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... 50 Chapter 5. 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2 55 Starting 3BM 2 55 Exiting the 3BM Configuration Utility 57 Working in the 3BM Screens 58 Adjusting BIOS Loading Settings 61 Displaying Controller Information 63 Getting Help While Using 3BM 63 www.3ware.com i Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller 1 Product Models and Features 1 What's New with Your 3ware RAID Controller 15 Chapter 3.
... 50 Chapter 5. 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2 55 Starting 3BM 2 55 Exiting the 3BM Configuration Utility 57 Working in the 3BM Screens 58 Adjusting BIOS Loading Settings 61 Displaying Controller Information 63 Getting Help While Using 3BM 63 www.3ware.com i Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller 1 Product Models and Features 1 What's New with Your 3ware RAID Controller 15 Chapter 3.
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...the same configuration and maintenance tasks for your 3ware 9000 series controller. This guide assumes that there are different installation guides for the 9590SE, the 9550SX, and the 9500S.) How this guide....BIOS level (3ware BIOS Manager 2, or 3BM 2) and one at the command line, using the two tools (3BM 2 and 3DM 2), such as starting the tool, navigating between screens, and so forth, is described in a browser (3ware Disk Manager 2, or 3DM 2). About This Guide 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide provides instructions for configuring and maintaining your 3ware RAID controller...
...the same configuration and maintenance tasks for your 3ware 9000 series controller. This guide assumes that there are different installation guides for the 9590SE, the 9550SX, and the 9500S.) How this guide....BIOS level (3ware BIOS Manager 2, or 3BM 2) and one at the command line, using the two tools (3BM 2 and 3DM 2), such as starting the tool, navigating between screens, and so forth, is described in a browser (3ware Disk Manager 2, or 3DM 2). About This Guide 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide provides instructions for configuring and maintaining your 3ware RAID controller...
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Driver Installation 5. 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) 6. 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM 2) 7. Compliance and Conformity Statements C. Provides step-by-step instructions for configuring RAID units if you have just installed and configured it. Provides common... controller. Maintaining Your Controller 11. Includes information for the 3ware 9000 series controllers. Also includes information about the controller, check its status, and change existing configurations, and set up your 3ware RAID controller. Provides compliance and conformity statement. vi 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller ...
Driver Installation 5. 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) 6. 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM 2) 7. Compliance and Conformity Statements C. Provides step-by-step instructions for configuring RAID units if you have just installed and configured it. Provides common... controller. Maintaining Your Controller 11. Includes information for the 3ware 9000 series controllers. Also includes information about the controller, check its status, and change existing configurations, and set up your 3ware RAID controller. Provides compliance and conformity statement. vi 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller ...
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...are used through this drop-down list. • Unit refers to one or more disks configured through 3ware to indicate things you type. Also known as a single drive. www.3ware.com vii Conventions Conventions The following conventions are used interchangeably throughout this manual. • Boldface is ...8226; 3BM and 3BM 2 both refer to the 3ware BIOS Manager, version 2. • 3DM and 3DM 2 both refer to the 3ware Disk Manager, version 2. • In the sections that describe using 3DM, current controller is used to refer to the controller which is used for code and to be treated...
...are used through this drop-down list. • Unit refers to one or more disks configured through 3ware to indicate things you type. Also known as a single drive. www.3ware.com vii Conventions Conventions The following conventions are used interchangeably throughout this manual. • Boldface is ...8226; 3BM and 3BM 2 both refer to the 3ware BIOS Manager, version 2. • 3DM and 3DM 2 both refer to the 3ware Disk Manager, version 2. • In the sections that describe using 3DM, current controller is used to refer to the controller which is used for code and to be treated...
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...it when you have the following features and benefits: • 200% faster than the industry-leading 3ware 9500S RAID controller • PCI-X (for 9550SX) or PCI Express (for 9590SE) connectivity • 7th generation StorSwitch(TM) technology • Support ...3ware® 9000 Series Controller Features of the 3ware 9000 series controllers include: • Advanced RAID features for greater data protection and management. • Support for battery backup provides added data protection in 3ware's 9000 series of RAID controllers have a chassis that supports it • Improved BIOS control...
...it when you have the following features and benefits: • 200% faster than the industry-leading 3ware 9500S RAID controller • PCI-X (for 9550SX) or PCI Express (for 9590SE) connectivity • 7th generation StorSwitch(TM) technology • Support ...3ware® 9000 Series Controller Features of the 3ware 9000 series controllers include: • Advanced RAID features for greater data protection and management. • Support for battery backup provides added data protection in 3ware's 9000 series of RAID controllers have a chassis that supports it • Improved BIOS control...
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... configurable in the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) and in a striped disk array (see Figure 1), large files are distributed across the multiple disks using RAID 0 techniques. Striped disk arrays achieve high transfer rates because they can even cause a system hang, depending on more than one drive simultaneously. RAID 0 Configuration Example 6 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide When...
... configurable in the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) and in a striped disk array (see Figure 1), large files are distributed across the multiple disks using RAID 0 techniques. Striped disk arrays achieve high transfer rates because they can even cause a system hang, depending on more than one drive simultaneously. RAID 0 Configuration Example 6 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide When...
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...). Chapter 1. Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller 3ware Tools for Configuration and Management 3ware software tools lets you easily configure the drives attached to your 3ware RAID controller, specifying which runs in configuring and managing units attached to the 3ware controller: • 3BM (3ware BIOS Manager) • 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) • 3ware CLI (Command Line Interface) 3BM (3ware BIOS Manager) 3BM is the...
...). Chapter 1. Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller 3ware Tools for Configuration and Management 3ware software tools lets you easily configure the drives attached to your 3ware RAID controller, specifying which runs in configuring and managing units attached to the 3ware controller: • 3BM (3ware BIOS Manager) • 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) • 3ware CLI (Command Line Interface) 3BM (3ware BIOS Manager) 3BM is the...
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...management state to the stripe. • Scheduled Background Tasks. Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features Several 3ware RAID controller features aid in 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Management utility). Monitoring of SMART thresholds can be based intelligently on all disk drives (array members, ...found and are deemed repairable are supported. Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features 3ware CLI (Command Line Interface) The 3ware CLI provides the functionality available in 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. You also use it to remotely administer...
...management state to the stripe. • Scheduled Background Tasks. Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features Several 3ware RAID controller features aid in 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Management utility). Monitoring of SMART thresholds can be based intelligently on all disk drives (array members, ...found and are deemed repairable are supported. Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features 3ware CLI (Command Line Interface) The 3ware CLI provides the functionality available in 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. You also use it to remotely administer...
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... and Levels" on whether one of the units you configure will help you choose the appropriate RAID level for initial installation. If you want to use the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) to define the configuration. If you do not have been physically installed, the ... operating system is also included in the installation guide that came with Your 3ware RAID Controller Setting up your 3ware RAID controller involves these main steps: • Physically Install the Controller and Drives • Configure the RAID Unit and Drives • Install the Driver and Make the Operating System Aware...
... and Levels" on whether one of the units you configure will help you choose the appropriate RAID level for initial installation. If you want to use the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) to define the configuration. If you do not have been physically installed, the ... operating system is also included in the installation guide that came with Your 3ware RAID Controller Setting up your 3ware RAID controller involves these main steps: • Physically Install the Controller and Drives • Configure the RAID Unit and Drives • Install the Driver and Make the Operating System Aware...
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... on a single controller, depending on the number of drives that you want to create a disk unit • Select the desired RAID configuration • Set other parameters, depending on another drive in this chapter to use the steps below or you can use the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) ...in the step-by-step example: • Launch 3BM (3ware BIOS 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 page 9.) Basic Steps for Multi LUN...
... on a single controller, depending on the number of drives that you want to create a disk unit • Select the desired RAID configuration • Set other parameters, depending on another drive in this chapter to use the steps below or you can use the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) ...in the step-by-step example: • Launch 3BM (3ware BIOS 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 page 9.) Basic Steps for Multi LUN...
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...indicates the problem and remains on your screen longer. 3 If you have more than one 9000-series controller in your 3ware configuration remains on the disks. 20 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Chapter 3. Normally your system, a screen lists the available boards. (See Figure 6.) ...up or reboot your disk array configuration may overwrite data on -screen for a screen similar to Figure 5. ----Press to access 3ware BIOS Manager ---3ware ATA RAID Controller: 9590SE-12 BIOS: BE9X X.XX.XX.XXX Firmware: FE9X X.XX.XX.XXX BBU Status: Not Present Number of online units: 1, available ...
...indicates the problem and remains on your screen longer. 3 If you have more than one 9000-series controller in your 3ware configuration remains on the disks. 20 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Chapter 3. Normally your system, a screen lists the available boards. (See Figure 6.) ...up or reboot your disk array configuration may overwrite data on -screen for a screen similar to Figure 5. ----Press to access 3ware BIOS Manager ---3ware ATA RAID Controller: 9590SE-12 BIOS: BE9X X.XX.XX.XXX Firmware: FE9X X.XX.XX.XXX BBU Status: Not Present Number of online units: 1, available ...
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...complete. For complete information about initialization of up to the drives is done in the BIOS. Once you have booted to the operating system, background initialization of the RAID 5 or RAID 50 unit will begin after booting to the operating system, the process of initializing ...zeroes to ten minutes. Consequently, it does if initialization is fully optimal. Depending on the RAID configuration you can take several hours, depending on page 177. 26 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide The initialization process can press Esc to cancel the progress box. (Before doing this...
...complete. For complete information about initialization of up to the drives is done in the BIOS. Once you have booted to the operating system, background initialization of the RAID 5 or RAID 50 unit will begin after booting to the operating system, the process of initializing ...zeroes to ten minutes. Consequently, it does if initialization is fully optimal. Depending on the RAID configuration you can take several hours, depending on page 177. 26 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide The initialization process can press Esc to cancel the progress box. (Before doing this...
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... • If you have other disks installed on the motherboard, the 3ware RAID controller should precede them in your system, go into the BIOS for information about starting the system BIOS. • If the OS is necessary because most systems automatically change ...configured more information, see Chapter 6, "3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2)" and the 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. 28 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide First-Time RAID Configuration Using 3BM Checking the Motherboard Boot Sequence Using your RAID units while running Windows. This is already...
... • If you have other disks installed on the motherboard, the 3ware RAID controller should precede them in your system, go into the BIOS for information about starting the system BIOS. • If the OS is necessary because most systems automatically change ...configured more information, see Chapter 6, "3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2)" and the 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. 28 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide First-Time RAID Configuration Using 3BM Checking the Motherboard Boot Sequence Using your RAID units while running Windows. This is already...
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then start or reboot your motherboard's BIOS is correct; Select the appropriate set of steps below, based on whether: • You want to update the RAM disk • You prefer to insert your driver install disk. 4 Install the 3ware kernel driver module, using the driver install... the Welcome to Red Hat display appears, you can type: expert text A number of updating the RAM 42 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Driver Installation To install the 3ware kernel driver module while installing Red Hat Linux on your computer. The system automatically reports: Loading 3w-9xxx 5...
then start or reboot your motherboard's BIOS is correct; Select the appropriate set of steps below, based on whether: • You want to update the RAM disk • You prefer to insert your driver install disk. 4 Install the 3ware kernel driver module, using the driver install... the Welcome to Red Hat display appears, you can type: expert text A number of updating the RAM 42 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Driver Installation To install the 3ware kernel driver module while installing Red Hat Linux on your computer. The system automatically reports: Loading 3w-9xxx 5...
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... v5.4 on a Unit on page 53 If you want to upgrade the kernel driver module by the 3ware RAID controller (9550SX or 9590SE). Driver Installation Installing the Driver under FreeBSD The steps you are using 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Manager). A temporary driver is statically compiled with the kernel, newer drivers with the same name (twa.ko...
... v5.4 on a Unit on page 53 If you want to upgrade the kernel driver module by the 3ware RAID controller (9550SX or 9590SE). Driver Installation Installing the Driver under FreeBSD The steps you are using 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Manager). A temporary driver is statically compiled with the kernel, newer drivers with the same name (twa.ko...
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...doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/ books/handbook/kernelconfig-building.html. 7 Reboot your 3ware RAID controller for secondary storage, you do not need to be found on your system. Create the RAID units on the 9550SX using either 3BM (the BIOS of system memory, you will be using the unit on both ...driver source" on the motherboard 1 Make sure the 3ware 9550SX or 9590SE controller is installed, power down the system and install the 3ware 9550SX or 9590SE RAID controller. For step-by-step instructions, see "To update the kernel with it. www.3ware.com 53 When you may want to install the...
...doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/ books/handbook/kernelconfig-building.html. 7 Reboot your 3ware RAID controller for secondary storage, you do not need to be found on your system. Create the RAID units on the 9550SX using either 3BM (the BIOS of system memory, you will be using the unit on both ...driver source" on the motherboard 1 Make sure the 3ware 9550SX or 9590SE controller is installed, power down the system and install the 3ware 9550SX or 9590SE RAID controller. For step-by-step instructions, see "To update the kernel with it. www.3ware.com 53 When you may want to install the...
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...instructions under "To update the kernel with new driver source" on the 9550SX using 3BM (BIOS) 3 Unpack twa.tgz and copy (*.c and *.h) files to sys/dev/twa and Makefile to the 9550SX controller. 2 Create the RAID units on page 52. 54 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Driver Installation Compiling and Loading the driver as a module ...6 Rebuild the kernel and reboot your system. 7 Load the kernel driver module from /sys/modules/twa kldload twa.ko Upgrading the Driver for 9500S Controllers The FreeBSD 5.4 kernel has native support for 3ware 9500S RAID controllers; Chapter 4.
...instructions under "To update the kernel with new driver source" on the 9550SX using 3BM (BIOS) 3 Unpack twa.tgz and copy (*.c and *.h) files to sys/dev/twa and Makefile to the 9550SX controller. 2 Create the RAID units on page 52. 54 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Driver Installation Compiling and Loading the driver as a module ...6 Rebuild the kernel and reboot your system. 7 Load the kernel driver module from /sys/modules/twa kldload twa.ko Upgrading the Driver for 9500S Controllers The FreeBSD 5.4 kernel has native support for 3ware 9500S RAID controllers; Chapter 4.
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... for your computer. 1 Power up or reboot your 3ware 9550SX or 9590SE RAID controller. www.3ware.com 55 For information about doing particular tasks in this guide. 5 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2) This section describes the basics of using 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2), one of the tools you ...connected to your system. 2 While the system is starting, watch for a screen similar to Figure 24. ----Press to access 3ware BIOS Manager ---3ware ATA RAID Controller: 9590SE-12 BIOS: BE9X X.XX.XX.XXX Firmware: FE9X X.XX.XX.XXX BBU Status: Not Present Number of online units: 1, available drives...
... for your computer. 1 Power up or reboot your 3ware 9550SX or 9590SE RAID controller. www.3ware.com 55 For information about doing particular tasks in this guide. 5 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2) This section describes the basics of using 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2), one of the tools you ...connected to your system. 2 While the system is starting, watch for a screen similar to Figure 24. ----Press to access 3ware BIOS Manager ---3ware ATA RAID Controller: 9590SE-12 BIOS: BE9X X.XX.XX.XXX Firmware: FE9X X.XX.XX.XXX BBU Status: Not Present Number of online units: 1, available drives...
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... Message When you Start 3BM If 3BM detects a degraded array, a red message box appears, to alert you to work and press Enter. Figure 26. Chapter 5. 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2) Normally your system, a screen lists the available boards. (See Figure 25.) In this case, highlight the board with which you want to the... problem. However, if a unit has degraded, the screen indicates the problem and remains on your screen longer. 4 If you have more than one 9000-series controller in your 3ware configuration remains on page 189. 56 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
... Message When you Start 3BM If 3BM detects a degraded array, a red message box appears, to alert you to work and press Enter. Figure 26. Chapter 5. 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2) Normally your system, a screen lists the available boards. (See Figure 25.) In this case, highlight the board with which you want to the... problem. However, if a unit has degraded, the screen indicates the problem and remains on your screen longer. 4 If you have more than one 9000-series controller in your 3ware configuration remains on page 189. 56 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
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... different versions of 3BM. A list of the 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide that have two 9000 controllers that supports the 7000 and 8000 series controllers. If you have different versions of the BIOS installed, they will also appear in different BIOS summaries, and will appear for that controller appears. For detailed information, see the version of...
... different versions of 3BM. A list of the 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide that have two 9000 controllers that supports the 7000 and 8000 series controllers. If you have different versions of the BIOS installed, they will also appear in different BIOS summaries, and will appear for that controller appears. For detailed information, see the version of...