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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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... 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 a Serial ATA RAID Controller 21 Connect the interface cables to the Escalade Serial ATA RAID Controller . . . . 21 Connect the drives...
... 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 a Serial ATA RAID Controller 21 Connect the interface cables to the Escalade Serial ATA RAID Controller . . . . 21 Connect the drives...
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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 Red...
... 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 Red...
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... 26. Figure 29. Figure 31. Figure 38. 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 Main Display...
... 26. Figure 29. Figure 31. Figure 38. 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 Main Display...
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Figure 42. Figure 43. 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. 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 47. Figure 46. Figure 45. Figure 44. Figure 41. Figure 49. Figure 48.
Figure 42. Figure 43. 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. 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 47. Figure 46. Figure 45. Figure 44. Figure 41. Figure 49. Figure 48.
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... or 3ware Command Line Interface www.3ware.com 1 To ensure your personal safety and protect your RAID data storage and management system. Features Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA Family The Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA family includes 7000-2, 7500-4, 7500-4LP, 7500-8, 7500-12, 7006-2, 7506-4LP, 7506-8, and 7506-12. Before You Begin Congratulations on selecting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as...
... or 3ware Command Line Interface www.3ware.com 1 To ensure your personal safety and protect your RAID data storage and management system. Features Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA Family The Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA family includes 7000-2, 7500-4, 7500-4LP, 7500-8, 7500-12, 7006-2, 7506-4LP, 7506-8, and 7506-12. Before You Begin Congratulations on selecting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as...
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... Management. 3DM Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface ■ BIOS. ATA Command Readback, S.M.A.R.T. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers ...available in Open Source.) ■ FreeBSD. Parallel UltraDMA 133 and UltraDMA 100 drives are all PCI 64-bit / 33MHz. ■ 8506-4LP, 8506-8, 8506-12, 8506-8MI, and 8506-12MI are also supported when using a parallel-toserial converter. ■ Bus Types. ■ 8006-2LP...
... Management. 3DM Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface ■ BIOS. ATA Command Readback, S.M.A.R.T. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers ...available in Open Source.) ■ FreeBSD. Parallel UltraDMA 133 and UltraDMA 100 drives are all PCI 64-bit / 33MHz. ■ 8506-4LP, 8506-8, 8506-12, 8506-8MI, and 8506-12MI are also supported when using a parallel-toserial converter. ■ Bus Types. ■ 8006-2LP...
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...- 12MI, which have multi-lane internal controllers and require different cables. If using the Escalade Serial ATA Controller with parallel drives is missing any of using the controller 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 conjunction. You will need to...
...- 12MI, which have multi-lane internal controllers and require different cables. If using the Escalade Serial ATA Controller with parallel drives is missing any of using the controller 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 conjunction. You will need to...
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...interface cables may be connected to up your data! High voltages may be used . Note: For all Escalade 750x and 850x models, and for 7006-2 and 8006-2, install the card in this package or removing the protective covers of any computer equipment, turn off ...ESD grounding strap or mat ■ Standard hand tools to open your array configuration. 4 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Personal Safety Warning! The ATA RAID Controller may not exceed 36" (91.4 cm) for parallel ATA controllers and 1M (39") for best performance. PCI-X slots can also be of any capacity ...
...interface cables may be connected to up your data! High voltages may be used . Note: For all Escalade 750x and 850x models, and for 7006-2 and 8006-2, install the card in this package or removing the protective covers of any computer equipment, turn off ...ESD grounding strap or mat ■ Standard hand tools to open your array configuration. 4 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Personal Safety Warning! The ATA RAID Controller may not exceed 36" (91.4 cm) for parallel ATA controllers and 1M (39") for best performance. PCI-X slots can also be of any capacity ...
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..., contact, lead or component on the motherboard before installing. 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...ESD-protective mat. ■ Don't remove the ATA RAID Controller from its protective bag until you from fans or heat sinks in the system case. Mechanical Concerns Be careful when installing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller into your system. ESD Precautions ESD Precautions Standard ...
..., contact, lead or component on the motherboard before installing. 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...ESD-protective mat. ■ Don't remove the ATA RAID Controller from its protective bag until you from fans or heat sinks in the system case. Mechanical Concerns Be careful when installing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller into your system. ESD Precautions ESD Precautions Standard ...
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... Windows and Linux (available from the 3ware website at any given time. 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. In... this scenario, SCSI RAID features fail to ensure that no command corruption has taken place over the ...
... Windows and Linux (available from the 3ware website at any given time. 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. In... this scenario, SCSI RAID features fail to ensure that no command corruption has taken place over the ...
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... only Serial ATA controllers that unleash the point-to 12 Serial ATA drives. Striped disk arrays give exceptional performance, particularly for fault tolerance, high capacity and storage efficiency. The ATA RAID Controllers offer RAID 0 variable striped arrays for performance; Teamed with a SCSI array. The stripe size is user configurable at 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K or 1M. 8 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User...
... only Serial ATA controllers that unleash the point-to 12 Serial ATA drives. Striped disk arrays give exceptional performance, particularly for fault tolerance, high capacity and storage efficiency. The ATA RAID Controllers offer RAID 0 variable striped arrays for performance; Teamed with a SCSI array. The stripe size is user configurable at 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K or 1M. 8 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User...
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... with the parity of drives). Using a simple parity (exclusive OR) function, RAID 5 can use hot spares to 64k. Unlike all other RAID configurations that offer data striping, except for RAID 1, RAID 5 stripe size is distributed across all drives rather than 3 drives. 10 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The two mirrored arrays are achieved by leveraging TwinStor and...
... with the parity of drives). Using a simple parity (exclusive OR) function, RAID 5 can use hot spares to 64k. Unlike all other RAID configurations that offer data striping, except for RAID 1, RAID 5 stripe size is distributed across all drives rather than 3 drives. 10 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The two mirrored arrays are achieved by leveraging TwinStor and...
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... high performance for both large sequential and small random transactions. RAID 5 Configuration Example R5 FusionTM Technology significantly improves RAID 5 write performance 3ware's R5 Fusion significantly improves RAID 5 write performance for RAID 5 write operations. This advanced block caching firmware technology is available only with Escalade 750x and 8508 ATA RAID Controllers. Note: R5 Fusion is combined with the content of...
... high performance for both large sequential and small random transactions. RAID 5 Configuration Example R5 FusionTM Technology significantly improves RAID 5 write performance 3ware's R5 Fusion significantly improves RAID 5 write performance for RAID 5 write operations. This advanced block caching firmware technology is available only with Escalade 750x and 8508 ATA RAID Controllers. Note: R5 Fusion is combined with the content of...
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...drives. The standby power management state is persistent after "#SMARTErrorLogStart." This feature is automatically utilized on the Escalade ATA RAID Controller's host and allows you can use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility. The disk drive must support staggered spin up . ■ SMART READ ...for spin up in the background on drives that the Escalade controller is powered up and must have access to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Introduction internally in the 3ware firmware, and is not affected by changes to attached disk...
...drives. The standby power management state is persistent after "#SMARTErrorLogStart." This feature is automatically utilized on the Escalade ATA RAID Controller's host and allows you can use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility. The disk drive must support staggered spin up . ■ SMART READ ...for spin up in the background on drives that the Escalade controller is powered up and must have access to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Introduction internally in the 3ware firmware, and is not affected by changes to attached disk...
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... Escalade ATA RAID Controller in an available PCI slot. Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller Install the two, four, eight, or twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the boot sequence, then press Alt-3 to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Windows d(or letter of the controller. Installations include: ■ Installing the ATA RAID Controller while installing the operating system. ■ Installing the ATA RAID Controller...
... Escalade ATA RAID Controller in an available PCI slot. Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller Install the two, four, eight, or twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the boot sequence, then press Alt-3 to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Windows d(or letter of the controller. Installations include: ■ Installing the ATA RAID Controller while installing the operating system. ■ Installing the ATA RAID Controller...
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Failing to port 0 on the new ATA RAID Controller. 3ware Hardware Installation Warning: Before proceeding with hardware installation, read the Before You Begin section that a plug-to port 0 on the controller. To remove an existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller 1 If the computer is connected to do so may result in your computer or the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. However, it is recommended that completely...
Failing to port 0 on the new ATA RAID Controller. 3ware Hardware Installation Warning: Before proceeding with hardware installation, read the Before You Begin section that a plug-to port 0 on the controller. To remove an existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller 1 If the computer is connected to do so may result in your computer or the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. However, it is recommended that completely...
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Reusing interface cables is not recommended. Installing a Parallel ATA RAID Controller Note: If you are ground Plug cable to page 21 "Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller". See Figure 5. 18 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide 3ware Hardware Installation 6 Gently remove the ATA RAID Controller from the PCI slot. 7 Remove the cables from the ATA RAID Controller and discard. JP2 LED drive status connector Note: Pin 1 and 4 are 3.3V...
Reusing interface cables is not recommended. Installing a Parallel ATA RAID Controller Note: If you are ground Plug cable to page 21 "Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller". See Figure 5. 18 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide 3ware Hardware Installation 6 Gently remove the ATA RAID Controller from the PCI slot. 7 Remove the cables from the ATA RAID Controller and discard. JP2 LED drive status connector Note: Pin 1 and 4 are 3.3V...
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.... For optimum performance, the blue end must be connected to the ATA RAID Controller and the black end must be removed if needed to fit the ATA RAID Con- For 2 and 4 port controllers, align the ATA RAID Controller cable so that the colored line is toward the front edge (near...Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the computer 1 If the computer is toward the top edge of the controller card. www.3ware.com 19 In our laboratories, we have seated it down. Hint: Cable routing may be connected to secure the ATA RAID Controller after you install the ATA RAID Controller next to...
.... For optimum performance, the blue end must be connected to the ATA RAID Controller and the black end must be removed if needed to fit the ATA RAID Con- For 2 and 4 port controllers, align the ATA RAID Controller cable so that the colored line is toward the front edge (near...Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the computer 1 If the computer is toward the top edge of the controller card. www.3ware.com 19 In our laboratories, we have seated it down. Hint: Cable routing may be connected to secure the ATA RAID Controller after you install the ATA RAID Controller next to...