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3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Determining your configuration 26 Displaying advance details 28 Creating a disk array 28 Determining your configuration 30 Specifying a Hot Spare 34 Changing an existing configuration 35 Modifying a disk array 35 Deleting a disk array 35 How to maintain or verify a disk array 36 Rebuilding a mirrored disk array 37 Rebuilding a RAID... Limited Warranty 53 Exclusions 53 State Law Provisions 54 Obtaining Warranty Protection 54 3ware Technical Support and Services 54 Sales and ordering information 55 Feedback on this manual 55 iv
3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Determining your configuration 26 Displaying advance details 28 Creating a disk array 28 Determining your configuration 30 Specifying a Hot Spare 34 Changing an existing configuration 35 Modifying a disk array 35 Deleting a disk array 35 How to maintain or verify a disk array 36 Rebuilding a mirrored disk array 37 Rebuilding a RAID... Limited Warranty 53 Exclusions 53 State Law Provisions 54 Obtaining Warranty Protection 54 3ware Technical Support and Services 54 Sales and ordering information 55 Feedback on this manual 55 iv
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... . . 40 Figure 16. Rebuild Confirmation Display 44 v Maintain Disk Array Display 37 Figure 13. Degraded RAID 10 Array Drive When Not in Use . 39 Figure 15. ample 27 Figure 6. List of Figures Figure 1. 8-Port Escalade 7500-8 ATA RAID Controller Layout 14 Figure 2. 12-Port Escalade 8500-12 Serial ATA RAID Controller with Serial ATA Converter Installed 22 Figure 4. 3ware BIOS Tool 25...
... . . 40 Figure 16. Rebuild Confirmation Display 44 v Maintain Disk Array Display 37 Figure 13. Degraded RAID 10 Array Drive When Not in Use . 39 Figure 15. ample 27 Figure 6. List of Figures Figure 1. 8-Port Escalade 7500-8 ATA RAID Controller Layout 14 Figure 2. 12-Port Escalade 8500-12 Serial ATA RAID Controller with Serial ATA Converter Installed 22 Figure 4. 3ware BIOS Tool 25...
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... Serial ATA Family (includes 8500-4, 85008, 8500-12) • True Hardware RAID. PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant • Windows Support. ATA Command Readback, SMART Monitoring, Dynamic Sector Repair, Rebuild Pacing, Rebuild Scheduling, Background Media Scan, Hot Swap, Hot Spare, Hardware Health Monitoring, Background Verify 8 www.3ware.com Before you Begin Note: The Escalade Serial ATA controller can be used with...
... Serial ATA Family (includes 8500-4, 85008, 8500-12) • True Hardware RAID. PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant • Windows Support. ATA Command Readback, SMART Monitoring, Dynamic Sector Repair, Rebuild Pacing, Rebuild Scheduling, Background Media Scan, Hot Swap, Hot Spare, Hardware Health Monitoring, Background Verify 8 www.3ware.com Before you Begin Note: The Escalade Serial ATA controller can be used with...
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.... An asterisk in the array by navigating the cursor over each drive and pressing Enter (see Fig u re6). Selecting Drives for "Rebuild Array" Figure 6. Disk Array Advance Details Screen Creating a disk array To create an array, first select the drives to be included ... button: Alt-C for "Create Array" Alt-D for "Delete Array" Alt-M for "Maintain Array" Alt-R for a Mirrored Array www.3ware.com 29 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Displaying advance details Selecting Shift-F5 will show the software versions (BIOS, Firmware, monitor) and slot # of an existing disk...
.... An asterisk in the array by navigating the cursor over each drive and pressing Enter (see Fig u re6). Selecting Drives for "Rebuild Array" Figure 6. Disk Array Advance Details Screen Creating a disk array To create an array, first select the drives to be included ... button: Alt-C for "Create Array" Alt-D for "Delete Array" Alt-M for "Maintain Array" Alt-R for a Mirrored Array www.3ware.com 29 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Displaying advance details Selecting Shift-F5 will show the software versions (BIOS, Firmware, monitor) and slot # of an existing disk...
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...3ware.com 33 The disadvantage of disabling the write cache for RAID 5 Select striping size For a RAID 0 or RAID 10 configuration select the striping size. RAID 1 does not allow the user to 12 drives. 3ware...delay of at least 3 drives and up to 2 TB." 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide a single disk. For RAID 5 Arrays Because of doing this is functional. The advantage ...M 5112 M 512 M Percentage done : 25% Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values...
...3ware.com 33 The disadvantage of disabling the write cache for RAID 5 Select striping size For a RAID 0 or RAID 10 configuration select the striping size. RAID 1 does not allow the user to 12 drives. 3ware...delay of at least 3 drives and up to 2 TB." 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide a single disk. For RAID 5 Arrays Because of doing this is functional. The advantage ...M 5112 M 512 M Percentage done : 25% Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values...
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...Array can not be done. Array Unit 2 - 2 drive Mirror Port 2 - Rebuilding a mirrored disk array Escalade ATA RAID Controllers allow you have its write cache state changed . QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Port 1 - How...maintain or verify a disk array The Maintain Disk Array (see Figure 12) shows the current disk array configuration that the mirrored drives are initialized....a mirrored www.3ware.com 37 For RAID 1 and 10 arrays the initial verify must first be done in the Creating a disk array section. 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide 3ware Disk Array Configuration...
...Array can not be done. Array Unit 2 - 2 drive Mirror Port 2 - Rebuilding a mirrored disk array Escalade ATA RAID Controllers allow you have its write cache state changed . QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Port 1 - How...maintain or verify a disk array The Maintain Disk Array (see Figure 12) shows the current disk array configuration that the mirrored drives are initialized....a mirrored www.3ware.com 37 For RAID 1 and 10 arrays the initial verify must first be done in the Creating a disk array section. 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide 3ware Disk Array Configuration...
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... Cancel F8 Done Figure 14. These disk arrays achieve fault tolerance by using the Rebuild feature, described in the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility or 3DM Disk Management Utility chapters. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - Rebuilding a RAID 5 disk array Escalade ATA RAID Controllers allow you to six drives can be rebuilt. QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Port 3 - QUANTUM...
... Cancel F8 Done Figure 14. These disk arrays achieve fault tolerance by using the Rebuild feature, described in the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility or 3DM Disk Management Utility chapters. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - Rebuilding a RAID 5 disk array Escalade ATA RAID Controllers allow you to six drives can be rebuilt. QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Port 3 - QUANTUM...
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... tolerant until it . IBM-DTLA-387815 Port 3 - www.3ware.com 41 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide that you selected the correct array by navigating the cursor over the available drive and hitting Enter (see Figure 15). If one of the operating system load. 5 If the rebuild fails and you have no longer available (see...
... tolerant until it . IBM-DTLA-387815 Port 3 - www.3ware.com 41 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide that you selected the correct array by navigating the cursor over the available drive and hitting Enter (see Figure 15). If one of the operating system load. 5 If the rebuild fails and you have no longer available (see...
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... .Select Available Drive to Replace Faulted Drive, RAID 1 Example 8 Navigate to continue. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 *Port 3 - Rebuild Array Status Display, RAID 1 Example 42 www.3ware.com www.3ware.com 43 QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Disk Arrays: *Array...
... .Select Available Drive to Replace Faulted Drive, RAID 1 Example 8 Navigate to continue. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 *Port 3 - Rebuild Array Status Display, RAID 1 Example 42 www.3ware.com www.3ware.com 43 QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Disk Arrays: *Array...
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...Auto rebuild of a mirrored or RAID 5 array If a hot spare is specified and the mirrored or RAID 5 array degrades, an event notification is a problem, the firmware starts the background verification that checks that the parity matches the data. 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation ...Guide 10 Press F8 to update configurations and exit. For a RAID 5 configuration, if there is generated and the hot spare dynamically replaces the ...
...Auto rebuild of a mirrored or RAID 5 array If a hot spare is specified and the mirrored or RAID 5 array degrades, an event notification is a problem, the firmware starts the background verification that checks that the parity matches the data. 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation ...Guide 10 Press F8 to update configurations and exit. For a RAID 5 configuration, if there is generated and the hot spare dynamically replaces the ...
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3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide 6 Press F8 to start a rebuild with the drive attached will make the drive appear as a single disk (JBOD) to rebuild the degraded array. Note: If the rebuild is not started in the 3ware BIOS, the new drive cannot be used to the operating system. 46 www.3ware.com Booting with this drive.
3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide 6 Press F8 to start a rebuild with the drive attached will make the drive appear as a single disk (JBOD) to rebuild the degraded array. Note: If the rebuild is not started in the 3ware BIOS, the new drive cannot be used to the operating system. 46 www.3ware.com Booting with this drive.
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... 50 ATA/100 15, 16 ATA/133 15, 16 ATA/66 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21 Auto rebuild 44, 45 Auto rebuild of a mirrored array 44 B BIOS 25, 49 BIOS tool 24 C Cancelling rebuild 45 Compliance and Conformity 51 D Deleting a disk array 35 Determining your configuration 26 Disk Array Configuration Utility 50... H Hardware Installation 13 hot spare 23, 34 M Maintaining a disk array 36 Modifying a disk array 35 motherboard boot sequence 22 P PCI 16, 19 Personal safety 11 R RAID 31 RAID 0 31 RAID 1 31, 37 RAID 10 31 RAID 5 31, 39 Rebuild Array 42 Rebuilding 45 www.3ware.com 57 www...
... 50 ATA/100 15, 16 ATA/133 15, 16 ATA/66 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21 Auto rebuild 44, 45 Auto rebuild of a mirrored array 44 B BIOS 25, 49 BIOS tool 24 C Cancelling rebuild 45 Compliance and Conformity 51 D Deleting a disk array 35 Determining your configuration 26 Disk Array Configuration Utility 50... H Hardware Installation 13 hot spare 23, 34 M Maintaining a disk array 36 Modifying a disk array 35 motherboard boot sequence 22 P PCI 16, 19 Personal safety 11 R RAID 31 RAID 0 31 RAID 1 31, 37 RAID 10 31 RAID 5 31, 39 Rebuild Array 42 Rebuilding 45 www.3ware.com 57 www...
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3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Rebuilding a mirrored array with no hot spare 40 Rebuilding a mirrored disk array 39 Rebuilding RAID 5 39 Rebuilding with Hot Spare 40, 44 S System requirements 10 T Technical Support 53 Tools required 10 Troubleshooting 49 U Ultra ATA 16 V Verify Array 36 W Warranty 53 WHQL 52 58 www.3ware.com
3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Rebuilding a mirrored array with no hot spare 40 Rebuilding a mirrored disk array 39 Rebuilding RAID 5 39 Rebuilding with Hot Spare 40, 44 S System requirements 10 T Technical Support 53 Tools required 10 Troubleshooting 49 U Ultra ATA 16 V Verify Array 36 W Warranty 53 WHQL 52 58 www.3ware.com