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User Guide - Page 7
... Error Example 41 Select Available Drive to Replace Faulted Drive, RAID 1 Example 42 Rebuild Array Status Display, RAID 1 Example 42 Found New Hardware Wizard 49 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties Display 53 Upgrade Driver Welcome Screen 54 Upgrade/Install Device Driver 54 Select a Device Driver 55 Install From Disk 56 Select a Device Driver 56 Start Device Driver Installation 57...
User Guide - Page 10
... ■ Data Integrity. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Windows 2000 with SP3 or newer, Windows XP with
SP1 or newer, and Windows Server 2003 ■ Linux Support. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (8006-2LP does not support
RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. Serial ATA 150 (SATA I) drives. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers
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User Guide - Page 20
... any disk drive connected to the 3DM Alarms page. The SMART data is part of a redundant array, error locations that are found and are deemed repairable are issued independent of the Error Log, starting after power-down and power-up into the Standby power management state to reallocate the error sectors
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User Guide - Page 54
... Create Volume.
6 Follow the steps that the user upgrade to Windows 2000/XP/2003:
1 Boot the system and...driver or the operating system cannot be somewhat different. Installing a drive to an existing ATA RAID controller
To add the new drive to an existing disk array, refer to assign a drive letter.
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3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows Installation
Note: 3ware supports...
User Guide - Page 55
... point.There are no instructions after installing the driver that are specific to add. Refer to the Windows 2000/XP/2003 documentation supplied by Microsoft if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" appears at the bottom of one or more mass storage devices or you have additional devices to 3ware.
Installing with the normal Windows...
User Guide - Page 60
...).
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3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Your system may not boot with a new version of the controller
Caution:
Install the correct driver (Escalade 7000/8000 ATA RAID Controller) for this and previous versions.
Note: Upgrading to a new version of the Escalade ATA RAID Controller does not require reconfiguring the drives connected to the Start menu, click on Settings and open...
User Guide - Page 71
...supports it you are installing from the Red Hat installation CD-ROM instead.
2 When the Welcome to arrays larger than 1 TByte. Initialization results in Red Hat versions 8 and 9. If your driver disk.
Insert the 3ware driver installation...be initialized and are immediately available for Red Hat and press OK. RAID 1 and 10 arrays are not initialized when created and are immediately ...
User Guide - Page 72
... immediately.
Install the 3ware driver
Note: In the instructions below, refers to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems that the RAID 5 array can be used immediately, but it does to write zeroes to the array. RAID 5 arrays are using the 3ware Command Line Interface, refer to the 3ware CLI User Guide. Once booted to...
User Guide - Page 78
... write zeroes to ten minutes. Please refer to create a 3ware Linux Driver Installation Diskette from the files located on the 3ware CD-ROM for supported versions.
1 Edit /etc/sysconfig/kernel and make sure the file contains the following line:
INITRD_MODULES="3w-xxxx"
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3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Install and run 3DM disk management utility Refer to the...
User Guide - Page 81
...). ■ Installing the 3ware driver on a system that you have already installed the 3ware Escalade controller and configured your disk arrays.
Note: 3DM does not work under FreeBSD, however you can cause a system to become unstable. If you have not yet done so, follow the instructions in the Support section of the 3ware website at http://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp...
User Guide - Page 82
.... FreeBSD Installation
Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing FreeBSD
Materials required: ■ 3ware Escalade driver. This driver needs to /sys/dev/twe.
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You can boot directly from the 3ware web site (http:// www.3ware.com).
■ FreeBSD installation CD-ROM or diskette.
For instructions on how to install FreeBSD, see...
User Guide - Page 93
... a drive used in the window with questions or for troubleshooting. www.3ware.com
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The Details display (see Figure 37) gives ATA RAID controller version and status information in the array are installed.
■ Detailed information for each unit (a unit is helpful when contacting 3ware Customer Support with your mouse and use the system clipboard to...
User Guide - Page 106
... is installed on a device that drives be set as Single (if available on ? Incomplete
6.5 GB
Port 1 - FUJITSU MPC3065AH
6.5 GB
The array has some but the system does not boot. Troubleshooting: Problems and Solutions...will be one or more storage capacity is required.
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Check that both the power and ATA cables are connected properly and that...
User Guide - Page 120
... obtain warranty service during normal business hours.
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3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide If 3ware receives the defective Escalade ATA RAID Controller from state 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. Advanced replacement is accessible...
User Guide - Page 124
... 8 serial ATA RAID controller with multi-lane
internal connectors 24
SMART 11, 87, 103
Staggered Spin Up 12
status connector for drive (LED) 18, 21
stripe size, selecting 34 System requirements 4
T Technical Support 111 Tools required 4 Troubleshooting 97 TwinStor 11
U Ultra DMA protocol 104 uninstalling 3DM 83 upgrading the 3ware driver 54
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