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Installation Guide 3ware® SATA RAID Controller Supports the 9000 Series PN 720-0117-01 March 2005
Installation Guide 3ware® SATA RAID Controller Supports the 9000 Series PN 720-0117-01 March 2005
Installation Guide
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... Adequate power supply for serial ATA controllers. Operating System 3ware RAID controllers may be of Linux using the supplied interface cables. www.3ware.com 3 Drives must meet serial ATA 150 (SATA I) or serial ATA 300 (SATA 2) Gb/s standards. System Requirements Drives Depending on the particular model, the 3ware RAID controller may be connected to up to the...
... Adequate power supply for serial ATA controllers. Operating System 3ware RAID controllers may be of Linux using the supplied interface cables. www.3ware.com 3 Drives must meet serial ATA 150 (SATA I) or serial ATA 300 (SATA 2) Gb/s standards. System Requirements Drives Depending on the particular model, the 3ware RAID controller may be connected to up to the...
Installation Guide
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... individual drives on J3: 0, 1, 2, 3 (left to the controller 1 Take out the serial cables provided with the 3ware SATA RAID controller. 3ware serial controllers are supplied with the connector on the controller. Ports: 2 and 3 0 and 1 Serial number (on plate) SODIMM (memory module) BBU (Battery Backup Unit) connector Figure 4. 4-Port 3ware 9500S-4 Serial ATA RAID Controller To connect serial cables to right) Overall LED...
... individual drives on J3: 0, 1, 2, 3 (left to the controller 1 Take out the serial cables provided with the 3ware SATA RAID controller. 3ware serial controllers are supplied with the connector on the controller. Ports: 2 and 3 0 and 1 Serial number (on plate) SODIMM (memory module) BBU (Battery Backup Unit) connector Figure 4. 4-Port 3ware 9500S-4 Serial ATA RAID Controller To connect serial cables to right) Overall LED...
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... is desired (and supported by cable or through the drive cage. 2 For each interface cable connector is fully seated. 8 Check that the 3ware RAID controller's metal bracket covers the hole in the case and secure the bracket with the screw that the drives are not already installed in the... drives to enable staggered spinup and specify the staggered method (ATA-6 or SATA OOB) in the computer chassis or hot swap carriers, install them now. Installing the Hardware 7 Press down gently on the edge of the 3ware RAID controller directly above the slot until it into the drive or drive carrier.
... is desired (and supported by cable or through the drive cage. 2 For each interface cable connector is fully seated. 8 Check that the 3ware RAID controller's metal bracket covers the hole in the case and secure the bracket with the screw that the drives are not already installed in the... drives to enable staggered spinup and specify the staggered method (ATA-6 or SATA OOB) in the computer chassis or hot swap carriers, install them now. Installing the Hardware 7 Press down gently on the edge of the 3ware RAID controller directly above the slot until it into the drive or drive carrier.
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To connect the multi-lane cables Depending on the other end of the individual SATA connectors to a drive. 20 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Multi-lane Cable (InfiniBand 4x, SFF-8470) For use with a backplane that has individual SATA connectors or individual serial ATA drives, use the break-out cable, which...
To connect the multi-lane cables Depending on the other end of the individual SATA connectors to a drive. 20 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Multi-lane Cable (InfiniBand 4x, SFF-8470) For use with a backplane that has individual SATA connectors or individual serial ATA drives, use the break-out cable, which...
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... array 28 module names for RedHat Linux 71 motherboard boot sequence 51 multilane cable, with individual SATA connectors 20 multilane cable, with multilane connectors on each end (847) 20 P PCI slots 8 R RAID concepts and levels 28 RAID level to use, determining 31 Red Hat Linux, installing driver under 68 RedHat kernel strings 71... 10 Troubleshooting 97 troubleshooting 97 U units configuring 27, 40 initializing 49 W Warranty 112 Windows, installing driver under 53 write cache, enabling or disabling 43 118 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
... array 28 module names for RedHat Linux 71 motherboard boot sequence 51 multilane cable, with individual SATA connectors 20 multilane cable, with multilane connectors on each end (847) 20 P PCI slots 8 R RAID concepts and levels 28 RAID level to use, determining 31 Red Hat Linux, installing driver under 68 RedHat kernel strings 71... 10 Troubleshooting 97 troubleshooting 97 U units configuring 27, 40 initializing 49 W Warranty 112 Windows, installing driver under 53 write cache, enabling or disabling 43 118 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
CLI Guide
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... Unit) management. A few commands apply only to 9500S, and are labeled as such. For all of the functions of 3ware RAID controllers. Note: Some CLI commands are not supported for managing 3ware RAID Controllers. Within the 9000 series, some commands apply to ...) functionalities. 2 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide Important! For example, commands that apply only to the 3ware Command Line Interface The 3ware SATA RAID Controller Command Line Interface (CLI) manages multiple 7000, 8000, and 9000-series 3ware ATA and Serial ATA RAID controllers via a command ...
... Unit) management. A few commands apply only to 9500S, and are labeled as such. For all of the functions of 3ware RAID controllers. Note: Some CLI commands are not supported for managing 3ware RAID Controllers. Within the 9000 series, some commands apply to ...) functionalities. 2 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide Important! For example, commands that apply only to the 3ware Command Line Interface The 3ware SATA RAID Controller Command Line Interface (CLI) manages multiple 7000, 8000, and 9000-series 3ware ATA and Serial ATA RAID controllers via a command ...
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... not a drive is not present or if there are cabling problems reaching the drive, CLI will return an error. NA /c0/p0 SATA Link Speed Supported = 1.5 Gb/s /c0/p0 SATA Link Speed = 1.5 Gb/s /c0/p0 NCQ Supported = No /c0/p0 NCQ Enabled = No /c0/p0 Belongs to the specified port is present... 13 D8 03 00 00 00 09 32 ... 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 8D 80 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide CLI Syntax Reference Example: //localhost> /c0/p5 show all port-related attributes: status, model, serial, firmware, capacity, and smart...
... not a drive is not present or if there are cabling problems reaching the drive, CLI will return an error. NA /c0/p0 SATA Link Speed Supported = 1.5 Gb/s /c0/p0 SATA Link Speed = 1.5 Gb/s /c0/p0 NCQ Supported = No /c0/p0 NCQ Enabled = No /c0/p0 Belongs to the specified port is present... 13 D8 03 00 00 00 09 32 ... 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 8D 80 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide CLI Syntax Reference Example: //localhost> /c0/p5 show all port-related attributes: status, model, serial, firmware, capacity, and smart...
User Guide
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...ECC protected SDRAM, user upgradeable Variable stripe size, for legacy and SATA II OOB staggered drive spin-up Emergency flash recovery protects against power failure during firmware upgrades RAID 50 support, which meets the following criteria: PCI slots that comply... the "Export JBOD" policy in 3ware BIOS Manager. System Requirements 3ware RAID controllers require the following : Single unit capacity scales to 72 hours. Note: If you migrate JBOD drives from a 7000/8000 series RAID controller to a 9000-series RAID controller, you backup the data from the...
...ECC protected SDRAM, user upgradeable Variable stripe size, for legacy and SATA II OOB staggered drive spin-up Emergency flash recovery protects against power failure during firmware upgrades RAID 50 support, which meets the following criteria: PCI slots that comply... the "Export JBOD" policy in 3ware BIOS Manager. System Requirements 3ware RAID controllers require the following : Single unit capacity scales to 72 hours. Note: If you migrate JBOD drives from a 7000/8000 series RAID controller to a 9000-series RAID controller, you backup the data from the...
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... cables may not exceed 1M (39") for best performance. Drives Depending on the particular model, the 3ware RAID controller may be used with 16-bit color or more www.3ware.com 7 The length of any capacity or physical form factor. It requires the following: Internet Explorer ...JavaScript must be enabled Cookies must meet serial ATA (SATA-1) 150 Gb/s standards, but may be connected to up to two, four, eight, or twelve Serial ATA drives by the supplied interface cables. System Requirements Note: For all 3ware 9000 series models, install the card in a browser.
... cables may not exceed 1M (39") for best performance. Drives Depending on the particular model, the 3ware RAID controller may be used with 16-bit color or more www.3ware.com 7 The length of any capacity or physical form factor. It requires the following: Internet Explorer ...JavaScript must be enabled Cookies must meet serial ATA (SATA-1) 150 Gb/s standards, but may be connected to up to two, four, eight, or twelve Serial ATA drives by the supplied interface cables. System Requirements Note: For all 3ware 9000 series models, install the card in a browser.
User Guide
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... powered up at boot time, resulting in all of the drives spinning up command is ATA-6 or SATA OOB (Out Of Band). These policies can only be set 76 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide JBOD configuration is enabled. Disable write cache degraded array. There is enabled. Delay between...
... powered up at boot time, resulting in all of the drives spinning up command is ATA-6 or SATA OOB (Out Of Band). These policies can only be set 76 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide JBOD configuration is enabled. Disable write cache degraded array. There is enabled. Delay between...
User Guide
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...degrades 1 At the main 3BM screen, Tab to Policy and press Enter. 2 On the Policy Control screen, Tab to 6. Staggered Method: Select either ATA-6 or SATA OOB as the type of the 3ware RAID configuration. Disabling Write Cache on Unit Degrade. 3 Press Enter to display the choices, use the ...arrow keys to select Yes, and press Enter again to select it overrides the write cache setting specified for a Controller through 3BM 2 On...
...degrades 1 At the main 3BM screen, Tab to Policy and press Enter. 2 On the Policy Control screen, Tab to 6. Staggered Method: Select either ATA-6 or SATA OOB as the type of the 3ware RAID configuration. Disabling Write Cache on Unit Degrade. 3 Press Enter to display the choices, use the ...arrow keys to select Yes, and press Enter again to select it overrides the write cache setting specified for a Controller through 3BM 2 On...
User Guide
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...Windows XP steps begin on page 140.) To update the 3ware driver under Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The steps for the 2nd time, a final message boxes confirms that effect. The 3ware Escalade 9000 Series SATA RAID Controller Properties pop-up menu appears. Follow the appropriate steps below..., depending on the version of Windows you can use the steps below. www.3ware.com 135 To complete the installation with an unsigned...
...Windows XP steps begin on page 140.) To update the 3ware driver under Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The steps for the 2nd time, a final message boxes confirms that effect. The 3ware Escalade 9000 Series SATA RAID Controller Properties pop-up menu appears. Follow the appropriate steps below..., depending on the version of Windows you can use the steps below. www.3ware.com 135 To complete the installation with an unsigned...
User Guide
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...RAID 10 unit. UDMA mode. For example, the mirrored pairs (RAID 1) in a system. Unit Number. For RAID 5 and RAID...disk drives simultaneously, this results in an increase in RAID 0, 5, 10 and 50. Subunit....larger strip sizes are better for a specific unit in a RAID 10 unit are better for sequential I /O (such as ...drive. A unit may consist of disks in a redundant unit. www.3ware.com 175 A major stripe size is equal to what is user-configurable at...a "minor" stripe size. For a RAID 1 and RAID 10 unit, a verify will calculate RAID 5 parity and compare it to the ...
...RAID 10 unit. UDMA mode. For example, the mirrored pairs (RAID 1) in a system. Unit Number. For RAID 5 and RAID...disk drives simultaneously, this results in an increase in RAID 0, 5, 10 and 50. Subunit....larger strip sizes are better for a specific unit in a RAID 10 unit are better for sequential I /O (such as ...drive. A unit may consist of disks in a redundant unit. www.3ware.com 175 A major stripe size is equal to what is user-configurable at...a "minor" stripe size. For a RAID 1 and RAID 10 unit, a verify will calculate RAID 5 parity and compare it to the ...