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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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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 ... European Community Conformity Statement 110 Appendix B. Warranty, Technical Support and Service 111 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...
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 ... European Community Conformity Statement 110 Appendix B. Warranty, Technical Support and Service 111 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...
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.... Figure 31. Figure 34. Figure 39. 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 31. Figure 34. Figure 39. 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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...Field Upgrades. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.) ■ FreeBSD. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Monitoring, Dynamic Sector Repair..., Rebuild Pacing, Rebuild Scheduling, Background Media Scan, Hot Swap, Hot Spare, Hardware Health Monitoring, Scheduled Verify 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...
...Field Upgrades. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.) ■ FreeBSD. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Monitoring, Dynamic Sector Repair..., Rebuild Pacing, Rebuild Scheduling, Background Media Scan, Hot Swap, Hot Spare, Hardware Health Monitoring, Scheduled Verify 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...
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..., Hot Swap, Hot Spare, Hardware Health Monitoring, Background Verify Note: The Escalade Serial ATA controller can be used 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. Package Contents If your retail package is the simpler, longer...
..., Hot Swap, Hot Spare, Hardware Health Monitoring, Background Verify Note: The Escalade Serial ATA controller can be used 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. Package Contents If your retail package is the simpler, longer...
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... ■ Non-blocking switch technology with RAID 5 parity ■ On-board processor minimizes host CPU overhead ■ SCSI device driver for Windows and Linux (available from the 3ware website at any given time. In this scenario, SCSI RAID features fail to arbitration latency and only ...are checked to isolate the drives from loss. 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 Advanced Data Protection (ADP) features that further protect data from one ...
... ■ Non-blocking switch technology with RAID 5 parity ■ On-board processor minimizes host CPU overhead ■ SCSI device driver for Windows and Linux (available from the 3ware website at any given time. In this scenario, SCSI RAID features fail to arbitration latency and only ...are checked to isolate the drives from loss. 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 Advanced Data Protection (ADP) features that further protect data from one ...
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...; Replacing an existing ATA RAID Controller with a new version of installation and the operating system. www.3ware.com 15 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 the controller. in an available PCI slot. Step...
...; Replacing an existing ATA RAID Controller with a new version of installation and the operating system. www.3ware.com 15 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 the controller. in an available PCI slot. Step...
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... button to save your requested array and member drives. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB Disk Arrays: Array Unit 1 - 2 drive Mirror Port 1 - Rebuild Array Status Display, RAID 1 Example 11 Press F8 to continue. QUANTUM FIREBALLP ... Figure 23. QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Port 3 - 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 QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Disk Arrays: *Array Unit 1 - 2 drive Mirror Port 1 - The rebuild...
... button to save your requested array and member drives. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB Disk Arrays: Array Unit 1 - 2 drive Mirror Port 1 - Rebuild Array Status Display, RAID 1 Example 11 Press F8 to continue. QUANTUM FIREBALLP ... Figure 23. QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Port 3 - 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 QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Disk Arrays: *Array Unit 1 - 2 drive Mirror Port 1 - The rebuild...
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...indicates that was not a clean shutdown. To make sure that the information on both drives is called "RAID Disk". 4 Click the boxes in front of the disk drive that the driver loaded. During the next system power cycle the firmware queries the flag. However, a rebuild can be...shutdown, the flag is complete. This means that there was removed. Select Rebuild. www.3ware.com 43 Rebuild will automatically be launched as a background process and an event notification will be correct For a RAID 5 configuration, if the process encounters the flag setting that there was a power failure...
...indicates that was not a clean shutdown. To make sure that the information on both drives is called "RAID Disk". 4 Click the boxes in front of the disk drive that the driver loaded. During the next system power cycle the firmware queries the flag. However, a rebuild can be...shutdown, the flag is complete. This means that there was removed. Select Rebuild. www.3ware.com 43 Rebuild will automatically be launched as a background process and an event notification will be correct For a RAID 5 configuration, if the process encounters the flag setting that there was a power failure...
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... 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 array and the newly added drive. 5 If you want the rebuild to continue even if ECC errors occur on source ... defined as a hot spare will make the drive appear as a hot spare. For more information, see the 3ware CLI User's Guide. 44 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Rebuild starts about 10 minutes after the driver loads in the 'Force continue on the source disks, then indicate this drive. Booting with this in the...
... 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 array and the newly added drive. 5 If you want the rebuild to continue even if ECC errors occur on source ... defined as a hot spare will make the drive appear as a hot spare. For more information, see the 3ware CLI User's Guide. 44 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Rebuild starts about 10 minutes after the driver loads in the 'Force continue on the source disks, then indicate this drive. Booting with this in the...
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... machine Continue with the following steps to make the new disk array or independent disk accessible to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Installing a drive to an existing ATA RAID controller To add the new drive to an existing disk array, refer to Windows 2000/XP/2003: 1 Boot... menu. We recommend that appear on 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 The driver or the operating system cannot be somewhat different.
... machine Continue with the following steps to make the new disk array or independent disk accessible to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Installing a drive to an existing ATA RAID controller To add the new drive to an existing disk array, refer to Windows 2000/XP/2003: 1 Boot... menu. We recommend that appear on 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 The driver or the operating system cannot be somewhat different.
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... initial operating system build 1 Boot from the files located on the 3ware CD-ROM for Windows at the bottom of one or more mass storage devices or you have an additional disk ATA RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. 4 A box with the normal Windows 2000.../ XP/2003 installation at the appropriate Service Pack level. www.3ware.com 47 Make sure that you have additional devices to manually...
... initial operating system build 1 Boot from the files located on the 3ware CD-ROM for Windows at the bottom of one or more mass storage devices or you have an additional disk ATA RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. 4 A box with the normal Windows 2000.../ XP/2003 installation at the appropriate Service Pack level. www.3ware.com 47 Make sure that you have additional devices to manually...
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... 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes to the other drive (or set of this is complete. The advantage of drives). The system may not boot if you reboot the system, log in the BIOS by writing zeroes to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Initialization ...results in data from one disk (the disk on -screen to create a volume and to the other drive. RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to be used immediately, but it ...
... 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes to the other drive (or set of this is complete. The advantage of drives). The system may not boot if you reboot the system, log in the BIOS by writing zeroes to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Initialization ...results in data from one disk (the disk on -screen to create a volume and to the other drive. RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to be used immediately, but it ...
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... systems that boot from a different device Materials required: ■ 3ware CD-ROM Create disk arrays Refer to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. 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...
... systems that boot from a different device Materials required: ■ 3ware CD-ROM Create disk arrays Refer to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. 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...
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... that it will not be initialized and are immediately available for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for use with full performance when created. The advantage of up to restart the system. button, insert your 3ware driver diskette, and enter the path to assign a drive letter. Continue with full...
... that it will not be initialized and are immediately available for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for use with full performance when created. The advantage of up to restart the system. button, insert your 3ware driver diskette, and enter the path to assign a drive letter. Continue with full...
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... win- The 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties pop-up menu appears. 8 Click on 3ware ATA RAID Controller. 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. Materials required: ■ 3ware CD-ROM Updating the 3ware driver 1 Backup any critical data prior to updating the 3ware driver. 2 Log in...
... win- The 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties pop-up menu appears. 8 Click on 3ware ATA RAID Controller. 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. Materials required: ■ 3ware CD-ROM Updating the 3ware driver 1 Backup any critical data prior to updating the 3ware driver. 2 Log in...
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button. 10 Click Next on the Update Driver... www.3ware.com 53 Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller Figure 25. 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties Display 9 Click on the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard (see Figure 26).
button. 10 Click Next on the Update Driver... www.3ware.com 53 Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller Figure 25. 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties Display 9 Click on the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard (see Figure 26).
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Then click Next and follow the instructions. 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. Windows Installation Figure 26.
Then click Next and follow the instructions. 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. Windows Installation Figure 26.
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...the bottom of the controller 2 When the Select a Device Driver dialog appears (see Figure 28), click on the CD that has the name of the version of Windows you are using Windows 2000, the path will be to the folder on the Have Disk... Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new ...version of the box. Figure 28. www.3ware.com ...
...the bottom of the controller 2 When the Select a Device Driver dialog appears (see Figure 28), click on the CD that has the name of the version of Windows you are using Windows 2000, the path will be to the folder on the Have Disk... Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new ...version of the box. Figure 28. www.3ware.com ...
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Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31). The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). Be sure to highlight it. Click on Next. Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 30. 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. Windows Installation Figure 29.
Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31). The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). Be sure to highlight it. Click on Next. Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 30. 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. Windows Installation Figure 29.