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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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... 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 26. Figure 28. 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 26. Figure 28. 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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Figure 47. Figure 45. 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 43. Figure 46. Figure 49. Figure 44. 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 42. Figure 41. Figure 48.
Figure 47. Figure 45. 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 43. Figure 46. Figure 49. Figure 44. 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 42. Figure 41. Figure 48.
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...7850 (now 7500-8), and 7210 ■ True Hardware RAID. To ensure your personal safety and protect your RAID data storage and management system. Before You Begin Congratulations on selecting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as your equipment and data, carefully read the information that..., are all PCI 64-bit / 66MHz. ■ Management. 3DM® Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface www.3ware.com 1 Low CPU Utilization ■ RAID Support. This user guide gives simple, step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring your Escalade ATA RAID Controller.
...7850 (now 7500-8), and 7210 ■ True Hardware RAID. To ensure your personal safety and protect your RAID data storage and management system. Before You Begin Congratulations on selecting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as your equipment and data, carefully read the information that..., are all PCI 64-bit / 66MHz. ■ Management. 3DM® Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface www.3ware.com 1 Low CPU Utilization ■ RAID Support. This user guide gives simple, step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring your Escalade ATA RAID Controller.
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... and Windows Server 2003 ■ 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. PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant ■ Windows Support. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. ...all PCI 64-bit / 66MHz. ■ Management. 3DM Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface ■ BIOS. 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. 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. PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant ■ Windows Support. Version 4.8 ■ Performance. ...all PCI 64-bit / 66MHz. ■ Management. 3DM Disk Management Utility or 3ware Command Line Interface ■ BIOS. 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,...
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..., 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. You will need to -serial converter must be used...
..., 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. You will need to -serial converter must be used...
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... Tools Required ■ An ESD grounding strap or mat ■ Standard hand tools to open your array configuration. 4 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Note: For all Escalade 750x and 850x models, and for 7006-2 and 8006-2, install the card in 66 MHz, 100 MHz, or 133 MHz PCI-X slots. For the... Escalade 7506 and 8506, install the card in this package or removing the protective covers of the hardware in a 66MHz...
... Tools Required ■ An ESD grounding strap or mat ■ Standard hand tools to open your array configuration. 4 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Note: For all Escalade 750x and 850x models, and for 7006-2 and 8006-2, install the card in 66 MHz, 100 MHz, or 133 MHz PCI-X slots. For the... Escalade 7506 and 8506, install the card in this package or removing the protective covers of the hardware in a 66MHz...
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...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 properly grounded. ■ Handle the ATA RAID Controller by its edges or by the black rail and metal bracket... at its protective bag until you from fans or heat sinks in the system case. www.3ware.com 5 Ensure that they do not impede the flow of...
...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 properly grounded. ■ Handle the ATA RAID Controller by its edges or by the black rail and metal bracket... at its protective bag until you from fans or heat sinks in the system case. www.3ware.com 5 Ensure that they do not impede the flow of...
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... 3ware has implemented Advanced Data Protection (ADP) features that drive unavailable and the rest of the storage system remains undisturbed. 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 series uses a non-blocking switched architecture to make the data available. Some of the Escalade features and benefits include:...
... 3ware has implemented Advanced Data Protection (ADP) features that drive unavailable and the rest of the storage system remains undisturbed. 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 series uses a non-blocking switched architecture to make the data available. Some of the Escalade features and benefits include:...
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... fault tolerance and performance; The stripe size is user configurable at 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K or 1M. 8 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Striped disk arrays achieve high transfer rates because they can exist on one card ■ Multiple card support... supports booting from the array ■ Multiple logical volumes and RAID levels can read or write data on 3ware's 4th generation network switched architecture, the 8000 series are configured in a striped disk array (see Figure 1), the Escalade ATA RAID Controller distributes large files across the multiple disks using...
... fault tolerance and performance; The stripe size is user configurable at 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K or 1M. 8 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Striped disk arrays achieve high transfer rates because they can exist on one card ■ Multiple card support... supports booting from the array ■ Multiple logical volumes and RAID levels can read or write data on 3ware's 4th generation network switched architecture, the 8000 series are configured in a striped disk array (see Figure 1), the Escalade ATA RAID Controller distributes large files across the multiple disks using...
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... 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Parity information is distributed across all other RAID configurations that offer data striping, except for RAID 1, RAID 5 stripe size is available on a single disk (see Figure 4). You can tolerate the loss of a RAID 5 array having less than being concentrated on the four, eight, and twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controllers Figure 3. RAID 10 Configuration Example RAID...
... 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Parity information is distributed across all other RAID configurations that offer data striping, except for RAID 1, RAID 5 stripe size is available on a single disk (see Figure 4). You can tolerate the loss of a RAID 5 array having less than being concentrated on the four, eight, and twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controllers Figure 3. RAID 10 Configuration Example RAID...
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... of the Features register equal to D5h), and SMART READ DATA (B0h with Escalade 750x and 8508 ATA RAID Controllers. This command is issued 24 hours after the Escalade controller is timed www.3ware.com 11 S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) adds monitoring and...R5 Fusion technology. This 24 hour wait period is powered up. This performance improvement is checked on the RAID controller. SMART data is applicable to the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapter. RAID 5 0 parity A1 A2 A3 A4 A Blocks B0 1 parity B2 B3 B4 B Blocks C0 ...
... of the Features register equal to D5h), and SMART READ DATA (B0h with Escalade 750x and 8508 ATA RAID Controllers. This command is issued 24 hours after the Escalade controller is timed www.3ware.com 11 S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) adds monitoring and...R5 Fusion technology. This 24 hour wait period is powered up. This performance improvement is checked on the RAID controller. SMART data is applicable to the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapter. RAID 5 0 parity A1 A2 A3 A4 A Blocks B0 1 parity B2 B3 B4 B Blocks C0 ...
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... Utility chapter for spin up . If any disk drive connected to the 3ware controller. These commands are issued independent of it. To remotely access 3DM, you are rewritten with the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. 3DM supports hot spare and hot swap for media errors on any of...mirrored array, you can use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility. Hot swap is logged to the 3DM Alarms page. Introduction internally in the background on the Escalade ATA RAID Controller's host and allows you to monitor the controller and maintain the ATA RAID arrays and drives locally or remotely...
... Utility chapter for spin up . If any disk drive connected to the 3ware controller. These commands are issued independent of it. To remotely access 3DM, you are rewritten with the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. 3DM supports hot spare and hot swap for media errors on any of...mirrored array, you can use the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility. Hot swap is logged to the 3DM Alarms page. Introduction internally in the background on the Escalade ATA RAID Controller's host and allows you to monitor the controller and maintain the ATA RAID arrays and drives locally or remotely...
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...operating system. in the boot sequence, then press Alt-3 to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller Install the two, four, eight, or twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controller in an available PCI slot. Linux mount /dev/cdrom /mnt cd /... 3DM for Windows or Linux from the 3DM installation CD-ROM. Step 1. Slots closest to the type of the controller. www.3ware.com 15 Operating systems supporting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller include: ■ Windows 2000 (SP3 or newer), XP (SP1 or newer), or 2003 ■ Red Hat...
...operating system. in the boot sequence, then press Alt-3 to activate the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility at boot time. Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller Install the two, four, eight, or twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controller in an available PCI slot. Linux mount /dev/cdrom /mnt cd /... 3DM for Windows or Linux from the 3DM installation CD-ROM. Step 1. Slots closest to the type of the controller. www.3ware.com 15 Operating systems supporting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller include: ■ Windows 2000 (SP3 or newer), XP (SP1 or newer), or 2003 ■ Red Hat...
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... the power cord from the outlet. 3 Open the computer case according to the manufacturer's instructions. 4 Disconnect the disks from the existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller installed in your computer or the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. 3ware Hardware Installation Warning: Before proceeding with hardware installation, read the Before You Begin section that a plug-to-plug replacement is followed...
... the power cord from the outlet. 3 Open the computer case according to the manufacturer's instructions. 4 Disconnect the disks from the existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller installed in your computer or the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. 3ware Hardware Installation Warning: Before proceeding with hardware installation, read the Before You Begin section that a plug-to-plug replacement is followed...
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... any I/ O activity on any port. 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 Installing a Parallel ATA RAID Controller Note: If you are ground Plug cable to either pins 1 and 2 or...
... any I/ O activity on any port. 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 Installing a Parallel ATA RAID Controller Note: If you are ground Plug cable to either pins 1 and 2 or...
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...controller. For 2 and 4 port controllers, align the ATA RAID Controller cable so that the colored line is toward the top edge of the controller card. Hint: Cable routing may be used to secure the ATA RAID Controller... give the best performance. Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the computer 1 If the computer... connected to the ATA RAID Controller and the black end must be easier ... metal filler bracket for the ATA RAID Controller. In our laboratories, we have...80-conductor ribbon cables. Installing a Parallel ATA RAID Controller Note: UltraATA-100 and UltraATA-133 drives require ...
...controller. For 2 and 4 port controllers, align the ATA RAID Controller cable so that the colored line is toward the top edge of the controller card. Hint: Cable routing may be used to secure the ATA RAID Controller... give the best performance. Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller in the computer 1 If the computer... connected to the ATA RAID Controller and the black end must be easier ... metal filler bracket for the ATA RAID Controller. In our laboratories, we have...80-conductor ribbon cables. Installing a Parallel ATA RAID Controller Note: UltraATA-100 and UltraATA-133 drives require ...