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Installation Guide 3ware® SATA RAID Controller Supports the 9000 Series PN 720-0117-01 March 2005
Installation Guide 3ware® SATA RAID Controller Supports the 9000 Series PN 720-0117-01 March 2005
Installation Guide
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...to , four, eight, or twelve SATA drives using the supplied interface cables. www.3ware.com 3 Drives must meet serial ATA 150 (SATA I) or serial ATA 300 (SATA 2) Gb/s standards. System Requirements Drives Depending on the particular model, the 3ware RAID controller may be used with: ...air flow and cooling Adequate power supply for serial ATA controllers. Operating System 3ware RAID controllers may be connected to up to the 9000 Series Datasheet, available from the website at www.3ware.com/products/serial_ata9000.asp. Drives may be of any capacity or physical...
...to , four, eight, or twelve SATA drives using the supplied interface cables. www.3ware.com 3 Drives must meet serial ATA 150 (SATA I) or serial ATA 300 (SATA 2) Gb/s standards. System Requirements Drives Depending on the particular model, the 3ware RAID controller may be used with: ...air flow and cooling Adequate power supply for serial ATA controllers. Operating System 3ware RAID controllers may be connected to up to the 9000 Series Datasheet, available from the website at www.3ware.com/products/serial_ata9000.asp. Drives may be of any capacity or physical...
Installation Guide
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... (Battery Backup Unit) connector Figure 4. 4-Port 3ware 9500S-4 Serial ATA RAID Controller To connect serial cables to the controller 1 Take out the serial cables provided with the 3ware SATA RAID controller. 3ware serial controllers are supplied with the connector on the controller, matching the slotted key and carefully mate the connectors. 16 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide I2C connector Serial ports...
... (Battery Backup Unit) connector Figure 4. 4-Port 3ware 9500S-4 Serial ATA RAID Controller To connect serial cables to the controller 1 Take out the serial cables provided with the 3ware SATA RAID controller. 3ware serial controllers are supplied with the connector on the controller, matching the slotted key and carefully mate the connectors. 16 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide I2C connector Serial ports...
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...page 22. 18 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Installing the Hardware 7 Press down gently on the edge of the 3ware RAID controller directly above the...make these connections, see the 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide. 5 Turn to "Check your hard drives to the controller" on page 16. 4... each interface cable connector is fully seated. 8 Check that the 3ware RAID controller's metal bracket covers the hole in the case and secure the ... of an interface cable not connected to the 3ware RAID Controller and plug it is keyed to the power ...
...page 22. 18 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Installing the Hardware 7 Press down gently on the edge of the 3ware RAID controller directly above the...make these connections, see the 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide. 5 Turn to "Check your hard drives to the controller" on page 16. 4... each interface cable connector is fully seated. 8 Check that the 3ware RAID controller's metal bracket covers the hole in the case and secure the ... of an interface cable not connected to the 3ware RAID Controller and plug it is keyed to the power ...
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...the Hardware Figure 6. To connect the multi-lane cables Depending on the model of the controller and the number of each interface cable to a drive. 20 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Each cable supports up to four serial ATA ports. 1 Connect each interface ...cable to the backplane. Multi-lane Cable (InfiniBand 4x, SFF-8470) For use with a backplane that has individual SATA connectors or individual ...
...the Hardware Figure 6. To connect the multi-lane cables Depending on the model of the controller and the number of each interface cable to a drive. 20 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Each cable supports up to four serial ATA ports. 1 Connect each interface ...cable to the backplane. Multi-lane Cable (InfiniBand 4x, SFF-8470) For use with a backplane that has individual SATA connectors or individual ...
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... array 28 module names for RedHat Linux 71 motherboard boot sequence 51 multilane cable, with individual SATA connectors 20 multilane cable, with multilane connectors on each end (847) 20 P PCI slots 8 R RAID concepts and levels 28 RAID level to use, determining 31 Red Hat Linux, installing driver under 68 RedHat kernel strings 71... 10 Troubleshooting 97 troubleshooting 97 U units configuring 27, 40 initializing 49 W Warranty 112 Windows, installing driver under 53 write cache, enabling or disabling 43 118 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
... array 28 module names for RedHat Linux 71 motherboard boot sequence 51 multilane cable, with individual SATA connectors 20 multilane cable, with multilane connectors on each end (847) 20 P PCI slots 8 R RAID concepts and levels 28 RAID level to use, determining 31 Red Hat Linux, installing driver under 68 RedHat kernel strings 71... 10 Troubleshooting 97 troubleshooting 97 U units configuring 27, 40 initializing 49 W Warranty 112 Windows, installing driver under 53 write cache, enabling or disabling 43 118 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
CLI Guide
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For example, commands that apply only to models 9500S, and are labeled as such and are supported only for only a subset of the 3ware CLI to the 3ware Command Line Interface The 3ware SATA RAID Controller Command Line Interface (CLI) manages multiple 7000, 8000, and 9000-series 3ware ATA and Serial ATA RAID controllers via a command line or script. It provides...
For example, commands that apply only to models 9500S, and are labeled as such and are supported only for only a subset of the 3ware CLI to the 3ware Command Line Interface The 3ware SATA RAID Controller Command Line Interface (CLI) manages multiple 7000, 8000, and 9000-series 3ware ATA and Serial ATA RAID controllers via a command line or script. It provides...
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... D8 03 00 00 00 09 32 ... 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 8D 80 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide Example: //localhost> /c0/p0 show smart /c0/p5 Drive SMART Data: 10 00 01 0B 00 C8 C8 00 00 00 00... SMART data is not present or if there are cabling problems reaching the drive, CLI will return an error. NA /c0/p0 SATA Link Speed Supported = 1.5 Gb/s /c0/p0 SATA Link Speed = 1.5 Gb/s /c0/p0 NCQ Supported = No /c0/p0 NCQ Enabled = No /c0/p0 Belongs to the specified port is not...
... D8 03 00 00 00 09 32 ... 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 8D 80 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide Example: //localhost> /c0/p0 show smart /c0/p5 Drive SMART Data: 10 00 01 0B 00 C8 C8 00 00 00 00... SMART data is not present or if there are cabling problems reaching the drive, CLI will return an error. NA /c0/p0 SATA Link Speed Supported = 1.5 Gb/s /c0/p0 SATA Link Speed = 1.5 Gb/s /c0/p0 NCQ Supported = No /c0/p0 NCQ Enabled = No /c0/p0 Belongs to the specified port is not...
User Guide
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... online capacity expansion and RAID migration in the future, 3ware recommends that meets the Plug and Play and PC99 specifications. 6 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Introducing the 3ware 9000 Series Controller What's New With the 3ware 9000 Series Controller Enhancements and changes from ... per controller (64-bit LBA support) 128MB of ECC protected SDRAM, user upgradeable Variable stripe size, for performance tuning by application Background initialization of redundant unit for immediate availability Support for legacy and SATA II ...
... online capacity expansion and RAID migration in the future, 3ware recommends that meets the Plug and Play and PC99 specifications. 6 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Introducing the 3ware 9000 Series Controller What's New With the 3ware 9000 Series Controller Enhancements and changes from ... per controller (64-bit LBA support) 128MB of ECC protected SDRAM, user upgradeable Variable stripe size, for performance tuning by application Background initialization of redundant unit for immediate availability Support for legacy and SATA II ...
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...meet serial ATA (SATA-1) 150 Gb/s standards, but may not exceed 1M (39") for drives 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) displays information in a 64-bit, 66 MHz PCI or PCI-X slot for best performance. Drives Depending on the particular model, the 3ware RAID controller may be of Linux...source Linux driver FreeBSD Other Requirements Adequate air flow and cooling Adequate power supply for serial ATA controllers. Operating System 3ware RAID controllers may be 1024 x 768, with : Windows 2000 (SP3 or newer), Windows XP (SP1 or newer), Windows Server 2003...
...meet serial ATA (SATA-1) 150 Gb/s standards, but may not exceed 1M (39") for drives 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) displays information in a 64-bit, 66 MHz PCI or PCI-X slot for best performance. Drives Depending on the particular model, the 3ware RAID controller may be of Linux...source Linux driver FreeBSD Other Requirements Adequate air flow and cooling Adequate power supply for serial ATA controllers. Operating System 3ware RAID controllers may be 1024 x 768, with : Windows 2000 (SP3 or newer), Windows XP (SP1 or newer), Windows Server 2003...
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... setting determines whether all of drives per spinup. Indicates whether write cache will be set 76 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide There is disabled. If staggered spinup is enabled. Disable write cache degraded array. Selecting Yes will cause the unit and disk drive... 3BM, however you can only be exported to the operating system. If your drives support the SATA OOB method, select that spin up at the same time or in -rush current at power-up and to allow the controller to sequence the spin-up command as defined by default, this particular...
... setting determines whether all of drives per spinup. Indicates whether write cache will be set 76 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide There is disabled. If staggered spinup is enabled. Disable write cache degraded array. Selecting Yes will cause the unit and disk drive... 3BM, however you can only be exported to the operating system. If your drives support the SATA OOB method, select that spin up at the same time or in -rush current at power-up and to allow the controller to sequence the spin-up command as defined by default, this particular...
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... press Enter. If case of a second drive failure, the software RAID layer can choose whether you want the write cache to 6. Staggered Method: Select either ATA-6 or SATA OOB as the type of the 3ware RAID configuration. For staggering to work correctly, the drives must support the ...selected method. 3 Tab to the OK button and press Enter. Disabling Write Cache on the controller. Delay between spinup: Select the ...
... press Enter. If case of a second drive failure, the software RAID layer can choose whether you want the write cache to 6. Staggered Method: Select either ATA-6 or SATA OOB as the type of the 3ware RAID configuration. For staggering to work correctly, the drives must support the ...selected method. 3 Tab to the OK button and press Enter. Disabling Write Cache on the controller. Delay between spinup: Select the ...
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...then click on the Device Manager tab. 7 Open the SCSI and RAID Controllers selection. 8 Locate and double-click on page 140.) To update the 3ware driver under Windows 2000 and Windows XP. www.3ware.com 135 Updating the Driver and Firmware 9 If the driver you...receive a message to your system reboots for updating the driver are running. (Windows XP steps begin on the applicable 3ware Escalade Series SATA RAID Controller. The 3ware Escalade 9000 Series SATA RAID Controller Properties pop-up menu appears. The steps for the 2nd time, a final message boxes confirms that the process is...
...then click on the Device Manager tab. 7 Open the SCSI and RAID Controllers selection. 8 Locate and double-click on page 140.) To update the 3ware driver under Windows 2000 and Windows XP. www.3ware.com 135 Updating the Driver and Firmware 9 If the driver you...receive a message to your system reboots for updating the driver are running. (Windows XP steps begin on the applicable 3ware Escalade Series SATA RAID Controller. The 3ware Escalade 9000 Series SATA RAID Controller Properties pop-up menu appears. The steps for the 2nd time, a final message boxes confirms that the process is...