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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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... 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 Disk Management Utility 79 Windows Installation 80 Installing 3DM for Windows 2000/XP/2003 80 Linux Installation 81 Uninstalling 3DM ...
... 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 Disk Management Utility 79 Windows Installation 80 Installing 3DM for Windows 2000/XP/2003 80 Linux Installation 81 Uninstalling 3DM ...
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.... Figure 31. Figure 36. Figure 39. 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 31. Figure 36. Figure 39. 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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... 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. Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, R5Fusion ■ Field Upgrades. Before You Begin ■ BIOS. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (8006-2LP does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive...
... 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. Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, R5Fusion ■ Field Upgrades. Before You Begin ■ BIOS. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (8006-2LP does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive...
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... for command and data transfers, S.M.A.R.T. CRC protection for assistance. ■ 3ware installation media 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 an ESD-protective bag ■ Serial ATA interface cables (one per port) Exception: Cables are...
... for command and data transfers, S.M.A.R.T. CRC protection for assistance. ■ 3ware installation media 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 an ESD-protective bag ■ Serial ATA interface cables (one per port) Exception: Cables are...
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...Some of the Escalade features and benefits include: ■ Non-blocking switch technology with RAID 5 parity ■ On-board processor minimizes host CPU overhead ■ SCSI device driver for O/S compatibility and easy installation ■ Browser-based 3ware Disk Manager (...3ware Escalade Command Line Interface User Guide) www.3ware.com 7 The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series uses a non-blocking switched architecture to isolate the drives from the 3ware website at any given time. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers...
...Some of the Escalade features and benefits include: ■ Non-blocking switch technology with RAID 5 parity ■ On-board processor minimizes host CPU overhead ■ SCSI device driver for O/S compatibility and easy installation ■ Browser-based 3ware Disk Manager (...3ware Escalade Command Line Interface User Guide) www.3ware.com 7 The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series uses a non-blocking switched architecture to isolate the drives from the 3ware website at any given time. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers...
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...drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to the type of the controller. Installations include: ■ Installing the ATA RAID Controller while installing the operating system. ■ Installing the ATA RAID Controller on systems that boot from a different device. ■ Replacing an existing ATA RAID Controller ...mail notification and the port number for notification, separate e-mail addresses using a comma. www.3ware.com 15 Slots closest to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. in the boot sequence, then press Alt-3 ...
...drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to the type of the controller. Installations include: ■ Installing the ATA RAID Controller while installing the operating system. ■ Installing the ATA RAID Controller on systems that boot from a different device. ■ Replacing an existing ATA RAID Controller ...mail notification and the port number for notification, separate e-mail addresses using a comma. www.3ware.com 15 Slots closest to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. in the boot sequence, then press Alt-3 ...
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... Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 22. 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 Port 3 - Rebuild Array Status Display, RAID 1 Example 11 Press F8 to continue. QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB Disk Arrays: Array Unit...
... Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 22. 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 Port 3 - Rebuild Array Status Display, RAID 1 Example 11 Press F8 to continue. QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB Disk Arrays: Array Unit...
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... that indicates a power failure, the firmware automatically starts the background initialization process to calculate and write the parity information. www.3ware.com 43 During driver startup, a flag is complete. Cancelling and restarting a rebuild with the new disk drive. Abort a rebuild by physically removing... array without user intervention. During the next system power cycle the firmware queries the flag. The rebuild will be correct For a RAID 5 configuration, if the process encounters the flag setting that there was a clean shutdown. Auto initialization on power failure A power...
... that indicates a power failure, the firmware automatically starts the background initialization process to calculate and write the parity information. www.3ware.com 43 During driver startup, a flag is complete. Cancelling and restarting a rebuild with the new disk drive. Abort a rebuild by physically removing... array without user intervention. During the next system power cycle the firmware queries the flag. The rebuild will be correct For a RAID 5 configuration, if the process encounters the flag setting that there was a clean shutdown. Auto initialization on power failure A power...
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Rebuild starts about 10 minutes after the driver loads in the 3ware BIOS, the new drive cannot be used to rebuild the degraded array unless it back as a single disk (JBOD) to the operating system. You can ... a JBOD unit and add it is not started in the operating system. For more information, see the 3ware CLI User's Guide. 44 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Note: If the rebuild is made into a hot spare. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 2 Add a different disk drive to rebuild the array. 3 Press Alt + 3 at Boot time...
Rebuild starts about 10 minutes after the driver loads in the 3ware BIOS, the new drive cannot be used to rebuild the degraded array unless it back as a single disk (JBOD) to the operating system. You can ... a JBOD unit and add it is not started in the operating system. For more information, see the 3ware CLI User's Guide. 44 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Note: If the rebuild is made into a hot spare. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 2 Add a different disk drive to rebuild the array. 3 Press Alt + 3 at Boot time...
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...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 Note: Throughout this chapter, the screenshots show Windows 2000. c Select Disk Management. 4 Follow the steps the appear on-screen...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. 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 assign a drive letter. 46 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Note: Throughout this chapter, the screenshots show Windows 2000. c Select Disk Management. 4 Follow the steps the appear on-screen...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. The driver or the operating system cannot be somewhat different.
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... that you have an additional disk ATA RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. 4 A box with the initial operating system build 1 Boot from the files located on the 3ware CD-ROM for Windows at this point.There are specific to 3ware. Otherwise, press Enter. Make sure that...documentation supplied by Microsoft if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" appears at SP3 or newer; Windows 2000 must be at the appropriate Service Pack level. Installing with 3ware ATA RAID Controller is at SP1 or newer. Please refer to the "Readme.txt" file...
... that you have an additional disk ATA RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. 4 A box with the initial operating system build 1 Boot from the files located on the 3ware CD-ROM for Windows at this point.There are specific to 3ware. Otherwise, press Enter. Make sure that...documentation supplied by Microsoft if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" appears at SP3 or newer; Windows 2000 must be at the appropriate Service Pack level. Installing with 3ware ATA RAID Controller is at SP1 or newer. Please refer to the "Readme.txt" file...
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...data from one disk (the disk on -screen to create a volume and to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The first time the array is verified (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM), the array is initialized. The disadvantage of this procedure is that it takes longer for use with... the following steps to make any new disk arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows 2000/XP/2003. 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes ...
...data from one disk (the disk on -screen to create a volume and to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The first time the array is verified (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM), the array is initialized. The disadvantage of this procedure is that it takes longer for use with... the following steps to make any new disk arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows 2000/XP/2003. 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes ...
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...-ROM Create disk arrays Refer to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Figure 24. Continue to the Install/Upgrade 3ware driver section. Found New Hardware Wizard www.3ware.com 49 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...
...-ROM Create disk arrays Refer to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Figure 24. Continue to the Install/Upgrade 3ware driver section. Found New Hardware Wizard www.3ware.com 49 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...
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...by writing zeroes to restart the system. In RAID 10 arrays, data from one half of the array is initialized. RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for use the RAID 5 array immediately. button, insert your 3ware driver diskette, and enter the path to the driver in the BIOS by an "Installation Complete"... a drive letter. c Select Storage. Windows Installation When prompted to be used immediately, but it takes longer for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to Select a Device Driver, click the Have Disk...
...by writing zeroes to restart the system. In RAID 10 arrays, data from one half of the array is initialized. RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for use the RAID 5 array immediately. button, insert your 3ware driver diskette, and enter the path to the driver in the BIOS by an "Installation Complete"... a drive letter. c Select Storage. Windows Installation When prompted to be used immediately, but it takes longer for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to Select a Device Driver, click the Have Disk...
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... Control Panel win- The 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties pop-up menu appears. 8 Click on 3ware ATA RAID Controller. Materials required: ■ 3ware CD-ROM Updating the 3ware driver 1 Backup any critical data prior to updating the 3ware driver. 2 Log in your system as system administrator. 3 Go to your disk arrays for the new version Escalade ATA RAID Controller before installing the controller. dow. 4 From the Control...
... Control Panel win- The 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties pop-up menu appears. 8 Click on 3ware ATA RAID Controller. Materials required: ■ 3ware CD-ROM Updating the 3ware driver 1 Backup any critical data prior to updating the 3ware driver. 2 Log in your system as system administrator. 3 Go to your disk arrays for the new version Escalade ATA RAID Controller before installing the controller. dow. 4 From the Control...
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button. 10 Click Next on the Update Driver... 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). www.3ware.com 53
button. 10 Click Next on the Update Driver... 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). www.3ware.com 53
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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. Upgrade/Install Device Driver 54 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Then click Next and follow the instructions. Figure 27.
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. Upgrade/Install Device Driver 54 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Then click Next and follow the instructions. Figure 27.
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... 29) dialog appears, insert the 3ware driver installation diskette or the 3ware CD-ROM and type the correct path name in Copy manufacturer's files from: near the bottom of Windows you are using Windows 2000, the path will be : D:\win2k. Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller 2 When the Select a Device...
... 29) dialog appears, insert the 3ware driver installation diskette or the 3ware CD-ROM and type the correct path name in Copy manufacturer's files from: near the bottom of Windows you are using Windows 2000, the path will be : D:\win2k. Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller 2 When the Select a Device...
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Click on Next. Figure 30. Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31). Be sure to highlight it. Windows Installation Figure 29. Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). 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.
Click on Next. Figure 30. Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31). Be sure to highlight it. Windows Installation Figure 29. Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). 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.