3Ware 8506-4LP Support Question
3Ware 8506-4LP Support Question
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Question posted by Abradbury69 on June 30th, 2014
Do I Push The Button Going Forward Or Backwards
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Answer #1: Posted by TechSupport101 on July 1st, 2014 3:47 AM
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Hi. Here is the product's manual which should offer most accurate instructions
Related 3Ware 8506-4LP Manual Pages
User Guide - Page 1
User Guide
Escalade®
ATA RAID Controller
Supports the 7000 and 8000 Series and Release 7.7.x of the 3ware Software
PN 900-0041-00 December, 2003
User Guide - Page 3
... capacity and storage efficiency 10 R5 FusionTM Technology significantly improves RAID 5 write performance . . 11 Configure and manage your disk arrays 11 Background media scan and dynamic sector repair enhance data integrity . . . 12
Quick Installation Guide 14
3ware Hardware Installation 17 To remove an existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller 17
Installing a Parallel ATA RAID Controller 18...
User Guide - Page 4
... 50 Install the 3DM disk management utility 51 Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller . 52 Updating the 3ware driver 52 Installing/Upgrading the 3ware driver 54 Remove the existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller
and install the new Escalade ATA RAID Controller 59 Reboot the machine 59 Install the 3DM disk management utility 59...
User Guide - Page 20
...the Escalade controller is pressed (See page 155). The Escalade supports the ATA/6 implementation of drives. To remotely access 3DM, you are only issued when the 'Download Error Log' button on...the Standby power management state to replace a failed drive in the background on the Escalade ATA RAID Controller's host and allows you must have detected a "threshold exceeded" condition, then an...
User Guide - Page 27
...Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the computer
1 If the computer is toward the top edge of each interface cable should fit in both 32-bit and 64-bit PCI slots with 5V as well as with 3.3V.
5 Line the ATA RAID Controller...all pins make proper contact with the PCI slot pins when pushed into place. Installing a Parallel ATA RAID Controller
Note: UltraATA-100 and UltraATA-133 drives require 40- These...
User Guide - Page 30
... now. Press down .
it will mate with the PCI slot pins when pushed into place.
Connect the drives to the interface cables
Using native serial ATA drives 1 If your drives are connected to the power supply.
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3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide In our laboratories, we have seated it in the slot...
User Guide - Page 31
... cable connector is properly aligned and securely pushed in the computer chassis, install
them now. To operate properly, the Escalade ATA RAID Controller requires that drives be adjacent to information... adapter to the power supply. 7 For each drive, select the end of an interface cable not connected to the
ATA RAID Controller and plug it into the converter. Please use caution when pushing...
User Guide - Page 33
...Escalade Controller is keyed to the manufacturer's instructions.
3 Find the PCI slot you will mate with the grooves in the slot.
Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller with Multi-lane Internal Connectors
Install the Controller...with the PCI slot pins when pushed into a full-sized PCI slot.
5 Ensure that was used to secure the serial ATA RAID Controller after you have noticed that all...
User Guide - Page 38
...Press Escape to return to select the disks or buttons and F1 for context sensitive help. Disk Array Configuration Main Display, RAID 1 Example
Throughout the utility (see Figure 11)....to navigate, Enter to the main 3ware Disk Array Configuration screen.
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3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility
The 3ware Disk Array Configuration main display ...
User Guide - Page 40
Check that the proper drives are listed.
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3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Press Enter to the capacity of the smallest drive in the array. Selecting Drives for a Mirrored Array
Determining your configuration
Hint: The capacity of smallest drive)
Navigate to the Create Array button after selecting all the drives for examples). 3ware...
User Guide - Page 48
... Initial Values Esc Cancel
F8 Done
Figure 20. The default is "disable."
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3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide These disk arrays achieve fault tolerance by using the Rebuild feature. (Refer to...error" field. Simply select the array and then the Rebuild button. IBM-DTLA-387815 Port 3 - If one of RAID 1 and 10 arrays RAID 5 arrays allow you to generate the parity data that is ...
User Guide - Page 50
... the 3ware driver loading, once the operating system has booted.
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3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility
3ware Disk Array Configuration
Available Drives: Port 2 - Select Available Drive to Replace Faulted Drive, RAID 1 Example
9 Navigate to the Rebuild Array button and press Enter.
10 Navigate to and select the OK...
User Guide - Page 58
...verification, subsequent verifies to the other half. c Select Storage. Windows Installation
When prompted to restart the system. ... Complete" notification. button, insert your 3ware driver diskette, and enter the path to the operating system, the RAID 5 array goes.... RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for the
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3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The disadvantage of drives)...
User Guide - Page 60
... the Start menu, click on Settings and open the Control Panel win-
Materials required:
■ 3ware CD-ROM
Updating the 3ware driver
1 Backup any critical data prior to updating the 3ware driver. 2 Log in your system as system administrator. 3 Go to your disk arrays for the new version Escalade ATA RAID Controller before installing the...
User Guide - Page 98
3DM Disk Management Utility
1 Enter the current password in the confirm box.
3 Press the Change Password button to 3ware by uninstalling 3DM and then reinstalling it.
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3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide To enable password protection, refer to "Enable/disable password protection" on page 91
Figure 41. 3DM Administrator Login Display
Note: If...
User Guide - Page 101
...
Specifying a hot spare
Escalade ATA RAID Controllers give you the option to specify a hot spare from one of the array to be rebuilt. To specify a hot spare after mirror or RAID 5 creation. then click...lowest port number.
1 Click on the check box of the failed drive.
2 Click the Remove Drive button.
3 Physically remove the failed drive and replace it with a hot swap drive
Hot swap allows a...
User Guide - Page 102
...the duration in the window, the operation begins again on the Save Schedule button to complete. Uncorrectable blocks will be performed only during the scheduled window....completes. Scheduling background tasks
The 3DM Configuration display allows routine maintenance of storage media by the schedule. Depending on the schedule and system workload, ... Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
User Guide - Page 106
... Disk Druid partitioning utility with Red Hat 6.2 or 7.0 is required.
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3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Your drives are all of its members available. Check that both the ...going on the member drives.
FUJITSU MPC3065AH
6.5 GB
The array has some but the system does not boot. Remember that drives be one or more storage capacity is limited to the ATA RAID controller...
User Guide - Page 110
... AEN_REBUILD_DONE
The ATA RAID controller has successfully completed a rebuild.
Replacing the missing or dead drive and initiating a rebuild will detect
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3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The ...Solutions
AEN 004h AEN_REBUILD_FAIL
The ATA RAID controller was unable to the same array.
AEN 006h AEN_INCOMP_UNIT
At power on rebuild radio button can be checked prior to ...
User Guide - Page 111
... failures of the ATA RAID controller, various drive failures can be user initiated (by this AEN. The SMART status of the event by selecting the rebuild button in use and use ...the recovery mechanism of a disk drive. If the ATA RAID controller detects this AEN.
To prevent unclean shutdowns, the user should always go through the normal shutdown procedure for the operating system in...
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