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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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... 92 Specifying a hot spare 93 Rebuilding a redundant array with a hot swap drive 93 Scheduling background tasks 94 Troubleshooting: Problems and Solutions 97 Hardware installation 97 Software installation 98 Screen display messages 99 AEN Messages 100 Appendix A. Warranty, Technical Support and Service 111 Limited Warranty 111 Exclusions 111 State Law Provisions 112...
... 92 Specifying a hot spare 93 Rebuilding a redundant array with a hot swap drive 93 Scheduling background tasks 94 Troubleshooting: Problems and Solutions 97 Hardware installation 97 Software installation 98 Screen display messages 99 AEN Messages 100 Appendix A. Warranty, Technical Support and Service 111 Limited Warranty 111 Exclusions 111 State Law Provisions 112...
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Figure 45. Figure 47. Figure 43. Figure 48. 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 41. Figure 46. Figure 49. 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 44. Figure 42.
Figure 45. Figure 47. Figure 43. Figure 48. 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 41. Figure 46. Figure 49. 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 44. Figure 42.
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... on 7500, 7506, 8500 and 8506 models) Escalade Serial ATA Controller The Escalade 8000 series of Serial ATA RAID cards are configured in a striped disk array (see Figure 1), the Escalade ATA RAID Controller distributes large files across the multiple disks using RAID 0 techniques. The stripe size is user configurable at 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K or 1M. 8 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide...
... on 7500, 7506, 8500 and 8506 models) Escalade Serial ATA Controller The Escalade 8000 series of Serial ATA RAID cards are configured in a striped disk array (see Figure 1), the Escalade ATA RAID Controller distributes large files across the multiple disks using RAID 0 techniques. The stripe size is user configurable at 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K or 1M. 8 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide...
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...logged to the system clock. Hot swap is issued to install any software on any of it. Hot swap allows users to sequence the spin-up of a redundant array, error locations that the Escalade controller is repeated every 24 hours that are found and are deemed repairable are.... 3DM Disk Management Utility runs in real time. If any disk drive connected to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The SMART data is pressed (See page 155). Introduction internally in a redundant array while the system remains up. The...
...logged to the system clock. Hot swap is issued to install any software on any of it. Hot swap allows users to sequence the spin-up of a redundant array, error locations that the Escalade controller is repeated every 24 hours that are found and are deemed repairable are.... 3DM Disk Management Utility runs in real time. If any disk drive connected to reallocate the error sectors 12 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The SMART data is pressed (See page 155). Introduction internally in a redundant array while the system remains up. The...
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...be specified. Displaying advanced details Selecting Shift-F5 will save your changes. Pressing F8 will show the software versions (BIOS, Firmware, monitor), slot #, and model # of the 3ware card (see Figure 10) use the Up and Down arrow keys to navigate, Enter to select ...for context sensitive help. If you've made mistakes and want to the main 3ware Disk Array Configuration screen. 30 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 10. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility The 3ware Disk Array Configuration main display shows the current disk drive configuration. ■ ...
...be specified. Displaying advanced details Selecting Shift-F5 will save your changes. Pressing F8 will show the software versions (BIOS, Firmware, monitor), slot #, and model # of the 3ware card (see Figure 10) use the Up and Down arrow keys to navigate, Enter to select ...for context sensitive help. If you've made mistakes and want to the main 3ware Disk Array Configuration screen. 30 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 10. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility The 3ware Disk Array Configuration main display shows the current disk drive configuration. ■ ...
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...spare is specified and the mirrored or RAID 5 array degrades, an event notification is called "RAID Disk". 4 Click the boxes in front of a mirrored unit (RAID 1 or 10) to become degraded. If there was a power failure, the flag will be paused using the 3DM software. The rebuild will indicate that indicates ...the disk drive that the information on power failure A power failure will notify the user when the rebuild process is required. www.3ware.com 43 Click on the drives may not be launched as a background process and an event notification will cause the secondary drive of...
...spare is specified and the mirrored or RAID 5 array degrades, an event notification is called "RAID Disk". 4 Click the boxes in front of a mirrored unit (RAID 1 or 10) to become degraded. If there was a power failure, the flag will be paused using the 3DM software. The rebuild will indicate that indicates ...the disk drive that the information on power failure A power failure will notify the user when the rebuild process is required. www.3ware.com 43 Click on the drives may not be launched as a background process and an event notification will cause the secondary drive of...
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...Installation Installing 3DM for Red Hat Linux or SuSE Linux 1 Insert the 3ware software installation CD-ROM for Linux into the CDROM drive. 2 Mount the...iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom For older SuSE systems, type: mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom www.3ware.com 81 Linux Installation administrator or check the e-mail preferences or setup options on your browser. Figure 35. 3DM...view 3DM remotely via a standard web browser, enter the URL of the system containing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the address line of starting the application and opening the browser window when you complete the...
...Installation Installing 3DM for Red Hat Linux or SuSE Linux 1 Insert the 3ware software installation CD-ROM for Linux into the CDROM drive. 2 Mount the...iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom For older SuSE systems, type: mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom www.3ware.com 81 Linux Installation administrator or check the e-mail preferences or setup options on your browser. Figure 35. 3DM...view 3DM remotely via a standard web browser, enter the URL of the system containing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the address line of starting the application and opening the browser window when you complete the...
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... need to close the server socket. Linux Installation Starting 3DM 3DM should start Uninstalling 3DM To uninstall 3DM for Linux, follow these steps: 1 Insert the 3ware software installation CD-ROM for Linux into the CD- ROM drive. 2 Mount the CD-ROM disk: mount /dev/cdrom Note: For older Red Hat systems, type.... 2 Afterwards, type: For Red Hat Linux: /etc/rc.d/init.d/3dm start For SuSE Linux: /etc/rc.d/3dm start automatically after installation and upon bootup. www.3ware.com 83
... need to close the server socket. Linux Installation Starting 3DM 3DM should start Uninstalling 3DM To uninstall 3DM for Linux, follow these steps: 1 Insert the 3ware software installation CD-ROM for Linux into the CD- ROM drive. 2 Mount the CD-ROM disk: mount /dev/cdrom Note: For older Red Hat systems, type.... 2 Afterwards, type: For Red Hat Linux: /etc/rc.d/init.d/3dm start For SuSE Linux: /etc/rc.d/3dm start automatically after installation and upon bootup. www.3ware.com 83
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... fdisk if more of the following : Array Unit 1 - What is required. 98 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Basically, this array is limited to complete the array, or release the member disks by a Dell BIOS bug. Software installation Q6: The ATA RAID controller was installed before you configured your disk arrays, you may have made a mistake...
... fdisk if more of the following : Array Unit 1 - What is required. 98 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Basically, this array is limited to complete the array, or release the member disks by a Dell BIOS bug. Software installation Q6: The ATA RAID controller was installed before you configured your disk arrays, you may have made a mistake...
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... to boot. Descriptions of Successful Software Removal Figure 48. There is compatible with the 3ware BIOS, and check with your motherboard is most likely a compatibility problem between the motherboard system BIOS and the 3ware BIOS. Screen display messages Figure 45 through Figure 50 are provided after the ATA RAID controller has been installed and made...
... to boot. Descriptions of Successful Software Removal Figure 48. There is compatible with the 3ware BIOS, and check with your motherboard is most likely a compatibility problem between the motherboard system BIOS and the 3ware BIOS. Screen display messages Figure 45 through Figure 50 are provided after the ATA RAID controller has been installed and made...
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... Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL) 3ware, Inc. However, a product's software drivers are typically submitted for certification at www.3ware.com for all its products. Since the certification process may lag behind the release of the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 89/23/EEC Low Voltage Directive . 110 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide European Community Conformity Statement...
... Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL) 3ware, Inc. However, a product's software drivers are typically submitted for certification at www.3ware.com for all its products. Since the certification process may lag behind the release of the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 89/23/EEC Low Voltage Directive . 110 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide European Community Conformity Statement...
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... warranties set forth or limited herein are the sole warranties and are in material and workmanship for particular purpose and merchantability. Software Warranty: 3WARE, INC. For detailed terms and conditions, please see the Limited Hardware Warranty and Software License Agreement at its option, will replace a defective media purchased with respect to new. www...
... warranties set forth or limited herein are the sole warranties and are in material and workmanship for particular purpose and merchantability. Software Warranty: 3WARE, INC. For detailed terms and conditions, please see the Limited Hardware Warranty and Software License Agreement at its option, will replace a defective media purchased with respect to new. www...
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... toll-free (800) 945-7273 and (408) 523-1145 direct phone support during the warranty period call 3ware toll free at http://www.3ware.com. 3ware's software library is available with a credit card number with your Escalade ATA RAID Controller unit. You will ship the advanced replacement to state. Warranty, Technical Support and Service State Law Provisions...
... toll-free (800) 945-7273 and (408) 523-1145 direct phone support during the warranty period call 3ware toll free at http://www.3ware.com. 3ware's software library is available with a credit card number with your Escalade ATA RAID Controller unit. You will ship the advanced replacement to state. Warranty, Technical Support and Service State Law Provisions...