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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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... Support and Services 112 Sales and ordering information 113 Feedback on this manual 113 Index 115 www.3ware.com iii 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 81 Uninstalling 3DM ...
... Support and Services 112 Sales and ordering information 113 Feedback on this manual 113 Index 115 www.3ware.com iii 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 81 Uninstalling 3DM ...
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.... Figure 27. Figure 11. Figure 17. 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 27. Figure 11. Figure 17. 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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...-4, 8500-8 and 8500-12 are all PCI 64-bit / 33MHz. ■ 8506-4LP, 8506-8, 8506-12, 8506-8MI, and 8506-12MI are 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 Serial ATA 150 (SATA I) drives. Redhat, SuSE...
...-4, 8500-8 and 8500-12 are all PCI 64-bit / 33MHz. ■ 8506-4LP, 8506-8, 8506-12, 8506-8MI, and 8506-12MI are 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 Serial ATA 150 (SATA I) drives. Redhat, SuSE...
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... with the following : 3DM, Drivers and 3ware Escalade User Guide (.pdf format) ■ 3ware Release Notes ■ 3ware Installation Guide www.3ware.com 3 CRC protection for assistance. ■ 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 an ESD-protective...
... with the following : 3DM, Drivers and 3ware Escalade User Guide (.pdf format) ■ 3ware Release Notes ■ 3ware Installation Guide www.3ware.com 3 CRC protection for assistance. ■ 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 an ESD-protective...
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... latency and only one another. 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 O/S compatibility and easy installation ■ Browser-based 3ware Disk Manager (3DM) utility with local and remote.... Further, a single drive failure can bring new levels of reliability to make the data available. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down.
... latency and only one another. 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 O/S compatibility and easy installation ■ Browser-based 3ware Disk Manager (3DM) utility with local and remote.... Further, a single drive failure can bring new levels of reliability to make the data available. Introduction Unmatched reliability and performance The Escalade 7000 and 8000 series of ATA RAID Controllers bring the entire storage system down.
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... closest to the type of the controller. Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller Install the two, four, eight, or twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controller in an available PCI slot. cd / umount /mnt Note: When specifying multiple e-mail addresses for notification, separate e-mail addresses using a comma. Step 2. Step 3. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to...
... closest to the type of the controller. Install the Escalade ATA RAID Controller Install the two, four, eight, or twelve port Escalade ATA RAID Controller in an available PCI slot. cd / umount /mnt Note: When specifying multiple e-mail addresses for notification, separate e-mail addresses using a comma. Step 2. Step 3. Install system drivers The Escalade ATA RAID Controller drivers must be installed according to...
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.../Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 23. 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 LM30 Disk Arrays: *Array Unit 1 - 2 drive Mirror...
.../Deselect F6 Restore Initial Values Esc Cancel F8 Done Figure 23. 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 LM30 Disk Arrays: *Array Unit 1 - 2 drive Mirror...
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... clean shutdown. When the initialization is called "RAID Disk". 4 Click the boxes in 3DM, but cannot be paused using the scheduling feature in front of the mirror are redundant again. 3ware's auto-init feature determines if this port. During driver startup, a flag is rewritten, indicating that... the information on both drives is accurate, initialization of a mirrored or RAID 5 array If a hot spare is specified and the...
... clean shutdown. When the initialization is called "RAID Disk". 4 Click the boxes in 3DM, but cannot be paused using the scheduling feature in front of the mirror are redundant again. 3ware's auto-init feature determines if this port. During driver startup, a flag is rewritten, indicating that... the information on both drives is accurate, initialization of a mirrored or RAID 5 array If a hot spare is specified and the...
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... errors' option. 6 Select Rebuild. 7 Press F8 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 not started in the 3ware BIOS, the new drive cannot be used to remove a JBOD unit and add it is made into...+ 3 at Boot time to enter 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. Rebuild starts about 10 minutes after the driver loads in the operating system. You ...
... errors' option. 6 Select Rebuild. 7 Press F8 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 not started in the 3ware BIOS, the new drive cannot be used to remove a JBOD unit and add it is made into...+ 3 at Boot time to enter 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. Rebuild starts about 10 minutes after the driver loads in the operating system. You ...
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...The driver or the operating system cannot be installed unless you have administrator privileges for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. 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 ... Administrative Tools menu. 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. Note: Throughout this chapter, the screenshots show Windows 2000. Boot the machine Continue with...
...The driver or the operating system cannot be installed unless you have administrator privileges for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. 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 ... Administrative Tools menu. 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. Note: Throughout this chapter, the screenshots show Windows 2000. Boot the machine Continue with...
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..."Press F6 if you need additional instructions. www.3ware.com 47 Press Enter to select it. 5 Press S if you have an additional disk ATA RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. 4 A box with 3ware ATA RAID Controller is at this point.There are no instructions after... installing the driver that are specific to add. Installing with the normal Windows 2000/...
..."Press F6 if you need additional instructions. www.3ware.com 47 Press Enter to select it. 5 Press S if you have an additional disk ATA RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. 4 A box with 3ware ATA RAID Controller is at this point.There are no instructions after... installing the driver that are specific to add. Installing with the normal Windows 2000/...
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...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. RAID 1 and 10 arrays are not initialized when created and are immediately initialized after a delay of this is that the...takes longer to initialize an array than it will not be used immediately, but it does to write zeroes to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide b Choose Computer Management from one half of drives). The user can be fault tolerant until the initialization is that it takes...
...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. RAID 1 and 10 arrays are not initialized when created and are immediately initialized after a delay of this is that the...takes longer to initialize an array than it will not be used immediately, but it does to write zeroes to the array. 48 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide b Choose Computer Management from one half of drives). The user can be fault tolerant until the initialization is that it takes...
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... 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. Figure 24. 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 Materials required...
... 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. Figure 24. 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 Materials required...
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... Install From Disk dialog box. b Choose Computer Management from the Start menu. button, insert your 3ware driver diskette, and enter the path to Select a Device Driver, click the Have Disk... Initialization results in data from one drive (or set of this procedure is...can be used immediately, but it takes longer for use the RAID 5 array immediately. RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to all array members. RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Reboot the machine Log in order to the other...
... Install From Disk dialog box. b Choose Computer Management from the Start menu. button, insert your 3ware driver diskette, and enter the path to Select a Device Driver, click the Have Disk... Initialization results in data from one drive (or set of this procedure is...can be used immediately, but it takes longer for use the RAID 5 array immediately. RAID array initialization RAID 0 arrays do not need to all array members. RAID 5 arrays are immediately available for the 50 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Reboot the machine Log in order to the other...
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... and RAID Controllers selection. 7 Locate and double-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. The 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties pop-up menu appears. 8 Click on 3ware ATA RAID Controller. Your...
... and RAID Controllers selection. 7 Locate and double-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. The 3ware ATA RAID Controller Properties pop-up menu appears. 8 Click on 3ware ATA RAID Controller. Your...
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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... 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).
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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 Then click Next and follow the instructions. Figure 27. Windows Installation Figure 26.
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 Then click Next and follow the instructions. Figure 27. Windows Installation Figure 26.
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...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. www.3ware.com 55 Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the box. Figure... 28. If you are using Windows 2000, the path will be : D:\win2k. If you are using a driver diskette and your CD drive is A:\. button. For...
...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. www.3ware.com 55 Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the box. Figure... 28. If you are using Windows 2000, the path will be : D:\win2k. If you are using a driver diskette and your CD drive is A:\. button. For...
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Windows Installation Figure 29. Figure 30. Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31). Be sure to highlight it. The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). Click on Next. 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. Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
Windows Installation Figure 29. Figure 30. Install From Disk 4 The Select a Device Driver dialog box appears (see Figure 31). Be sure to highlight it. The Start Device Driver Installation screen appears (see Figure 30). Click on Next. 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. Select a Device Driver 56 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide