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... Page 24 Invoking the 3ware BIOS tool 24 Exiting the 3ware BIOS tool 25 Determining your configuration 26 Displaying advance details 27 Creating a disk array 28 Determining your configuration 29 iii Create Arrays 14 Step 3. Install System Drivers 14 Step 4. Contents Before You Begin 1 Features 1 Escalade 6000 Family (includes 6800, 6400, 6410, 6200) . . . 1 Escalade 7000 Family (includes 7210...
... Page 24 Invoking the 3ware BIOS tool 24 Exiting the 3ware BIOS tool 25 Determining your configuration 26 Displaying advance details 27 Creating a disk array 28 Determining your configuration 29 iii Create Arrays 14 Step 3. Install System Drivers 14 Step 4. Contents Before You Begin 1 Features 1 Escalade 6000 Family (includes 6800, 6400, 6410, 6200) . . . 1 Escalade 7000 Family (includes 7210...
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... Figure 23. Remove Current Driver 55 Figure 24. Install Driver 58 Figure 27. Add New Hardware Wizard 67 Figure 28. 3ware Storage Switch Properties Display 70 Figure 29. RAID 5 Configuration Example 10 Figure 5. 8-Port Escalade 7850 Storage Switch Layout 17 Figure 6. 3ware BIOS Tool 25 Figure 7. Selecting Drives for RAID 5 32 Figure 13. Create Disk Array Display...
... Figure 23. Remove Current Driver 55 Figure 24. Install Driver 58 Figure 27. Add New Hardware Wizard 67 Figure 28. 3ware Storage Switch Properties Display 70 Figure 29. RAID 5 Configuration Example 10 Figure 5. 8-Port Escalade 7850 Storage Switch Layout 17 Figure 6. 3ware BIOS Tool 25 Figure 7. Selecting Drives for RAID 5 32 Figure 13. Create Disk Array Display...
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... Scrubbing, Hot Swap, Hot Spare, Hardware Health Monitoring www.3ware.com 1 This user guide gives simple, step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring your RAID data storage and management system. Features Escalade 6000 Family (includes 6800, 6400, 6410, 6200) • True Hardware RAID. Before you begin installing. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers • Data Integrity.
... Scrubbing, Hot Swap, Hot Spare, Hardware Health Monitoring www.3ware.com 1 This user guide gives simple, step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring your RAID data storage and management system. Features Escalade 6000 Family (includes 6800, 6400, 6410, 6200) • True Hardware RAID. Before you begin installing. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers • Data Integrity.
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... Utilization • RAID Support. PCI 64 bit / 33 Mhz • Management. 3DM Disk Management Utility • BIOS. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in an ESD-protective bag • 3ware driver installation media • 3ware 3DM installation media • ...ATA interface cables (one per port) • Y-splitter cables for connecting additional drives to the power source (not provided for 2-port models) • Escalade Installation Guide and Escalade User Guide (.pdf for- Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS...
... Utilization • RAID Support. PCI 64 bit / 33 Mhz • Management. 3DM Disk Management Utility • BIOS. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in an ESD-protective bag • 3ware driver installation media • 3ware 3DM installation media • ...ATA interface cables (one per port) • Y-splitter cables for connecting additional drives to the power source (not provided for 2-port models) • Escalade Installation Guide and Escalade User Guide (.pdf for- Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS...
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... arrays. Refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. To remotely access 3DM, you are not required to install any software on the Escalade Storage Switch's host and allows you to monitor the switch and rebuild mirrored arrays remotely via a standard web browser...3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide automatically checking a disk drive's health and reporting potential problems. It allows you to take proactive steps to prevent impending disk crashes. 3DM Disk Management Utility runs in the background on your system but you must use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at BIOS...
... arrays. Refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. To remotely access 3DM, you are not required to install any software on the Escalade Storage Switch's host and allows you to monitor the switch and rebuild mirrored arrays remotely via a standard web browser...3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide automatically checking a disk drive's health and reporting potential problems. It allows you to take proactive steps to prevent impending disk crashes. 3DM Disk Management Utility runs in the background on your system but you must use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at BIOS...
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...and using the S key on the PCI bus. Leaving a drive undesignated results in the BIOS screen, it becoming a JBOD drive. If an array becomes degraded, the hot spare will not be installed if no drives are "setting aside" drive(s) as Hot Spares. There are discussed below.... are creating your array, you are attached to the Escalade Storage Switch. 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 Spare during the BIOS page display, or you to create disk arrays by ...
...and using the S key on the PCI bus. Leaving a drive undesignated results in the BIOS screen, it becoming a JBOD drive. If an array becomes degraded, the hot spare will not be installed if no drives are "setting aside" drive(s) as Hot Spares. There are discussed below.... are creating your array, you are attached to the Escalade Storage Switch. 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 Spare during the BIOS page display, or you to create disk arrays by ...
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3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide a later time. If you do not go into the BIOS screen. When 3DM is not a JBOD drive. Invoking the 3ware BIOS tool Reboot your system. The drive should only be displayed as a Hot Spare. If a spare is designated in the BIOS screen, the designation and ...in effect from bus or power supply issues. 2 Shut down the system (Windows/Linux system shutdown); install the drive and do not use one of the two following methods: 1 Install the drive at the operating system level while the system is powered. The spare drive will crash the...
3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide a later time. If you do not go into the BIOS screen. When 3DM is not a JBOD drive. Invoking the 3ware BIOS tool Reboot your system. The drive should only be displayed as a Hot Spare. If a spare is designated in the BIOS screen, the designation and ...in effect from bus or power supply issues. 2 Shut down the system (Windows/Linux system shutdown); install the drive and do not use one of the two following methods: 1 Install the drive at the operating system level while the system is powered. The spare drive will crash the...
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... arrays after the operating system is running, the Escalade Storage Switch will automatically run a background initialization to bring up the 3ware Disk Array Configuration display. The booting process will be asked to bypass the BIOS installation. Note: If drives are identical. www.3ware.com 25 Exiting the 3ware BIOS tool To save your configuration. If you have...
... arrays after the operating system is running, the Escalade Storage Switch will automatically run a background initialization to bring up the 3ware Disk Array Configuration display. The booting process will be asked to bypass the BIOS installation. Note: If drives are identical. www.3ware.com 25 Exiting the 3ware BIOS tool To save your configuration. If you have...
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...installation CD-ROM instead. Create disk arrays Refer to 112 GB. If your BIOS supports it you may boot directly from the Red Hat CD-ROM disk. 1 Insert the Red Hat boot diskette into the floppy drive of the Disk Druid partitioning utility with using the Escalade Storage Switch as a boot device. www.3ware....com 99 Boot with the Red Hat CD-ROM or diskette Note: The boot diskette is optional since most computers can be reconnected. Disconnecting the IDE drive while installing Linux will eliminate this problem...
...installation CD-ROM instead. Create disk arrays Refer to 112 GB. If your BIOS supports it you may boot directly from the Red Hat CD-ROM disk. 1 Insert the Red Hat boot diskette into the floppy drive of the Disk Druid partitioning utility with using the Escalade Storage Switch as a boot device. www.3ware....com 99 Boot with the Red Hat CD-ROM or diskette Note: The boot diskette is optional since most computers can be reconnected. Disconnecting the IDE drive while installing Linux will eliminate this problem...
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... be reconnected. If your BIOS supports it you may boot directly from the main installation menu. 108 www.3ware.com 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Installing the storage switch while installing SuSE Linux with YaST1 Materials required • 3ware 3DM CD-ROM, 3ware driver installation disk for SuSE Linux (1) • 3ware driver installation disk. • SuSE Linux Installation CD-ROM/DVD and...
... be reconnected. If your BIOS supports it you may boot directly from the main installation menu. 108 www.3ware.com 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Installing the storage switch while installing SuSE Linux with YaST1 Materials required • 3ware 3DM CD-ROM, 3ware driver installation disk for SuSE Linux (1) • 3ware driver installation disk. • SuSE Linux Installation CD-ROM/DVD and...
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... when the switch is not critical for your existing power supply lines to go from running its BIOS. Q3: The system doesn't begin booting (no BIOS runs) when the storage switch is not installed properly. www.3ware.com 141 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting: Problems and Solutions Note: For more troubleshooting tips and frequently asked questions, refer...
... when the switch is not critical for your existing power supply lines to go from running its BIOS. Q3: The system doesn't begin booting (no BIOS runs) when the storage switch is not installed properly. www.3ware.com 141 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting: Problems and Solutions Note: For more troubleshooting tips and frequently asked questions, refer...
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... cables are connected properly and that is detected, but the system does not boot. Q6: The 3ware BIOS scrolling messages stop midway: 3ware StorSwitch 4 Storage Controller BIOS Bus A:0x00 Device #:0x70 PCI base addr:0x000010B1 units # The storage switch is not in your...3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Q5: Some of the following: • The operating system is going on your system's boot order. What is installed on the member drives. Your drives are all properly jumpered. Q7: I am using a Dell Dimension system that drives be connected to include the StorSwitch controller...
... cables are connected properly and that is detected, but the system does not boot. Q6: The 3ware BIOS scrolling messages stop midway: 3ware StorSwitch 4 Storage Controller BIOS Bus A:0x00 Device #:0x70 PCI base addr:0x000010B1 units # The storage switch is not in your...3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Q5: Some of the following: • The operating system is going on your system's boot order. What is installed on the member drives. Your drives are all properly jumpered. Q7: I am using a Dell Dimension system that drives be connected to include the StorSwitch controller...
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... Disk Array Configuration Utility's main display. Partition and format any existing data on the member drives. www.3ware.com 143 Reinstall your operating system when you installed the storage switch, you may have created partitions over 70G but not all of Red Hat's Disk Druid...disk array overwrites any new disk arrays or freed disks using Disk Administrator. Q10: An array does not appear in the 3ware BIOS scrolling messages and shows up in installing the operating system. uration Utility's main display similar to think that I have made a mistake in Disk Administrator. FUJITSU...
... Disk Array Configuration Utility's main display. Partition and format any existing data on the member drives. www.3ware.com 143 Reinstall your operating system when you installed the storage switch, you may have created partitions over 70G but not all of Red Hat's Disk Druid...disk array overwrites any new disk arrays or freed disks using Disk Administrator. Q10: An array does not appear in the 3ware BIOS scrolling messages and shows up in installing the operating system. uration Utility's main display similar to think that I have made a mistake in Disk Administrator. FUJITSU...
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... messages that appear. Choose Start > Run from the taskbar and enter the following command: A:\INSTALL.EXE Note: Alternatively, a command window can be opened into which you can type the command at a prompt. There is compatible with the 3ware BIOS, and check with the instructions to boot. e. Screen Display Messages Figure 58 through Figure...
... messages that appear. Choose Start > Run from the taskbar and enter the following command: A:\INSTALL.EXE Note: Alternatively, a command window can be opened into which you can type the command at a prompt. There is compatible with the 3ware BIOS, and check with the instructions to boot. e. Screen Display Messages Figure 58 through Figure...