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User Guide 3ware® Serial ATA RAID Controller Supports the 9550SX and 9590SE Models PN 720-0126-04 April 2006
User Guide 3ware® Serial ATA RAID Controller Supports the 9550SX and 9590SE Models PN 720-0126-04 April 2006
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... Interface 13 Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features 13 Chapter 2. Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller 1 Product Models and Features 1 What's New with Your 3ware RAID Controller 15 Chapter 3. Getting Started with 9550SX and 9590SE Models 2 System Requirements 3 Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels 5 Available RAID Configurations 6 Determining What RAID Level to Windows 37 Driver Installation Under Linux 38 Obtaining...
... Interface 13 Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features 13 Chapter 2. Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller 1 Product Models and Features 1 What's New with Your 3ware RAID Controller 15 Chapter 3. Getting Started with 9550SX and 9590SE Models 2 System Requirements 3 Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels 5 Available RAID Configurations 6 Determining What RAID Level to Windows 37 Driver Installation Under Linux 38 Obtaining...
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... the Size of Volumes Created with the 3DM Screens 76 3DM Menus 77 Viewing Information About Different Controllers in 3BM 137 Partitioning and Formatting Units 137 ii 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide Chapter 6. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2 65 Browser Requirements for Linux or FreeBSD 70 Uninstalling 3DM under Linux or FreeBSD...
... the Size of Volumes Created with the 3DM Screens 76 3DM Menus 77 Viewing Information About Different Controllers in 3BM 137 Partitioning and Formatting Units 137 ii 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide Chapter 6. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2 65 Browser Requirements for Linux or FreeBSD 70 Uninstalling 3DM under Linux or FreeBSD...
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... Changing RAID Level 153 Expanding Unit Capacity 154 Informing the Operating System of a Task Schedule 186 Removing a Task Schedule 187 Adding a New Task Schedule Slot 188 Selecting Self-tests to a 9550SX or 9590SE Controller 166 Adding a Drive through 3BM 191 Cancelling a Rebuild and Restarting It with a Different Drive 194 Verifying Units 194 www.3ware...
... Changing RAID Level 153 Expanding Unit Capacity 154 Informing the Operating System of a Task Schedule 186 Removing a Task Schedule 187 Adding a New Task Schedule Slot 188 Selecting Self-tests to a 9550SX or 9590SE Controller 166 Adding a Drive through 3BM 191 Cancelling a Rebuild and Restarting It with a Different Drive 194 Verifying Units 194 www.3ware...
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... Windows 201 Using the Update Utility With Multiple Controllers 206 Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP 207 Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat 213 Updating the 3ware Driver Under SuSE 214 Updating the 3ware Driver Under FreeBSD 216 Updating the Firmware Under ...AMCC Technical Support and Services 253 Sales and ordering information 253 Feedback on this manual 253 Index 255 iv 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide Glossary 243 Chapter B. Compliance and Conformity Statements 249 Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement ...
... Windows 201 Using the Update Utility With Multiple Controllers 206 Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP 207 Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat 213 Updating the 3ware Driver Under SuSE 214 Updating the 3ware Driver Under FreeBSD 216 Updating the Firmware Under ...AMCC Technical Support and Services 253 Sales and ordering information 253 Feedback on this manual 253 Index 255 iv 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide Glossary 243 Chapter B. Compliance and Conformity Statements 249 Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement ...
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... that there are different installation guides for the 9590SE, the 9550SX, and the 9500S.) How this guide. www.3ware.com v This guide assumes that came with your 3ware RAID controller. The CLI is described in a browser (3ware Disk Manager 2, or 3DM 2). Step-by-step instructions for your controller. Basic information about how to create a unit from 3DM...
... that there are different installation guides for the 9590SE, the 9550SX, and the 9500S.) How this guide. www.3ware.com v This guide assumes that came with your 3ware RAID controller. The CLI is described in a browser (3ware Disk Manager 2, or 3DM 2). Step-by-step instructions for your controller. Basic information about how to create a unit from 3DM...
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.... Also includes information about the controller, check its status, and change existing configurations, and set up your 3ware RAID controller. Provides common problems and solutions, and explains error messages. vi 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Configuring Units 9. Describes...start them, when necessary or desirable. Describes how to install drivers for the 3ware controller if you have just installed the controller. Troubleshooting A. Describes how to RAID concepts and levels. Provides compliance and conformity statement. Table 1: Chapters in this ...
.... Also includes information about the controller, check its status, and change existing configurations, and set up your 3ware RAID controller. Provides common problems and solutions, and explains error messages. vi 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Configuring Units 9. Describes...start them, when necessary or desirable. Describes how to install drivers for the 3ware controller if you have just installed the controller. Troubleshooting A. Describes how to RAID concepts and levels. Provides compliance and conformity statement. Table 1: Chapters in this ...
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...-port 9500S 9500S-4LPa 9500S-8 9500S-8MIb 9500S-12 9500S-12MI 9550SX 9550SX-4LP 9550SX-8LP 9550SX-12 9550SX-12MI 9550SX16MLc 9590SE 9590SE-8ML 9590SE-12ML 9590SE-16ML a. 1 Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller 3ware 9550SX and 9590SE controllers are part of the AMCC 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA family of controllers includes the models shown in particular. MI indicates a multilane SFF...
...-port 9500S 9500S-4LPa 9500S-8 9500S-8MIb 9500S-12 9500S-12MI 9550SX 9550SX-4LP 9550SX-8LP 9550SX-12 9550SX-12MI 9550SX16MLc 9590SE 9590SE-8ML 9590SE-12ML 9590SE-16ML a. 1 Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller 3ware 9550SX and 9590SE controllers are part of the AMCC 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA family of controllers includes the models shown in particular. MI indicates a multilane SFF...
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... a chassis that supports it when you have the following features and benefits: • 200% faster than the industry-leading 3ware 9500S RAID controller • PCI-X (for 9550SX) or PCI Express (for 9590SE) connectivity • 7th generation StorSwitch(TM) technology • Support for 3Gbps and Native Command Queuing (NCQ) • StorSave II profiles ...
... a chassis that supports it when you have the following features and benefits: • 200% faster than the industry-leading 3ware 9500S RAID controller • PCI-X (for 9550SX) or PCI Express (for 9590SE) connectivity • 7th generation StorSwitch(TM) technology • Support for 3Gbps and Native Command Queuing (NCQ) • StorSave II profiles ...
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... give equal performance. The length of shielded and unshielded interface cables may not exceed 1M (39") for Serial ATA controllers. • Operating System 3ware RAID controllers may be installed in a PCI-X 133MHz 64-bit slot. The 3ware 9550SX Controller performs best when installed in both 32-bit and 64-bit x86 • Red Hat Linux, 32-bit...
... give equal performance. The length of shielded and unshielded interface cables may not exceed 1M (39") for Serial ATA controllers. • Operating System 3ware RAID controllers may be installed in a PCI-X 133MHz 64-bit slot. The 3ware 9550SX Controller performs best when installed in both 32-bit and 64-bit x86 • Red Hat Linux, 32-bit...
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Chapter 1. Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller • Internet Explorer 5.5 and later • Mozilla 1.2 and later • Firefox 1.02 and later • Netscape 7 and later • JavaScript must be enabled • Cookies ... best viewing, screen resolution should be 1024 x 768, with 16-bit color or more For a complete listing of features and system requirements, refer to the 9550SX Series Datasheet or the 9590SE Series Datasheet, available from the website at http://www.3ware.com/products/serial_ata9000.asp. 4 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
Chapter 1. Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller • Internet Explorer 5.5 and later • Mozilla 1.2 and later • Firefox 1.02 and later • Netscape 7 and later • JavaScript must be enabled • Cookies ... best viewing, screen resolution should be 1024 x 768, with 16-bit color or more For a complete listing of features and system requirements, refer to the 9550SX Series Datasheet or the 9590SE Series Datasheet, available from the website at http://www.3ware.com/products/serial_ata9000.asp. 4 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
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... definitions of swapping out or swapping in a configured unit without harm to shut down the system. Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels 3ware RAID controllers use a Redundant Array of the striped drives, in combination with a RAID controller: • Arrays and Units. Striping across disks allows data to each drive's capacity into one , and...
... definitions of swapping out or swapping in a configured unit without harm to shut down the system. Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels 3ware RAID controllers use a Redundant Array of the striped drives, in combination with a RAID controller: • Arrays and Units. Striping across disks allows data to each drive's capacity into one , and...
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... Manager (3DM 2). Figure 1. When drives are taken to a 3ware RAID controller: • RAID 0 • RAID 1 • RAID 5 • RAID 10 • RAID 50 • Single Disk • JBOD • Hot Spare RAID 0 Provides striping, but no mirroring or redundancy of two drives. Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller Available RAID Configurations The following RAID levels and configurations are not fault tolerant. Requires...
... Manager (3DM 2). Figure 1. When drives are taken to a 3ware RAID controller: • RAID 0 • RAID 1 • RAID 5 • RAID 10 • RAID 50 • Single Disk • JBOD • Hot Spare RAID 0 Provides striping, but no mirroring or redundancy of two drives. Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller Available RAID Configurations The following RAID levels and configurations are not fault tolerant. Requires...
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... technology boost performance by preserving the data on pairs of three drives. Requires a minimum of drives. Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels RAID 1 Also known as a mirrored array. With TwinStor technology, read operations. Figure 2. RAID 5 Configuration Example www.3ware.com 7 Mirroring is twice the speed of a single drive during sequential read performance is done on...
... technology boost performance by preserving the data on pairs of three drives. Requires a minimum of drives. Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels RAID 1 Also known as a mirrored array. With TwinStor technology, read operations. Figure 2. RAID 5 Configuration Example www.3ware.com 7 Mirroring is twice the speed of a single drive during sequential read performance is done on...
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...a fault tolerant array using a two tier structure. Chapter 1. Please note that if two or more drives in each ; Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller RAID 10 This array is a combination of the data will continue to six drives can fail and the array will be lost... . 8 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide When drives are configured as RAID 1 and RAID 5), since the array can sustain multiple drive failures without data loss. For example, in a twelve drive RAID 50 array, up to function. Please note that if ...
...a fault tolerant array using a two tier structure. Chapter 1. Please note that if two or more drives in each ; Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller RAID 10 This array is a combination of the data will continue to six drives can fail and the array will be lost... . 8 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide When drives are configured as RAID 1 and RAID 5), since the array can sustain multiple drive failures without data loss. For example, in a twelve drive RAID 50 array, up to function. Please note that if ...
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... no longer supported in other RAID configurations, single disks contain 3ware Disk Control Block (DCB) information and are available, based on the 3ware website, at: http://www.3ware.com/products/pdf/RAID_Primer.pdf. www.3ware.com 9 For additional information about RAID levels, see the article "RAID Primer" on your 3ware RAID controller. Review the information under "Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels" on...
... no longer supported in other RAID configurations, single disks contain 3ware Disk Control Block (DCB) information and are available, based on the 3ware website, at: http://www.3ware.com/products/pdf/RAID_Primer.pdf. www.3ware.com 9 For additional information about RAID levels, see the article "RAID Primer" on your 3ware RAID controller. Review the information under "Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels" on...
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.... Chapter 1. Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller Table 3: Possible Configurations Based on # of Drives # Drives Possible RAID Configurations 1 2 3 4 5 6 or more Single drive or hot spare RAID 0 or RAID 1 RAID 0 RAID 1 with hot spare RAID 5 RAID 5 + hot spare RAID 10 Combination of RAID 0, RAID 1, single disk RAID 5 + hot spare RAID 10 + hot spare Combination of RAID 0, RAID 1, hot spare, for single disk RAID 50 Depending on the...
.... Chapter 1. Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller Table 3: Possible Configurations Based on # of Drives # Drives Possible RAID Configurations 1 2 3 4 5 6 or more Single drive or hot spare RAID 0 or RAID 1 RAID 0 RAID 1 with hot spare RAID 5 RAID 5 + hot spare RAID 10 Combination of RAID 0, RAID 1, single disk RAID 5 + hot spare RAID 10 + hot spare Combination of RAID 0, RAID 1, hot spare, for single disk RAID 50 Depending on the...
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... for Multi LUN Support" on page 139. Support for each other. The capacity used as separate volumes. Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels Table 4: Drive Capacity RAID Level Capacity RAID 50 (number of the smallest drive) Through drive coercion, the capacity used for each drive is rounded down to... 120 GBytes. www.3ware.com 11 For more likely to be able to be addressed by the operating systems as...
... for Multi LUN Support" on page 139. Support for each other. The capacity used as separate volumes. Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels Table 4: Drive Capacity RAID Level Capacity RAID 50 (number of the smallest drive) Through drive coercion, the capacity used for each drive is rounded down to... 120 GBytes. www.3ware.com 11 For more likely to be able to be addressed by the operating systems as...
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... most frequently used to interchangeably as a RAID unit and the type of RAID configuration you easily configure the drives attached to your 3ware RAID controller, specifying which runs in configuring and managing units attached to the 3ware controller: • 3BM (3ware BIOS Manager) • 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) • 3ware CLI (Command Line Interface) 3BM (3ware BIOS Manager) 3BM is a BIOS...
... most frequently used to interchangeably as a RAID unit and the type of RAID configuration you easily configure the drives attached to your 3ware RAID controller, specifying which runs in configuring and managing units attached to the 3ware controller: • 3BM (3ware BIOS Manager) • 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) • 3ware CLI (Command Line Interface) 3BM (3ware BIOS Manager) 3BM is a BIOS...
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... run in the background, at the same time, and the time between staggers in 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Management utility). Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features Several 3ware RAID controller features aid in monitoring and troubleshooting your drives. • SMART Monitoring (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and ...checks a disk drive's health every 24 hours and reports potential problems. This allows you www.3ware.com 13 SMART data is described in 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. If the disk drive is persistent after power-down and power-up " on page...
... run in the background, at the same time, and the time between staggers in 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Management utility). Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features Several 3ware RAID controller features aid in monitoring and troubleshooting your drives. • SMART Monitoring (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and ...checks a disk drive's health every 24 hours and reports potential problems. This allows you www.3ware.com 13 SMART data is described in 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. If the disk drive is persistent after power-down and power-up " on page...