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9500S-12MI - Escalade RAID Controller
Table of contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- about this guide
- About the 3ware RAID Controller
- What's New With the 3ware 9000 Series Controllers
- Package Contents
- Installation Overview
- Installing the Hardware
- Before You Begin
- What You Need: Tools and Equipment
- Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller
- To connect serial cables to the controller
- To install the controller in the computer
- To connect the interface cables to the drives
- with Multi-lane Internal Connectors
- To connect the multi-lane cables
- To install the drives
- Finishing Up
- Moving Units from an 8000 Controller to a 9000 Controller
- Moving Legacy JBOD Units to a 9000 Controller
- Configuring Units
- Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels
- Other Important Concepts
- Starting 3BM
- Exiting 3BM
- Working in the 3BM Screens
- Specifying the Unit Configuration
- Specifying a Hot Spare
- Enabling Auto-Carving for Units Larger Than 2 TB
- Leaving Individual Drives as JBODs
- Initializing Units
- Checking the Motherboard Boot Sequence
- Installing Drivers and Making the Units Available For Use
- Driver Installation Under Windows
- Materials Required
- Installing the 3ware Driver and Windows on a New Unit
- Installing the Driver on a System that Boots from a Different Device
- Making Units Managed by a 3ware Controller Available to Windows
- Driver Installation Under Linux
- Obtaining 3ware Linux Drivers
- Determining the Current Version of your 3ware Driver
- Creating a Red Hat Linux Driver Diskette
- Installing the 3ware Driver on a Red Hat Linux System that Boots From a Different Device
- Compiling a 3ware Driver for Red Hat Linux
- Driver Installation Under SuSE Linux
- Linux with YaST2 on a New Unit
- Compiling a 3ware Driver for SuSE Linux
- Driver Installation Under FreeBSD
- Obtaining 3ware FreeBSD Drivers
- Different Device
- Compiling the Driver as a Loadable Module
- Troubleshooting: Problems and Solutions
- Appendix A. Installing the Battery Backup Unit
- Tools and equipment required
- Installation Instructions
- Replacing the Battery
- Appendix B. Compliance and Conformity Statements
- Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL)
- Appendix C. Warranty, Technical Support, and Service
- Exclusions
- Obtaining Warranty Protection
- Sales and Ordering Information
- Index
9500S-12MI - Escalade RAID Controller
Table of contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- about this guide
- Chapter 1. Introducing the 3ware® 9000 Series Controller
- What's New with 9550SX and 9590SE Models
- System Requirements
- Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels
- Available RAID Configurations
- Determining What RAID Level to Use
- support for over 2 terabytes
- ware Tools for Configuration and Management
- ware CLI (Command Line Interface)
- Chapter 2. Getting Started with Your 3ware RAID Controller
- Chapter 3. First-Time RAID Configuration Using 3BM
- Specifying a Hot Spare
- Checking the Motherboard Boot Sequence
- Chapter 4. Driver Installation
- Driver Installation Under Windows
- Creating a 3ware Driver Diskette
- Installing the Driver on a System that Boots from a Different Device
- Making Units Managed by a 3ware Controller Available to Windows
- Driver Installation Under Linux
- Obtaining 3ware Linux Drivers
- Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux or Fedora Core 4
- Driver Installation Under SuSE Linux
- Compiling a 3ware Driver for Linux
- Driver Installation Under FreeBSD
- Installing the Driver under FreeBSD
- Chapter 5. 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2)
- Exiting the 3BM Configuration Utility
- Working in the 3BM Screens
- Adjusting BIOS Loading Settings
- Displaying Controller Information
- Chapter 6. 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2)
- Browser Requirements for 3DM
- Installing 3DM
- Uninstalling 3DM under Microsoft Windows
- Uninstalling 3DM under Linux or FreeBSD
- Starting 3DM and Logging In
- Viewing 3DM Remotely via a Standard Web Browser
- Logging In
- Working with the 3DM Screens
- DM Menus
- Viewing Information About Different Controllers in 3DM
- Setting Up 3DM Preferences
- Managing E-mail Event Notification
- Enabling and Disabling Remote Access
- Setting the Incoming Port
- DM 2 Reference
- Controller Details
- Unit Information
- Unit Details
- Drive Information
- Drive Details Window
- Controller Settings
- Scheduling
- Maintenance
- Alarms
- Battery Backup
- DM 2 Settings
- remote access
- Chapter 7. Configuring Your Controller
- Viewing and Seting Controller Policies
- Viewing Controller Policies
- Setting the Auto-Rebuild Policy
- Using Auto-Carving for Multi LUN Support
- Setting the Size of Volumes Created with Auto-Carving
- Enabling and Setting Up Staggered Spin-up
- Exporting JBOD Disks
- Disabling Write Cache on Unit Degrade
- Chapter 8. Configuring Units
- Configuring a New Unit
- Creating a Unit through 3DM
- Creating a Unit through 3BM
- Ordering Units in 3BM
- Creating a Hot Spare
- Specifying a Hot Spare through 3DM
- Naming a Unit
- Setting Unit Policies
- Enabling and Disabling the Unit Write Cache
- Setting Auto-Verify for a Unit
- Setting Continue on Source Error During Rebuild
- Enabling and Disabling Queuing for a Unit
- Setting the StorSave Profile for a Unit
- setting the storsave profile through 3dm
- Changing An Existing Configuration
- RAID Level Migration (RLM) Overview
- Changing RAID Level
- Expanding Unit Capacity
- Informing the Operating System of Changed Configuration
- Deleting a Unit
- Deleting a Unit through 3BM
- Removing a Unit
- Removing a Unit Through 3BM
- Moving a Unit from One Controller to Another
- Unlocking Drives Configured on a 9500S Controller
- Moving Legacy JBOD Units to a 9000 Controller
- Adding a Drive through 3DM
- Removing a Drive
- Rescanning the Controller
- Chapter 9. Maintaining Units
- Reviewing Alarms and Errors
- Downloading an Error Log
- About Background Tasks
- Initialization of Different RAID Types
- Auto Initialization After Power Failure
- About Rebuilds
- About Verification
- About Migration
- About Self-tests
- Scheduling Background Tasks
- Viewing Current Task Schedules
- Turning On or Off Use of a Task Schedule
- Removing a Task Schedule
- Adding a New Task Schedule Slot
- Rebuilding Units
- Rebuilding a Unit Through 3DM
- Rebuilding Units through 3BM
- Cancelling a Rebuild and Restarting It with a Different Drive
- Locating a Drive by Blinking Its LED
- Chapter 10. Maintaining Your Controller
- Updating the Driver and Firmware
- Updating the 3ware Driver and Firmware Under Windows
- Using the Update Utility With Multiple Controllers
- Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP
- Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat
- Updating the 3ware Driver Under SuSE
- Updating the 3ware Driver Under FreeBSD
- Viewing Battery Information
- Testing Battery Capacity
- Chapter 11. Troubleshooting
- Problems and Solutions
- Problems in 3DM
- AEN Messages
- AEN Error Message Details
- Chapter A. Glossary
- Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement
- Chapter B. Compliance and Conformity Statements
- Limited Warranty
- Chapter C. Warranty, Technical Support, and Service
- AMCC Technical Support and Services
- Index
9500S-12MI - Escalade RAID Controller
Table of contents
- Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1. Installing an AMCC 3ware 9550SX RAID Controller
- Other Documentation
- What You Need: Tools and Equipment
- Protecting Equipment and Data
- SX RAID Controller Cards
- SX 4-Port with Standard SATA Connectors
- SX 12-Port with Multilane Internal SATA Connectors
- Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller
- To install the controller in the computer
- To connect the SATA cables to the drives
- Installing a 9550SX RAID Controller with Multilane Internal Connectors
- SX-16ML
- computer
- To install the drives
- Connecting Drive Activity LED Indicators
- additional details about the led status connectors
- Finishing Up
- Chapter 2. Installing the Battery Backup Unit
- Tools and equipment required
- Installation Instructions
- Replacing the Battery
- sales and ordering information
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