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... About a Drive 118 About Background Tasks 119 About Initialization 119 Initialization of Different RAID Types 120 Auto Initialization After Power Failure 121 About Rebuilds 121 About Verification 122 About Migration 123 About Self-tests 124 Setting Background Task ...Rebuilding Units 130 Rebuilding a Unit Through 3DM 131 Rebuilding Units through 3BM 132 Cancelling a Rebuild and Restarting It with a Different Drive 134 Verifying Units 135 Verifying a Unit through 3DM 135 Verifying a Unit through 3BM 136 Maintaining Your Controller 139 Determining the Current Version of Your 3ware...
... About a Drive 118 About Background Tasks 119 About Initialization 119 Initialization of Different RAID Types 120 Auto Initialization After Power Failure 121 About Rebuilds 121 About Verification 122 About Migration 123 About Self-tests 124 Setting Background Task ...Rebuilding Units 130 Rebuilding a Unit Through 3DM 131 Rebuilding Units through 3BM 132 Cancelling a Rebuild and Restarting It with a Different Drive 134 Verifying Units 135 Verifying a Unit through 3DM 135 Verifying a Unit through 3BM 136 Maintaining Your Controller 139 Determining the Current Version of Your 3ware...
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... about the controller, check it's status, and change existing configurations, and set up your 3ware RAID controller. About This...3ware 9000 series controllers. Includes system requirements and an introduction to RAID concepts and levels. Includes definitions for terms used throughout this Guide Section Introduction Getting Started 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM 2) Configuring Your Controller Configuring Units Maintaining Units Maintaining Your Controller Troubleshooting Glossary Appendices Description Provides an overview of initialization, verify, rebuild...
... about the controller, check it's status, and change existing configurations, and set up your 3ware RAID controller. About This...3ware 9000 series controllers. Includes system requirements and an introduction to RAID concepts and levels. Includes definitions for terms used throughout this Guide Section Introduction Getting Started 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM 2) Configuring Your Controller Configuring Units Maintaining Units Maintaining Your Controller Troubleshooting Glossary Appendices Description Provides an overview of initialization, verify, rebuild...
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For details about working with 3BM, see See "Multi LUN Support and Auto-Carving" on page 79. 3ware Tools for Configuration and Management 3ware software tools lets you easily configure the drives attached to your 3ware RAID controller, specifying which runs in the background on the controller's host system, and can be accessed through a web browser to provide...
For details about working with 3BM, see See "Multi LUN Support and Auto-Carving" on page 79. 3ware Tools for Configuration and Management 3ware software tools lets you easily configure the drives attached to your 3ware RAID controller, specifying which runs in the background on the controller's host system, and can be accessed through a web browser to provide...
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...specifying whether I/O tasks should be given more information, see "Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP" on the 3ware controller can all be run when it will be stored in system cache, 3ware controller cache, and drive cache before the data is stored in the background,... the 3ware 9000 Series Controller Scheduled Background Tasks. Initialize, rebuild, verify, and self-test tasks can be enabled or disabled using 3BM, 3DM2 and CLI. With a Battery Backup Unit (BBU) installed, the cache stored on page 146. 16 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User ...
...specifying whether I/O tasks should be given more information, see "Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP" on the 3ware controller can all be run when it will be stored in system cache, 3ware controller cache, and drive cache before the data is stored in the background,... the 3ware 9000 Series Controller Scheduled Background Tasks. Initialize, rebuild, verify, and self-test tasks can be enabled or disabled using 3BM, 3DM2 and CLI. With a Battery Backup Unit (BBU) installed, the cache stored on page 146. 16 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User ...
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...For information about rebuilding a degraded array, see "Rebuilding Units" on the selection screen shown in different BIOS summaries, and will launch different versions of 7000/8000-series and 9000-series controllers in your system, the 7000/8000-series controllers are different for that controller appears, to ...now. Otherwise, press any key to enter the BIOS software. Figure 7. For detailed information, see the version of the 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide that have a combination of 3BM. To access the BIOS utility for the 7000/8000-series board, press Alt...
...For information about rebuilding a degraded array, see "Rebuilding Units" on the selection screen shown in different BIOS summaries, and will launch different versions of 7000/8000-series and 9000-series controllers in your system, the 7000/8000-series controllers are different for that controller appears, to ...now. Otherwise, press any key to enter the BIOS software. Figure 7. For detailed information, see the version of the 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide that have a combination of 3BM. To access the BIOS utility for the 7000/8000-series board, press Alt...
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...Existing Controller with a New Controller," in the 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide.) When some of the drives are remaining from a unit, you must first delete them. For more information, see "Deleting a Unit" on the main screen: Create Delete Maintain Rebuild ... Policy BBU Specify (or unspecify) a drive as a hot spare Enter Up and Down Arrow Keys Alt+A Alt+C Alt+D Alt+M Alt+R Alt+P Alt-B S www.3ware.com 23
...Existing Controller with a New Controller," in the 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide.) When some of the drives are remaining from a unit, you must first delete them. For more information, see "Deleting a Unit" on the main screen: Create Delete Maintain Rebuild ... Policy BBU Specify (or unspecify) a drive as a hot spare Enter Up and Down Arrow Keys Alt+A Alt+C Alt+D Alt+M Alt+R Alt+P Alt-B S www.3ware.com 23
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..., and allows you access information about using 3DM, and provides access to an electronic copy of this User Guide. 38 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide The Monitor menu gives you set preferences, including email notification for alarms, passwords, page refresh frequency, whether remote...and the exact date and time it occurred. The 3DM 2 Settings page lets you access to tasks used for a particular controller. You can also be scheduled (rebuild, verify, and self-test), and maintenance of individual units. The Management menu gives you access to the Alarms page and...
..., and allows you access information about using 3DM, and provides access to an electronic copy of this User Guide. 38 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide The Monitor menu gives you set preferences, including email notification for alarms, passwords, page refresh frequency, whether remote...and the exact date and time it occurred. The 3DM 2 Settings page lets you access to tasks used for a particular controller. You can also be scheduled (rebuild, verify, and self-test), and maintenance of individual units. The Management menu gives you access to the Alarms page and...
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... a background task is currently being used to the controller. The driver version being performed (rebuilding, migrating, or initializing). Status. Warning indicates that the operating system assigns to interact with the controller. Note: The controller ID you see in the menu bar. Error indicates... Error, and No Units. The serial number of the controller.) Firmware. Driver. If both Error and Warning conditions exist, the status will appear as Error. 46 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) Note: The software version shown in...
... a background task is currently being used to the controller. The driver version being performed (rebuilding, migrating, or initializing). Status. Warning indicates that the operating system assigns to interact with the controller. Note: The controller ID you see in the menu bar. Error indicates... Error, and No Units. The serial number of the controller.) Firmware. Driver. If both Error and Warning conditions exist, the status will appear as Error. 46 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) Note: The software version shown in...
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..., click Unit Information in the menu bar. For example, details about a RAID 5 unit made up of three subunits, each of a unit. Previous versions of the unit: OK, Rebuilding, Initializing, Migrating, Verifying, Degraded, or Inoperable (missing drives). The operational...when you view details of which contains one drive, will include details about a particular unit. When a unit is Rebuilding, Initializing, Migrating, or Verifying, the percentage (%) complete is . Status. Unit Details Page Figure 18. The specific ... appear to be larger than they do : as shown in www.3ware.com 49
..., click Unit Information in the menu bar. For example, details about a RAID 5 unit made up of three subunits, each of a unit. Previous versions of the unit: OK, Rebuilding, Initializing, Migrating, Verifying, Degraded, or Inoperable (missing drives). The operational...when you view details of which contains one drive, will include details about a particular unit. When a unit is Rebuilding, Initializing, Migrating, or Verifying, the percentage (%) complete is . Status. Unit Details Page Figure 18. The specific ... appear to be larger than they do : as shown in www.3ware.com 49
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... JBOD, or Spare, the port to the Drive Information page. 50 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide The type of the unit or subunit: OK, Rebuilding, Migrating, Initializing, Verifying, Degraded, or Inoperable (missing drives). RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID 50, Single Disk, Spare, JBOD, or Disk Volumes. Stripe. The...not shown). Port #. To see details about one disk will see the number of volumes in the subunits section. You'll see "Multi LUN Support and Auto-Carving" on page 79. If the unit has subunits, details of the unit, if applicable. Details on ...
... JBOD, or Spare, the port to the Drive Information page. 50 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide The type of the unit or subunit: OK, Rebuilding, Migrating, Initializing, Verifying, Degraded, or Inoperable (missing drives). RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID 50, Single Disk, Spare, JBOD, or Disk Volumes. Stripe. The...not shown). Port #. To see details about one disk will see the number of volumes in the subunits section. You'll see "Multi LUN Support and Auto-Carving" on page 79. If the unit has subunits, details of the unit, if applicable. Details on ...
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... in comparison to the fastest settings for Task Rate; The Controller Settings page lets you change settings that this rate is used for 7/8000 controllers. and 8000-series controllers show separate settings for Rebuild/Migrate Rate and Verify Rate, as shown in the drop-...down list on the controller specified in Figure 21. Controller Settings Page 3DM 2 Reference Figure 21. This means, maximum www.3ware.com 53 Background ...
... in comparison to the fastest settings for Task Rate; The Controller Settings page lets you change settings that this rate is used for 7/8000 controllers. and 8000-series controllers show separate settings for Rebuild/Migrate Rate and Verify Rate, as shown in the drop-...down list on the controller specified in Figure 21. Controller Settings Page 3DM 2 Reference Figure 21. This means, maximum www.3ware.com 53 Background ...
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..., depending on what type of the physical hard drives' write cache as well as they are 54 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide You can initiate a verify task at the bottom of units easier. For additional information, see "Setting ...rates, giving maximum processing time to make verification of this box, the controller will automatically be performed automatically, whenever the controller firmware algorithms determine that unit within the time window, depending on Source Error During Rebuild. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) processing time will not start a verify task ...
..., depending on what type of the physical hard drives' write cache as well as they are 54 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide You can initiate a verify task at the bottom of units easier. For additional information, see "Setting ...rates, giving maximum processing time to make verification of this box, the controller will automatically be performed automatically, whenever the controller firmware algorithms determine that unit within the time window, depending on Source Error During Rebuild. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) processing time will not start a verify task ...
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... you have the option to Degraded. If the rebuild fails and Continue on Source Error During Rebuild is 2.5 TB then it will contain two volumes, with the first two volumes containing 2TB each , plus a remainder volume. Unit Names On 9000-series controllers, units can be enabled or disabled by the..." option in 3DM v 1.x and the "ignoreEcc" option in the BIOS (3BM). It is over 2TB will complete successfully without manually intervention. www.3ware.com 55 Note: The policy Continue on page 114. A name can be assigned when the unit is created and can only be exported to the...
... you have the option to Degraded. If the rebuild fails and Continue on Source Error During Rebuild is 2.5 TB then it will contain two volumes, with the first two volumes containing 2TB each , plus a remainder volume. Unit Names On 9000-series controllers, units can be enabled or disabled by the..." option in 3DM v 1.x and the "ignoreEcc" option in the BIOS (3BM). It is over 2TB will complete successfully without manually intervention. www.3ware.com 55 Note: The policy Continue on page 114. A name can be assigned when the unit is created and can only be exported to the...
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...from the menu bar. Scheduling Page Figure 22. series controllers. For additional information, see "Viewing Controller Policies in the drop-down list at the top of the page. 56 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide After the unit is not available for ...which you choose Management > Scheduling from the drop-down list on a unit if it becomes degraded. and 8000- Indicates whether write cache will be automatically disabled on the menu bar, including: Rebuild...
...from the menu bar. Scheduling Page Figure 22. series controllers. For additional information, see "Viewing Controller Policies in the drop-down list at the top of the page. 56 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide After the unit is not available for ...which you choose Management > Scheduling from the drop-down list on a unit if it becomes degraded. and 8000- Indicates whether write cache will be automatically disabled on the menu bar, including: Rebuild...
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...times per week. This is only available on the 9000series controllers. For information about the different background tasks, see if the UDMA mode can be increased. (If you want to read sectors. In severe cases, the www.3ware.com 57 For details about adding and removing schedules, and...retries to temporarily disable the schedule. This test checks the speed at which data transfer to the scheduled times. This limits active initializing, rebuilding, verifying, migrating, and testing of these tasks can be run during the scheduled times. If you remove all the schedule times for...
...times per week. This is only available on the 9000series controllers. For information about the different background tasks, see if the UDMA mode can be increased. (If you want to read sectors. In severe cases, the www.3ware.com 57 For details about adding and removing schedules, and...retries to temporarily disable the schedule. This test checks the speed at which data transfer to the scheduled times. This limits active initializing, rebuilding, verifying, migrating, and testing of these tasks can be run during the scheduled times. If you remove all the schedule times for...
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...-assigned unique name of the drive. The capacity (size) of the unit: Ok, Rebuilding, Initializing, Verifying, Migrating, Degraded, or Inoperable (missing drives). Model. Unit Information Unit Number. Operational status of the drive. 60 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide If you still want to select a unit before creating a new unit with...
...-assigned unique name of the drive. The capacity (size) of the unit: Ok, Rebuilding, Initializing, Verifying, Migrating, Degraded, or Inoperable (missing drives). Model. Unit Information Unit Number. Operational status of the drive. 60 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide If you still want to select a unit before creating a new unit with...
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...set the background task rate on the Controller Settings page to specify whether more information about initialization, see "About Initialization" on scheduling for Rebuild will become degraded. For example it will check parity for a RAID 5 or check data consistency for drives ...For redundant units, you preform maintenance and configuration tasks related to I /O continues normally. Initialization follows the Rebuild schedule, so turning on page 119. www.3ware.com 61 If you click Verify Unit, the initialization process starts. In the Unit Maintenance section, this ...
...set the background task rate on the Controller Settings page to specify whether more information about initialization, see "About Initialization" on scheduling for Rebuild will become degraded. For example it will check parity for a RAID 5 or check data consistency for drives ...For redundant units, you preform maintenance and configuration tasks related to I /O continues normally. Initialization follows the Rebuild schedule, so turning on page 119. www.3ware.com 61 If you click Verify Unit, the initialization process starts. In the Unit Maintenance section, this ...
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... more information about rebuilds, see "About Migration" on the Controller Settings page. Caution: Once migration of migration completed. When you can adjust the I/O rate with four drives. You can migrate from a RAID 5 array with 4 drives to a RAID 10 with the radio buttons on page 123. 62 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide In the...
... more information about rebuilds, see "About Migration" on the Controller Settings page. Caution: Once migration of migration completed. When you can adjust the I/O rate with four drives. You can migrate from a RAID 5 array with 4 drives to a RAID 10 with the radio buttons on page 123. 62 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide In the...
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...3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) and writes. Write Cache, Auto-Verify, and Continue on page 54. These policies can reduce the frequency with which information refreshes in 3DM 2, or disable refresh temporarily, on the Controller Settings page. For details about these policies, see "Unit Policies" on Source Error during Rebuild...If the configuration window disappears while you set and changed on the 3DM 2 Settings page. Alarms Page 66 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide In general, the smaller the stripe size, the better the sequential I/O and the worse the random...
...3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) and writes. Write Cache, Auto-Verify, and Continue on page 54. These policies can reduce the frequency with which information refreshes in 3DM 2, or disable refresh temporarily, on the Controller Settings page. For details about these policies, see "Unit Policies" on Source Error during Rebuild...If the configuration window disappears while you set and changed on the 3DM 2 Settings page. Alarms Page 66 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide In general, the smaller the stripe size, the better the sequential I/O and the worse the random...
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...continue in the event of the "Overwrite ECC errors" feature in 3DM, under "Controller Settings Page" on page 53. For more information, see "Enabling and Disabling the Unit Write Cache" on source error during rebuild. www.3ware.com 89 Figure 34. Note: You can enable it. Figure 35. Stripe ...Sizes for a RAID 5 8 (Optional) Tab to the field Continue on page 95. 7 Tab to the field Array's ...
...continue in the event of the "Overwrite ECC errors" feature in 3DM, under "Controller Settings Page" on page 53. For more information, see "Enabling and Disabling the Unit Write Cache" on source error during rebuild. www.3ware.com 89 Figure 34. Note: You can enable it. Figure 35. Stripe ...Sizes for a RAID 5 8 (Optional) Tab to the field Continue on page 95. 7 Tab to the field Array's ...