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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 29. Figure 33. 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...
.... Figure 29. Figure 33. 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...
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.... Low CPU utilization ■ RAID Support. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide ATA Command Readback, S.M.A.R.T. Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, R5Fusion ■ Field Upgrades. Before You Begin ■ BIOS. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.) ■ FreeBSD. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (8006-2LP does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support...
.... Low CPU utilization ■ RAID Support. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide ATA Command Readback, S.M.A.R.T. Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, R5Fusion ■ Field Upgrades. Before You Begin ■ BIOS. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.) ■ FreeBSD. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (8006-2LP does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support...
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... is the simpler, longer cable and increased airflow. 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 conjunction. Monitoring, Dynamic Sector Repair, Rebuild Pacing, Rebuild Scheduling, Background Media Scan...
... is the simpler, longer cable and increased airflow. 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 conjunction. Monitoring, Dynamic Sector Repair, Rebuild Pacing, Rebuild Scheduling, Background Media Scan...
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...http://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp, and described in 3ware Escalade Command Line Interface User Guide) www.3ware.com 7 Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. In addition, 3ware has implemented.... 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 O/S compatibility and easy installation ■ Browser-based 3ware Disk Manager (3DM)...
...http://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp, and described in 3ware Escalade Command Line Interface User Guide) www.3ware.com 7 Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. In addition, 3ware has implemented.... 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 O/S compatibility and easy installation ■ Browser-based 3ware Disk Manager (3DM)...
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... e-mail notification and the port number for notification, separate e-mail addresses using a comma. Step 1. Slots closest to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to the type of CD-Rom drive):\3DMsetup from Run... cd / umount /mnt Note: When specifying...
... e-mail notification and the port number for notification, separate e-mail addresses using a comma. Step 1. Slots closest to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to the type of CD-Rom drive):\3DMsetup from Run... cd / umount /mnt Note: When specifying...
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... Mirror Port 1 - 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 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - Select Available Drive to Replace Faulted Drive, RAID 1 Example 9 Navigate to the Rebuild Array button and press Enter. 10...
... Mirror Port 1 - 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 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - Select Available Drive to Replace Faulted Drive, RAID 1 Example 9 Navigate to the Rebuild Array button and press Enter. 10...
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... more information, see the 3ware CLI User's Guide. 44 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 2 Add a different disk drive to rebuild the array. 3 Press Alt + 3 at Boot time to enter 3ware BIOS. 4 Select the degraded... spare. Booting with this in the operating system. Note: If the rebuild is not started in the 3ware BIOS, the new drive cannot be used to rebuild the degraded array unless it back as a single... system. Rebuild starts about 10 minutes after the driver loads in the 'Force continue on the source disks, then indicate this drive.
... more information, see the 3ware CLI User's Guide. 44 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 2 Add a different disk drive to rebuild the array. 3 Press Alt + 3 at Boot time to enter 3ware BIOS. 4 Select the degraded... spare. Booting with this in the operating system. Note: If the rebuild is not started in the 3ware BIOS, the new drive cannot be used to rebuild the degraded array unless it back as a single... system. Rebuild starts about 10 minutes after the driver loads in the 'Force continue on the source disks, then indicate this drive.
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...using the Administrative Tools from the Start menu: a Choose Computer Management from the Administrative Tools menu. b Select Storage. The driver or the operating system cannot be installed unless you have administrator privileges for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Boot the machine ...the drive and select Create Volume. 6 Follow the steps that the user upgrade to assign a drive letter. 46 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows Installation Note: 3ware supports released versions of Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 only. Note: Throughout this chapter, the screenshots show Windows ...
...using the Administrative Tools from the Start menu: a Choose Computer Management from the Administrative Tools menu. b Select Storage. The driver or the operating system cannot be installed unless you have administrator privileges for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Boot the machine ...the drive and select Create Volume. 6 Follow the steps that the user upgrade to assign a drive letter. 46 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows Installation Note: 3ware supports released versions of Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 only. Note: Throughout this chapter, the screenshots show Windows ...
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...from the Start menu. Initialization results in the BIOS, it does to write zeroes to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Once booted to the operating system, if the RAID 5 array was not fully initialized in data from one half of the array is copied to the other half...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 restart the system. RAID 1 and 10 arrays are not initialized when created and are immediately initialized after a delay of up to ten minutes....
...from the Start menu. Initialization results in the BIOS, it does to write zeroes to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Once booted to the operating system, if the RAID 5 array was not fully initialized in data from one half of the array is copied to the other half...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 restart the system. RAID 1 and 10 arrays are not initialized when created and are immediately initialized after a delay of up to ten minutes....
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... from a different device Install the 3DM disk management utility Refer to the Install/Upgrade 3ware driver section. Found New Hardware Wizard www.3ware.com 49 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...
... from a different device Install the 3DM disk management utility Refer to the Install/Upgrade 3ware driver section. Found New Hardware Wizard www.3ware.com 49 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...
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... performance when created. The disadvantage of the array is initialized. Windows Installation When prompted to assign a drive letter. RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide button, insert your 3ware driver diskette, and enter the path to the other half. Reboot the machine Log in data from the Start menu...
... performance when created. The disadvantage of the array is initialized. Windows Installation When prompted to assign a drive letter. RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide button, insert your 3ware driver diskette, and enter the path to the other half. Reboot the machine Log in data from the Start menu...
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... your system as system administrator. 3 Go to your disk arrays for the new version Escalade ATA RAID Controller before installing the controller. Windows Installation Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with the new version of the ATA RAID controller unless the new version of the driver has been installed first. The 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties pop-up menu appears. 8 Click on...
... your system as system administrator. 3 Go to your disk arrays for the new version Escalade ATA RAID Controller before installing the controller. Windows Installation Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with the new version of the ATA RAID controller unless the new version of the driver has been installed first. The 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties pop-up menu appears. 8 Click on...
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Windows Installation Figure 26. 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." Upgrade/Install Device Driver 54 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 27. Then click Next and follow the instructions.
Windows Installation Figure 26. 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." Upgrade/Install Device Driver 54 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 27. Then click Next and follow the instructions.
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Be sure to highlight it. The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). Click on Next. 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). 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. Windows Installation Figure 29.
Be sure to highlight it. The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). Click on Next. 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). 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. Windows Installation Figure 29.
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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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... a drive letter. a Choose Administrative Tools from the Administrative Tools menu. Reboot the machine 1 Remove the driver diskette from Administrative Tools. c Select Storage. d Select Disk Management. 5 Follow the steps the appear on...3ware.com 59 Afterwards, turn your system on -screen to create a volume and to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. When the system has rebooted you choose to reconfigure 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...
... a drive letter. a Choose Administrative Tools from the Administrative Tools menu. Reboot the machine 1 Remove the driver diskette from Administrative Tools. c Select Storage. d Select Disk Management. 5 Follow the steps the appear on...3ware.com 59 Afterwards, turn your system on -screen to create a volume and to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. When the system has rebooted you choose to reconfigure 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...
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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. Note: Some versions of FreeBSD cannot boot to...
...: /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. Note: Some versions of FreeBSD cannot boot to...
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... in data from a different device Materials required: ■ 3ware Escalade driver. Once booted to all array members. Check your 3ware CD-ROM for use the RAID 5 array immediately. In RAID 10 arrays, data from one , download the FreeBSD driver from the 3ware web site (http://www.3ware.com). Installing the ATA RAID controller on the lower channel number) being copied to...
... in data from a different device Materials required: ■ 3ware Escalade driver. Once booted to all array members. Check your 3ware CD-ROM for use the RAID 5 array immediately. In RAID 10 arrays, data from one , download the FreeBSD driver from the 3ware web site (http://www.3ware.com). Installing the ATA RAID controller on the lower channel number) being copied to...
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...security to limit connections to localhost only? (default is /usr/local/doc/3dm) 6 The next question asks if you would like to install the Escalade driver and/ or 3DM. To enter multiple e-mail addresses, each address must be asked to provide the name of the mail server, the user name ...the help documentation (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 Please enter the name of your mail server: (default is local host name) Please enter the name of the user you want receiving...
...security to limit connections to localhost only? (default is /usr/local/doc/3dm) 6 The next question asks if you would like to install the Escalade driver and/ or 3DM. To enter multiple e-mail addresses, each address must be asked to provide the name of the mail server, the user name ...the help documentation (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 Please enter the name of your mail server: (default is local host name) Please enter the name of the user you want receiving...