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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 NT®4.0 Installation 46 Adding drives to an existing storage switch 47 Boot the machine 47...
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 NT®4.0 Installation 46 Adding drives to an existing storage switch 47 Boot the machine 47...
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... utility 111 Installing the storage switch on systems that boot from a different device 112 Create disk arrays 112 Install the 3ware driver 112 RAID array initialization 114 Install and run 3DM disk management utility 115 3DM Disk Management Utility 117 Windows Installation ... Setup 131 Enable/Disable Password Protection 133 Selecting Rebuild Rate 134 Selecting Cache Options 134 Event notification via e-mail 134 Mirrored Array Maintenance 135 Specifying a hot spare 137 Auto rebuild of a mirrored array 137 Rebuilding a redundant array with a hot swap drive 137 Selecting Force ...
... utility 111 Installing the storage switch on systems that boot from a different device 112 Create disk arrays 112 Install the 3ware driver 112 RAID array initialization 114 Install and run 3DM disk management utility 115 3DM Disk Management Utility 117 Windows Installation ... Setup 131 Enable/Disable Password Protection 133 Selecting Rebuild Rate 134 Selecting Cache Options 134 Event notification via e-mail 134 Mirrored Array Maintenance 135 Specifying a hot spare 137 Auto rebuild of a mirrored array 137 Rebuilding a redundant array with a hot swap drive 137 Selecting Force ...
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... 3. Rebuild Array Status Display, RAID 1 Example . . . 42 Figure 20. Rebuild Confirmation Display 43 Figure 21. Install Driver 58 Figure 27. RAID 10 Configuration Example 9 Figure 4. Maintain Disk Array Display 36 Figure 15. Install from Disk 57 Figure 26. List of Figures Figure 1. RAID 0 Configuration Example 8 Figure 2. RAID 5 Configuration Example 10 Figure 5. 8-Port Escalade 7850 Storage Switch Layout 17 Figure 6. 3ware...
... 3. Rebuild Array Status Display, RAID 1 Example . . . 42 Figure 20. Rebuild Confirmation Display 43 Figure 21. Install Driver 58 Figure 27. RAID 10 Configuration Example 9 Figure 4. Maintain Disk Array Display 36 Figure 15. Install from Disk 57 Figure 26. List of Figures Figure 1. RAID 0 Configuration Example 8 Figure 2. RAID 5 Configuration Example 10 Figure 5. 8-Port Escalade 7850 Storage Switch Layout 17 Figure 6. 3ware...
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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 drives - 1). This avoids throughput loss due to contention for RAID 1, RAID 5 stripe size is limited to 64k. RAID 5 Configuration Example 10 www.3ware.com from 66.7 % for 3 drives to rebuild a failed...
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 drives - 1). This avoids throughput loss due to contention for RAID 1, RAID 5 stripe size is limited to 64k. RAID 5 Configuration Example 10 www.3ware.com from 66.7 % for 3 drives to rebuild a failed...
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... rebuilding mirrored arrays. Refer to deliver extremely high performance for RAID 5 write operations. The drive reallocates the sector where the read -scan of drive and data integrity; From the 3DM Disk Array Configuration Utility, you can also specify hot spares from available drives to the logical defective location. Configure and manage your disk arrays The 3ware...
... rebuilding mirrored arrays. Refer to deliver extremely high performance for RAID 5 write operations. The drive reallocates the sector where the read -scan of drive and data integrity; From the 3DM Disk Array Configuration Utility, you can also specify hot spares from available drives to the logical defective location. Configure and manage your disk arrays The 3ware...
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... monitor the switch and rebuild mirrored arrays remotely via a standard web browser. To check array configuration or status, disable write cache, select a hot spare or rebuild a mirrored array, you can use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility. Refer to the network with the Escalade Storage Switch. 3DM supports hot spare and hot swap for mirrored arrays. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User...
... monitor the switch and rebuild mirrored arrays remotely via a standard web browser. To check array configuration or status, disable write cache, select a hot spare or rebuild a mirrored array, you can use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility. Refer to the network with the Escalade Storage Switch. 3DM supports hot spare and hot swap for mirrored arrays. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User...
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...Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 9. Selecting Drives for examples). Check that the proper drives are listed. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 3ware Disk Array ...Disk Array display (see Figure 10 and Figure 11 for a Mirrored Array Determining your configuration Hint: The capacity of each drive is defined as follows: RAID 0: (the number of drives) X (the capacity of the smallest drive) RAID 1: the capacity of the smallest drive RAID ...
...Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 9. Selecting Drives for examples). Check that the proper drives are listed. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 3ware Disk Array ...Disk Array display (see Figure 10 and Figure 11 for a Mirrored Array Determining your configuration Hint: The capacity of each drive is defined as follows: RAID 0: (the number of drives) X (the capacity of the smallest drive) RAID 1: the capacity of the smallest drive RAID ...
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... M 512 M 512 M Percentage done : 25% Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 12. Sizes of disabling the write cache for the parity drive. RAID 5 only allows a 64K stripe size. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide a single disk, to...
... M 512 M 512 M Percentage done : 25% Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 12. Sizes of disabling the write cache for the parity drive. RAID 5 only allows a 64K stripe size. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide a single disk, to...
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...Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 13. An asterisk in the left most column indicates the array is...array is selected. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Disk Arrays: *Array Unit 0 - 4 drive 64K RAID 0 Port 0 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Port 3 - 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility Deleting a disk array To delete an array (see Figure 13) first select the array by navigating to it . Delete Disk Array Display Navigate to the Delete Array...
...Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 13. An asterisk in the left most column indicates the array is...array is selected. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Disk Arrays: *Array Unit 0 - 4 drive 64K RAID 0 Port 0 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Port 3 - 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility Deleting a disk array To delete an array (see Figure 13) first select the array by navigating to it . Delete Disk Array Display Navigate to the Delete Array...
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... of a fault tolerant array. QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB 30.0GB 30.0GB Array's Write Cache State: enabled Verify Array: no . 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide How to Select write cache properties paragraph in the Creating a disk array section. Maintain Disk Array The array listed below can be ...of a fault tolerant array. Maintain Disk Array Display 36 www.3ware.com Verify Array can be changed . If the verify array process determines that the mirrored drives are not identical or the parity is not correct, the mirror is degraded and the rebuild process is no OK...
... of a fault tolerant array. QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB 30.0GB 30.0GB Array's Write Cache State: enabled Verify Array: no . 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide How to Select write cache properties paragraph in the Creating a disk array section. Maintain Disk Array The array listed below can be ...of a fault tolerant array. Maintain Disk Array Display 36 www.3ware.com Verify Array can be changed . If the verify array process determines that the mirrored drives are not identical or the parity is not correct, the mirror is degraded and the rebuild process is no OK...
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..., described in Use 30.0GB Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 15. Degraded RAID 1 Array Drive When Not in Use www.3ware.com 37 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility Rebuilding a mirrored disk array Escalade Storage Switches allow you to protect against drive...
..., described in Use 30.0GB Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 15. Degraded RAID 1 Array Drive When Not in Use www.3ware.com 37 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility Rebuilding a mirrored disk array Escalade Storage Switches allow you to protect against drive...
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... Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 16. In an 8-drive configuration, up to three drives can be rebuilt. In a 6-drive configuration, up to two drives can be rebuilt. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide 3ware Disk Array Configuration...
... Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 16. In an 8-drive configuration, up to three drives can be rebuilt. In a 6-drive configuration, up to two drives can be rebuilt. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide 3ware Disk Array Configuration...
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3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility Rebuilding a RAID 5 disk array Escalade Storage Switches allow you to generate the parity data that is distributed on read and write data from all drives. If one of RAID 1 and 10 arrays RAID 5 arrays allow you to the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility or 3DM Disk Management Utility chapters for more information.) www.3ware.com 39 QUANTUM FIREBALLP KX27...
3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility Rebuilding a RAID 5 disk array Escalade Storage Switches allow you to generate the parity data that is distributed on read and write data from all drives. If one of RAID 1 and 10 arrays RAID 5 arrays allow you to the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility or 3DM Disk Management Utility chapters for more information.) www.3ware.com 39 QUANTUM FIREBALLP KX27...
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... still be usable. An asterisk in Use drive intact. If the rebuild process fails and you selected the correct array by navigating the cursor over the available drive and hitting Enter (see Figure 18). 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Rebuilding a mirrored or RAID 5 array with no Available Drives, you must replace the drive and restart the...
... still be usable. An asterisk in Use drive intact. If the rebuild process fails and you selected the correct array by navigating the cursor over the available drive and hitting Enter (see Figure 18). 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Rebuilding a mirrored or RAID 5 array with no Available Drives, you must replace the drive and restart the...
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QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 *Port 3 - 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB 30.0GB 30.0GB DEGRADED 30.0GB Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 18. Select Available Drive to Replace Faulted Drive, RAID 1 Example www.3ware.com 41 QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Disk Arrays: *Array Unit 1 - 2 drive Mirror Port 1 -
QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 *Port 3 - 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB 30.0GB 30.0GB DEGRADED 30.0GB Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 18. Select Available Drive to Replace Faulted Drive, RAID 1 Example www.3ware.com 41 QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Disk Arrays: *Array Unit 1 - 2 drive Mirror Port 1 -
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....0GB 30.0GB Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 19. QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB Disk Arrays: Array Unit 1 - 2 drive Mirror Port 1 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Port 3 - Rebuild Array Status Display, RAID 1 Example 42 www.3ware.com 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide...
....0GB 30.0GB Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next $ Toggle Hot Spare EnterSelect/Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 19. QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB Disk Arrays: Array Unit 1 - 2 drive Mirror Port 1 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Port 3 - Rebuild Array Status Display, RAID 1 Example 42 www.3ware.com 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide...
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... data on the following drives will be destroyed. 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 notification is complete. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 8 Press F8 to update configurations and exit. Rebuild Confirmation Display 9 Enter Y to rebuild. Port 3 QUANTUM FIREBALL LM30 Update configuration and exit? [Y/N] F6...
... data on the following drives will be destroyed. 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 notification is complete. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 8 Press F8 to update configurations and exit. Rebuild Confirmation Display 9 Enter Y to rebuild. Port 3 QUANTUM FIREBALL LM30 Update configuration and exit? [Y/N] F6...
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3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Auto rebuild on power failure During driver startup 3ware's auto rebuild feature sets a flag indicating that the parity matches the data. 44 www.3ware.com During the next system power cycle the firmware queries the flag. For a RAID 5 configuration, if there ... drive. When the rebuild is a problem, the firmware starts the background verification that checks that the driver loaded. For a RAID 1 configuration, if there was a problem, the firmware degrades the secondary drive in the array and starts the background rebuild of the mirror will...
3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Auto rebuild on power failure During driver startup 3ware's auto rebuild feature sets a flag indicating that the parity matches the data. 44 www.3ware.com During the next system power cycle the firmware queries the flag. For a RAID 5 configuration, if there ... drive. When the rebuild is a problem, the firmware starts the background verification that checks that the driver loaded. For a RAID 1 configuration, if there was a problem, the firmware degrades the secondary drive in the array and starts the background rebuild of the mirror will...
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... of each scheduled occurrence can be rebuilt. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide 3 Physically remove the failed drive and replace it is disabled. This should include the new drive added in the background and an event notification will run in step 3. 7 Click the Rebuild Array button. The rebuild process will be sure to click on...
... of each scheduled occurrence can be rebuilt. 3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide 3 Physically remove the failed drive and replace it is disabled. This should include the new drive added in the background and an event notification will run in step 3. 7 Click the Rebuild Array button. The rebuild process will be sure to click on...
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3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Force Continue on Rebuild 138 H Hardware Installation 17 hot spare 23, 34, 137 Hot swap 12 J JBOD 26 JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks) 26 L Linux 14 M Maintaining a disk array 36 Modifying a disk array 34 motherboard boot sequence 21 ... PCI 19 Personal safety 3 R R5 Fusion 11 RAID 7, 31 RAID 0 7, 31 RAID 1 7, 8, 31, 37 RAID 10 7, 8, 31 RAID 5 7, 10, 31, 39 Rebuild Array 42 rebuild process 138 Rebuilding 44 Rebuilding a mirrored array with no hot spare 40 Rebuilding a mirrored disk array 39 Rebuilding RAID 5 39 Rebuilding with Hot Spare 40, 43 Red Hat Linux 14...
3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Force Continue on Rebuild 138 H Hardware Installation 17 hot spare 23, 34, 137 Hot swap 12 J JBOD 26 JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks) 26 L Linux 14 M Maintaining a disk array 36 Modifying a disk array 34 motherboard boot sequence 21 ... PCI 19 Personal safety 3 R R5 Fusion 11 RAID 7, 31 RAID 0 7, 31 RAID 1 7, 8, 31, 37 RAID 10 7, 8, 31 RAID 5 7, 10, 31, 39 Rebuild Array 42 rebuild process 138 Rebuilding 44 Rebuilding a mirrored array with no hot spare 40 Rebuilding a mirrored disk array 39 Rebuilding RAID 5 39 Rebuilding with Hot Spare 40, 43 Red Hat Linux 14...