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... the Unit Configuration 40 Basic Steps for Creating a Unit 40 Specifying a Hot Spare 46 Enabling Auto-Carving for Units Larger Than 2 TB 47 Leaving Individual Drives as JBODs 48 Initializing Units 49 RAID 0 Units 49 For RAID 5 and RAID 50 Units 49 For RAID 1 and RAID 10 50 Checking the Motherboard Boot Sequence 51 Installing Drivers and Making the Units Available For Use 52 Driver Installation Under Windows 53 Materials Required 54 Creating a 3ware Driver Diskette 54 Installing the 3ware Driver and Windows on a New Unit 55 Installing the Driver on...
... the Unit Configuration 40 Basic Steps for Creating a Unit 40 Specifying a Hot Spare 46 Enabling Auto-Carving for Units Larger Than 2 TB 47 Leaving Individual Drives as JBODs 48 Initializing Units 49 RAID 0 Units 49 For RAID 5 and RAID 50 Units 49 For RAID 1 and RAID 10 50 Checking the Motherboard Boot Sequence 51 Installing Drivers and Making the Units Available For Use 52 Driver Installation Under Windows 53 Materials Required 54 Creating a 3ware Driver Diskette 54 Installing the 3ware Driver and Windows on a New Unit 55 Installing the Driver on...
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... 113 State Law Provisions 113 Obtaining Warranty Protection 114 AMCC's Technical Support and Services for 3ware RAID Controllers . 114 Sales and Ordering Information 115 Feedback on a FreeBSD System that Boots from a Different Device 92 Compiling the Driver as a Loadable Module 94 Troubleshooting: Problems and Solutions 97 Hardware installation 97 Appendix A. Installing the Battery Backup Unit 99 Tools and equipment required 100 Installation Overview 100 Installation Instructions 102 Replacing the Battery 107 Appendix B. Driver Installation...
... 113 State Law Provisions 113 Obtaining Warranty Protection 114 AMCC's Technical Support and Services for 3ware RAID Controllers . 114 Sales and Ordering Information 115 Feedback on a FreeBSD System that Boots from a Different Device 92 Compiling the Driver as a Loadable Module 94 Troubleshooting: Problems and Solutions 97 Hardware installation 97 Appendix A. Installing the Battery Backup Unit 99 Tools and equipment required 100 Installation Overview 100 Installation Instructions 102 Replacing the Battery 107 Appendix B. Driver Installation...
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... as a single drive. Array and unit are used for buttons, fields, and settings that appear on the screen. Monospace font is used for code and to the 3ware RAID controller, see 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide. www.3ware.com v You may also want to refer to the Knowledgebase available at the 3ware website at http://www.3ware.com/support/ Conventions Used in This Guide The following conventions are used interchangeably throughout this manual. ...
... as a single drive. Array and unit are used for buttons, fields, and settings that appear on the screen. Monospace font is used for code and to the 3ware RAID controller, see 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide. www.3ware.com v You may also want to refer to the Knowledgebase available at the 3ware website at http://www.3ware.com/support/ Conventions Used in This Guide The following conventions are used interchangeably throughout this manual. ...
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... are listed here. a Start 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Manager). e Confirm the array configuration. For details, see one of RAID con- b Select the drives to be included and indicate that you want to the operating system. For details see "Configuring Units" on page 87 6 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide f Save your system BIOS guide for more details. Configure RAID units. c Select the desired RAID configuration. Installation Overview Check the motherboard boot sequence.
... are listed here. a Start 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Manager). e Confirm the array configuration. For details, see one of RAID con- b Select the drives to be included and indicate that you want to the operating system. For details see "Configuring Units" on page 87 6 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide f Save your system BIOS guide for more details. Configure RAID units. c Select the desired RAID configuration. Installation Overview Check the motherboard boot sequence.
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... staggered spinup is desired (and supported by your hard drives), set the appropriate jumpers on your hard drives to the 3ware RAID Controller and plug it is keyed to ensure proper installation. 3 (Optional) Connect the drive activity LED connectors. Installing the Hardware 7 Press down gently on the edge of the 3ware RAID controller directly above the slot until it into the drive or drive carrier. To connect the interface cables to secure the filler bracket in the case...
... staggered spinup is desired (and supported by your hard drives), set the appropriate jumpers on your hard drives to the 3ware RAID Controller and plug it is keyed to ensure proper installation. 3 (Optional) Connect the drive activity LED connectors. Installing the Hardware 7 Press down gently on the edge of the 3ware RAID controller directly above the slot until it into the drive or drive carrier. To connect the interface cables to secure the filler bracket in the case...
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... controller provides improved performance because 3ware's TwinStor technology reads from both drives simultaneously. Striping. Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels The following concepts are attached to the 3ware RAID controller, the 3ware BIOS will not be configured in the 3ware software. Mirroring. Striping combines each drive's capacity into one drive, at the same time. Single-disk units can configure RAID arrays. Note: You must attach drives before you work with 3ware software, "unit" is configured and managed through redundancy. If one drive fails, the data...
... controller provides improved performance because 3ware's TwinStor technology reads from both drives simultaneously. Striping. Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels The following concepts are attached to the 3ware RAID controller, the 3ware BIOS will not be configured in the 3ware software. Mirroring. Striping combines each drive's capacity into one drive, at the same time. Single-disk units can configure RAID arrays. Note: You must attach drives before you work with 3ware software, "unit" is configured and managed through redundancy. If one drive fails, the data...
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... the 3ware RAID controller Install the 3ware driver and Windows on a new drive or unit. Install the 3ware driver when Windows is also supported. www.3ware.com 53 A drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller may be configured to be used with Microsoft Windows 2000 (SP3 or newer), Windows XP (SP1 or newer), and Windows Server 2003. Driver Installation Under Windows Note: Before installing the 3ware driver, you upgrade to the latest service pack available. This chapter contains instructions for how to: Create a driver diskette...
... the 3ware RAID controller Install the 3ware driver and Windows on a new drive or unit. Install the 3ware driver when Windows is also supported. www.3ware.com 53 A drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller may be configured to be used with Microsoft Windows 2000 (SP3 or newer), Windows XP (SP1 or newer), and Windows Server 2003. Driver Installation Under Windows Note: Before installing the 3ware driver, you upgrade to the latest service pack available. This chapter contains instructions for how to: Create a driver diskette...
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... Device" on a new drive configuration managed by the 3ware RAID controller, follow the instructions in this section. Type S to specify that you have chosen to install Windows on page 56. Be sure to select the correct one or more mass storage devices or you have an additional 3ware RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. 4 When a box with AMCC 3ware Series ATA RAID Controller appears, press Enter to "Installing the Driver on a New Unit...
... Device" on a new drive configuration managed by the 3ware RAID controller, follow the instructions in this section. Type S to specify that you have chosen to install Windows on page 56. Be sure to select the correct one or more mass storage devices or you have an additional 3ware RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. 4 When a box with AMCC 3ware Series ATA RAID Controller appears, press Enter to "Installing the Driver on a New Unit...
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... drive connected to begin creating the driver floppy diskette. To create a driver diskette 1 Insert the 3ware software CD into a drive and click the Yes button to the motherboard interfered with using a drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller, you want to "Installing the 3ware Driver on a Red Hat Linux System that Boots From a Different Device" on page 70. www.3ware.com 69 Installing the 3ware Driver and Red Hat Linux on a New Unit Note: If Red Hat Linux is installed...
... drive connected to begin creating the driver floppy diskette. To create a driver diskette 1 Insert the 3ware software CD into a drive and click the Yes button to the motherboard interfered with using a drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller, you want to "Installing the 3ware Driver on a Red Hat Linux System that Boots From a Different Device" on page 70. www.3ware.com 69 Installing the 3ware Driver and Red Hat Linux on a New Unit Note: If Red Hat Linux is installed...
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... of updating the RAM disk 70 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Installing the 3ware Driver on a Red Hat Linux System that Boots From a Different Device The steps for Red Hat and press Enter. b Start or reboot your computer. c When the Welcome to load the driver manually or from the Red Hat CD-ROM. boot: expert A number of files will load and then a message will prompt you are installing...
... of updating the RAM disk 70 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Installing the 3ware Driver on a Red Hat Linux System that Boots From a Different Device The steps for Red Hat and press Enter. b Start or reboot your computer. c When the Welcome to load the driver manually or from the Red Hat CD-ROM. boot: expert A number of files will load and then a message will prompt you are installing...
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... file. Installing the Driver While Installing FreeBSD on the 3ware RAID Controller drive. h Add the following line to "Makefile.i386' CFLAGS+=-I/sys/dev/twa i If you do not insert it immediately, the loader may fail to recognize the floppy drive. 7 At the loader prompt, run 'lsdev' to a custom file. If you intend to bundle the firmware image with the driver, add the following line to include the 3ware driver sources.
... file. Installing the Driver While Installing FreeBSD on the 3ware RAID Controller drive. h Add the following line to "Makefile.i386' CFLAGS+=-I/sys/dev/twa i If you do not insert it immediately, the loader may fail to recognize the floppy drive. 7 At the loader prompt, run 'lsdev' to a custom file. If you intend to bundle the firmware image with the driver, add the following line to include the 3ware driver sources.
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... and secures the 3ware RAID controller in the Disk Array Configuration Utility's main display. Check the cabling between the drives and the 3ware RAID controller. Q3: The 3ware BIOS screen never appears. There may also be set as Single (if available on your system from running its BIOS. Q4: Some of changing the boot order in upside down can prevent your drive) or Master. Check that both the power and ATA cables are all properly jumpered. If drives are not connected...
... and secures the 3ware RAID controller in the Disk Array Configuration Utility's main display. Check the cabling between the drives and the 3ware RAID controller. Q3: The 3ware BIOS screen never appears. There may also be set as Single (if available on your system from running its BIOS. Q4: Some of changing the boot order in upside down can prevent your drive) or Master. Check that both the power and ATA cables are all properly jumpered. If drives are not connected...
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... 3, 4, or 6 drives (the group of net capacity and performance). During unit creation, specifying noqpolicy for 12 disks, the disks can be on number of a sudden power loss, it is for ignoreECC Model 7K/8K R-0 R-1 R-5 R-6 R-10 R-50 Single JBOD Spare No No No N/A No No No No No 42 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide Table 8: Supported Model-Unit Types for the qpolicy to prevent the operating system from creating block special devices such as...
... 3, 4, or 6 drives (the group of net capacity and performance). During unit creation, specifying noqpolicy for 12 disks, the disks can be on number of a sudden power loss, it is for ignoreECC Model 7K/8K R-0 R-1 R-5 R-6 R-10 R-50 Single JBOD Spare No No No N/A No No No No No 42 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide Table 8: Supported Model-Unit Types for the qpolicy to prevent the operating system from creating block special devices such as...
User Guide
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... 2. 3ware CLI (Command Line Interface) The 3ware CLI provides the functionality available in 3DM through a web browser to provide ongoing monitoring and administration of the controller and associated drives. 3DM supports hot spare and hot swap for creating, deleting, and maintaining disk arrays, rebuilding arrays, designating hot spares, and setting controller policies. 3BM is the tool most frequently used to configure units immediately after installation of the controller, but can view unit status and version information 14 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide For...
... 2. 3ware CLI (Command Line Interface) The 3ware CLI provides the functionality available in 3DM through a web browser to provide ongoing monitoring and administration of the controller and associated drives. 3DM supports hot spare and hot swap for creating, deleting, and maintaining disk arrays, rebuilding arrays, designating hot spares, and setting controller policies. 3BM is the tool most frequently used to configure units immediately after installation of the controller, but can view unit status and version information 14 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide For...
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... 2 software, and then configure your convenience. If the operating system is already installed on another drive in your initial setup, or you first set of the New Drives Complete instructions for when background tasks will also find instructions for configuration, go ahead and boot to -day performance during peak usage times. Note: The ability to configure RAID units, single drives, and hot spares through 3DM is also included in 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide. These...
... 2 software, and then configure your convenience. If the operating system is already installed on another drive in your initial setup, or you first set of the New Drives Complete instructions for when background tasks will also find instructions for configuration, go ahead and boot to -day performance during peak usage times. Note: The ability to configure RAID units, single drives, and hot spares through 3DM is also included in 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide. These...
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... all disk drives (unit members, Single Disks, and Hot Spares). To download the error log 1 Choose Information > Controller Details from the menu bar. 2 Make sure the correct controller is displayed in the Select Controller field in . SMART data is shown as hex values. 112 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide To view SMART data 1 Choose Information > Drive Information from the firmware log. For more information, see "Selecting Self-tests to be useful when troubleshooting certain types of the SMART data...
... all disk drives (unit members, Single Disks, and Hot Spares). To download the error log 1 Choose Information > Controller Details from the menu bar. 2 Make sure the correct controller is displayed in the Select Controller field in . SMART data is shown as hex values. 112 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide To view SMART data 1 Choose Information > Drive Information from the firmware log. For more information, see "Selecting Self-tests to be useful when troubleshooting certain types of the SMART data...
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... system. There is your boot device, your system will be set as Single (if available on ? Incomplete 6.5 GB Port 1 - The array will not boot. You must either find the missing disk and replace it to complete the array, or release the member disks by a Dell BIOS bug. Remember that creating or deleting a disk array overwrites any existing data on the member drives. 154 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Check the 3ware website to hang. FUJITSU...
... system. There is your boot device, your system will be set as Single (if available on ? Incomplete 6.5 GB Port 1 - The array will not boot. You must either find the missing disk and replace it to complete the array, or release the member disks by a Dell BIOS bug. Remember that creating or deleting a disk array overwrites any existing data on the member drives. 154 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Check the 3ware website to hang. FUJITSU...
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... putting disks back in a unit to remove a unit without powering down the system, and move the unit 172 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide If you want to attach and access an existing array without harm to as being "destroyed." This is 3ware proprietary RAID table information that has failed. Disk roaming. A unique identifier for a specific drive in 3DM, and then physically remove the drives. Destroying. Determines whether an error detected during a rebuild...
... putting disks back in a unit to remove a unit without powering down the system, and move the unit 172 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide If you want to attach and access an existing array without harm to as being "destroyed." This is 3ware proprietary RAID table information that has failed. Disk roaming. A unique identifier for a specific drive in 3DM, and then physically remove the drives. Destroying. Determines whether an error detected during a rebuild...
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... or remove a unit 95, 99 delete unit (definition) 172 delete unit, 3DM 62 destroy unit (definition) 172 Disk Array Configuration Utility 153 disk arrays 22 Disk Manager, using 27-71 disk roaming 8 distributed parity 8 drive adding in 3DM 103 checking status in 3DM 109 removing in 3DM 103 viewing SMART data 112 drive capacity, considerations 13 drive coercion 13 drive configuration block (DCB) 162 drive ID definition 172 Drive Information page, 3DM 50 drive number (definition) 172 drive types 7 driver current version, determining 131 updating 132 updating...
... or remove a unit 95, 99 delete unit (definition) 172 delete unit, 3DM 62 destroy unit (definition) 172 Disk Array Configuration Utility 153 disk arrays 22 Disk Manager, using 27-71 disk roaming 8 distributed parity 8 drive adding in 3DM 103 checking status in 3DM 109 removing in 3DM 103 viewing SMART data 112 drive capacity, considerations 13 drive coercion 13 drive configuration block (DCB) 162 drive ID definition 172 Drive Information page, 3DM 50 drive number (definition) 172 drive types 7 driver current version, determining 131 updating 132 updating...
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... write cache, 3DM 54 write cache, introduction 91 Unit Details page, 3DM 49 unit ID definition 175 Unit Information page, 3DM 48 units 8 configuring 81-107 maintaining 109-128 ordering in 3BM 88 partitioning and formatting 88 rebuilding 122 verifying 127 unlocking drives configured on a 9000 series controller 102 Unsupported DCB, indication on and off 119, 120 viewing 119 Technical Support 179 troubleshooting 151 ATA cables 153 BIOS 153 Disk Array Configuration Utility 153 hardware installation 153 software installation 154 troubleshooting...
... write cache, 3DM 54 write cache, introduction 91 Unit Details page, 3DM 49 unit ID definition 175 Unit Information page, 3DM 48 units 8 configuring 81-107 maintaining 109-128 ordering in 3BM 88 partitioning and formatting 88 rebuilding 122 verifying 127 unlocking drives configured on a 9000 series controller 102 Unsupported DCB, indication on and off 119, 120 viewing 119 Technical Support 179 troubleshooting 151 ATA cables 153 BIOS 153 Disk Array Configuration Utility 153 hardware installation 153 software installation 154 troubleshooting...