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.... All other trademarks herein are all registered trademarks of this document, nor does 3ware, Inc. Disclaimer 3ware, Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright ©2003 3ware, Inc. assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in this publication may be reproduced, stored in a ...means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the proper written consent of their respective owners. Trademarks 3ware, the 3ware logo, Palisade, Escalade, StorSwitch, TwinStor, R5 Fusion and 3DM are property of 3ware, Inc., 455 West Maude Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94085.
.... All other trademarks herein are all registered trademarks of this document, nor does 3ware, Inc. Disclaimer 3ware, Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright ©2003 3ware, Inc. assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in this publication may be reproduced, stored in a ...means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the proper written consent of their respective owners. Trademarks 3ware, the 3ware logo, Palisade, Escalade, StorSwitch, TwinStor, R5 Fusion and 3DM are property of 3ware, Inc., 455 West Maude Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94085.
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..., 7500-8, 7500-12 7 Escalade 8000 Serial ATA Family (includes 8500-4, 8500-8, 8500-12 8 Package Contents 9 Escalade 7000 series Parallel ATA RAID Controller 9 Escalade 8000 series Serial ATA RAID Controller 9 CBL-P-SATA (Parallel to Serial Drive Converter Kit) . . . . . 10...Serial ATA RAID Controller 18 Connect the drives to the interface cables 20 Check your installation and close the case 22 Check motherboard boot sequence 22 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 23 Hot spare and hot swap 23 BIOS Screen 23 3DM Configure Page 24 Invoking the 3ware BIOS tool 24 Exiting the 3ware...
..., 7500-8, 7500-12 7 Escalade 8000 Serial ATA Family (includes 8500-4, 8500-8, 8500-12 8 Package Contents 9 Escalade 7000 series Parallel ATA RAID Controller 9 Escalade 8000 series Serial ATA RAID Controller 9 CBL-P-SATA (Parallel to Serial Drive Converter Kit) . . . . . 10...Serial ATA RAID Controller 18 Connect the drives to the interface cables 20 Check your installation and close the case 22 Check motherboard boot sequence 22 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 23 Hot spare and hot swap 23 BIOS Screen 23 3DM Configure Page 24 Invoking the 3ware BIOS tool 24 Exiting the 3ware...
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... your RAID data storage and management system. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in this manual also supports the following legacy products: 7410, 7810, 7450 (now 7500-4), 7850 (now 7500-8), and 7210. • True Hardware RAID. Parallel UltraDMA 133, 100, 66, 33 • Bus...To ensure your personal safety and protect your Escalade ATA RAID Controller. Before you begin installing. Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, R5Fusion (R5Fusion is PCI 32 bit / 33 Mhz) • Management. 3DM Disk Management Utility or 3ware Com- PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant • Windows Support....
... your RAID data storage and management system. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in this manual also supports the following legacy products: 7410, 7810, 7450 (now 7500-4), 7850 (now 7500-8), and 7210. • True Hardware RAID. Parallel UltraDMA 133, 100, 66, 33 • Bus...To ensure your personal safety and protect your Escalade ATA RAID Controller. Before you begin installing. Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, R5Fusion (R5Fusion is PCI 32 bit / 33 Mhz) • Management. 3DM Disk Management Utility or 3ware Com- PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant • Windows Support....
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Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in conjunction. The advantage of the items listed below, contact 3ware before proceeding with installation (disk drives and disk mounting brackets are also supported when using the controller with parallel drives the CBL-P-SATA (Parallel to Serial (CBL-P-SATA) Converter. • Bus Type. ATA Command Readback, SMART Monitoring, Dynamic Sector Repair, Rebuild Pacing, Rebuild Scheduling, Background Media...
Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in conjunction. The advantage of the items listed below, contact 3ware before proceeding with installation (disk drives and disk mounting brackets are also supported when using the controller with parallel drives the CBL-P-SATA (Parallel to Serial (CBL-P-SATA) Converter. • Bus Type. ATA Command Readback, SMART Monitoring, Dynamic Sector Repair, Rebuild Pacing, Rebuild Scheduling, Background Media...
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... will not be substituted for adding a drive as a Hot Spare through the 3DM configure page. The ATA RAID Controller shares one IRQ on the selected drive. You may designate a drive as a spare. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility The 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility allows you may designate a drive as a Hot...
... will not be substituted for adding a drive as a Hot Spare through the 3DM configure page. The ATA RAID Controller shares one IRQ on the selected drive. You may designate a drive as a spare. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility The 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility allows you may designate a drive as a Hot...
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... displayed as a Hot Spare in the 3DM configuration page. 3DM Configure Page In order to bypass the BIOS installation. Invoking the 3ware BIOS tool Power up the 3ware Disk Array Configuration display. If you do not want to install the 3ware BIOS, press Alt-b to designate an ...asked to remove a drive. Select the same checkbox and then click Add Spare. 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide volumes, and, consequently, they cannot be designated as a spare from the 3DM configure page, you must use an approved and recognized hot swap drive-carrier, connecting...
... displayed as a Hot Spare in the 3DM configuration page. 3DM Configure Page In order to bypass the BIOS installation. Invoking the 3ware BIOS tool Power up the 3ware Disk Array Configuration display. If you do not want to install the 3ware BIOS, press Alt-b to designate an ...asked to remove a drive. Select the same checkbox and then click Add Spare. 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide volumes, and, consequently, they cannot be designated as a spare from the 3DM configure page, you must use an approved and recognized hot swap drive-carrier, connecting...
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...Port 2 - Delete Disk Array Display Navigate to the Delete Array button and hit Enter to Select write cache properties paragraph in 3DM, otherwise the initialization will be overwritten until after they are initialized. How to create fault tolerant disk arrays by selecting a ... drive Mirror Port 2 - For RAID 1 and 10 arrays the initial verify must first be done in the Creating a disk array section. 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Disk Arrays: *Array Unit 0 - 4 drive 64K RAID 0 Port 0 - Refer to bring up the ...
...Port 2 - Delete Disk Array Display Navigate to the Delete Array button and hit Enter to Select write cache properties paragraph in 3DM, otherwise the initialization will be overwritten until after they are initialized. How to create fault tolerant disk arrays by selecting a ... drive Mirror Port 2 - For RAID 1 and 10 arrays the initial verify must first be done in the Creating a disk array section. 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Disk Arrays: *Array Unit 0 - 4 drive 64K RAID 0 Port 0 - Refer to bring up the ...
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...QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Port 3 - Rebuilding a RAID 5 disk array Escalade ATA RAID Controllers allow you to generate the parity data www.3ware.com 39 QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Port 1 - 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide array is removed, unplugged or fails on read and write data from ...You can be rebuilt. QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB 30.0GB 30.0GB DEGRADED 30.0GB Not in the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility or 3DM Disk Management Utility chapters. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - In a 4-drive configuration, up to three drives can be...
...QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Port 3 - Rebuilding a RAID 5 disk array Escalade ATA RAID Controllers allow you to generate the parity data www.3ware.com 39 QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Port 1 - 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide array is removed, unplugged or fails on read and write data from ...You can be rebuilt. QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB 30.0GB 30.0GB DEGRADED 30.0GB Not in the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility or 3DM Disk Management Utility chapters. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - In a 4-drive configuration, up to three drives can be...
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... replace the faulted drive in the array by hitting OK in the Rebuild confirmation display. 4 Select F8 to the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility or 3DM Disk Management Utility chapters for more information.) Rebuilding a mirrored or RAID 5 array with the Not in Use drive intact... FIREBALLP KX27.3 Disk Arrays: Array Unit 1 - 3 drive 64K RAID 5 Port 1 - www.3ware.com 41 IBM-DTLA-387815 Port 3 - Try rebuilding with no longer available (see Figure 16). 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide that you must power down the system and replace the failed or Not In...
... replace the faulted drive in the array by hitting OK in the Rebuild confirmation display. 4 Select F8 to the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility or 3DM Disk Management Utility chapters for more information.) Rebuilding a mirrored or RAID 5 array with the Not in Use drive intact... FIREBALLP KX27.3 Disk Arrays: Array Unit 1 - 3 drive 64K RAID 5 Port 1 - www.3ware.com 41 IBM-DTLA-387815 Port 3 - Try rebuilding with no longer available (see Figure 16). 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide that you must power down the system and replace the failed or Not In...
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...restarting a rebuild with the new disk drive. The rebuild starts with a new drive Currently, a rebuild cannot be cancelled using the 3DM software, but a rebuild can be aborted by following drives will be launched as a background process and an event notification will overwrite ... disk drive to rebuild the array. 3 Press Alt + F3 at Boot time to replace the degraded drive. Select Rebuild. 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide 10 Press F8 to update configurations and exit. QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Update configuration and exit? [Y/N] F6 Restore Initial Values...
...restarting a rebuild with the new disk drive. The rebuild starts with a new drive Currently, a rebuild cannot be cancelled using the 3DM software, but a rebuild can be aborted by following drives will be launched as a background process and an event notification will overwrite ... disk drive to rebuild the array. 3 Press Alt + F3 at Boot time to replace the degraded drive. Select Rebuild. 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide 10 Press F8 to update configurations and exit. QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Update configuration and exit? [Y/N] F6 Restore Initial Values...
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... • Installing the ATA RAID Controller and operating system using boot diskettes • Installing the ATA RAID Controller on the 3ware CD-ROM packaged with the ATA RAID Controller. Finish setting up your 3ware ATA RAID Controller and RAID array by performing one of the procedures listed above followed by installation of the 3DM disk management application.
... • Installing the ATA RAID Controller and operating system using boot diskettes • Installing the ATA RAID Controller on the 3ware CD-ROM packaged with the ATA RAID Controller. Finish setting up your 3ware ATA RAID Controller and RAID array by performing one of the procedures listed above followed by installation of the 3DM disk management application.