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User Guide 3ware® Serial ATA RAID Controller Supports the 9550SX and 9590SE Models PN 720-0126-04 April 2006
User Guide 3ware® Serial ATA RAID Controller Supports the 9550SX and 9590SE Models PN 720-0126-04 April 2006
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... 13 Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features 13 Chapter 2. Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller 1 Product Models and Features 1 What's New with Your 3ware RAID Controller 15 Chapter 3. 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 38 Obtaining...
... 13 Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features 13 Chapter 2. Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller 1 Product Models and Features 1 What's New with Your 3ware RAID Controller 15 Chapter 3. 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 38 Obtaining...
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... Web Browser 74 Logging In 75 Working 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 Configuring Units 127 Configuring a New Unit 128 Configuration Options When Creating a Unit 128 Creating a Unit through...
... Web Browser 74 Logging In 75 Working 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 Configuring Units 127 Configuring a New Unit 128 Configuration Options When Creating a Unit 128 Creating a Unit through...
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... and Firmware Under Windows 201 Using the Update Utility With Multiple Controllers 206 Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP 207 Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat 213 Updating the 3ware Driver Under SuSE 214 Updating the 3ware Driver Under FreeBSD 216 Updating the Firmware Under Linux and FreeBSD 216 ... RMA Process 252 AMCC Technical Support and Services 253 Sales and ordering information 253 Feedback on this manual 253 Index 255 iv 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide Glossary 243 Chapter B. Locating a Drive by Blinking Its LED 196 Chapter 10.
... and Firmware Under Windows 201 Using the Update Utility With Multiple Controllers 206 Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP 207 Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat 213 Updating the 3ware Driver Under SuSE 214 Updating the 3ware Driver Under FreeBSD 216 Updating the Firmware Under Linux and FreeBSD 216 ... RMA Process 252 AMCC Technical Support and Services 253 Sales and ordering information 253 Feedback on this manual 253 Index 255 iv 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide Glossary 243 Chapter B. Locating a Drive by Blinking Its LED 196 Chapter 10.
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...the tool, navigating between screens, and so forth, is described in your controller. Step-by-step instructions for configuring and maintaining your 3ware RAID controller. About This Guide 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide provides instructions for performing specific tasks are organized by tasks throughout ...9500S.) How this guide. This guide assumes that you have already installed your controller in sections about how to create a unit from 3ware's website: 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. If you have not yet done so, see the installation guide...
...the tool, navigating between screens, and so forth, is described in your controller. Step-by-step instructions for configuring and maintaining your 3ware RAID controller. About This Guide 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide provides instructions for performing specific tasks are organized by tasks throughout ...9500S.) How this guide. This guide assumes that you have already installed your controller in sections about how to create a unit from 3ware's website: 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. If you have not yet done so, see the installation guide...
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... 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. Table 1: Chapters in this guide. Driver Installation 5. 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) 6. 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM 2) 7. Includes information for the 3ware 9000 series controllers. Describes the basics of using 3DM and includes a reference of...
... 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. Table 1: Chapters in this guide. Driver Installation 5. 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) 6. 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM 2) 7. Includes information for the 3ware 9000 series controllers. Describes the basics of using 3DM and includes a reference of...
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...and management. • Support for battery backup provides added data protection in 3ware's 9000 series of RAID controllers have the following features and benefits: • 200% faster than the industry-leading 3ware 9500S RAID controller • PCI-X (for 9550SX) or PCI Express (for 9590SE) ...level of protection versus performance for RAID units greater than 2 terabytes with 64-bit LBA support. • An enhanced firmware platform allows future upgrades. • AMCC's remote management software, 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM®2) simplifies storage configuration and management through a ...
...and management. • Support for battery backup provides added data protection in 3ware's 9000 series of RAID controllers have the following features and benefits: • 200% faster than the industry-leading 3ware 9500S RAID controller • PCI-X (for 9550SX) or PCI Express (for 9590SE) ...level of protection versus performance for RAID units greater than 2 terabytes with 64-bit LBA support. • An enhanced firmware platform allows future upgrades. • AMCC's remote management software, 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM®2) simplifies storage configuration and management through a ...
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... interface cables may not exceed 1M (39") for Serial ATA controllers. • Operating System 3ware RAID controllers may be connected to up to four, eight, twelve, or sixteen SATA drives using the open source Linux driver (see the Release Notes...3ware RAID controllers require the following : • One of these browsers: www.3ware.com 3 It requires the following • A workstation-class or server-class motherboard Notes: While the 3ware 9550SX RAID controller can also operate at 66MHz or 100MHz. 9590SE RAID controllers must meet serial ATA 150 (SATA-1)or serial ATA 300 (SATA...
... interface cables may not exceed 1M (39") for Serial ATA controllers. • Operating System 3ware RAID controllers may be connected to up to four, eight, twelve, or sixteen SATA drives using the open source Linux driver (see the Release Notes...3ware RAID controllers require the following : • One of these browsers: www.3ware.com 3 It requires the following • A workstation-class or server-class motherboard Notes: While the 3ware 9550SX RAID controller can also operate at 66MHz or 100MHz. 9590SE RAID controllers must meet serial ATA 150 (SATA-1)or serial ATA 300 (SATA...
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Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller • Internet Explorer 5.5 and later • Mozilla 1.2 and later • Firefox 1.02 and later • Netscape 7 and later • JavaScript must be enabled • Cookies ... a complete listing of features and system requirements, refer to the 9550SX Series Datasheet or the 9590SE Series Datasheet, available from the website at http://www.3ware.com/products/serial_ata9000.asp. 4 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Chapter 1.
Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller • Internet Explorer 5.5 and later • Mozilla 1.2 and later • Firefox 1.02 and later • Netscape 7 and later • JavaScript must be enabled • Cookies ... a complete listing of features and system requirements, refer to the 9550SX Series Datasheet or the 9590SE Series Datasheet, available from the website at http://www.3ware.com/products/serial_ata9000.asp. 4 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Chapter 1.
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...unit. For definitions of other drives. • Hot Swap. Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels 3ware RAID controllers use a Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) to paired drives simultaneously. The following concepts are important to shut ...RAID 5 and RAID 50. Mirrored arrays write data to increase your storage system's performance and provide fault tolerance (protection against data loss). If one drive, at the expense of disks that appear to another controller. • Disk Roaming. Mirroring provides data protection through the 3ware...
...unit. For definitions of other drives. • Hot Swap. Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels 3ware RAID controllers use a Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) to paired drives simultaneously. The following concepts are important to shut ...RAID 5 and RAID 50. Mirrored arrays write data to increase your storage system's performance and provide fault tolerance (protection against data loss). If one drive, at the expense of disks that appear to another controller. • Disk Roaming. Mirroring provides data protection through the 3ware...
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... recommended for data intensive applications such as video editing, computer aided design and geographical information systems. RAID 0 arrays are taken to a 3ware RAID controller: • RAID 0 • RAID 1 • RAID 5 • RAID 10 • RAID 50 • Single Disk • JBOD • Hot Spare RAID 0 Provides striping, but no mirroring or redundancy of any drive results in the loss of...
... recommended for data intensive applications such as video editing, computer aided design and geographical information systems. RAID 0 arrays are taken to a 3ware RAID controller: • RAID 0 • RAID 1 • RAID 5 • RAID 10 • RAID 50 • Single Disk • JBOD • Hot Spare RAID 0 Provides striping, but no mirroring or redundancy of any drive results in the loss of...
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... together to form the 12-drive RAID 50 array. Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller RAID 10 This array is a combination of a mirrored pair in a RAID 5 set can fail (half of each mirrored pair) and the array will be lost . 8 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Requires a minimum of these 3-drive RAID 5 arrays are required to function...
... together to form the 12-drive RAID 50 array. Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller RAID 10 This array is a combination of a mirrored pair in a RAID 5 set can fail (half of each mirrored pair) and the array will be lost . 8 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Requires a minimum of these 3-drive RAID 5 arrays are required to function...
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... drives are not fault tolerant and therefore not recommended for high availability systems unless additional precautions are taken to determine the type of RAID configuration most appropriate for your 3ware RAID controller. JBOD units are not fault tolerant and therefore not recommended for high availability systems unless additional precautions are available, based on the...
... drives are not fault tolerant and therefore not recommended for high availability systems unless additional precautions are taken to determine the type of RAID configuration most appropriate for your 3ware RAID controller. JBOD units are not fault tolerant and therefore not recommended for high availability systems unless additional precautions are available, based on the...
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... of RAID 0, RAID 1, single disk RAID 5 + hot spare RAID 10 + hot spare Combination of RAID 0, RAID 1, hot spare, for single disk RAID 50 Depending 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 12 drives, possible RAID 50 configurations include 2 subunits of 6, 3 subunits of 4, or 4 subunits of smallest drive) 10 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller...
... of RAID 0, RAID 1, single disk RAID 5 + hot spare RAID 10 + hot spare Combination of RAID 0, RAID 1, hot spare, for single disk RAID 50 Depending 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 12 drives, possible RAID 50 configurations include 2 subunits of 6, 3 subunits of 4, or 4 subunits of smallest drive) 10 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller...
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... most frequently used to interchangeably as a RAID unit and the type of RAID configuration you easily configure the drives attached to your 3ware RAID controller, specifying which runs in configuring and managing units attached to the 3ware controller: • 3BM (3ware BIOS Manager) • 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) • 3ware CLI (Command Line Interface) 3BM (3ware BIOS Manager) 3BM is a BIOS...
... most frequently used to interchangeably as a RAID unit and the type of RAID configuration you easily configure the drives attached to your 3ware RAID controller, specifying which runs in configuring and managing units attached to the 3ware controller: • 3BM (3ware BIOS Manager) • 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) • 3ware CLI (Command Line Interface) 3BM (3ware BIOS Manager) 3BM is a BIOS...
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... to take proactive steps to the stripe. • Scheduled Background Tasks. Both SATAII OOB and ATA spin-up of the block in 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. Bad sectors can be run in -rush current at power-up and to allow the...Initialize, rebuild, verify, and self-test tasks can be based intelligently on the location of drives. Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features Several 3ware RAID controller features aid in 3DM through error correction (Dynamic Sector Repair). If the disk drive is checked on all redundant units, and checks for media...
... to take proactive steps to the stripe. • Scheduled Background Tasks. Both SATAII OOB and ATA spin-up of the block in 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. Bad sectors can be run in -rush current at power-up and to allow the...Initialize, rebuild, verify, and self-test tasks can be based intelligently on the location of drives. Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features Several 3ware RAID controller features aid in 3DM through error correction (Dynamic Sector Repair). If the disk drive is checked on all redundant units, and checks for media...
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... when write cache is committed to a chassis with a failed drive (9550SX and 9590SE controllers only). 14 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide When the I2C port on the controller has been connected to disk. When write cache is stored in system cache, 3ware controller cache, and drive cache before the data is enabled (9550SX and 9590SE...
... when write cache is committed to a chassis with a failed drive (9550SX and 9590SE controllers only). 14 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide When the I2C port on the controller has been connected to disk. When write cache is stored in system cache, 3ware controller cache, and drive cache before the data is enabled (9550SX and 9590SE...
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.... Information about using 3BM is already installed on another drive in the installation guide that came with Your 3ware RAID Controller Setting up your 3ware RAID controller involves these steps depends in part on page 5 before configuring your system, you can configure units through 3BM, through... 3ware Disk Manager (3DM), or through the new 3ware RAID controller, use 3DM or the www.3ware.com 15 If you want to define the configuration. If the operating system is also included in...
.... Information about using 3BM is already installed on another drive in the installation guide that came with Your 3ware RAID Controller Setting up your 3ware RAID controller involves these steps depends in part on page 5 before configuring your system, you can configure units through 3BM, through... 3ware Disk Manager (3DM), or through the new 3ware RAID controller, use 3DM or the www.3ware.com 15 If you want to define the configuration. If the operating system is also included in...
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...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.3ware.com/support/userdocs.asp Install the Driver ... your convenience. Set Up Management and Maintenance Features 3ware RAID controllers come with Your 3ware RAID Controller CLI for updating the driver under "Updating the Driver and Firmware" on page 184 16 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Details about these features as staggered spinup...
...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.3ware.com/support/userdocs.asp Install the Driver ... your convenience. Set Up Management and Maintenance Features 3ware RAID controllers come with Your 3ware RAID Controller CLI for updating the driver under "Updating the Driver and Firmware" on page 184 16 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Details about these features as staggered spinup...
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Chapter 2. Getting Started with Your 3ware RAID Controller 18 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
Chapter 2. Getting Started with Your 3ware RAID Controller 18 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide