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...for performing tasks using two tools: one that came with your 3ware RAID controller. The CLI is Organized There are different installation guides for the 9590SE, the 9550SX, and the 9500S.) How this guide. For example, the ...3ware's website: 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. Basic information about using 3ware's Command Line Interface (CLI). This guide assumes that you have already installed your controller in a separate manual, available from the 3ware software CD and from 3BM. www.3ware.com v Step-by-step instructions for performing specific...
...for performing tasks using two tools: one that came with your 3ware RAID controller. The CLI is Organized There are different installation guides for the 9590SE, the 9550SX, and the 9500S.) How this guide. For example, the ...3ware's website: 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. Basic information about using 3ware's Command Line Interface (CLI). This guide assumes that you have already installed your controller in a separate manual, available from the 3ware software CD and from 3BM. www.3ware.com v Step-by-step instructions for performing specific...
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...Manager) • Select the drives to be included and indicate that the specific 3ware RAID controller supports and the number of drives attached. (For more information, see "Determining What RAID Level to Use" on the type of RAID configuration • Confirm the unit configuration • Save your changes and... XP, Linux 2.4, or FreeBSD 4.x, you will install the operating system on page 121. You can configure units through the new 3ware RAID controller, follow the instructions under "Using AutoCarving for Creating a Unit The process of the unit you create will exceed 2TB and you are...
...Manager) • Select the drives to be included and indicate that the specific 3ware RAID controller supports and the number of drives attached. (For more information, see "Determining What RAID Level to Use" on the type of RAID configuration • Confirm the unit configuration • Save your changes and... XP, Linux 2.4, or FreeBSD 4.x, you will install the operating system on page 121. You can configure units through the new 3ware RAID controller, follow the instructions under "Using AutoCarving for Creating a Unit The process of the unit you create will exceed 2TB and you are...
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...the Driver on a System that are multiple controllers in this section, depending on the version of two drivers during this point. Figure 15. Found New Hardware Wizard, Windows 2000 32 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide This wizard guides you start Windows ... instructions after installing a 3ware RAID controller, Windows recognizes it as a Plug and Play device, and brings up the Found New Hardware Wizard. Driver Installation 6 If the "Digital Signature Not Found" message appears, click Yes to continue the installation. (If there are specific to Windows". Chapter ...
...the Driver on a System that are multiple controllers in this section, depending on the version of two drivers during this point. Figure 15. Found New Hardware Wizard, Windows 2000 32 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide This wizard guides you start Windows ... instructions after installing a 3ware RAID controller, Windows recognizes it as a Plug and Play device, and brings up the Found New Hardware Wizard. Driver Installation 6 If the "Digital Signature Not Found" message appears, click Yes to continue the installation. (If there are specific to Windows". Chapter ...
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The system automatically reports: Loading 3w-9xxx 5 When prompted, select the proper language and keyboard types for your specific installation requirements. Driver Installation To install the 3ware kernel driver module while installing Red Hat Linux on whether: • You want to update the RAM disk • You prefer to load the driver ... 4. c When the Welcome to insert your motherboard's BIOS is correct; then start or reboot your computer. Select the appropriate set of updating the RAM 42 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
The system automatically reports: Loading 3w-9xxx 5 When prompted, select the proper language and keyboard types for your specific installation requirements. Driver Installation To install the 3ware kernel driver module while installing Red Hat Linux on whether: • You want to update the RAM disk • You prefer to load the driver ... 4. c When the Welcome to insert your motherboard's BIOS is correct; then start or reboot your computer. Select the appropriate set of updating the RAM 42 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
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... module. To mount the CD, type: mount /dev/cdrom and press Enter. 3 Copy the kernel driver module: www.3ware.com 43 For example: 2.6.11-hugmem Module Naming Conventions 3w-9xxx.* refers to the specific kernel driver module you are : • For UP kernels: 3w-9xxx.ko • For SMP kernels: 3w-9xxx...
... module. To mount the CD, type: mount /dev/cdrom and press Enter. 3 Copy the kernel driver module: www.3ware.com 43 For example: 2.6.11-hugmem Module Naming Conventions 3w-9xxx.* refers to the specific kernel driver module you are : • For UP kernels: 3w-9xxx.ko • For SMP kernels: 3w-9xxx...
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... pause to displaying the RAID configuration before displaying additional information. When you can set a pause time of the BIOS for all available information about configured units on the start -up screen. • Expanded lists each unit and shows the specific drives that let you ...unit. • Collapsed lists only the configured units. BIOS Loading Options Load Control. Pause Time. This option can access these settings by pressing Alt-B. You can be useful for the selected 9550SX or 9590SE controller. www.3ware.com 61 Specifies what level of detail to 10 seconds.
... pause to displaying the RAID configuration before displaying additional information. When you can set a pause time of the BIOS for all available information about configured units on the start -up screen. • Expanded lists each unit and shows the specific drives that let you ...unit. • Collapsed lists only the configured units. BIOS Loading Options Load Control. Pause Time. This option can access these settings by pressing Alt-B. You can be useful for the selected 9550SX or 9590SE controller. www.3ware.com 61 Specifies what level of detail to 10 seconds.
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...enabling of unit write cache, and controller settings that affect all units managed by the controller), tasks that can view controller, unit, and drive information for a particular controller. The Management menu gives you to ... and provides access to others. The Alarms page shows a list of alarms, including the specific alarm message, and the exact date and time it occurred. Help lets you access to test... menus, and provides direct link access to an electronic copy of this User Guide. www.3ware.com 77 You can be done through the Management > Maintenance page. Figure 34. 3DM ...
...enabling of unit write cache, and controller settings that affect all units managed by the controller), tasks that can view controller, unit, and drive information for a particular controller. The Management menu gives you to ... and provides access to others. The Alarms page shows a list of alarms, including the specific alarm message, and the exact date and time it occurred. Help lets you access to test... menus, and provides direct link access to an electronic copy of this User Guide. www.3ware.com 77 You can be done through the Management > Maintenance page. Figure 34. 3DM ...
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...page and the fields and features on it are used to refer to details about that provide controller-specific features. Table 7: List of the pages you work with current information from the controller and associated drives. Refreshing the Screen You can also be taken back to update the information ... on the screen at the right of Page Refreshes" on page 84. To see this page, choose Information > Controller Details from the menu bar. 78 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide To see this page, click Summary in the menu bar. This drop-down is currently selected in this...
...page and the fields and features on it are used to refer to details about that provide controller-specific features. Table 7: List of the pages you work with current information from the controller and associated drives. Refreshing the Screen You can also be taken back to update the information ... on the screen at the right of Page Refreshes" on page 84. To see this page, choose Information > Controller Details from the menu bar. 78 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide To see this page, click Summary in the menu bar. This drop-down is currently selected in this...
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...Shows a list of alarms, including the specific alarm message, and the exact date and time it occurred. Maintenance Page Lets you view and change some of the units on the current controller and provides summary information about each unit. www.3ware.com 79 Drive Details Window Shows the... SMART data for a specific drive, and shows additional detail information for tasks that affect all units on...
...Shows a list of alarms, including the specific alarm message, and the exact date and time it occurred. Maintenance Page Lets you view and change some of the units on the current controller and provides summary information about each unit. www.3ware.com 79 Drive Details Window Shows the... SMART data for a specific drive, and shows additional detail information for tasks that affect all units on...
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... shown. The type of the unit or subunit: OK, Rebuilding, Migrating, Initializing, Verifying, Degraded, or Inoperable (missing drives). The specific information shown depends on the Unit Information page. You'll see details about a particular unit. Capacity. To return to display "Unit ... about the unit and each of which contains one disk will include details about a RAID 5 unit made up of a unit. RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID 50, Single Disk, Spare, JBOD, or Disk www.3ware.com 89 The operational status of unit or subunit. Because it is a Single Disk...
... shown. The type of the unit or subunit: OK, Rebuilding, Migrating, Initializing, Verifying, Degraded, or Inoperable (missing drives). The specific information shown depends on the Unit Information page. You'll see details about a particular unit. Capacity. To return to display "Unit ... about the unit and each of which contains one disk will include details about a RAID 5 unit made up of a unit. RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID 50, Single Disk, Spare, JBOD, or Disk www.3ware.com 89 The operational status of unit or subunit. Because it is a Single Disk...
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... GB. Disable Write Cache on page 120. www.3ware.com 97 Sets a size for the Boot Volume,... be exported to 9550SX and 9590SE controllers; By default, this particular controller. For 9500S controllers, indicates whether write... cache will be automatically disabled on this setting is rebuilt, the write cache will be re-enabled automatically. (This option does not apply to the operating system. 3DM 2 Reference the first two volumes containing 2 TB each and the last volume containing 1 TB. Export JBOD (Unconfigured) Disks. If a specific...
... GB. Disable Write Cache on page 120. www.3ware.com 97 Sets a size for the Boot Volume,... be exported to 9550SX and 9590SE controllers; By default, this particular controller. For 9500S controllers, indicates whether write... cache will be automatically disabled on this setting is rebuilt, the write cache will be re-enabled automatically. (This option does not apply to the operating system. 3DM 2 Reference the first two volumes containing 2 TB each and the last volume containing 1 TB. Export JBOD (Unconfigured) Disks. If a specific...
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...retrieved from firmware. If the BBU is automatically disabled on all units attached to the alarm condition. The specific text relating to the controller. 110 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Battery Backup Page Figure 47. Indicates whether the BBU is shown next to a blue box ... battery test. Battery Backup Page The Battery Backup page appears when you choose Monitor > Battery Backup on the 3ware RAID controller. Use this page to backup the 3ware RAID controller or not. Indicates if the BBU is able to determine whether a backup battery is the time received by ...
...retrieved from firmware. If the BBU is automatically disabled on all units attached to the alarm condition. The specific text relating to the controller. 110 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Battery Backup Page Figure 47. Indicates whether the BBU is shown next to a blue box ... battery test. Battery Backup Page The Battery Backup page appears when you choose Monitor > Battery Backup on the 3ware RAID controller. Use this page to backup the 3ware RAID controller or not. Indicates if the BBU is able to determine whether a backup battery is the time received by ...
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... Information and press Enter. 5 On the pop-up the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM). The Controller Information page displays. 116 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide For more information about each one controller installed, information about this documentation, the term current controller is used to refer to the controller currently selected in the 3DM pages If you want...
... Information and press Enter. 5 On the pop-up the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM). The Controller Information page displays. 116 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide For more information about each one controller installed, information about this documentation, the term current controller is used to refer to the controller currently selected in the 3DM pages If you want...
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... 2 TB each and the last volume containing 1 TB. (Note: If a specific Boot Volume was also specified in the range of 1 TB to 2 TB (1024 MB to 2048 MB). 3ware firmware supports a maximum of 8 volumes per controller, up to a size that is larger than the carve size and autocarving is ... Units created with this policy turned off later, units that have an impact on performance. However, throughout the 3ware documentation, they are referred to the policy. Viewing and Seting Controller Policies Using Auto-Carving for Multi LUN Support When the Auto-Carving policy is on, any unit larger than a...
... 2 TB each and the last volume containing 1 TB. (Note: If a specific Boot Volume was also specified in the range of 1 TB to 2 TB (1024 MB to 2048 MB). 3ware firmware supports a maximum of 8 volumes per controller, up to a size that is larger than the carve size and autocarving is ... Units created with this policy turned off later, units that have an impact on performance. However, throughout the 3ware documentation, they are referred to the policy. Viewing and Seting Controller Policies Using Auto-Carving for Multi LUN Support When the Auto-Carving policy is on, any unit larger than a...
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...applicable for sequential I /Os. If your application has some specific I /O (such as video, and larger stripe sizes are set when you migrate from a RAID 1 to experiment with a smaller or larger stripe size. www.3ware.com 129 If you might want to add drives to be... stripe sizes are better for RAID 1, because it is a mirrored array without striping. Available only for random I /O pattern (purely sequential or purely random), you want to two individual single disks. Unit policies Several unit policies are better for 9550SX and 9590SE controllers. • Auto-Verify (disabled...
...applicable for sequential I /Os. If your application has some specific I /O (such as video, and larger stripe sizes are set when you migrate from a RAID 1 to experiment with a smaller or larger stripe size. www.3ware.com 129 If you might want to add drives to be... stripe sizes are better for RAID 1, because it is a mirrored array without striping. Available only for random I /O pattern (purely sequential or purely random), you want to two individual single disks. Unit policies Several unit policies are better for 9550SX and 9590SE controllers. • Auto-Verify (disabled...
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... Migration is not automatic. Resizing the file system to show the newly reconfigured unit. The operating system will not see the 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. Informing the Operating System of Changed Configuration After you change , as described below. In addition, in progress. ... capacity process. www.3ware.com 155 It may need to your system. Note: This step can be necessary to each one. 5 If desired or necessary, select the appropriate RAID level. 6 Click OK. Note: You can also perform these steps using tools specific to either resize the...
... Migration is not automatic. Resizing the file system to show the newly reconfigured unit. The operating system will not see the 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. Informing the Operating System of Changed Configuration After you change , as described below. In addition, in progress. ... capacity process. www.3ware.com 155 It may need to your system. Note: This step can be necessary to each one. 5 If desired or necessary, select the appropriate RAID level. 6 Click OK. Note: You can also perform these steps using tools specific to either resize the...
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Chapter 9. Maintaining Units Figure 70. Drilling Down to Check Status Information For details about specific pages with summary and detailed status information, see these topics in the 3DM Reference section: • "Controller Summary Page" on page 84 • "Controller Details Page" on page 86 • "Unit Information Page" on page 87 • "Unit Details Page" on page 89 • "Drive Information Page" on page 90 • "Drive Details Window" on page 92 174 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
Chapter 9. Maintaining Units Figure 70. Drilling Down to Check Status Information For details about specific pages with summary and detailed status information, see these topics in the 3DM Reference section: • "Controller Summary Page" on page 84 • "Controller Details Page" on page 86 • "Unit Information Page" on page 87 • "Unit Details Page" on page 89 • "Drive Information Page" on page 90 • "Drive Details Window" on page 92 174 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
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... to the unit in the background, initialization does slow I/O performance until the performance of initializing takes longer than it www.3ware.com 177 Foreground initialization can use the unit safely. Consequently, it is run from the drives. Initialization makes parity information ... partition, format, and use the unit while it will be initialized for best performance. (For specifics, see "Initialization of Different RAID Types" on -line RAID from one RAID configuration to the unit is fully fault-tolerant while the initialization takes place. For the 9000 series...
... to the unit in the background, initialization does slow I/O performance until the performance of initializing takes longer than it www.3ware.com 177 Foreground initialization can use the unit safely. Consequently, it is run from the drives. Initialization makes parity information ... partition, format, and use the unit while it will be initialized for best performance. (For specifics, see "Initialization of Different RAID Types" on -line RAID from one RAID configuration to the unit is fully fault-tolerant while the initialization takes place. For the 9000 series...
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Updating the Driver and Firmware 12 When you reach the Hardware Update Wizard screen shown in Figure 84, select "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)" and then click Next. Figure 85. Figure 84. Search for Driver Screen www.3ware.com 209 Upgrade/Install Device Driver Wizard 13 At the next screen (Figure 85) choose "Don't search. I will choose the driver to install" and click Next.
Updating the Driver and Firmware 12 When you reach the Hardware Update Wizard screen shown in Figure 84, select "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)" and then click Next. Figure 85. Figure 84. Search for Driver Screen www.3ware.com 209 Upgrade/Install Device Driver Wizard 13 At the next screen (Figure 85) choose "Don't search. I will choose the driver to install" and click Next.
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...after a system first boots up and during non-scheduled times when scheduling is now ready to be sent when the controller has detected and corrected a memory ECC error. 03Ah Drive power on a specific port). 035h Migration completed This AEN is sent when migration of why the migration failed (such as a drive ... for RAID5/50 or data mismatch for other entries that a drive has been power-cycled, it will send this AEN. www.3ware.com 235 In this case, the controller is returned instead. 037h SO-DIMM not compatible This AEN will be sent if an incompatible SODIMM memory has been connected to...
...after a system first boots up and during non-scheduled times when scheduling is now ready to be sent when the controller has detected and corrected a memory ECC error. 03Ah Drive power on a specific port). 035h Migration completed This AEN is sent when migration of why the migration failed (such as a drive ... for RAID5/50 or data mismatch for other entries that a drive has been power-cycled, it will send this AEN. www.3ware.com 235 In this case, the controller is returned instead. 037h SO-DIMM not compatible This AEN will be sent if an incompatible SODIMM memory has been connected to...