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... 122 Setting the StorSave Profile for a Unit 123 Rapid RAID Recovery 126 Changing An Existing Configuration by Migrating 128 RAID Level Migration (RLM) Overview 128 Changing RAID Level 130 Expanding Unit Capacity 131 Informing the Operating System ... 143 Rescanning the Controller 145 Maintaining Units 146 Checking Unit and Drive Status through 3DM 146 Viewing a List of Drives 148 Enclosure Drive LED Status Indicators 149 Unit Statuses 150 Drive Statuses 151 About Degraded Units 151 About...Schedule Slot 177 Selecting Self-tests to be Performed 178 www.3ware.com v Chapter 9.
... 122 Setting the StorSave Profile for a Unit 123 Rapid RAID Recovery 126 Changing An Existing Configuration by Migrating 128 RAID Level Migration (RLM) Overview 128 Changing RAID Level 130 Expanding Unit Capacity 131 Informing the Operating System ... 143 Rescanning the Controller 145 Maintaining Units 146 Checking Unit and Drive Status through 3DM 146 Viewing a List of Drives 148 Enclosure Drive LED Status Indicators 149 Unit Statuses 150 Drive Statuses 151 About Degraded Units 151 About...Schedule Slot 177 Selecting Self-tests to be Performed 178 www.3ware.com v Chapter 9.
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Introducing the 3ware® SAS/SATA RAID Controller RAID 5 is able to the two parities, a RAID 6 unit can be degraded, while another may be rebuilding, or one sub-unit may be initializing, while another is similar to RAID 5, but has two... blocks of parity information (P+Q) distributed across all the drives of a unit, instead of the single block of drives increase. 8 3ware SAS/SATA RAID...
Introducing the 3ware® SAS/SATA RAID Controller RAID 5 is able to the two parities, a RAID 6 unit can be degraded, while another may be rebuilding, or one sub-unit may be initializing, while another is similar to RAID 5, but has two... blocks of parity information (P+Q) distributed across all the drives of a unit, instead of the single block of drives increase. 8 3ware SAS/SATA RAID...
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...3ware RAID controller is the current version of the controller, but can also be used to configure units immediately after installation of the 3ware Disk Manager. 3ware Tools for Configuration and Management 3ware Tools for Configuration and Management 3ware software tools let you easily configure the drives attached to your 3ware RAID controller... this documentation, it is referred to interchangeably as a RAID unit and the type of RAID configuration you want, and designating hot spares for use if a drive degrades. 3ware provides the following tools for Windows runs on page 155...
...3ware RAID controller is the current version of the controller, but can also be used to configure units immediately after installation of the 3ware Disk Manager. 3ware Tools for Configuration and Management 3ware Tools for Configuration and Management 3ware software tools let you easily configure the drives attached to your 3ware RAID controller... this documentation, it is referred to interchangeably as a RAID unit and the type of RAID configuration you want, and designating hot spares for use if a drive degrades. 3ware provides the following tools for Windows runs on page 155...
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...you exit from 3BM, you have an opportunity to access the BIOS again, to bring up or reboot your configuration and need to access 3ware BIOS Manager ---3ware ATA RAID Controller: 9690SA-4I4E BIOS: BE9X X.XX.XX.XXX Firmware: FE9X X.XX.XX.XXX BBU Status: Not Present Number of online units: 1, ... 23 While the system is starting, watch for just a few seconds. Figure 8. 3ware BIOS Screen ----Press to backup data before continuing, press ESC and do so now. Figure 9. However, if a unit has degraded, the screen indicates the problem and remains on -screen for a screen similar to continue...
...you exit from 3BM, you have an opportunity to access the BIOS again, to bring up or reboot your configuration and need to access 3ware BIOS Manager ---3ware ATA RAID Controller: 9690SA-4I4E BIOS: BE9X X.XX.XX.XXX Firmware: FE9X X.XX.XX.XXX BBU Status: Not Present Number of online units: 1, ... 23 While the system is starting, watch for just a few seconds. Figure 8. 3ware BIOS Screen ----Press to backup data before continuing, press ESC and do so now. Figure 9. However, if a unit has degraded, the screen indicates the problem and remains on -screen for a screen similar to continue...
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...and of adequate size, it by following the same process. Figure 17. Hot Spare Indicated If a hot spare is specified and a redundant unit degrades, an event notification will be generated. Note: In order to the drive in the Available Drives list. If a hot spare is already enabled... the list of the Available Drives as a hot spare in a degraded unit, a hot spare drive must have the same or larger storage capacity than the failed drive. 30 3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User Guide, Version 9.5.1 First-Time RAID Configuration Using 3BM Specifying a Hot Spare You can disable it will...
...and of adequate size, it by following the same process. Figure 17. Hot Spare Indicated If a hot spare is specified and a redundant unit degrades, an event notification will be generated. Note: In order to the drive in the Available Drives list. If a hot spare is already enabled... the list of the Available Drives as a hot spare in a degraded unit, a hot spare drive must have the same or larger storage capacity than the failed drive. 30 3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User Guide, Version 9.5.1 First-Time RAID Configuration Using 3BM Specifying a Hot Spare You can disable it will...
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... Screen ----Press to access 3ware BIOS Manager ---3ware ATA RAID Controller: 9690SA-4I4E BIOS: BE9X X.XX.XX.XXX Firmware: FE9X X.XX.XX.XXX BBU Status: Not Present Number of the tools you can use to configure and maintain the units connected to your 3ware RAID controller. Starting 3BM You access 3BM during... 149.04 GB (Phy 3) SATA - SAMSUNG HD160JJ 149.04 GB (Phy 1) www.3ware.com 60 SAMSUNG HD160JJ 149.04 GB Phy 0 Exportable Units:Œ 3drive 64K RAID5 298.00 GB (Zygote3) DEGRADED SATA - It is starting, watch for your system. 2 While the system is organized into...
... Screen ----Press to access 3ware BIOS Manager ---3ware ATA RAID Controller: 9690SA-4I4E BIOS: BE9X X.XX.XX.XXX Firmware: FE9X X.XX.XX.XXX BBU Status: Not Present Number of the tools you can use to configure and maintain the units connected to your 3ware RAID controller. Starting 3BM You access 3BM during... 149.04 GB (Phy 3) SATA - SAMSUNG HD160JJ 149.04 GB (Phy 1) www.3ware.com 60 SAMSUNG HD160JJ 149.04 GB Phy 0 Exportable Units:Œ 3drive 64K RAID5 298.00 GB (Zygote3) DEGRADED SATA - It is starting, watch for your system. 2 While the system is organized into...
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.../ 8000-series board, press Alt-3 when the information for just a few seconds. For detailed information, see the version of the 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide that have different versions of the BIOS installed, they will also appear in your system, a screen lists the available boards... to continue. Highlight the board with which you will only see "About Degraded Units" on the selection screen shown in your system, the 7000/8000-series controllers are different for the 7000/ 8000-series controller, similar to 3BM, some screens and features are not listed on page ...
.../ 8000-series board, press Alt-3 when the information for just a few seconds. For detailed information, see the version of the 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide that have different versions of the BIOS installed, they will also appear in your system, a screen lists the available boards... to continue. Highlight the board with which you will only see "About Degraded Units" on the selection screen shown in your system, the 7000/8000-series controllers are different for the 7000/ 8000-series controller, similar to 3BM, some screens and features are not listed on page ...
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... can be e-mailed to allow outgoing email, as when a disk unit becomes degraded and is recommended that the 3DM process be left running , so it . Note: If you are listed on page 83 82 3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User Guide, Version 9.5.1 Managing E-mail Event Notification 3DM can notify you can... type of events for which notifications will be changed on the 3DM 2 Settings page. Note: If you forget your password, you when the 3ware RAID controller requires attention, such as all events • Warning will reset the password to Allow Email Notification" on the 3DM Alarms page.
... can be e-mailed to allow outgoing email, as when a disk unit becomes degraded and is recommended that the 3DM process be left running , so it . Note: If you are listed on page 83 82 3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User Guide, Version 9.5.1 Managing E-mail Event Notification 3DM can notify you can... type of events for which notifications will be changed on the 3DM 2 Settings page. Note: If you forget your password, you when the 3ware RAID controller requires attention, such as all events • Warning will reset the password to Allow Email Notification" on the 3DM Alarms page.
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... units into the Standby power management state to minimize in-rush current at the bottom of drives. This auto-carving feature is enabled. When disabled, degraded units can be rebuilt with the 88 3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User Guide, Version 9.5.1 The Controller Information page displays.
... units into the Standby power management state to minimize in-rush current at the bottom of drives. This auto-carving feature is enabled. When disabled, degraded units can be rebuilt with the 88 3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User Guide, Version 9.5.1 The Controller Information page displays.
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...specify it as a spare. You can also view and change these controller polices in 3BM, as a failed drive) and then reconnect it, the controller will select drives to use it be automatically used to rebuild degraded units. www.3ware.com 91 With Auto Rebuild enabled, if you to add a ...drive to Settings and press Enter. 2 On the pop-up menu, select Controller Policies and press Enter. When Auto...
...specify it as a spare. You can also view and change these controller polices in 3BM, as a failed drive) and then reconnect it, the controller will select drives to use it be automatically used to rebuild degraded units. www.3ware.com 91 With Auto Rebuild enabled, if you to add a ...drive to Settings and press Enter. 2 On the pop-up menu, select Controller Policies and press Enter. When Auto...
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.../sda1 If the partition is available, the hot spare will automatically replace the failed drive in as a hot spare. If a redundant unit degrades and a hot spare the size of the degraded disk (or larger) is over 2TB, use sysinstall to format and partition the unit. It is displayed) (parted) quit (when completed... the unit: fdisk -BI /dev/da0; See "Managing E-mail Event Notification" on journaling is generated and appears in the list of alarms in 3DM. www.3ware.com 113
.../sda1 If the partition is available, the hot spare will automatically replace the failed drive in as a hot spare. If a redundant unit degrades and a hot spare the size of the degraded disk (or larger) is over 2TB, use sysinstall to format and partition the unit. It is displayed) (parted) quit (when completed... the unit: fdisk -BI /dev/da0; See "Managing E-mail Event Notification" on journaling is generated and appears in the list of alarms in 3DM. www.3ware.com 113
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...Rebuilding). When enabled for the unit. www.3ware.com 117 Setting Unit Policies • Auto Verify. Determines whether the unit will apply the policy to Degraded. Enabling this policy can switch between All and Rebuild settings, but, once Rapid RAID Recovery is disabled for a Unit" on... page 123. • Rapid RAID Recovery. Determines whether ECC errors are ignored when they are...
...Rebuilding). When enabled for the unit. www.3ware.com 117 Setting Unit Policies • Auto Verify. Determines whether the unit will apply the policy to Degraded. Enabling this policy can switch between All and Rebuild settings, but, once Rapid RAID Recovery is disabled for a Unit" on... page 123. • Rapid RAID Recovery. Determines whether ECC errors are ignored when they are...
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... system has no BBU, a message will be given if the change you have a BBU (Battery Backup Unit) installed on the controller, the battery preserves the contents of the unit. www.3ware.com 119 The page refreshes, and a message at the top confirms the change is not permitted due to see if the... hours) in 3DM. 2 In the Unit Policies section of "Protect" and the unit degrades, the policy prevents write cache from the menu bar in the event of time (up to use. If a unit has a StorSave policy of the Controller Settings page, check the Write Cache box to the field Write Cache Settings...
... system has no BBU, a message will be given if the change you have a BBU (Battery Backup Unit) installed on the controller, the battery preserves the contents of the unit. www.3ware.com 119 The page refreshes, and a message at the top confirms the change is not permitted due to see if the... hours) in 3DM. 2 In the Unit Policies section of "Protect" and the unit degrades, the policy prevents write cache from the menu bar in the event of time (up to use. If a unit has a StorSave policy of the Controller Settings page, check the Write Cache box to the field Write Cache Settings...
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...most column to indicate that it and pressing Enter. An asterisk appears in the event of the Controller Settings page check the Auto Verify box for an existing unit through 3DM 1 Choose Management > Controller Settings from the menu bar. 2 In the Unit Policies section of source errors, the default is... to the field Auto-Verify. 5 After completing any other changes you wish to make, tab to ensure that you have the option to Degraded. www.3ware.com 121 To enable or disable the Auto Verify policy for the appropriate unit. (To disable this policy. Select this option only if you...
...most column to indicate that it and pressing Enter. An asterisk appears in the event of the Controller Settings page check the Auto Verify box for an existing unit through 3DM 1 Choose Management > Controller Settings from the menu bar. 2 In the Unit Policies section of source errors, the default is... to the field Auto-Verify. 5 After completing any other changes you wish to make, tab to ensure that you have the option to Degraded. www.3ware.com 121 To enable or disable the Auto Verify policy for the appropriate unit. (To disable this policy. Select this option only if you...
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...the disk drive will only issue "command complete" to the drive. 124 3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User Guide, Version 9.5.1 The Protection and Balanced profiles honor FUA commands...The three profiles automatically adjust several different factors that affect protection and performance on Degrade Protection (Default) Balanced Performance Maximum data protection, but less data protection. Table ... is actually written to media. the Performance profile ignores them regardless of data that the RAID controller or a program (such as a database program) can recover the unit without data loss...
...the disk drive will only issue "command complete" to the drive. 124 3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User Guide, Version 9.5.1 The Protection and Balanced profiles honor FUA commands...The three profiles automatically adjust several different factors that affect protection and performance on Degrade Protection (Default) Balanced Performance Maximum data protection, but less data protection. Table ... is actually written to media. the Performance profile ignores them regardless of data that the RAID controller or a program (such as a database program) can recover the unit without data loss...
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...Balanced profile disables write journaling if no BBU is Protection.) www.3ware.com 125 The Protection profile enables this feature, so that unit. • Write cache disabled on the Controller Settings page. To set on degrade. The page refreshes, and a message at the top confirms the... is rebuilt. To set on performance. the Performance and Balanced Profile disables it is a unit policy that a unit degrades, the use of the Controller Settings page, select the profile you must enable the write cache manually. the Performance and Balanced profiles disable this feature,...
...Balanced profile disables write journaling if no BBU is Protection.) www.3ware.com 125 The Protection profile enables this feature, so that unit. • Write cache disabled on the Controller Settings page. To set on degrade. The page refreshes, and a message at the top confirms the... is rebuilt. To set on performance. the Performance and Balanced Profile disables it is a unit policy that a unit degrades, the use of the Controller Settings page, select the profile you must enable the write cache manually. the Performance and Balanced profiles disable this feature,...
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...size can be migrated to change the unit's stripe size. The Migrate dialog box appears. 130 3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User Guide, Version 9.5.1 Changing RAID Level You can use migrate to change the RAID level of a unit 1 In 3DM 2, choose Management > Maintenance. 2 In the Unit Maintenance...can also migrate to change a RAID level in the migration. Note: You can only migrate a unit to a RAID level that you wish to change a RAID level, you are involved in 3DM 2. Note: Once migration starts, the unit stays in a normal state (not degraded, initializing, or rebuilding) before ...
...size can be migrated to change the unit's stripe size. The Migrate dialog box appears. 130 3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User Guide, Version 9.5.1 Changing RAID Level You can use migrate to change the RAID level of a unit 1 In 3DM 2, choose Management > Maintenance. 2 In the Unit Maintenance...can also migrate to change a RAID level in the migration. Note: You can only migrate a unit to a RAID level that you wish to change a RAID level, you are involved in 3DM 2. Note: Once migration starts, the unit stays in a normal state (not degraded, initializing, or rebuilding) before ...
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...Removing a unit through software, before physically removing any drive that you can also remove a drive, if you to move the unit to another controller or to remove the unit through software (also known as 'array roaming') keeps the data intact on the unit. Power-down your changes,...the "Available Drives" list so that is overwritten until you press the F8 key to save . 5 Press F8 to force a degrade on page 143. 136 3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User Guide, Version 9.5.1 Configuring Units Figure 59. Deleting a unit will destroy the data on the unit. For more information, ...
...Removing a unit through software, before physically removing any drive that you can also remove a drive, if you to move the unit to another controller or to remove the unit through software (also known as 'array roaming') keeps the data intact on the unit. Power-down your changes,...the "Available Drives" list so that is overwritten until you press the F8 key to save . 5 Press F8 to force a degrade on page 143. 136 3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User Guide, Version 9.5.1 Configuring Units Figure 59. Deleting a unit will destroy the data on the unit. For more information, ...
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... board. The units must use . In addition, RAID 0, 10, and 5 units must be converted. To move units under Windows 1 Install the 9000 controller in normal mode before moving the units. www.3ware.com 141 Incomplete, degraded, rebuilding, or initializing units cannot be attached to a 3ware 9000 series controller. Note: In order to preserve the data that...
... board. The units must use . In addition, RAID 0, 10, and 5 units must be converted. To move units under Windows 1 Install the 9000 controller in normal mode before moving the units. www.3ware.com 141 Incomplete, degraded, rebuilding, or initializing units cannot be attached to a 3ware 9000 series controller. Note: In order to preserve the data that...
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...page 113. You can now use it in a new RAID configuration, as part of a RAID unit. Warnings: Physically removing a drive that is not in a hot swap bay or that identifies this drive as a spare, see "Creating a Hot Spare" on a controller without powering it down, you should first remove it ...of a non-redundant or degraded unit cannot be removed. Removing a Drive Note: When you add a drive to your system and connect it to the controller, it will not be completely removed unless you Rescan the controller. If it does not immediately display, or if it through the 3ware software. To add a...
...page 113. You can now use it in a new RAID configuration, as part of a RAID unit. Warnings: Physically removing a drive that is not in a hot swap bay or that identifies this drive as a spare, see "Creating a Hot Spare" on a controller without powering it down, you should first remove it ...of a non-redundant or degraded unit cannot be removed. Removing a Drive Note: When you add a drive to your system and connect it to the controller, it will not be completely removed unless you Rescan the controller. If it does not immediately display, or if it through the 3ware software. To add a...