User Guide
Page 1
User Guide Escalade® ATA RAID Controller Supports the 7000 and 8000 Series and Release 7.7.x of the 3ware Software PN 900-0041-00 December, 2003
User Guide Escalade® ATA RAID Controller Supports the 7000 and 8000 Series and Release 7.7.x of the 3ware Software PN 900-0041-00 December, 2003
User Guide
Page 3
... scan and dynamic sector repair enhance data integrity . . . 12 Quick Installation Guide 14 3ware Hardware Installation 17 To remove an existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller 17 Installing a Parallel ATA RAID Controller 18 Connect the interface cables to the Escalade ATA RAID Controller 18 Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the computer 19 Connect the drives to the interface cables 20 Installing...
... scan and dynamic sector repair enhance data integrity . . . 12 Quick Installation Guide 14 3ware Hardware Installation 17 To remove an existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller 17 Installing a Parallel ATA RAID Controller 18 Connect the interface cables to the Escalade ATA RAID Controller 18 Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the computer 19 Connect the drives to the interface cables 20 Installing...
User Guide
Page 4
... 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...
... 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...
User Guide
Page 7
.... Figure 31. Figure 33. Figure 38. 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 31. Figure 33. Figure 38. 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...
User Guide
Page 8
Figure 43. Figure 44. Figure 50. 3DM Settings Display 89 3DM Administrator Login Display 90 3DM User Login Display 91 3DM Configure Display 92 3DM Help Display 95 Installation or Removal Dialog Box 99 A Warning for All Software Removal Requests 99 Confirmation of Figures Figure 40. Figure 46. Figure 47. Figure 45. Figure 48. Figure 49. Figure 42. Figure 41. List of Successful Software Removal 99 Administrator Privileges Required Warning 99 Firmware Upgrade Requirement Warning 100 System Reboot Request 100 vi 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
Figure 43. Figure 44. Figure 50. 3DM Settings Display 89 3DM Administrator Login Display 90 3DM User Login Display 91 3DM Configure Display 92 3DM Help Display 95 Installation or Removal Dialog Box 99 A Warning for All Software Removal Requests 99 Confirmation of Figures Figure 40. Figure 46. Figure 47. Figure 45. Figure 48. Figure 49. Figure 42. Figure 41. List of Successful Software Removal 99 Administrator Privileges Required Warning 99 Firmware Upgrade Requirement Warning 100 System Reboot Request 100 vi 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
User Guide
Page 9
...Management. 3DM® Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface www.3ware.com 1 To ensure your personal safety and protect your Escalade ATA RAID Controller. The information in this manual also supports ...RAID Support. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (700x-2 does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. Features Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA Family The Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA family includes 7000-2, 7500-4, 7500-4LP, 7500-8, 7500-12, 7006-2, 7506-4LP, 7506-8, and 7506-12. Before You Begin Congratulations on selecting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as your RAID...
...Management. 3DM® Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface www.3ware.com 1 To ensure your personal safety and protect your Escalade ATA RAID Controller. The information in this manual also supports ...RAID Support. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (700x-2 does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. Features Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA Family The Escalade 7000 Parallel ATA family includes 7000-2, 7500-4, 7500-4LP, 7500-8, 7500-12, 7006-2, 7506-4LP, 7506-8, and 7506-12. Before You Begin Congratulations on selecting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as your RAID...
User Guide
Page 10
...Windows XP with SP1 or newer, and Windows Server 2003 ■ Linux Support. 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.... Serial ATA Family The Escalade 8000 Serial ATA family includes 8006-2LP, 8500-4, 8500-8, 8500-12, 8506-4LP, 8506-8, 8506-12, 8506-8MI, and 8506-12MI. ■ True Hardware RAID. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers ■ Data Integrity. Twinstor, ...
...Windows XP with SP1 or newer, and Windows Server 2003 ■ Linux Support. 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.... Serial ATA Family The Escalade 8000 Serial ATA family includes 8006-2LP, 8500-4, 8500-8, 8500-12, 8506-4LP, 8506-8, 8506-12, 8506-8MI, and 8506-12MI. ■ True Hardware RAID. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers ■ Data Integrity. Twinstor, ...
User Guide
Page 11
... Scheduling, Background Media Scan, Hot Swap, Hot 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. Package Contents ■ Data Integrity.
... Scheduling, Background Media Scan, Hot Swap, Hot 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. Package Contents ■ Data Integrity.
User Guide
Page 12
...12, a full-length PCI slot is required. Before installing any of any capacity or physical form factor. The ATA RAID Controller may not exceed 36" (91.4 cm) for parallel ATA controllers and 1M (39") for 7006-2 and 8006-2, install the card in a 66MHz PCI slot. PCI-X slots can also be used . High voltages... MHz, or 133 MHz PCI-X slots. If your drives contain valuable data, back them up and save data elsewhere before changing your array configuration. 4 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Creating or deleting disk arrays destroys existing files on the member drives.
...12, a full-length PCI slot is required. Before installing any of any capacity or physical form factor. The ATA RAID Controller may not exceed 36" (91.4 cm) for parallel ATA controllers and 1M (39") for 7006-2 and 8006-2, install the card in a 66MHz PCI slot. PCI-X slots can also be used . High voltages... MHz, or 133 MHz PCI-X slots. If your drives contain valuable data, back them up and save data elsewhere before changing your array configuration. 4 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Creating or deleting disk arrays destroys existing files on the member drives.
User Guide
Page 13
...carefully without bending any pins. The connectors provided are keyed to avoid damaging computer components and accessories when installing or removing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. ■ When the case of cooling air from inserting them upside-down. ■ Interface cables are fragile and must ...be crimped or pinched. www.3ware.com 5 Mechanical Concerns Be careful when installing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller into your system. ■ Be sure the board is open and its internal parts are exposed, don...
...carefully without bending any pins. The connectors provided are keyed to avoid damaging computer components and accessories when installing or removing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. ■ When the case of cooling air from inserting them upside-down. ■ Interface cables are fragile and must ...be crimped or pinched. www.3ware.com 5 Mechanical Concerns Be careful when installing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller into your system. ■ Be sure the board is open and its internal parts are exposed, don...
User Guide
Page 15
... 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. In this scenario, SCSI RAID features fail to isolate the drives from one drive may use the bus at http://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp, and described in 3ware Escalade Command Line Interface User Guide) www.3ware.com 7 Some of the Escalade features and benefits...
... 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. In this scenario, SCSI RAID features fail to isolate the drives from one drive may use the bus at http://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp, and described in 3ware Escalade Command Line Interface User Guide) www.3ware.com 7 Some of the Escalade features and benefits...
User Guide
Page 16
...arrays for fault tolerance; The stripe size is user configurable at 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K or 1M. 8 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Introduction ■ SMTP support for email/pager notification of events ■ Easy-to-configure arrays from ...booting from 2 to 12 Serial ATA drives. RAID increases performance and adds redundancy Escalade ATA RAID Controllers use a Redundant Array of Serial ATA. RAID 1 mirrored arrays for performance; Striped disk arrays achieve high transfer rates because they can exist on 3ware's 4th generation network switched architecture, the 8000...
...arrays for fault tolerance; The stripe size is user configurable at 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K or 1M. 8 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Introduction ■ SMTP support for email/pager notification of events ■ Easy-to-configure arrays from ...booting from 2 to 12 Serial ATA drives. RAID increases performance and adds redundancy Escalade ATA RAID Controllers use a Redundant Array of Serial ATA. RAID 1 mirrored arrays for performance; Striped disk arrays achieve high transfer rates because they can exist on 3ware's 4th generation network switched architecture, the 8000...
User Guide
Page 17
Fault tolerance is read requests. The adaptive algorithms found in 3ware's TwinStor technology boost performance by preserving the data on one drive if the other RAID levels, RAID 0 is not redundant, so loss of any disk drive results in loss of the ...the disks are mirrored as a second fault tolerant www.3ware.com 9 RAID 0 Configuration Example RAID 1 arrays offer fault tolerance Mirrored disk arrays write data to two drives using RAID 1. RAID 1 Configuration Example TwinStorTM Technology adds performance to 3ware's mirrored disk arrays Traditional mirroring techniques do little to...
Fault tolerance is read requests. The adaptive algorithms found in 3ware's TwinStor technology boost performance by preserving the data on one drive if the other RAID levels, RAID 0 is not redundant, so loss of any disk drive results in loss of the ...the disks are mirrored as a second fault tolerant www.3ware.com 9 RAID 0 Configuration Example RAID 1 arrays offer fault tolerance Mirrored disk arrays write data to two drives using RAID 1. RAID 1 Configuration Example TwinStorTM Technology adds performance to 3ware's mirrored disk arrays Traditional mirroring techniques do little to...
User Guide
Page 18
..., eight, and twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controllers Figure 3. You can tolerate the loss of a RAID 5 array having less than being concentrated on a single disk (see Figure 4). Unlike all other RAID configurations that offer data striping, except for RAID 1, RAID 5 stripe size is distributed across all drives rather than 3 drives. 10 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Introduction array using...
..., eight, and twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controllers Figure 3. You can tolerate the loss of a RAID 5 array having less than being concentrated on a single disk (see Figure 4). Unlike all other RAID configurations that offer data striping, except for RAID 1, RAID 5 stripe size is distributed across all drives rather than 3 drives. 10 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Introduction array using...
User Guide
Page 19
... R5 Fusion technology. SMART data is combined with StorSwitch to be dynamically substituted for RAID 5 write operations. This command is issued 24 hours after the Escalade controller is timed www.3ware.com 11 This 24 hour wait period is powered up. This advanced block caching ...firmware technology is checked on the RAID controller will not benefit from available drives to deliver extremely high performance for...
... R5 Fusion technology. SMART data is combined with StorSwitch to be dynamically substituted for RAID 5 write operations. This command is issued 24 hours after the Escalade controller is timed www.3ware.com 11 This 24 hour wait period is powered up. This advanced block caching ...firmware technology is checked on the RAID controller will not benefit from available drives to deliver extremely high performance for...
User Guide
Page 20
... of a redundant array, error locations that the Escalade controller is persistent after "#SMARTErrorLogStart." To remotely access 3DM, you to the 3ware controller. Background media scan and dynamic sector repair enhance data integrity Background Media Scan checks for redundant arrays. If the disk drive is issued to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
... of a redundant array, error locations that the Escalade controller is persistent after "#SMARTErrorLogStart." To remotely access 3DM, you to the 3ware controller. Background media scan and dynamic sector repair enhance data integrity Background Media Scan checks for redundant arrays. If the disk drive is issued to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
User Guide
Page 23
... installation and the operating system. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Operating systems supporting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller include: ■ Windows 2000 (SP3 or newer), ...addresses for Windows or Linux from Run... Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller Install the two, four, eight, or twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the Start menu. in an available PCI slot. www.3ware.com 15 Slots closest to the Accelerated Graphics Port give...
... installation and the operating system. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Operating systems supporting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller include: ■ Windows 2000 (SP3 or newer), ...addresses for Windows or Linux from Run... Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller Install the two, four, eight, or twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the Start menu. in an available PCI slot. www.3ware.com 15 Slots closest to the Accelerated Graphics Port give...
User Guide
Page 25
... the new ATA RAID Controller. Tip: If your boot disk is connected to the ATA RAID Controller and you intend to retain it as your computer or the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. However, it aside. (Save the screw for installing the new controller.) www.3ware.com 17 Preserving ... manufacturer's instructions. 4 Disconnect the disks from the existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller installed in the metal bracket at the end of a disk array. This disk should be reconnected to port 0 on the controller. 3ware Hardware Installation Warning: Before proceeding with hardware installation, read ...
... the new ATA RAID Controller. Tip: If your boot disk is connected to the ATA RAID Controller and you intend to retain it as your computer or the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. However, it aside. (Save the screw for installing the new controller.) www.3ware.com 17 Preserving ... manufacturer's instructions. 4 Disconnect the disks from the existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller installed in the metal bracket at the end of a disk array. This disk should be reconnected to port 0 on the controller. 3ware Hardware Installation Warning: Before proceeding with hardware installation, read ...
User Guide
Page 26
... ground Plug cable to page 21 "Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller". Ports: 65 4 7 3 21 0 0 Serial Number (on plate) Figure 5. 8-Port Escalade 750x-8 ATA RAID Controller Layout Note: The LED drive status connector, if used, will flash for any I/ O activity on any port. See Figure 5. 18 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Reusing interface cables is not recommended. JP2...
... ground Plug cable to page 21 "Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller". Ports: 65 4 7 3 21 0 0 Serial Number (on plate) Figure 5. 8-Port Escalade 750x-8 ATA RAID Controller Layout Note: The LED drive status connector, if used, will flash for any I/ O activity on any port. See Figure 5. 18 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Reusing interface cables is not recommended. JP2...