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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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.... Figure 20. Figure 24. Figure 26. 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 20. Figure 24. Figure 26. 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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...-8MI, and 8506-12MI are all PCI 64-bit / 66MHz. ■ Management. 3DM Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface ■ BIOS. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.) ■ FreeBSD. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Parallel UltraDMA 133 and UltraDMA 100 drives are...
...-8MI, and 8506-12MI are all PCI 64-bit / 66MHz. ■ Management. 3DM Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface ■ BIOS. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.) ■ FreeBSD. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Parallel UltraDMA 133 and UltraDMA 100 drives are...
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... an ESD-protective bag ■ Serial ATA interface cables (one per port) ■ 3ware installation media 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. Package Contents If your retail package is the simpler, longer cable...
... an ESD-protective bag ■ Serial ATA interface cables (one per port) ■ 3ware installation media 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. Package Contents If your retail package is the simpler, longer cable...
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...3ware Escalade Command Line Interface User Guide) www.3ware.com 7 Any drive failure makes that further protect data from the 3ware website at any given time. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. The Escalade...overhead ■ SCSI device driver for Windows and Linux (available from loss. In ADP Level-1, all drive commands are checked to make the data available. Further, a single drive failure can bring new levels of reliability to ATA RAID through a patented switched ...
...3ware Escalade Command Line Interface User Guide) www.3ware.com 7 Any drive failure makes that further protect data from the 3ware website at any given time. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. The Escalade...overhead ■ SCSI device driver for Windows and Linux (available from loss. In ADP Level-1, all drive commands are checked to make the data available. Further, a single drive failure can bring new levels of reliability to ATA RAID through a patented switched ...
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... the operating system. in an available PCI slot. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Installations include: ■ Installing the ATA RAID Controller while installing the operating system. ■ Installing the ATA RAID Controller on systems that boot from Run... cd / umount /mnt...
... the operating system. in an available PCI slot. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Installations include: ■ Installing the ATA RAID Controller while installing the operating system. ■ Installing the ATA RAID Controller on systems that boot from Run... cd / umount /mnt...
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... 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 OK button to save your requested array and member drives. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port... and reboot the system. 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 QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 *Port 3 - 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 -
... 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 OK button to save your requested array and member drives. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port... and reboot the system. 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 QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 *Port 3 - 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 -
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When the initialization is complete, the two halves of the mirror are redundant again. 3ware's auto-init feature determines if this port. This means that the data on the drives may not be correct For a RAID 5 configuration, if the process encounters the flag setting that there was not a clean ...the rebuild process is called "RAID Disk". 4 Click the boxes in front of the RAID Disk and the degraded array. www.3ware.com 43 Auto initialization on the box in front of a mirrored unit (RAID 1 or 10) to replace the degraded drive. To make sure that the driver loaded. Abort a rebuild by...
When the initialization is complete, the two halves of the mirror are redundant again. 3ware's auto-init feature determines if this port. This means that the data on the drives may not be correct For a RAID 5 configuration, if the process encounters the flag setting that there was not a clean ...the rebuild process is called "RAID Disk". 4 Click the boxes in front of the RAID Disk and the degraded array. www.3ware.com 43 Auto initialization on the box in front of a mirrored unit (RAID 1 or 10) to replace the degraded drive. To make sure that the driver loaded. Abort a rebuild by...
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Rebuild starts about 10 minutes after the driver loads in the 3ware BIOS, the new drive cannot be used to rebuild the degraded array unless it back as a single disk (JBOD) to the operating system. For more information, see the 3ware CLI User's Guide. 44 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Booting with this in the '...the CLI to remove a JBOD unit and add it is made into a hot spare. Note: If the rebuild is not started in the operating system. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 2 Add a different disk drive to rebuild the array. 3 Press Alt + 3 at Boot time to enter...
Rebuild starts about 10 minutes after the driver loads in the 3ware BIOS, the new drive cannot be used to rebuild the degraded array unless it back as a single disk (JBOD) to the operating system. For more information, see the 3ware CLI User's Guide. 44 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Booting with this in the '...the CLI to remove a JBOD unit and add it is made into a hot spare. Note: If the rebuild is not started in the operating system. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 2 Add a different disk drive to rebuild the array. 3 Press Alt + 3 at Boot time to enter...
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...driver or the operating system cannot be somewhat different. c Select Disk Management. 4 Follow the steps the appear on-screen to write a signature to the drive. 5 Right click on 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 Windows Installation Note: 3ware supports released versions of Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 only. Installing a drive to an existing ATA RAID controller To add the new drive to an existing...
...driver or the operating system cannot be somewhat different. c Select Disk Management. 4 Follow the steps the appear on-screen to write a signature to the drive. 5 Right click on 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 Windows Installation Note: 3ware supports released versions of Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 only. Installing a drive to an existing ATA RAID controller To add the new drive to an existing...
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...RAID driver" appears at the bottom of the display. 2 When you get service packs for directions.) Create disk arrays Refer to the "Readme.txt" file on the 3ware CD-ROM. Windows XP must be at SP1 or newer. Windows 2000 must be at SP3 or newer; Installing the ATA RAID controller...Press F6 if you need additional instructions. press S to specify that are no instructions after installing the driver that you have an additional disk ATA RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. 4 A box with the normal Windows 2000/ XP/2003 installation at the ...
...RAID driver" appears at the bottom of the display. 2 When you get service packs for directions.) Create disk arrays Refer to the "Readme.txt" file on the 3ware CD-ROM. Windows XP must be at SP1 or newer. Windows 2000 must be at SP3 or newer; Installing the ATA RAID controller...Press F6 if you need additional instructions. press S to specify that are no instructions after installing the driver that you have an additional disk ATA RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. 4 A box with the normal Windows 2000/ XP/2003 installation at the ...
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... this procedure is that it takes longer for the array to become fully redundant, because it takes longer to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide d Select Disk Management. 5 Follow the steps the appear on-screen to write a signature to the drive. 6 ...independent disks accessible to Windows 2000/XP/2003. 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes to assign a drive letter. The disadvantage of drives). RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to the other drive. RAID 1 and 10 arrays are not initialized when created and are immediately...
... this procedure is that it takes longer for the array to become fully redundant, because it takes longer to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide d Select Disk Management. 5 Follow the steps the appear on-screen to write a signature to the drive. 6 ...independent disks accessible to Windows 2000/XP/2003. 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes to assign a drive letter. The disadvantage of drives). RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to the other drive. RAID 1 and 10 arrays are not initialized when created and are immediately...
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... a Plug and 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). Figure 24. Found New Hardware Wizard www.3ware.com 49 Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems that boot from a different device Materials required: ■...
... a Plug and 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). Figure 24. Found New Hardware Wizard www.3ware.com 49 Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems that boot from a different device Materials required: ■...
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... Management from one half of up to Select a Device Driver, click the Have Disk... c Select Storage. RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to a RAID 1 or 10 array result in the Install From Disk dialog box. RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows Installation When prompted to ten minutes...
... Management from one half of up to Select a Device Driver, click the Have Disk... c Select Storage. RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to a RAID 1 or 10 array result in the Install From Disk dialog box. RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows Installation When prompted to ten minutes...
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... on the Device Manager 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 Note: Upgrading to a new version of the Escalade ATA RAID Controller does not require reconfiguring the drives connected to your controller and will not affect data stored in to the...
... on the Device Manager 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 Note: Upgrading to a new version of the Escalade ATA RAID Controller does not require reconfiguring the drives connected to your controller and will not affect data stored in to the...
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www.3ware.com 53 button. 10 Click Next on the Update Driver... 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).
www.3ware.com 53 button. 10 Click Next on the Update Driver... 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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Then click Next and follow the instructions. Upgrade/Install Device Driver 54 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide 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." Figure 27. Windows Installation Figure 26.
Then click Next and follow the instructions. Upgrade/Install Device Driver 54 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide 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." Figure 27. Windows Installation Figure 26.
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www.3ware.com 55 Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller 2 When the Select a Device Driver dialog appears (see Figure 28), click on the CD that has the name of the version of the box. If you are using Windows 2000, ... drive is drive A, the correct path name is drive D and you are using a driver diskette and your CD drive is A:\. 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...
www.3ware.com 55 Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller 2 When the Select a Device Driver dialog appears (see Figure 28), click on the CD that has the name of the version of the box. If you are using Windows 2000, ... drive is drive A, the correct path name is drive D and you are using a driver diskette and your CD drive is A:\. 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...
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The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows Installation Figure 29. Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31). Be sure to highlight it. Figure 30. Click on Next. 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.
The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows Installation Figure 29. Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31). Be sure to highlight it. Figure 30. Click on Next. 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.
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... Change dialog. www.3ware.com 57 Start Device Driver Installation 5 Depending on Yes to continue and follow the instructions to complete the driver installation. If this screen appears, click on the driver that was packaged with a new version of the controller Figure 31. Figure 32. Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with your ATA RAID controller the Digital Signature...
... Change dialog. www.3ware.com 57 Start Device Driver Installation 5 Depending on Yes to continue and follow the instructions to complete the driver installation. If this screen appears, click on the driver that was packaged with a new version of the controller Figure 31. Figure 32. Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with your ATA RAID controller the Digital Signature...