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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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...3ware, Escalade, and 3DM are all registered trademarks of 3ware, Inc. The 3ware logo, StorSwitch, TwinStor, and R5 Fusion are all trademarks of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in this document, nor does 3ware, Inc. All other trademarks herein are property of 3ware... in any form by any commitment to update the information contained herein. All rights reserved. No part of 3ware, Inc. Disclaimer 3ware, Inc. make any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the proper written consent of their...
...3ware, Escalade, and 3DM are all registered trademarks of 3ware, Inc. The 3ware logo, StorSwitch, TwinStor, and R5 Fusion are all trademarks of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in this document, nor does 3ware, Inc. All other trademarks herein are property of 3ware... in any form by any commitment to update the information contained herein. All rights reserved. No part of 3ware, Inc. Disclaimer 3ware, Inc. make any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the proper written consent of their...
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... scan and dynamic sector repair enhance data integrity . . . 12 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...
... scan and dynamic sector repair enhance data integrity . . . 12 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...
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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...
... 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...
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.... Figure 12. Figure 39. Figure 14. 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...
.... Figure 12. Figure 39. Figure 14. 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...
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Figure 44. Figure 48. 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 41. Figure 46. Figure 49. Figure 45. 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.
Figure 44. Figure 48. 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 41. Figure 46. Figure 49. Figure 45. 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.
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... ■ 7500-4, 7500-4LP, 7500-8, 7500-12, are all PCI 64-bit / 33MHz ■ 7506-4LP, 7506-8, 7506-12, are all PCI 64-bit / 66MHz. ■ Management. 3DM® Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface www.3ware.com 1 Before You Begin Congratulations on selecting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as your RAID data storage and management...
... ■ 7500-4, 7500-4LP, 7500-8, 7500-12, are all PCI 64-bit / 33MHz ■ 7506-4LP, 7506-8, 7506-12, are all PCI 64-bit / 66MHz. ■ Management. 3DM® Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface www.3ware.com 1 Before You Begin Congratulations on selecting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as your RAID data storage and management...
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.... Serial ATA 150 (SATA I) drives. 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 is not available on 700x.... Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, R5Fusion ■ Field Upgrades. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant ■ Windows Support. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.) ■ FreeBSD...
.... Serial ATA 150 (SATA I) drives. 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 is not available on 700x.... Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, R5Fusion ■ Field Upgrades. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant ■ Windows Support. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.) ■ FreeBSD...
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...: Cables are not included): Escalade 7000 series Parallel ATA RAID Controller ■ Escalade Parallel ATA RAID Controller in an ESD-protective bag ■ ATA interface cables (one per port) ■ 3ware installation media with either serial or...3ware Escalade User Guide (.pdf format) ■ 3ware Release Notes ■ 3ware Installation Guide www.3ware.com 3 CRC protection for assistance. ■ 3ware installation media with models 8506-8MI and 8506- 12MI, which have multi-lane internal controllers and require different cables. If using the Escalade Serial ATA Controller...
...: Cables are not included): Escalade 7000 series Parallel ATA RAID Controller ■ Escalade Parallel ATA RAID Controller in an ESD-protective bag ■ ATA interface cables (one per port) ■ 3ware installation media with either serial or...3ware Escalade User Guide (.pdf format) ■ 3ware Release Notes ■ 3ware Installation Guide www.3ware.com 3 CRC protection for assistance. ■ 3ware installation media with models 8506-8MI and 8506- 12MI, which have multi-lane internal controllers and require different cables. If using the Escalade Serial ATA Controller...
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...required. If your drives contain valuable data, back them up your array configuration. 4 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The controllers can also be used in a 66MHz PCI slot. For the Escalade 7506 and 8506, install the card in 66 MHz, 100 MHz, or 133 MHz PCI-X slots. ...PCI-X slots can also be found inside computer equipment. System Requirements The Escalade ATA RAID Controller requires a workstation-class or serverclass CPU whose bus...
...required. If your drives contain valuable data, back them up your array configuration. 4 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The controllers can also be used in a 66MHz PCI slot. For the Escalade 7506 and 8506, install the card in 66 MHz, 100 MHz, or 133 MHz PCI-X slots. ...PCI-X slots can also be found inside computer equipment. System Requirements The Escalade ATA RAID Controller requires a workstation-class or serverclass CPU whose bus...
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...you are fragile and must be followed 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-down. ■ Interface cables are properly grounded....RAID Controller. Ensure that they do not impede the flow of your computer is aligned with its two ends. ■ Don't touch any pin, contact, lead or component on the motherboard before installing. ESD Precautions ESD Precautions Standard electrostatic discharge (ESD) precautions must not be crimped or pinched. www.3ware...
...you are fragile and must be followed 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-down. ■ Interface cables are properly grounded....RAID Controller. Ensure that they do not impede the flow of your computer is aligned with its two ends. ■ Don't touch any pin, contact, lead or component on the motherboard before installing. ESD Precautions ESD Precautions Standard electrostatic discharge (ESD) precautions must not be crimped or pinched. www.3ware...
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Before You Begin 6 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
Before You Begin 6 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
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... protect data from loss. 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 isolate the drives from the 3ware website at any given time. In addition, 3ware has implemented Advanced Data Protection (ADP) features that exceeds...
... protect data from loss. 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 isolate the drives from the 3ware website at any given time. In addition, 3ware has implemented Advanced Data Protection (ADP) features that exceeds...
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...; Teamed with a SCSI array. The ATA RAID Controllers offer RAID 0 variable striped arrays for fault tolerance; RAID 1 mirrored arrays for performance; and RAID 5 arrays for accelerated RAID 5 writes (only available on 7500, 7506, 8500 and 8506 models) Escalade Serial ATA Controller The Escalade 8000 series of Serial ATA RAID cards are the most advanced controllers available, supporting from the array ■ Multiple...
...; Teamed with a SCSI array. The ATA RAID Controllers offer RAID 0 variable striped arrays for fault tolerance; RAID 1 mirrored arrays for performance; and RAID 5 arrays for accelerated RAID 5 writes (only available on 7500, 7506, 8500 and 8506 models) Escalade Serial ATA Controller The Escalade 8000 series of Serial ATA RAID cards are the most advanced controllers available, supporting from the array ■ Multiple...
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... smallest drive × (number of one drive. Parity information is distributed across all other RAID configurations that offer data striping, except for RAID 1, RAID 5 stripe size is available on -the-fly". Unlike all drives rather than 3 drives. 10 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The two mirrored arrays are achieved by leveraging TwinStor and striping (64K...
... smallest drive × (number of one drive. Parity information is distributed across all other RAID configurations that offer data striping, except for RAID 1, RAID 5 stripe size is available on -the-fly". Unlike all drives rather than 3 drives. 10 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The two mirrored arrays are achieved by leveraging TwinStor and striping (64K...
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...; SMART RETURN STATUS - Refer to D5h), and SMART READ DATA (B0h with Escalade 750x and 8508 ATA RAID Controllers. This command is issued 24 hours after the Escalade controller is available only with the content of the Features register equal to the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapter. Monitoring (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) adds...
...; SMART RETURN STATUS - Refer to D5h), and SMART READ DATA (B0h with Escalade 750x and 8508 ATA RAID Controllers. This command is issued 24 hours after the Escalade controller is available only with the content of the Features register equal to the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapter. Monitoring (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) adds...
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...standby power management state is logged to the system clock. Hot swap is powered up in the background on the Escalade ATA RAID Controller's host and allows you can use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility. If any of the SMART RETURN STATUS command. The disk drive must support staggered spin... spare or rebuild a mirrored array, you to sequence the spin-up . Hot swap allows users to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide If none of the disk drives have detected a "threshold exceeded" condition, then an AEN is part of drives.
...standby power management state is logged to the system clock. Hot swap is powered up in the background on the Escalade ATA RAID Controller's host and allows you can use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility. If any of the SMART RETURN STATUS command. The disk drive must support staggered spin... spare or rebuild a mirrored array, you to sequence the spin-up . Hot swap allows users to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide If none of the disk drives have detected a "threshold exceeded" condition, then an AEN is part of drives.
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... of CD-Rom drive):\3DMsetup from a different device. ■ Replacing an existing ATA RAID Controller with a new version of installation and the operating system. www.3ware.com 15 Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller Install the two, four, eight, or twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the Start menu. Step 3. Step 1. cd / umount /mnt Note: When specifying multiple...
... of CD-Rom drive):\3DMsetup from a different device. ■ Replacing an existing ATA RAID Controller with a new version of installation and the operating system. www.3ware.com 15 Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller Install the two, four, eight, or twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the Start menu. Step 3. Step 1. cd / umount /mnt Note: When specifying multiple...
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... to retain it aside. (Save the screw for installing the new controller.) www.3ware.com 17 However, it is unimportant, even if the disks are part of the old ATA RAID Controller and set it as your system. To remove an existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller 1 If the computer is running, shut it down. 2 Turn off power...
... to retain it aside. (Save the screw for installing the new controller.) www.3ware.com 17 However, it is unimportant, even if the disks are part of the old ATA RAID Controller and set it as your system. To remove an existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller 1 If the computer is running, shut it down. 2 Turn off power...
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... 3 and 4. Reusing interface cables is not recommended. 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. See Figure 5. 18 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Ports: 65 4 7 3 21 0 0 Serial Number (on plate) Figure 5. 8-Port Escalade 750x-8 ATA RAID Controller Layout Note: The LED drive status connector, if...
... 3 and 4. Reusing interface cables is not recommended. 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. See Figure 5. 18 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Ports: 65 4 7 3 21 0 0 Serial Number (on plate) Figure 5. 8-Port Escalade 750x-8 ATA RAID Controller Layout Note: The LED drive status connector, if...