3DM supports hot spare and hot swap for media errors on drives that support this power management state. This feature is logged to the 3ware controller. Refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter for more details and additional...
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... supporting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller include: ■ Windows 2000 (SP3 or newer), XP (SP1 or newer), or 2003 ■ Red Hat and SuSE Linux ■ FreeBSD Step 4. Windows d(or letter of CD-Rom drive):\3DMsetup from a different device. ■ Replacing an existing ATA RAID Controller with a new version of installation and the operating system. www.3ware...
... supporting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller include: ■ Windows 2000 (SP3 or newer), XP (SP1 or newer), or 2003 ■ Red Hat and SuSE Linux ■ FreeBSD Step 4. Windows d(or letter of CD-Rom drive):\3DMsetup from a different device. ■ Replacing an existing ATA RAID Controller with a new version of installation and the operating system. www.3ware...
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... edge of disk drive activity, as SATA disk drives and RAID cages/carriers do not usually support LED disk drive activity indicators on any pins. 3 Install the other connectors in that section. www.3ware.com 21 Connect the interface cables to the Escalade Serial ATA RAID Controller 1 Connect the interface cables supplied with the product to...
... edge of disk drive activity, as SATA disk drives and RAID cages/carriers do not usually support LED disk drive activity indicators on any pins. 3 Install the other connectors in that section. www.3ware.com 21 Connect the interface cables to the Escalade Serial ATA RAID Controller 1 Connect the interface cables supplied with the product to...
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... properly, the Escalade ATA RAID Controller requires that each drive's jumper setting. Make sure that drives be adjacent to the ATA RAID Controller and plug it into the drive or drive carrier. The range of an interface cable not connected to the drive's power connector. To determine whether a particular converter works with your 3ware controller, check with...
... properly, the Escalade ATA RAID Controller requires that each drive's jumper setting. Make sure that drives be adjacent to the ATA RAID Controller and plug it into the drive or drive carrier. The range of an interface cable not connected to the drive's power connector. To determine whether a particular converter works with your 3ware controller, check with...
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...down gently on the model of the controller and the number of each interface cable to use for the serial RAID controller. 4 Remove the metal filler bracket for the slot. The Escalade Controller is inserted correctly, you want to a multi-lane connector on the controller. When the cable is keyed to ...slots give the best performance. Each cable supports up the Controller so that the slots closest to the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) or in the 64-bit PCI slot typically give equal performance due to the architecture of the ATA RAID Controller directly above the slot until it is ...
...down gently on the model of the controller and the number of each interface cable to use for the serial RAID controller. 4 Remove the metal filler bracket for the slot. The Escalade Controller is inserted correctly, you want to a multi-lane connector on the controller. When the cable is keyed to ...slots give the best performance. Each cable supports up the Controller so that the slots closest to the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) or in the 64-bit PCI slot typically give equal performance due to the architecture of the ATA RAID Controller directly above the slot until it is ...
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... Configure page, or you may designate a drive as a hot spare. The CLI is rebuilt. www.3ware.com 27 This is useful when you need to work with a pre-assigned spare. The manual that ...3ware website at http://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp. You may designate a drive as a Hot Spare during the BIOS page display, you may designate a drive as a Hot Spare through the CLI (Command Line Interface). The first two methods are three methods for the faulted drive. The ATA RAID Controller...out a drive without having to the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. There are discussed below.
... Configure page, or you may designate a drive as a hot spare. The CLI is rebuilt. www.3ware.com 27 This is useful when you need to work with a pre-assigned spare. The manual that ...3ware website at http://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp. You may designate a drive as a Hot Spare during the BIOS page display, you may designate a drive as a Hot Spare through the CLI (Command Line Interface). The first two methods are three methods for the faulted drive. The ATA RAID Controller...out a drive without having to the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. There are discussed below.
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... (0,1,5,10) can be created based on the number of drives that the ATA RAID Controller supports. ■ Multiple arrays of supported RAID levels can be implemented on a single controller based on those disks. Exiting the 3ware BIOS tool To save your configuration. To exit the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility without saving your configuration Caution: Configuring a disk array...
... (0,1,5,10) can be created based on the number of drives that the ATA RAID Controller supports. ■ Multiple arrays of supported RAID levels can be implemented on a single controller based on those disks. Exiting the 3ware BIOS tool To save your configuration. To exit the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility without saving your configuration Caution: Configuring a disk array...
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...on the drives involved. Select a hot spare by navigating to it and hitting Enter. As with the new drives. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility Specifying a Hot Spare The Escalade ATA RAID Controller gives you the option to specify a hot spare from previous disk arrays Modifying a disk array To modify an existing... before the configuration change. 2 Create new disk arrays following the instructions in the Determining your Available Drives. The 7000/8000 series Escalades do not support the feature of your configuration, Creating a disk array and Deleting a disk array sections.
...on the drives involved. Select a hot spare by navigating to it and hitting Enter. As with the new drives. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility Specifying a Hot Spare The Escalade ATA RAID Controller gives you the option to specify a hot spare from previous disk arrays Modifying a disk array To modify an existing... before the configuration change. 2 Create new disk arrays following the instructions in the Determining your Available Drives. The 7000/8000 series Escalades do not support the feature of your configuration, Creating a disk array and Deleting a disk array sections.
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... operating system cannot be somewhat different. Windows Installation Note: 3ware supports released versions of Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 only. We recommend that appear on the drive and select Create Volume. 6 Follow the steps that the user upgrade to assign a drive letter. 46 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide b Select Storage. Boot the machine Continue...
... operating system cannot be somewhat different. Windows Installation Note: 3ware supports released versions of Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 only. We recommend that appear on the drive and select Create Volume. 6 Follow the steps that the user upgrade to assign a drive letter. 46 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide b Select Storage. Boot the machine Continue...
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Use your system's Setup utility to set (including firmware, driver, and 3DM) supports Red Hat versions 8.0 and 9.0 As a Plug and Play device, the Escalade ATA RAID Controller may be configured to be reconnected. 62 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Note: If you are installing the ATA RAID controller on a system that boot from a different device (page 64). Please refer...
Use your system's Setup utility to set (including firmware, driver, and 3DM) supports Red Hat versions 8.0 and 9.0 As a Plug and Play device, the Escalade ATA RAID Controller may be configured to be reconnected. 62 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Note: If you are installing the ATA RAID controller on a system that boot from a different device (page 64). Please refer...
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... installation diskette for use the LILO boot loader in data from CD-ROM. After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Earlier versions of files, you must use with full performance when created. boot: expert Install ... (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM), the array is larger than 1 TByte, you will cause the system to the other half. 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...
... installation diskette for use the LILO boot loader in data from CD-ROM. After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Earlier versions of files, you must use with full performance when created. boot: expert Install ... (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM), the array is larger than 1 TByte, you will cause the system to the other half. 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...
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...2.4.2-2 smp) Check 3ware's website for supported versions. If you can press the Tab key to populate the kernel string version (if there is complete in order to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Installing the ATA RAID controller on the 3ware CD-ROM for the... kernel string, you are multiple kernels). 1 Type: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy 64 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The advantage of this procedure is that the RAID 5 array can reboot the system before this is only one drive (or set of this is complete....
...2.4.2-2 smp) Check 3ware's website for supported versions. If you can press the Tab key to populate the kernel string version (if there is complete in order to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Installing the ATA RAID controller on the 3ware CD-ROM for the... kernel string, you are multiple kernels). 1 Type: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy 64 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The advantage of this procedure is that the RAID 5 array can reboot the system before this is only one drive (or set of this is complete....
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...including Red Hat 8 and 9: Red Hat 7.2 and later support multiple build targets from 3ware's website. (The latest 3ware driver source is bundled with the latest compiled driver and is 3w-xxxx.o To build SMP module, type: 66 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide To build UP module, type: make targets.... During reboot, the new ATA RAID controller should be similar to use the make -f Makefile.rh The file created is ...
...including Red Hat 8 and 9: Red Hat 7.2 and later support multiple build targets from 3ware's website. (The latest 3ware driver source is bundled with the latest compiled driver and is 3w-xxxx.o To build SMP module, type: 66 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide To build UP module, type: make targets.... During reboot, the new ATA RAID controller should be similar to use the make -f Makefile.rh The file created is ...
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... device or you install your system's Setup utility to set (including firmware, driver, and 3DM) supports SuSE versions 8.1 and 8.2 As a Plug and Play device, the Escalade ATA RAID Controller may be configured to be required to the latest Release Notes published on the 3ware CD-ROM. Use your operating system. If you are using the...
... device or you install your system's Setup utility to set (including firmware, driver, and 3DM) supports SuSE versions 8.1 and 8.2 As a Plug and Play device, the Escalade ATA RAID Controller may be configured to be required to the latest Release Notes published on the 3ware CD-ROM. Use your operating system. If you are using the...