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... Page 109 Battery Backup Page 110 3DM 2 Settings Page 112 Chapter 7. Configuring Your Controller 115 Viewing Information About Individual Controllers 115 Viewing and Seting Controller Policies 117 Viewing Controller Policies 118 Setting the Auto-Rebuild Policy 120 Using Auto-Carving for Linux or FreeBSD 70 Uninstalling 3DM under Linux or... Support 121 Setting 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
... Page 109 Battery Backup Page 110 3DM 2 Settings Page 112 Chapter 7. Configuring Your Controller 115 Viewing Information About Individual Controllers 115 Viewing and Seting Controller Policies 117 Viewing Controller Policies 118 Setting the Auto-Rebuild Policy 120 Using Auto-Carving for Linux or FreeBSD 70 Uninstalling 3DM under Linux or... Support 121 Setting 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
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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.com...
... 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.com...
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... Service Description Provides an overview of initialization, verify, rebuild, and self-tests. Describes how to contact technical support. Also includes information about the controller, check its status, and change existing configurations, and set up your 3ware RAID controller. vi 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Driver Installation 5. 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) 6. 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM 2) 7. Maintaining Units 10. Compliance...
... Service Description Provides an overview of initialization, verify, rebuild, and self-tests. Describes how to contact technical support. Also includes information about the controller, check its status, and change existing configurations, and set up your 3ware RAID controller. vi 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Driver Installation 5. 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) 6. 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM 2) 7. Maintaining Units 10. Compliance...
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... supports hot spare and hot swap for creating, deleting, and maintaining disk arrays, rebuilding arrays, designating hot spares, and setting controller policies. 3BM is referred to your 3ware RAID controller, specifying which drives should be used together as 3DM and 3DM 2. 12 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide For general information about working with 3DM, see Chapter...
... supports hot spare and hot swap for creating, deleting, and maintaining disk arrays, rebuilding arrays, designating hot spares, and setting controller policies. 3BM is referred to your 3ware RAID controller, specifying which drives should be used together as 3DM and 3DM 2. 12 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide For general information about working with 3DM, see Chapter...
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... with the redundant data. Initialize, rebuild, verify, and self-test tasks can all be run in 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Management utility). The standby power management state is described in 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. For details, see ...drive firmware to prevent impending disk crashes. The 3ware CLI is persistent after power-down and power-up " on single disks, spares, JBODS and RAID 0 unit members. Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features Several 3ware RAID controller features aid in monitoring and troubleshooting your drives....
... with the redundant data. Initialize, rebuild, verify, and self-test tasks can all be run in 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Management utility). The standby power management state is described in 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. For details, see ...drive firmware to prevent impending disk crashes. The 3ware CLI is persistent after power-down and power-up " on single disks, spares, JBODS and RAID 0 unit members. Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features Several 3ware RAID controller features aid in monitoring and troubleshooting your drives....
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... system. For times when you do not have a spare available, setting the auto-rebuild policy allows rebuilds to occur with an available drive or with a Chassis Control Unit (CCU), you to a chassis with a failed drive (9550SX and 9590SE controllers only). 14 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide For more processing time. • Write Cache. With a Battery Backup...
... system. For times when you do not have a spare available, setting the auto-rebuild policy allows rebuilds to occur with an available drive or with a Chassis Control Unit (CCU), you to a chassis with a failed drive (9550SX and 9590SE controllers only). 14 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide For more processing time. • Write Cache. With a Battery Backup...
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... Export Unconfigured (JBOD) Disks Disable Cache on Degraded Array (does not apply to 9550SX and 9590SE controllers because this feature is integrated into StorSave Profile) Staggered Method Staggered Spinup Unit-Level Settings Auto-Verify Continue on Source Error During Rebuild Boot Volume Size Queuing (NCQ) StorSave Profile Write Cache Background Task Settings Verify..., 3DM, CLI 3BM 3BM, 3DM, CLI 3BM, 3DM, CLI 3BM, 3DM, CLI 3DM, CLI 3DM, CLI 3DM, CLI 3DM, CLI 3DM, CLI 3DM, CLI www.3ware.com 17
... Export Unconfigured (JBOD) Disks Disable Cache on Degraded Array (does not apply to 9550SX and 9590SE controllers because this feature is integrated into StorSave Profile) Staggered Method Staggered Spinup Unit-Level Settings Auto-Verify Continue on Source Error During Rebuild Boot Volume Size Queuing (NCQ) StorSave Profile Write Cache Background Task Settings Verify..., 3DM, CLI 3BM 3BM, 3DM, CLI 3BM, 3DM, CLI 3BM, 3DM, CLI 3DM, CLI 3DM, CLI 3DM, CLI 3DM, CLI 3DM, CLI 3DM, CLI www.3ware.com 17
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... a default value, so you create to change them. In addition, you can change each of the unit you do not have a designated volume for a RAID 5 To set several policies that effect the unit (Write Cache, Drive Queuing Mode, and Continue on page 146 To create a boot unit of a particular... for a Unit" on page 147 • "Setting the StorSave Profile for a Unit" on page 149 • "Setting Continue on Source Error During Rebuild" on Error When Rebuild), and you want to have to change . 2 Press Enter to the field you can set other policies for Creating a Unit Figure 11. www...
... a default value, so you create to change them. In addition, you can change each of the unit you do not have a designated volume for a RAID 5 To set several policies that effect the unit (Write Cache, Drive Queuing Mode, and Continue on page 146 To create a boot unit of a particular... for a Unit" on page 147 • "Setting the StorSave Profile for a Unit" on page 149 • "Setting Continue on Source Error During Rebuild" on Error When Rebuild), and you want to have to change . 2 Press Enter to the field you can set other policies for Creating a Unit Figure 11. www...
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... copy (*.c and *.h) files to sys/dev/twa and Makefile to the 9550SX controller. 2 Create the RAID units on page 52. 54 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide the driver is built in usr/src/sys/i386/conf or /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf 6 Rebuild the kernel and reboot your system. 7 Load the kernel driver module from...
... copy (*.c and *.h) files to sys/dev/twa and Makefile to the 9550SX controller. 2 Create the RAID units on page 52. 54 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide the driver is built in usr/src/sys/i386/conf or /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf 6 Rebuild the kernel and reboot your system. 7 Load the kernel driver module from...
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... 3BM If 3BM detects a degraded array, a red message box appears, to alert you plan to make changes to your 3ware configuration remains on page 189. 56 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide For information about rebuilding a degraded array, see a screen similar to Figure 26, warning you that changing your system, a screen lists the available...
... 3BM If 3BM detects a degraded array, a red message box appears, to alert you plan to make changes to your 3ware configuration remains on page 189. 56 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide For information about rebuilding a degraded array, see a screen similar to Figure 26, warning you that changing your system, a screen lists the available...
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...Battery Backup Unit (BBU), if one is installed, and allows you to an electronic copy of this User Guide. www.3ware.com 77 Unit configuration can view controller, unit, and drive information for alarms, passwords, page refresh frequency, whether remote access is available from the Information menu....to the Alarms page and the BBU page. You can also be scheduled (rebuild, verify, and self-test), and maintenance of unit write cache, and controller settings that affect all units managed by the controller), tasks that can be done through the Management > Maintenance page. The ...
...Battery Backup Unit (BBU), if one is installed, and allows you to an electronic copy of this User Guide. www.3ware.com 77 Unit configuration can view controller, unit, and drive information for alarms, passwords, page refresh frequency, whether remote access is available from the Information menu....to the Alarms page and the BBU page. You can also be scheduled (rebuild, verify, and self-test), and maintenance of unit write cache, and controller settings that affect all units managed by the controller), tasks that can be done through the Management > Maintenance page. The ...
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... be changed in the BIOS or CLI. Alarms Page Shows a list of the units on the Controller Summary. To see this page, choose Monitor > Alarms on Error During Rebuild, and Queuing. Unit Details Page Shows details about each unit. Drive Details Window Shows the SMART ... existing units. To see this page, click an ID number on the current controller and provides summary information about a particular unit. www.3ware.com 79 Drive Information Page Shows a list of those settings. To see this page, choose Management > Controller Settings from the menu bar.
... be changed in the BIOS or CLI. Alarms Page Shows a list of the units on the Controller Summary. To see this page, choose Monitor > Alarms on Error During Rebuild, and Queuing. Unit Details Page Shows details about each unit. Drive Details Window Shows the SMART ... existing units. To see this page, click an ID number on the current controller and provides summary information about a particular unit. www.3ware.com 79 Drive Information Page Shows a list of those settings. To see this page, choose Management > Controller Settings from the menu bar.
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... logon to interact with the controller. The Summary page provides basic information about the units in a controller, click the link in your system. Note: The controller ID you see details about each 3ware RAID controller in the ID column. The firmware version running on the controller. Model. The driver version being performed (rebuilding, migrating, or initializing). Status. Driver...
... logon to interact with the controller. The Summary page provides basic information about the units in a controller, click the link in your system. Note: The controller ID you see details about each 3ware RAID controller in the ID column. The firmware version running on the controller. Model. The driver version being performed (rebuilding, migrating, or initializing). Status. Driver...
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...3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Name. For 9000series controllers, if a name has been given to the unit by an ECC error, SMART failure, or a device error. If it shows here. Type. The operational status of unit, specified during configuration: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID... 50, Single Disk, JBOD, or Spare. Note: If an asterisk (*) appears next to be caused by the firmware. Chapter 6. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) Unit #. The type of the unit: OK, Rebuilding, Initializing, Migrating, Verifying...
...3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Name. For 9000series controllers, if a name has been given to the unit by an ECC error, SMART failure, or a device error. If it shows here. Type. The operational status of unit, specified during configuration: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID... 50, Single Disk, JBOD, or Spare. Note: If an asterisk (*) appears next to be caused by the firmware. Chapter 6. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) Unit #. The type of the unit: OK, Rebuilding, Initializing, Migrating, Verifying...
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... each subunit, as shown in the menu bar continues to the list of Unit Information, the page title in Figure 38. When a unit is Rebuilding, Initializing, or Verifying, the percentage (%) complete is a Single Disk, only information about the unit and each of a unit. Unit Details Page 3DM...you view details of which contains one disk will include details about one drive, will be shown. Status. RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID 50, Single Disk, Spare, JBOD, or Disk www.3ware.com 89 The specific information shown depends on what type of unit it is . However, if the unit ...
... each subunit, as shown in the menu bar continues to the list of Unit Information, the page title in Figure 38. When a unit is Rebuilding, Initializing, or Verifying, the percentage (%) complete is a Single Disk, only information about the unit and each of a unit. Unit Details Page 3DM...you view details of which contains one disk will include details about one drive, will be shown. Status. RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID 50, Single Disk, Spare, JBOD, or Disk www.3ware.com 89 The specific information shown depends on what type of unit it is . However, if the unit ...
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...3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Write cache is a combination of the physical hard drives' write cache as well as shown in the Unit Write Cache field. (This option does not apply to 9550SX and 9590SE controllers; If Disable Write Cache on Unit Degrade is not persistent following a reboot for rebuilding...Queuing, and select a StorSave Profile. 3DM lists each unit. For 9550SX and 9590SE controllers, you can see "Enabling and Disabling the Unit Write Cache" on page 177. Unit Write Cache. The Rebuild/Migrate Rate also applies to I /O. You can enable or disable ...
...3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Write cache is a combination of the physical hard drives' write cache as well as shown in the Unit Write Cache field. (This option does not apply to 9550SX and 9590SE controllers; If Disable Write Cache on Unit Degrade is not persistent following a reboot for rebuilding...Queuing, and select a StorSave Profile. 3DM lists each unit. For 9550SX and 9590SE controllers, you can see "Enabling and Disabling the Unit Write Cache" on page 177. Unit Write Cache. The Rebuild/Migrate Rate also applies to I /O. You can enable or disable ...
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...is no schedule set , ECC errors are ignored when they are available: Protection, Balanced, and Performance. StorSave Profile. The 9550SX and 9590SE, like the 9500S, supports StorSave. Three profiles are required. These profiles automatically adjust several different factors that a... is recommended that affect protection and www.3ware.com 95 You can enable it causes command reordering to be performed automatically, whenever the controller firmware algorithms determine that lets you want to Degraded. If the rebuild fails and Continue on source errors" option...
...is no schedule set , ECC errors are ignored when they are available: Protection, Balanced, and Performance. StorSave Profile. The 9550SX and 9590SE, like the 9500S, supports StorSave. Three profiles are required. These profiles automatically adjust several different factors that a... is recommended that affect protection and www.3ware.com 95 You can enable it causes command reordering to be performed automatically, whenever the controller firmware algorithms determine that lets you want to Degraded. If the rebuild fails and Continue on source errors" option...
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... this screen. If the unit is 5.0 TB then it will attempt to automatically rebuild degraded units. series controllers. For 9550SX and 9590SE controllers, the Auto-Rebuild policy determines how the controller firmware will contain two volumes, with 96 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide When Auto-Rebuild is 2048 GB (2 TB). Auto-carving can only be enabled or disabled...
... this screen. If the unit is 5.0 TB then it will attempt to automatically rebuild degraded units. series controllers. For 9550SX and 9590SE controllers, the Auto-Rebuild policy determines how the controller firmware will contain two volumes, with 96 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide When Auto-Rebuild is 2048 GB (2 TB). Auto-carving can only be enabled or disabled...
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... is integrated into volumes when Auto-Carving is disabled and JBOD drives are not exported to 9550SX and 9590SE controllers; For more information about this setting is enabled. Number of the unit. www.3ware.com 97 The delay time (in 3BM, the first volume will be the size specified for...be exported to the remainder of Drives Per Spin-up units into the StorSave policy.) For additional information, see "Setting the Auto-Rebuild Policy" on Unit Degrade. 3DM 2 Reference the first two volumes containing 2 TB each and the last volume containing 1 TB. Carve Size.
... is integrated into volumes when Auto-Carving is disabled and JBOD drives are not exported to 9550SX and 9590SE controllers; For more information about this setting is enabled. Number of the unit. www.3ware.com 97 The delay time (in 3BM, the first volume will be the size specified for...be exported to the remainder of Drives Per Spin-up units into the StorSave policy.) For additional information, see "Setting the Auto-Rebuild Policy" on Unit Degrade. 3DM 2 Reference the first two volumes containing 2 TB each and the last volume containing 1 TB. Carve Size.
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and 8000- When these 98 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide The Scheduling page is not available for the selected background tasks by selecting either Follow Schedule or Ignore Schedule. series controllers. For detailed information, see the 3ware KnowledgeBase article 12290, on the menu bar, including: • Rebuild tasks (also applies to initialization and migration tasks...
and 8000- When these 98 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide The Scheduling page is not available for the selected background tasks by selecting either Follow Schedule or Ignore Schedule. series controllers. For detailed information, see the 3ware KnowledgeBase article 12290, on the menu bar, including: • Rebuild tasks (also applies to initialization and migration tasks...