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... Guide v About the 3ware RAID Controller 1 Product Features 1 What's New With the 3ware 9000 Series Controllers 2 System Requirements 2 Package Contents 4 Installation Overview 5 Installing the Hardware 7 Before You Begin 8 Installation Considerations 8 What You Need: Tools and Equipment 10 Safety Factors 10 Personal Safety 10 Protecting Equipment and Data 10 Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller 12 To connect serial cables...
... Guide v About the 3ware RAID Controller 1 Product Features 1 What's New With the 3ware 9000 Series Controllers 2 System Requirements 2 Package Contents 4 Installation Overview 5 Installing the Hardware 7 Before You Begin 8 Installation Considerations 8 What You Need: Tools and Equipment 10 Safety Factors 10 Personal Safety 10 Protecting Equipment and Data 10 Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller 12 To connect serial cables...
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... outage. (Battery Backup Unit sold separately.) Support for RAID units greater than 2 terabytes with the 3ware 9000 Series Controllers About 3ware Driver Versions System Requirements Package Contents Product Features The 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA family includes 9500S-4LP, 9500S-8, 9500S-12, 9500S-8MI, and 9500S-12MI. About the 3ware RAID Controller This section includes the following topics: Product Features...
... outage. (Battery Backup Unit sold separately.) Support for RAID units greater than 2 terabytes with the 3ware 9000 Series Controllers About 3ware Driver Versions System Requirements Package Contents Product Features The 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA family includes 9500S-4LP, 9500S-8, 9500S-12, 9500S-8MI, and 9500S-12MI. About the 3ware RAID Controller This section includes the following topics: Product Features...
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... information, see the figure for the appropriate controller in the installation sections starting on page 12, and refer to install the drive. If the drives are building a system from scratch, you may want to consider using a chassis or drive carrier that is compatible with the 3ware RAID controller activity LEDs, such as the AMCC RDC...
... information, see the figure for the appropriate controller in the installation sections starting on page 12, and refer to install the drive. If the drives are building a system from scratch, you may want to consider using a chassis or drive carrier that is compatible with the 3ware RAID controller activity LEDs, such as the AMCC RDC...
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connector stacked connectors. Figure 1. 12-Port 3ware 9500S-12 Serial ATA RAID Controller Figures 2 and 3 show pchip). 12 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide The earlier models use Pchip v1.4 and are double- Up to twelve drives can use ..., as shown in the respective figures. LED indicators for drives 8, 9, 10, 11 (left to this particular controller, through 10. Installing the Hardware Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller Figure 1 shows a 3ware Serial ATA RAID controller with 8 ports (there are two versions of the 9500S-8 controller).
connector stacked connectors. Figure 1. 12-Port 3ware 9500S-12 Serial ATA RAID Controller Figures 2 and 3 show pchip). 12 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide The earlier models use Pchip v1.4 and are double- Up to twelve drives can use ..., as shown in the respective figures. LED indicators for drives 8, 9, 10, 11 (left to this particular controller, through 10. Installing the Hardware Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller Figure 1 shows a 3ware Serial ATA RAID controller with 8 ports (there are two versions of the 9500S-8 controller).
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Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller Table 1: LED Indicator Pin Positions Controller LED Header Pin Pair 9500S-12 J7 : : : : : 0 1 2 3 NU Comment Orientation Horizontal Port number/NU (Not Used) J8 : : : : : Orientation Horizontal 4 5 6 7 NU Port number/NU (Not Used) J9 : : : : : Orientation Horizontal 8 9 10 11 All ... (memory module) LED connector details J7 is for drives 0, 1, 2, 3 (left to right) J8 is for individual drives on J7 and J8 are unused. Figure 3. 8-Port 3ware 9500S-8 Serial ATA RAID Controller, Pchip v1.4 (Non-BBU Compatible) www...
Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller Table 1: LED Indicator Pin Positions Controller LED Header Pin Pair 9500S-12 J7 : : : : : 0 1 2 3 NU Comment Orientation Horizontal Port number/NU (Not Used) J8 : : : : : Orientation Horizontal 4 5 6 7 NU Port number/NU (Not Used) J9 : : : : : Orientation Horizontal 8 9 10 11 All ... (memory module) LED connector details J7 is for drives 0, 1, 2, 3 (left to right) J8 is for individual drives on J7 and J8 are unused. Figure 3. 8-Port 3ware 9500S-8 Serial ATA RAID Controller, Pchip v1.4 (Non-BBU Compatible) www...
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... to bottom) pins on each of which has multi-lane connectors on J8 and J9 is on J7, J8, and J9. Figure 5. 12-Port 3ware 9500S-12MI Serial ATA RAID Controller Models 9500S-12MI and 9500S-8MI, have : For use with a backplane that has the InfiniBand 4x connectors (SFF-8470), use the InfiniBand 4x cable, which...
... to bottom) pins on each of which has multi-lane connectors on J8 and J9 is on J7, J8, and J9. Figure 5. 12-Port 3ware 9500S-12MI Serial ATA RAID Controller Models 9500S-12MI and 9500S-8MI, have : For use with a backplane that has the InfiniBand 4x connectors (SFF-8470), use the InfiniBand 4x cable, which...
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... RAID 10 Combination of RAID 0, RAID 1, single disks RAID 5 + hot spare RAID 10 + hot spare Combination of RAID 0, RAID 1, hot spare, or single disks RAID 50 Depending on Number of Drives # Drives Possible Configurations 2 3 4 5 6 or more RAID 0 or RAID 1 RAID 0 RAID 1 with 12 drives, possible RAID 50 configurations include 2 subunits of 6, 3 subunits of 4, or 4 subunits of the smallest drive 32 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller...
... RAID 10 Combination of RAID 0, RAID 1, single disks RAID 5 + hot spare RAID 10 + hot spare Combination of RAID 0, RAID 1, hot spare, or single disks RAID 50 Depending on Number of Drives # Drives Possible Configurations 2 3 4 5 6 or more RAID 0 or RAID 1 RAID 0 RAID 1 with 12 drives, possible RAID 50 configurations include 2 subunits of 6, 3 subunits of 4, or 4 subunits of the smallest drive 32 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller...
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... utility display. 34 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Configuring Units Working with the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) This section describes the basics of working with the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) configuration utility. Figure 7. 3ware BIOS Screen 3 Press Alt-3 immediately to bring up process for a screen similar to Figure 7. 3ware ATA RAID Controller: Escalade 9500S-12 BIOS: BE9X X.XX...
... utility display. 34 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Configuring Units Working with the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) This section describes the basics of working with the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) configuration utility. Figure 7. 3ware BIOS Screen 3 Press Alt-3 immediately to bring up process for a screen similar to Figure 7. 3ware ATA RAID Controller: Escalade 9500S-12 BIOS: BE9X X.XX...
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The Create Disk Array screen appears (see Figure 11 and Figure 12 for a given RAID level, see Table 2 on page 31.) Note: To include drives that are listed. Asterisks Next to Selected Drives 2 After all drives for the unit are ... move to select for examples). 3 Make sure that the proper drives are part of an existing unit you must first delete the other unit. www.3ware.com 41 Figure 10. Specifying the Unit Configuration You may include from one to twelve drives in doing this, as any existing data on that...
The Create Disk Array screen appears (see Figure 11 and Figure 12 for a given RAID level, see Table 2 on page 31.) Note: To include drives that are listed. Asterisks Next to Selected Drives 2 After all drives for the unit are ... move to select for examples). 3 Make sure that the proper drives are part of an existing unit you must first delete the other unit. www.3ware.com 41 Figure 10. Specifying the Unit Configuration You may include from one to twelve drives in doing this, as any existing data on that...
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Create Disk Array Display, RAID 0 Example Figure 12. Create Disk Array Display, RAID 5 Example 42 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Configuring Units Figure 11.
Create Disk Array Display, RAID 0 Example Figure 12. Create Disk Array Display, RAID 5 Example 42 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Configuring Units Figure 11.
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... full performance. Initializing Units Initializing Units Performance of RAID 5 units with 5 or more disks, and RAID 50 units with 10 or 12 disks configured into two subunits do need to be initialized. www.3ware.com 49 Similarly, RAID 50 units with 6, 8, or 9 disks, and RAID 50 with 12 disks configured into two subunits will be valid to...
... full performance. Initializing Units Initializing Units Performance of RAID 5 units with 5 or more disks, and RAID 50 units with 10 or 12 disks configured into two subunits do need to be initialized. www.3ware.com 49 Similarly, RAID 50 units with 6, 8, or 9 disks, and RAID 50 with 12 disks configured into two subunits will be valid to...
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... information about using 3DM 2, see 3ware Escalade 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. For RAID 1 and RAID 10 RAID 1 and RAID 10 units are not initialized when they are created and are immediately available for use a RAID configuration which has started initializing, press...12 drives configured in 3 subunits of 4 each will be a longer period of time until the performance of up to cancel the progress box. Consequently, it will take place the first time the array is done by writing zeroes to Maintain Array and press Enter. 50 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller...
... information about using 3DM 2, see 3ware Escalade 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. For RAID 1 and RAID 10 RAID 1 and RAID 10 units are not initialized when they are created and are immediately available for use a RAID configuration which has started initializing, press...12 drives configured in 3 subunits of 4 each will be a longer period of time until the performance of up to cancel the progress box. Consequently, it will take place the first time the array is done by writing zeroes to Maintain Array and press Enter. 50 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller...
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... directory (listed below) to the scsi directory. /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/scsi/ 3w-9xxx.o 12 Edit /etc/modprobe.conf and add alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-9xxx 13 Load the module modprobe 3w-9xxx 84 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide cd driver 9 To build UP module boot to desired UP kernel, type...
... directory (listed below) to the scsi directory. /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/scsi/ 3w-9xxx.o 12 Edit /etc/modprobe.conf and add alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-9xxx 13 Load the module modprobe 3w-9xxx 84 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide cd driver 9 To build UP module boot to desired UP kernel, type...
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... the module 3w-9xxx.ko to /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/scsi/ 3w-9xxx.ko 12 Edit /etc/modprobe.conf and add alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-9xxx 13 Load the module modprobe 3w-9xxx 86 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Driver Installation Under Linux 9 Change directory to the driver directory created when...
... the module 3w-9xxx.ko to /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/scsi/ 3w-9xxx.ko 12 Edit /etc/modprobe.conf and add alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-9xxx 13 Load the module modprobe 3w-9xxx 86 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Driver Installation Under Linux 9 Change directory to the driver directory created when...
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... of debug messages. 11 Rebuild the kernel and install the new kernel. 12 Reboot with the rebuilt kernel. Installing the 3ware Driver on a FreeBSD System that Boots from a Different Device To install the 3ware driver as a module 1 Copy the driver from the 3ware CD-ROM at /packages/drivers/freebsd/ For FreeBSD 4.x, copy the driver... to /sys/conf/options: TWA_DEBUG opt_twa.h and the following line to your kernel configuration file ("custom" in the system log (usually, /var/log/messages). 92 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
... of debug messages. 11 Rebuild the kernel and install the new kernel. 12 Reboot with the rebuilt kernel. Installing the 3ware Driver on a FreeBSD System that Boots from a Different Device To install the 3ware driver as a module 1 Copy the driver from the 3ware CD-ROM at /packages/drivers/freebsd/ For FreeBSD 4.x, copy the driver... to /sys/conf/options: TWA_DEBUG opt_twa.h and the following line to your kernel configuration file ("custom" in the system log (usually, /var/log/messages). 92 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
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Warranty, Technical Support, and Service Limited Warranty RAID Controller Hardware. 3-Year Hardware Warranty: AMCC warrants this product against defects in material and workmanship for a period of AMCC. Software Warranty: AMCC will replace a ...replace any part of this provision shall become the property of purchase. 112 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Products or parts replaced under this product against defects in material and workmanship for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of improper workmanship or materials. Repair parts or ...
Warranty, Technical Support, and Service Limited Warranty RAID Controller Hardware. 3-Year Hardware Warranty: AMCC warrants this product against defects in material and workmanship for a period of AMCC. Software Warranty: AMCC will replace a ...replace any part of this provision shall become the property of purchase. 112 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Products or parts replaced under this product against defects in material and workmanship for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of improper workmanship or materials. Repair parts or ...
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...68 driver under SuSE Linux 80 driver, Windows 53 formatting 63 hardware 7 LED status connectors 9 making units available 63 overview 5 partitioning 63 RAID controller 7 safety 10 serial ATA RAID controller 12 serial ATA RAID controller with multi-lane internal connectors 19 slot location 8 tools and equipment 10 troubleshooting 97 J JBOD 48 K kernel strings for RedHat 71 L... 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
...68 driver under SuSE Linux 80 driver, Windows 53 formatting 63 hardware 7 LED status connectors 9 making units available 63 overview 5 partitioning 63 RAID controller 7 safety 10 serial ATA RAID controller 12 serial ATA RAID controller with multi-lane internal connectors 19 slot location 8 tools and equipment 10 troubleshooting 97 J JBOD 48 K kernel strings for RedHat 71 L... 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
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/cx show achip 33 /cx show numdrives 33 /cx show numports 34 /cx show numunits 34 /cx show ctlbus 34 /cx show exportjbod 34 /cx show spinup 35 /cx show stagger 35 /cx show ondegrade 35 /cx show autocarve 35 /cx show carvesize 36 /cx show memory 36 /cx show autorebuild 37 /cx show unitstatus 37 /cx show allunitstatus 38 /cx show drivestatus 38 /cx show all 39 /cx add type= disk= [stripe=Stripe] [noscan] [group=] [nocache] [autoverify] [noqpolicy][ignoreECC] [name=string] [storsave=
/cx show achip 33 /cx show numdrives 33 /cx show numports 34 /cx show numunits 34 /cx show ctlbus 34 /cx show exportjbod 34 /cx show spinup 35 /cx show stagger 35 /cx show ondegrade 35 /cx show autocarve 35 /cx show carvesize 36 /cx show memory 36 /cx show autorebuild 37 /cx show unitstatus 37 /cx show allunitstatus 38 /cx show drivestatus 38 /cx show all 39 /cx add type= disk= [stripe=Stripe] [noscan] [group=] [nocache] [autoverify] [noqpolicy][ignoreECC] [name=string] [storsave=
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... /cx/ux set qpolicy=on|off 70 /cx/ux set storsave=protect|balance|perform [quiet 70 /cx/ux migrate type=RaidType [disk=p:-p] [group=3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12] [stripe=Stripe] [noscan] [nocache] [autoverify] 72 Port Object Commands 77 /cx/px show 77 /cx/px show attribute [attribute 77 /cx/px show status 78.../bbu show cap 84 /cx/bbu show serial 85 /cx/bbu show fw 85 /cx/bbu show pcb 85 /cx/bbu show bootloader 85 www.3ware.com v
... /cx/ux set qpolicy=on|off 70 /cx/ux set storsave=protect|balance|perform [quiet 70 /cx/ux migrate type=RaidType [disk=p:-p] [group=3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12] [stripe=Stripe] [noscan] [nocache] [autoverify] 72 Port Object Commands 77 /cx/px show 77 /cx/px show attribute [attribute 77 /cx/px show status 78.../bbu show cap 84 /cx/bbu show serial 85 /cx/bbu show fw 85 /cx/bbu show pcb 85 /cx/bbu show bootloader 85 www.3ware.com v
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....4.6 or later, running in a Mac Pro or Power Mac® G5 (PowerPC-based) with your 3ware RAID controller or the user guide portions of what you can be a one or many ports (typically 4, 8, 12, 16, or 24). On a controller such as such will have sub-sub-units. These are examples of Linux and FreeBSD that...
....4.6 or later, running in a Mac Pro or Power Mac® G5 (PowerPC-based) with your 3ware RAID controller or the user guide portions of what you can be a one or many ports (typically 4, 8, 12, 16, or 24). On a controller such as such will have sub-sub-units. These are examples of Linux and FreeBSD that...