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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 24. Figure 32. Figure 34. 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 24. Figure 32. Figure 34. 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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... UltraDMA 133 and UltraDMA 100 drives are also supported when using a parallel-toserial converter. ■ Bus Types. ■ 8006-2LP is not available on 700x-2) ■ Field Upgrades. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant ■ Windows Support. Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, R5Fusion ■ Field...
... UltraDMA 133 and UltraDMA 100 drives are also supported when using a parallel-toserial converter. ■ Bus Types. ■ 8006-2LP is not available on 700x-2) ■ Field Upgrades. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant ■ Windows Support. Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, R5Fusion ■ Field...
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... Integrity. 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) ■ 3ware installation media with either serial or...
... Integrity. 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) ■ 3ware installation media with either serial or...
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... protect data from loss. 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 Windows and Linux (available from one drive...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 this...
... protect data from loss. 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 Windows and Linux (available from one drive...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 this...
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...CD-Rom drive):\3DMsetup from Run... Step 2. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to the Accelerated Graphics Port give the best performance. Operating systems supporting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller include: ■ Windows 2000 (SP3 or newer), XP ...Windows d(or letter of installation and the operating system. Specify RAID arrays and hot spares. Create arrays Verify your boot device precedes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in an available PCI slot. www.3ware.com 15 cd / umount /mnt Note: When specifying multiple...
...CD-Rom drive):\3DMsetup from Run... Step 2. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to the Accelerated Graphics Port give the best performance. Operating systems supporting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller include: ■ Windows 2000 (SP3 or newer), XP ...Windows d(or letter of installation and the operating system. Specify RAID arrays and hot spares. Create arrays Verify your boot device precedes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in an available PCI slot. www.3ware.com 15 cd / umount /mnt Note: When specifying multiple...
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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 The rebuild will display, with your configuration and reboot the system. Select Available Drive to Replace Faulted Drive, RAID 1 Example 9 Navigate to the Rebuild Array button and press Enter. 10 Navigate to...
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 The rebuild will display, with your configuration and reboot the system. Select Available Drive to Replace Faulted Drive, RAID 1 Example 9 Navigate to the Rebuild Array button and press Enter. 10 Navigate to...
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... to remove a JBOD unit and add it is not started 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. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 2 Add a different disk drive to rebuild the ... if ECC errors occur on the source disks, then indicate 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 'Force continue on source errors' option. 6 Select Rebuild. 7 Press F8 to start...
... to remove a JBOD unit and add it is not started 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. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 2 Add a different disk drive to rebuild the ... if ECC errors occur on the source disks, then indicate 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 'Force continue on source errors' option. 6 Select Rebuild. 7 Press F8 to start...
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Windows Installation Note: 3ware supports released versions of Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 only. b Select Storage. c Select Disk Management. 4... drive to an existing disk array, refer to assign a drive letter. 46 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Note: Throughout this chapter, the screenshots show Windows 2000. The driver or the operating system cannot be somewhat different. Boot the machine Continue with the... Windows XP. We recommend that appear on-screen to create a volume and to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters.
Windows Installation Note: 3ware supports released versions of Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 only. b Select Storage. c Select Disk Management. 4... drive to an existing disk array, refer to assign a drive letter. 46 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Note: Throughout this chapter, the screenshots show Windows 2000. The driver or the operating system cannot be somewhat different. Boot the machine Continue with the... Windows XP. We recommend that appear on-screen to create a volume and to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters.
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... with full performance when created. The advantage of this procedure is that the RAID 5 array can reboot the system before this is that it does to write zeroes to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows Installation Reboot the machine When you don't remove the diskette.... to 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 to all array members. b Choose Computer Management from the Start menu. Initialization results in the BIOS by writing...
... with full performance when created. The advantage of this procedure is that the RAID 5 array can reboot the system before this is that it does to write zeroes to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows Installation Reboot the machine When you don't remove the diskette.... to 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 to all array members. b Choose Computer Management from the Start menu. Initialization results in the BIOS by writing...
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... to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. 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 the 3ware driver (see Figure 24). Found New Hardware Wizard www.3ware.com 49 Continue to the Install/Upgrade...
... to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. 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 the 3ware driver (see Figure 24). Found New Hardware Wizard www.3ware.com 49 Continue to the Install/Upgrade...
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...b Choose Computer Management from the Start menu. RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to all array members. RAID 1 and 10 arrays are not initialized when created and are immediately available for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The first time the array is verified... (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM), the array is copied to restart the system. After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to a RAID 1 or 10 array result in order to Select a Device Driver, click...
...b Choose Computer Management from the Start menu. RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to all array members. RAID 1 and 10 arrays are not initialized when created and are immediately available for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The first time the array is verified... (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM), the array is copied to restart the system. After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to a RAID 1 or 10 array result in order to Select a Device Driver, click...
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... 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 Windows Installation Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with the new version of the ATA RAID controller unless the new version of the Escalade ATA RAID Controller does not require reconfiguring the drives connected to...
... 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 Windows Installation Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with the new version of the ATA RAID controller unless the new version of the Escalade ATA RAID Controller does not require reconfiguring the drives connected to...
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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. 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.
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Figure 30. Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Be sure to highlight it. Windows Installation Figure 29. 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. The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31). Click on Next.
Figure 30. Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Be sure to highlight it. Windows Installation Figure 29. 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. The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31). 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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... the machine 1 Remove the driver diskette from the Start menu. Afterwards, turn your disk arrays press Alt-3 to the Hardware Installation chapter. b Choose Computer Management from Administrative Tools. 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...
... the machine 1 Remove the driver diskette from the Start menu. Afterwards, turn your disk arrays press Alt-3 to the Hardware Installation chapter. b Choose Computer Management from Administrative Tools. 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...
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.../modules/twe 5 Copy all the source files (*.c *.h) to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Create disk arrays Refer to /sys/dev/twe. 74 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide This driver needs to make sure that the version of FreeBSD you will replace the... old 3ware driver source files with the FreeBSD CD-ROM or diskette Note: The boot ...
.../modules/twe 5 Copy all the source files (*.c *.h) to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Create disk arrays Refer to /sys/dev/twe. 74 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide This driver needs to make sure that the version of FreeBSD you will replace the... old 3ware driver source files with the FreeBSD CD-ROM or diskette Note: The boot ...
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...created and are immediately initialized after a delay of drives). Installing the ATA RAID controller on the lower channel number) being compared to the other half. Check your 3ware CD-ROM for use the RAID 5 array immediately. 6 Copy the Makefile to /sys/modules/twe. ... device Materials required: ■ 3ware Escalade driver. After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to ten minutes. www.3ware.com 75 RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not find one, download the FreeBSD driver from one drive (or set of up to a RAID 1 or 10 array result in...
...created and are immediately initialized after a delay of drives). Installing the ATA RAID controller on the lower channel number) being compared to the other half. Check your 3ware CD-ROM for use the RAID 5 array immediately. 6 Copy the Makefile to /sys/modules/twe. ... device Materials required: ■ 3ware Escalade driver. After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to ten minutes. www.3ware.com 75 RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not find one, download the FreeBSD driver from one drive (or set of up to a RAID 1 or 10 array result in...
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If you enable e-mail notification you like to install the Escalade driver and/ or 3DM. 3DM Disk Management Utility 3 Change the directory and run the install script: For Red Hat Linux: cd /mnt/cdrom/linux/3dm ./install.... like to localhost only? (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 If you do not know what port to use, select the default: Please enter the port number you would like to use . Please...
If you enable e-mail notification you like to install the Escalade driver and/ or 3DM. 3DM Disk Management Utility 3 Change the directory and run the install script: For Red Hat Linux: cd /mnt/cdrom/linux/3dm ./install.... like to localhost only? (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 If you do not know what port to use, select the default: Please enter the port number you would like to use . Please...