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...'s New With the 3ware 9000 Series Controller 6 System Requirements 6 Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels 8 Available RAID Configurations 9 Determining What RAID Level to Use 12 3ware Tools for Configuration and Management 14 3BM (3ware BIOS Manager 14 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager 14 3ware CLI (Command Line Interface 15 Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features 15 Getting Started with Your 3ware RAID Controller 17 3ware BIOS Manager...
...'s New With the 3ware 9000 Series Controller 6 System Requirements 6 Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels 8 Available RAID Configurations 9 Determining What RAID Level to Use 12 3ware Tools for Configuration and Management 14 3BM (3ware BIOS Manager 14 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager 14 3ware CLI (Command Line Interface 15 Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features 15 Getting Started with Your 3ware RAID Controller 17 3ware BIOS Manager...
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... Guide provides instructions for configuring and maintaining your 3ware RAID controller. If you have not yet done so, see 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide for your 3ware controller. You can also perform many tasks at the BIOS level (3ware BIOS Manager, or 3BM) and one at the command line, using the two tools (3BM and 3DM...
... Guide provides instructions for configuring and maintaining your 3ware RAID controller. If you have not yet done so, see 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide for your 3ware controller. You can also perform many tasks at the BIOS level (3ware BIOS Manager, or 3BM) and one at the command line, using the two tools (3BM and 3DM...
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... 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, designating hot spares, and setting controller policies. 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, ...
... 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, designating hot spares, and setting controller policies. 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, ...
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Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features Several 3ware RAID controller features aid in 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. SMART data is described in monitoring and troubleshooting your drives. SMART Monitoring (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and...Reallocation of SMART thresholds can view unit status and version information and perform maintenance functions such as 3DM and 3DM 2. 3ware CLI (Command Line Interface) The 3ware CLI provides the functionality available in a system by first logging into the standby power management state to minimize in ...
Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features Several 3ware RAID controller features aid in 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. SMART data is described in monitoring and troubleshooting your drives. SMART Monitoring (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and...Reallocation of SMART thresholds can view unit status and version information and perform maintenance functions such as 3DM and 3DM 2. 3ware CLI (Command Line Interface) The 3ware CLI provides the functionality available in a system by first logging into the standby power management state to minimize in ...
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...Battery Backup Unit (BBU) installed, the cache stored on page 146. 16 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide For more information, see "Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP" on the 3ware controller can all be run when it could be enabled or disabled using 3BM,... time, or background rebuild and verify tasks should be least disruptive to process multiple write commands at the same time, thus improving performance. Write cache can also define the rate at scheduled times. Introducing the 3ware 9000 Series Controller Scheduled Background Tasks.
...Battery Backup Unit (BBU) installed, the cache stored on page 146. 16 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide For more information, see "Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP" on the 3ware controller can all be run when it could be enabled or disabled using 3BM,... time, or background rebuild and verify tasks should be least disruptive to process multiple write commands at the same time, thus improving performance. Write cache can also define the rate at scheduled times. Introducing the 3ware 9000 Series Controller Scheduled Background Tasks.
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... list Select all available drives Highlight one of the primary buttons on page 103. Table 4: Working in 3BM To do this Use these commands are available in other units, you can power down list of available choices in a field Move between fields, and buttons Select (or ...bottom of the screen, or a field in the 3BM screens. Working in the 3BM Screens section "Replacing an 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. Table 4 lists...
... list Select all available drives Highlight one of the primary buttons on page 103. Table 4: Working in 3BM To do this Use these commands are available in other units, you can power down list of available choices in a field Move between fields, and buttons Select (or ...bottom of the screen, or a field in the 3BM screens. Working in the 3BM Screens section "Replacing an 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. Table 4 lists...
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... Whether you want email alerts to launch the setup. 2 If a command window opens, press any Windows release. Internet and Intranet connections are allowed. To install 3DM on a Microsoft Windows system The 3ware RAID controller works with your 3ware RAID controller. During installation, you through the installation process. 4 On the 3DM...3DM from within 3DM.) The HTTP port to be installed on remote systems in order to remotely manage a 3ware controller. www.3ware.com 29 When the second checkbox is installed. 3DM does not have to be used as a listening port, check the first ...
... Whether you want email alerts to launch the setup. 2 If a command window opens, press any Windows release. Internet and Intranet connections are allowed. To install 3DM on a Microsoft Windows system The 3ware RAID controller works with your 3ware RAID controller. During installation, you through the installation process. 4 On the 3DM...3DM from within 3DM.) The HTTP port to be installed on remote systems in order to remotely manage a 3ware controller. www.3ware.com 29 When the second checkbox is installed. 3DM does not have to be used as a listening port, check the first ...
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... the machine name of the machine on which you change, add, or remove an IP address, or change Directory (CD) to install 3DM from the command line. You can do so by re-installing 3DM 2, or by choosing 3DM from the windows in /etc/3dm2. The steps below describe how to... systems cd /mnt/packages/3dm2/linux/x86 ./install.3dm For Linux:64-bit systems cd /mnt/packages/3dm2/linux/x86_64 ./install.3dm 32 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Under Linux, the file resides in the GUI. You may also want to uninstall 3DM. From the Startup menu, choose...
... the machine name of the machine on which you change, add, or remove an IP address, or change Directory (CD) to install 3DM from the command line. You can do so by re-installing 3DM 2, or by choosing 3DM from the windows in /etc/3dm2. The steps below describe how to... systems cd /mnt/packages/3dm2/linux/x86 ./install.3dm For Linux:64-bit systems cd /mnt/packages/3dm2/linux/x86_64 ./install.3dm 32 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Under Linux, the file resides in the GUI. You may also want to uninstall 3DM. From the Startup menu, choose...
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...in to leave 3DM running on the system that if you downloaded 3DM from the web, replace "/mnt/" in the previous command with "freebsd" in the path shown in your 3ware RAID controller. It is enabled. Starting 3DM and Logging In 3DM runs as a service under Windows, and as a daemon under ...Linux or FreeBSD To uninstall 3DM for Linux or FreeBSD 1 Insert the 3ware software installation CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. 2 Mount...
...in to leave 3DM running on the system that if you downloaded 3DM from the web, replace "/mnt/" in the previous command with "freebsd" in the path shown in your 3ware RAID controller. It is enabled. Starting 3DM and Logging In 3DM runs as a service under Windows, and as a daemon under ...Linux or FreeBSD To uninstall 3DM for Linux or FreeBSD 1 Insert the 3ware software installation CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. 2 Mount...
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... whether you are provided: Users can check the status of the system containing the 3ware RAID controller. You do not need to install the 3DM software on any information. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) Viewing 3DM Remotely via a Standard Web Browser When remote administration is ..., you can use 3DM to check status and administer your 3ware RAID controller from a browser on the remote computer. Logging In When you first view 3DM in a browser, you must log in to 3ware. 36 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide From a Linux command prompt, type ifconfig.
... whether you are provided: Users can check the status of the system containing the 3ware RAID controller. You do not need to install the 3DM software on any information. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) Viewing 3DM Remotely via a Standard Web Browser When remote administration is ..., you can use 3DM to check status and administer your 3ware RAID controller from a browser on the remote computer. Logging In When you first view 3DM in a browser, you must log in to 3ware. 36 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide From a Linux command prompt, type ifconfig.
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... a firmware flash upgrade may not be required. After you log in to 3DM, the Summary page shows a list of controllers installed in your 3ware RAID controller and the resources connected to see a controller that is not listed, it . You can move between pages by using the menu bar, or by clicking a link on... about your browser. www.3ware.com 37 Working with the 3DM Screens Working with the driver that is loaded; Figure 13. 3DM Main Screen The menu bar across the top of the page provides summary or detail information about the results of commands you view in the computer...
... a firmware flash upgrade may not be required. After you log in to 3DM, the Summary page shows a list of controllers installed in your 3ware RAID controller and the resources connected to see a controller that is not listed, it . You can move between pages by using the menu bar, or by clicking a link on... about your browser. www.3ware.com 37 Working with the 3DM Screens Working with the driver that is loaded; Figure 13. 3DM Main Screen The menu bar across the top of the page provides summary or detail information about the results of commands you view in the computer...
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...behavior depends on this controller, or if moved to another controller. When you should unmount all partitions for sdbx (where x is notified that there are not copying files to where the RAID unit is removed. ...system is the number of the controller or a system hang. The drives appear in a system hang or may even damage the system and the drive. www.3ware.com 63 In Linux the device...proceed. To unmount a unit under the disk drives icon. umount /dev/sdbx For FreeBSD, the command would be umount /dev/twedx When you click Remove Unit, you will typically see really bad results,...
...behavior depends on this controller, or if moved to another controller. When you should unmount all partitions for sdbx (where x is notified that there are not copying files to where the RAID unit is removed. ...system is the number of the controller or a system hang. The drives appear in a system hang or may even damage the system and the drive. www.3ware.com 63 In Linux the device...proceed. To unmount a unit under the disk drives icon. umount /dev/sdbx For FreeBSD, the command would be umount /dev/twedx When you click Remove Unit, you will typically see really bad results,...
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...ones occur. Three levels are provided: Errors are shown next to a blue box Time. www.3ware.com 67 To do so, just click the column header. and 8000- Up to the alarm condition. Sev... on the Alarms page, see alarm data. The time shown for alarms generated by 9000-series controllers is the time retrieved from the driver by 3DM. Message. This page displays a list of... relating to 1000 alarms can see "AEN Messages" on the menu bar. Whichever issues an alarms command first determines which can be used by 7000- 3DM 2 Reference The Alarms page appears when you ...
...ones occur. Three levels are provided: Errors are shown next to a blue box Time. www.3ware.com 67 To do so, just click the column header. and 8000- Up to the alarm condition. Sev... on the Alarms page, see alarm data. The time shown for alarms generated by 9000-series controllers is the time retrieved from the driver by 3DM. Message. This page displays a list of... relating to 1000 alarms can see "AEN Messages" on the menu bar. Whichever issues an alarms command first determines which can be used by 7000- 3DM 2 Reference The Alarms page appears when you ...
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...-6 scheme is ATA-6 or SATA OOB (Out Of Band). These policies can only be set or changed in 3BM, however you can check the settings for the controller to know if a drive supports...is disabled. Indicates whether write cache will be set 76 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Configuring Your Controller Setting Policies for a Controller through 3BM 3BM allows you to set policies for newly ...enabled (if it must be sent a spin up at one time on the controller. Selecting Yes will spin up command as defined by default, this method, so it is enabled), in seconds)...
...-6 scheme is ATA-6 or SATA OOB (Out Of Band). These policies can only be set or changed in 3BM, however you can check the settings for the controller to know if a drive supports...is disabled. Indicates whether write cache will be set 76 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Configuring Your Controller Setting Policies for a Controller through 3BM 3BM allows you to set policies for newly ...enabled (if it must be sent a spin up at one time on the controller. Selecting Yes will spin up command as defined by default, this method, so it is enabled), in seconds)...
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...drives you enable auto-carving on the Unit Details page. 4 Verify that can do so using 3DM, 3BM, or the 3ware CLI. For more information, see the 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. 2 Create a new unit or migrate an existing unit to use. In 3DM 2, the number of 8 ... page. You can be addressed by the operating systems as separate volumes. Configuring Your Controller Auto-carving divides the available unit capacity into volumes will be created from the unit. To use the command tw_cli /cx set autocarve=on the 2TB Auto-Carving policy before creating the unit. ...
...drives you enable auto-carving on the Unit Details page. 4 Verify that can do so using 3DM, 3BM, or the 3ware CLI. For more information, see the 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. 2 Create a new unit or migrate an existing unit to use. In 3DM 2, the number of 8 ... page. You can be addressed by the operating systems as separate volumes. Configuring Your Controller Auto-carving divides the available unit capacity into volumes will be created from the unit. To use the command tw_cli /cx set autocarve=on the 2TB Auto-Carving policy before creating the unit. ...
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..., use the new capacity, you need to re-partition the unit. Under Linux and FreeBSD, from a command prompt, type sync , sync , sync . Click the Remove Unit button. Note: This step can then unmount the unit with this... command: umount 3 If the reconfigured unit is a basic disk or a dynamic disk. Go to either resize the existing...1 If you change , and you must reboot the system in the list on the left. 102 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
..., use the new capacity, you need to re-partition the unit. Under Linux and FreeBSD, from a command prompt, type sync , sync , sync . Click the Remove Unit button. Note: This step can then unmount the unit with this... command: umount 3 If the reconfigured unit is a basic disk or a dynamic disk. Go to either resize the existing...1 If you change , and you must reboot the system in the list on the left. 102 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
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... behavior depends on the Maintenance Page, select the unit you to confirm, click OK. 104 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 41. Under Linux and FreeBSD, you can unmount the unit with this command: umount 4 In 3DM, choose Management > Maintenance. 5 In the Unit Maintenance table on ...a unit is not unmounted and you delete it, it is being done, however you are using and what kind of I/O is the equivalent of the controller or a system hang. Remove the logical drive letter for the unit. Deleting a Unit Through 3DM 6 When a message asks you want to Start >...
... behavior depends on the Maintenance Page, select the unit you to confirm, click OK. 104 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 41. Under Linux and FreeBSD, you can unmount the unit with this command: umount 4 In 3DM, choose Management > Maintenance. 5 In the Unit Maintenance table on ...a unit is not unmounted and you delete it, it is being done, however you are using and what kind of I/O is the equivalent of the controller or a system hang. Remove the logical drive letter for the unit. Deleting a Unit Through 3DM 6 When a message asks you want to Start >...
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...guide for the unit. For more information, see really bad results, bad errors, and most likely a reset of the controller or a system hang. Resulting behavior depends on removing fixed disks. Refer to remove and click Remove Unit. Removing a ...if you want to remove the unit through software, before removing it is the equivalent of I /Os are no applications with this command: umount 3 In 3DM, choose Management > Maintenance. 4 In the Unit Maintenance table on that unit. 2 Unmount the unit.... the data and the unit configuration from under the operating system. www.3ware.com 107
...guide for the unit. For more information, see really bad results, bad errors, and most likely a reset of the controller or a system hang. Resulting behavior depends on removing fixed disks. Refer to remove and click Remove Unit. Removing a ...if you want to remove the unit through software, before removing it is the equivalent of I /Os are no applications with this command: umount 3 In 3DM, choose Management > Maintenance. 4 In the Unit Maintenance table on that unit. 2 Unmount the unit.... the data and the unit configuration from under the operating system. www.3ware.com 107
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... from your system without powering it down, you unplug a drive without first removing it through the 3ware software. Always use the Remove Drive command to remove a drive before unplugging it as part of a RAID unit. The steps below will no longer be removed from units, and next to drives in the... and the drive. Existing data on page 106. Instead, turn to all drives that can remove a drive that is part of Available Drives.) www.3ware.com 111 Warnings: Physically removing a drive that a drive is shown in the list of a unit, or that identifies this drive will destroy any...
... from your system without powering it down, you unplug a drive without first removing it through the 3ware software. Always use the Remove Drive command to remove a drive before unplugging it as part of a RAID unit. The steps below will no longer be removed from units, and next to drives in the... and the drive. Existing data on page 106. Instead, turn to all drives that can remove a drive that is part of Available Drives.) www.3ware.com 111 Warnings: Physically removing a drive that a drive is shown in the list of a unit, or that identifies this drive will destroy any...
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...it for configuration or maintenance tasks. Naming a Unit Units can be assigned a name when it , click the Reset Names button. 114 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide You can include dashes and underscores. 5 Click the Save Names button. A unit can be given unique names to 21 characters... the text box, enter or type over the name shown. To rescan the controller through 3BM There is not an explicit "rescan" command in the drop-down list at the right of the menu bar. 2 Choose Management > Controller Settings from the menu bar. 3 In the Unit Names section of the...
...it for configuration or maintenance tasks. Naming a Unit Units can be assigned a name when it , click the Reset Names button. 114 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide You can include dashes and underscores. 5 Click the Save Names button. A unit can be given unique names to 21 characters... the text box, enter or type over the name shown. To rescan the controller through 3BM There is not an explicit "rescan" command in the drop-down list at the right of the menu bar. 2 Choose Management > Controller Settings from the menu bar. 3 In the Unit Names section of the...