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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 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
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... 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 Connect the interface cables to the Escalade ATA RAID Controller 18 Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the computer 19 Connect the drives to the interface cables 20 Installing...
... 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 Connect the interface cables to the Escalade ATA RAID Controller 18 Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the computer 19 Connect the drives to the interface cables 20 Installing...
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... initialization 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 Linux...
... initialization 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 Linux...
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... 28. Figure 38. Figure 6. Figure 32. RAID 0 Configuration Example 9 RAID 1 Configuration Example 9 RAID 10 Configuration Example 10 RAID 5 Configuration Example 11 8-Port Escalade 750x-8 ATA RAID Controller Layout 18 12-Port Escalade 850x-12 Serial ATA RAID Controller . . . . . 21 12-Port Escalade 8506-12MI Serial ATA RAID Controller . . . 24 Multi-lane Cable (InfiniBand 4x, SFF-8470 24 3ware BIOS Tool 29 Disk Array Configuration Main...
... 28. Figure 38. Figure 6. Figure 32. RAID 0 Configuration Example 9 RAID 1 Configuration Example 9 RAID 10 Configuration Example 10 RAID 5 Configuration Example 11 8-Port Escalade 750x-8 ATA RAID Controller Layout 18 12-Port Escalade 850x-12 Serial ATA RAID Controller . . . . . 21 12-Port Escalade 8506-12MI Serial ATA RAID Controller . . . 24 Multi-lane Cable (InfiniBand 4x, SFF-8470 24 3ware BIOS Tool 29 Disk Array Configuration Main...
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Figure 43. Figure 44. Figure 49. Figure 50. 3DM Settings Display 89 3DM Administrator Login Display 90 3DM User Login Display 91 3DM Configure Display 92 3DM Help Display 95 Installation or Removal Dialog Box 99 A Warning for All Software Removal Requests 99 Confirmation of Figures Figure 40. Figure 45. Figure 46. List of Successful Software Removal 99 Administrator Privileges Required Warning 99 Firmware Upgrade Requirement Warning 100 System Reboot Request 100 vi 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 42. Figure 48. Figure 47. Figure 41.
Figure 43. Figure 44. Figure 49. Figure 50. 3DM Settings Display 89 3DM Administrator Login Display 90 3DM User Login Display 91 3DM Configure Display 92 3DM Help Display 95 Installation or Removal Dialog Box 99 A Warning for All Software Removal Requests 99 Confirmation of Figures Figure 40. Figure 45. Figure 46. List of Successful Software Removal 99 Administrator Privileges Required Warning 99 Firmware Upgrade Requirement Warning 100 System Reboot Request 100 vi 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 42. Figure 48. Figure 47. Figure 41.
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... ■ 7500-4, 7500-4LP, 7500-8, 7500-12, are all PCI 64-bit / 33MHz ■ 7506-4LP, 7506-8, 7506-12, are all PCI 64-bit / 66MHz. ■ Management. 3DM® Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface www.3ware.com 1 Before You Begin Congratulations on selecting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as your RAID data storage and management...
... ■ 7500-4, 7500-4LP, 7500-8, 7500-12, are all PCI 64-bit / 33MHz ■ 7506-4LP, 7506-8, 7506-12, are all PCI 64-bit / 66MHz. ■ Management. 3DM® Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface www.3ware.com 1 Before You Begin Congratulations on selecting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as your RAID data storage and management...
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...-8, 8500-12, 8506-4LP, 8506-8, 8506-12, 8506-8MI, and 8506-12MI. ■ True Hardware RAID. ATA Command Readback, S.M.A.R.T. Serial ATA 150 (SATA I) drives. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.) ■ FreeBSD. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (8006-2LP does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■...
...-8, 8500-12, 8506-4LP, 8506-8, 8506-12, 8506-8MI, and 8506-12MI. ■ True Hardware RAID. ATA Command Readback, S.M.A.R.T. Serial ATA 150 (SATA I) drives. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.) ■ FreeBSD. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (8006-2LP does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■...
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... for assistance. ■ 3ware installation media with models 8506-8MI and 8506- 12MI, which have multi-lane internal controllers and require different cables. The advantage of the items listed below, contact 3ware before proceeding with installation (disk drives and disk mounting brackets are not included): Escalade 7000 series Parallel ATA RAID Controller ■ Escalade Parallel ATA RAID Controller in an ESD...
... for assistance. ■ 3ware installation media with models 8506-8MI and 8506- 12MI, which have multi-lane internal controllers and require different cables. The advantage of the items listed below, contact 3ware before proceeding with installation (disk drives and disk mounting brackets are not included): Escalade 7000 series Parallel ATA RAID Controller ■ Escalade Parallel ATA RAID Controller in an ESD...
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... RAID Controller requires a workstation-class or serverclass CPU whose bus complies with PCI 2.2 standards, and a PCI slot that meets the Plug and Play and PC99 specifications. For the Escalade 7506 and 8506, install the card in 66 MHz, 100 MHz, or 133 MHz PCI-X slots. Length of ...may be used in a 66MHz PCI slot. For the 750x-12, a full-length PCI slot is required. The controllers can also be connected to up your array configuration. 4 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Protecting Equipment and Data Back up to open your system's case and install the...
... RAID Controller requires a workstation-class or serverclass CPU whose bus complies with PCI 2.2 standards, and a PCI slot that meets the Plug and Play and PC99 specifications. For the Escalade 7506 and 8506, install the card in 66 MHz, 100 MHz, or 133 MHz PCI-X slots. Length of ...may be used in a 66MHz PCI slot. For the 750x-12, a full-length PCI slot is required. The controllers can also be connected to up your array configuration. 4 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Protecting Equipment and Data Back up to open your system's case and install the...
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www.3ware.com 5 The connectors provided are keyed to avoid damaging computer components and accessories when installing or removing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. ■ When the case of cooling air from fans or heat sinks in the system case. Excessive force can damage the...ends. ■ Don't touch any pin, contact, lead or component on the motherboard before installing. Mechanical Concerns Be careful when installing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller into your system. ■ Be sure the board is open and its internal parts are exposed, don't touch any internal part unnecessarily. ...
www.3ware.com 5 The connectors provided are keyed to avoid damaging computer components and accessories when installing or removing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. ■ When the case of cooling air from fans or heat sinks in the system case. Excessive force can damage the...ends. ■ Don't touch any pin, contact, lead or component on the motherboard before installing. Mechanical Concerns Be careful when installing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller into your system. ■ Be sure the board is open and its internal parts are exposed, don't touch any internal part unnecessarily. ...
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... overhead ■ SCSI device driver for Windows and Linux (available from the 3ware website at any given time. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. In addition, 3ware has implemented Advanced Data Protection (ADP) features that exceeds the reliability of SCSI...
... overhead ■ SCSI device driver for Windows and Linux (available from the 3ware website at any given time. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. In addition, 3ware has implemented Advanced Data Protection (ADP) features that exceeds the reliability of SCSI...
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... drive simultaneously. RAID increases performance and adds redundancy Escalade ATA RAID Controllers use a Redundant Array of Serial ATA RAID cards are configured in a striped disk array (see Figure 1), the Escalade ATA RAID Controller distributes large files across the multiple disks using RAID 0 techniques. The stripe size is user configurable at 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K or 1M. 8 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide...
... drive simultaneously. RAID increases performance and adds redundancy Escalade ATA RAID Controllers use a Redundant Array of Serial ATA RAID cards are configured in a striped disk array (see Figure 1), the Escalade ATA RAID Controller distributes large files across the multiple disks using RAID 0 techniques. The stripe size is user configurable at 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K or 1M. 8 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide...
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...two drives are mirrored as a second fault tolerant www.3ware.com 9 Figure 1. RAID 10 arrays maximize performance and fault tolerance When drives are configured as a fault tolerant array using RAID 1. RAID 0 Configuration Example RAID 1 arrays offer fault tolerance Mirrored disk arrays write data... to two drives using both drives are required to improve performance. RAID 1 Configuration Example TwinStorTM Technology adds performance to 3ware's mirrored disk arrays Traditional mirroring techniques do little to use this technique. For the smaller ...
...two drives are mirrored as a second fault tolerant www.3ware.com 9 Figure 1. RAID 10 arrays maximize performance and fault tolerance When drives are configured as a fault tolerant array using RAID 1. RAID 0 Configuration Example RAID 1 arrays offer fault tolerance Mirrored disk arrays write data... to two drives using both drives are required to improve performance. RAID 1 Configuration Example TwinStorTM Technology adds performance to 3ware's mirrored disk arrays Traditional mirroring techniques do little to use this technique. For the smaller ...
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...rather than 3 drives. 10 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide RAID 10 Configuration Example RAID 5 arrays optimize performance, fault tolerance, high capacity and storage efficiency The RAID 5 configuration features the data striping of RAID 0 combined with the number of a RAID 5 array having less than ... of drives -1) ÷ (number of drives - 1). RAID 10 is limited to rebuild a failed drive "on the four, eight, and twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controllers Figure 3. Using a simple parity (exclusive OR) function, RAID 5 can use hot spares to 64k. Higher data transfer ...
...rather than 3 drives. 10 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide RAID 10 Configuration Example RAID 5 arrays optimize performance, fault tolerance, high capacity and storage efficiency The RAID 5 configuration features the data striping of RAID 0 combined with the number of a RAID 5 array having less than ... of drives -1) ÷ (number of drives - 1). RAID 10 is limited to rebuild a failed drive "on the four, eight, and twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controllers Figure 3. Using a simple parity (exclusive OR) function, RAID 5 can use hot spares to 64k. Higher data transfer ...
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... hot spares from the R5 Fusion technology. This command is issued 24 hours after the Escalade controller is available only with Escalade 750x and 8508 ATA RAID Controllers. Note: R5 Fusion is powered up. Configure and manage your disk arrays The 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility is checked on all disk drives (array members, JBOD and...
... hot spares from the R5 Fusion technology. This command is issued 24 hours after the Escalade controller is available only with Escalade 750x and 8508 ATA RAID Controllers. Note: R5 Fusion is powered up. Configure and manage your disk arrays The 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility is checked on all disk drives (array members, JBOD and...
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... forces the drive firmware to attached disk drives. Every 24 hours, the SMART RETURN STATUS is issued to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide If any disk drive connected to the network with the redundant data. These commands are only issued when the 'Download Error Log' button ... 3DM Alarms page. This is repeated every 24 hours that are found and are deemed repairable are not required to install any software on the Escalade ATA RAID Controller's host and allows you can use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility.
... forces the drive firmware to attached disk drives. Every 24 hours, the SMART RETURN STATUS is issued to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide If any disk drive connected to the network with the redundant data. These commands are only issued when the 'Download Error Log' button ... 3DM Alarms page. This is repeated every 24 hours that are found and are deemed repairable are not required to install any software on the Escalade ATA RAID Controller's host and allows you can use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility.
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...-ROM. in an available PCI slot. Slots closest to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Create arrays Verify your boot device precedes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the boot sequence, then press Alt-3 to the Accelerated Graphics ... specifying multiple e-mail addresses for WEB monitoring. www.3ware.com 15 Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller Install the two, four, eight, or twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the Start menu. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to the type of ...
...-ROM. in an available PCI slot. Slots closest to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Create arrays Verify your boot device precedes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the boot sequence, then press Alt-3 to the Accelerated Graphics ... specifying multiple e-mail addresses for WEB monitoring. www.3ware.com 15 Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller Install the two, four, eight, or twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the Start menu. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to the type of ...
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.... This disk should be reconnected to port 0 on the controller. To remove an existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller 1 If the computer is running, shut it aside. (Save the screw for installing the new controller.) www.3ware.com 17 Preserving the port order of how the other drives...physical disk is connected to port 0 on the new ATA RAID Controller. Tip: If your boot disk is connected to the ATA RAID Controller and you intend to retain it as your computer or the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. 3ware Hardware Installation Warning: Before proceeding with hardware installation, read the ...
.... This disk should be reconnected to port 0 on the controller. To remove an existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller 1 If the computer is running, shut it aside. (Save the screw for installing the new controller.) www.3ware.com 17 Preserving the port order of how the other drives...physical disk is connected to port 0 on the new ATA RAID Controller. Tip: If your boot disk is connected to the ATA RAID Controller and you intend to retain it as your computer or the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. 3ware Hardware Installation Warning: Before proceeding with hardware installation, read the ...
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... Note: Pin 1 and 4 are 3.3V and pin 2 and 3 are not installing a Parallel ATA RAID Controller, continue to the ATA RAID Controller. See Figure 5. 18 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide 3ware Hardware Installation 6 Gently remove the ATA RAID Controller from the PCI slot. 7 Remove the cables from the ATA RAID Controller and discard. Ports: 65 4 7 3 21 0 0 Serial Number (on plate) Figure 5. 8-Port...
... Note: Pin 1 and 4 are 3.3V and pin 2 and 3 are not installing a Parallel ATA RAID Controller, continue to the ATA RAID Controller. See Figure 5. 18 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide 3ware Hardware Installation 6 Gently remove the ATA RAID Controller from the PCI slot. 7 Remove the cables from the ATA RAID Controller and discard. Ports: 65 4 7 3 21 0 0 Serial Number (on plate) Figure 5. 8-Port...