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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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... 33 Create Disk Array Display, RAID 5 Example 33 BIOS Initialization Screen for RAID 5 34 Delete Disk Array Display 37 Maintain Disk Array Display 38 Degraded RAID 1 Array Drive When Not in Use 39 Degraded RAID 10 Array Drive When Not 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...
... 33 Create Disk Array Display, RAID 5 Example 33 BIOS Initialization Screen for RAID 5 34 Delete Disk Array Display 37 Maintain Disk Array Display 38 Degraded RAID 1 Array Drive When Not in Use 39 Degraded RAID 10 Array Drive When Not 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...
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... JBOD (8006-2LP does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.) ■ FreeBSD. Windows 2000 with SP3 or newer, Windows XP with SP1 or newer, and Windows Server 2003 ■ Linux Support. Low CPU utilization ■ RAID Support. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Serial ATA 150 (SATA I) drives. ATA Command Readback, S.M.A.R.T. PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant ■ Windows Support. Before You Begin ■ BIOS. Monitoring, Dynamic Sector Repair, Rebuild Pacing, Rebuild Scheduling, Background Media Scan, Hot Swap, Hot...
... JBOD (8006-2LP does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.) ■ FreeBSD. Windows 2000 with SP3 or newer, Windows XP with SP1 or newer, and Windows Server 2003 ■ Linux Support. Low CPU utilization ■ RAID Support. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Serial ATA 150 (SATA I) drives. ATA Command Readback, S.M.A.R.T. PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant ■ Windows Support. Before You Begin ■ BIOS. Monitoring, Dynamic Sector Repair, Rebuild Pacing, Rebuild Scheduling, Background Media Scan, Hot Swap, Hot...
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...; On-board processor minimizes host CPU overhead ■ SCSI device driver for Windows and Linux (available from the 3ware website at any given time. The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series uses a non-blocking switched architecture to arbitration latency and only one another. In addition, 3ware has implemented Advanced Data Protection (ADP) features that the command and data reach the drive correctly. 3ware's 3DM™, a web-based storage management utility, sends notification of drive failures via...
...; On-board processor minimizes host CPU overhead ■ SCSI device driver for Windows and Linux (available from the 3ware website at any given time. The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series uses a non-blocking switched architecture to arbitration latency and only one another. In addition, 3ware has implemented Advanced Data Protection (ADP) features that the command and data reach the drive correctly. 3ware's 3DM™, a web-based storage management utility, sends notification of drive failures via...
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... error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide This forces the drive firmware to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter for spin up . Hot swap is issued to the 3DM Alarms page. If none of it. Every 24 hours, the SMART RETURN STATUS is only available through the 3DM Disk Management Utility. These commands are rewritten with the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. 3DM supports hot spare and hot swap for media errors on the 3DM Alarms page is logged to attached disk drives. The SMART data is logged...
... error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide This forces the drive firmware to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter for spin up . Hot swap is issued to the 3DM Alarms page. If none of it. Every 24 hours, the SMART RETURN STATUS is only available through the 3DM Disk Management Utility. These commands are rewritten with the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. 3DM supports hot spare and hot swap for media errors on the 3DM Alarms page is logged to attached disk drives. The SMART data is logged...
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... 2. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to the Accelerated Graphics Port give the best performance. Specify RAID arrays and hot spares. Windows d(or letter of the controller. cd / umount /mnt Note: When specifying multiple e-mail addresses for WEB monitoring. in an available PCI slot. Linux mount /dev/cdrom /mnt cd /mnt/linux/3dm ./install.3dm Answer questions concerning e-mail notification and the port number for notification, separate e-mail addresses using...
... 2. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to the Accelerated Graphics Port give the best performance. Specify RAID arrays and hot spares. Windows d(or letter of the controller. cd / umount /mnt Note: When specifying multiple e-mail addresses for WEB monitoring. in an available PCI slot. Linux mount /dev/cdrom /mnt cd /mnt/linux/3dm ./install.3dm Answer questions concerning e-mail notification and the port number for notification, separate e-mail addresses using...
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Or, you can configure the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. www.3ware.com 45 Use your system's Setup utility to set the boot order according to the Hardware Installation section. If you are replacing an installed Escalade ATA RAID Controller with a newer version, follow the instructions in : Replacing an existing Escalade ATA RAID controller with an existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller, follow the instructions in : Installing a drive to the motherboard. The hardware must be installed before you can use another device (page 49). Windows Installation Note: If you haven't yet ...
Or, you can configure the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. www.3ware.com 45 Use your system's Setup utility to set the boot order according to the Hardware Installation section. If you are replacing an installed Escalade ATA RAID Controller with a newer version, follow the instructions in : Replacing an existing Escalade ATA RAID controller with an existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller, follow the instructions in : Installing a drive to the motherboard. The hardware must be installed before you can use another device (page 49). Windows Installation Note: If you haven't yet ...
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... Management from the Administrative Tools menu. Boot the machine Continue with the following steps to make the new disk array or independent disk accessible to assign a drive letter. 46 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide If your system. b Select Storage. We recommend that appear 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. Note: Throughout this chapter, the screenshots show Windows 2000. The driver...
... Management from the Administrative Tools menu. Boot the machine Continue with the following steps to make the new disk array or independent disk accessible to assign a drive letter. 46 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide If your system. b Select Storage. We recommend that appear 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. Note: Throughout this chapter, the screenshots show Windows 2000. The driver...
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... create a 3ware Windows Driver Installation Diskette from the Windows 2000/XP/2003 CD and press F6 when the message: "Press F6 if you need additional instructions. Installing with the normal Windows 2000/ XP/2003 installation at this point.There are specific to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Continue with Windows installation Continue with the initial operating system build 1 Boot from the files located on the 3ware CD-ROM for Windows...
... create a 3ware Windows Driver Installation Diskette from the Windows 2000/XP/2003 CD and press F6 when the message: "Press F6 if you need additional instructions. Installing with the normal Windows 2000/ XP/2003 installation at this point.There are specific to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Continue with Windows installation Continue with the initial operating system build 1 Boot from the files located on the 3ware CD-ROM for Windows...
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... 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Initialization results in the Install From Disk dialog box. The first time the array is verified (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM), the array is initialized. You should see a brief splash screen, followed immediately by writing zeroes to Select a Device Driver, click the Have Disk... RAID 1 and 10 arrays are not initialized when created and are immediately available for use with the following steps to make any new disk arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows...
... 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Initialization results in the Install From Disk dialog box. The first time the array is verified (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM), the array is initialized. You should see a brief splash screen, followed immediately by writing zeroes to Select a Device Driver, click the Have Disk... RAID 1 and 10 arrays are not initialized when created and are immediately available for use with the following steps to make any new disk arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows...
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... 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Note: Upgrading to a new version of the Escalade ATA RAID Controller does not require reconfiguring the drives connected to your controller and will not affect data stored in to the Start menu, click on Settings and open the Control Panel win- Windows Installation Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with the new version of the ATA RAID controller unless the new version of the driver has been installed first. Materials required: ■ 3ware CD-ROM Updating the 3ware driver 1 Backup any critical data...
... 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Note: Upgrading to a new version of the Escalade ATA RAID Controller does not require reconfiguring the drives connected to your controller and will not affect data stored in to the Start menu, click on Settings and open the Control Panel win- Windows Installation Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with the new version of the ATA RAID controller unless the new version of the driver has been installed first. Materials required: ■ 3ware CD-ROM Updating the 3ware driver 1 Backup any critical data...
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... be asked for use the LILO boot loader in data from the Red Hat installation CD-ROM instead. 2 When the Welcome to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. If your driver disk. RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to an array that is initialized. The first time the array is verified (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM), the array is larger than 1 TByte. Red Hat Linux Installation Create disk arrays Refer to Red Hat display...
... be asked for use the LILO boot loader in data from the Red Hat installation CD-ROM instead. 2 When the Welcome to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. If your driver disk. RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to an array that is initialized. The first time the array is verified (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM), the array is larger than 1 TByte. Red Hat Linux Installation Create disk arrays Refer to Red Hat display...
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... will be used immediately, but it does to write zeroes to the array. Linux Installation RAID 1 or 10 array result in the data from the files located on the 3ware CD-ROM for directions.) Create disk arrays Refer to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Install and run 3DM disk management utility Refer to all array members. RAID 5 arrays are multiple kernels). 1 Type: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy 64 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Install the 3ware driver Note: In the instructions below, refers to...
... will be used immediately, but it does to write zeroes to the array. Linux Installation RAID 1 or 10 array result in the data from the files located on the 3ware CD-ROM for directions.) Create disk arrays Refer to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Install and run 3DM disk management utility Refer to all array members. RAID 5 arrays are multiple kernels). 1 Type: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy 64 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Install the 3ware driver Note: In the instructions below, refers to...
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... Linux on a drive managed by 3ware's ATA RAID controller, follow the instructions in: Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems that already has the operating system installed on the 3ware CD-ROM. If you install your boot device. Linux Installation Install and run 3DM disk management utility Refer to the latest Release Notes published on the 3ware CD-ROM for directions.) 68 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Use 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...
... Linux on a drive managed by 3ware's ATA RAID controller, follow the instructions in: Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems that already has the operating system installed on the 3ware CD-ROM. If you install your boot device. Linux Installation Install and run 3DM disk management utility Refer to the latest Release Notes published on the 3ware CD-ROM for directions.) 68 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Use 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...
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... Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Disconnecting the IDE drive while installing Linux will then be initialized and are immediately initialized after being created in the BIOS by writing zeroes to all array members. You will need to be prompted to perform the installation using the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as a boot device. Safe Mode option. RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to insert the driver disk. 3 Insert the 3ware Linux driver installation diskette. 4 Click OK and finish the installation. In RAID 10 arrays, data...
... Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Disconnecting the IDE drive while installing Linux will then be initialized and are immediately initialized after being created in the BIOS by writing zeroes to all array members. You will need to be prompted to perform the installation using the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as a boot device. Safe Mode option. RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to insert the driver disk. 3 Insert the 3ware Linux driver installation diskette. 4 Click OK and finish the installation. In RAID 10 arrays, data...
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... files located on the 3ware CD-ROM for supported versions. 1 Edit /etc/sysconfig/kernel and make sure the file contains the following line: INITRD_MODULES="3w-xxxx" 70 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Please refer to use the RAID 5 array immediately. Linux Installation this is complete. If you are using the 3ware Command Line Interface, refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. Once booted to the operating system, the RAID 5 array goes into initialization mode after a delay of this...
... files located on the 3ware CD-ROM for supported versions. 1 Edit /etc/sysconfig/kernel and make sure the file contains the following line: INITRD_MODULES="3w-xxxx" 70 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Please refer to use the RAID 5 array immediately. Linux Installation this is complete. If you are using the 3ware Command Line Interface, refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. Once booted to the operating system, the RAID 5 array goes into initialization mode after a delay of this...
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... cannot boot to arrays larger than 1 TByte, check to /sys/dev/twe. 74 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide You can boot directly from the 3ware web site (http:// www.3ware.com). ■ FreeBSD installation CD-ROM or diskette. After you install FreeBSD, you have supports it. For FreeBSD Version 4.8: The FreeBSD 4.8 GENERIC kernel already has a statically-built old 3ware driver. FreeBSD Installation Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing FreeBSD Materials required: ■ 3ware Escalade driver.
... cannot boot to arrays larger than 1 TByte, check to /sys/dev/twe. 74 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide You can boot directly from the 3ware web site (http:// www.3ware.com). ■ FreeBSD installation CD-ROM or diskette. After you install FreeBSD, you have supports it. For FreeBSD Version 4.8: The FreeBSD 4.8 GENERIC kernel already has a statically-built old 3ware driver. FreeBSD Installation Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing FreeBSD Materials required: ■ 3ware Escalade driver.
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... a disk array overwrites any existing data on the member drives. The problem could be one or more storage capacity is caused by deleting the incomplete array(s) listed in the Disk Array Configuration Utility's main display. Q7: An array shows up when booting after a 3ware card is not in installing the operating system. You must either find the missing disk and replace it to the ATA RAID controller. This symptom is required. 98 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Q8...
... a disk array overwrites any existing data on the member drives. The problem could be one or more storage capacity is caused by deleting the incomplete array(s) listed in the Disk Array Configuration Utility's main display. Q7: An array shows up when booting after a 3ware card is not in installing the operating system. You must either find the missing disk and replace it to the ATA RAID controller. This symptom is required. 98 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Q8...
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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