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... 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 9 3ware Tools for Configuration and Management 12 3BM (3ware BIOS Manager 12 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager 12 3ware CLI (Command Line Interface 13 Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features 13 Chapter 2. Introducing the...
... 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 9 3ware Tools for Configuration and Management 12 3BM (3ware BIOS Manager 12 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager 12 3ware CLI (Command Line Interface 13 Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features 13 Chapter 2. Introducing the...
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...and maintenance tasks for your controller. You can download that came with your 3ware RAID controller. www.3ware.com v If you have not yet done so, see the installation guide that guide from 3ware's website: 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. This guide ... your 3ware 9000 series controller. About This Guide 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide provides instructions for the 9590SE, the 9550SX, and the 9500S.) How this guide. You can download the installation guide from You can also perform many tasks at the BIOS level (3ware BIOS Manager ...
...and maintenance tasks for your controller. You can download that came with your 3ware RAID controller. www.3ware.com v If you have not yet done so, see the installation guide that guide from 3ware's website: 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. This guide ... your 3ware 9000 series controller. About This Guide 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide provides instructions for the 9590SE, the 9550SX, and the 9500S.) How this guide. You can download the installation guide from You can also perform many tasks at the BIOS level (3ware BIOS Manager ...
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... to install and set unit policies. Provides common problems and solutions, and explains error messages. Provides compliance and conformity statement. vi 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Driver Installation 5. 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) 6. 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM 2) 7. Describes the basics of using 3DM and includes a reference of all associated drives. Describes how to another...
... to install and set unit policies. Provides common problems and solutions, and explains error messages. Provides compliance and conformity statement. vi 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Driver Installation 5. 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) 6. 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM 2) 7. Describes the basics of using 3DM and includes a reference of all associated drives. Describes how to another...
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... through this guide: • 3BM and 3BM 2 both refer to the 3ware BIOS Manager, version 2. • 3DM and 3DM 2 both refer to the 3ware Disk Manager, version 2. • In the sections that describe using 3DM, current controller is used to refer to the controller which is used for buttons, fields, and settings that appear on...
... through this guide: • 3BM and 3BM 2 both refer to the 3ware BIOS Manager, version 2. • 3DM and 3DM 2 both refer to the 3ware Disk Manager, version 2. • In the sections that describe using 3DM, current controller is used to refer to the controller which is used for buttons, fields, and settings that appear on...
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...3ware® 9000 Series Controller Features of the boot volume. • Ability to define a carving size to easily identify a drive by blinking the LED associated 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...protection versus performance for battery backup provides added data protection in 3ware's 9000 series of RAID controllers have a chassis that supports it • Improved BIOS control lets you have the following features and benefits: • 200...
...3ware® 9000 Series Controller Features of the boot volume. • Ability to define a carving size to easily identify a drive by blinking the LED associated 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...protection versus performance for battery backup provides added data protection in 3ware's 9000 series of RAID controllers have a chassis that supports it • Improved BIOS control lets you have the following features and benefits: • 200...
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The stripe size is configurable in the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) and in a striped disk array (see Figure 1), large files are available for drives attached to prevent system hangs and data loss. Striped disk .... RAID 0 arrays are not recommended for data intensive applications such as video editing, computer aided design and geographical information systems. RAID 0 arrays 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...
The stripe size is configurable in the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) and in a striped disk array (see Figure 1), large files are available for drives attached to prevent system hangs and data loss. Striped disk .... RAID 0 arrays are not recommended for data intensive applications such as video editing, computer aided design and geographical information systems. RAID 0 arrays 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...
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... want, and designating hot spares for use if a drive degrades. 3ware provides several tools for use 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 level tool for creating, deleting, and maintaining disk arrays, rebuilding arrays...
... want, and designating hot spares for use if a drive degrades. 3ware provides several tools for use 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 level tool for creating, deleting, and maintaining disk arrays, rebuilding arrays...
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...If the disk drive is checked on single disks, spares, JBODS and RAID 0 unit members. Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features Several 3ware RAID controller features aid in a system by first logging into the standby power management state to minimize in the background, at scheduled times. The..." on the location of SMART thresholds can be run in -rush current at the same time, and the time between staggers in 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Management utility). You can all disk drives (array members, single disks, and hot spares). Both SATAII OOB and ATA spin-up . Monitoring of...
...If the disk drive is checked on single disks, spares, JBODS and RAID 0 unit members. Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features Several 3ware RAID controller features aid in a system by first logging into the standby power management state to minimize in the background, at scheduled times. The..." on the location of SMART thresholds can be run in -rush current at the same time, and the time between staggers in 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Management utility). You can all disk drives (array members, single disks, and hot spares). Both SATAII OOB and ATA spin-up . Monitoring of...
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...in your system, 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 Physically Install the Controller and Drives To install your controller and drives, follow the instructions in the installation guide that...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 and boot from the 3ware website at http:// www.3ware.com/support/userdocs.asp. You will install the operating system on ...
...in your system, 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 Physically Install the Controller and Drives To install your controller and drives, follow the instructions in the installation guide that...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 and boot from the 3ware website at http:// www.3ware.com/support/userdocs.asp. You will install the operating system on ...
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... controller, follow the instructions under "Using AutoCarving for Creating a Unit The process of configuring your RAID units includes these main steps, which are detailed in the step-by-step example: • Launch 3BM (3ware BIOS Manager) • Select the drives to be included and indicate that you want to ...3ware RAID controller supports and the number of the unit you create will exceed 2TB and you are using Windows 2000, Windows XP, Linux 2.4, or FreeBSD 4.x, you can use the steps below or you will install the operating system on another drive in this chapter to use the 3ware BIOS ...
... controller, follow the instructions under "Using AutoCarving for Creating a Unit The process of configuring your RAID units includes these main steps, which are detailed in the step-by-step example: • Launch 3BM (3ware BIOS Manager) • Select the drives to be included and indicate that you want to ...3ware RAID controller supports and the number of the unit you create will exceed 2TB and you are using Windows 2000, Windows XP, Linux 2.4, or FreeBSD 4.x, you can use the steps below or you will install the operating system on another drive in this chapter to use the 3ware BIOS ...
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...you 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: 9590SE-12 BIOS: BE9X X.XX.XX.XXX Firmware: FE9X X.XX.XX.XXX BBU Status: Not Present Number of online units: 1, available drives....48 GB 279.48 GB 279.48 GB Figure 5. 3ware BIOS Screen 2 Press Alt-3 immediately to bring up or reboot your 3ware configuration remains on the disks. 20 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 6. 3ware Controller Board Selection Screen You see a screen similar to work ...
...you 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: 9590SE-12 BIOS: BE9X X.XX.XX.XXX Firmware: FE9X X.XX.XX.XXX BBU Status: Not Present Number of online units: 1, available drives....48 GB 279.48 GB 279.48 GB Figure 5. 3ware BIOS Screen 2 Press Alt-3 immediately to bring up or reboot your 3ware configuration remains on the disks. 20 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 6. 3ware Controller Board Selection Screen You see a screen similar to work ...
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...Depending on the drives, and create the unit. The initialization process can take several hours, depending on page 177. 26 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Chapter 3. Trade-offs to cancelling initialization: • Performance of these units will be a longer period of... time until initialization is complete. • When initializing is done in the BIOS. For complete information about initialization of RAID units, see "...
...Depending on the drives, and create the unit. The initialization process can take several hours, depending on page 177. 26 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Chapter 3. Trade-offs to cancelling initialization: • Performance of these units will be a longer period of... time until initialization is complete. • When initializing is done in the BIOS. For complete information about initialization of RAID units, see "...
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... Boot Sequence Using your system, go into the BIOS for information about starting the system BIOS. • If the OS is necessary because most systems automatically change the boot order. The final steps in your computer's Setup utility, ensure that device precedes the 3ware RAID controller in boot order. • If you may also...
... Boot Sequence Using your system, go into the BIOS for information about starting the system BIOS. • If the OS is necessary because most systems automatically change the boot order. The final steps in your computer's Setup utility, ensure that device precedes the 3ware RAID controller in boot order. • If you may also...
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... that Boots From a Different Device The steps for installing the 3ware kernel driver module vary slightly, depending on a new unit ...Driver Installation To install the 3ware kernel driver module while installing Red Hat Linux on your driver install disk. 4 Install the 3ware kernel driver module, using ...the driver install diskette: Insert the driver install diskette containing the 3ware driver for what type of...of updating the RAM 42 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide b Make sure the boot order in your computer. then...
... that Boots From a Different Device The steps for installing the 3ware kernel driver module vary slightly, depending on a new unit ...Driver Installation To install the 3ware kernel driver module while installing Red Hat Linux on your driver install disk. 4 Install the 3ware kernel driver module, using ...the driver install diskette: Insert the driver install diskette containing the 3ware driver for what type of...of updating the RAM 42 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide b Make sure the boot order in your computer. then...
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... or DVD and the ones connected to the 9550SX or 9590SE controller. 2 Create the RAID units on the CD or website. Once up and booted, you will be used to include it will be used for secondary storage. To install the kernel driver module while installing FreeBSD v5.4... the FreeBSD installation and enable boot device support. Note: Some versions of FreeBSD you are using 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Manager). These instructions provide step-by-step instructions for 9500S Controllers" on a FreeBSD System that the version of FreeBSD cannot boot to arrays larger than 1 TByte, check to...
... or DVD and the ones connected to the 9550SX or 9590SE controller. 2 Create the RAID units on the CD or website. Once up and booted, you will be used to include it will be used for secondary storage. To install the kernel driver module while installing FreeBSD v5.4... the FreeBSD installation and enable boot device support. Note: Some versions of FreeBSD you are using 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Manager). These instructions provide step-by-step instructions for 9500S Controllers" on a FreeBSD System that the version of FreeBSD cannot boot to arrays larger than 1 TByte, check to...
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...on page 52. 6 Build the kernel with the controller. The sources for the new kernel driver module for secondary storage, you do not need to use the controller for FreeBSD 5.4 can be found on both the 3ware CD-ROM and the 3ware website. www.3ware.com 53 doing so will need to install the... the kernel with this section if FreeBSD is installed on a boot drive attached to the motherboard ATA controller, and you will cause the kernel to panic. Be sure to be using the unit on the 9550SX using either 3BM (the BIOS of system memory, you will be statically compiled.
...on page 52. 6 Build the kernel with the controller. The sources for the new kernel driver module for secondary storage, you do not need to use the controller for FreeBSD 5.4 can be found on both the 3ware CD-ROM and the 3ware website. www.3ware.com 53 doing so will need to install the... the kernel with this section if FreeBSD is installed on a boot drive attached to the motherboard ATA controller, and you will cause the kernel to panic. Be sure to be using the unit on the 9550SX using either 3BM (the BIOS of system memory, you will be statically compiled.
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... Comment out the entry Device twa # 3ware 9000 series in . Follow the instructions under "To update the kernel with new driver source" on the 9550SX using 3BM (BIOS) 3 Unpack twa.tgz and 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 If you want to upgrade to the latest driver,...
... Comment out the entry Device twa # 3ware 9000 series in . Follow the instructions under "To update the kernel with new driver source" on the 9550SX using 3BM (BIOS) 3 Unpack twa.tgz and 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 If you want to upgrade to the latest driver,...
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...in 3BM, refer to bring up or reboot your 3ware 9550SX or 9590SE RAID controller. This section is starting, watch for your computer. 1 Power up the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM). 5 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2) This section describes the basics of using 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2), one of the tools ... 2 To start 3BM You access 3BM during the start-up process for a screen similar to Figure 24. ----Press to access 3ware BIOS Manager ---3ware ATA RAID Controller: 9590SE-12 BIOS: BE9X X.XX.XX.XXX Firmware: FE9X X.XX.XX.XXX BBU Status: Not Present Number of online units: 1, available drives:...
...in 3BM, refer to bring up or reboot your 3ware 9550SX or 9590SE RAID controller. This section is starting, watch for your computer. 1 Power up the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM). 5 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2) This section describes the basics of using 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2), one of the tools ... 2 To start 3BM You access 3BM during the start-up process for a screen similar to Figure 24. ----Press to access 3ware BIOS Manager ---3ware ATA RAID Controller: 9590SE-12 BIOS: BE9X X.XX.XX.XXX Firmware: FE9X X.XX.XX.XXX BBU Status: Not Present Number of online units: 1, available drives:...
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Chapter 5. 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2) Normally your configuration and need to continue. However, if a unit has degraded, the screen indicates the problem and remains on your screen longer. 4 If you have more than one 9000-series controller in your system, a screen lists the available boards. (See Figure 25.) In this case, highlight the board... to Figure 26, warning you that changing your disk array configuration may overwrite data on the disks. 5 If you plan to make changes to your 3ware configuration remains on page 189. 56 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 26.
Chapter 5. 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2) Normally your configuration and need to continue. However, if a unit has degraded, the screen indicates the problem and remains on your screen longer. 4 If you have more than one 9000-series controller in your system, a screen lists the available boards. (See Figure 25.) In this case, highlight the board... to Figure 26, warning you that changing your disk array configuration may overwrite data on the disks. 5 If you plan to make changes to your 3ware configuration remains on page 189. 56 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 26.
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... detailed information, see the version of 3BM. If you have two 9000 controllers that have different versions of the BIOS installed, they will also appear in different BIOS summaries, and will launch different versions of the 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide that controller appears. Exiting the 3BM Configuration Utility Note: If you have a combination...
... detailed information, see the version of 3BM. If you have two 9000 controllers that have different versions of the BIOS installed, they will also appear in different BIOS summaries, and will launch different versions of the 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide that controller appears. Exiting the 3BM Configuration Utility Note: If you have a combination...