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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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... Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement 109 Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL 110 European Community Conformity Statement 110 Appendix B. Compiling the Driver (For experts only 77 3DM Disk Management Utility 79 Windows Installation 80 Installing 3DM for Windows 2000/XP/2003 80 Linux Installation ...A. Warranty, Technical Support and Service 111 Limited 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...
... Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement 109 Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL 110 European Community Conformity Statement 110 Appendix B. Compiling the Driver (For experts only 77 3DM Disk Management Utility 79 Windows Installation 80 Installing 3DM for Windows 2000/XP/2003 80 Linux Installation ...A. Warranty, Technical Support and Service 111 Limited 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...
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.... Figure 25. Figure 29. Figure 38. 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 Main...
.... Figure 25. Figure 29. Figure 38. 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 Main...
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... ATA Command Readback, S.M.A.R.T. Serial ATA 150 (SATA I) drives. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.) ■ FreeBSD. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Windows 2000 with SP3 or newer, Windows XP..., 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, 8506-8, 8506-12, 8506-8MI, and 8506-12MI. ■ True Hardware RAID. Parallel UltraDMA 133 and UltraDMA 100...
... ATA Command Readback, S.M.A.R.T. Serial ATA 150 (SATA I) drives. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.) ■ FreeBSD. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers 2 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Version 4.8 ■ Performance. Windows 2000 with SP3 or newer, Windows XP..., 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, 8506-8, 8506-12, 8506-8MI, and 8506-12MI. ■ True Hardware RAID. Parallel UltraDMA 133 and UltraDMA 100...
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... are not included): Escalade 7000 series Parallel ATA RAID Controller ■ Escalade Parallel ATA RAID Controller in an ESD-protective bag ■ ATA interface cables (one per port) ■ 3ware installation media 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. Package...
... are not included): Escalade 7000 series Parallel ATA RAID Controller ■ Escalade Parallel ATA RAID Controller in an ESD-protective bag ■ ATA interface cables (one per port) ■ 3ware installation media 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. Package...
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...RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series uses a non-blocking switched architecture to isolate the drives 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 In addition, 3ware... 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 loss. In this scenario, SCSI RAID ...
...RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down. The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series uses a non-blocking switched architecture to isolate the drives 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 In addition, 3ware... 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 loss. In this scenario, SCSI RAID ...
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... /mnt Note: When specifying multiple e-mail addresses for WEB monitoring. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to the Accelerated Graphics Port give the best performance. Install 3DM Install 3DM for Windows or Linux from Run... www.3ware.com 15 Slots closest to the type of installation and the operating...
... /mnt Note: When specifying multiple e-mail addresses for WEB monitoring. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to the Accelerated Graphics Port give the best performance. Install 3DM Install 3DM for Windows or Linux from Run... www.3ware.com 15 Slots closest to the type of installation and the operating...
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...Rebuild Array Status Display, RAID 1 Example 11 Press F8 to continue. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - 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 QUANTUM FIREBALLP ...and press Enter. 10 Navigate to and select the OK button to save your requested array and member drives. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB REBUILDING (after F8) 30.0GB 30...
...Rebuild Array Status Display, RAID 1 Example 11 Press F8 to continue. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - 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 QUANTUM FIREBALLP ...and press Enter. 10 Navigate to and select the OK button to save your requested array and member drives. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Available Drives: Port 2 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB REBUILDING (after F8) 30.0GB 30...
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... in front of a mirrored or RAID 5 array If a hot spare is specified and the mirrored or RAID 5 array degrades, an event notification is generated and the hot spare dynamically replaces the failed drive in front of the mirror are redundant again. 3ware's auto-init feature determines if this...Select Rebuild. If your system has hot swap carriers: 1 Remove the disk while the system is complete. When the initialization is required. During driver startup, a flag is rewritten, indicating that there was removed. Click on Remove Drive. 3 Add another drive and click on power failure A...
... in front of a mirrored or RAID 5 array If a hot spare is specified and the mirrored or RAID 5 array degrades, an event notification is generated and the hot spare dynamically replaces the failed drive in front of the mirror are redundant again. 3ware's auto-init feature determines if this...Select Rebuild. If your system has hot swap carriers: 1 Remove the disk while the system is complete. When the initialization is required. During driver startup, a flag is rewritten, indicating that there was removed. Click on Remove Drive. 3 Add another drive and click on power failure A...
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... source disks, then indicate this drive. You can use the CLI to remove a JBOD unit and add it is not started in the operating system. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 2 Add a different disk drive to rebuild the array. 3 Press Alt + 3 at Boot time to enter.... Rebuild starts about 10 minutes after the driver loads in the 3ware BIOS, the new drive cannot be used to rebuild the degraded array unless it back as a single disk (JBOD) to the operating system. For more information, see the 3ware CLI User's Guide. 44 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Note: If the rebuild is...
... source disks, then indicate this drive. You can use the CLI to remove a JBOD unit and add it is not started in the operating system. 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 2 Add a different disk drive to rebuild the array. 3 Press Alt + 3 at Boot time to enter.... Rebuild starts about 10 minutes after the driver loads in the 3ware BIOS, the new drive cannot be used to rebuild the degraded array unless it back as a single disk (JBOD) to the operating system. For more information, see the 3ware CLI User's Guide. 44 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Note: If the rebuild is...
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...the steps that the user upgrade to assign a drive letter. 46 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Note: Throughout this chapter, the screenshots show Windows 2000. If your system. Windows Installation Note: 3ware supports released versions of Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 only. Installing ...with the following steps to make the new disk array or independent disk accessible 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...
...the steps that the user upgrade to assign a drive letter. 46 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Note: Throughout this chapter, the screenshots show Windows 2000. If your system. Windows Installation Note: 3ware supports released versions of Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 only. Installing ...with the following steps to make the new disk array or independent disk accessible 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...
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.... Otherwise, press Enter. Refer to add. Continue with Windows installation Continue with 3ware ATA RAID Controller is at the Microsoft website. press S to specify that you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" appears at the bottom of one or more mass storage devices or 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...
.... Otherwise, press Enter. Refer to add. Continue with Windows installation Continue with 3ware ATA RAID Controller is at the Microsoft website. press S to specify that you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" appears at the bottom of one or more mass storage devices or 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...
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... it does to write zeroes to use the RAID 5 array immediately. Once booted to the operating system, if the RAID 5 array was not fully initialized in order to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The disadvantage of this is that the RAID 5 array can reboot the system before this ... any new disk arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows 2000/XP/2003. 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes to all array members. After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to a RAID 1 or 10 array result in the BIOS by writing zeroes to restart the system. The ...
... it does to write zeroes to use the RAID 5 array immediately. Once booted to the operating system, if the RAID 5 array was not fully initialized in order to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide The disadvantage of this is that the RAID 5 array can reboot the system before this ... any new disk arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows 2000/XP/2003. 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes to all array members. After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to a RAID 1 or 10 array result in the BIOS by writing zeroes to restart the system. The ...
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... to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. 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 Install the...
... to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. 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 Install the...
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... arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows 2000/XP/2003. 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes to the other half. RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Once booted to the operating system, the RAID 5 array goes into initialization mode after being created in the BIOS by an...
... arrays or independent disks accessible to Windows 2000/XP/2003. 1 Remove the driver diskette, then select Yes to the other half. RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Once booted to the operating system, the RAID 5 array goes into initialization mode after being created in the BIOS by an...
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... on the Device Manager tab. 6 Open the SCSI and RAID Controllers selection. 7 Locate and double-click on the Driver tab (see Figure 25). 52 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Your system may not boot with a new version of the controller Caution: Install the correct driver (Escalade 7000/8000 ATA RAID Controller) for this and previous versions. Note: Upgrading to a new...
... on the Device Manager tab. 6 Open the SCSI and RAID Controllers selection. 7 Locate and double-click on the Driver tab (see Figure 25). 52 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Your system may not boot with a new version of the controller Caution: Install the correct driver (Escalade 7000/8000 ATA RAID Controller) for this and previous versions. Note: Upgrading to a new...
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button. 10 Click Next on the Update Driver... 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). www.3ware.com 53
button. 10 Click Next on the Update Driver... 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). www.3ware.com 53
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Windows Installation Figure 26. Then click Next and follow the instructions. Upgrade/Install Device Driver 54 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 27. 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."
Windows Installation Figure 26. Then click Next and follow the instructions. Upgrade/Install Device Driver 54 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 27. 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."
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Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of Windows you have. Figure 28. If you are using the 3ware CD, the path will be to the folder on the CD that has the name of the version of the controller 2 When the Select a Device Driver dialog appears (see Figure 28), ...click on the Have Disk... www.3ware.com 55 If you are using Windows 2000, the path will be : D:\win2k. Select a Device Driver 3 When the Install from Disk (Figure 29) dialog...
Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of Windows you have. Figure 28. If you are using the 3ware CD, the path will be to the folder on the CD that has the name of the version of the controller 2 When the Select a Device Driver dialog appears (see Figure 28), ...click on the Have Disk... www.3ware.com 55 If you are using Windows 2000, the path will be : D:\win2k. Select a Device Driver 3 When the Install from Disk (Figure 29) dialog...
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Windows Installation Figure 29. Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31). 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. The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). Figure 30. Be sure to highlight it. Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Click on Next.
Windows Installation Figure 29. Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31). 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. The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). Figure 30. Be sure to highlight it. Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Click on Next.