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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 ... Schedule 178 Removing a Task Schedule 179 Adding a New Task 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 ... Schedule 178 Removing a Task Schedule 179 Adding a New Task Schedule Slot 179 Selecting Self-tests to a 9550SX Controller 159 Adding a Drive through 3BM 183 www.3ware.com iii
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...how to check unit and drive status, review alarms and errors, schedule background maintenance tasks, and manually start them, when necessary or desirable. Describes how to install drivers for Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD. vi 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Getting... details about checking battery status on a BBU (Battery Backup Unit). Table 1: Chapters in this guide. Driver Installation 5. 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) 6. 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM 2) 7. Configuring Your Controller 8. Maintaining Units 10. Compliance and Conformity Statements C. Provides step-by...
...how to check unit and drive status, review alarms and errors, schedule background maintenance tasks, and manually start them, when necessary or desirable. Describes how to install drivers for Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD. vi 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Getting... details about checking battery status on a BBU (Battery Backup Unit). Table 1: Chapters in this guide. Driver Installation 5. 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) 6. 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM 2) 7. Configuring Your Controller 8. Maintaining Units 10. Compliance and Conformity Statements C. Provides step-by...
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... levels, see the article "RAID Primer" on your controller, and the number of disk drives available for use Single Disk as a unit through 3ware software. (3BM, 3DM 2, or CLI). Hot Spare A single drive, available online, so that has been configured as a replacement for high ...availability systems unless additional precautions are taken to prevent system hangs and data loss. Review the information under "Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels" on page 4 to determine the type of RAID configuration most appropriate for your needs ...
... levels, see the article "RAID Primer" on your controller, and the number of disk drives available for use Single Disk as a unit through 3ware software. (3BM, 3DM 2, or CLI). Hot Spare A single drive, available online, so that has been configured as a replacement for high ...availability systems unless additional precautions are taken to prevent system hangs and data loss. Review the information under "Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels" on page 4 to determine the type of RAID configuration most appropriate for your needs ...
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... Serial ATA RAID Controller Quick Install Guide. If you can configure units through 3BM, through 3ware Disk Manager (3DM), or through the new 3ware RAID controller, use 3DM or the www.3ware.com 15 Information about using 3BM is already installed on page 4 before configuring your drives. If... You will install the operating system on and boot from the 3ware website at http://www.3ware.com/support/userdocs.asp Configure the RAID Unit and Drives You may want to use the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) to review the information under "Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels" on another drive...
... Serial ATA RAID Controller Quick Install Guide. If you can configure units through 3BM, through 3ware Disk Manager (3DM), or through the new 3ware RAID controller, use 3DM or the www.3ware.com 15 Information about using 3BM is already installed on page 4 before configuring your drives. If... You will install the operating system on and boot from the 3ware website at http://www.3ware.com/support/userdocs.asp Configure the RAID Unit and Drives You may want to use the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) to review the information under "Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels" on another drive...
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... Schedules for when background tasks will also find instructions for installing drivers are described in your initial setup, or you can review and change these features are available in particular: "Configuring Your Controller" on page 115 "Setting Other Unit ...page 190. Set Up Management and Maintenance Features 3ware RAID controllers come with Your 3ware RAID Controller CLI for these sections in Chapter 4, "Driver Installation." The default settings for configuration, go ahead and boot to review these features allow you manage and maintain the controller...
... Schedules for when background tasks will also find instructions for installing drivers are described in your initial setup, or you can review and change these features are available in particular: "Configuring Your Controller" on page 115 "Setting Other Unit ...page 190. Set Up Management and Maintenance Features 3ware RAID controllers come with Your 3ware RAID Controller CLI for these sections in Chapter 4, "Driver Installation." The default settings for configuration, go ahead and boot to review these features allow you manage and maintain the controller...
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... an incomplete drive or unusable unit, or a drive that it and pressing Enter or Space. Chapter 8. Backup any data that you want to delete. 152 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Configuring Units Figure 65. Warning: Any data on the unit will be lost once the unit is the... one you want to keep. 3 On the Delete Disk Array screen, review the information about the unit to indicate that appears with a message such as "Unsupported DCB," select it in the list Incomplete Drives and Others. An...
... an incomplete drive or unusable unit, or a drive that it and pressing Enter or Space. Chapter 8. Backup any data that you want to delete. 152 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Configuring Units Figure 65. Warning: Any data on the unit will be lost once the unit is the... one you want to keep. 3 On the Delete Disk Array screen, review the information about the unit to indicate that appears with a message such as "Unsupported DCB," select it in the list Incomplete Drives and Others. An...
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... in 3DM. In addition, 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) and 3ware Disk Manager (3DM) provide tools to help maintain the integrity of your system. This section includes the following tasks to let you check unit and drive status, and manually start background maintenance tasks. 3DM also lets you review alarms and errors and schedule...
... in 3DM. In addition, 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) and 3ware Disk Manager (3DM) provide tools to help maintain the integrity of your system. This section includes the following tasks to let you check unit and drive status, and manually start background maintenance tasks. 3DM also lets you review alarms and errors and schedule...
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... information, see "Alarms Page" on page 107. These events include alarms that have been repaired during verification. www.3ware.com 167 They also include SMART notifications, and informational notification, such as when a disk unit becomes degraded and is no longer ...fault tolerant. Reviewing Alarms and Errors Reviewing Alarms and Errors 3DM provides several levels of detail about the Alarms page, see "Managing E-mail Event Notification" on page ...
... information, see "Alarms Page" on page 107. These events include alarms that have been repaired during verification. www.3ware.com 167 They also include SMART notifications, and informational notification, such as when a disk unit becomes degraded and is no longer ...fault tolerant. Reviewing Alarms and Errors Reviewing Alarms and Errors 3DM provides several levels of detail about the Alarms page, see "Managing E-mail Event Notification" on page ...
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... if appropriate. 4 Continue with step 6 above . Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP If you prefer, you will be updated, and change controllers Number of controllers in your system. 3 For each controller, review the option for the first controller. . Maintaining Your Controller When... the 3ware Driver/Firmware Update dialog box appears, it lists the number of controllers that during this process, ...
... if appropriate. 4 Continue with step 6 above . Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP If you prefer, you will be updated, and change controllers Number of controllers in your system. 3 For each controller, review the option for the first controller. . Maintaining Your Controller When... the 3ware Driver/Firmware Update dialog box appears, it lists the number of controllers that during this process, ...