3Ware Escalade 7000 Series, Installation Manual

Page 1: ...ATA RAID Controller Supports the 7000 and 8000 series PN 720 0038 04 Revision A April 29 2003 EscaladeTM Installation Guide...

Page 2: ...written consent of 3ware Inc 455West MaudeAve Sunnyvale CA 94085 Trademarks 3ware the 3ware logo Palisade Escalade StorSwitch TwinStor R5 Fusion and 3DM are all registered trademarks of 3ware Inc All...

Page 3: ...lation 13 To remove an existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller 13 Installing a Parallel ATA RAID Controller 14 Connect the interface cables to the Escalade ATA RAID Con troller 14 Install the Escalade A...

Page 4: ...ng a RAID 5 disk array 39 Additional Procedures 47 Troubleshooting Problems and Solutions 49 Hardware installation 49 Appendix A Compliance and Conformity Statements 51 Federal Communications Commissi...

Page 5: ...Mirrored Array 29 Figure 8 Create Disk Array Display RAID 0 Example 30 Figure 9 Create Disk Array Display RAID 5 Example 31 Figure 10 BIOS Initialization Screen for RAID 5 32 Figure 11 Delete Disk Arr...

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Page 7: ...0 2 7500 4 7500 4LP 7500 8 7500 12 The information in this manual also supports the following legacy products 7410 7810 7450 now 7500 4 7850 now 7500 8 and 7210 True Hardware RAID Low CPU Utilization...

Page 8: ...Dynamic Sector Repair Rebuild Pacing Rebuild Schedul ing Background Media Scan Hot Swap Hot Spare Hardware Health Monitoring Background Verify Before you Begin www 3ware com 9 Note The Escalade Serial...

Page 9: ...3 standards 8000 family does not support UltraDMA 66 or UltraDMA 33 standards but may be of any capacity or phys ical form factor Length of unshielded interface cables may not Before you Begin www 3wa...

Page 10: ...to your system Excessive force can damage the board the cables your drives or your system Be sure the board is aligned with its slot on the motherboard before installing Do not flex the board excessiv...

Page 11: ...ng Escalade ATA RAID Controller installed in your system If your boot disk is con nected to the ATA RAID Controller and you intend to retain it as your boot device note or mark which physical disk is...

Page 12: ...nds For opti mum performance the blue end must be connected to the ATA RAID Controller and the black end must be con nected to the hard drive 2 One edge of each interface cable should have a colored u...

Page 13: ...eck that the ATA RAID Controller s metal bracket covers the hole in the case and secure the bracket with the screw that was used to secure the filler bracket in step 4 Connect the drives to the interf...

Page 14: ...without bending any pins 3 Install the other connectors in the same manner Note The connectors on the end of the controller are susceptible to damage from excessive bending 1 If the computer is runni...

Page 15: ...et ting The range of settings vary by manufacturer as do the method for adjusting them Refer to information provided with your drives for the method required to set them To operate prop erly the Escal...

Page 16: ...erify that the cables do not interfere with the operation of any other components in the case or block the flow of cooling air 2 Close the case and reconnect the power cables Check motherboard boot se...

Page 17: ...ilable active and designated as a spare This designated drive is applied automati cally when a drive degrades and the array is rebuilt Hot Swap is the term applied to the process of swapping out a deg...

Page 18: ...ll crash the system from bus or power supply issues Select the checkbox next to the drive to be removed and click Remove Drive Select the same checkbox and then click Add Spare Adding a Spare Drive to...

Page 19: ...figuration Available Drives reports independent drives JBOD not associ ated with an array and hot spares Disk Arrays lists any existing arrays along with their member disks 3ware Disk Array Configurat...

Page 20: ...pressing Enter see Figure 7 An asterisk in the left most column indicates the drive is selected You may include from two to twelve drives in the array by selecting drives from the Available Drives sec...

Page 21: ...B 128KB 256KB 512KB 1mb 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility www 3ware com 31 Figure 9 Create Disk Array Display RAID 5 Example Select RAID configuration The Escalade ATA RAID Controller gives you a...

Page 22: ...most efficient access times for your computer system There may be instances when you always want the computer to wait for the drive to write all the data to disk before going on to its next task For...

Page 23: ...he Toggle Hot Spare verbiage at the bottom of the screen will be black if the drive can be used as a hot spare Enter s to select the hot spare or to disable the hot spare if it is already enabled 3war...

Page 24: ...ay Unit 0 4 drive 64K RAID 0 120 0GB Port 0 QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30 0GB Port 1 QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30 0GB Port 2 QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30 0GB Port 3 QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30 0GB 3ware Disk Arra...

Page 25: ...GB Not in Use Port 1 QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30 0GB 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility www 3ware com 39 Figure 14 Degraded RAID 10 Array Drive When Not in Use Note A RAID 10 array can be configured...

Page 26: ...n Create Array Delete Array Maintain Array Rebuild Array Available Drives Port 0 QUANTUM FIREBALLP KX27 3 512 M Disk Arrays Array Unit 1 3 drive 64K RAID 5 1 0GB DEGRADED Port 1 IBM DTLA 387815 512 M...

Page 27: ...ebuild Array Available Drives Port 2 QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30 0GB Port 3 QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30 0GB Disk Arrays Array Unit 1 2 drive Mirror 30 0GB DEGRADED Port 1 QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30 0GB 3wa...

Page 28: ...firmware queries the flag For a RAID 1 or 10 con figuration if there was a problem the firmware degrades the sec ondary drive in the array and starts the background rebuild of the mirrored drive When...

Page 29: ...com 6 Press F8 to start a rebuild with this drive Note If the rebuild is not started in the 3ware BIOS the new drive cannot be used to rebuild the degraded array Booting with the drive attached will m...

Page 30: ...he ATA RAID Controller and operating system Installing the ATA RAID Controller and operating system using boot diskettes Installing the ATA RAID Controller on systems that boot from a dif ferent devic...

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Page 32: ...htm Hardware installation Q1 The rail on the ATA RAID controller doesn t fit in the case Use a screwdriver to remove the black end rail It aligns and secures the ATA RAID controller in the computer c...

Page 33: ...ware website at http www 3ware com products compatibility asp to see if you motherboard has been tested by 3ware Q4 Some of the drives do not appear in the Disk Array Config uration Utility s main dis...

Page 34: ...adio communications However there is no guarantee that interfer ence will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harm ful interference to radio or television reception whi...

Page 35: ...INC warrants this product against defects in material and workmanship for a period of thirty six 36 months from the date of original purchase 3ware at no charge and at its option will repair or replac...

Page 36: ...osing Upon receipt of the advanced replacement we ask that you immediately ship the defective Escalade ATA RAID Controller to 3ware at 455 West Maude Avenue Sunnyvale CA 94085 If 3ware receives the de...

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Page 38: ...C Cancelling rebuild 45 Compliance and Conformity 51 D Deleting a disk array 35 Determining your configuration 26 Disk Array Configuration Utility 50 Disk Arrays 26 Drive types 10 E European Communit...

Page 39: ...uilding a mirrored array with no hot spare 40 Rebuilding a mirrored disk array 39 Rebuilding RAID 5 39 Rebuilding with Hot Spare 40 44 S System requirements 10 T Technical Support 53 Tools required 10...