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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 19. Figure 29. Figure 32. 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 29. Figure 32. 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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.... Windows 2000 with SP3 or newer, 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 Before You Begin ■ BIOS. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (8006-2LP does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. ATA Command Readback, S.M.A.R.T.
.... Windows 2000 with SP3 or newer, 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 Before You Begin ■ BIOS. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD (8006-2LP does not support RAID 5 or RAID 10) ■ Drive Support. ATA Command Readback, S.M.A.R.T.
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... require different cables. Package Contents ■ Data Integrity. If using the Escalade Serial ATA Controller 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. Monitoring, Dynamic Sector Repair, Rebuild Pacing, Rebuild Scheduling, Background Media Scan, Hot Swap...
... require different cables. Package Contents ■ Data Integrity. If using the Escalade Serial ATA Controller 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. Monitoring, Dynamic Sector Repair, Rebuild Pacing, Rebuild Scheduling, Background Media Scan, Hot Swap...
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... data available. Some 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. ... at http://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp, and described in 3ware Escalade Command Line Interface User Guide) www.3ware.com 7 Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. The Escalade 7000 and 8000 ...
... data available. Some 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. ... at http://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp, and described in 3ware Escalade Command Line Interface User Guide) www.3ware.com 7 Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. The Escalade 7000 and 8000 ...
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....3ware.com 15 Step 3. Linux mount /dev/cdrom /mnt cd /mnt/linux/3dm ./install.3dm Answer questions concerning e-mail notification and the port number for notification, separate e-mail addresses using a comma. Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller Install the two, four, eight, or twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the Start menu. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers...
....3ware.com 15 Step 3. Linux mount /dev/cdrom /mnt cd /mnt/linux/3dm ./install.3dm Answer questions concerning e-mail notification and the port number for notification, separate e-mail addresses using a comma. Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller Install the two, four, eight, or twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the Start menu. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers...
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... F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 23. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - Select Available Drive to Replace Faulted Drive, RAID 1 Example 9 Navigate to the Rebuild Array button and press...member drives. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Disk Arrays: *Array Unit 1 - 2 drive Mirror Port 1 - 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...
... F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 23. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - Select Available Drive to Replace Faulted Drive, RAID 1 Example 9 Navigate to the Rebuild Array button and press...member drives. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 Disk Arrays: *Array Unit 1 - 2 drive Mirror Port 1 - 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...
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... was a power failure, the flag will cause the secondary drive of a mirrored unit (RAID 1 or 10) to degrade. Click on power failure A power failure will indicate that the driver loaded. Auto initialization on Add Drive. The rebuild will be launched as a background process ..., the firmware automatically starts the background initialization process to become degraded. However, a rebuild can be paused using the 3DM software. www.3ware.com 43 Cancelling and restarting a rebuild with the new disk drive. The rebuild starts with a new drive Currently, a rebuild can ...
... was a power failure, the flag will cause the secondary drive of a mirrored unit (RAID 1 or 10) to degrade. Click on power failure A power failure will indicate that the driver loaded. Auto initialization on Add Drive. The rebuild will be launched as a background process ..., the firmware automatically starts the background initialization process to become degraded. However, a rebuild can be paused using the 3DM software. www.3ware.com 43 Cancelling and restarting a rebuild with the new disk drive. The rebuild starts with a new drive Currently, a rebuild can ...
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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 ... as a hot spare. Note: If the rebuild is made into a hot spare. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 2 Add a different disk drive to rebuild the array. 3 Press Alt + 3 at Boot time ...3ware BIOS. 4 Select the degraded array and the newly added drive. 5 If you want the rebuild to continue even if ECC errors occur on the source disks, then indicate this drive. For more information, see the 3ware CLI User's Guide. 44 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller...
Rebuild starts about 10 minutes after the driver loads in the 3ware BIOS, the new drive cannot be used to rebuild the degraded array ... as a hot spare. Note: If the rebuild is made into a hot spare. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 2 Add a different disk drive to rebuild the array. 3 Press Alt + 3 at Boot time ...3ware BIOS. 4 Select the degraded array and the newly added drive. 5 If you want the rebuild to continue even if ECC errors occur on the source disks, then indicate this drive. For more information, see the 3ware CLI User's Guide. 44 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller...
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... b Select Storage. We recommend that appear on-screen to create a volume and to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. The driver or the operating system cannot be installed unless you have administrator privileges for Windows 2000 and Windows...show Windows 2000. Installing a drive to an existing ATA RAID controller To add the new drive to an existing disk array, refer 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 ...
... b Select Storage. We recommend that appear on-screen to create a volume and to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. The driver or the operating system cannot be installed unless you have administrator privileges for Windows 2000 and Windows...show Windows 2000. Installing a drive to an existing ATA RAID controller To add the new drive to an existing disk array, refer 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 ...
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...the Windows operating system is displayed. Continue with Windows installation Continue with 3ware ATA RAID Controller is at SP1 or newer. Make sure 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 Microsoft website. press S to 3ware. Otherwise, press Enter. www.3ware.com 47 Please refer to add. Press ...
...the Windows operating system is displayed. Continue with Windows installation Continue with 3ware ATA RAID Controller is at SP1 or newer. Make sure 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 Microsoft website. press S to 3ware. Otherwise, press Enter. www.3ware.com 47 Please refer to add. Press ...
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... can reboot the system before this procedure is that it does to write zeroes to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to be used immediately, but it goes into initialization mode after being compared to initialize an array... to use with the following steps to make any new disk arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows 2000/XP/2003. 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes to restart the system. Windows Installation Reboot the machine When you don't remove the diskette. 2 Partition and format...
... can reboot the system before this procedure is that it does to write zeroes to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to be used immediately, but it goes into initialization mode after being compared to initialize an array... to use with the following steps to make any new disk arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows 2000/XP/2003. 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes to restart the system. Windows Installation Reboot the machine When you don't remove the diskette. 2 Partition and format...
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.... Figure 24. Found New Hardware Wizard www.3ware.com 49 Install the 3ware driver As 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). Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems that boot from a different device...
.... Figure 24. Found New Hardware Wizard www.3ware.com 49 Install the 3ware driver As 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). Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems that boot from a different device...
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...Initialization results in data from one drive (or set of drives) being compared to all array members. RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The user can be fault tolerant until the initialization is complete. Reboot the machine Log in...then select Yes to the other half. Windows Installation When prompted to the driver in the Install From Disk dialog box. button, insert your 3ware driver diskette, and enter the path to Select a Device Driver, click the Have Disk... Continue with full performance when created. The system...
...Initialization results in data from one drive (or set of drives) being compared to all array members. RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The user can be fault tolerant until the initialization is complete. Reboot the machine Log in...then select Yes to the other half. Windows Installation When prompted to the driver in the Install From Disk dialog box. button, insert your 3ware driver diskette, and enter the path to Select a Device Driver, click the Have Disk... Continue with full performance when created. The system...
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... arrays for the new version Escalade ATA RAID Controller before installing the controller. The 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties pop-up menu appears. 8 Click on the Driver tab (see Figure 25). 52 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows Installation Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with the new version of the ATA RAID controller unless the new version of the driver has been installed first.
... arrays for the new version Escalade ATA RAID Controller before installing the controller. The 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties pop-up menu appears. 8 Click on the Driver tab (see Figure 25). 52 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows Installation Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with the new version of the ATA RAID controller unless the new version of the driver has been installed first.
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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). button. 10 Click Next on the Update Driver...
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Then click Next and follow the instructions. 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." Upgrade/Install Device Driver 54 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows Installation Figure 26. Figure 27.
Then click Next and follow the instructions. 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." Upgrade/Install Device Driver 54 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows Installation Figure 26. Figure 27.
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... RAID controller with a new version of the box. 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 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 Windows you have. If you are using the 3ware CD, the path will be to the folder ...
... RAID controller with a new version of the box. 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 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 Windows you have. If you are using the 3ware CD, the path will be to the folder ...
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Figure 30. Click on Next. 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. Be sure to highlight it. Windows Installation Figure 29. Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31).
Figure 30. Click on Next. 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. Be sure to highlight it. Windows Installation Figure 29. Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31).
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... bar which appears briefly, then by a System Settings Change dialog. Figure 32. www.3ware.com 57 If this screen appears, click on the driver that was packaged with a new version of the controller Figure 31. Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with your ATA RAID controller the Digital Signature Not Found screen may appear (see Figure 32).
... bar which appears briefly, then by a System Settings Change dialog. Figure 32. www.3ware.com 57 If this screen appears, click on the driver that was packaged with a new version of the controller Figure 31. Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with your ATA RAID controller the Digital Signature Not Found screen may appear (see Figure 32).