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RAID Array Background Initialization Process 15 Step 5. Install the Escalade Storage Switch 14 Step 2. Contents Before You Begin 1 Features 1 Escalade 6000 Family (includes 6800, 6400, 6410, 6200) . . . 1 Escalade 7000 Family...existing Escalade Storage Switch 18 Connect the interface cables to the Escalade Storage Switch . . 18 Install the Escalade Storage Switch in the computer 19 Connect the drives...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...
RAID Array Background Initialization Process 15 Step 5. Install the Escalade Storage Switch 14 Step 2. Contents Before You Begin 1 Features 1 Escalade 6000 Family (includes 6800, 6400, 6410, 6200) . . . 1 Escalade 7000 Family...existing Escalade Storage Switch 18 Connect the interface cables to the Escalade Storage Switch . . 18 Install the Escalade Storage Switch in the computer 19 Connect the drives...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...
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...37 Rebuilding a RAID 5 disk array 39 Windows Installation 45 Windows NT®4.0 Installation 46 Adding drives to an existing storage switch 47 Boot the machine 47 Installing the storage switch and Windows NT 4.0 48 Create disk arrays 48 Has your boot drive been partitioned 48...Create disk arrays 52 Install the 3ware driver 52 Reboot the machine 52 RAID array initialization 53 Install the 3DM disk management utility 53 Replacing an existing storage switch with a new version of the switch 54 Update the 3ware driver 54 Install/Update the 3ware driver 55 Remove the existing Escalade...
...37 Rebuilding a RAID 5 disk array 39 Windows Installation 45 Windows NT®4.0 Installation 46 Adding drives to an existing storage switch 47 Boot the machine 47 Installing the storage switch and Windows NT 4.0 48 Create disk arrays 48 Has your boot drive been partitioned 48...Create disk arrays 52 Install the 3ware driver 52 Reboot the machine 52 RAID array initialization 53 Install the 3DM disk management utility 53 Replacing an existing storage switch with a new version of the switch 54 Update the 3ware driver 54 Install/Update the 3ware driver 55 Remove the existing Escalade...
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...Create disk arrays 66 Install the 3ware driver 66 Partition and format units on storage switch 67 RAID array initialization 68 Install the 3DM disk management utility 68 Replacing an existing storage switch with a new version of the switch 69 Update the 3ware driver 69 Install/Update the 3ware driver 71 Remove the existing Escalade... Storage Switch and install the new Escalade Storage Switch 75 Reboot the machine 75 Windows® 2000 or Windows XP Installation 76 Installing a drive to an existing ...
...Create disk arrays 66 Install the 3ware driver 66 Partition and format units on storage switch 67 RAID array initialization 68 Install the 3DM disk management utility 68 Replacing an existing storage switch with a new version of the switch 69 Update the 3ware driver 69 Install/Update the 3ware driver 71 Remove the existing Escalade... Storage Switch and install the new Escalade Storage Switch 75 Reboot the machine 75 Windows® 2000 or Windows XP Installation 76 Installing a drive to an existing ...
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... 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Step 1. Install System Drivers The Escalade Storage Switch drivers must be installed according to the Accelerated Graphics Port give the best performance. ent device. • Replacing an existing storage switch with a new version of the ribbon ...be connected to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Slots closest to the type of installation and the operating system. Specify RAID arrays and hot spares. Step 3. Create Arrays Verify your boot device precedes the Escalade Storage Switch in an available...
... 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Step 1. Install System Drivers The Escalade Storage Switch drivers must be installed according to the Accelerated Graphics Port give the best performance. ent device. • Replacing an existing storage switch with a new version of the ribbon ...be connected to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Slots closest to the type of installation and the operating system. Specify RAID arrays and hot spares. Step 3. Create Arrays Verify your boot device precedes the Escalade Storage Switch in an available...
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... you can create a four-drive RAID 0 array, two RAID 1 arrays, one RAID 5 array or one RAID 10 array. ated with an array. • Disk Arrays lists any existing arrays along with their member disks and hot spares. 26 www.3ware.com Be sure to a twodrive JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks), or a two-drive RAID 0 or RAID 1 array. With a 4-port Escalade Storage Switch...
... you can create a four-drive RAID 0 array, two RAID 1 arrays, one RAID 5 array or one RAID 10 array. ated with an array. • Disk Arrays lists any existing arrays along with their member disks and hot spares. 26 www.3ware.com Be sure to a twodrive JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks), or a two-drive RAID 0 or RAID 1 array. With a 4-port Escalade Storage Switch...
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Create Disk Array Display, RAID 0 Example 30 www.3ware.com QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Port 1 - Create a disk array from these drives: Port 0 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB 30.0GB Select RAID Configuration: Array's Write Cache State: OK Stripe (RAID 0) enable Stripe Size: Cancel 64 KB 128KB 256KB 512KB 1mb Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next Enter Change Value Esc Cancel Figure 10. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Create Disk Array Note: Creating an array will overwrite existing data on its drives.
Create Disk Array Display, RAID 0 Example 30 www.3ware.com QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Port 1 - Create a disk array from these drives: Port 0 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB 30.0GB Select RAID Configuration: Array's Write Cache State: OK Stripe (RAID 0) enable Stripe Size: Cancel 64 KB 128KB 256KB 512KB 1mb Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next Enter Change Value Esc Cancel Figure 10. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Create Disk Array Note: Creating an array will overwrite existing data on its drives.
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.... Create Disk Array Display, RAID 5 Example Select RAID configuration The Escalade Storage Switch gives you a choice of 4, 6 or 8 drives. • RAID 5: combines parity data and striping, providing fault tolerance, high capacity and high storage efficiency. Select one of the drives fails. • RAID 10: combines mirroring and striping, providing both drives. No data will overwrite existing data on www.3ware.com...
.... Create Disk Array Display, RAID 5 Example Select RAID configuration The Escalade Storage Switch gives you a choice of 4, 6 or 8 drives. • RAID 5: combines parity data and striping, providing fault tolerance, high capacity and high storage efficiency. Select one of the drives fails. • RAID 10: combines mirroring and striping, providing both drives. No data will overwrite existing data on www.3ware.com...
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...change. 2 Create new disk arrays following the instructions in a mirrored array without overwriting data on the drives involved. 34 www.3ware.com Select a hot spare by navigating to modify an existing array without user intervention. Note: Hot spare drives need to delete existing arrays to ...capacity than the RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10 drives. As with the new drives. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Specifying a hot spare The Escalade Storage Switch gives you the option to specify a hot spare from previous disk arrays Modifying a disk array To modify an existing array you must...
...change. 2 Create new disk arrays following the instructions in a mirrored array without overwriting data on the drives involved. 34 www.3ware.com Select a hot spare by navigating to modify an existing array without user intervention. Note: Hot spare drives need to delete existing arrays to ...capacity than the RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10 drives. As with the new drives. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Specifying a hot spare The Escalade Storage Switch gives you the option to specify a hot spare from previous disk arrays Modifying a disk array To modify an existing array you must...
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...drives will destroy all existing data on that drive. The rebuild confirmation screen will be displayed (see Figure 20). 3ware Disk Array Configuration Creating or destroying arrays will be launched as a background process and an event notification will overwrite data on their member disk drives. Using a drive... Rebuild will automatically be destroyed. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 8 Press F8 to update configurations and exit. www.3ware.com 43 Auto rebuild of a mirrored or RAID 5 array If a hot spare is specified and the mirrored or RAID 5 array degrades, an event ...
...drives will destroy all existing data on that drive. The rebuild confirmation screen will be displayed (see Figure 20). 3ware Disk Array Configuration Creating or destroying arrays will be launched as a background process and an event notification will overwrite data on their member disk drives. Using a drive... Rebuild will automatically be destroyed. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 8 Press F8 to update configurations and exit. www.3ware.com 43 Auto rebuild of a mirrored or RAID 5 array If a hot spare is specified and the mirrored or RAID 5 array degrades, an event ...