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... 3BM Configuration Utility 57 Working in the 3BM Screens 58 Adjusting BIOS Loading Settings 61 Displaying Controller Information 63 Getting Help While Using 3BM 63 www.3ware.com i Driver Installation 29 Driver Installation Under Windows 30 Materials Required 30 Creating a 3ware Driver Diskette 31 Installing the 3ware Driver and Windows on a New Unit 31 Installing the Driver on a System that Boots from a Different Device 32 Making Units Managed by a 3ware Controller Available to Use 8 3ware Tools for Configuration...
... 3BM Configuration Utility 57 Working in the 3BM Screens 58 Adjusting BIOS Loading Settings 61 Displaying Controller Information 63 Getting Help While Using 3BM 63 www.3ware.com i Driver Installation 29 Driver Installation Under Windows 30 Materials Required 30 Creating a 3ware Driver Diskette 31 Installing the 3ware Driver and Windows on a New Unit 31 Installing the Driver on a System that Boots from a Different Device 32 Making Units Managed by a 3ware Controller Available to Use 8 3ware Tools for Configuration...
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... Schedule Slot 179 Selecting Self-tests to a 9550SX Controller 159 Adding a Drive through 3BM 183 www.3ware.com iii Maintaining Units 165 Checking Unit and Drive Status through 3DM 165 Reviewing Alarms and Errors 167 Viewing Alarms 167 Downloading an Error Log 168 Viewing SMART Data About a Drive 168 About Background Tasks 169 About Initialization 169 Initialization of Different RAID Types 170 Auto Initialization After Power Failure...
... Schedule Slot 179 Selecting Self-tests to a 9550SX Controller 159 Adding a Drive through 3BM 183 www.3ware.com iii Maintaining Units 165 Checking Unit and Drive Status through 3DM 165 Reviewing Alarms and Errors 167 Viewing Alarms 167 Downloading an Error Log 168 Viewing SMART Data About a Drive 168 About Background Tasks 169 About Initialization 169 Initialization of Different RAID Types 170 Auto Initialization After Power Failure...
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... BIOS level (3ware BIOS Manager 2, or 3BM 2) and one at the command line, using 3ware's Command Line Interface (CLI). Step-by-step instructions for performing specific tasks are often multiple ways to create a unit from 3DM, followed by tasks throughout other sections of product features for configuring and maintaining your system. Table 1: Chapters in your 3ware 9550SX controller. www.3ware.com v This manual includes instructions...
... BIOS level (3ware BIOS Manager 2, or 3BM 2) and one at the command line, using 3ware's Command Line Interface (CLI). Step-by-step instructions for performing specific tasks are often multiple ways to create a unit from 3DM, followed by tasks throughout other sections of product features for configuring and maintaining your system. Table 1: Chapters in your 3ware 9550SX controller. www.3ware.com v This manual includes instructions...
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...-drive RAID 50 array. RAID 10 Configuration Example RAID 50 This array is a combination of RAID 1 with RAID 0. A grouping of 3 means that the RAID 5 arrays used have a grouping of 3, 4, or 6 drives. For example, on a 12-port controller, you can have 3 disks each; Please note that if two or more drives in a twelve drive RAID 10 array, up to function. This array type provides fault tolerance and high performance. four of four drives...
...-drive RAID 50 array. RAID 10 Configuration Example RAID 50 This array is a combination of RAID 1 with RAID 0. A grouping of 3 means that the RAID 5 arrays used have a grouping of 3, 4, or 6 drives. For example, on a 12-port controller, you can have 3 disks each; Please note that if two or more drives in a twelve drive RAID 10 array, up to function. This array type provides fault tolerance and high performance. four of four drives...
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... Server 2003 installation CD-ROM. (Not required if Windows is recommended that guide from a diskette. 30 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows 2003 64-bit for the 3ware RAID controller Install the 3ware driver and Windows on a different device. If you are installing Windows, you upgrade to create a driver diskette. You can be your boot device, such as your system's boot device. This section contains instructions for how to install the Windows operating...
... Server 2003 installation CD-ROM. (Not required if Windows is recommended that guide from a diskette. 30 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Windows 2003 64-bit for the 3ware RAID controller Install the 3ware driver and Windows on a different device. If you are installing Windows, you upgrade to create a driver diskette. You can be your boot device, such as your system's boot device. This section contains instructions for how to install the Windows operating...
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... a driver diskette 1 Insert the 3ware software CD into a floppy drive and click the Yes button to "Installing the Driver on another drive, turn to begin the process. Type S to manually specify an adapter..." To install Windows and the 3ware driver 1 Boot from a Different Device" on a new unit or drive managed by the 3ware RAID controller, follow the instructions in this section. Note that you have an additional 3ware RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver...
... a driver diskette 1 Insert the 3ware software CD into a floppy drive and click the Yes button to "Installing the Driver on another drive, turn to begin the process. Type S to manually specify an adapter..." To install Windows and the 3ware driver 1 Boot from a Different Device" on a new unit or drive managed by the 3ware RAID controller, follow the instructions in this section. Note that you have an additional 3ware RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver...
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...-by the 3ware RAID controller may be configured to be your system's boot device. For more information, see the 3ware knowledgebase article 12690 http://www.3ware.com/kb/article.aspx?id=12690. 38 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Chapter 4. Driver Installation Driver Installation Under Linux Note: Before installing the 3ware driver, you must have a system with a 9500S and you wish to add the 9550SX to upgrade the 9500S driver, 3DM...
...-by the 3ware RAID controller may be configured to be your system's boot device. For more information, see the 3ware knowledgebase article 12690 http://www.3ware.com/kb/article.aspx?id=12690. 38 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Chapter 4. Driver Installation Driver Installation Under Linux Note: Before installing the 3ware driver, you must have a system with a 9500S and you wish to add the 9550SX to upgrade the 9500S driver, 3DM...
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A confirmation window opens. 4 Insert a blank diskette into your computer. To install the 3ware driver and Red Hat Linux on a new unit 1 Boot with using a drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller as a boot device. Note: We have tested some older systems where an IDE drive connected to the motherboard interfered with the Red Hat CD or diskette: a Insert either the Red Hat CD...
A confirmation window opens. 4 Insert a blank diskette into your computer. To install the 3ware driver and Red Hat Linux on a new unit 1 Boot with using a drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller as a boot device. Note: We have tested some older systems where an IDE drive connected to the motherboard interfered with the Red Hat CD or diskette: a Insert either the Red Hat CD...
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... language and keyboard types for your specific installation requirements. Installing the 3ware Driver on a Red Hat Linux System that Boots From a Different Device The steps for kernel strings and module names in the instructions on your locality. 6 If asked for what type of updating the RAM About Variables In the Driver Installation Instructions These conventions are using. For an SMP kernel (multi...
... language and keyboard types for your specific installation requirements. Installing the 3ware Driver on a Red Hat Linux System that Boots From a Different Device The steps for kernel strings and module names in the instructions on your locality. 6 If asked for what type of updating the RAM About Variables In the Driver Installation Instructions These conventions are using. For an SMP kernel (multi...
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... command into a startup script. 44 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide For Redhat workstation on AMD Opteron and EM64T, type: cp /mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/ ws4/x86_64/ 3w-9xxx. /lib/modules// kernel/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.ko If prompted to overwrite, type y. 4 Add the following line to update the boot record on Intel x86 and AMD...
... command into a startup script. 44 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide For Redhat workstation on AMD Opteron and EM64T, type: cp /mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/ ws4/x86_64/ 3w-9xxx. /lib/modules// kernel/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.ko If prompted to overwrite, type y. 4 Add the following line to update the boot record on Intel x86 and AMD...
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... the OS starts booting from a Different Device" on page 52 Installing the Driver while Installing FreeBSD on the 3ware RAID Controller Note: Some versions of FreeBSD you have supports it immediately, sysinstall may fail to recognize the floppy drive. 7 At the loader prompt, run lsdev to make sure the floppy drive has been discovered. www.3ware.com 49 For instructions on whether it...
... the OS starts booting from a Different Device" on page 52 Installing the Driver while Installing FreeBSD on the 3ware RAID Controller Note: Some versions of FreeBSD you have supports it immediately, sysinstall may fail to recognize the floppy drive. 7 At the loader prompt, run lsdev to make sure the floppy drive has been discovered. www.3ware.com 49 For instructions on whether it...
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... OK. To download the error log 1 Choose Information > Controller Details from the menu bar. 2 On the Drive Information Page, click the port number for assistance when troubleshooting. Chapter 9. You can download an error log containing information from the firmware log. SMART data is shown as hex values. 168 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Maintaining Units Downloading an Error Log You can also set self-tests...
... OK. To download the error log 1 Choose Information > Controller Details from the menu bar. 2 On the Drive Information Page, click the port number for assistance when troubleshooting. Chapter 9. You can download an error log containing information from the firmware log. SMART data is shown as hex values. 168 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Maintaining Units Downloading an Error Log You can also set self-tests...
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... ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. Instead, use the driver from the 3ware CD or from the same download. For Windows, the firmware and driver can choose to update both the driver and the firmware, or only the driver. For Linux and FreeBSD, updating the driver and updating the firmware are using. 5 Click Next. 190 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide When you run the utility, you can download them individually from the 3ware website, at www.3ware.com...
... ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. Instead, use the driver from the 3ware CD or from the same download. For Windows, the firmware and driver can choose to update both the driver and the firmware, or only the driver. For Linux and FreeBSD, updating the driver and updating the firmware are using. 5 Click Next. 190 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide When you run the utility, you can download them individually from the 3ware website, at www.3ware.com...
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... changes to install your selections. Figure 79. The firmware will first download and then will render the controller unusable. 194 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Update Utility Showing Only Driver Available Note: If you can update the firmware for one or two progress dialog boxes, depending on what will look slightly different, so that you have multiple controllers in your system, your local drive...
... changes to install your selections. Figure 79. The firmware will first download and then will render the controller unusable. 194 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Update Utility Showing Only Driver Available Note: If you can update the firmware for one or two progress dialog boxes, depending on what will look slightly different, so that you have multiple controllers in your system, your local drive...
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... Update Utility With Multiple Controllers When your system has multiple 3ware RAID controllers installed, the update utility lets you will receive a message to that the process is complete, click OK. (This message appears if you do so. (If you were working from a driver diskette, be sure to remove the floppy diskette before Windows reboots.) 8 If the driver you are installing is unsigned, you update the firmware...
... Update Utility With Multiple Controllers When your system has multiple 3ware RAID controllers installed, the update utility lets you will receive a message to that the process is complete, click OK. (This message appears if you do so. (If you were working from a driver diskette, be sure to remove the floppy diskette before Windows reboots.) 8 If the driver you are installing is unsigned, you update the firmware...
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... a GUI (graphical user interface), for download from the 3ware web site: http//www.3ware.com/ support/ 3DM 2. 3ware Disk Manager. It is flash-upgraded. Within 3ware software (3BM and 3DM) arrays are typically referred to boot the operating system. 3BM is included with the controller and is updated when the controller firmware is available for Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD. The latest firmware and code set is a basic interface used to view...
... a GUI (graphical user interface), for download from the 3ware web site: http//www.3ware.com/ support/ 3DM 2. 3ware Disk Manager. It is flash-upgraded. Within 3ware software (3BM and 3DM) arrays are typically referred to boot the operating system. 3BM is included with the controller and is updated when the controller firmware is available for Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD. The latest firmware and code set is a basic interface used to view...
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... to swap out a unit without powering down the system, and move the unit 232 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Distributing parity data across several drives in a different order than they initially occupied, without deleting the data on it, do not delete it is the process of a unit with a controller. Error correction code. ECC Error policy. When a unit is...
... to swap out a unit without powering down the system, and move the unit 232 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Distributing parity data across several drives in a different order than they initially occupied, without deleting the data on it, do not delete it is the process of a unit with a controller. Error correction code. ECC Error policy. When a unit is...
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... (021h) 220 Drive ECC error reported (026h) 222 Drive error detected (00Ah) 219 Drive not supported (030h) 224 Drive power on reset detected (03Ah) 225 Drive removed (019h) 220 Drive timeout detected (009h) 218 Flash file system error detected (03Fh) 225 Flash file system repaired (040h) 225 Incomplete unit detected (006h) 218 Initialize completed (007h) 218 Initialize failed (00Eh) 219 Initialize paused (03Ch) 225 Initialize started (00Ch) 219...
... (021h) 220 Drive ECC error reported (026h) 222 Drive error detected (00Ah) 219 Drive not supported (030h) 224 Drive power on reset detected (03Ah) 225 Drive removed (019h) 220 Drive timeout detected (009h) 218 Flash file system error detected (03Fh) 225 Flash file system repaired (040h) 225 Incomplete unit detected (006h) 218 Initialize completed (007h) 218 Initialize failed (00Eh) 219 Initialize paused (03Ch) 225 Initialize started (00Ch) 219...
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... 75 maintaining units 165-187 246 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide troubleshooting hardware 212 software 212 installing formatting 37 making units available 37 partitioning 37 installing 3DM on Linux 70 Windows 67 Inter-IC bus, definition 233 J JBOD 8, 26 JBOD disks exporting 119 JBOD policy (viewing in 3DM) 95 L Linux driver compiling 47 installation 38 updating 203, 204 logging in 3DM 135...
... 75 maintaining units 165-187 246 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide troubleshooting hardware 212 software 212 installing formatting 37 making units available 37 partitioning 37 installing 3DM on Linux 70 Windows 67 Inter-IC bus, definition 233 J JBOD 8, 26 JBOD disks exporting 119 JBOD policy (viewing in 3DM) 95 L Linux driver compiling 47 installation 38 updating 203, 204 logging in 3DM 135...
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... on drive 150, 152 update utility 192 Upgrade UDMA mode (022h) 221 V verification 12 about 172 error handling 173 media scans 173 non-redundant units 173 redundant units 173 Verify completed(02Bh) 223 Verify failed (02Ah) 223 Verify fixed data/parity mismatch (036h) 224 Verify not started 223 Verify paused (03Dh) 225 Verify started (029h) 222 248 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide SO-DIMM not compatible...
... on drive 150, 152 update utility 192 Upgrade UDMA mode (022h) 221 V verification 12 about 172 error handling 173 media scans 173 non-redundant units 173 redundant units 173 Verify completed(02Bh) 223 Verify failed (02Ah) 223 Verify fixed data/parity mismatch (036h) 224 Verify not started 223 Verify paused (03Dh) 225 Verify started (029h) 222 248 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide SO-DIMM not compatible...