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... initialization 50 Install the 3DM disk management utility 51 Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller . 52 Updating the 3ware driver 52 Installing/Upgrading the 3ware driver 54 Remove the existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller and install the new Escalade ATA RAID Controller 59 Reboot the machine 59 Install the 3DM disk management utility 59 Linux Installation 61...
... initialization 50 Install the 3DM disk management utility 51 Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller . 52 Updating the 3ware driver 52 Installing/Upgrading the 3ware driver 54 Remove the existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller and install the new Escalade ATA RAID Controller 59 Reboot the machine 59 Install the 3DM disk management utility 59 Linux Installation 61...
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... Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement 109 Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL 110 European Community Conformity Statement 110 Appendix B. Compiling the Driver (For experts only 77 3DM Disk Management Utility 79 Windows Installation 80 Installing 3DM for Windows 2000/XP/2003 80 Linux Installation ...A. Warranty, Technical Support and Service 111 Limited Warranty 111 Exclusions 111 State Law Provisions 112 Obtaining Warranty Protection 112 3ware Technical Support and Services 112 Sales and ordering information 113 Feedback on this manual 113 Index 115 www...
... Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement 109 Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL 110 European Community Conformity Statement 110 Appendix B. Compiling the Driver (For experts only 77 3DM Disk Management Utility 79 Windows Installation 80 Installing 3DM for Windows 2000/XP/2003 80 Linux Installation ...A. Warranty, Technical Support and Service 111 Limited Warranty 111 Exclusions 111 State Law Provisions 112 Obtaining Warranty Protection 112 3ware Technical Support and Services 112 Sales and ordering information 113 Feedback on this manual 113 Index 115 www...
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.... Figure 32. Figure 36. Figure 39. RAID 0 Configuration Example 9 RAID 1 Configuration Example 9 RAID 10 Configuration Example 10 RAID 5 Configuration Example 11 8-Port Escalade 750x-8 ATA RAID Controller Layout 18 12-Port Escalade 850x-12 Serial ATA RAID Controller . . . . . 21 12-Port Escalade 8506-12MI Serial ATA RAID Controller . . . 24 Multi-lane Cable (InfiniBand 4x, SFF-8470 24 3ware BIOS Tool 29 Disk Array Configuration...
.... Figure 32. Figure 36. Figure 39. RAID 0 Configuration Example 9 RAID 1 Configuration Example 9 RAID 10 Configuration Example 10 RAID 5 Configuration Example 11 8-Port Escalade 750x-8 ATA RAID Controller Layout 18 12-Port Escalade 850x-12 Serial ATA RAID Controller . . . . . 21 12-Port Escalade 8506-12MI Serial ATA RAID Controller . . . 24 Multi-lane Cable (InfiniBand 4x, SFF-8470 24 3ware BIOS Tool 29 Disk Array Configuration...
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... in Open Source.) ■ FreeBSD. Serial ATA 150 (SATA I) drives. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows 2000 with SP3 or newer, Windows XP with SP1 or newer, and Windows Server 2003 ■ Linux Support. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Field ...
... in Open Source.) ■ FreeBSD. Serial ATA 150 (SATA I) drives. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows 2000 with SP3 or newer, Windows XP with SP1 or newer, and Windows Server 2003 ■ Linux Support. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Field ...
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... Spare, Hardware Health Monitoring, Background Verify Note: The Escalade Serial ATA controller can be used with the following : 3DM, Drivers and Escalade User Guide (.pdf format) ■ 3ware Release Notes ■ 3ware Installation Guide Escalade 8000 series Serial ATA RAID Controller ■ Escalade Serial ATA RAID Controller in conjunction. CRC protection for assistance. ■ 3ware installation media with either serial or parallel drives.
... Spare, Hardware Health Monitoring, Background Verify Note: The Escalade Serial ATA controller can be used with the following : 3DM, Drivers and Escalade User Guide (.pdf format) ■ 3ware Release Notes ■ 3ware Installation Guide Escalade 8000 series Serial ATA RAID Controller ■ Escalade Serial ATA RAID Controller in conjunction. CRC protection for assistance. ■ 3ware installation media with either serial or parallel drives.
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... of the Escalade features and benefits include: ■ Non-blocking switch technology with RAID 5 parity ■ On-board processor minimizes host CPU overhead ■ SCSI device driver for Windows and Linux (available from the 3ware website at any given time. The Escalade 7000 and 8000...3ware.com/support/download.asp, and described in 3ware Escalade Command Line Interface User Guide) www.3ware.com 7 In ADP Level-1, all drive commands are checked to isolate the drives from loss. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers...
... of the Escalade features and benefits include: ■ Non-blocking switch technology with RAID 5 parity ■ On-board processor minimizes host CPU overhead ■ SCSI device driver for Windows and Linux (available from the 3ware website at any given time. The Escalade 7000 and 8000...3ware.com/support/download.asp, and described in 3ware Escalade Command Line Interface User Guide) www.3ware.com 7 In ADP Level-1, all drive commands are checked to isolate the drives from loss. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers...
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....3ware.com 15 Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller Install the two, four, eight, or twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the Start menu. Installations include: ■ Installing the ATA RAID Controller while installing the operating system. ■ Installing the ATA RAID Controller on...notification, separate e-mail addresses using a comma. Step 1. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to the type of the controller. Step 3. Step 2. Specify RAID arrays and hot spares. Install 3DM Install 3DM for Windows or Linux...
....3ware.com 15 Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller Install the two, four, eight, or twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the Start menu. Installations include: ■ Installing the ATA RAID Controller while installing the operating system. ■ Installing the ATA RAID Controller on...notification, separate e-mail addresses using a comma. Step 1. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to the type of the controller. Step 3. Step 2. Specify RAID arrays and hot spares. Install 3DM Install 3DM for Windows or Linux...
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... Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 22. A status screen will start within a few minutes of the 3ware driver loading, once the operating system has booted. 42 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Select Available Drive to Replace Faulted Drive, RAID 1 Example 9 Navigate to the Rebuild Array button and press Enter. 10 Navigate to and select the...
... Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 22. A status screen will start within a few minutes of the 3ware driver loading, once the operating system has booted. 42 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Select Available Drive to Replace Faulted Drive, RAID 1 Example 9 Navigate to the Rebuild Array button and press Enter. 10 Navigate to and select the...
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... process encounters the flag setting that caused the array to become degraded. The drive is called "RAID Disk". 4 Click the boxes in front of the mirror are redundant again. 3ware's auto-init feature determines if this port. Select Rebuild. When the initialization is generated and the...Add another drive and click on power failure A power failure will indicate that the driver loaded. If your system has hot swap carriers: 1 Remove the disk while the system is accurate, initialization of a mirrored unit (RAID 1 or 10) to calculate and write the parity information. However, a rebuild ...
... process encounters the flag setting that caused the array to become degraded. The drive is called "RAID Disk". 4 Click the boxes in front of the mirror are redundant again. 3ware's auto-init feature determines if this port. Select Rebuild. When the initialization is generated and the...Add another drive and click on power failure A power failure will indicate that the driver loaded. If your system has hot swap carriers: 1 Remove the disk while the system is accurate, initialization of a mirrored unit (RAID 1 or 10) to calculate and write the parity information. However, a rebuild ...
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...after the driver loads in the operating system. You can use the CLI to remove a JBOD unit and add it is made into a hot spare. Booting with this drive. For more information, see the 3ware CLI User's Guide. 44 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide 3ware Disk Array... Configuration Utility 2 Add a different disk drive to rebuild the array. 3 Press Alt + 3 at Boot time to enter 3ware BIOS. 4 Select the degraded array and the newly...
...after the driver loads in the operating system. You can use the CLI to remove a JBOD unit and add it is made into a hot spare. Booting with this drive. For more information, see the 3ware CLI User's Guide. 44 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide 3ware Disk Array... Configuration Utility 2 Add a different disk drive to rebuild the array. 3 Press Alt + 3 at Boot time to enter 3ware BIOS. 4 Select the degraded array and the newly...
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...Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, the screens may be installed unless you have administrator privileges for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The driver or the operating system cannot be somewhat different. Boot the machine Continue with the following steps to make the new disk array or...the drive and select Create Volume. 6 Follow the steps that the user upgrade to assign a drive letter. 46 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Installing a drive to an existing ATA RAID controller To add the new drive to an existing disk array, refer to Windows 2000/XP/2003: 1 Boot the system...
...Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, the screens may be installed unless you have administrator privileges for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The driver or the operating system cannot be somewhat different. Boot the machine Continue with the following steps to make the new disk array or...the drive and select Create Volume. 6 Follow the steps that the user upgrade to assign a drive letter. 46 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Installing a drive to an existing ATA RAID controller To add the new drive to an existing disk array, refer to Windows 2000/XP/2003: 1 Boot the system...
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...need additional instructions. Make sure that the Windows operating system is displayed. Installing with 3ware ATA RAID Controller is at the Microsoft website. Windows 2000 must be required to create a 3ware Windows Driver Installation Diskette from the Windows 2000/XP/2003 CD and press F6 when the ...message: "Press F6 if you have an additional disk ATA RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. 4 A box with the initial operating system build 1 Boot from the files located on the 3ware CD-ROM for Windows at the appropriate Service Pack level. Refer...
...need additional instructions. Make sure that the Windows operating system is displayed. Installing with 3ware ATA RAID Controller is at the Microsoft website. Windows 2000 must be required to create a 3ware Windows Driver Installation Diskette from the Windows 2000/XP/2003 CD and press F6 when the ...message: "Press F6 if you have an additional disk ATA RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. 4 A box with the initial operating system build 1 Boot from the files located on the 3ware CD-ROM for Windows at the appropriate Service Pack level. Refer...
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... any new disk arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows 2000/XP/2003. 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes to assign a drive letter. The advantage of this is that the RAID 5 array can reboot the system before this is complete in the data from one drive (... redundant, because it takes longer to initialize an array than it goes into initialization mode after being copied to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide In RAID 10 arrays, data from one disk (the disk on -screen to create a volume and to restart the system. Initialization results...
... any new disk arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows 2000/XP/2003. 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes to assign a drive letter. The advantage of this is that the RAID 5 array can reboot the system before this is complete in the data from one drive (... redundant, because it takes longer to initialize an array than it goes into initialization mode after being copied to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide In RAID 10 arrays, data from one disk (the disk on -screen to create a volume and to restart the system. Initialization results...
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... Play device, Windows 2000/XP/2003 recognizes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller and brings up the Found New Hardware Wizard which guides you in installing the 3ware driver (see Figure 24). Continue to the Install/Upgrade 3ware driver section. Found New Hardware Wizard www.3ware.com 49 Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems that boot from a different device Install...
... Play device, Windows 2000/XP/2003 recognizes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller and brings up the Found New Hardware Wizard which guides you in installing the 3ware driver (see Figure 24). Continue to the Install/Upgrade 3ware driver section. Found New Hardware Wizard www.3ware.com 49 Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems that boot from a different device Install...
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... used immediately, but it takes longer for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Once booted to a RAID 1 or 10 array result in data from one half of this is initialized. You should see a brief splash screen, followed immediately by writing zeroes to the driver in the BIOS by an "Installation Complete" notification. c Select...
... used immediately, but it takes longer for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Once booted to a RAID 1 or 10 array result in data from one half of this is initialized. You should see a brief splash screen, followed immediately by writing zeroes to the driver in the BIOS by an "Installation Complete" notification. c Select...
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... tab. 6 Open the SCSI and RAID Controllers selection. 7 Locate and double-click on the Driver tab (see Figure 25). 52 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties pop-up menu appears. 8 Click on 3ware ATA RAID Controller. Materials required: ■ 3ware CD-ROM Updating the 3ware driver 1 Backup any critical data prior to updating the 3ware driver. 2 Log in your system as...
... tab. 6 Open the SCSI and RAID Controllers selection. 7 Locate and double-click on the Driver tab (see Figure 25). 52 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties pop-up menu appears. 8 Click on 3ware ATA RAID Controller. Materials required: ■ 3ware CD-ROM Updating the 3ware driver 1 Backup any critical data prior to updating the 3ware driver. 2 Log in your system as...
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button. 10 Click Next on the Update Driver... www.3ware.com 53 Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller Figure 25. 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties Display 9 Click on the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard (see Figure 26).
button. 10 Click Next on the Update Driver... www.3ware.com 53 Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller Figure 25. 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties Display 9 Click on the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard (see Figure 26).
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Figure 27. Upgrade/Install Device Driver 54 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows Installation Figure 26. Upgrade Driver Welcome Screen Installing/Upgrading the 3ware driver 1 When you reach the Upgrade Device Driver screen shown in Figure 27, make sure to select "Display a list of known drivers for this device, so that I can choose a specific driver." Then click Next and follow the instructions.
Figure 27. Upgrade/Install Device Driver 54 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows Installation Figure 26. Upgrade Driver Welcome Screen Installing/Upgrading the 3ware driver 1 When you reach the Upgrade Device Driver screen shown in Figure 27, make sure to select "Display a list of known drivers for this device, so that I can choose a specific driver." Then click Next and follow the instructions.
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... is drive A, the correct path name is drive D and you have. Select a Device Driver 3 When the Install from Disk (Figure 29) dialog appears, insert the 3ware driver installation diskette or the 3ware CD-ROM and type the correct path name in Copy manufacturer's files from: near the bottom...Have Disk... www.3ware.com 55 If you are using the 3ware CD, the path will be : D:\win2k. If you are using a driver diskette and your CD drive is A:\. Figure 28. Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller 2 When the Select a Device Driver dialog appears (see ...
... is drive A, the correct path name is drive D and you have. Select a Device Driver 3 When the Install from Disk (Figure 29) dialog appears, insert the 3ware driver installation diskette or the 3ware CD-ROM and type the correct path name in Copy manufacturer's files from: near the bottom...Have Disk... www.3ware.com 55 If you are using the 3ware CD, the path will be : D:\win2k. If you are using a driver diskette and your CD drive is A:\. Figure 28. Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller 2 When the Select a Device Driver dialog appears (see ...
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Click on Next. Windows Installation Figure 29. Figure 30. Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31). Be sure to highlight it. The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Then click on the appropriate driver name (i.e., Escalade 7000 ATA RAID Controller) listed in the dialog box to select the correct driver name, otherwise the driver upgrade will not be successful.
Click on Next. Windows Installation Figure 29. Figure 30. Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31). Be sure to highlight it. The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Then click on the appropriate driver name (i.e., Escalade 7000 ATA RAID Controller) listed in the dialog box to select the correct driver name, otherwise the driver upgrade will not be successful.