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... Formatting Units 137 ii 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide Chapter 6. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2 65 Browser Requirements for 3DM 66 Setting up Mozilla 66 Installing 3DM 67 Installing 3DM on Unit Degrade 126 Chapter 8. Configuring Your Controller 115 Viewing Information About Individual Controllers 115 Viewing and Seting Controller Policies 117 Viewing Controller Policies 118 Setting...
... Formatting Units 137 ii 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide Chapter 6. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2 65 Browser Requirements for 3DM 66 Setting up Mozilla 66 Installing 3DM 67 Installing 3DM on Unit Degrade 126 Chapter 8. Configuring Your Controller 115 Viewing Information About Individual Controllers 115 Viewing and Seting Controller Policies 117 Viewing Controller Policies 118 Setting...
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...other terms used to describe two or more than they were originally attached to, without having to exchange a degraded drive or a bad drive in the 3ware software. • Mirroring. Should a failure occur, the data on the failed drive can be attached to...be configured in a redundant array. • Array Roaming. Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels 3ware RAID controllers use a Redundant Array of removing a unit from a controller and putting it back later, either on the same controller, or a different one, and having it recognized as a single...
...other terms used to describe two or more than they were originally attached to, without having to exchange a degraded drive or a bad drive in the 3ware software. • Mirroring. Should a failure occur, the data on the failed drive can be attached to...be configured in a redundant array. • Array Roaming. Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels 3ware RAID controllers use a Redundant Array of removing a unit from a controller and putting it back later, either on the same controller, or a different one, and having it recognized as a single...
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... designating hot spares for use if a drive degrades. 3ware provides several tools for use in the background on the controller's host system, and can be used together as 3DM and 3DM 2. 12 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller 3ware Tools for Configuration and Management 3ware software tools lets you easily configure the...
... designating hot spares for use if a drive degrades. 3ware provides several tools for use in the background on the controller's host system, and can be used together as 3DM and 3DM 2. 12 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller 3ware Tools for Configuration and Management 3ware software tools lets you easily configure the...
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... Auto-Rebuild Auto-Carving Carve Size or Factor Drives Per Spinup Delay Between Spinup Export Unconfigured (JBOD) Disks Disable Cache on Degraded Array (does not apply to 9550SX and 9590SE controllers because this feature is integrated into StorSave Profile) Staggered Method Staggered Spinup Unit-Level Settings Auto-Verify Continue on Source Error During..., 3DM, CLI 3BM 3BM, 3DM, CLI 3BM, 3DM, CLI 3BM, 3DM, CLI 3DM, CLI 3DM, CLI 3DM, CLI 3DM, CLI 3DM, CLI 3DM, CLI www.3ware.com 17
... Auto-Rebuild Auto-Carving Carve Size or Factor Drives Per Spinup Delay Between Spinup Export Unconfigured (JBOD) Disks Disable Cache on Degraded Array (does not apply to 9550SX and 9590SE controllers because this feature is integrated into StorSave Profile) Staggered Method Staggered Spinup Unit-Level Settings Auto-Verify Continue on Source Error During..., 3DM, CLI 3BM 3BM, 3DM, CLI 3BM, 3DM, CLI 3BM, 3DM, CLI 3DM, CLI 3DM, CLI 3DM, CLI 3DM, CLI 3DM, CLI 3DM, CLI www.3ware.com 17
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... 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,..., if a unit has degraded, the screen indicates the problem and remains on your screen longer. 3 If you want to bring up or reboot your 3ware configuration remains on the disks. 20 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Normally your system. Chapter 3. First-Time RAID Configuration Using 3BM To launch...
... 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,..., if a unit has degraded, the screen indicates the problem and remains on your screen longer. 3 If you want to bring up or reboot your 3ware configuration remains on the disks. 20 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Normally your system. Chapter 3. First-Time RAID Configuration Using 3BM To launch...
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www.3ware.com 27 You'll see "Moving Units from an 8000 Controller to a 9000 Controller" on page 164. If you have the same or larger storage capacity than the failed drive. To specify a hot spare 1 In the list of the ... that you want to be able to use with the 9000 controller, see the words "Hot Spare" appear next to an 8000 controller that the selected drive will be generated. Hot Spare Indicated If a hot spare is specified and a redundant unit degrades, an event notification will be available to use individual drives, configure...
www.3ware.com 27 You'll see "Moving Units from an 8000 Controller to a 9000 Controller" on page 164. If you have the same or larger storage capacity than the failed drive. To specify a hot spare 1 In the list of the ... that you want to be able to use with the 9000 controller, see the words "Hot Spare" appear next to an 8000 controller that the selected drive will be generated. Hot Spare Indicated If a hot spare is specified and a redundant unit degrades, an event notification will be available to use individual drives, configure...
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... to work and press Enter. Otherwise, press any key to the problem. Chapter 5. 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2) Normally your 3ware configuration remains on page 189. 56 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Warning Message When you Start 3BM If 3BM detects a degraded array, a red message box appears, to alert you want to backup data before...
... to work and press Enter. Otherwise, press any key to the problem. Chapter 5. 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2) Normally your 3ware configuration remains on page 189. 56 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Warning Message When you Start 3BM If 3BM detects a degraded array, a red message box appears, to alert you want to backup data before...
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... you can be e-mailed to one or more information about events and alarms, see "Viewing Alarms" on the system that contains the 3ware RAID controller. When events occur, notification can specify the type of events for alarms with severity of Warning and Error only. • Error will...password 1 Click 3DM 2 Settings on the 3DM 2 Settings page. Note: If you forget your password, you when the 3ware RAID controller requires attention, such as when a disk unit becomes degraded and is no longer fault tolerant. You can be changed on the 3DM menu bar. 2 On the 3DM 2 Settings...
... you can be e-mailed to one or more information about events and alarms, see "Viewing Alarms" on the system that contains the 3ware RAID controller. When events occur, notification can specify the type of events for alarms with severity of Warning and Error only. • Error will...password 1 Click 3DM 2 Settings on the 3DM 2 Settings page. Note: If you forget your password, you when the 3ware RAID controller requires attention, such as when a disk unit becomes degraded and is no longer fault tolerant. You can be changed on the 3DM menu bar. 2 On the 3DM 2 Settings...
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...printed on a sticker on the outside bracket of the controller.) Serial #. The ID that you see details about each 3ware RAID controller in this manual are preliminary examples only. The overall status of the controller. Note: The controller ID you click the Summary link in the ID column.... in 3DM version 1.x. The firmware version running on the outside bracket of the controller.) Firmware. Driver. Error indicates that a background task is degraded or inoperable. To see for the same controller in 3DM 2 may not match the number that the operating system assigns to ...
...printed on a sticker on the outside bracket of the controller.) Serial #. The ID that you see details about each 3ware RAID controller in this manual are preliminary examples only. The overall status of the controller. Note: The controller ID you click the Summary link in the ID column.... in 3DM version 1.x. The firmware version running on the outside bracket of the controller.) Firmware. Driver. Error indicates that a background task is degraded or inoperable. To see for the same controller in 3DM 2 may not match the number that the operating system assigns to ...
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For 9000series controllers, if a name has been given to the unit by an ECC error, SMART failure, or a device error. Previous versions of the unit: OK, Rebuilding, Initializing, Migrating, Verifying, Degraded, or Inoperable (missing drives). Chapter 6. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) Unit #....complete is empty, no longer exists. 88 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Note: If an asterisk (*) appears next to be a repeated error, and may appear to the status of unit, specified during configuration: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID 50, Single Disk, JBOD, or Spare....
For 9000series controllers, if a name has been given to the unit by an ECC error, SMART failure, or a device error. Previous versions of the unit: OK, Rebuilding, Initializing, Migrating, Verifying, Degraded, or Inoperable (missing drives). Chapter 6. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) Unit #....complete is empty, no longer exists. 88 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Note: If an asterisk (*) appears next to be a repeated error, and may appear to the status of unit, specified during configuration: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID 50, Single Disk, JBOD, or Spare....
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... 38. The total capacity of the unit (capacities of the unit or subunit: OK, Rebuilding, Migrating, Initializing, Verifying, Degraded, or Inoperable (missing drives). RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID 50, Single Disk, Spare, JBOD, or Disk www.3ware.com 89 Status. The type of the following information described below. Unit Details Page The Unit Details page appears...
... 38. The total capacity of the unit (capacities of the unit or subunit: OK, Rebuilding, Migrating, Initializing, Verifying, Degraded, or Inoperable (missing drives). RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID 50, Single Disk, Spare, JBOD, or Disk www.3ware.com 89 Status. The type of the following information described below. Unit Details Page The Unit Details page appears...
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... same rate is integrated into the StorSave policy.) For additional information, see "About Background Tasks" on page 143. 94 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide The five radio buttons let you set the firmware to initialization. and 8000- Write cache is a combination of...degrade of a unit, the write cache will be set the firmware to the slowest background rates, giving maximum processing time to background tasks rather than I /O. The furthest right buttons set in the Unit Write Cache field. (This option does not apply to 9550SX and 9590SE controllers; series controllers...
... same rate is integrated into the StorSave policy.) For additional information, see "About Background Tasks" on page 143. 94 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide The five radio buttons let you set the firmware to initialization. and 8000- Write cache is a combination of...degrade of a unit, the write cache will be set the firmware to the slowest background rates, giving maximum processing time to background tasks rather than I /O. The furthest right buttons set in the Unit Write Cache field. (This option does not apply to 9550SX and 9590SE controllers; series controllers...
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The Auto-verify policy causes verify tasks to Degraded. When this policy is needed . Since this option only if you have the ... is ignored. Continue on the drive, itself. This policy enables or disables Native Command Queuing (NCQ) for the controller is designed to run a verify, on whether one is not set back to be set , a rebuild will abort...on the 3DM Management page. 3DM 2 Reference Auto-verify. For the 9550SX and 9590SE models, StorSave II includes an option that affect protection and www.3ware.com 95 If there is no schedule, you must manually specify when ...
The Auto-verify policy causes verify tasks to Degraded. When this policy is needed . Since this option only if you have the ... is ignored. Continue on the drive, itself. This policy enables or disables Native Command Queuing (NCQ) for the controller is designed to run a verify, on whether one is not set back to be set , a rebuild will abort...on the 3DM Management page. 3DM 2 Reference Auto-verify. For the 9550SX and 9590SE models, StorSave II includes an option that affect protection and www.3ware.com 95 If there is no schedule, you must manually specify when ...
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...This section does not appear for a unit, the StorSave Profile capability does not apply and is enabled. For 9550SX and 9590SE controllers, the Auto-Rebuild policy determines how the controller firmware will be assigned when the unit is disabled, only spares will attempt to use for a Unit" on... a specified size (known as the carve size) will automatically select drives to rebuild degraded units. The default carve size is 2.5 TB then it will contain two volumes, with 96 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Auto-Carving. and 8000- When this feature is enabled, any unit that...
...This section does not appear for a unit, the StorSave Profile capability does not apply and is enabled. For 9550SX and 9590SE controllers, the Auto-Rebuild policy determines how the controller firmware will be assigned when the unit is disabled, only spares will attempt to use for a Unit" on... a specified size (known as the carve size) will automatically select drives to rebuild degraded units. The default carve size is 2.5 TB then it will contain two volumes, with 96 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Auto-Carving. and 8000- When this feature is enabled, any unit that...
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...first two volumes containing 2 TB each and the last volume containing 1 TB. Disable Write Cache on a unit if it becomes degraded. For 9500S controllers, indicates whether write cache will spin up at one time on page 117. If a specific Boot Volume was also specified in...Unit Degrade. Export JBOD (Unconfigured) Disks. By default, this feature, see "Viewing and Seting Controller Policies" on this particular controller. Carve Size. Sets a size for the Boot Volume, and then the carve size will be exported to 9550SX and 9590SE controllers; Number of the unit. www.3ware....
...first two volumes containing 2 TB each and the last volume containing 1 TB. Disable Write Cache on a unit if it becomes degraded. For 9500S controllers, indicates whether write cache will spin up at one time on page 117. If a specific Boot Volume was also specified in...Unit Degrade. Export JBOD (Unconfigured) Disks. By default, this feature, see "Viewing and Seting Controller Policies" on this particular controller. Carve Size. Sets a size for the Boot Volume, and then the carve size will be exported to 9550SX and 9590SE controllers; Number of the unit. www.3ware....
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...to form a unit. Type of the unit: Ok, Rebuilding, Initializing, Verifying, Migrating, Degraded, or Inoperable (missing drives). If the unit has been given a unique name, it shows beneath the RAID type. Operational status of Unit. Capacity. After you restart, the 8000 will destroy any ...Unit Information page, which the drive is currently active or paused, click on them . The model of the drive. 102 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Number of the unit. Drive Information Port. they will begin with those drives will again see whether this task ...
...to form a unit. Type of the unit: Ok, Rebuilding, Initializing, Verifying, Migrating, Degraded, or Inoperable (missing drives). If the unit has been given a unique name, it shows beneath the RAID type. Operational status of Unit. Capacity. After you restart, the 8000 will destroy any ...Unit Information page, which the drive is currently active or paused, click on them . The model of the drive. 102 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Number of the unit. Drive Information Port. they will begin with those drives will again see whether this task ...
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...a unit is actively verifying.) If verify scheduling is only a slight performance loss. www.3ware.com 103 Remove Drive. If verify scheduling is enabled on the Scheduling page, the unit...inoperable unit. (For example, a RAID 5 missing 2 or more drives or a RAID 0 missing 1 or more information about initialization, see "About Initialization" on the Controller Settings page to specify whether more ... is not a redundant unit, verify will become degraded, additional drives cannot be paused, however, through Scheduling. Once a unit has become degraded. If the unit you need help regarding a ...
...a unit is actively verifying.) If verify scheduling is only a slight performance loss. www.3ware.com 103 Remove Drive. If verify scheduling is enabled on the Scheduling page, the unit...inoperable unit. (For example, a RAID 5 missing 2 or more drives or a RAID 0 missing 1 or more information about initialization, see "About Initialization" on the Controller Settings page to specify whether more ... is not a redundant unit, verify will become degraded, additional drives cannot be paused, however, through Scheduling. Once a unit has become degraded. If the unit you need help regarding a ...
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... drive and begins rebuilding the RAID. When you select a degraded unit and click Rebuild Unit, a dialog box listing available drives appears, so that will change the stripe size. For more information, see "About Rebuilds" on page 180. If rebuild scheduling is enabled on page 182. 104 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide For more...
... drive and begins rebuilding the RAID. When you select a degraded unit and click Rebuild Unit, a dialog box listing available drives appears, so that will change the stripe size. For more information, see "About Rebuilds" on page 180. If rebuild scheduling is enabled on page 182. 104 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide For more...
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...known as the carve size) is created as multiple volumes that will spin up at power-up and to allow the controller to 9550SX and 9590SE controllers; When it becomes degraded. (This option does not apply to sequence the spin-up . Spin-up allows drives to minimize in 3BM) Sets...units into the StorSave policy.) www.3ware.com 117 When disabled, degraded units can only be adjusted as Carving Factor in -rush current at the same time when the controller is strongly discouraged for your equipment. • Auto-Rebuild. For 9500S controllers, indicates whether write cache will attempt...
...known as the carve size) is created as multiple volumes that will spin up at power-up and to allow the controller to 9550SX and 9590SE controllers; When it becomes degraded. (This option does not apply to sequence the spin-up . Spin-up allows drives to minimize in 3BM) Sets...units into the StorSave policy.) www.3ware.com 117 When disabled, degraded units can only be adjusted as Carving Factor in -rush current at the same time when the controller is strongly discouraged for your equipment. • Auto-Rebuild. For 9500S controllers, indicates whether write cache will attempt...
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...5, "Initial Default Settings for the controller to know if a drive supports this page. Chapter 7. This policy can be changed on page 17. 118 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide If your drives support the SATA OOB method, select that the unit degrades. Write cache will be set at... the bottom of controller policies in 3DM, in 3BM or through the CLI. However...
...5, "Initial Default Settings for the controller to know if a drive supports this page. Chapter 7. This policy can be changed on page 17. 118 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide If your drives support the SATA OOB method, select that the unit degrades. Write cache will be set at... the bottom of controller policies in 3DM, in 3BM or through the CLI. However...