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... 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 Hat Linux Installation 62 Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing Red Hat Linux 62 Installing the ATA RAID controller on...
... 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 Hat Linux Installation 62 Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing Red Hat Linux 62 Installing the ATA RAID controller on...
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... Limited Warranty 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 Disk Management Utility... 79 Windows Installation 80 Installing 3DM for Windows 2000/XP/2003 80 Linux Installation 81 Uninstalling 3DM 83 Checking Array Status 84 ...
... Limited Warranty 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 Disk Management Utility... 79 Windows Installation 80 Installing 3DM for Windows 2000/XP/2003 80 Linux Installation 81 Uninstalling 3DM 83 Checking Array Status 84 ...
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...Escalade 8000 Serial ATA Family The Escalade 8000 Serial ATA family includes 8006-2LP, 8500-4, 8500-8, 8500-12, 8506-4LP, 8506-8, 8506-12, 8506-8MI, and 8506-12MI. ■ True Hardware RAID. Windows 2000 with SP3 or newer, Windows XP with SP1 or newer, and Windows Server 2003 ■ Linux...; 8006-2LP is not available on 700x-2) ■ Field Upgrades. 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. PC99, PnP, ...
...Escalade 8000 Serial ATA Family The Escalade 8000 Serial ATA family includes 8006-2LP, 8500-4, 8500-8, 8500-12, 8506-4LP, 8506-8, 8506-12, 8506-8MI, and 8506-12MI. ■ True Hardware RAID. Windows 2000 with SP3 or newer, Windows XP with SP1 or newer, and Windows Server 2003 ■ Linux...; 8006-2LP is not available on 700x-2) ■ Field Upgrades. 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. PC99, PnP, ...
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...at 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. The Escalade 7000 and 8000... system administrator with password security for Windows and Linux (available from loss. Further, a single drive failure can bring new levels of reliability to ATA RAID through a patented switched architecture that further protect data from the 3ware website at any given time.
...at 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. The Escalade 7000 and 8000... system administrator with password security for Windows and Linux (available from loss. Further, a single drive failure can bring new levels of reliability to ATA RAID through a patented switched architecture that further protect data from the 3ware website at any given time.
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... version of installation and the operating system. www.3ware.com 15 Create arrays Verify your boot device precedes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the boot sequence, then press Alt-3 to the type of the controller. in an available PCI slot. Linux mount /dev/cdrom /mnt cd /mnt/linux/3dm ./install.3dm Answer questions concerning e-mail notification...
... version of installation and the operating system. www.3ware.com 15 Create arrays Verify your boot device precedes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the boot sequence, then press Alt-3 to the type of the controller. in an available PCI slot. Linux mount /dev/cdrom /mnt cd /mnt/linux/3dm ./install.3dm Answer questions concerning e-mail notification...
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... is available on the 3ware website. 3. 3ware also releases drivers to our website for the latest compiled drivers. If you are part of an ongoing evolution of the source code and may not be installed before you can configure the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. These drivers are often... older than what is also bundled with the latest compiled driver on how to the 3ware Hardware Installation chapter. Note: Check your driver and firmware to the latest release. 1. 3ware ships compiled and tested drivers for Red Hat and SuSE Linux....
... is available on the 3ware website. 3. 3ware also releases drivers to our website for the latest compiled drivers. If you are part of an ongoing evolution of the source code and may not be installed before you can configure the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. These drivers are often... older than what is also bundled with the latest compiled driver on how to the 3ware Hardware Installation chapter. Note: Check your driver and firmware to the latest release. 1. 3ware ships compiled and tested drivers for Red Hat and SuSE Linux....
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... an IDE drive connected to the motherboard interfered with using the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as your system's boot device. Linux Installation Red Hat Linux Installation Note: Release 7.7 of the 3ware code set the boot order according to how you wish to upgrade to a newer 3ware Escalade Linux driver, please refer to the motherboard. Please refer to the "Readme...
... an IDE drive connected to the motherboard interfered with using the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as your system's boot device. Linux Installation Red Hat Linux Installation Note: Release 7.7 of the 3ware code set the boot order according to how you wish to upgrade to a newer 3ware Escalade Linux driver, please refer to the motherboard. Please refer to the "Readme...
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... types for use with full performance when created. The first time the array is verified (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM), the array is copied to an array larger than 1 TByte. In RAID 10 arrays, data from the Red Hat CD-ROM disk. 1 Insert the Red Hat boot diskette into the floppy... lower channel number) being copied to insert your locality. 3 If asked for Red Hat and press OK. Red Hat Linux Installation Create disk arrays Refer to a www.3ware.com 63 RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to be asked to the other half. Note: If you want to boot to Red Hat...
... types for use with full performance when created. The first time the array is verified (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM), the array is copied to an array larger than 1 TByte. In RAID 10 arrays, data from the Red Hat CD-ROM disk. 1 Insert the Red Hat boot diskette into the floppy... lower channel number) being copied to insert your locality. 3 If asked for Red Hat and press OK. Red Hat Linux Installation Create disk arrays Refer to a www.3ware.com 63 RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to be asked to the other half. Note: If you want to boot to Red Hat...
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... to all array members. Please refer to use the RAID 5 array immediately. Linux Installation RAID 1 or 10 array result in the data from the files located on the 3ware CD-ROM. Once booted to the operating system, the RAID 5 array goes into initialization mode after being compared to..., you are multiple kernels). 1 Type: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy 64 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide RAID 5 arrays are immediately initialized after a delay of this procedure is that the RAID 5 array can reboot the system before this is complete. The advantage of up to the ...
... to all array members. Please refer to use the RAID 5 array immediately. Linux Installation RAID 1 or 10 array result in the data from the files located on the 3ware CD-ROM. Once booted to the operating system, the RAID 5 array goes into initialization mode after being compared to..., you are multiple kernels). 1 Type: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy 64 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide RAID 5 arrays are immediately initialized after a delay of this procedure is that the RAID 5 array can reboot the system before this is complete. The advantage of up to the ...
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... will have different endings, depending on the kernel; For example: 2.4.18-14enterprise For a Bigmem kernel, the kernel string will end in bigmem. www.3ware.com 65 Red Hat Linux Installation 2 For Red Hat 2.4 kernels, type: cp For example: cp /mnt/rh80/3w-xxxx.* /lib/modules// kernel/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.o When prompted...
... will have different endings, depending on the kernel; For example: 2.4.18-14enterprise For a Bigmem kernel, the kernel string will end in bigmem. www.3ware.com 65 Red Hat Linux Installation 2 For Red Hat 2.4 kernels, type: cp For example: cp /mnt/rh80/3w-xxxx.* /lib/modules// kernel/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.o When prompted...
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...result that you are running), then perform the following : /sbin/lilo The output should be similar to: Added linux * 6 Afterwards, halt the system, add the ATA RAID controller and reboot. Compiling the Driver (For experts only) If you wish to enter the Hardware Discover utility. 8 ... RAID controller should be recognized. Linux Installation If you are using the LILO boot loader, run LILO to update the boot record on the Linux system. 3 Untar the driver source with the latest compiled driver and is 3w-xxxx.o To build SMP module, type: 66 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User...
...result that you are running), then perform the following : /sbin/lilo The output should be similar to: Added linux * 6 Afterwards, halt the system, add the ATA RAID controller and reboot. Compiling the Driver (For experts only) If you wish to enter the Hardware Discover utility. 8 ... RAID controller should be recognized. Linux Installation If you are using the LILO boot loader, run LILO to update the boot record on the Linux system. 3 Untar the driver source with the latest compiled driver and is 3w-xxxx.o To build SMP module, type: 66 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User...
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... For 2.4 kernels, copy module to: /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.o RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to the other half. www.3ware.com 67 RAID 5 arrays are immediately initialized after a delay of drives). After the initial verification, ...subsequent verifies to a RAID 1 or 10 array result in the BIOS by writing zeroes to ten minutes. The disadvantage of the array is copied to use with full performance when created. Red Hat Linux...
... For 2.4 kernels, copy module to: /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.o RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to the other half. www.3ware.com 67 RAID 5 arrays are immediately initialized after a delay of drives). After the initial verification, ...subsequent verifies to a RAID 1 or 10 array result in the BIOS by writing zeroes to ten minutes. The disadvantage of the array is copied to use with full performance when created. Red Hat Linux...
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... order according to how you wish to upgrade to a newer 3ware Escalade Linux driver, please refer to the motherboard as a disk attached to the latest Release Notes published on the 3ware CD-ROM for directions.) 68 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing SuSE Linux with YaST2 (page 68). Note: If you install your...
... order according to how you wish to upgrade to a newer 3ware Escalade Linux driver, please refer to the motherboard as a disk attached to the latest Release Notes published on the 3ware CD-ROM for directions.) 68 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing SuSE Linux with YaST2 (page 68). Note: If you install your...
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... installed, the drive can reboot the system before www.3ware.com 69 When installing SuSE 8.2, depress the F3 key when the main installation menu is initialized. Disconnecting the IDE drive while installing Linux will then be prompted to perform the installation using the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as a boot device. You will eliminate this problem...
... installed, the drive can reboot the system before www.3ware.com 69 When installing SuSE 8.2, depress the F3 key when the main installation menu is initialized. Disconnecting the IDE drive while installing Linux will then be prompted to perform the installation using the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as a boot device. You will eliminate this problem...
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...Edit /etc/sysconfig/kernel and make sure the file contains the following line: INITRD_MODULES="3w-xxxx" 70 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Once booted to the operating system, the RAID 5 array goes into initialization mode after a delay of this is that it takes longer for the array... different device Materials required: ■ 3ware CD-ROM (You will not be fault tolerant until the initialization is complete. The advantage of this is complete in order to use the RAID 5 array immediately. Linux Installation this procedure is that the RAID 5 array can be used immediately, ...
...Edit /etc/sysconfig/kernel and make sure the file contains the following line: INITRD_MODULES="3w-xxxx" 70 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Once booted to the operating system, the RAID 5 array goes into initialization mode after a delay of this is that it takes longer for the array... different device Materials required: ■ 3ware CD-ROM (You will not be fault tolerant until the initialization is complete. The advantage of this is complete in order to use the RAID 5 array immediately. Linux Installation this procedure is that the RAID 5 array can be used immediately, ...
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...may be similar to: Added linux * Compiling the Driver (For...the command, tar zxfp 3w-xxxx.tgz. 3 You must have a full Linux kernel source tree in /usr/src/linux in order to do the compile. 4 To build UP module boot to desired... 6 Copy the module to the scsi directory. mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy cp /mnt/linux/suse/i386-/modules/3w-xxxx.o to / lib/modules//kernel/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.o /sbin/insmod /... a working directory. If you are using the GRUB boot loader, you are finished. SuSE Linux Installation Note: Other modules may see entries like reiserfs, ext3 or scsi_mod. If present, leave...
...may be similar to: Added linux * Compiling the Driver (For...the command, tar zxfp 3w-xxxx.tgz. 3 You must have a full Linux kernel source tree in /usr/src/linux in order to do the compile. 4 To build UP module boot to desired... 6 Copy the module to the scsi directory. mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy cp /mnt/linux/suse/i386-/modules/3w-xxxx.o to / lib/modules//kernel/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.o /sbin/insmod /... a working directory. If you are using the GRUB boot loader, you are finished. SuSE Linux Installation Note: Other modules may see entries like reiserfs, ext3 or scsi_mod. If present, leave...
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Linux Installation Install and run 3DM disk management utility Refer to the 3ware CLI User Guide. 72 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide If you are using the 3ware Command Line Interface, refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter.
Linux Installation Install and run 3DM disk management utility Refer to the 3ware CLI User Guide. 72 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide If you are using the 3ware Command Line Interface, refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter.
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...3DM is running, so we recommend that is provided in the Logs on the ATA RAID controller's machine. Refer to the network containing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. If you are using FreeBSD, use the 3ware CLI (command line interface) available from 3DM. Array status can be viewed or arrays... remotely via a standard web browser provided you have access to the following sections for more information: Windows Installation page 80 Linux Installation page 81 Checking Array Status page 84 Password Setup page 89 Selecting I/O and Rebuild Speed page 91 Mirrored Array Maintenance page...
...3DM is running, so we recommend that is provided in the Logs on the ATA RAID controller's machine. Refer to the network containing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. If you are using FreeBSD, use the 3ware CLI (command line interface) available from 3DM. Array status can be viewed or arrays... remotely via a standard web browser provided you have access to the following sections for more information: Windows Installation page 80 Linux Installation page 81 Checking Array Status page 84 Password Setup page 89 Selecting I/O and Rebuild Speed page 91 Mirrored Array Maintenance page...
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...cdrom For older SuSE systems, type: mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom www.3ware.com 81 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... the option of your email client. You can run 3DM later by selecting 3DM from the Start menu. The default URL is http://localhost:1080/. Linux Installation ...
...cdrom For older SuSE systems, type: mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom www.3ware.com 81 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... the option of your email client. You can run 3DM later by selecting 3DM from the Start menu. The default URL is http://localhost:1080/. Linux Installation ...
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3DM Disk Management Utility 3 Change the directory and run the install script: For Red Hat Linux: cd /mnt/cdrom/linux/3dm ./install.3dm For SuSE Linux: cd /cdrom/linux/3dm ./install.3dm You will be prompted with the a series of the mail server, the user name for the person who will send the E-mail ... used to localhost only? (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 If you do not know what port to use, select the default: Please enter the port number you would like to use for...
3DM Disk Management Utility 3 Change the directory and run the install script: For Red Hat Linux: cd /mnt/cdrom/linux/3dm ./install.3dm For SuSE Linux: cd /cdrom/linux/3dm ./install.3dm You will be prompted with the a series of the mail server, the user name for the person who will send the E-mail ... used to localhost only? (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 If you do not know what port to use, select the default: Please enter the port number you would like to use for...