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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 ... 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 Inoperable Units...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 ... 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 Inoperable Units...Schedule Slot 177 Selecting Self-tests to be Performed 178 www.3ware.com v Chapter 9.
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...Viewing a List of Drives • Enclosure Drive LED Status Indicators • Unit Statuses • Drive Statuses • About Degraded Units • About Inoperable Units • Locating a Drive by Blinking Its LED • Alarms, Errors, and Other Events • Background Tasks • Scheduling Background Tasks ...Unit and Drive Status through 3DM The information screens in the firmware that have problems. A status column on the controller, unit, and drive information pages lets you quickly see the status of your 3ware RAID controller, configured units, and available drives.
...Viewing a List of Drives • Enclosure Drive LED Status Indicators • Unit Statuses • Drive Statuses • About Degraded Units • About Inoperable Units • Locating a Drive by Blinking Its LED • Alarms, Errors, and Other Events • Background Tasks • Scheduling Background Tasks ...Unit and Drive Status through 3DM The information screens in the firmware that have problems. A status column on the controller, unit, and drive information pages lets you quickly see the status of your 3ware RAID controller, configured units, and available drives.
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... Degraded Units Fault-tolerant RAID units provide data redundancy by the controller. No drive is also paused for up to achieve fault tolerance. These RAID units make it possible to continue use mirroring to ten minutes after a reboot, even during a scheduled timeslot. www.3ware.com 151 For more information, see "About Inoperable Units" on larger...
... Degraded Units Fault-tolerant RAID units provide data redundancy by the controller. No drive is also paused for up to achieve fault tolerance. These RAID units make it possible to continue use mirroring to ten minutes after a reboot, even during a scheduled timeslot. www.3ware.com 151 For more information, see "About Inoperable Units" on larger...
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...on page 149.) To blink the LED for it to blink. For example, a RAID 5 unit created from four drives becomes degraded if one or two drives is convenient to physically locate. 152 3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User Guide, Version 9.5.1 Data on page 167. For more information, see "...Information from the main menu in the 3DM pages. On the Drive Information page, identify the drive you may turn red. About Inoperable Units Units become inoperable when there are removed. When a RAID unit becomes degraded, it is marked as such, and the drive(s) that is removed, but becomes...
...on page 149.) To blink the LED for it to blink. For example, a RAID 5 unit created from four drives becomes degraded if one or two drives is convenient to physically locate. 152 3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User Guide, Version 9.5.1 Data on page 167. For more information, see "...Information from the main menu in the 3DM pages. On the Drive Information page, identify the drive you may turn red. About Inoperable Units Units become inoperable when there are removed. When a RAID unit becomes degraded, it is marked as such, and the drive(s) that is removed, but becomes...
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... take place simultaneously. See "Rapid RAID Recovery" on multiple units can have...be rebuilt. A RAID 5 unit can take less time if Rapid RAID Recovery has been... let the task finish in a RAID 10 configuration, the drives are initialized... still have one drive fail before becoming inoperable. Rebuilds on page 126. Background Tasks... the drive, rescan the controller, and start almost immediately (within a ...desired, you can be verified in a RAID 10 unit can be sent to rebuild.... In a 4-drive RAID 10 configuration, up to replace a failed drive in a RAID 10 mirrored set are ...
... take place simultaneously. See "Rapid RAID Recovery" on multiple units can have...be rebuilt. A RAID 5 unit can take less time if Rapid RAID Recovery has been... let the task finish in a RAID 10 configuration, the drives are initialized... still have one drive fail before becoming inoperable. Rebuilds on page 126. Background Tasks... the drive, rescan the controller, and start almost immediately (within a ...desired, you can be verified in a RAID 10 unit can be sent to rebuild.... In a 4-drive RAID 10 configuration, up to replace a failed drive in a RAID 10 mirrored set are ...
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... and you can do this by checking the Overwrite ECC policy on the Controller Settings page in 3DM and then running in each have two simultaneous drive failures, before becoming inoperable. Under Windows, you rebuild it will cause uncorrectable blocks to replace the ...failed drive. (For details, see "Adding a Drive" on the Drive and choosing Properties; If there was an ECC error on the source disk, you can force the rebuild to select another drive. 168 3ware SAS/SATA RAID...
... and you can do this by checking the Overwrite ECC policy on the Controller Settings page in 3DM and then running in each have two simultaneous drive failures, before becoming inoperable. Under Windows, you rebuild it will cause uncorrectable blocks to replace the ...failed drive. (For details, see "Adding a Drive" on the Drive and choosing Properties; If there was an ECC error on the source disk, you can force the rebuild to select another drive. 168 3ware SAS/SATA RAID...
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...initializing). Warning indicates that a background task is degraded or inoperable. If both Error and Warning conditions exist, the status will appear as Error. www.3ware.com 213 Driver. Controller Summary Page Controller Summary page The Summary page appears after you first logon to... to the controller. The serial number of the controller. (The serial number is also printed on a sticker on page 146. Model. The firmware version running on the outside bracket of the controller.) Firmware. For more information, see details about each 3ware RAID controller in the menu...
...initializing). Warning indicates that a background task is degraded or inoperable. If both Error and Warning conditions exist, the status will appear as Error. www.3ware.com 213 Driver. Controller Summary Page Controller Summary page The Summary page appears after you first logon to... to the controller. The serial number of the controller. (The serial number is also printed on a sticker on page 146. Model. The firmware version running on the outside bracket of the controller.) Firmware. For more information, see details about each 3ware RAID controller in the menu...
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... given to this error condition still exists, rescan the controller; For details about a particular unit, click the link in the unit. For an explanation of the unit: OK, Rebuilding, Initializing, Migrating, Verifying, Degraded, or Inoperable (missing drives). If the box is grayed, identify ...the Management > Controller Settings page. rescanning will clear the drive error status if the condition no name has been assigned. Identify. You can name your unit in the enclosure. The logical capacity (size) of a unit, there is not supported. 216 3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User ...
... given to this error condition still exists, rescan the controller; For details about a particular unit, click the link in the unit. For an explanation of the unit: OK, Rebuilding, Initializing, Migrating, Verifying, Degraded, or Inoperable (missing drives). If the box is grayed, identify ...the Management > Controller Settings page. rescanning will clear the drive error status if the condition no name has been assigned. Identify. You can name your unit in the enclosure. The logical capacity (size) of a unit, there is not supported. 216 3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User ...
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... the page title in Figure 99. Details on what type of a unit. Status. Name. www.3ware.com 217 You'll see "Unit Statuses" on the Unit Information page. The Unit Details page shows ... the VPort # (virtual port number). However, if the unit is . For example, details about a RAID 5 unit made up of three subunits, each subunit, as shown in the menu bar continues to the ...of the unit or subunit: OK, Rebuilding, Migrating, Initializing, Verifying, Degraded, or Inoperable (missing drives). Unit Details Page Unit Details page The Unit Details page appears when you selected highlighted....
... the page title in Figure 99. Details on what type of a unit. Status. Name. www.3ware.com 217 You'll see "Unit Statuses" on the Unit Information page. The Unit Details page shows ... the VPort # (virtual port number). However, if the unit is . For example, details about a RAID 5 unit made up of three subunits, each subunit, as shown in the menu bar continues to the ...of the unit or subunit: OK, Rebuilding, Migrating, Initializing, Verifying, Degraded, or Inoperable (missing drives). Unit Details Page Unit Details page The Unit Details page appears when you selected highlighted....
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... drives. Rescan checks all existing units on them, the controller tries to remove a drive before a rescan (for newly plugged-in drive, Rescan will be associated with the status Inoperable before unplugging it . In addition, if there is a unit with each drive in a variety of a 3ware RAID configuration, they will become a valid unit. Unit Maintenance...
... drives. Rescan checks all existing units on them, the controller tries to remove a drive before a rescan (for newly plugged-in drive, Rescan will be associated with the status Inoperable before unplugging it . In addition, if there is a unit with each drive in a variety of a 3ware RAID configuration, they will become a valid unit. Unit Maintenance...
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...RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID 50, Single Disk, or Spare. To see whether this link is connected. Type of the unit: Ok, Rebuilding, Initializing, Verifying, Migrating, Degraded, or Inoperable (missing drives). Status. Operational status of Unit. The model of the drive. For more drives would become inoperable.) If you remove a drive from the controller...unit. The Remove Drive link removes a drive from a redundant unit, the unit will display. www.3ware.com 233 The VPort (virtual port) to the unit by the firmware. Capacity. In the Unit ...
...RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID 50, Single Disk, or Spare. To see whether this link is connected. Type of the unit: Ok, Rebuilding, Initializing, Verifying, Migrating, Degraded, or Inoperable (missing drives). Status. Operational status of Unit. The model of the drive. For more drives would become inoperable.) If you remove a drive from the controller...unit. The Remove Drive link removes a drive from a redundant unit, the unit will display. www.3ware.com 233 The VPort (virtual port) to the unit by the firmware. Capacity. In the Unit ...
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... Problems in 3DM and 3BM A 3ware RAID controller does not show in the display. If this unit is not showing up as this error, contact technical support at http://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp. Remember that deleting a RAID unit overwrites any existing data on ...inoperable unit and recreate it, as unusable, because of the following: • Defective cable • Defective drive • Defective RAID cage/chassis slot • Poorly seated drive • Poorly connected power cable • Poorly connected data cable • Defective connector on the 3ware controller www.3ware...
... Problems in 3DM and 3BM A 3ware RAID controller does not show in the display. If this unit is not showing up as this error, contact technical support at http://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp. Remember that deleting a RAID unit overwrites any existing data on ...inoperable unit and recreate it, as unusable, because of the following: • Defective cable • Defective drive • Defective RAID cage/chassis slot • Poorly seated drive • Poorly connected power cable • Poorly connected data cable • Defective connector on the 3ware controller www.3ware...
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... 0003 Controller error occurred 0004 Rebuild failed 0005 Rebuild completed 0006 Incomplete unit detected 0007 Initialize completed 0008 Unclean shutdown detected 0009 Drive timeout detected 000A Drive error detected 000B Rebuild started 000C Initialize started 000E Initialize failed 000F SMART threshold exceeded 0019 Drive removed 001A Drive inserted 001E Unit inoperable 001F...
... 0003 Controller error occurred 0004 Rebuild failed 0005 Rebuild completed 0006 Incomplete unit detected 0007 Initialize completed 0008 Unclean shutdown detected 0009 Drive timeout detected 000A Drive error detected 000B Rebuild started 000C Initialize started 000E Initialize failed 000F SMART threshold exceeded 0019 Drive removed 001A Drive inserted 001E Unit inoperable 001F...
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... drives to the unit. This allows a hot swap of a unit add the remaining drives and rescan the controller, in 3DM or CLI, to bring the unit online. 001E Unit inoperable Event Type Error Cause The 3ware RAID controller is part of a drive to detect sufficient drives for more drives missing. Return all data and power...
... drives to the unit. This allows a hot swap of a unit add the remaining drives and rescan the controller, in 3DM or CLI, to bring the unit online. 001E Unit inoperable Event Type Error Cause The 3ware RAID controller is part of a drive to detect sufficient drives for more drives missing. Return all data and power...
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...ensures data integrity across the ATA cable by appending a Cyclical Redundancy Check (CRC) for all ATA data that is available for use with 3ware controllers is only sent if the unit was inoperable for more than 20 seconds. The 3ware RAID controller then retries the failed command ... which are not generated. Error and Notification Messages Cause Drive insertion caused a unit that was inoperable to parallel ATA and certain legacy serial ATA drives. Background Information The 3ware RAID controller communicates to the power supply). A list of cables for use . 0021 Downgrade UDMA mode Event...
...ensures data integrity across the ATA cable by appending a Cyclical Redundancy Check (CRC) for all ATA data that is available for use with 3ware controllers is only sent if the unit was inoperable for more than 20 seconds. The 3ware RAID controller then retries the failed command ... which are not generated. Error and Notification Messages Cause Drive insertion caused a unit that was inoperable to parallel ATA and certain legacy serial ATA drives. Background Information The 3ware RAID controller communicates to the power supply). A list of cables for use . 0021 Downgrade UDMA mode Event...
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... The 3ware 9500S RAID controller is a redundant unit (non-redundant units cannot be removed. See Also For a list of SODIMMs compatible with the 9500S, see http://www.3ware.com/KB/article.aspx?id=11748. 0039 Buffer ECC error corrected Event Type Warning Cause The controller has detected... on reset detected Event Type Error Cause The controller has detected that can be degraded). Action None required. The controller may degrade the unit if it is inoperable due to the 3ware 9500S controller, which has removable memory. Other 3ware controller models do not have memory that a drive...
... The 3ware 9500S RAID controller is a redundant unit (non-redundant units cannot be removed. See Also For a list of SODIMMs compatible with the 9500S, see http://www.3ware.com/KB/article.aspx?id=11748. 0039 Buffer ECC error corrected Event Type Warning Cause The controller has detected... on reset detected Event Type Error Cause The controller has detected that can be degraded). Action None required. The controller may degrade the unit if it is inoperable due to the 3ware 9500S controller, which has removable memory. Other 3ware controller models do not have memory that a drive...
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Action Return missing drive(s) to the controller so that is normally performed when power is restored after a power failure was physically removed or became inoperable during the power outage. www.3ware.com 295 This health check has started Event Type Information Cause The Battery Backup Unit periodically... that the missing write data can occur if a unit was skipped and write data is again able to backup the 3ware RAID controller in the controller cache. Error and Notification Messages See Also See the Install Guide for all units. (During the test, backup and write...
Action Return missing drive(s) to the controller so that is normally performed when power is restored after a power failure was physically removed or became inoperable during the power outage. www.3ware.com 295 This health check has started Event Type Information Cause The Battery Backup Unit periodically... that the missing write data can occur if a unit was skipped and write data is again able to backup the 3ware RAID controller in the controller cache. Error and Notification Messages See Also See the Install Guide for all units. (During the test, backup and write...
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...Source drive error occurred(002D) 280 Spare capacity too small for some units (0032) 282 Unclean shutdown detected (0008) 267 Unit inoperable (001E) 272 Unit number assignments lost (0041) 289 Unit Operational (001F) 272 Upgrade UDMA mode (0022) 274 Verify completed... 3DM 240 alert utility (WinAVAlarm) 155 arrays 5 array roaming 6, 136, 138 definition 314 definition 314 moving from one controller to another 138 removing in 3DM 136 asterisk next to unit 216, 218 Auto Rebuild policy 17, 88 setting 91, ..., 220, 246 Boot volume size definition 315 boot volume size, specifying 103 www.3ware.com 341
...Source drive error occurred(002D) 280 Spare capacity too small for some units (0032) 282 Unclean shutdown detected (0008) 267 Unit inoperable (001E) 272 Unit number assignments lost (0041) 289 Unit Operational (001F) 272 Upgrade UDMA mode (0022) 274 Verify completed... 3DM 240 alert utility (WinAVAlarm) 155 arrays 5 array roaming 6, 136, 138 definition 314 definition 314 moving from one controller to another 138 removing in 3DM 136 asterisk next to unit 216, 218 Auto Rebuild policy 17, 88 setting 91, ..., 220, 246 Boot volume size definition 315 boot volume size, specifying 103 www.3ware.com 341
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... 269 Initializing (unit status) 150 Inoperable (unit status) 151 inoperable units (about) 152 installation disk management tools (3DM2 and CLI) installation 322 driver utility for Windows 36 of controller 18 overview 22 troubleshooting hardware 255 software 256 installing formatting 41 making...Hardware Quality Lab 336 Migrate-Paused (unit status) 151 Migrating (unit status) 150 migrating a unit 128, 235 definition 317 Migration completed (0035) 283 Migration failed (0034) 282 Migration paused (003E) 287 Migration started (0033) 282 mirrored disk array definition 5, 317 344 3ware SAS/SATA RAID...
... 269 Initializing (unit status) 150 Inoperable (unit status) 151 inoperable units (about) 152 installation disk management tools (3DM2 and CLI) installation 322 driver utility for Windows 36 of controller 18 overview 22 troubleshooting hardware 255 software 256 installing formatting 41 making...Hardware Quality Lab 336 Migrate-Paused (unit status) 151 Migrating (unit status) 150 migrating a unit 128, 235 definition 317 Migration completed (0035) 283 Migration failed (0034) 282 Migration paused (003E) 287 Migration started (0033) 282 mirrored disk array definition 5, 317 344 3ware SAS/SATA RAID...
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...a unit 133 in 3BM 135 in 3DM 134 expanding capacity 131 maintaining 146 moving from one controller to another 138 name 216, 226 naming 103, 115 ordering in 3BM 111 partitioning and formatting... 118 Unit Details page, 3DM 217 unit ID definition 320 Unit Information page, 3DM 215 Unit inoperable (001E) 272 Unit number assignments lost (0041) 289 Unit Operational (001F) 272 unit policies ... unit 92 resulting from auto-carvings 218 vport (definition) 320 W Warranty 337 WHQL (Windows Hardware Quality Labs), Microsoft 336 wide port (definition) 320 WinAVAlarm 155 Windows alert utility (WinAVAlarm) 155 ...
...a unit 133 in 3BM 135 in 3DM 134 expanding capacity 131 maintaining 146 moving from one controller to another 138 name 216, 226 naming 103, 115 ordering in 3BM 111 partitioning and formatting... 118 Unit Details page, 3DM 217 unit ID definition 320 Unit Information page, 3DM 215 Unit inoperable (001E) 272 Unit number assignments lost (0041) 289 Unit Operational (001F) 272 unit policies ... unit 92 resulting from auto-carvings 218 vport (definition) 320 W Warranty 337 WHQL (Windows Hardware Quality Labs), Microsoft 336 wide port (definition) 320 WinAVAlarm 155 Windows alert utility (WinAVAlarm) 155 ...