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Installation Guide 3ware® SATA RAID Controller Supports the 9000 Series PN 720-0117-01 March 2005
Installation Guide 3ware® SATA RAID Controller Supports the 9000 Series PN 720-0117-01 March 2005
Installation Guide
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...of any capacity or physical form factor. System Requirements Drives Depending on the particular model, the 3ware RAID controller may be connected to up to, four, eight, or twelve SATA drives using the open source Linux driver FreeBSD Other Requirements Adequate air ...flow and cooling Adequate power supply for serial ATA controllers. Operating System 3ware RAID controllers may be used with: Windows 2000 ...
...of any capacity or physical form factor. System Requirements Drives Depending on the particular model, the 3ware RAID controller may be connected to up to, four, eight, or twelve SATA drives using the open source Linux driver FreeBSD Other Requirements Adequate air ...flow and cooling Adequate power supply for serial ATA controllers. Operating System 3ware RAID controllers may be used with: Windows 2000 ...
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...Backup Unit) connector Figure 4. 4-Port 3ware 9500S-4 Serial ATA RAID Controller To connect serial cables to the controller 1 Take out the serial cables provided with the 3ware SATA RAID controller. 3ware serial controllers are supplied with the connector on the controller, matching the slotted key and carefully mate the connectors. 16 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Oddnumbered ports 1 and 3...of J3. I2C connector Serial ports are located below evennumbered ports 0 and 2. Installing the Hardware LED indicators for each port on the controller.
...Backup Unit) connector Figure 4. 4-Port 3ware 9500S-4 Serial ATA RAID Controller To connect serial cables to the controller 1 Take out the serial cables provided with the 3ware SATA RAID controller. 3ware serial controllers are supplied with the connector on the controller, matching the slotted key and carefully mate the connectors. 16 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Oddnumbered ports 1 and 3...of J3. I2C connector Serial ports are located below evennumbered ports 0 and 2. Installing the Hardware LED indicators for each port on the controller.
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... "Check your hard drives), set the appropriate jumpers on Figure 1. Installing the Hardware 7 Press down gently on the edge of the 3ware RAID controller directly above the slot until it into the drive or drive carrier. For a discussion of whether to make these connections, see the... 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide. 5 Turn to enable staggered spinup and specify the staggered method (ATA-6 or SATA OOB) in the computer chassis or hot swap carriers, install them now. Be sure ...
... "Check your hard drives), set the appropriate jumpers on Figure 1. Installing the Hardware 7 Press down gently on the edge of the 3ware RAID controller directly above the slot until it into the drive or drive carrier. For a discussion of whether to make these connections, see the... 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide. 5 Turn to enable staggered spinup and specify the staggered method (ATA-6 or SATA OOB) in the computer chassis or hot swap carriers, install them now. Be sure ...
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... cable supports up to four serial ATA ports. 1 Connect each interface cable to a multi-lane connector on the other end of the individual SATA connectors to a drive. 20 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide See Figure 5. Multi-lane Cable (InfiniBand 4x, SFF-8470) For use with a backplane that has individual...
... cable supports up to four serial ATA ports. 1 Connect each interface cable to a multi-lane connector on the other end of the individual SATA connectors to a drive. 20 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide See Figure 5. Multi-lane Cable (InfiniBand 4x, SFF-8470) For use with a backplane that has individual...
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... array 28 module names for RedHat Linux 71 motherboard boot sequence 51 multilane cable, with individual SATA connectors 20 multilane cable, with multilane connectors on each end (847) 20 P PCI slots 8 R RAID concepts and levels 28 RAID level to use, determining 31 Red Hat Linux, installing driver under 68 RedHat kernel strings 71... 10 Troubleshooting 97 troubleshooting 97 U units configuring 27, 40 initializing 49 W Warranty 112 Windows, installing driver under 53 write cache, enabling or disabling 43 118 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
... array 28 module names for RedHat Linux 71 motherboard boot sequence 51 multilane cable, with individual SATA connectors 20 multilane cable, with multilane connectors on each end (847) 20 P PCI slots 8 R RAID concepts and levels 28 RAID level to use, determining 31 Red Hat Linux, installing driver under 68 RedHat kernel strings 71... 10 Troubleshooting 97 troubleshooting 97 U units configuring 27, 40 initializing 49 W Warranty 112 Windows, installing driver under 53 write cache, enabling or disabling 43 118 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
CLI Guide
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...Wherever possible, commands are labeled to 3ware 9000 series controllers are labeled as such. For all of the functions of controllers. 1 Introduction to models 9500S, and are labeled as such and are not supported for managing 3ware RAID Controllers. This chapter includes the following ... few commands apply only to the 3ware Command Line Interface The 3ware SATA RAID Controller Command Line Interface (CLI) manages multiple 7000, 8000, and 9000-series 3ware ATA and Serial ATA RAID controllers via a command line or script. It provides controller, logical unit, drive, enclosure, and...
...Wherever possible, commands are labeled to 3ware 9000 series controllers are labeled as such. For all of the functions of controllers. 1 Introduction to models 9500S, and are labeled as such and are not supported for managing 3ware RAID Controllers. This chapter includes the following ... few commands apply only to the 3ware Command Line Interface The 3ware SATA RAID Controller Command Line Interface (CLI) manages multiple 7000, 8000, and 9000-series 3ware ATA and Serial ATA RAID controllers via a command line or script. It provides controller, logical unit, drive, enclosure, and...
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... 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 2C Note: The SMART data is not decoded. NA /c0/p0 SATA Link Speed Supported = 1.5 Gb/s /c0/p0 SATA Link Speed = 1.5 Gb/s /c0/p0 NCQ Supported = No /c0/p0 NCQ Enabled = No /c0/p0 Belongs to the specified port is present... 13 D8 03 00 00 00 09 32 ... 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 8D 80 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide Chapter 2. CLI Syntax Reference Example: //localhost> /c0/p5 show all port-related attributes: status, model, serial, firmware, capacity, and smart...
... 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 2C Note: The SMART data is not decoded. NA /c0/p0 SATA Link Speed Supported = 1.5 Gb/s /c0/p0 SATA Link Speed = 1.5 Gb/s /c0/p0 NCQ Supported = No /c0/p0 NCQ Enabled = No /c0/p0 Belongs to the specified port is present... 13 D8 03 00 00 00 09 32 ... 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 8D 80 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide Chapter 2. CLI Syntax Reference Example: //localhost> /c0/p5 show all port-related attributes: status, model, serial, firmware, capacity, and smart...
User Guide
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... initialization of redundant unit for immediate availability Support for legacy and SATA II OOB staggered drive spin-up Emergency flash recovery protects against power failure during firmware upgrades RAID 50 support, which can preserve the contents of the 9000 series. Note:... the JBOD drives to another drive, create Single-disk units from a 7000/8000 series RAID controller to a 9000-series RAID controller, you want to use these drives for online capacity expansion and RAID migration in the future, 3ware recommends that meets the Plug and Play and PC99 specifications...
... initialization of redundant unit for immediate availability Support for legacy and SATA II OOB staggered drive spin-up Emergency flash recovery protects against power failure during firmware upgrades RAID 50 support, which can preserve the contents of the 9000 series. Note:... the JBOD drives to another drive, create Single-disk units from a 7000/8000 series RAID controller to a 9000-series RAID controller, you want to use these drives for online capacity expansion and RAID migration in the future, 3ware recommends that meets the Plug and Play and PC99 specifications...
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...PCI or PCI-X slot for drives 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) displays information in a browser. It requires the following: Internet Explorer 5.5 and later or Mozilla 1.2 or later JavaScript must be enabled Cookies must meet serial ATA (SATA-1) 150 Gb/s standards, but may be 1024...the supplied interface cables. The length of shielded and unshielded interface cables may not exceed 1M (39") for serial ATA controllers. Operating System 3ware RAID controllers may be of Linux using the open source Linux driver FreeBSD Other Requirements Adequate air ...
...PCI or PCI-X slot for drives 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) displays information in a browser. It requires the following: Internet Explorer 5.5 and later or Mozilla 1.2 or later JavaScript must be enabled Cookies must meet serial ATA (SATA-1) 150 Gb/s standards, but may be 1024...the supplied interface cables. The length of shielded and unshielded interface cables may not exceed 1M (39") for serial ATA controllers. Operating System 3ware RAID controllers may be of Linux using the open source Linux driver FreeBSD Other Requirements Adequate air ...
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... of drives. If your drives support the SATA OOB method, select that will be disabled if the unit degrades. Selecting No will cause the unit and disk drive write cache to set 76 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Configuring Your Controller Setting Policies for a Controller through 3BM 3BM allows you should be...
... of drives. If your drives support the SATA OOB method, select that will be disabled if the unit degrades. Selecting No will cause the unit and disk drive write cache to set 76 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Configuring Your Controller Setting Policies for a Controller through 3BM 3BM allows you should be...
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...: Select the number of drives-from 1 to 6. Staggered Method: Select either ATA-6 or SATA OOB as the type of staggered spinup you want to use the arrow keys to select Yes, and ...support the selected method. 3 Tab to Disable Write Cache on page 91. If case of the 3ware RAID configuration. For more information about enabling and disabling the write cache, see"Enabling and Disabling the ...unit degrades 1 At the main 3BM screen, Tab to Policy and press Enter. 2 On the Policy Control screen, Tab to the OK button and press Enter. Setting Policies for a particular unit. You will ...
...: Select the number of drives-from 1 to 6. Staggered Method: Select either ATA-6 or SATA OOB as the type of staggered spinup you want to use the arrow keys to select Yes, and ...support the selected method. 3 Tab to Disable Write Cache on page 91. If case of the 3ware RAID configuration. For more information about enabling and disabling the write cache, see"Enabling and Disabling the ...unit degrades 1 At the main 3BM screen, Tab to Policy and press Enter. 2 On the Policy Control screen, Tab to the OK button and press Enter. Setting Policies for a particular unit. You will ...
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... driver are running. (Windows XP steps begin on the applicable 3ware Escalade Series SATA RAID Controller. After your system as system administrator. 4 From the Start menu, click Settings and open the Control Panel window. 5 In the Control Panel window, double-click on the System icon. 6 Click... tab. 7 Open the SCSI and RAID Controllers selection. 8 Locate and double-click on page 140.) To update the 3ware driver under Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The 3ware Escalade 9000 Series SATA RAID Controller Properties pop-up menu appears. www.3ware.com 135 To complete the installation with...
... driver are running. (Windows XP steps begin on the applicable 3ware Escalade Series SATA RAID Controller. After your system as system administrator. 4 From the Start menu, click Settings and open the Control Panel window. 5 In the Control Panel window, double-click on the System icon. 6 Click... tab. 7 Open the SCSI and RAID Controllers selection. 8 Locate and double-click on page 140.) To update the 3ware driver under Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The 3ware Escalade 9000 Series SATA RAID Controller Properties pop-up menu appears. www.3ware.com 135 To complete the installation with...