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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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...111 Exclusions 111 State Law Provisions 112 Obtaining Warranty Protection 112 3ware Technical 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... a redundant array with a hot swap drive 93 Scheduling background tasks 94 Troubleshooting: Problems and Solutions 97 Hardware installation 97 Software installation 98 Screen display messages 99 AEN Messages 100 Appendix A. Compliance and Conformity Statements 109 Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference...
...111 Exclusions 111 State Law Provisions 112 Obtaining Warranty Protection 112 3ware Technical 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... a redundant array with a hot swap drive 93 Scheduling background tasks 94 Troubleshooting: Problems and Solutions 97 Hardware installation 97 Software installation 98 Screen display messages 99 AEN Messages 100 Appendix A. Compliance and Conformity Statements 109 Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference...
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Figure 48. Figure 46. Figure 47. 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 43. Figure 45. Figure 49. Figure 42. Figure 44. 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 41.
Figure 48. Figure 46. Figure 47. 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 43. Figure 45. Figure 49. Figure 42. Figure 44. 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 41.
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... with a mature suite of software and firmware management tools, the Escalade 8000 series of RAID controllers provide a powerful, affordable alternative to SCSI. The stripe size is user configurable at 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K or 1M. 8 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide RAID increases performance and adds redundancy Escalade ATA RAID Controllers use a Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) to increase your disk...
... with a mature suite of software and firmware management tools, the Escalade 8000 series of RAID controllers provide a powerful, affordable alternative to SCSI. The stripe size is user configurable at 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K or 1M. 8 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide RAID increases performance and adds redundancy Escalade ATA RAID Controllers use a Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) to increase your disk...
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... disk drive must support staggered spin up and must use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at the bottom of staggered spinup. 3DM Disk Management Utility runs in the background on any software on drives that the Escalade controller is pressed (See page 155). If the disk drive is part... Log' button on the 3DM Alarms page is powered up of it. Hot swap allows users to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide This forces the drive firmware to replace a failed drive in order to the network with the redundant data. To remotely...
... disk drive must support staggered spin up and must use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at the bottom of staggered spinup. 3DM Disk Management Utility runs in the background on any software on drives that the Escalade controller is pressed (See page 155). If the disk drive is part... Log' button on the 3DM Alarms page is powered up of it. Hot swap allows users to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide This forces the drive firmware to replace a failed drive in order to the network with the redundant data. To remotely...
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...abandon your changes and exit the utility. Displaying advanced details Selecting Shift-F5 will return your starting values. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility The 3ware Disk Array Configuration main display shows the current disk drive configuration. ■ Available Drives reports independent drives ... F6 will show the software versions (BIOS, Firmware, monitor), slot #, and model # of the 3ware card (see Figure 10) use the Up and Down arrow keys to navigate, Enter to the main 3ware Disk Array Configuration screen. 30 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Press Escape...
...abandon your changes and exit the utility. Displaying advanced details Selecting Shift-F5 will return your starting values. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility The 3ware Disk Array Configuration main display shows the current disk drive configuration. ■ Available Drives reports independent drives ... F6 will show the software versions (BIOS, Firmware, monitor), slot #, and model # of the 3ware card (see Figure 10) use the Up and Down arrow keys to navigate, Enter to the main 3ware Disk Array Configuration screen. 30 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Press Escape...
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... rebuild starts with a new drive Currently, a rebuild can be paused using the 3DM software. www.3ware.com 43 When the initialization is complete, the two halves of the mirror are redundant again. 3ware's auto-init feature determines if this port. Cancelling and restarting a rebuild with the new... automatically starts the background initialization process to the Configure screen in 3DM and click the box in 3DM, but cannot be correct For a RAID 5 configuration, if the process encounters the flag setting that was a clean shutdown. If there was a power failure, the flag will ...
... rebuild starts with a new drive Currently, a rebuild can be paused using the 3DM software. www.3ware.com 43 When the initialization is complete, the two halves of the mirror are redundant again. 3ware's auto-init feature determines if this port. Cancelling and restarting a rebuild with the new... automatically starts the background initialization process to the Configure screen in 3DM and click the box in 3DM, but cannot be correct For a RAID 5 configuration, if the process encounters the flag setting that was a clean shutdown. If there was a power failure, the flag will ...
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To view 3DM remotely via a standard web browser, enter the URL of the system containing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the address line of starting the application and opening the browser window when you complete the installation (recommended). The default URL is http://localhost:... installation as prompted. 3DM gives you the option of your email client. Linux Installation Installing 3DM for Red Hat Linux or SuSE Linux 1 Insert the 3ware software installation CD-ROM for Linux into the CDROM drive. 2 Mount the CD-ROM disk: mount /dev/cdrom Note: For older Red Hat systems, type: mount...
To view 3DM remotely via a standard web browser, enter the URL of the system containing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the address line of starting the application and opening the browser window when you complete the installation (recommended). The default URL is http://localhost:... installation as prompted. 3DM gives you the option of your email client. Linux Installation Installing 3DM for Red Hat Linux or SuSE Linux 1 Insert the 3ware software installation CD-ROM for Linux into the CDROM drive. 2 Mount the CD-ROM disk: mount /dev/cdrom Note: For older Red Hat systems, type: mount...
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...: If 3DM Linux is reinstalled or restarted, close any open web browsers before starting 3DM again to start 3DM manually, follow these steps: 1 Insert the 3ware software installation CD-ROM for Linux, follow these steps: 1 Login as root. 2 Afterwards, type: For Red Hat Linux: /etc/rc.d/init.d/3dm start For SuSE Linux...
...: If 3DM Linux is reinstalled or restarted, close any open web browsers before starting 3DM again to start 3DM manually, follow these steps: 1 Insert the 3ware software installation CD-ROM for Linux, follow these steps: 1 Login as root. 2 Afterwards, type: For Red Hat Linux: /etc/rc.d/init.d/3dm start For SuSE Linux...
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... jumpered. Remember that locks-up as incomplete in your system's Setup utility to the following : ■ The operating system is required. 98 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Q5: I am using a Dell Dimension system that deleting a disk array overwrites any existing data on ? Q7: An array shows... 112 GB. This symptom is limited to complete the array, or release the member disks by a Dell BIOS bug. Software installation Q6: The ATA RAID controller was installed before you configured your disk arrays, you may have overwritten your operating system.
... jumpered. Remember that locks-up as incomplete in your system's Setup utility to the following : ■ The operating system is required. 98 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Q5: I am using a Dell Dimension system that deleting a disk array overwrites any existing data on ? Q7: An array shows... 112 GB. This symptom is limited to complete the array, or release the member disks by a Dell BIOS bug. Software installation Q6: The ATA RAID controller was installed before you configured your disk arrays, you may have overwritten your operating system.
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...potential BIOS updates. The AEN (asynchronous error notification) messages shown in Table 1 on page 100 appear when a hardware or software related problem has been detected after the table. Confirmation of each AEN are screen messages that might appear during installation. There is... a compatibility problem between the motherboard system BIOS and the 3ware BIOS. Descriptions of Successful Software Removal Figure 48. Screen display messages Figure 45 through Figure 50 are provided after the ATA RAID controller has been installed and made operational. Installation or Removal Dialog...
...potential BIOS updates. The AEN (asynchronous error notification) messages shown in Table 1 on page 100 appear when a hardware or software related problem has been detected after the table. Confirmation of each AEN are screen messages that might appear during installation. There is... a compatibility problem between the motherboard system BIOS and the 3ware BIOS. Descriptions of Successful Software Removal Figure 48. Screen display messages Figure 45 through Figure 50 are provided after the ATA RAID controller has been installed and made operational. Installation or Removal Dialog...
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... lag behind the release of the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 89/23/EEC Low Voltage Directive . 110 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide is in conformity with the following Common Technical Regulations and/or normative documents: EN 55022...its products. European Community Conformity Statement The StorSwitch Controller Card Model StorSwitch 4D is committed to market. Compliance and Conformity Statements Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL) 3ware, Inc. However, a product's software drivers are typically submitted for current certification information...
... lag behind the release of the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 89/23/EEC Low Voltage Directive . 110 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide is in conformity with the following Common Technical Regulations and/or normative documents: EN 55022...its products. European Community Conformity Statement The StorSwitch Controller Card Model StorSwitch 4D is committed to market. Compliance and Conformity Statements Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL) 3ware, Inc. However, a product's software drivers are typically submitted for current certification information...
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...defective by reason of improper workmanship or materials. For detailed terms and conditions, please see the Limited Hardware Warranty and Software License Agreement at its option, will be provided by returning the defective product to new. Products or parts replaced under... accident, abuse, misuse, natural or personal disaster, or any unauthorized disassembly, repair or modification. 3ware shall not be functionally equivalent to 3ware. www.3ware.com 111 Warranty, Technical Support and Service Limited Warranty 3-Year Hardware Warranty: 3WARE, INC. Software Warranty: 3WARE, INC.
...defective by reason of improper workmanship or materials. For detailed terms and conditions, please see the Limited Hardware Warranty and Software License Agreement at its option, will be provided by returning the defective product to new. Products or parts replaced under... accident, abuse, misuse, natural or personal disaster, or any unauthorized disassembly, repair or modification. 3ware shall not be functionally equivalent to 3ware. www.3ware.com 111 Warranty, Technical Support and Service Limited Warranty 3-Year Hardware Warranty: 3WARE, INC. Software Warranty: 3WARE, INC.
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... normal business hours. 112 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide As soon as you immediately ship the defective Escalade ATA RAID Controller to state. If 3ware receives the defective Escalade ATA RAID Controller from state to 3ware at the address of the Escalade ATA RAID Controller, including shipping costs. Upon...replacement to give feedback about the product, visit our Web site at : http://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp Web-based software downloads feature upgrading multiple switches simultaneously. Appendix B. Warranty, Technical Support and Service State Law...
... normal business hours. 112 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide As soon as you immediately ship the defective Escalade ATA RAID Controller to state. If 3ware receives the defective Escalade ATA RAID Controller from state to 3ware at the address of the Escalade ATA RAID Controller, including shipping costs. Upon...replacement to give feedback about the product, visit our Web site at : http://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp Web-based software downloads feature upgrading multiple switches simultaneously. Appendix B. Warranty, Technical Support and Service State Law...