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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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... scan and dynamic sector repair enhance data integrity . . . 12 Quick Installation Guide 14 3ware Hardware Installation 17 To remove an existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller 17 Installing a Parallel ATA RAID Controller 18 Connect the interface cables to the Escalade ATA RAID Controller 18 Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the computer 19 Connect the drives to the interface cables 20 Installing...
... scan and dynamic sector repair enhance data integrity . . . 12 Quick Installation Guide 14 3ware Hardware Installation 17 To remove an existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller 17 Installing a Parallel ATA RAID Controller 18 Connect the interface cables to the Escalade ATA RAID Controller 18 Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the computer 19 Connect the drives to the interface cables 20 Installing...
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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...
... 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...
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.... Figure 23. Figure 35. 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 23. Figure 35. 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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List of Successful Software Removal 99 Administrator Privileges Required Warning 99 Firmware Upgrade Requirement Warning 100 System Reboot Request 100 vi 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 49. Figure 41. Figure 43. Figure 45. Figure 50. 3DM Settings Display 89 3DM Administrator Login Display 90 3DM User Login Display 91 3DM Configure Display 92 3DM Help Display 95 Installation or Removal Dialog Box 99 A Warning for All Software Removal Requests 99 Confirmation of Figures Figure 40. Figure 44. Figure 48. Figure 46. Figure 42. Figure 47.
List of Successful Software Removal 99 Administrator Privileges Required Warning 99 Firmware Upgrade Requirement Warning 100 System Reboot Request 100 vi 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 49. Figure 41. Figure 43. Figure 45. Figure 50. 3DM Settings Display 89 3DM Administrator Login Display 90 3DM User Login Display 91 3DM Configure Display 92 3DM Help Display 95 Installation or Removal Dialog Box 99 A Warning for All Software Removal Requests 99 Confirmation of Figures Figure 40. Figure 44. Figure 48. Figure 46. Figure 42. Figure 47.
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...Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface www.3ware.com 1 The information in this manual also supports the following legacy products: 7410, 7810, 7450 (now 7500-4), 7850 (now 7500-8), and 7210 ■ True Hardware RAID. Features Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA Family The Escalade 7000 Parallel ... list before you begin installing. Low CPU Utilization ■ RAID Support. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (700x-2 does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. Before You Begin Congratulations on selecting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as your RAID data storage and management system.
...Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface www.3ware.com 1 The information in this manual also supports the following legacy products: 7410, 7810, 7450 (now 7500-4), 7850 (now 7500-8), and 7210 ■ True Hardware RAID. Features Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA Family The Escalade 7000 Parallel ... list before you begin installing. Low CPU Utilization ■ RAID Support. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (700x-2 does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. Before You Begin Congratulations on selecting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as your RAID data storage and management system.
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..., Hardware Health Monitoring, 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. Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking... Source.) ■ FreeBSD. Before You Begin ■ BIOS. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (8006-2LP does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.) ■...
..., Hardware Health Monitoring, 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. Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking... Source.) ■ FreeBSD. Before You Begin ■ BIOS. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (8006-2LP does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.) ■...
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...; 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 not included): Escalade 7000 series Parallel ATA RAID Controller ■ Escalade Parallel ATA RAID Controller...
...; 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 not included): Escalade 7000 series Parallel ATA RAID Controller ■ Escalade Parallel ATA RAID Controller...
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... PCI slot is required. Creating or deleting disk arrays destroys existing files on the member drives. Note: For all Escalade 750x and 850x models, and for 7006-2 and 8006-2, install the card in a 66MHz PCI slot. Drives must meet UltraATA-133 or UltraATA-100 standards, but may ...computer equipment. High voltages may be connected to up your array configuration. 4 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide For the Escalade 7506 and 8506, install the card in a 64-bit PCI slot for serial ATA controllers. Do not reconnect the power cords until you have replaced the covers. ...
... PCI slot is required. Creating or deleting disk arrays destroys existing files on the member drives. Note: For all Escalade 750x and 850x models, and for 7006-2 and 8006-2, install the card in a 66MHz PCI slot. Drives must meet UltraATA-133 or UltraATA-100 standards, but may ...computer equipment. High voltages may be connected to up your array configuration. 4 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide For the Escalade 7506 and 8506, install the card in a 64-bit PCI slot for serial ATA controllers. Do not reconnect the power cords until you have replaced the covers. ...
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... protective bag until you from fans or heat sinks in the system case. www.3ware.com 5 The connectors provided are keyed to avoid damaging computer components and accessories when installing or removing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. ■ When the case of cooling air from inserting them upside-down. ■...must be followed to prevent you are fragile and must not be crimped or pinched. Mechanical Concerns Be careful when installing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller into your system. ■ Be sure the board is open and its internal parts are exposed, don't touch any pins.
... protective bag until you from fans or heat sinks in the system case. www.3ware.com 5 The connectors provided are keyed to avoid damaging computer components and accessories when installing or removing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. ■ When the case of cooling air from inserting them upside-down. ■...must be followed to prevent you are fragile and must not be crimped or pinched. Mechanical Concerns Be careful when installing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller into your system. ■ Be sure the board is open and its internal parts are exposed, don't touch any pins.
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... limitations due to 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 this scenario, SCSI RAID features fail to ensure that no command corruption has taken place over the entire data path... of the storage system remains undisturbed. In ADP Level-1, all drive commands are checked to make the data available. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down.
... limitations due to 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 this scenario, SCSI RAID features fail to ensure that no command corruption has taken place over the entire data path... of the storage system remains undisturbed. In ADP Level-1, all drive commands are checked to make the data available. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down.
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... user configurable at 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K or 1M. 8 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide disk drive monitoring for reliability ■ R5 Fusion technology for accelerated RAID 5 writes (only available on 7500, 7506, 8500 and 8506 models) Escalade Serial ATA Controller The Escalade 8000 series of Serial ATA RAID cards are configured in a striped disk array (see Figure...
... user configurable at 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K or 1M. 8 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide disk drive monitoring for reliability ■ R5 Fusion technology for accelerated RAID 5 writes (only available on 7500, 7506, 8500 and 8506 models) Escalade Serial ATA Controller The Escalade 8000 series of Serial ATA RAID cards are configured in a striped disk array (see Figure...
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...This gives your system fault tolerance by preserving the data on one drive if the other RAID levels, RAID 0 is not redundant, so loss of any disk drive results in 3ware's TwinStor technology boost performance by distinguishing between random and sequential read from a single optimal ... a fault tolerant array using both drives are configured using RAID 1. The adaptive algorithms found in loss of the file. RAID 10 arrays maximize performance and fault tolerance When drives are configured as a second fault tolerant www.3ware.com 9 A minimum of four drives are mirrored as ...
...This gives your system fault tolerance by preserving the data on one drive if the other RAID levels, RAID 0 is not redundant, so loss of any disk drive results in 3ware's TwinStor technology boost performance by distinguishing between random and sequential read from a single optimal ... a fault tolerant array using both drives are configured using RAID 1. The adaptive algorithms found in loss of the file. RAID 10 arrays maximize performance and fault tolerance When drives are configured as a second fault tolerant www.3ware.com 9 A minimum of four drives are mirrored as ...
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... concentrated on -the-fly". Introduction array using a two tier structure. Higher data transfer rates are then grouped as a striped RAID 0 array using RAID 1. This avoids throughput loss due to 64k. In addition, the array's storage efficiency increases with the parity of drives - 1). Unlike all drives rather than 3 drives. 10 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
... concentrated on -the-fly". Introduction array using a two tier structure. Higher data transfer rates are then grouped as a striped RAID 0 array using RAID 1. This avoids throughput loss due to 64k. In addition, the array's storage efficiency increases with the parity of drives - 1). Unlike all drives rather than 3 drives. 10 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
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... drive in a mirrored array. RAID 5 0 parity A1 A2 A3 A4 A Blocks B0 1 parity B2 B3 B4 B Blocks C0 C1 2 parity C3 C4 C Blocks D0 D1 D2 3 parity D4 D Blocks E0 E1 E2 E3 4 parity E Blocks Figure 4. This command is issued 24 hours after the Escalade controller is timed www.3ware.com 11 This advanced... block caching firmware technology is checked on the RAID controller.
... drive in a mirrored array. RAID 5 0 parity A1 A2 A3 A4 A Blocks B0 1 parity B2 B3 B4 B Blocks C0 C1 2 parity C3 C4 C Blocks D0 D1 D2 3 parity D4 D Blocks E0 E1 E2 E3 4 parity E Blocks Figure 4. This command is issued 24 hours after the Escalade controller is timed www.3ware.com 11 This advanced... block caching firmware technology is checked on the RAID controller.
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... the Escalade controller is powered up and to allow the controller to take advantage of drives. The disk drive must support staggered spin up and must have detected a "threshold exceeded" condition, then an AEN is logged to the 3DM Alarms page. Hot swap allows users to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User...
... the Escalade controller is powered up and to allow the controller to take advantage of drives. The disk drive must support staggered spin up and must have detected a "threshold exceeded" condition, then an AEN is logged to the 3DM Alarms page. Hot swap allows users to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User...
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... 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.com 15 Step 2. Create arrays Verify your boot device precedes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the boot sequence, then press Alt-3 to the Accelerated Graphics Port give the...
... 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.com 15 Step 2. Create arrays Verify your boot device precedes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the boot sequence, then press Alt-3 to the Accelerated Graphics Port give the...
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... note or mark which physical disk is connected to -plug replacement is followed. 5 Remove the screw in your computer or the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. Failing to do so may result in personal injury or damage to the manufacturer's instructions. 4 Disconnect the disks from the outlet... This disk should be reconnected to port 0 on the controller. 3ware Hardware Installation Warning: Before proceeding with hardware installation, read the Before You Begin section that a plug-to port 0 on the new ATA RAID Controller. Tip: If your boot disk is recommended that completely describes...
... note or mark which physical disk is connected to -plug replacement is followed. 5 Remove the screw in your computer or the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. Failing to do so may result in personal injury or damage to the manufacturer's instructions. 4 Disconnect the disks from the outlet... This disk should be reconnected to port 0 on the controller. 3ware Hardware Installation Warning: Before proceeding with hardware installation, read the Before You Begin section that a plug-to port 0 on the new ATA RAID Controller. Tip: If your boot disk is recommended that completely describes...
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... the product to page 21 "Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller". See Figure 5. 18 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide JP2 LED drive status connector Note: Pin 1 and 4 are 3.3V and pin 2 and 3 are not installing a Parallel ATA RAID Controller, continue to the ATA RAID Controller. 3ware Hardware Installation 6 Gently remove the ATA RAID Controller from the PCI slot. 7 Remove the cables from...
... the product to page 21 "Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller". See Figure 5. 18 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide JP2 LED drive status connector Note: Pin 1 and 4 are 3.3V and pin 2 and 3 are not installing a Parallel ATA RAID Controller, continue to the ATA RAID Controller. 3ware Hardware Installation 6 Gently remove the ATA RAID Controller from the PCI slot. 7 Remove the cables from...