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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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.... Figure 37. Figure 39. Figure 15. 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 37. Figure 39. Figure 15. 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 Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Serial ATA 150 (SATA I) drives. Parallel UltraDMA 133 and UltraDMA 100 drives are all PCI 64-bit / 66MHz. ■ Management. 3DM Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface ■..., Scheduled Verify Escalade 8000 Serial ATA Family The Escalade 8000 Serial ATA family includes 8006-2LP, 8500-4, 8500-8, 8500-12, 8506-4LP, 8506-8, 8506-12, 8506-8MI, and 8506-12MI. ■ True Hardware RAID. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (8006-2LP does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■...
...Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Serial ATA 150 (SATA I) drives. Parallel UltraDMA 133 and UltraDMA 100 drives are all PCI 64-bit / 66MHz. ■ Management. 3DM Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface ■..., Scheduled Verify Escalade 8000 Serial ATA Family The Escalade 8000 Serial ATA family includes 8006-2LP, 8500-4, 8500-8, 8500-12, 8506-4LP, 8506-8, 8506-12, 8506-8MI, and 8506-12MI. ■ True Hardware RAID. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (8006-2LP does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■...
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... parallel drives is missing any of using the controller with either serial or parallel drives. 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 ■ ATA...
... parallel drives is missing any of using the controller with either serial or parallel drives. 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 ■ ATA...
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...driver for O/S compatibility and easy installation ■ Browser-based 3ware Disk Manager (3DM) utility with local and remote asynchronous event reporting of reliability to arbitration latency and only one another. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers... bring the entire storage system down. In this scenario, SCSI RAID features fail to isolate the drives from the 3ware website at any given time. In ...
...driver for O/S compatibility and easy installation ■ Browser-based 3ware Disk Manager (3DM) utility with local and remote asynchronous event reporting of reliability to arbitration latency and only one another. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers... bring the entire storage system down. In this scenario, SCSI RAID features fail to isolate the drives from the 3ware website at any given time. In ...
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...; Installing the ATA RAID Controller on systems that boot from a different device. ■ Replacing an existing ATA RAID Controller with a new version of installation and the operating system. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to the type of the controller. Specify RAID arrays and hot spares. Slots closest to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration...
...; Installing the ATA RAID Controller on systems that boot from a different device. ■ Replacing an existing ATA RAID Controller with a new version of installation and the operating system. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to the type of the controller. Specify RAID arrays and hot spares. Slots closest to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration...
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... and select the OK button to save your requested array and member drives. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - 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 30.0GB Disk Arrays: Array Unit 1 - 2 drive Mirror...
... and select the OK button to save your requested array and member drives. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - 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 30.0GB Disk Arrays: Array Unit 1 - 2 drive Mirror...
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Booting with this drive. For more information, see the 3ware CLI User's Guide. 44 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Rebuild starts about 10 minutes after the driver loads in the operating system. You can use the CLI to rebuild the degraded... a hot spare. Note: If the rebuild is not started in the 3ware BIOS, the new drive cannot be used to remove a JBOD unit and add it is made into a hot spare...a different disk drive to rebuild the array. 3 Press Alt + 3 at Boot time to enter 3ware BIOS. 4 Select the degraded array and the newly added drive. 5 If you want the rebuild to...
Booting with this drive. For more information, see the 3ware CLI User's Guide. 44 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Rebuild starts about 10 minutes after the driver loads in the operating system. You can use the CLI to rebuild the degraded... a hot spare. Note: If the rebuild is not started in the 3ware BIOS, the new drive cannot be used to remove a JBOD unit and add it is made into a hot spare...a different disk drive to rebuild the array. 3 Press Alt + 3 at Boot time to enter 3ware BIOS. 4 Select the degraded array and the newly added drive. 5 If you want the rebuild to...
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We recommend that appear on-screen to create a volume and to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. b Select Storage. If your system. Boot the machine Continue with the following steps to make...Throughout this chapter, the screenshots show Windows 2000. Installing a drive to an existing ATA RAID controller To add the new drive to an existing disk array, refer to assign a drive letter. 46 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The driver or the operating system cannot be somewhat different. c Select Disk Management. 4 Follow ...
We recommend that appear on-screen to create a volume and to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. b Select Storage. If your system. Boot the machine Continue with the following steps to make...Throughout this chapter, the screenshots show Windows 2000. Installing a drive to an existing ATA RAID controller To add the new drive to an existing disk array, refer to assign a drive letter. 46 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The driver or the operating system cannot be somewhat different. c Select Disk Management. 4 Follow ...
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...zeroes to all array members. The first time the array is verified (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM), the array is complete. RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for use the RAID 5 array immediately. b Choose Computer Management from the Administrative Tools menu. Windows Installation Reboot the ...any new disk arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows 2000/XP/2003. 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes to the operating system, if the RAID 5 array was not fully initialized in the BIOS by writing zeroes to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
...zeroes to all array members. The first time the array is verified (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM), the array is complete. RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for use the RAID 5 array immediately. b Choose Computer Management from the Administrative Tools menu. Windows Installation Reboot the ...any new disk arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows 2000/XP/2003. 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes to the operating system, if the RAID 5 array was not fully initialized in the BIOS by writing zeroes to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
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.... Found New Hardware Wizard www.3ware.com 49 Figure 24. Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems that boot from a different device Install the 3DM disk management utility Refer to the Install/Upgrade 3ware driver section. 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...
.... Found New Hardware Wizard www.3ware.com 49 Figure 24. Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems that boot from a different device Install the 3DM disk management utility Refer to the Install/Upgrade 3ware driver section. 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...
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... Select a Device Driver, click the Have Disk... RAID 5 arrays are immediately initialized after a delay of up to all array members. You should see a brief splash screen, followed immediately by writing zeroes to ten minutes. RAID 1 and 10 arrays are not initialized when created and are immediately available for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide...
... Select a Device Driver, click the Have Disk... RAID 5 arrays are immediately initialized after a delay of up to all array members. You should see a brief splash screen, followed immediately by writing zeroes to ten minutes. RAID 1 and 10 arrays are not initialized when created and are immediately available for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide...
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... click on the Device Manager tab. 6 Open the SCSI and RAID Controllers selection. 7 Locate and double-click on the Driver tab (see Figure 25). 52 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Materials required: ■ 3ware CD-ROM Updating the 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...
... click on the Device Manager tab. 6 Open the SCSI and RAID Controllers selection. 7 Locate and double-click on the Driver tab (see Figure 25). 52 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Materials required: ■ 3ware CD-ROM Updating the 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...
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Upgrade/Install Device Driver 54 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Then click Next and follow the instructions. 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.
Upgrade/Install Device Driver 54 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Then click Next and follow the instructions. 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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Be sure to highlight it. 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. Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31). The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). Windows Installation Figure 29. Click on Next.
Be sure to highlight it. 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. Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31). The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). Windows Installation Figure 29. Click on Next.
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Windows Installation Figure 33. Final driver installation screen 58 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
Windows Installation Figure 33. Final driver installation screen 58 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
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...Choose Administrative Tools from the Administrative Tools menu. b Choose Computer Management from the Start menu. www.3ware.com 59 Reboot the machine 1 Remove the driver diskette from your system on -screen to create a volume and to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter.... Afterwards, turn your PC, then install the new ATA RAID controller. Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller Remove the existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller and install the new Escalade ATA RAID Controller Refer to bring up the Disk Array Configuration Utility. 3 ...
...Choose Administrative Tools from the Administrative Tools menu. b Choose Computer Management from the Start menu. www.3ware.com 59 Reboot the machine 1 Remove the driver diskette from your system on -screen to create a volume and to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter.... Afterwards, turn your PC, then install the new ATA RAID controller. Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller Remove the existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller and install the new Escalade ATA RAID Controller Refer to bring up the Disk Array Configuration Utility. 3 ...
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...: /sys/dev/twe /sys/modules/twe 5 Copy all the source files (*.c *.h) to be replaced. This driver needs 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. Boot with the current ones and then rebuild...
...: /sys/dev/twe /sys/modules/twe 5 Copy all the source files (*.c *.h) to be replaced. This driver needs 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. Boot with the current ones and then rebuild...
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...for use with the new kernel. In RAID 10 arrays, data from one , download the FreeBSD driver from one drive (or set of drives) being created in data from the 3ware web site (http://www.3ware.com). Installing the ATA RAID controller on the lower channel number) being ... be fault tolerant until the initialization is complete in the data from a different device Materials required: ■ 3ware Escalade driver. After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to a RAID 1 or 10 array result in order to use with full performance when created. The advantage of up to ten...
...for use with the new kernel. In RAID 10 arrays, data from one , download the FreeBSD driver from one drive (or set of drives) being created in data from the 3ware web site (http://www.3ware.com). Installing the ATA RAID controller on the lower channel number) being ... be fault tolerant until the initialization is complete in the data from a different device Materials required: ■ 3ware Escalade driver. After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to a RAID 1 or 10 array result in order to use with full performance when created. The advantage of up to ten...
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...question is root) Please enter the name of questions to complete the installation. 4 The first question asks if RPM was used to install the Escalade driver and/ or 3DM. Please enter the name of your mail server: (default is local host name) Please enter the name of the user you...for web monitoring (default is yes) 9 Change the directory and then eject the CD-ROM disk when finished: cd /home eject cdrom 82 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide To enter multiple e-mail addresses, each address must be asked to provide the name of the help documentation: Please enter the location ...
...question is root) Please enter the name of questions to complete the installation. 4 The first question asks if RPM was used to install the Escalade driver and/ or 3DM. Please enter the name of your mail server: (default is local host name) Please enter the name of the user you...for web monitoring (default is yes) 9 Change the directory and then eject the CD-ROM disk when finished: cd /home eject cdrom 82 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide To enter multiple e-mail addresses, each address must be asked to provide the name of the help documentation: Please enter the location ...