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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
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... any commitment to update the information contained herein. Disclaimer 3ware, Inc. The 3ware logo, StorSwitch, TwinStor, and R5 Fusion are all trademarks of 3ware, Inc. Trademarks 3ware, Escalade, and 3DM are all registered trademarks of 3ware, Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks herein are property of 3ware, Inc., 455 West Maude Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94085. make...
... any commitment to update the information contained herein. Disclaimer 3ware, Inc. The 3ware logo, StorSwitch, TwinStor, and R5 Fusion are all trademarks of 3ware, Inc. Trademarks 3ware, Escalade, and 3DM are all registered trademarks of 3ware, Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks herein are property of 3ware, Inc., 455 West Maude Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94085. make...
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... 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...
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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...
... 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...
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.... Figure 19. Figure 24. Figure 31. 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 19. Figure 24. Figure 31. 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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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 44. Figure 48. Figure 43. Figure 49. Figure 46. Figure 42. 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 41. Figure 47. Figure 45.
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 44. Figure 48. Figure 43. Figure 49. Figure 46. Figure 42. 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 41. Figure 47. Figure 45.
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...-bit / 33MHz ■ 7506-4LP, 7506-8, 7506-12, are all PCI 64-bit / 66MHz. ■ Management. 3DM® Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface www.3ware.com 1 RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (700x-2 does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. Before You Begin Congratulations on selecting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as your Escalade ATA RAID Controller. This user guide...
...-bit / 33MHz ■ 7506-4LP, 7506-8, 7506-12, are all PCI 64-bit / 66MHz. ■ Management. 3DM® Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface www.3ware.com 1 RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (700x-2 does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. Before You Begin Congratulations on selecting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as your Escalade ATA RAID Controller. This user guide...
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... a parallel-toserial converter. ■ Bus Types. ■ 8006-2LP is not available on 700x-2) ■ Field Upgrades. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Before You Begin ■ BIOS. PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant ■ Windows Support. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers ■ Data Integrity. Low...
... a parallel-toserial converter. ■ Bus Types. ■ 8006-2LP is not available on 700x-2) ■ Field Upgrades. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Before You Begin ■ BIOS. PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant ■ Windows Support. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers ■ Data Integrity. Low...
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... 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. If using the Escalade Serial ATA Controller with parallel drives is missing any of using the controller with the following : 3DM, Drivers and 3ware Escalade User Guide (.pdf format) ■ 3ware Release Notes ■ 3ware Installation Guide www.3ware...
... 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. If using the Escalade Serial ATA Controller with parallel drives is missing any of using the controller with the following : 3DM, Drivers and 3ware Escalade User Guide (.pdf format) ■ 3ware Release Notes ■ 3ware Installation Guide www.3ware...
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...two, four, eight, or twelve IDE/ATA drives by the supplied interface cables. For the Escalade 7506 and 8506, install the card in a 64-bit PCI slot for serial ATA controllers. Drives must meet UltraATA-133 or UltraATA-100 standards, but may be found inside computer equipment....or 133 MHz PCI-X slots. Protecting Equipment and Data Back up and save data elsewhere before changing your array configuration. 4 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The controllers can also be used . PCI-X slots can also be used in this package or removing the protective covers of any computer ...
...two, four, eight, or twelve IDE/ATA drives by the supplied interface cables. For the Escalade 7506 and 8506, install the card in a 64-bit PCI slot for serial ATA controllers. Drives must meet UltraATA-133 or UltraATA-100 standards, but may be found inside computer equipment....or 133 MHz PCI-X slots. Protecting Equipment and Data Back up and save data elsewhere before changing your array configuration. 4 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The controllers can also be used . PCI-X slots can also be used in this package or removing the protective covers of any computer ...
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...be crimped or pinched. 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 fans or heat sinks in the system case. Excessive force can damage...or by the black rail and metal bracket at its slot on the motherboard before installing. www.3ware.com 5 Mechanical Concerns Be careful when installing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller into your system. ESD Precautions ESD Precautions Standard electrostatic discharge (ESD) precautions must be followed ...
...be crimped or pinched. 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 fans or heat sinks in the system case. Excessive force can damage...or by the black rail and metal bracket at its slot on the motherboard before installing. www.3ware.com 5 Mechanical Concerns Be careful when installing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller into your system. ESD Precautions ESD Precautions Standard electrostatic discharge (ESD) precautions must be followed ...
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...switched architecture that drive unavailable and the rest of array activities. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. Any drive failure makes that exceeds the reliability of SCSI ...alerts, providing the system administrator with password security for network management of 3ware storage arrays ■ Command line interface (CLI) for O/S compatibility and easy installation ■ Browser-based 3ware Disk Manager (3DM) utility with local and remote asynchronous event reporting of...
...switched architecture that drive unavailable and the rest of array activities. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. Any drive failure makes that exceeds the reliability of SCSI ...alerts, providing the system administrator with password security for network management of 3ware storage arrays ■ Command line interface (CLI) for O/S compatibility and easy installation ■ Browser-based 3ware Disk Manager (3DM) utility with local and remote asynchronous event reporting of...
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Based on 7500, 7506, 8500 and 8506 models) Escalade Serial ATA Controller The Escalade 8000 series of Serial ATA RAID cards are the most advanced controllers available, supporting from the array ■ Multiple logical volumes and RAID levels can read or ...3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide RAID 0 arrays maximize performance and capacity When drives are the only Serial ATA controllers that unleash the point-to-point performance benefits of Serial ATA. RAID increases performance and adds redundancy Escalade ATA RAID Controllers use a Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID...
Based on 7500, 7506, 8500 and 8506 models) Escalade Serial ATA Controller The Escalade 8000 series of Serial ATA RAID cards are the most advanced controllers available, supporting from the array ■ Multiple logical volumes and RAID levels can read or ...3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide RAID 0 arrays maximize performance and capacity When drives are the only Serial ATA controllers that unleash the point-to-point performance benefits of Serial ATA. RAID increases performance and adds redundancy Escalade ATA RAID Controllers use a Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID...
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... size is limited to contention for 8 drives: storage efficiency = (number of drives -1) ÷ (number of RAID 4. Parity information is available on the four, eight, and twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controllers Figure 3. from 66.7% for 3 drives to rebuild a failed drive "on a single disk (see Figure 4). Note: BIOS will reject the ... Introduction array using a two tier structure. This avoids throughput loss due to 64k. Unlike all drives rather than 3 drives. 10 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Higher data transfer rates are then grouped as a striped...
... size is limited to contention for 8 drives: storage efficiency = (number of drives -1) ÷ (number of RAID 4. Parity information is available on the four, eight, and twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controllers Figure 3. from 66.7% for 3 drives to rebuild a failed drive "on a single disk (see Figure 4). Note: BIOS will reject the ... Introduction array using a two tier structure. This avoids throughput loss due to 64k. Unlike all drives rather than 3 drives. 10 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Higher data transfer rates are then grouped as a striped...
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..., deleting, maintaining disk arrays and rebuilding mirrored arrays. Refer to only the first RAID 5 array on the RAID controller. S.M.A.R.T. 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 available only with Escalade 750x and 8508 ATA RAID Controllers. Note: R5 Fusion is combined with the content...
..., deleting, maintaining disk arrays and rebuilding mirrored arrays. Refer to only the first RAID 5 array on the RAID controller. S.M.A.R.T. 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 available only with Escalade 750x and 8508 ATA RAID Controllers. Note: R5 Fusion is combined with the content...
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Every 24 hours, the SMART RETURN STATUS is issued to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The standby power management state is logged to the 3DM Alarms page. These commands are issued independent of the disk ... automatically utilized on drives that are found and are deemed repairable are not required to install any software on the Escalade ATA RAID Controller's host and allows you must use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at the bottom of a redundant array, error locations that support this power management state....
Every 24 hours, the SMART RETURN STATUS is issued to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The standby power management state is logged to the 3DM Alarms page. These commands are issued independent of the disk ... automatically utilized on drives that are found and are deemed repairable are not required to install any software on the Escalade ATA RAID Controller's host and allows you must use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at the bottom of a redundant array, error locations that support this power management state....
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... arrays Verify your boot device precedes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the Start menu. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to the Accelerated Graphics Port give the best performance. www.3ware.com 15 Install 3DM Install 3DM for ...ROM. in the boot sequence, then press Alt-3 to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Step 3. Slots closest to the type of the controller. Operating systems supporting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller include: ■ Windows 2000 (SP3 or newer), XP (SP1...
... arrays Verify your boot device precedes the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the Start menu. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to the Accelerated Graphics Port give the best performance. www.3ware.com 15 Install 3DM Install 3DM for ...ROM. in the boot sequence, then press Alt-3 to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Step 3. Slots closest to the type of the controller. Operating systems supporting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller include: ■ Windows 2000 (SP3 or newer), XP (SP1...
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...is recommended that completely describes personal and system precautions. However, it aside. (Save the screw for installing the new controller.) www.3ware.com 17 To remove an existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller 1 If the computer is running, shut it as your boot device, note or mark which physical disk is ...connected to the ATA RAID Controller and you intend to retain it down. 2 Turn off power to the computer and disconnect the...
...is recommended that completely describes personal and system precautions. However, it aside. (Save the screw for installing the new controller.) www.3ware.com 17 To remove an existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller 1 If the computer is running, shut it as your boot device, note or mark which physical disk is ...connected to the ATA RAID Controller and you intend to retain it down. 2 Turn off power to the computer and disconnect the...
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... the interface cables to the Escalade ATA RAID Controller 1 Connect the interface cables supplied with the product to page 21 "Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller". Reusing interface cables is not recommended. 3ware Hardware Installation 6 Gently remove the ATA RAID Controller from the PCI slot. 7 Remove the cables from the ATA RAID Controller and discard. See Figure 5. 18 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
... the interface cables to the Escalade ATA RAID Controller 1 Connect the interface cables supplied with the product to page 21 "Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller". Reusing interface cables is not recommended. 3ware Hardware Installation 6 Gently remove the ATA RAID Controller from the PCI slot. 7 Remove the cables from the ATA RAID Controller and discard. See Figure 5. 18 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide