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... 3BM Configuration Utility 57 Working in the 3BM Screens 58 Adjusting BIOS Loading Settings 61 Displaying Controller Information 63 Getting Help While Using 3BM 63 www.3ware.com i Table of Contents About This Guide v How this Guide is Organized v Conventions vii Chapter 1. Getting Started with 9550SX and 9590SE Models 2 System Requirements 3 Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels 5 Available RAID Configurations 6 Determining What RAID Level to Windows 37 Driver Installation Under Linux...
... 3BM Configuration Utility 57 Working in the 3BM Screens 58 Adjusting BIOS Loading Settings 61 Displaying Controller Information 63 Getting Help While Using 3BM 63 www.3ware.com i Table of Contents About This Guide v How this Guide is Organized v Conventions vii Chapter 1. Getting Started with 9550SX and 9590SE Models 2 System Requirements 3 Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels 5 Available RAID Configurations 6 Determining What RAID Level to Windows 37 Driver Installation Under Linux...
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... Checking Unit and Drive Status through 3DM 173 Reviewing Alarms and Errors 175 Viewing Alarms 175 Downloading an Error Log 176 Viewing SMART Data About a Drive 176 About Background Tasks 177 About Initialization 177 Initialization of Different RAID Types 178 Auto Initialization After Power Failure 179 About Rebuilds 180 About Verification 181 About Migration 182 About Self-tests 183 Setting Background Task Rate...
... Checking Unit and Drive Status through 3DM 173 Reviewing Alarms and Errors 175 Viewing Alarms 175 Downloading an Error Log 176 Viewing SMART Data About a Drive 176 About Background Tasks 177 About Initialization 177 Initialization of Different RAID Types 178 Auto Initialization After Power Failure 179 About Rebuilds 180 About Verification 181 About Migration 182 About Self-tests 183 Setting Background Task Rate...
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... 9500S.) How this guide. www.3ware.com v Step-by-step instructions for performing tasks using 3ware's Command Line Interface (CLI). If you have not yet done so, see the installation guide that runs in your 3ware 9000 series controller. This manual includes instructions for performing specific tasks are often multiple ways to create a unit from : http://www.3ware.com/support/userdocs.asp. (Note that you have already installed your 3ware RAID controller.
... 9500S.) How this guide. www.3ware.com v Step-by-step instructions for performing tasks using 3ware's Command Line Interface (CLI). If you have not yet done so, see the installation guide that runs in your 3ware 9000 series controller. This manual includes instructions for performing specific tasks are often multiple ways to create a unit from : http://www.3ware.com/support/userdocs.asp. (Note that you have already installed your 3ware RAID controller.
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... the data will be lost . 8 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 4. Requires a minimum of RAID levels (such as a striped RAID 0 array using RAID 1. Please note that if both halves of a mirrored pair in a RAID 5 set can fail (half of four drives to use this technique. Striped and mirrored arrays for fault tolerance and high performance. The first two drives are configured using RAID 1. Higher data transfer rates are...
... the data will be lost . 8 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 4. Requires a minimum of RAID levels (such as a striped RAID 0 array using RAID 1. Please note that if both halves of a mirrored pair in a RAID 5 set can fail (half of four drives to use this technique. Striped and mirrored arrays for fault tolerance and high performance. The first two drives are configured using RAID 1. Higher data transfer rates are...
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... drive) 10 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide With 10 drives, a RAID 50 will contain 2 subunits of 8 drives or 4 subunits of drives, a RAID 50 may contain from 2 to the capacity of 5 drives each. Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller Table 3: Possible Configurations Based on # of Drives # Drives Possible RAID Configurations 1 2 3 4 5 6 or more Single drive or hot spare RAID 0 or RAID 1 RAID 0 RAID 1 with hot spare RAID 5 RAID 5 + hot spare RAID 10 Combination of RAID 0, RAID 1, single disk RAID...
... drive) 10 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide With 10 drives, a RAID 50 will contain 2 subunits of 8 drives or 4 subunits of drives, a RAID 50 may contain from 2 to the capacity of 5 drives each. Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller Table 3: Possible Configurations Based on # of Drives # Drives Possible RAID Configurations 1 2 3 4 5 6 or more Single drive or hot spare RAID 0 or RAID 1 RAID 0 RAID 1 with hot spare RAID 5 RAID 5 + hot spare RAID 10 Combination of RAID 0, RAID 1, single disk RAID...
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... change the boot order when they detect a newly installed controller and device. After installing the 3ware 9000 controller in setting up your RAID units are to load the 3ware driver and make the units available to Chapter 4, "Driver Installation." After installing the driver, you have other disks installed on a unit connected to the documentation for your operating system. The final steps in your system, go into the BIOS...
... change the boot order when they detect a newly installed controller and device. After installing the 3ware 9000 controller in setting up your RAID units are to load the 3ware driver and make the units available to Chapter 4, "Driver Installation." After installing the driver, you have other disks installed on a unit connected to the documentation for your operating system. The final steps in your system, go into the BIOS...
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... 3ware RAID controller in the system. The 3ware RAID controller can download that guide from another drive.). • Floppy diskette, to install the Windows operating system and the 3ware driver. Driver Installation Driver Installation Under Windows Note: Before installing the 3ware driver, you may be configured to do this. Windows 2003 64-bit for secondary storage and boot from : http:// www.3ware.com/support/userdocs.asp. This section contains instructions for how to: • Create a driver diskette for how to be used...
... 3ware RAID controller in the system. The 3ware RAID controller can download that guide from another drive.). • Floppy diskette, to install the Windows operating system and the 3ware driver. Driver Installation Driver Installation Under Windows Note: Before installing the 3ware driver, you may be configured to do this. Windows 2003 64-bit for secondary storage and boot from : http:// www.3ware.com/support/userdocs.asp. This section contains instructions for how to: • Create a driver diskette for how to be used...
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... installing Windows on a new unit or drive managed by the 3ware RAID controller, follow the instructions in this section. To install Windows and the 3ware driver 1 Boot from a Different Device" on a new drive configuration managed by the 3ware RAID controller, you have chosen to begin the process. www.3ware.com 31 To create a driver diskette 1 Insert the 3ware software CD into a floppy drive and click the Yes button to manually specify an adapter..." Installing the 3ware Driver and Windows...
... installing Windows on a new unit or drive managed by the 3ware RAID controller, follow the instructions in this section. To install Windows and the 3ware driver 1 Boot from a Different Device" on a new drive configuration managed by the 3ware RAID controller, you have chosen to begin the process. www.3ware.com 31 To create a driver diskette 1 Insert the 3ware software CD into a floppy drive and click the Yes button to manually specify an adapter..." Installing the 3ware Driver and Windows...
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... 9.3 code set from the 3ware website provides compiled drivers for these versions of Linux you are using , and whether it will be your boot device. Driver Installation Driver Installation Under Linux Note: Before installing the 3ware driver, you wish to add a 9550SX or 9590SE to be your system's boot device. Consult the installation guide that came with your 3ware RAID controller in the 3ware knowledgebase: http://www.3ware.com/kb/ 38 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide The...
... 9.3 code set from the 3ware website provides compiled drivers for these versions of Linux you are using , and whether it will be your boot device. Driver Installation Driver Installation Under Linux Note: Before installing the 3ware driver, you wish to add a 9550SX or 9590SE to be your system's boot device. Consult the installation guide that came with your 3ware RAID controller in the 3ware knowledgebase: http://www.3ware.com/kb/ 38 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide The...
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... of updating the RAM 42 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Driver Installation To install the 3ware kernel driver module while installing Red Hat Linux on a new unit 1 Boot with the Red Hat CD: a Insert the Red Hat CD-ROM disk into your motherboard's BIOS is correct; then start or reboot your driver install disk. 4 Install the 3ware kernel driver module, using the driver install diskette: Insert the driver install diskette containing the 3ware driver for...
... of updating the RAM 42 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Driver Installation To install the 3ware kernel driver module while installing Red Hat Linux on a new unit 1 Boot with the Red Hat CD: a Insert the Red Hat CD-ROM disk into your motherboard's BIOS is correct; then start or reboot your driver install disk. 4 Install the 3ware kernel driver module, using the driver install diskette: Insert the driver install diskette containing the 3ware driver for...
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... and booted, you will be used to upgrade the kernel driver module by the 3ware RAID controller (9550SX or 9590SE). To install the kernel driver module while installing FreeBSD v5.4 1 Disconnect all drives in this driver is provided, named twa_9ksk.ko, which can be your 3ware 9550SX/ 9590SE RAID unit available depend on page 19. 50 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide If you are using 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Manager...
... and booted, you will be used to upgrade the kernel driver module by the 3ware RAID controller (9550SX or 9590SE). To install the kernel driver module while installing FreeBSD v5.4 1 Disconnect all drives in this driver is provided, named twa_9ksk.ko, which can be your 3ware 9550SX/ 9590SE RAID unit available depend on page 19. 50 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide If you are using 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Manager...
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... your 3ware RAID controller for FreeBSD 5.4 can be statically compiled. www.3ware.com 53 Driver Installation Under FreeBSD Note: If you have 9550SX/9590SE support, for secondary storage, you do not need to update the kernel with it. Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module on a FreeBSD System that have more than 4 GBytes of system memory, you will be using either 3BM (the BIOS of the...
... your 3ware RAID controller for FreeBSD 5.4 can be statically compiled. www.3ware.com 53 Driver Installation Under FreeBSD Note: If you have 9550SX/9590SE support, for secondary storage, you do not need to update the kernel with it. Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module on a FreeBSD System that have more than 4 GBytes of system memory, you will be using either 3BM (the BIOS of the...
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.... 2 Make sure the correct controller is shown as hex values. 176 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide SMART data is available on page 188. Viewing SMART Data About a Drive You can download an error log containing information from the menu bar. 2 On the Drive Information Page, click the port number for assistance when troubleshooting. To view SMART data 1 Choose Information > Drive Information from the firmware log.
.... 2 Make sure the correct controller is shown as hex values. 176 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide SMART data is available on page 188. Viewing SMART Data About a Drive You can download an error log containing information from the menu bar. 2 On the Drive Information Page, click the port number for assistance when troubleshooting. To view SMART data 1 Choose Information > Drive Information from the firmware log.
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... can download the latest drivers and firmware from the 3ware web site. For Linux and FreeBSD, updating the driver and updating the firmware are using. 5 Click Next. 200 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide To download the driver or firmware 1 On the 3ware website (www.3ware.com), navigate to Service and Support > Software Downloads. 2 Select the product and release desired. 3 Select Driver or Firmware (as appropriate) as it is older than the currently supported driver. Maintaining Your Controller If...
... can download the latest drivers and firmware from the 3ware web site. For Linux and FreeBSD, updating the driver and updating the firmware are using. 5 Click Next. 200 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide To download the driver or firmware 1 On the 3ware website (www.3ware.com), navigate to Service and Support > Software Downloads. 2 Select the product and release desired. 3 Select Driver or Firmware (as appropriate) as it is older than the currently supported driver. Maintaining Your Controller If...
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... 9590SE controllers, the tw_update utility is used as a single unit. It is available for the processing, moving and storing of high-performance, high-capacity Serial ATA (SATA) RAID storage solutions. • A-Chip. Within 3ware software (3BM and 3DM) arrays are typically referred to update the firmware. A Glossary • 3BM 2. 3ware BIOS Manager. The latest firmware and code set is available for download from the 3ware web site: http://www.3ware.com/support...
... 9590SE controllers, the tw_update utility is used as a single unit. It is available for the processing, moving and storing of high-performance, high-capacity Serial ATA (SATA) RAID storage solutions. • A-Chip. Within 3ware software (3BM and 3DM) arrays are typically referred to update the firmware. A Glossary • 3BM 2. 3ware BIOS Manager. The latest firmware and code set is available for download from the 3ware web site: http://www.3ware.com/support...
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... (021h) 231 Drive ECC error reported (026h) 232 Drive error detected (00Ah) 229 Drive not supported (030h) 234 Drive power on reset detected (03Ah) 235 Drive removed (019h) 230 Drive timeout detected (009h) 229 Flash file system error detected (03Fh) 236 Flash file system repaired (040h) 236 Incomplete unit detected (006h) 228 Initialize completed (007h) 228 Initialize failed (00Eh) 230 Initialize paused (03Ch) 236 Initialize started (00Ch) 229...
... (021h) 231 Drive ECC error reported (026h) 232 Drive error detected (00Ah) 229 Drive not supported (030h) 234 Drive power on reset detected (03Ah) 235 Drive removed (019h) 230 Drive timeout detected (009h) 229 Flash file system error detected (03Fh) 236 Flash file system repaired (040h) 236 Incomplete unit detected (006h) 228 Initialize completed (007h) 228 Initialize failed (00Eh) 230 Initialize paused (03Ch) 236 Initialize started (00Ch) 229...
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... configuration changing 151 definition 244 exit and save modifications 57 exit without saving 57 configuring a controller 115 configuring units 127 first time, in BIOS 19 Continue on Error During Rebuild (setting in 3DM) 95 controller moving unit to another 163 rescanning 171 updating driver 200 FreeBSD 216 Red Hat 213 SuSE 214 Windows 207 updating firmware Windows 201 Controller Details page, 3DM 86 controller details, 3BM 116 controller...
... configuration changing 151 definition 244 exit and save modifications 57 exit without saving 57 configuring a controller 115 configuring units 127 first time, in BIOS 19 Continue on Error During Rebuild (setting in 3DM) 95 controller moving unit to another 163 rescanning 171 updating driver 200 FreeBSD 216 Red Hat 213 SuSE 214 Windows 207 updating firmware Windows 201 Controller Details page, 3DM 86 controller details, 3BM 116 controller...
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... SMART data 176 Drive ECC error reported (026h) 232 Drive error detected (00Ah) 229 Drive Information page, 3DM 90 Drive inserted (01Ah) 230 drive locate 14, 91, 196 Drive not supported (030h) 234 Drive power on reset detected (03Ah) 235 Drive removed (019h) 230 Drive timeout detected (009h) 229 driver compiling for Linux 48 current version, determining 199 installation 29 installation under FreeBSD 49 installation under Linux 38 installation under Windows 30 updating 200...
... SMART data 176 Drive ECC error reported (026h) 232 Drive error detected (00Ah) 229 Drive Information page, 3DM 90 Drive inserted (01Ah) 230 drive locate 14, 91, 196 Drive not supported (030h) 234 Drive power on reset detected (03Ah) 235 Drive removed (019h) 230 Drive timeout detected (009h) 229 driver compiling for Linux 48 current version, determining 199 installation 29 installation under FreeBSD 49 installation under Linux 38 installation under Windows 30 updating 200...
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...) 246 policies controller 117 unit 142 port ID (definition) 246 preferences, 3DM 80 Prepare for shutdown (power-off)(020h) AEN Prepare for shutdown (power-off) (020h) 231 Primary DCB read error occurred(042h) 236 Q Queuing policy (setting in 3DM) 95 R RAID concepts and levels 5 configurations 6 configurations available 9 determining level to use 9 RAID 0 6 RAID 1 7 RAID 10 8 RAID 50 8 RAID 5 7 RAID Level Migration (RLM) about 182 changing level 153...
...) 246 policies controller 117 unit 142 port ID (definition) 246 preferences, 3DM 80 Prepare for shutdown (power-off)(020h) AEN Prepare for shutdown (power-off) (020h) 231 Primary DCB read error occurred(042h) 236 Q Queuing policy (setting in 3DM) 95 R RAID concepts and levels 5 configurations 6 configurations available 9 determining level to use 9 RAID 0 6 RAID 1 7 RAID 10 8 RAID 50 8 RAID 5 7 RAID Level Migration (RLM) about 182 changing level 153...
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... selecting 188 Settings page, 3DM 112 single disk 9 SMART 175 data, viewing 176 monitoring 13 SMART Details page, 3DM 92 SMART threshold exceeded(00Fh) 230 SO-DIMM not compatible (037h) 235 SO-DIMM not detected (038h) 235 software installation, troubleshooting 222 some data lost (025h) 232 some data lost (05Fh) 241 Source drive ECC error overwritten (02Ch) 234 Source drive error occurred...
... selecting 188 Settings page, 3DM 112 single disk 9 SMART 175 data, viewing 176 monitoring 13 SMART Details page, 3DM 92 SMART threshold exceeded(00Fh) 230 SO-DIMM not compatible (037h) 235 SO-DIMM not detected (038h) 235 software installation, troubleshooting 222 some data lost (025h) 232 some data lost (05Fh) 241 Source drive ECC error overwritten (02Ch) 234 Source drive error occurred...