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... Viewing Information About Individual Controllers 115 Viewing and Seting Controller Policies 117 Viewing Controller Policies 118 Setting the Auto-Rebuild Policy 120 Using Auto-Carving for Linux or FreeBSD 70 Uninstalling 3DM under Linux or FreeBSD 72 Starting 3DM and Logging In 73 Starting 3DM ... Access 82 Setting the Incoming Port 83 Setting the Frequency of Volumes Created with the 3DM Screens 76 3DM Menus 77 Viewing Information About Different Controllers in 3BM 137 Partitioning and Formatting Units 137 ii 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide
... Viewing Information About Individual Controllers 115 Viewing and Seting Controller Policies 117 Viewing Controller Policies 118 Setting the Auto-Rebuild Policy 120 Using Auto-Carving for Linux or FreeBSD 70 Uninstalling 3DM under Linux or FreeBSD 72 Starting 3DM and Logging In 73 Starting 3DM ... Access 82 Setting the Incoming Port 83 Setting the Frequency of Volumes Created with the 3DM Screens 76 3DM Menus 77 Viewing Information About Different Controllers in 3BM 137 Partitioning and Formatting Units 137 ii 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide
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... Changing RAID Level 153 Expanding Unit Capacity 154 Informing the Operating System of a Task Schedule 186 Removing a Task Schedule 187 Adding a New Task Schedule Slot 188 Selecting Self-tests to a 9550SX or 9590SE Controller 166 Adding a Drive through 3BM 191 Cancelling a Rebuild and Restarting It with a Different Drive 194 Verifying Units 194 www.3ware.com...
... Changing RAID Level 153 Expanding Unit Capacity 154 Informing the Operating System of a Task Schedule 186 Removing a Task Schedule 187 Adding a New Task Schedule Slot 188 Selecting Self-tests to a 9550SX or 9590SE Controller 166 Adding a Drive through 3BM 191 Cancelling a Rebuild and Restarting It with a Different Drive 194 Verifying Units 194 www.3ware.com...
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... features for Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD. Also includes information about the controller, check its status, and change existing configurations, and set up your 3ware RAID controller. Introduction 2. Maintaining Your Controller 11. Warranty, Technical Support, and Service Description Provides an overview of ...the 3ware controller if you have just installed the controller. Describes how to install drivers for configuring RAID units if you how to install and set unit policies. Describes the basics of using 3DM and includes a reference of initialization, verify, rebuild, ...
... features for Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD. Also includes information about the controller, check its status, and change existing configurations, and set up your 3ware RAID controller. Introduction 2. Maintaining Your Controller 11. Warranty, Technical Support, and Service Description Provides an overview of ...the 3ware controller if you have just installed the controller. Describes how to install drivers for configuring RAID units if you how to install and set unit policies. Describes the basics of using 3DM and includes a reference of initialization, verify, rebuild, ...
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... to provide ongoing monitoring and administration of the controller and associated drives. 3DM supports hot spare and hot swap for creating, deleting, and maintaining disk arrays, rebuilding arrays, designating hot spares, and setting controller policies. 3BM is the tool most frequently used... 3DM and 3DM 2. 12 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Throughout this documentation, it is the current version of RAID configuration you easily configure the drives attached to your 3ware RAID controller, specifying which runs in the background on the controller's host system, and can...
... to provide ongoing monitoring and administration of the controller and associated drives. 3DM supports hot spare and hot swap for creating, deleting, and maintaining disk arrays, rebuilding arrays, designating hot spares, and setting controller policies. 3BM is the tool most frequently used... 3DM and 3DM 2. 12 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Throughout this documentation, it is the current version of RAID configuration you easily configure the drives attached to your 3ware RAID controller, specifying which runs in the background on the controller's host system, and can...
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...proactive steps to be run in the background, at the same time, and the time between staggers in 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Management utility). Initialize, rebuild, verify, and self-test tasks can be based intelligently on the location of drives that are found and are deemed repairable...drive is persistent after power-down and power-up methods are rewritten with the redundant data. SMART data is described in 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. You can view unit status and version information and perform maintenance functions such as adding or removing drives, and...
...proactive steps to be run in the background, at the same time, and the time between staggers in 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Management utility). Initialize, rebuild, verify, and self-test tasks can be based intelligently on the location of drives that are found and are deemed repairable...drive is persistent after power-down and power-up methods are rewritten with the redundant data. SMART data is described in 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. You can view unit status and version information and perform maintenance functions such as adding or removing drives, and...
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... to a chassis with a failed drive (9550SX and 9590SE controllers only). 14 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide For times when you can be restored. • StorSave Profiles allow you to set the level of protection versus performance that you do not have a spare available, setting the auto-rebuild policy allows rebuilds to occur with an available...
... to a chassis with a failed drive (9550SX and 9590SE controllers only). 14 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide For times when you can be restored. • StorSave Profiles allow you to set the level of protection versus performance that you do not have a spare available, setting the auto-rebuild policy allows rebuilds to occur with an available...
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... 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 Rebuild Boot Volume Size Queuing (NCQ) StorSave Profile Write Cache Background Task Settings Verify..., 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
... 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 Rebuild Boot Volume Size Queuing (NCQ) StorSave Profile Write Cache Background Task Settings Verify..., 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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Stripe Sizes for a RAID 5 To set other policies for a Unit" on page 149 • "Setting Continue on Source Error During Rebuild" on Error When Rebuild), and you want to change . 2 Press Enter to see : • "Enabling and Disabling the Unit Write Cache" on page 143 • "Enabling and Disabling ...Profile for the unit While creating a unit through 3BM, you can set to a default value, so you will be used as a separate volume. www.3ware.com 23 In addition, you can change each of the unit you create to select the option you can specify a portion of these policies later...
Stripe Sizes for a RAID 5 To set other policies for a Unit" on page 149 • "Setting Continue on Source Error During Rebuild" on Error When Rebuild), and you want to change . 2 Press Enter to see : • "Enabling and Disabling the Unit Write Cache" on page 143 • "Enabling and Disabling ...Profile for the unit While creating a unit through 3BM, you can set to a default value, so you will be used as a separate volume. www.3ware.com 23 In addition, you can change each of the unit you create to select the option you can specify a portion of these policies later...
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... 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; If you can do so and rebuild the kernel. Driver Installation Compiling and Loading the driver as a Module If you want to... compile the driver and load it as a module without rebuilding the kernel, follow these steps. 1 Disconnect all drives in the system, except the CD or DVD and the ones connected to the 9550SX controller. 2 Create the RAID units on page 52. 54 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
... 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; If you can do so and rebuild the kernel. Driver Installation Compiling and Loading the driver as a Module If you want to... compile the driver and load it as a module without rebuilding the kernel, follow these steps. 1 Disconnect all drives in the system, except the CD or DVD and the ones connected to the 9550SX controller. 2 Create the RAID units on page 52. 54 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
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... Figure 26, warning you that changing your disk array configuration may overwrite data on page 189. 56 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 26. AMCC Boards Selection Screen You see "Rebuilding Units" on the disks. 5 If you plan to make changes to your system, a screen lists... the problem and remains on -screen for just a few seconds. Chapter 5. 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2) Normally your 3ware configuration remains on your screen longer. 4 If you have more than one 9000-series controller in your configuration and need to backup data before continuing, press ESC and do...
... Figure 26, warning you that changing your disk array configuration may overwrite data on page 189. 56 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 26. AMCC Boards Selection Screen You see "Rebuilding Units" on the disks. 5 If you plan to make changes to your system, a screen lists... the problem and remains on -screen for just a few seconds. Chapter 5. 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2) Normally your 3ware configuration remains on your screen longer. 4 If you have more than one 9000-series controller in your configuration and need to backup data before continuing, press ESC and do...
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...task rate, unit polices such as enabling of unit write cache, and controller settings that affect all units managed by the controller), tasks that can be done through the Management > Maintenance page. You can also be scheduled (rebuild, verify, and self-test), and maintenance of this User Guide. Working... with the 3DM Screens 3DM Menus The 3DM menu bar groups access to a number of alarms, including the specific alarm message, and the exact date and time it occurred. www.3ware.com 77
...task rate, unit polices such as enabling of unit write cache, and controller settings that affect all units managed by the controller), tasks that can be done through the Management > Maintenance page. You can also be scheduled (rebuild, verify, and self-test), and maintenance of this User Guide. Working... with the 3DM Screens 3DM Menus The 3DM menu bar groups access to a number of alarms, including the specific alarm message, and the exact date and time it occurred. www.3ware.com 77
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... see this page, choose Monitor > Alarms on the current controller. Controller-level settings include background task rate, Auto-Rebuild, Auto-Carving, Carve Size, and policies that affect all units on the menu bar. Alarms Page Shows a list of drives on the Controller Summary. www.3ware.com 79 Unit Details Page Shows details about each drive...
... see this page, choose Monitor > Alarms on the current controller. Controller-level settings include background task rate, Auto-Rebuild, Auto-Carving, Carve Size, and policies that affect all units on the menu bar. Alarms Page Shows a list of drives on the Controller Summary. www.3ware.com 79 Unit Details Page Shows details about each drive...
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.... The firmware version running on the outside bracket of the controller.) Firmware. Driver. www.3ware.com 85 The ID that a unit is currently being used to the 9000 release notes. The driver version being performed (rebuilding, migrating, or initializing). Possible statuses include OK, Warning, ... will appear as Error. The model name of the controller. (The model number is also printed on a sticker on the outside bracket of the controller. The Summary page appears after you see details about each 3ware RAID controller in the menu bar. 3DM 2 Reference Note: The...
.... The firmware version running on the outside bracket of the controller.) Firmware. Driver. www.3ware.com 85 The ID that a unit is currently being used to the 9000 release notes. The driver version being performed (rebuilding, migrating, or initializing). Possible statuses include OK, Warning, ... will appear as Error. The model name of the controller. (The model number is also printed on a sticker on the outside bracket of the controller. The Summary page appears after you see details about each 3ware RAID controller in the menu bar. 3DM 2 Reference Note: The...
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... error, SMART failure, or a device error. If it shows here. For details about each of the RAID levels, see "Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels" on one of a unit, there is also shown. Type. When a unit is Rebuilding, Initializing, Migrating, or Verifying, the percentage (%) complete is an error on page 5. The unit number ...Windows and Linux operating systems do under 3DM 2. Status. Note: If an asterisk (*) appears next to this unit, it is empty, no longer exists. 88 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Chapter 6. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) Unit #.
... error, SMART failure, or a device error. If it shows here. For details about each of the RAID levels, see "Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels" on one of a unit, there is also shown. Type. When a unit is Rebuilding, Initializing, Migrating, or Verifying, the percentage (%) complete is an error on page 5. The unit number ...Windows and Linux operating systems do under 3DM 2. Status. Note: If an asterisk (*) appears next to this unit, it is empty, no longer exists. 88 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Chapter 6. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) Unit #.
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... (missing drives). Type. The Unit Details page shows details about a particular drive, click the Port #. When a unit is Rebuilding, Initializing, or Verifying, the percentage (%) complete is . For example, details about a RAID 5 unit made up of three subunits, each subunit, as shown in Figure 38. Details on this page may include all... on what type of a unit. The type of units, click Unit Information in the menu bar continues to the list of unit or subunit. RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID 50, Single Disk, Spare, JBOD, or Disk www.3ware.com 89 Status.
... (missing drives). Type. The Unit Details page shows details about a particular drive, click the Port #. When a unit is Rebuilding, Initializing, or Verifying, the percentage (%) complete is . For example, details about a RAID 5 unit made up of three subunits, each subunit, as shown in Figure 38. Details on this page may include all... on what type of a unit. The type of units, click Unit Information in the menu bar continues to the list of unit or subunit. RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID 50, Single Disk, Spare, JBOD, or Disk www.3ware.com 89 Status.
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... the controller. 9000-series controllers show only one setting for each unit on page 143. 94 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide For additional information, see "Enabling and Disabling the Unit Write Cache" on the controller specified in comparison to 9550SX and 9590SE controllers; The...drop-down list on the controller specified in 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM). The Rebuild/Migrate Rate also applies to both rebuild and verify rates. and 8000-series controllers show separate settings for Rebuild/Migrate Rate and Verify Rate, as the controller's memory, depending on what...
... the controller. 9000-series controllers show only one setting for each unit on page 143. 94 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide For additional information, see "Enabling and Disabling the Unit Write Cache" on the controller specified in comparison to 9550SX and 9590SE controllers; The...drop-down list on the controller specified in 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM). The Rebuild/Migrate Rate also applies to both rebuild and verify rates. and 8000-series controllers show separate settings for Rebuild/Migrate Rate and Verify Rate, as the controller's memory, depending on what...
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... policy Continue on Source Error During Rebuild is equivalent to start a verify task for a unit. The 9550SX and 9590SE, like the 9500S, supports StorSave. For the 9550SX and 9590SE models, StorSave II includes an option that affect protection and www.3ware.com 95 It is recommended that ...units which are available: Protection, Balanced, and Performance. This policy enables or disables Native Command Queuing (NCQ) for the controller is not set, a rebuild will abort upon encountering an ECC error and the unit will be set , ECC errors are ignored when they are encountered...
... policy Continue on Source Error During Rebuild is equivalent to start a verify task for a unit. The 9550SX and 9590SE, like the 9500S, supports StorSave. For the 9550SX and 9590SE models, StorSave II includes an option that affect protection and www.3ware.com 95 It is recommended that ...units which are available: Protection, Balanced, and Performance. This policy enables or disables Native Command Queuing (NCQ) for the controller is not set, a rebuild will abort upon encountering an ECC error and the unit will be set , ECC errors are ignored when they are encountered...
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... the StorSave Profile for rebuilding a degraded unit using the default carve size, if the unit is enabled. The default carve size is automatically disabled. If the unit is 5.0 TB then it will contain two volumes, with 96 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide A name...Naming a Unit" on page 141. For 9550SX and 9590SE controllers, the Auto-Rebuild policy determines how the controller firmware will automatically select drives to rebuild degraded units. Auto-carving can only be used to automatically rebuild degraded units. When Auto-Rebuild is created and can be changed in the...
... the StorSave Profile for rebuilding a degraded unit using the default carve size, if the unit is enabled. The default carve size is automatically disabled. If the unit is 5.0 TB then it will contain two volumes, with 96 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide A name...Naming a Unit" on page 141. For 9550SX and 9590SE controllers, the Auto-Rebuild policy determines how the controller firmware will automatically select drives to rebuild degraded units. Auto-carving can only be used to automatically rebuild degraded units. When Auto-Rebuild is created and can be changed in the...
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...the unit is disabled and JBOD drives are not exported to 9550SX and 9590SE controllers; This setting can be applied to the operating system. For more information about this feature,... information, see "Setting the Auto-Rebuild Policy" on page 117. For 9500S controllers, indicates whether write cache will spin up at the same time when the controller is integrated into volumes when Auto-.... Disable Write Cache on a unit if it becomes degraded. By default, this particular controller. www.3ware.com 97 If a specific Boot Volume was also specified in seconds) between drive groups that will be ...
...the unit is disabled and JBOD drives are not exported to 9550SX and 9590SE controllers; This setting can be applied to the operating system. For more information about this feature,... information, see "Setting the Auto-Rebuild Policy" on page 117. For 9500S controllers, indicates whether write cache will spin up at the same time when the controller is integrated into volumes when Auto-.... Disable Write Cache on a unit if it becomes degraded. By default, this particular controller. www.3ware.com 97 If a specific Boot Volume was also specified in seconds) between drive groups that will be ...
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When these 98 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide The Scheduling page lets you view and change the schedule for which you want to set the schedule from the menu bar. If ... 7000- For detailed information, see the 3ware KnowledgeBase article 12290, on the menu bar, including: • Rebuild tasks (also applies to initialization and migration tasks) • Verify tasks (also applies to media scans) • Self-tests You select the type of those controllers, use 3DM Version 1.x. Chapter 6. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) Scheduling Page Figure...
When these 98 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide The Scheduling page lets you view and change the schedule for which you want to set the schedule from the menu bar. If ... 7000- For detailed information, see the 3ware KnowledgeBase article 12290, on the menu bar, including: • Rebuild tasks (also applies to initialization and migration tasks) • Verify tasks (also applies to media scans) • Self-tests You select the type of those controllers, use 3DM Version 1.x. Chapter 6. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) Scheduling Page Figure...