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3Ware Escalade 7000 Series Installation Manual

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Escalade
ATA RAID Controller
Supports the 7000 and 8000 series
PN 720-0038-04, Revision A
April 29, 2003

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  • Page 1 Escalade ATA RAID Controller Supports the 7000 and 8000 series PN 720-0038-04, Revision A April 29, 2003...
  • Page 2 Copyright ©2003 3ware, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the proper written consent of 3ware, Inc., 455 West Maude Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94085.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Package Contents ........9 Escalade 7000 series Parallel ATA RAID Controller ..9 Escalade 8000 series Serial ATA RAID Controller .
  • Page 4 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Determining your configuration ......26 Displaying advance details ......28 Creating a disk array .

  • Page 5: List Of Figures

    List of Figures Figure 1. 8-Port Escalade 7500-8 ATA RAID Controller Layout Figure 2. 12-Port Escalade 8500-12 Serial ATA RAID Controller with CBL-P-SATA (Parallel to Serial ATA Converter) Figure 3. Parallel ATA Drive with Serial ATA Converter In- stalled 22 Figure 4.
  • Page 6 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide...

  • Page 7: Before You Begin

    Before You Begin Congratulations on selecting the Escalade ATA RAID Controller as your RAID data storage and management system. This user guide gives simple, step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring your Escalade ATA RAID Controller. To ensure your personal safety and protect your equipment and data, carefully read the information that follows the Features list before you begin installing.

  • Page 8: Escalade 8000 Serial Ata Family (Includes 8500-4, 8500-8, 8500-12)

    If your package is missing any of the items listed below, contact 3ware before proceeding with installation (disk drives and disk mounting brackets are not included): Escalade 7000 series Parallel ATA RAID Controller • Escalade Parallel ATA RAID Controller in an ESD-protective • ATA interface cables (one per port) •...

  • Page 9: Cbl-P-Sata (Parallel To Serial Drive Converter Kit)

    3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide CBL-P-SATA (Parallel to Serial Drive Converter Kit) • Escalade CBL-P-SATA (one per port) • Power Converter Adapter (one per port) • Jumper(s) for converter (if not already installed) • 3ware Installation Guide Tools Required •...

  • Page 10: Mechanical Concerns

    3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide • Handle the ATA RAID Controller by its edges or by the black rail and metal bracket at its two ends. • Don’t touch any pin, contact, lead or component on the ATA RAID Controller.

  • Page 11: Hardware Installation

    Hardware Installation Warning: Before proceeding with hardware installa- tion, read the Before You Begin section that completely describes personal and system precautions. Failing to do so may result in personal injury or damage to your com- puter or the Escalade ATA RAID Controller. To remove an existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller 1 If the computer is running, shut it down.

  • Page 12: Installing A Parallel Ata Raid Controller

    3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Installing a Parallel ATA RAID Controller Note: If you are not installing a Parallel ATA RAID Controller, continue to page18 “Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller”. JP2 LED drive status connector Note: Pin 1 and 4 are 3.3V and pin 2 and 3 are ground Plug cable to either pins 1 and 2 or pins 3 and 4.

  • Page 13: Connect The Drives To The Interface Cables

    3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Hint: While the ATA RAID Controller runs properly in any PCI slot, not all slots give equal performance due to the architecture of the PCI bus. In our laboratories, we have noticed that the slots closest to the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) or in the 64-bit PCI slot typically give the best performance.

  • Page 14: Installing A Serial Ata Raid Controller

    3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller JP2 LED drive status connector Note: Pin 1 and 4 are 3.3V and pin 2 and 3 are ground Ports not shown: Plug cable to either pins 1 and 2 1, 3, 5, and 7, located on the or pins 3 and 4.

  • Page 15: Connect The Drives To The Interface Cables

    3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Escalade ATA RAID Controller is keyed to ensure proper instal- lation into a full-sized PCI slot. 6 Ensure that the contacts will mate with both grooves in the slot. Press down gently on the edge of the ATA RAID Controller directly above the slot until it is fully seated.

  • Page 16: Check Your Installation And Close The Case

    3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide CBL-P-SATA (Parallel to Serial Converter) Figure 3. Parallel ATA Drive with Serial ATA Converter Installed Check your installation and close the case 1 After all of the drives are connected to the ATA RAID Controller and it is installed in its slot, verify that the cables do not interfere with the operation of any other components in the case or block the flow of cooling air.

  • Page 17: 3Ware Disk Array Configuration Utility

    3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility The 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility allows you to create disk arrays by combining disks, deleting disks or breaking disk arrays back into their member disks. You can also specify an avail- able drive as a hot spare.

  • Page 18: 3Dm Configure Page

    3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide volumes, and, consequently, they cannot be designated as spares at a later time. If a spare is designated in the BIOS screen, the designa- tion and configuration is in effect from this point on. The spare drive will be displayed as a Hot Spare in the 3DM configuration page.

  • Page 19: Determining Your Configuration

    3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Determining your configuration Caution: Configuring a disk array writes format-type data onto its member disks and overwrites all the files on those disks. Be sure to back up data that requires retention. • All supported RAID levels (0,1,5,10) can be created based on the number of drives that the ATA RAID Controller supports.

  • Page 20: Displaying Advance Details

    3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Displaying advance details Selecting Shift-F5 will show the software versions (BIOS, Firm- ware, monitor) and slot # of the 3ware card (see Fig u re6). Press Escape to return to the main 3ware Disk Array Configuration screen.

  • Page 21: Determining Your Configuration

    C r e a t e D i s k A r r a y Note: Creating an array will overwrite existing data on its drives. Create a disk array from these drives: Port 1 - IBM-DTLA-387815 512 M Port 2 - IBM-DTLA-387815...
  • Page 22 Port 0 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP KX27.3 512 M Disk Arrays: Array Unit 1 - 3 drive 64K RAID 5 1.0GB Port 1 - IBM-DTLA-387815 512 M Init RAID5 Array Unit Port 2 - IBM-DTLA-387815 512 M Port 3 - IBM-DTLA-387815...

  • Page 23: Specifying A Hot Spare

    3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide the array to be fully redundant, as it takes longer to initialize an array than it takes to write zeros to the array. Caution: When running in initializing mode the array is not redundant. You cannot remove any drive. For RAID 1 or 10 Arrays RAID 1 and 10 arrays are not profiled when created, or initialized after booting into the OS.

  • Page 24: How To Maintain Or Verify A Disk Array

    3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide 3 w a r e D i s k A r r a y C o n f i g u r a t i o n Available Drives: Disk Arrays: *Array Unit 0 - 4 drive 64K RAID 0 120.0GB Port 0 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB...

  • Page 25: Rebuilding A Raid 5 Disk Array

    3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide array is removed, unplugged or fails on read or write requests, the array is marked as DEGRADED and the drive is marked as Not In Use or is not displayed if no longer available. (see Figure 13 and Figure 14).

  • Page 26: Figure 15. Degraded Raid 5 Array Drive When Not In Use

    Port 0 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP KX27.3 512 M Disk Arrays: Array Unit 1 - 3 drive 64K RAID 5 1.0GB Port 1 - IBM-DTLA-387815 512 M Port 2 - IBM-DTLA-387815 512 M Port 3 - IBM-DTLA-387815 512 M Create Array...

  • Page 27: Figure 16. Select Available Drive To Replace Faulted Drive, Raid

    3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide 3 w a r e D i s k A r r a y C o n f i g u r a t i o n Available Drives: Port 2 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB *Port 3 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB...

  • Page 28: Figure 18. Rebuild Confirmation Display

    3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide 10 Press F8 to rebuild. The rebuild confirmation screen will be dis- played (see Figure 18). 3 w a r e D i s k A r r a y C o n f i g u r a t i o n Creating or destroying arrays will destroy all existing data on their member disk drives.
  • Page 29 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide 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 make the drive appear as a single disk (JBOD) to the operating system.

  • Page 30: Additional Procedures

    Additional Procedures After completing the steps described in “Hardware Installation” and “3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility”, the operating system, disk drivers, and 3DM disk management application must be installed next. The Escalade User Guide describes these procedures in detail for a variety of Window and Linux operating system ver- sions under the following installation scenarios: •...
  • Page 31 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide www.3ware.com...

  • Page 32: Troubleshooting: Problems And Solutions

    Troubleshooting: Problems and Solutions Note: For more troubleshooting tips and frequently asked questions, refer to 3ware’s support web page at http://www.3ware.com/support. Note: More troubleshooting problems and solutions can be found on the 3ware web site at http://www.3ware.com/NewFaq/3ware.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.
  • Page 33 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Q3: The 3ware BIOS screen never appears. The ATA RAID controller is not installed properly. Reinstall the hardware and reboot. There may also be a problem with the mother- board. Please check the Motherboard Compatibility List on the 3ware website at http://www.3ware.com/products/compatibility.asp to see if you motherboard has been tested by 3ware.

  • Page 34: Appendix A Compliance And Conformity Statements

    Appendix A Compliance and Conformity Statements Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa- tion.

  • Page 35: Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab (Whql)

    3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL) 3ware, Inc. is committed to Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) certification for all its products. However, a product’s software drivers are typi- cally submitted for certification at nearly the same time as their release to market. Since the certification process may lag behind the release of the drivers, please refer to our WEB site at www.3ware.com for current certification information.

  • Page 36: State Law Provisions

    3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide ARE THE SOLE WARRANTIES AND ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WAR- RANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OR FIT- NESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND MERCHANTABILITY. State Law Provisions This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may have other rights which vary from state to state.
  • Page 37 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide www.3ware.com...
  • Page 38 Index Accelerated Graphics Port European Community (AGP) Conformity 16, 19 Array Configuration Utility Array Creation ATA cables ATA/100 15, 16 ATA/133 15, 16 Hardware Installation ATA/66 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21 hot spare 23, 34 Auto rebuild 44, 45 Auto rebuild of a mirrored array Maintaining a disk array...
  • Page 39 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Rebuilding a mirrored array with no hot spare Rebuilding a mirrored disk array Rebuilding RAID 5 Rebuilding with Hot Spare 40, 44 System requirements Technical Support Tools required Troubleshooting Ultra ATA Verify Array Warranty WHQL www.3ware.com...

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