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... any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the proper written consent of this document, nor does 3ware, Inc. Trademarks 3ware, the 3ware logo, Palisade, Escalade, StorSwitch, TwinStor, R5 Fusion and 3DM are property of 3ware, Inc. All rights reserved. assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in this publication may be reproduced, stored...
... any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the proper written consent of this document, nor does 3ware, Inc. Trademarks 3ware, the 3ware logo, Palisade, Escalade, StorSwitch, TwinStor, R5 Fusion and 3DM are property of 3ware, Inc. All rights reserved. assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in this publication may be reproduced, stored...
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...Features 1 Escalade 6000 Family (includes 6800, 6400, 6410, 6200) . . . 1 Escalade 7000 Family (includes 7210, 7810, 7410, 7850, 7450 2 Package contents 2 Tools required 3 System requirements 3 Personal safety 3 Protecting equipment and data 4 ESD precautions 4 Mechanical concerns 4 Introduction 7 Quick Installation Guide 13 Step 1. RAID Array Background... Check motherboard boot sequence 21 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 23 Hot Spare and Hot Swap 23 BIOS Screen 23 3DM Configure Page 24 Invoking the 3ware BIOS tool 24 Exiting the 3ware BIOS tool 25 Determining your...
...Features 1 Escalade 6000 Family (includes 6800, 6400, 6410, 6200) . . . 1 Escalade 7000 Family (includes 7210, 7810, 7410, 7850, 7450 2 Package contents 2 Tools required 3 System requirements 3 Personal safety 3 Protecting equipment and data 4 ESD precautions 4 Mechanical concerns 4 Introduction 7 Quick Installation Guide 13 Step 1. RAID Array Background... Check motherboard boot sequence 21 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 23 Hot Spare and Hot Swap 23 BIOS Screen 23 3DM Configure Page 24 Invoking the 3ware BIOS tool 24 Exiting the 3ware BIOS tool 25 Determining your...
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3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Specifying a hot spare 34 Changing an existing configuration 34 Modifying a disk array 34 Deleting a disk array 35 How to maintain or verify a disk array 36 Rebuilding a mirrored disk array 37 Rebuilding a RAID 5 disk array 39 Windows Installation 45 Windows ...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 Storage Switch and install the new Escalade ...
3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Specifying a hot spare 34 Changing an existing configuration 34 Modifying a disk array 34 Deleting a disk array 35 How to maintain or verify a disk array 36 Rebuilding a mirrored disk array 37 Rebuilding a RAID 5 disk array 39 Windows Installation 45 Windows ...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 Storage Switch and install the new Escalade ...
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...the storage switch on systems that boot from a different device 66 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...
...the storage switch on systems that boot from a different device 66 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...
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... an existing storage switch with a new version of the switch 85 Updating the 3ware driver 85 Installing/Updating the 3ware driver 88 Remove the existing Escalade Storage Switch and install the new Escalade Storage Switch 94 Reboot the machine 94 RAID array initialization 95 Install the 3DM disk management utility 95 Linux Installation 97 Red...
... an existing storage switch with a new version of the switch 85 Updating the 3ware driver 85 Installing/Updating the 3ware driver 88 Remove the existing Escalade Storage Switch and install the new Escalade Storage Switch 94 Reboot the machine 94 RAID array initialization 95 Install the 3DM disk management utility 95 Linux Installation 97 Red...
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3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Troubleshooting: Problems and Solutions 141 Hardware Installation 141 Software Installation 142 Screen Display Messages 145 AEN Messages 148 Appendix A Compliance and ... European Community Conformity Statement 158 Appendix B Warranty, Technical Support and Service 159 Limited Warranty 159 Exclusions 159 State Law Provisions 160 Obtaining Warranty Protection 160 3ware Technical Support and Services 160 Sales and ordering information 161 Feedback on this manual 161 viii
3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Troubleshooting: Problems and Solutions 141 Hardware Installation 141 Software Installation 142 Screen Display Messages 145 AEN Messages 148 Appendix A Compliance and ... European Community Conformity Statement 158 Appendix B Warranty, Technical Support and Service 159 Limited Warranty 159 Exclusions 159 State Law Provisions 160 Obtaining Warranty Protection 160 3ware Technical Support and Services 160 Sales and ordering information 161 Feedback on this manual 161 viii
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... Drive When Not in Use . . 37 Figure 16. Rebuild Confirmation Display 43 Figure 21. RAID 10 Configuration Example 9 Figure 4. Create Disk Array Display, RAID 0 Example . . . . . 30 Figure 11. RAID 5 Configuration Example 10 Figure 5. 8-Port Escalade 7850 Storage Switch Layout 17 Figure 6. 3ware BIOS Tool 25 Figure 7. Install from Disk 57 Figure 26. Selecting Drives for...
... Drive When Not in Use . . 37 Figure 16. Rebuild Confirmation Display 43 Figure 21. RAID 10 Configuration Example 9 Figure 4. Create Disk Array Display, RAID 0 Example . . . . . 30 Figure 11. RAID 5 Configuration Example 10 Figure 5. 8-Port Escalade 7850 Storage Switch Layout 17 Figure 6. 3ware BIOS Tool 25 Figure 7. Install from Disk 57 Figure 26. Selecting Drives for...
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3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Figure 35. Storage Switch Quick-Splash Screen 80 Figure 37. Installation Complete Notification 80 Figure 38. Final driver installation screen 94 ... Dialog Box 146 Figure 59. Select a Device Driver 89 Figure 43. Start Device Driver Installation 92 Figure 46. Found New Hardware Wizard 83 Figure 39. 3ware Storage Switch Properties Display 86 Figure 40. Upgrade driver welcome screen 87 Figure 41. Confirmation of Successful Software Removal . . . 146 Figure 61. System Reboot Request...
3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Figure 35. Storage Switch Quick-Splash Screen 80 Figure 37. Installation Complete Notification 80 Figure 38. Final driver installation screen 94 ... Dialog Box 146 Figure 59. Select a Device Driver 89 Figure 43. Start Device Driver Installation 92 Figure 46. Found New Hardware Wizard 83 Figure 39. 3ware Storage Switch Properties Display 86 Figure 40. Upgrade driver welcome screen 87 Figure 41. Confirmation of Successful Software Removal . . . 146 Figure 61. System Reboot Request...
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... Background Scrubbing, Scheduled 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. W98, WME, WinNT, Win2k, WinXP •... Monitor- PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant • Windows Support. Before you begin installing. Features Escalade 6000 Family (includes 6800, 6400, 6410, 6200) • True Hardware RAID. Low CPU utilization • RAID Support. Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, Ultra DMA66 • Field Upgrades.
... Background Scrubbing, Scheduled 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. W98, WME, WinNT, Win2k, WinXP •... Monitor- PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant • Windows Support. Before you begin installing. Features Escalade 6000 Family (includes 6800, 6400, 6410, 6200) • True Hardware RAID. Low CPU utilization • RAID Support. Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, Ultra DMA66 • Field Upgrades.
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... proceeding with installation (disk drives and disk mounting brackets are not included): • Escalade Storage Switch in Open Source.) • Performance. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Escalade 7000 Family (includes 7210, 7810, 7410, 7850, 7450) • True Hardware RAID. W98, WME, WinNT, Win2k, WinXP • Linux Support. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in an ESD...
... proceeding with installation (disk drives and disk mounting brackets are not included): • Escalade Storage Switch in Open Source.) • Performance. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Escalade 7000 Family (includes 7210, 7810, 7410, 7850, 7450) • True Hardware RAID. W98, WME, WinNT, Win2k, WinXP • Linux Support. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in an ESD...
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www.3ware.com 3 Before you have replaced the covers. Personal safety Warning! High voltages may be found inside computer equipment. It may be connected to up to open your system's case and install the Escalade Storage Switch into the drive. Before installing any of the hardware in this ...package or removing the protective covers of the ribbon interface cable plugs into the Escalade Storage Switch and the black end plugs into an available PCI expansion slot. Drives must meet UltraATA-100, UltraATA-66 or UltraATA-33...
www.3ware.com 3 Before you have replaced the covers. Personal safety Warning! High voltages may be found inside computer equipment. It may be connected to up to open your system's case and install the Escalade Storage Switch into the drive. Before installing any of the hardware in this ...package or removing the protective covers of the ribbon interface cable plugs into the Escalade Storage Switch and the black end plugs into an available PCI expansion slot. Drives must meet UltraATA-100, UltraATA-66 or UltraATA-33...
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...sure the board is open and its internal parts are keyed to avoid damaging computer components and accessories when installing or removing the Escalade Storage Switch. • When the case of your array configuration. The connectors provided are exposed, don't touch any pin, ...contact, lead or component on the storage switch. Mechanical concerns Be careful when installing the Escalade Storage Switch into your data! 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Protecting equipment and data Back up and save data elsewhere before installing. ESD precautions Standard ...
...sure the board is open and its internal parts are keyed to avoid damaging computer components and accessories when installing or removing the Escalade Storage Switch. • When the case of your array configuration. The connectors provided are exposed, don't touch any pin, ...contact, lead or component on the storage switch. Mechanical concerns Be careful when installing the Escalade Storage Switch into your data! 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Protecting equipment and data Back up and save data elsewhere before installing. ESD precautions Standard ...
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3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide 6 www.3ware.com
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... read or write data on more expensive SCSI systems. Escalade Storage Switches are configured in 3ware products, accelerates your storage system's performance by speeding data into system memory. Introduction Introduction Escalade Storage Switches allow you to increase your storage system's performance and provide fault tolerance. RAID 1 mirrored arrays for scalable performance The StorSwitch Architecture...
... read or write data on more expensive SCSI systems. Escalade Storage Switches are configured in 3ware products, accelerates your storage system's performance by speeding data into system memory. Introduction Introduction Escalade Storage Switches allow you to increase your storage system's performance and provide fault tolerance. RAID 1 mirrored arrays for scalable performance The StorSwitch Architecture...
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... by distinguishing between random and sequen- 8 www.3ware.com Figure 1. Fault tolerance is user configurable at 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K or 1M. RAID 1 Configuration Example TwinStorTM Technology adds performance to 3ware's mirrored disk arrays Traditional mirroring techniques do little to two drives using RAID 1 algorithms (see Figure 2). 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide into one drive...
... by distinguishing between random and sequen- 8 www.3ware.com Figure 1. Fault tolerance is user configurable at 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K or 1M. RAID 1 Configuration Example TwinStorTM Technology adds performance to 3ware's mirrored disk arrays Traditional mirroring techniques do little to two drives using RAID 1 algorithms (see Figure 2). 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide into one drive...
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...fault tolerant array using a two tier structure. RAID 10 Configuration Example www.3ware.com 9 For the smaller random transactions, the data is available on the four and eight port Escalade Storage Switches. The two mirrored arrays are mirrored as a striped RAID 0 array using RAID 1. Figure 3. A minimum of drive, ... performance and fault tolerance When drives are configured as a fault tolerant array using both drives are required to use this technique. RAID 10 is read requests. The first two drives are achieved by leveraging TwinStor and striping (64K, 128K, 256K, 512K or ...
...fault tolerant array using a two tier structure. RAID 10 Configuration Example www.3ware.com 9 For the smaller random transactions, the data is available on the four and eight port Escalade Storage Switches. The two mirrored arrays are mirrored as a striped RAID 0 array using RAID 1. Figure 3. A minimum of drive, ... performance and fault tolerance When drives are configured as a fault tolerant array using both drives are required to use this technique. RAID 10 is read requests. The first two drives are achieved by leveraging TwinStor and striping (64K, 128K, 256K, 512K or ...
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....7 % for 3 drives to contention for 8 drives: storage efficiency = (number of drives -1) ÷ (number of drives). 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide 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 disks; Note: BIOS will reject the creation of drives - 1).
....7 % for 3 drives to contention for 8 drives: storage efficiency = (number of drives -1) ÷ (number of drives). 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide 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 disks; Note: BIOS will reject the creation of drives - 1).
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...RAID 5 write performance 3ware's R5 Fusion significantly improves RAID 5 write performance for RAID 5 write operations. This results in the restoration of all disks in a mirrored array. SMART Monitoring (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) adds monitoring and troubleshooting functionality by www.3ware... Configure and manage your disk arrays The 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility is available only ... from available drives to the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapter. This... notification of repair is redundant (i.e., RAID 1, 10 and 5) Dynamic Sector ...
...RAID 5 write performance 3ware's R5 Fusion significantly improves RAID 5 write performance for RAID 5 write operations. This results in the restoration of all disks in a mirrored array. SMART Monitoring (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) adds monitoring and troubleshooting functionality by www.3ware... Configure and manage your disk arrays The 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility is available only ... from available drives to the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapter. This... notification of repair is redundant (i.e., RAID 1, 10 and 5) Dynamic Sector ...
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...web browser. Hot swap is only available through the 3DM Disk Management Utility. 12 www.3ware.com To create, delete or verify arrays, you must have access to replace a failed drive in real time. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide automatically checking a disk drive's health and reporting potential problems. ...on your system but you must use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at BIOS time or 3DM Disk Management Utility in a mirrored array while the system remains up. Hot swap allows users to the network with the Escalade Storage Switch. 3DM supports hot spare and hot...
...web browser. Hot swap is only available through the 3DM Disk Management Utility. 12 www.3ware.com To create, delete or verify arrays, you must have access to replace a failed drive in real time. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide automatically checking a disk drive's health and reporting potential problems. ...on your system but you must use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at BIOS time or 3DM Disk Management Utility in a mirrored array while the system remains up. Hot swap allows users to the network with the Escalade Storage Switch. 3DM supports hot spare and hot...
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...connected to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Step 2. Slots closest to the type of installation and the operating system. The blue end of the switch. Step 3. Specify RAID arrays and hot spares. Install System Drivers The Escalade Storage Switch drivers ...Operating systems supporting the Escalade Storage Switch include: • Windows NT 4.0 • Windows 98 SE or ME • Windows XP • Windows 2000 • Red Hat Linux • SuSE Linux 14 www.3ware.com Create Arrays Verify your boot device precedes the Escalade Storage Switch in an...
...connected to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Step 2. Slots closest to the type of installation and the operating system. The blue end of the switch. Step 3. Specify RAID arrays and hot spares. Install System Drivers The Escalade Storage Switch drivers ...Operating systems supporting the Escalade Storage Switch include: • Windows NT 4.0 • Windows 98 SE or ME • Windows XP • Windows 2000 • Red Hat Linux • SuSE Linux 14 www.3ware.com Create Arrays Verify your boot device precedes the Escalade Storage Switch in an...