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... AEN Error Message Details 217 Chapter A. Maintaining Your Controller 189 Determining the Current Version of Your 3ware Driver 189 Updating the Driver and Firmware 190 Updating the 3ware Driver and Firmware Under Windows 191 Using the Update Utility With Multiple Controllers 195 Updating the... 3ware Driver Under Windows XP 196 Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat 203 Updating the 3ware Driver Under SuSE 204 Updating the 3ware Driver Under FreeBSD 205 Updating the Firmware Under Linux and FreeBSD 206 Viewing Battery ...
... AEN Error Message Details 217 Chapter A. Maintaining Your Controller 189 Determining the Current Version of Your 3ware Driver 189 Updating the Driver and Firmware 190 Updating the 3ware Driver and Firmware Under Windows 191 Using the Update Utility With Multiple Controllers 195 Updating the... 3ware Driver Under Windows XP 196 Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat 203 Updating the 3ware Driver Under SuSE 204 Updating the 3ware Driver Under FreeBSD 205 Updating the Firmware Under Linux and FreeBSD 206 Viewing Battery ...
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...-8MI, 9500S-12, 9500S-12MI, 9550SX-4LP, 9550SX-8LP, 9550SX-12, and 9550SX-12MI, 9550SX-16ML. 1 Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller 3ware 9550SX controllers are part of the AMCC 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA family of the 9000 series as a whole, and the 9550SX in the event ... "Determining What RAID Level to Use" on page 1 "What's New with 64-bit LBA support. An enhanced firmware platform allows future upgrades. AMCC's remote management software, 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM®2) simplifies storage configuration and management through a web browser. www...
...-8MI, 9500S-12, 9500S-12MI, 9550SX-4LP, 9550SX-8LP, 9550SX-12, and 9550SX-12MI, 9550SX-16ML. 1 Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller 3ware 9550SX controllers are part of the AMCC 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA family of the 9000 series as a whole, and the 9550SX in the event ... "Determining What RAID Level to Use" on page 1 "What's New with 64-bit LBA support. An enhanced firmware platform allows future upgrades. AMCC's remote management software, 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM®2) simplifies storage configuration and management through a web browser. www...
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...1. Both SATAII OOB and ATA spin-up at scheduled times. This forces the drive firmware to be lost if a power failure occurred. You can be turned on and off...all be run when it could be poweredup into the standby power management state to minimize in 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Management utility). The verify task verifies all disk drives (array members, single disks, and hot spares)....time. Write Cache. SMART data is stored in cache, it will be stored in system cache, 3ware controller cache, and drive cache before the data is enabled, data will be run in the background, at ...
...1. Both SATAII OOB and ATA spin-up at scheduled times. This forces the drive firmware to be lost if a power failure occurred. You can be turned on and off...all be run when it could be poweredup into the standby power management state to minimize in 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Management utility). The verify task verifies all disk drives (array members, single disks, and hot spares)....time. Write Cache. SMART data is stored in cache, it will be stored in system cache, 3ware controller cache, and drive cache before the data is enabled, data will be run in the background, at ...
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... profile, and specifying how unconfigured disks (JBODs) are handled Email notification of features to minimize the impact on page 176 16 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Chapter 2. These features include: Controller and unit policies, such as a final step in... boot to begin using your convenience. Set Up Management and Maintenance Features 3ware RAID controllers come with Your 3ware RAID Controller CLI for updating the driver under "Updating the Driver and Firmware" on page 190. Details about these features are available in your initial...
... profile, and specifying how unconfigured disks (JBODs) are handled Email notification of features to minimize the impact on page 176 16 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Chapter 2. These features include: Controller and unit policies, such as a final step in... boot to begin using your convenience. Set Up Management and Maintenance Features 3ware RAID controllers come with Your 3ware RAID Controller CLI for updating the driver under "Updating the Driver and Firmware" on page 190. Details about these features are available in your initial...
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... that changing your disk array configuration may overwrite data on -screen for a screen similar to Figure 5. ----Press to access 3ware BIOS Manager ---- 3ware ATA RAID Controller: 9550SX-12 BIOS: BE9X X.XX.XX.XXX Firmware: FE9X X.XX.XX.XXX BBU Status: Not Present Number of online units: 1, available drives: 0, hot spare: 0, offline units:0 Exportable...
... that changing your disk array configuration may overwrite data on -screen for a screen similar to Figure 5. ----Press to access 3ware BIOS Manager ---- 3ware ATA RAID Controller: 9550SX-12 BIOS: BE9X X.XX.XX.XXX Firmware: FE9X X.XX.XX.XXX BBU Status: Not Present Number of online units: 1, available drives: 0, hot spare: 0, offline units:0 Exportable...
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... the type of one . 4 When the confirm message appears, insert a blank diskette into your system. 2 When the 3ware Menu appears, click Driver and Firmware Disks. 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, you must create a 3ware driver diskette. www.3ware.com 31 Be sure to select the correct ...
... the type of one . 4 When the confirm message appears, insert a blank diskette into your system. 2 When the 3ware Menu appears, click Driver and Firmware Disks. 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, you must create a 3ware driver diskette. www.3ware.com 31 Be sure to select the correct ...
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... following command: cat /proc/scsi/3w-9xxx/* where the asterisk (*) represents SCSI host ID and 9xxx represents the family of your system. 2 When the 3ware Escalade Menu appears, click the Driver & Firmware Disks button. 40 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Chapter 4. To create a Red Hat Linux driver diskette 1 Insert the...
... following command: cat /proc/scsi/3w-9xxx/* where the asterisk (*) represents SCSI host ID and 9xxx represents the family of your system. 2 When the 3ware Escalade Menu appears, click the Driver & Firmware Disks button. 40 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Chapter 4. To create a Red Hat Linux driver diskette 1 Insert the...
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...When the Welcome to Red Hat display appears, type expert at the boot prompt. The system automatically reports: Loading 3w-9xxx driver www.3ware.com 41 Note: If you need to create a Linux driver diskette for Red Hat and press Enter. Disconnecting the IDE drive while...begin creating the driver floppy diskette. A confirmation window opens. 4 Insert a blank diskette into your computer. Driver Installation Under Linux 3 In the 3ware Driver & Firmware Disk Images menu, click the button for the driver disk you to insert your driver disk. 4 Install the driver: Insert the driver diskette ...
...When the Welcome to Red Hat display appears, type expert at the boot prompt. The system automatically reports: Loading 3w-9xxx driver www.3ware.com 41 Note: If you need to create a Linux driver diskette for Red Hat and press Enter. Disconnecting the IDE drive while...begin creating the driver floppy diskette. A confirmation window opens. 4 Insert a blank diskette into your computer. Driver Installation Under Linux 3 In the 3ware Driver & Firmware Disk Images menu, click the button for the driver disk you to insert your driver disk. 4 Install the driver: Insert the driver diskette ...
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... button to begin copying the driver to the floppy diskette. A confirmation window 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 a Linux distribution other that what is available on the menu, see...
... button to begin copying the driver to the floppy diskette. A confirmation window 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 a Linux distribution other that what is available on the menu, see...
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...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. a Change to the following line to your kernel configuration file ("custom" in the example above ): options ... to enable printing of debug messages in the example above ): options TWA_DEBUG= www.3ware.com 51 h Add the following line to Makefile.i386 CFLAGS+=-I/sys/dev/twa i If you intend to bundle the firmware image with the driver, add the following line to /sys/conf/options: TWA_FIRMWARE_FLASH ...
...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. a Change to the following line to your kernel configuration file ("custom" in the example above ): options ... to enable printing of debug messages in the example above ): options TWA_DEBUG= www.3ware.com 51 h Add the following line to Makefile.i386 CFLAGS+=-I/sys/dev/twa i If you intend to bundle the firmware image with the driver, add the following line to /sys/conf/options: TWA_FIRMWARE_FLASH ...
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h Add the following line to Makefile.i386 CFLAGS+=-I/sys/dev/twa i If you intend to bundle the firmware image with the driver, add the following line to /sys/conf/options: TWA_FIRMWARE_FLASH opt_twa.h and the following line to your kernel configuration file ("custom"..." in the example above): options TWA_DEBUG= Specifying 0 in the above line prints no debug messages, whereas specifying 10 prints a LOT of debug messages. www.3ware.com 53 Driver Installation Under FreeBSD f Edit the file "files.i386" and add the lines shown below dev/twa/tw_cl_fwimg.c optional twa dev/twa/w_cl_init...
h Add the following line to Makefile.i386 CFLAGS+=-I/sys/dev/twa i If you intend to bundle the firmware image with the driver, add the following line to /sys/conf/options: TWA_FIRMWARE_FLASH opt_twa.h and the following line to your kernel configuration file ("custom"..." in the example above): options TWA_DEBUG= Specifying 0 in the above line prints no debug messages, whereas specifying 10 prints a LOT of debug messages. www.3ware.com 53 Driver Installation Under FreeBSD f Edit the file "files.i386" and add the lines shown below dev/twa/tw_cl_fwimg.c optional twa dev/twa/w_cl_init...
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... the start 3BM 1 Power up process for a screen similar to Figure 23. ----Press to access 3ware BIOS Manager ---- 3ware ATA RAID Controller: 9550SX-12 BIOS: BE9X X.XX.XX.XXX Firmware: FE9X X.XX.XX.XXX BBU Status: Not Present Number of the tools you can use to configure... 3BM 2" on page 55 "Exiting the 3BM Configuration Utility" on page 57 "Working in this guide. 5 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2) This section describes the basics of using 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2), one of online units: 1, available drives: 0, hot spare: 0, offline units:0 Exportable Units: 3drive ...
... the start 3BM 1 Power up process for a screen similar to Figure 23. ----Press to access 3ware BIOS Manager ---- 3ware ATA RAID Controller: 9550SX-12 BIOS: BE9X X.XX.XX.XXX Firmware: FE9X X.XX.XX.XXX BBU Status: Not Present Number of the tools you can use to configure... 3BM 2" on page 55 "Exiting the 3BM Configuration Utility" on page 57 "Working in this guide. 5 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2) This section describes the basics of using 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2), one of online units: 1, available drives: 0, hot spare: 0, offline units:0 Exportable Units: 3drive ...
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...main area of controllers installed in 3DM. Working with the 3DM Screens Working with the driver that is loaded; As you work in your 3ware RAID controller and the resources connected to 3DM, the Summary page shows a list of the page provides summary or detail information about the results... clicking a link on a series of pages you view in 3DM, the Messages area just below the menu bar displays information about your browser. a firmware flash upgrade may not be required. Note: If you expect to other pages in the computer at the URL you access to see a controller that...
...main area of controllers installed in 3DM. Working with the 3DM Screens Working with the driver that is loaded; As you work in your 3ware RAID controller and the resources connected to 3DM, the Summary page shows a list of the page provides summary or detail information about the results... clicking a link on a series of pages you view in 3DM, the Messages area just below the menu bar displays information about your browser. a firmware flash upgrade may not be required. Note: If you expect to other pages in the computer at the URL you access to see a controller that...
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...If both Error and Warning conditions exist, the status will appear as Error. 84 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide The firmware version running on the outside bracket of the controller.) Firmware. The overall status of the controller. (The model number is degraded or inoperable. ... with the controller. Driver. Possible statuses include OK, Warning, Error, and No Units. The model name of the controller. Chapter 6. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) Note: The software version shown in the screenshots in the menu bar. The Summary page appears after you first ...
...If both Error and Warning conditions exist, the status will appear as Error. 84 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide The firmware version running on the outside bracket of the controller.) Firmware. The overall status of the controller. (The model number is degraded or inoperable. ... with the controller. Driver. Possible statuses include OK, Warning, Error, and No Units. The model name of the controller. Chapter 6. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) Note: The software version shown in the screenshots in the menu bar. The Summary page appears after you first ...
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... the controller. You can also open or download an error log from the menu bar. The model name of the controller. The firmware version running on the menu bar. The driver version being used to the controller. The Monitor version on this screen. and 8000-...series controllers.) Boot Loader. The number of Units. This feature is important when contacting AMCC for 7000- Driver. BIOS. Monitor. www.3ware.com 85 Serial #. Boot Loader version on the controller, regardless of whether each currently has a drive connected. # of drives connected to interact...
... the controller. You can also open or download an error log from the menu bar. The model name of the controller. The firmware version running on the menu bar. The driver version being used to the controller. The Monitor version on this screen. and 8000-...series controllers.) Boot Loader. The number of Units. This feature is important when contacting AMCC for 7000- Driver. BIOS. Monitor. www.3ware.com 85 Serial #. Boot Loader version on the controller, regardless of whether each currently has a drive connected. # of drives connected to interact...
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... logical capacity (size) of the Management > Controller Settings page. Unit #. For 9000series controllers, if a name has been given to the unit by the firmware. Capacity. You can name your unit in the Unit # column. The unit number assigned to this unit, it is empty, no name has been assigned.... The type of the RAID levels, see details about a particular unit, click the link in the Unit Names section of the unit. 86 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide For details about each of unit, specified during configuration: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID 50...
... logical capacity (size) of the Management > Controller Settings page. Unit #. For 9000series controllers, if a name has been given to the unit by the firmware. Capacity. You can name your unit in the Unit # column. The unit number assigned to this unit, it is empty, no name has been assigned.... The type of the RAID levels, see details about a particular unit, click the link in the Unit Names section of the unit. 86 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide For details about each of unit, specified during configuration: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID 50...
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...a list of the drive. (Note that is supported and enabled, and the SATA Link speed, click the link in the 3DM screens. To see additional detail ..., Unconv DCB, Offline JBOD, Not Present, Device Error, SMART Failure, ECC Error, or Drive www.3ware.com 89 Status. The physical capacity of drives on the controller specified in the drop-down list on is...the drive may appear smaller in the Port # column. the size has simply been calculated differently for consistency. Firmware. Serial #. Port #. Consequently, the capacity of each one. The serial number of the drive. Capacity. ...
...a list of the drive. (Note that is supported and enabled, and the SATA Link speed, click the link in the 3DM screens. To see additional detail ..., Unconv DCB, Offline JBOD, Not Present, Device Error, SMART Failure, ECC Error, or Drive www.3ware.com 89 Status. The physical capacity of drives on the controller specified in the drop-down list on is...the drive may appear smaller in the Port # column. the size has simply been calculated differently for consistency. Firmware. Serial #. Port #. Consequently, the capacity of each one. The serial number of the drive. Capacity. ...
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Background Task Rate The Background Task Rate fields let you set the firmware to I /O performed by the controller. 9000-series controllers show only one setting for Task Rate; The five radio buttons let you change settings ... applies to initialization. The Controller Settings page lets you choose Management > Controller Settings from the menu bar. Chapter 6. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) Controller Settings Page Figure 40. This means, maximum 92 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Controller Settings Page The Controller Settings page appears when you view and...
Background Task Rate The Background Task Rate fields let you set the firmware to I /O performed by the controller. 9000-series controllers show only one setting for Task Rate; The five radio buttons let you change settings ... applies to initialization. The Controller Settings page lets you choose Management > Controller Settings from the menu bar. Chapter 6. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) Controller Settings Page Figure 40. This means, maximum 92 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Controller Settings Page The Controller Settings page appears when you view and...
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...page. You can initiate a verify task at the bottom of units easier. The Auto-verify policy causes verify tasks to be set in 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM). This feature is designed to make verification of this Controller Settings page. If a verify time window is currently enabled ... redundant. (For units which are required. Unit Policies For units on 9000-series controllers, you can be performed automatically, whenever the controller firmware algorithms determine that unit within the time window, depending on what type of a unit, the write cache will automatically be given to background...
...page. You can initiate a verify task at the bottom of units easier. The Auto-verify policy causes verify tasks to be set in 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM). This feature is designed to make verification of this Controller Settings page. If a verify time window is currently enabled ... redundant. (For units which are required. Unit Policies For units on 9000-series controllers, you can be performed automatically, whenever the controller firmware algorithms determine that unit within the time window, depending on what type of a unit, the write cache will automatically be given to background...
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...automatically. (This option does not apply to automatically rebuild degraded units. For 9550SX controllers, the Auto-Rebuild policy determines how the controller firmware will contain 3 volumes, with the first volume containing 2TB and the second volume containing 0.5 TB. By default, this particular controller.... Export JBOD (Unconfigured) Disks. For 9500S controllers, indicates whether write cache will be broken down into the StorSave policy.) www.3ware.com 95 Auto-carving can only be changed in seconds) between Spin-ups. If the unit is over a specified size (known...
...automatically. (This option does not apply to automatically rebuild degraded units. For 9550SX controllers, the Auto-Rebuild policy determines how the controller firmware will contain 3 volumes, with the first volume containing 2TB and the second volume containing 0.5 TB. By default, this particular controller.... Export JBOD (Unconfigured) Disks. For 9500S controllers, indicates whether write cache will be broken down into the StorSave policy.) www.3ware.com 95 Auto-carving can only be changed in seconds) between Spin-ups. If the unit is over a specified size (known...