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...in a 64bit, 66MHz PCI or PCI-X slot for best performance. 2 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Anticipated upgrades include Enclosure Management Services (EMS). AMCC's remote management software, 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM®2) simplifies storage configuration and management via a.... Note: For all 3ware 9000 series models, install the card in writes with PCI 2.2 or above standards. PCI slot that meets the Plug and Play and PC99 specifications. About the 3ware RAID Controller An enhanced firmware platform allows future upgrades....
...in a 64bit, 66MHz PCI or PCI-X slot for best performance. 2 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Anticipated upgrades include Enclosure Management Services (EMS). AMCC's remote management software, 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM®2) simplifies storage configuration and management via a.... Note: For all 3ware 9000 series models, install the card in writes with PCI 2.2 or above standards. PCI slot that meets the Plug and Play and PC99 specifications. About the 3ware RAID Controller An enhanced firmware platform allows future upgrades....
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... Alt-3 immediately to bring up process for your system. 2 While the system is starting, watch for a screen similar to Figure 7. 3ware ATA RAID Controller: Escalade 9500S-12 BIOS: BE9X X.XX.XX.XXX Firmware: FE9X X.XX.XX.XXX Unit 0 Port 0 Port 1 Mirror - It includes the following sections: Starting the 3BM configuration ... your computer. IC35L120AVVA07-0 111.74GB 115.03 GB 115.03 GB Following drives will not be exported to access 3ware BIOS Manager ---- IC35L120AVVA07-0 115.03 GB Unconfigured Disk ----Press to OS: Port 2 - Configuring Units Working with the...
... Alt-3 immediately to bring up process for your system. 2 While the system is starting, watch for a screen similar to Figure 7. 3ware ATA RAID Controller: Escalade 9500S-12 BIOS: BE9X X.XX.XX.XXX Firmware: FE9X X.XX.XX.XXX Unit 0 Port 0 Port 1 Mirror - It includes the following sections: Starting the 3BM configuration ... your computer. IC35L120AVVA07-0 111.74GB 115.03 GB 115.03 GB Following drives will not be exported to access 3ware BIOS Manager ---- IC35L120AVVA07-0 115.03 GB Unconfigured Disk ----Press to OS: Port 2 - Configuring Units Working with the...
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... F6 Note: F6 cannot bring back previous policy settings; they can see the software versions (BIOS, Firmware, monitor), serial number, controller and model number, cache memory size, slot # of the 3ware card, and whether or not BBU-support is highlighted.] Display context sensitive help F1 or Alt+F1 ...If you have multiple 3ware Esc controllers in your system, return to the main 3ware BIOS Manager screen, from the Advanced Details screen Any key Move a highlighted unit up or down in the list...
... F6 Note: F6 cannot bring back previous policy settings; they can see the software versions (BIOS, Firmware, monitor), serial number, controller and model number, cache memory size, slot # of the 3ware card, and whether or not BBU-support is highlighted.] Display context sensitive help F1 or Alt+F1 ...If you have multiple 3ware Esc controllers in your system, return to the main 3ware BIOS Manager screen, from the Advanced Details screen Any key Move a highlighted unit up or down in the list...
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... Diskette If you are installing Windows, you must create a 3ware driver diskette. To create a driver diskette 1 Insert the 3ware software CD into your system. 2 When the 3ware Escalade Menu appears, click Driver and Firmware Disks. 54 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide If Windows is already installed on another drive.). Floppy diskette, to create...
... Diskette If you are installing Windows, you must create a 3ware driver diskette. To create a driver diskette 1 Insert the 3ware software CD into your system. 2 When the 3ware Escalade Menu appears, click Driver and Firmware Disks. 54 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide If Windows is already installed on another drive.). Floppy diskette, to create...
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... and Windows on a New Unit 3 In the 3ware Driver & Firmware Images menu, click the appropriate button to install Windows on a new drive configuration managed by the 3ware RAID controller, follow the instructions in this section. Note that Boots from the Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server...of the display. 2 When you need. Type S to specify that you have an additional 3ware RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. 4 When a box with AMCC 3ware Series ATA RAID Controller appears, press Enter to begin the process. Be sure to select the correct one or more ...
... and Windows on a New Unit 3 In the 3ware Driver & Firmware Images menu, click the appropriate button to install Windows on a new drive configuration managed by the 3ware RAID controller, follow the instructions in this section. Note that Boots from the Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server...of the display. 2 When you need. Type S to specify that you have an additional 3ware RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. 4 When a box with AMCC 3ware Series ATA RAID Controller appears, press Enter to begin the process. Be sure to select the correct one or more ...
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... installed in this CD. 3ware web site. For more information, see 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide. You can download the latest compiled and tested driver for RedHat or SuSE Linux from the 3ware web site at www.kernel.org, those drivers do not include the firmware image, which updates the BIOS...
... installed in this CD. 3ware web site. For more information, see 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide. You can download the latest compiled and tested driver for RedHat or SuSE Linux from the 3ware web site at www.kernel.org, those drivers do not include the firmware image, which updates the BIOS...
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... When the 3ware Escalade Menu appears, click the Driver & Firmware Disks button. 3 In the 3ware Driver & Firmware Disk Images menu, click the button for the driver disk you want to begin creating the driver floppy diskette. If Linux is already installed on page 70. Installing the 3ware Driver and ...Hat Linux Driver Diskette If you are installing Linux on the new drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller as a boot device. To create a driver diskette 1 Insert the 3ware software CD into a drive and click the Yes button to create. Disconnecting the IDE drive while installing...
... When the 3ware Escalade Menu appears, click the Driver & Firmware Disks button. 3 In the 3ware Driver & Firmware Disk Images menu, click the button for the driver disk you want to begin creating the driver floppy diskette. If Linux is already installed on page 70. Installing the 3ware Driver and ...Hat Linux Driver Diskette If you are installing Linux on the new drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller as a boot device. To create a driver diskette 1 Insert the 3ware software CD into a drive and click the Yes button to create. Disconnecting the IDE drive while installing...
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.... 4 Change directory to driver. Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux Compiling a 3ware Driver for compiling the driver under a 2.6 kernel, see the Knowledgebase on the website at www.3ware.com 1 Download the 3ware driver source from makefile. In addition, you are running a different kernel version.)... to do the compile. www.3ware.com 77 cd driver 5 Red Hat 7.2 and later support multiple build targets from 3ware's website. 2 Copy the driver source into a working directory. (The latest 3ware driver source is bundled with the latest firmware.) 3 Untar the driver source with...
.... 4 Change directory to driver. Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux Compiling a 3ware Driver for compiling the driver under a 2.6 kernel, see the Knowledgebase on the website at www.3ware.com 1 Download the 3ware driver source from makefile. In addition, you are running a different kernel version.)... to do the compile. www.3ware.com 77 cd driver 5 Red Hat 7.2 and later support multiple build targets from 3ware's website. 2 Copy the driver source into a working directory. (The latest 3ware driver source is bundled with the latest firmware.) 3 Untar the driver source with...
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... opens. 4 Insert a blank diskette into your system. 2 When the 3ware Escalade Menu appears, click Driver and Firmware Disks. 3 In the 3ware Driver and Firmware Disk Images menu, click the button for the driver disk you want to the floppy diskette. 80 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide If Linux is already installed on the new...
... opens. 4 Insert a blank diskette into your system. 2 When the 3ware Escalade Menu appears, click Driver and Firmware Disks. 3 In the 3ware Driver and Firmware Disk Images menu, click the button for the driver disk you want to the floppy diskette. 80 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide If Linux is already installed on the new...
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... the directory to cd /usr/src/linux 6 Copy the config file for the kernel you want to build module for SuSE Linux 2.6 kernels 1 Download the 3ware 2.6 driver source from the appropriate /usr/src/linux/arch directory (listed below) to a directory called "driver". kernel directory x86 UP /usr/src/linux/arch/i386... /usr/src/linux/arch/x86_64/defconfig.default x86_64 SMP /usr/src/linux/arch/x86_64/defconfig.smp 7 Make oldconfig 8 Untar the driver source with the latest firmware and is in the /src sub-directory.) 3 Install the Kernel source under /usr/src 4 Create a symbolic link.
... the directory to cd /usr/src/linux 6 Copy the config file for the kernel you want to build module for SuSE Linux 2.6 kernels 1 Download the 3ware 2.6 driver source from the appropriate /usr/src/linux/arch directory (listed below) to a directory called "driver". kernel directory x86 UP /usr/src/linux/arch/i386... /usr/src/linux/arch/x86_64/defconfig.default x86_64 SMP /usr/src/linux/arch/x86_64/defconfig.smp 7 Make oldconfig 8 Untar the driver source with the latest firmware and is in the /src sub-directory.) 3 Install the Kernel source under /usr/src 4 Create a symbolic link.
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... file. a Change to the following directory: cd /sys/conf f Edit the file "files.i386" and add the lines shown below under RAID controllers device twa # 3ware Escalade 9000 series d Save the file. The system should now be able to boot. 10 After the system boots up, change the kernel build... infrastructure to a custom file. e Change to /sys/conf/options: www.3ware.com 91 If you intend to bundle the firmware image with the driver, add the following line to the following directory: cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf b Copy the configuration file to include the 3ware driver sources.
... file. a Change to the following directory: cd /sys/conf f Edit the file "files.i386" and add the lines shown below under RAID controllers device twa # 3ware Escalade 9000 series d Save the file. The system should now be able to boot. 10 After the system boots up, change the kernel build... infrastructure to a custom file. e Change to /sys/conf/options: www.3ware.com 91 If you intend to bundle the firmware image with the driver, add the following line to the following directory: cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf b Copy the configuration file to include the 3ware driver sources.
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... steps. 1 Create the directories /sys/modules/twa and /sys/dev/twa mkdir /sys/modules/twa mkdir /sys/dev/twa 2 Copy the 3ware driver source file archive (twa.tgz) to your kernel configuration file ("custom" in the example above): options TWA_DEBUG= Specifying 0 in the above... in the example above): options TWA_FLASH_FIRMWARE j If you are running), then perform the following line to /sys/dev/twa. 94 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Driver Installation Under FreeBSD h Add the following line to "Makefile.i386' CFLAGS+=-I/sys/dev/twa i If you intend...
... steps. 1 Create the directories /sys/modules/twa and /sys/dev/twa mkdir /sys/modules/twa mkdir /sys/dev/twa 2 Copy the 3ware driver source file archive (twa.tgz) to your kernel configuration file ("custom" in the example above): options TWA_DEBUG= Specifying 0 in the above... in the example above): options TWA_FLASH_FIRMWARE j If you are running), then perform the following line to /sys/dev/twa. 94 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Driver Installation Under FreeBSD h Add the following line to "Makefile.i386' CFLAGS+=-I/sys/dev/twa i If you intend...
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Installing the 3ware Driver on whether or not you intend to bundle the firmware image with the driver: TWA_FLASH_FIRMWARE=1 7 If you intend to enable printing of debug messages in the driver, uncomment the following line in Makefile: CFLAGS+=-DTWA_DEBUG= ... new driver. For FreeBSD 4.x, copy it to cp twa.ko /modules/twa.ko For FreeBSD 5.x, copy it to the appropriate directory. kldload twa.ko www.3ware.com 95
Installing the 3ware Driver on whether or not you intend to bundle the firmware image with the driver: TWA_FLASH_FIRMWARE=1 7 If you intend to enable printing of debug messages in the driver, uncomment the following line in Makefile: CFLAGS+=-DTWA_DEBUG= ... new driver. For FreeBSD 4.x, copy it to cp twa.ko /modules/twa.ko For FreeBSD 5.x, copy it to the appropriate directory. kldload twa.ko www.3ware.com 95
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a firmware flash upgrade may not be required. You can move between pages by using the menu bar, ...specified. The main area of the page provides summary or detail information about the results of pages you view in your 3ware RAID controller and the resources connected to other pages in the computer at the URL you expect to 3DM, the Summary page shows... is loaded; Figure 13. 3DM Main Screen The menu bar across the top of controllers installed in 3DM. www.3ware.com 37 As you work in to see a controller that is not listed, it . After you log in 3DM, the Messages area...
a firmware flash upgrade may not be required. You can move between pages by using the menu bar, ...specified. The main area of the page provides summary or detail information about the results of pages you view in your 3ware RAID controller and the resources connected to other pages in the computer at the URL you expect to 3DM, the Summary page shows... is loaded; Figure 13. 3DM Main Screen The menu bar across the top of controllers installed in 3DM. www.3ware.com 37 As you work in to see a controller that is not listed, it . After you log in 3DM, the Messages area...
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... Settings page, select how often you have to install and run both versions. 44 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Note: If two different versions of version 2 are from different series, it is one that the firmware contain associated capabilities. In addition, alarms cannot be listening on the same system. If...
... Settings page, select how often you have to install and run both versions. 44 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Note: If two different versions of version 2 are from different series, it is one that the firmware contain associated capabilities. In addition, alarms cannot be listening on the same system. If...
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... is degraded or inoperable. If both Error and Warning conditions exist, the status will appear as Error. 46 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide The firmware version running on the outside bracket of the controller.) Serial #. Possible statuses include OK, Warning, Error, and No Units. Error indicates that a background task is also...
... is degraded or inoperable. If both Error and Warning conditions exist, the status will appear as Error. 46 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide The firmware version running on the outside bracket of the controller.) Serial #. Possible statuses include OK, Warning, Error, and No Units. Error indicates that a background task is also...
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... or download an error log from the menu bar. www.3ware.com 47 Controller Details Page 3DM 2 Reference Figure 16. The Controller Details page provides detailed information about the controller specified in the drop-down list on the controller. Model. The model name of the controller. The firmware version running on the menu bar. and 8000-series...
... or download an error log from the menu bar. www.3ware.com 47 Controller Details Page 3DM 2 Reference Figure 16. The Controller Details page provides detailed information about the controller specified in the drop-down list on the controller. Model. The model name of the controller. The firmware version running on the menu bar. and 8000-series...
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... numbers begin with the lowest port number. The type of the unit. 48 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Unit Information Page The Unit Information page appears when you choose Information > Unit Information from the menu bar, and when you click... order. The unit number assigned to the unit by the firmware. For details about each of the units on the controller specified in the drop-down list on the Controller Summary page. To see "Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels" on page 8. For 9000-series controllers, unit numbers are in the Unit # column. Capacity....
... numbers begin with the lowest port number. The type of the unit. 48 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Unit Information Page The Unit Information page appears when you choose Information > Unit Information from the menu bar, and when you click... order. The unit number assigned to the unit by the firmware. For details about each of the units on the controller specified in the drop-down list on the Controller Summary page. To see "Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels" on page 8. For 9000-series controllers, unit numbers are in the Unit # column. Capacity....
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The Drive Information page shows a list of drives on the controller specified in the drop-down list on the menu bar, and a summary of ...serial number of each one. The unit the drive belongs to which the drive is calculated as 1K = 1000. www.3ware.com 51 Model. The model of the drive. This amount may appear smaller in the Port # column. the size... has simply been calculated differently for a drive, click the link in the 3DM screens. The firmware version of the drive. Consequently, the capacity of the drive. (Note that is printed on 3DM screen is connected. ...
The Drive Information page shows a list of drives on the controller specified in the drop-down list on the menu bar, and a summary of ...serial number of each one. The unit the drive belongs to which the drive is calculated as 1K = 1000. www.3ware.com 51 Model. The model of the drive. This amount may appear smaller in the Port # column. the size... has simply been calculated differently for a drive, click the link in the 3DM screens. The firmware version of the drive. Consequently, the capacity of the drive. (Note that is printed on 3DM screen is connected. ...
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... of background tasks (rebuild and verify) and I /O. www.3ware.com 53 Controller Settings Page The Controller Settings page appears when you set the ratio at which rebuilds and verifies are performed. The furthest right buttons set the firmware to I/O. The furthest left buttons set the firmware to the slowest rebuild and verify settings, giving maximum...
... of background tasks (rebuild and verify) and I /O. www.3ware.com 53 Controller Settings Page The Controller Settings page appears when you set the ratio at which rebuilds and verifies are performed. The furthest right buttons set the firmware to I/O. The furthest left buttons set the firmware to the slowest rebuild and verify settings, giving maximum...