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User Guide 3ware® Serial ATA RAID Controller Supports the 9550SX Models PN 720-0126-02 November 2005
User Guide 3ware® Serial ATA RAID Controller Supports the 9550SX Models PN 720-0126-02 November 2005
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... from a Different Device 32 Making Units Managed by a 3ware Controller Available to Use 8 3ware Tools for Configuration and Management 10 3BM (3ware BIOS Manager 11 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager 11 3ware CLI (Command Line Interface 11 Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features 12 Chapter 2. Getting Started with the 3ware 9550SX Controllers 2 System Requirements 2 Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels...
... from a Different Device 32 Making Units Managed by a 3ware Controller Available to Use 8 3ware Tools for Configuration and Management 10 3BM (3ware BIOS Manager 11 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager 11 3ware CLI (Command Line Interface 11 Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features 12 Chapter 2. Getting Started with the 3ware 9550SX Controllers 2 System Requirements 2 Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels...
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... Window 90 Controller Settings Page 92 Scheduling Page 96 Maintenance Page 98 Alarms Page 107 Battery Backup Page 108 3DM 2 Settings Page 111 Chapter 7. 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 121 Multi LUN Support... Setting the Auto-Rebuild Policy 123 Chapter 8. Configuring Units 125 Creating a New Unit 125 Creating a Unit through 3DM 127 Creating a Unit through 3DM 135 ii 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
... Window 90 Controller Settings Page 92 Scheduling Page 96 Maintenance Page 98 Alarms Page 107 Battery Backup Page 108 3DM 2 Settings Page 111 Chapter 7. 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 121 Multi LUN Support... Setting the Auto-Rebuild Policy 123 Chapter 8. Configuring Units 125 Creating a New Unit 125 Creating a Unit through 3DM 127 Creating a Unit through 3DM 135 ii 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
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... the Operating System of a Task Schedule 178 Removing a Task Schedule 179 Adding a New Task Schedule Slot 179 Selecting Self-tests to a 9550SX Controller 159 Adding a Drive through 3BM 183 www.3ware.com iii Maintaining Units 165 Checking Unit and Drive Status through 3DM 165 Reviewing Alarms and Errors 167 Viewing Alarms 167...
... the Operating System of a Task Schedule 178 Removing a Task Schedule 179 Adding a New Task Schedule Slot 179 Selecting Self-tests to a 9550SX Controller 159 Adding a Drive through 3BM 183 www.3ware.com iii Maintaining Units 165 Checking Unit and Drive Status through 3DM 165 Reviewing Alarms and Errors 167 Viewing Alarms 167...
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...241 Feedback on this manual 241 Index 243 iv 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Maintaining Your Controller 189 Determining the Current Version of Your 3ware Driver 189 Updating the Driver and Firmware 190 Updating the 3ware Driver and Firmware Under Windows 191 Using the Update... Utility With Multiple Controllers 195 Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP 196 Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat 203 Updating the 3ware Driver Under SuSE 204 Updating the 3ware Driver Under FreeBSD 205 Updating the Firmware Under Linux and FreeBSD ...
...241 Feedback on this manual 241 Index 243 iv 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Maintaining Your Controller 189 Determining the Current Version of Your 3ware Driver 189 Updating the Driver and Firmware 190 Updating the 3ware Driver and Firmware Under Windows 191 Using the Update... Utility With Multiple Controllers 195 Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP 196 Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat 203 Updating the 3ware Driver Under SuSE 204 Updating the 3ware Driver Under FreeBSD 205 Updating the Firmware Under Linux and FreeBSD ...
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...Description Provides an overview of this Guide Chapter 1. About This Guide 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide provides instructions for the 3ware 9000 series controllers. You can also perform many tasks at the BIOS level (3ware BIOS Manager 2, or 3BM 2) and one at the command line...forth, is described in your controller in a separate manual, available from the 3ware software CD and from 3BM. Table 1: Chapters in this guide. If you have not yet done so, see 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller Quick Install Guide for performing tasks using two tools: ...
...Description Provides an overview of this Guide Chapter 1. About This Guide 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide provides instructions for the 3ware 9000 series controllers. You can also perform many tasks at the BIOS level (3ware BIOS Manager 2, or 3BM 2) and one at the command line...forth, is described in your controller in a separate manual, available from the 3ware software CD and from 3BM. Table 1: Chapters in this guide. If you have not yet done so, see 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller Quick Install Guide for performing tasks using two tools: ...
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... status on a BBU (Battery Backup Unit). Also includes information about the controller, check it . Driver Installation 5. 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) 6. 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM 2) 7. Describes the basics of using 3BM. Troubleshooting A. Describes how to configure new units.... Provides compliance and conformity statement. Warranty, Technical Support, and Service Provides a summary of all associated drives. vi 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Maintaining Your Controller 11. Provides common problems and solutions, and explains error messages. Compliance...
... status on a BBU (Battery Backup Unit). Also includes information about the controller, check it . Driver Installation 5. 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) 6. 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM 2) 7. Describes the basics of using 3BM. Troubleshooting A. Describes how to configure new units.... Provides compliance and conformity statement. Warranty, Technical Support, and Service Provides a summary of all associated drives. vi 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Maintaining Your Controller 11. Provides common problems and solutions, and explains error messages. Compliance...
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... 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM®2) simplifies storage configuration and management through a web browser. 1 Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller 3ware 9550SX controllers are part of the AMCC 3ware 9000... Series Serial ATA family of the 9000 series as a whole, and the 9550SX in the ...data protection and management. Support for RAID units greater than 2 terabytes with the 3ware 9550SX Controllers" on page 2 "System Requirements" on page 2 "Understanding ...
... 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM®2) simplifies storage configuration and management through a web browser. 1 Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller 3ware 9550SX controllers are part of the AMCC 3ware 9000... Series Serial ATA family of the 9000 series as a whole, and the 9550SX in the ...data protection and management. Support for RAID units greater than 2 terabytes with the 3ware 9550SX Controllers" on page 2 "System Requirements" on page 2 "Understanding ...
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...four, eight, twelve, or sixteen SATA drives using the supplied interface cables. The length of any capacity or physical form factor. Drives must meet serial ATA 150 (SATA-1)or serial ATA 300 (SATA 2) Gb/s standards. The 3ware 9550SX Controller performs best when installed in... version 9.3 of protection versus performance for Serial ATA controllers. 2 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Chapter 1. Note: While the 3ware 9550SX RAID Controller can...
...four, eight, twelve, or sixteen SATA drives using the supplied interface cables. The length of any capacity or physical form factor. Drives must meet serial ATA 150 (SATA-1)or serial ATA 300 (SATA 2) Gb/s standards. The 3ware 9550SX Controller performs best when installed in... version 9.3 of protection versus performance for Serial ATA controllers. 2 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Chapter 1. Note: While the 3ware 9550SX RAID Controller can...
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System Requirements Operating System 3ware RAID controllers may be 1024 x 768, with : Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server ... Fedora Core Other versions of features and system requirements, refer to the 9550SX Series Datasheet, available from the website at http://www.3ware.com/products/serial_ata9000.asp. www.3ware.com 3 It requires the following: Internet Explorer 5.5 and later or Mozilla ...; Other Requirements Adequate air flow and cooling Adequate power supply for drives 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) displays information in a browser.
System Requirements Operating System 3ware RAID controllers may be 1024 x 768, with : Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server ... Fedora Core Other versions of features and system requirements, refer to the 9550SX Series Datasheet, available from the website at http://www.3ware.com/products/serial_ata9000.asp. www.3ware.com 3 It requires the following: Internet Explorer 5.5 and later or Mozilla ...; Other Requirements Adequate air flow and cooling Adequate power supply for drives 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) displays information in a browser.
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...having it back later, either on the other terms used to refer to each drive's capacity into one large volume. Parity works in the 3ware software. Mirroring. For definitions of fault tolerance. Distributed Parity. When you work with a RAID controller: Arrays...the data. The process of exchanging a drive without harm to understand when working with 3ware software, "unit" is the term used throughout the documentation, see the "Glossary". 4 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Single-disk units can be configured in combination with striping...
...having it back later, either on the other terms used to refer to each drive's capacity into one large volume. Parity works in the 3ware software. Mirroring. For definitions of fault tolerance. Distributed Parity. When you work with a RAID controller: Arrays...the data. The process of exchanging a drive without harm to understand when working with 3ware software, "unit" is the term used throughout the documentation, see the "Glossary". 4 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Single-disk units can be configured in combination with striping...
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... drive fails. With TwinStor technology, read performance is a basic requirement for mission critical systems like web and database servers. 3ware uses a patented technology, TwinStor®, on pairs of three drives. For the sequential requests generated when accessing large files,...done on RAID 1 arrays for the parity drive. Requires a minimum of drives. RAID 5 Configuration Example 6 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller RAID 1 Also known as a mirrored array. Mirroring is read operations. Chapter 1. ...
... drive fails. With TwinStor technology, read performance is a basic requirement for mission critical systems like web and database servers. 3ware uses a patented technology, TwinStor®, on pairs of three drives. For the sequential requests generated when accessing large files,...done on RAID 1 arrays for the parity drive. Requires a minimum of drives. RAID 5 Configuration Example 6 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller RAID 1 Also known as a mirrored array. Mirroring is read operations. Chapter 1. ...
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...for high availability systems unless additional precautions are taken to your particular controller model and the number of advanced features such as a unit through 3ware software. (3BM, 3DM 2, or CLI). The RAID configurations available to prevent system hangs and data loss. You can configure multiple units,...loss. Single drives are not fault tolerant and therefore not recommended for JBOD, to take to you have enough drives. 8 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide JBOD units are not fault tolerant and therefore not recommended for your needs and use based on ...
...for high availability systems unless additional precautions are taken to your particular controller model and the number of advanced features such as a unit through 3ware software. (3BM, 3DM 2, or CLI). The RAID configurations available to prevent system hangs and data loss. You can configure multiple units,...loss. Single drives are not fault tolerant and therefore not recommended for JBOD, to take to you have enough drives. 8 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide JBOD units are not fault tolerant and therefore not recommended for your needs and use based on ...
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...45 GB (45,000,000,000), and rounded down to the nearest GB for drives under "Creating a Hot Spare" on page 121. 3ware Tools for Over 2 Terabytes Windows 2000, Windows XP, Linux 2.4, and FreeBSD 4.x, do not currently recognize unit capacity in configuring and managing ... 5 GBytes for each drive is adjustable from 1024 to 2048 (default) through the CLI prior to the 3ware controller: 3BM (3ware BIOS Manager) 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) 3ware CLI (Command Line Interface) 10 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide If a unit over 45 GB. Chapter 1.
...45 GB (45,000,000,000), and rounded down to the nearest GB for drives under "Creating a Hot Spare" on page 121. 3ware Tools for Over 2 Terabytes Windows 2000, Windows XP, Linux 2.4, and FreeBSD 4.x, do not currently recognize unit capacity in configuring and managing ... 5 GBytes for each drive is adjustable from 1024 to 2048 (default) through the CLI prior to the 3ware controller: 3BM (3ware BIOS Manager) 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) 3ware CLI (Command Line Interface) 10 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide If a unit over 45 GB. Chapter 1.
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... units, and checks for these tasks to be run in the background, at the same time, and the time between staggers in 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Management utility). Bad sectors can be turned on and off in relation to the stripe. Scheduled Background Tasks. SMART data is persistent...you to take proactive steps to reallocate the error sectors accordingly. Error Correction. Write cache can set the number of drives. With a 12 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide You can all disk drives (array members, single disks, and hot spares). Introducing the...
... units, and checks for these tasks to be run in the background, at the same time, and the time between staggers in 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Management utility). Bad sectors can be turned on and off in relation to the stripe. Scheduled Background Tasks. SMART data is persistent...you to take proactive steps to reallocate the error sectors accordingly. Error Correction. Write cache can set the number of drives. With a 12 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide You can all disk drives (array members, single disks, and hot spares). Introducing the...
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... a chassis with a Chassis Control Unit (CCU), you can issue drive locate commands that blink the LEDs for particular drives, so that is enabled (9550SX controllers only). www.3ware.com 13 For times when you do not have a spare available, setting the auto-rebuild policy allows rebuilds to set the level of protection...
... a chassis with a Chassis Control Unit (CCU), you can issue drive locate commands that blink the LEDs for particular drives, so that is enabled (9550SX controllers only). www.3ware.com 13 For times when you do not have a spare available, setting the auto-rebuild policy allows rebuilds to set the level of protection...
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Chapter 1. Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller 14 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
Chapter 1. Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller 14 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
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..., but Chapter 3 offers a sequential set of the units you will find step-by-step instructions in the 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller Quick Install Guide. 2 Getting Started with Your 3ware RAID Controller Setting up your 3ware RAID controller involves these steps depends in part on whether one of steps for your situation. Physically...
..., but Chapter 3 offers a sequential set of the units you will find step-by-step instructions in the 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller Quick Install Guide. 2 Getting Started with Your 3ware RAID Controller Setting up your 3ware RAID controller involves these steps depends in part on whether one of steps for your situation. Physically...
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... that include a number of the New Drives Instructions for updating the driver under "Updating the Driver and Firmware" on page 176 16 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide You will be looked up your controller, you can be performed, to minimize the impact on day...-to the following information: Chapter 6, "3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2)" Chapter 8, "Configuring Units" 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide, available from the CD-ROM and from the website http://www...
... that include a number of the New Drives Instructions for updating the driver under "Updating the Driver and Firmware" on page 176 16 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide You will be looked up your controller, you can be performed, to minimize the impact on day...-to the following information: Chapter 6, "3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2)" Chapter 8, "Configuring Units" 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide, available from the CD-ROM and from the website http://www...
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... Auto-Rebuild Auto-Carving Carve Size Drives per spinup Delay between spinup Export Unconfigured (JBOD) Disks Disable Cache on Degraded Array (does not apply to 9550SX controllers because it is integrated into StorSave Profile) Staggered Method Unit-Level Settings Write Cache Auto-Verify Continue on Source Error During Rebuild Queuing (NCQ..., CLI 3DM, CLI 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 Drives per spinup Delay between spinup Export Unconfigured (JBOD) Disks Disable Cache on Degraded Array (does not apply to 9550SX controllers because it is integrated into StorSave Profile) Staggered Method Unit-Level Settings Write Cache Auto-Verify Continue on Source Error During Rebuild Queuing (NCQ..., CLI 3DM, CLI 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