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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 Installation 61...
... 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 Installation 61...
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... Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement 109 Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL 110 European Community Conformity Statement 110 Appendix B. Compiling the Driver (For experts only 77 3DM Disk Management Utility 79 Windows Installation 80 Installing 3DM for Windows 2000/XP/2003 80 Linux Installation ...A. 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...
... Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement 109 Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL 110 European Community Conformity Statement 110 Appendix B. Compiling the Driver (For experts only 77 3DM Disk Management Utility 79 Windows Installation 80 Installing 3DM for Windows 2000/XP/2003 80 Linux Installation ...A. 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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... 29. Figure 18. Figure 8. Figure 23. 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...
... 29. Figure 18. Figure 8. Figure 23. 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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..., 8500-4, 8500-8, 8500-12, 8506-4LP, 8506-8, 8506-12, 8506-8MI, and 8506-12MI. ■ True Hardware RAID. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.) ■ FreeBSD. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Before You Begin ■ BIOS. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Serial ATA 150 (SATA I) drives. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
..., 8500-4, 8500-8, 8500-12, 8506-4LP, 8506-8, 8506-12, 8506-8MI, and 8506-12MI. ■ True Hardware RAID. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.) ■ FreeBSD. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Before You Begin ■ BIOS. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Serial ATA 150 (SATA I) drives. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
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... different cables. If using the Escalade Serial ATA Controller with parallel drives is missing any of using the controller 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. CRC protection for assistance. ■ 3ware installation media with parallel drives...
... different cables. If using the Escalade Serial ATA Controller with parallel drives is missing any of using the controller 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. CRC protection for assistance. ■ 3ware installation media with parallel drives...
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... device driver for O/S compatibility and easy installation ■ Browser-based 3ware Disk Manager (3DM) utility with local and remote asynchronous event reporting of array activities. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the... entire storage system down. In addition, 3ware has implemented Advanced Data Protection (ADP) features that drive unavailable and...
... device driver for O/S compatibility and easy installation ■ Browser-based 3ware Disk Manager (3DM) utility with local and remote asynchronous event reporting of array activities. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the... entire storage system down. In addition, 3ware has implemented Advanced Data Protection (ADP) features that drive unavailable and...
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...the operating system. Create arrays Verify your boot device precedes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the Start menu. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to the type of the controller. Install 3DM Install 3DM for WEB monitoring. in the boot ... Escalade ATA RAID Controller in an available PCI slot. Operating systems 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. Slots closest to activate the 3ware ...
...the operating system. Create arrays Verify your boot device precedes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the Start menu. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to the type of the controller. Install 3DM Install 3DM for WEB monitoring. in the boot ... Escalade ATA RAID Controller in an available PCI slot. Operating systems 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. Slots closest to activate the 3ware ...
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...Figure 22. Rebuild Array Status Display, RAID 1 Example 11 Press F8 to continue. QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Port 3 - 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - Select Available Drive to Replace Faulted Drive, RAID 1 Example 9 Navigate to the Rebuild ...Array Unit 1 - 2 drive Mirror Port 1 - A status screen will start within a few minutes of the 3ware driver loading, once the operating system has booted. 42 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Disk Arrays: *Array Unit 1 - 2 drive Mirror Port 1 -
...Figure 22. Rebuild Array Status Display, RAID 1 Example 11 Press F8 to continue. QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Port 3 - 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - Select Available Drive to Replace Faulted Drive, RAID 1 Example 9 Navigate to the Rebuild ...Array Unit 1 - 2 drive Mirror Port 1 - A status screen will start within a few minutes of the 3ware driver loading, once the operating system has booted. 42 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Disk Arrays: *Array Unit 1 - 2 drive Mirror Port 1 -
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... If a hot spare is specified and the mirrored or RAID 5 array degrades, an event notification is generated and the hot spare dynamically replaces the failed drive in front of this is complete. www.3ware.com 43 Select Rebuild. During driver startup, a flag is rewritten, indicating that was not a...user when the rebuild process is required. Click on the box in 3DM, but cannot be correct For a RAID 5 configuration, if the process encounters the flag setting that the driver loaded. Click on Remove Drive. 3 Add another drive and click on Add Drive. Upon an orderly shutdown,...
... If a hot spare is specified and the mirrored or RAID 5 array degrades, an event notification is generated and the hot spare dynamically replaces the failed drive in front of this is complete. www.3ware.com 43 Select Rebuild. During driver startup, a flag is rewritten, indicating that was not a...user when the rebuild process is required. Click on the box in 3DM, but cannot be correct For a RAID 5 configuration, if the process encounters the flag setting that the driver loaded. Click on Remove Drive. 3 Add another drive and click on Add Drive. Upon an orderly shutdown,...
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Rebuild starts about 10 minutes after the driver loads in the 'Force continue on the source disks, then indicate this drive. You can use the CLI to remove a JBOD unit and add it is made into a hot spare. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 2 Add a different disk drive to rebuild the array...with the drive attached when not defined as a hot spare will make the drive appear as a hot spare. For more information, see the 3ware CLI User's Guide. 44 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Booting with this in the operating system. Note: If the rebuild is not started in the...
Rebuild starts about 10 minutes after the driver loads in the 'Force continue on the source disks, then indicate this drive. You can use the CLI to remove a JBOD unit and add it is made into a hot spare. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 2 Add a different disk drive to rebuild the array...with the drive attached when not defined as a hot spare will make the drive appear as a hot spare. For more information, see the 3ware CLI User's Guide. 44 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Booting with this in the operating system. Note: If the rebuild is not started in the...
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b Select Storage. The driver or the operating system cannot be somewhat different. Boot the machine Continue with the following steps to make the new disk array or independent disk accessible to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. c Select Disk Management. 4 Follow the steps the appear on-screen to write... Tools menu. 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. The driver or the operating system cannot be somewhat different. Boot the machine Continue with the following steps to make the new disk array or independent disk accessible to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. c Select Disk Management. 4 Follow the steps the appear on-screen to write... Tools menu. 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
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...-ROM for Windows at the bottom of one or more mass storage devices or you have an additional disk ATA RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. 4 A box with the normal Windows 2000/ XP/2003 installation at the appropriate Service Pack...Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing Windows 2000/XP/2003 Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing Windows 2000/XP/2003 Materials required: ■ Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 installation CD-ROM ■ 3ware CD-ROM (You will be required to create a 3ware Windows Driver Installation Diskette from ...
...-ROM for Windows at the bottom of one or more mass storage devices or you have an additional disk ATA RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. 4 A box with the normal Windows 2000/ XP/2003 installation at the appropriate Service Pack...Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing Windows 2000/XP/2003 Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing Windows 2000/XP/2003 Materials required: ■ Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 installation CD-ROM ■ 3ware CD-ROM (You will be required to create a 3ware Windows Driver Installation Diskette from ...
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...Choose Administrative Tools from the Administrative Tools menu. c Select Storage. RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to ten minutes. After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The system may not boot if you reboot the system... to Windows 2000/XP/2003. 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes to the other drive. RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for use the RAID 5 array immediately. Once booted to the operating system, if the RAID 5 array was not fully initialized in the BIOS...
...Choose Administrative Tools from the Administrative Tools menu. c Select Storage. RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to ten minutes. After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The system may not boot if you reboot the system... to Windows 2000/XP/2003. 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes to the other drive. RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for use the RAID 5 array immediately. Once booted to the operating system, if the RAID 5 array was not fully initialized in the BIOS...
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...-ROM Create disk arrays Refer to the Install/Upgrade 3ware driver section. Figure 24. Continue to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Install the 3ware driver As a Plug and Play device, Windows 2000/XP/2003 recognizes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller and brings up the Found New Hardware Wizard which guides you in installing...
...-ROM Create disk arrays Refer to the Install/Upgrade 3ware driver section. Figure 24. Continue to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Install the 3ware driver As a Plug and Play device, Windows 2000/XP/2003 recognizes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller and brings up the Found New Hardware Wizard which guides you in installing...
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...create a volume and to use with full performance when created. The disadvantage of this is complete. button, insert your 3ware driver diskette, and enter the path to Select a Device Driver, click the Have Disk... d Select Disk Management. 4 Follow the steps the appear on-screen to write a ..., but it takes longer for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to the other half. c Select Storage. The system may not boot if you reboot the system. RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to be fault...
...create a volume and to use with full performance when created. The disadvantage of this is complete. button, insert your 3ware driver diskette, and enter the path to Select a Device Driver, click the Have Disk... d Select Disk Management. 4 Follow the steps the appear on-screen to write a ..., but it takes longer for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to the other half. c Select Storage. The system may not boot if you reboot the system. RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to be fault...
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... 3ware driver 1 Backup any critical data prior to updating the 3ware driver. 2 Log in to your system as system administrator. 3 Go to your controller and will not affect data stored in your disk arrays for the new version Escalade ATA RAID Controller before installing the controller. The 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties pop-up menu appears. 8 Click on 3ware ATA RAID Controller. dow. 4 From the Control...
... 3ware driver 1 Backup any critical data prior to updating the 3ware driver. 2 Log in to your system as system administrator. 3 Go to your controller and will not affect data stored in your disk arrays for the new version Escalade ATA RAID Controller before installing the controller. The 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties pop-up menu appears. 8 Click on 3ware ATA RAID Controller. dow. 4 From the Control...
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button. 10 Click Next on the Update Driver... www.3ware.com 53 Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller Figure 25. 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties Display 9 Click on the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard (see Figure 26).
button. 10 Click Next on the Update Driver... www.3ware.com 53 Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller Figure 25. 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties Display 9 Click on the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard (see Figure 26).
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Then click Next and follow the instructions. Upgrade/Install Device Driver 54 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Upgrade Driver Welcome Screen Installing/Upgrading the 3ware driver 1 When you reach the Upgrade Device Driver screen shown in Figure 27, make sure to select "Display a list of known drivers for this device, so that I can choose a specific driver." Windows Installation Figure 26. Figure 27.
Then click Next and follow the instructions. Upgrade/Install Device Driver 54 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Upgrade Driver Welcome Screen Installing/Upgrading the 3ware driver 1 When you reach the Upgrade Device Driver screen shown in Figure 27, make sure to select "Display a list of known drivers for this device, so that I can choose a specific driver." Windows Installation Figure 26. Figure 27.
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... you are using the 3ware CD, the path will be to the folder on the Have Disk... If you have. Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the box. If you are using a driver diskette and your CD drive is A:\. Select a Device Driver 3 When the Install from... Disk (Figure 29) dialog appears, insert the 3ware driver installation diskette or the 3ware CD-ROM and type the correct...
... you are using the 3ware CD, the path will be to the folder on the Have Disk... If you have. Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the box. If you are using a driver diskette and your CD drive is A:\. Select a Device Driver 3 When the Install from... Disk (Figure 29) dialog appears, insert the 3ware driver installation diskette or the 3ware CD-ROM and type the correct...
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The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). Click on Next. Then click on the appropriate driver name (i.e., Escalade 7000 ATA RAID Controller) listed in the dialog box to select the correct driver name, otherwise the driver upgrade will not be successful. Figure 30. Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31). Be sure to highlight it. Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows Installation Figure 29.
The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). Click on Next. Then click on the appropriate driver name (i.e., Escalade 7000 ATA RAID Controller) listed in the dialog box to select the correct driver name, otherwise the driver upgrade will not be successful. Figure 30. Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31). Be sure to highlight it. Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows Installation Figure 29.