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... 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 Red Hat Linux Installation 62 Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing Red Hat Linux 62 Installing the ATA RAID controller on...
... 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 Red Hat Linux Installation 62 Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing Red Hat Linux 62 Installing the ATA RAID controller on...
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...Warranty 111 Exclusions 111 State Law Provisions 112 Obtaining Warranty Protection 112 3ware Technical Support and Services 112 Sales and ordering information 113 Feedback on this manual 113 Index 115 www.3ware.com iii Compliance and Conformity Statements 109 Federal Communications Commission Radio ...Driver (For experts only 77 3DM Disk Management Utility 79 Windows Installation 80 Installing 3DM for Windows 2000/XP/2003 80 Linux Installation 81 Uninstalling 3DM 83 Checking Array Status 84 View status using your standard browser 84 Password setup 89 Enable/disable ...
...Warranty 111 Exclusions 111 State Law Provisions 112 Obtaining Warranty Protection 112 3ware Technical Support and Services 112 Sales and ordering information 113 Feedback on this manual 113 Index 115 www.3ware.com iii Compliance and Conformity Statements 109 Federal Communications Commission Radio ...Driver (For experts only 77 3DM Disk Management Utility 79 Windows Installation 80 Installing 3DM for Windows 2000/XP/2003 80 Linux Installation 81 Uninstalling 3DM 83 Checking Array Status 84 View status using your standard browser 84 Password setup 89 Enable/disable ...
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...Linux Support. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers ■ Data Integrity. 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. Serial ATA 150 (SATA I) drives. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller..., Background Media Scan, Hot Swap, Hot Spare, Hardware Health Monitoring, Scheduled Verify Escalade 8000 Serial ATA Family The Escalade 8000 Serial ATA family includes 8006-2LP, 8500-4, 8500-8, 8500-12, 8506-4LP...
...Linux Support. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers ■ Data Integrity. 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. Serial ATA 150 (SATA I) drives. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller..., Background Media Scan, Hot Swap, Hot Spare, Hardware Health Monitoring, Scheduled Verify Escalade 8000 Serial ATA Family The Escalade 8000 Serial ATA family includes 8006-2LP, 8500-4, 8500-8, 8500-12, 8506-4LP...
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... management of 3ware storage arrays ■ Command line interface (CLI) for Windows and Linux (available 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 ... compatibility and easy installation ■ Browser-based 3ware Disk Manager (3DM) utility with local and remote asynchronous event reporting of array activities. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. Further, ...
... management of 3ware storage arrays ■ Command line interface (CLI) for Windows and Linux (available 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 ... compatibility and easy installation ■ Browser-based 3ware Disk Manager (3DM) utility with local and remote asynchronous event reporting of array activities. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. Further, ...
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... press Alt-3 to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Specify RAID arrays and hot spares. Step 3. Windows d(or letter of the controller. Operating systems supporting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller include: ■ Windows 2000 (SP3 or newer), XP (SP1 or newer), or 2003 ■ Red Hat and SuSE Linux ■ FreeBSD Step 4. Create...
... press Alt-3 to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Specify RAID arrays and hot spares. Step 3. Windows d(or letter of the controller. Operating systems supporting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller include: ■ Windows 2000 (SP3 or newer), XP (SP1 or newer), or 2003 ■ Red Hat and SuSE Linux ■ FreeBSD Step 4. Create...
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... most recent version, however, these drivers are using a Linux distribution for compatibility. The hardware must be tested by typing the following command: cat /proc/scsi/3w-xxxx/0* * Represents controller number (You can also get the driver version from 3ware, you can configure the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. The latest driver source is also bundled with the...
... most recent version, however, these drivers are using a Linux distribution for compatibility. The hardware must be tested by typing the following command: cat /proc/scsi/3w-xxxx/0* * Represents controller number (You can also get the driver version from 3ware, you can configure the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. The latest driver source is also bundled with the...
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... you wish to upgrade to a newer 3ware Escalade Linux driver, please refer to install Linux on a drive managed by 3ware's ATA RAID controller, follow the instructions in : Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing Red Hat Linux (page 62). Disconnecting the IDE drive while installing Linux will be required to be reconnected. 62 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Use your boot device, such...
... you wish to upgrade to a newer 3ware Escalade Linux driver, please refer to install Linux on a drive managed by 3ware's ATA RAID controller, follow the instructions in : Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing Red Hat Linux (page 62). Disconnecting the IDE drive while installing Linux will be required to be reconnected. 62 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Use your boot device, such...
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...RAID 0 arrays do not need to insert your BIOS supports it you want to boot to the other drive. The first time the array is verified (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM), the array is larger than 1 TByte, you attempt to boot to arrays larger than 1 TByte. Red Hat Linux... Installation Create disk arrays Refer to a www.3ware.com 63 Insert the 3ware driver installation diskette for use with full performance when created. After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. ...
...RAID 0 arrays do not need to insert your BIOS supports it you want to boot to the other drive. The first time the array is verified (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM), the array is larger than 1 TByte, you attempt to boot to arrays larger than 1 TByte. Red Hat Linux... Installation Create disk arrays Refer to a www.3ware.com 63 Insert the 3ware driver installation diskette for use with full performance when created. After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. ...
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... versions (if there are multiple kernels). 1 Type: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy 64 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The advantage of drives). Linux Installation RAID 1 or 10 array result in the data from the files located on the 3ware CD-ROM. The user can be fault tolerant until the initialization is only one), or...
... versions (if there are multiple kernels). 1 Type: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy 64 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The advantage of drives). Linux Installation RAID 1 or 10 array result in the data from the files located on the 3ware CD-ROM. The user can be fault tolerant until the initialization is only one), or...
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...kernel string will copy (3w-xxxx.*) varies, depending on the kernel you are using the GRUB boot loader, skip to a file named 3w-xxxx.o. www.3ware.com 65 In the example above, the name of the module you will end in the previous example. Note: The first argument for initrd is... it isn't already there: alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-xxxx 4 Run mkinitrd by entering the following line to /etc/modules.conf, if it to Step 6. Red Hat Linux Installation 2 For Red Hat 2.4 kernels, type: cp For example: cp /mnt/rh80/3w-xxxx.* /lib/modules// kernel/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.o When prompted to ...
...kernel string will copy (3w-xxxx.*) varies, depending on the kernel you are using the GRUB boot loader, skip to a file named 3w-xxxx.o. www.3ware.com 65 In the example above, the name of the module you will end in the previous example. Note: The first argument for initrd is... it isn't already there: alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-xxxx 4 Run mkinitrd by entering the following line to /etc/modules.conf, if it to Step 6. Red Hat Linux Installation 2 For Red Hat 2.4 kernels, type: cp For example: cp /mnt/rh80/3w-xxxx.* /lib/modules// kernel/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.o When prompted to ...
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...in the /src sub-directory.) 2 Copy the driver source from makefile. During reboot, the new ATA RAID controller should be similar to: Added linux * 6 Afterwards, halt the system, add the ATA RAID controller and reboot. Compiling the Driver (For experts only) If you wish to compile the driver yourself (...except SMP. Linux Installation If you are using the LILO boot loader, run LILO to update the boot record on the Linux system. 3 Untar the driver source with the latest compiled driver and is 3w-xxxx.o To build SMP module, type: 66 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
...in the /src sub-directory.) 2 Copy the driver source from makefile. During reboot, the new ATA RAID controller should be similar to: Added linux * 6 Afterwards, halt the system, add the ATA RAID controller and reboot. Compiling the Driver (For experts only) If you wish to compile the driver yourself (...except SMP. Linux Installation If you are using the LILO boot loader, run LILO to update the boot record on the Linux system. 3 Untar the driver source with the latest compiled driver and is 3w-xxxx.o To build SMP module, type: 66 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
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...being compared to the other drive (or set of up to ten minutes. www.3ware.com 67 After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to a RAID 1 or 10 array result in order to use the RAID 5 array immediately. In RAID 10 arrays, data from one half of the array is copied to the other drive... used immediately, but it does to write zeroes to the array. Initialization results in the BIOS by writing zeroes to all array members. Red Hat Linux Installation make smp -f Makefile.rh The file created is 3w-xxxx.smp To build Enterprise module, type: make ent -f Makefile.rh The file created...
...being compared to the other drive (or set of up to ten minutes. www.3ware.com 67 After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to a RAID 1 or 10 array result in order to use the RAID 5 array immediately. In RAID 10 arrays, data from one half of the array is copied to the other drive... used immediately, but it does to write zeroes to the array. Initialization results in the BIOS by writing zeroes to all array members. Red Hat Linux Installation make smp -f Makefile.rh The file created is 3w-xxxx.smp To build Enterprise module, type: make ent -f Makefile.rh The file created...
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... utility Refer to the "Readme.txt" file on the 3ware CD-ROM for directions.) 68 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide SuSE Linux Installation Note: Release 7.7 of the 3ware code set the boot order according to how you wish to upgrade to a newer 3ware Escalade Linux driver, please refer to create a 3ware Linux Driver Installation Diskette from a different device (page 70).
... utility Refer to the "Readme.txt" file on the 3ware CD-ROM for directions.) 68 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide SuSE Linux Installation Note: Release 7.7 of the 3ware code set the boot order according to how you wish to upgrade to a newer 3ware Escalade Linux driver, please refer to create a 3ware Linux Driver Installation Diskette from a different device (page 70).
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...The first time the array is verified (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM), the array is copied to perform the installation using the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as a boot device. After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to a RAID 1 or 10 array result in data from one disk (the ...drive connected to all array members. Disconnecting the IDE drive while installing Linux will need to be prompted to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Safe Mode option. RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to the other drive (or set of ...
...The first time the array is verified (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM), the array is copied to perform the installation using the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as a boot device. After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to a RAID 1 or 10 array result in data from one disk (the ...drive connected to all array members. Disconnecting the IDE drive while installing Linux will need to be prompted to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Safe Mode option. RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to the other drive (or set of ...
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... does to write zeroes to use the RAID 5 array immediately. Linux Installation this is complete. The disadvantage of this procedure is that it takes longer for supported versions. 1 Edit /etc/sysconfig/kernel and make sure the file contains the following line: INITRD_MODULES="3w-xxxx" 70 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide If you are using...
... does to write zeroes to use the RAID 5 array immediately. Linux Installation this is complete. The disadvantage of this procedure is that it takes longer for supported versions. 1 Edit /etc/sysconfig/kernel and make sure the file contains the following line: INITRD_MODULES="3w-xxxx" 70 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide If you are using...
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... the driver source with the command, tar zxfp 3w-xxxx.tgz. 3 You must have a full Linux kernel source tree in /usr/src/linux in order to do the compile. 4 To build UP module boot to desired UP kernel, type:...or after 3w-xxxx, depending on the installation. SuSE Linux Installation Note: Other modules may see entries like reiserfs, ext3 or scsi_mod. You may be similar to: Added linux * Compiling the Driver (For experts only) If you... into a working directory. mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy cp /mnt/linux/suse/i386-/modules/3w-xxxx.o to : /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.o www...
... the driver source with the command, tar zxfp 3w-xxxx.tgz. 3 You must have a full Linux kernel source tree in /usr/src/linux in order to do the compile. 4 To build UP module boot to desired UP kernel, type:...or after 3w-xxxx, depending on the installation. SuSE Linux Installation Note: Other modules may see entries like reiserfs, ext3 or scsi_mod. You may be similar to: Added linux * Compiling the Driver (For experts only) If you... into a working directory. mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy cp /mnt/linux/suse/i386-/modules/3w-xxxx.o to : /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.o www...
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If you are using the 3ware Command Line Interface, refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. Linux Installation Install and run 3DM disk management utility Refer to the 3ware CLI User Guide. 72 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
If you are using the 3ware Command Line Interface, refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. Linux Installation Install and run 3DM disk management utility Refer to the 3ware CLI User Guide. 72 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
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... view status and version information about your Escalade ATA RAID Controller. 3DM alerts you when a disk array needs maintenance and you can send an e-mail to the following sections for more information: Windows Installation page 80 Linux Installation page 81 Checking Array Status page..., use the 3ware CLI (command line interface) available from 3DM when the ATA RAID controller requires attention, such as a hot spare or launch the rebuild process. 3DM Disk Management Utility The 3DM disk management utility, allows you to the network containing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller.
... view status and version information about your Escalade ATA RAID Controller. 3DM alerts you when a disk array needs maintenance and you can send an e-mail to the following sections for more information: Windows Installation page 80 Linux Installation page 81 Checking Array Status page..., use the 3ware CLI (command line interface) available from 3DM when the ATA RAID controller requires attention, such as a hot spare or launch the rebuild process. 3DM Disk Management Utility The 3DM disk management utility, allows you to the network containing the Escalade ATA RAID Controller.
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...the installation (recommended). You can run 3DM later by selecting 3DM from the Start menu. Linux 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 CD-ROM disk: mount /dev/cdrom Note:.../cdrom www.3ware.com 81 To 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 the option of your email client. Linux Installation administrator ...
...the installation (recommended). You can run 3DM later by selecting 3DM from the Start menu. Linux 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 CD-ROM disk: mount /dev/cdrom Note:.../cdrom www.3ware.com 81 To 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 the option of your email client. Linux Installation administrator ...
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...Disk Management Utility 3 Change the directory and run the install script: For Red Hat Linux: cd /mnt/cdrom/linux/3dm ./install.3dm For SuSE Linux: cd /cdrom/linux/3dm ./install.3dm You will receive the e-mail notification (typically the system administrator)....who will be separated by a comma: Would you would like 3DM connection security to limit connections to install the Escalade driver and/ or 3DM. To enter multiple e-mail addresses, each address must be prompted with the a series... the CD-ROM disk when finished: cd /home eject cdrom 82 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
...Disk Management Utility 3 Change the directory and run the install script: For Red Hat Linux: cd /mnt/cdrom/linux/3dm ./install.3dm For SuSE Linux: cd /cdrom/linux/3dm ./install.3dm You will receive the e-mail notification (typically the system administrator)....who will be separated by a comma: Would you would like 3DM connection security to limit connections to install the Escalade driver and/ or 3DM. To enter multiple e-mail addresses, each address must be prompted with the a series... the CD-ROM disk when finished: cd /home eject cdrom 82 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide