3Ware 9550SX Series manuals
9550SX Series
Table of contents
- Table of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- about this user guide
- Chapter 1. Introducing the 3ware® SATA RAID Controller
- System Requirements
- Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels
- RAID Concepts
- Available RAID Configurations
- Determining What RAID Level to Use
- ware Tools for Configuration and Management
- Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features
- 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 5
- different device
- Driver Installation Under SuSE Linux
- Compiling a 3ware Driver for Linux
- Obtaining 3ware FreeBSD Drivers
- Chapter 5. 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2) Introduction
- Exiting the 3BM Configuration Utility
- Working in the 3BM Screens
- Adjusting BIOS Loading Settings
- Displaying Controller Information
- Chapter 6. 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) Introduction
- Browser Requirements for 3DM
- Installing 3DM on a Microsoft Windows system
- Uninstalling 3DM under Microsoft Windows
- Uninstalling 3DM under Linux or FreeBSD
- Logging In to the 3DM Web Application
- Starting the 3DM Daemon under Linux and FreeBSD
- Starting the 3DM Process under Microsoft Windows
- Working with the 3DM Screens
- DM Menus
- Viewing Information About Different Controllers
- Setting Up 3DM Preferences
- Setting and Changing 3DM Passwords
- Enabling and Disabling Remote Access
- Setting the Incoming Port
- Chapter 7. Configuring Your Controller
- About 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
- Chapter 8. Configuring Units
- Configuration Options When Creating a Unit
- Creating a Unit through 3DM
- Creating a Unit through 3BM
- Ordering Units in 3BM
- Partitioning, Formatting, and Mounting Units
- 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
- Changing An Existing Configuration by Migrating
- 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 3DM
- Deleting a Unit through 3BM
- Removing a Unit
- Removing a Unit Through 3DM
- Removing a Unit Through 3BM
- Moving a Unit from One Controller to Another
- Moving Legacy JBOD Units to a 9000 Controller
- Moving Units from a 9500S to a 9550SX, 9590SE, or 9650SE Controller
- Adding a Drive
- Removing a Drive
- Rescanning the Controller
- Chapter 9. Maintaining Units
- Enclosure LED Status Indicators
- Drive Statuses
- About Inoperable Units
- Using the Alert Utility Under Windows
- Downloading an Error Log
- Background Tasks
- About Initialization
- About Verification
- Starting a Verify Manually
- Rebuilding Units
- Cancelling a Rebuild and Restarting It with a Different Drive
- Setting Background Task Rate
- Background Task Prioritization
- Viewing Current Task Schedules
- Turning On or Off Use of a Task Schedule
- Removing a Task Schedule
- Selecting Self-tests to be Performed
- Locating a Drive by Blinking Its LED
- Determining the Current Version of Your 3ware Driver
- 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 or Fedora Core
- Updating the 3ware Driver Under SuSE
- Updating the 3ware Driver Under FreeBSD
- Updating the Firmware Under Linux and FreeBSD
- Viewing Battery Information
- Testing Battery Capacity
- Chapter 11. 3DM 2 Reference
- Controller Summary
- Controller Details
- Unit Information
- Unit Details
- Drive Information
- Drive Details window
- Controller Settings
- background task rate
- Scheduling
- Maintenance
- unit information
- Alarms
- Battery Backup
- Enclosure Summary
- Enclosure Details
- DM 2 Settings
- http settings
- Web Resources
- Before Contacting Customer Support
- Problems and Solutions
- Problems in 3DM
- Error and Notification Messages
- Error and Notification Messages
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Error and Notification Message Details
- rebuild completed
- drive timeout detected
- c initialize started
- drive removed
- upgrade udma mode
- drive ecc error reported
- a verify failed
- f verify not started; unit never initialized
- verify fixed data/parity mismatch
- c initialize paused
- primary dcb read error occurred
- battery voltage is too low
- d battery temperature is too high
- battery health check completed
- Appendices
- FCC Radio Frequency Interference Statement
- Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab
- Limited Warranty
- Warranty Service and RMA Process
- AMCC Technical Support and Services
- Index
- Table Of Contents
9550SX Series
Table of contents
- raid controller
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- About this CLI Guide
- Chapter 1. Introduction to the 3ware Command Line Interface
- Supported Operating Systems
- Installing the 3ware CLI
- Installing the 3ware CLI on Linux and FreeBSD
- Working with 3ware CLI
- Using a single command with output
- Outputting the CLI to a Text File
- Understanding RAID Levels and Concepts
- Available RAID Configurations
- determining what raid level to use
- Shell Object Commands
- focus Object
- show
- show ver
- show verify
- show selftest
- Controller Object Commands
- cx show autocarve
- group=<3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12>] [nocache] [autoverify] [noqpolicy][ignoreECC name=string] [storsave=<protect|balance|perform>]
- cx show rebuild
- cx show verify
- cx show selftest
- cx set rebuild=enable|disable|1..5
- cx set verify=enable|disable|1..5
- cx set exportjbod=on|off
- cx set autocarve=on|off
- cx set autorebuild=on|off
- cx start mediascan
- Unit Object Commands
- cx/ux remove [noscan] [quiet]
- cx/ux set autoverify=on|off
- cx/ux set identify=on|off
- cx/ux set qpolicy=on|off
- cx/ux migrate type=RaidType [disk=p:-p group=3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12] [stripe=Stripe] [noscan] [nocache] [autoverify]
- Port Object Commands
- cx/px set identify=on|off
- Enclosure Object Commands
- ex/slotx set identify=on|off
- Help Commands
- Help with attributes
- help show
- help focus
- Command Logging
9550SX Series
Table of contents
- raid controller
- copyright notice
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- About this CLI Guide
- Chapter 1. Introduction to the 3ware Command Line Interface
- Features of the CLI
- Installing the 3ware CLI on Windows
- Installing the 3ware CLI on Linux, FreeBSD, and OpenSolaris
- Working with 3ware CLI
- Using a single command with output
- Outputting the CLI to a Text File
- Understanding RAID Levels and Concepts
- Available RAID Configurations
- Determining What RAID Level to Use
- Using Drive Capacity Efficiently
- Support for Over 2 Terabytes
- Chapter 2. CLI Syntax Reference
- Terminology
- Syntax Overview
- Shell Object Commands
- commit
- flush
- show alarms [reverse]
- show selftest
- show ver
- update fw=filename_with_path [force]
- Controller Object Commands
- cx show achip
- cx show autorebuild
- cx show carvesize
- cx show drivestatus
- cx show exportjbod
- cx show model
- cx show numunits
- cx show spinup
- cx show alarms [reverse]
- cx show rebuildrate
- cx show verifyrate
- v0=n|vol=a:b:c:d]
- cx show selftest
- cx set dpmstat=on|off
- cx set rebuildmode=<adaptive|lowlatency
- cx set verify=enable|disable|1..5
- cx show verify
- cx set verifymode=<adaptive|lowlatency
- cx show verifymode
- cx set selftest=enable|disable [task=UDMA|SMART]
- cx set ondegrade=cacheoff|follow
- cx set autorebuild=on|off
- cx set autodetect=on|off disk=<p:-p>|all
- cx start mediascan
- Unit Object Commands
- cx/ux show autoverify
- cx/ux show rdcache
- cx/ux show qpolicy
- cx/ux show serial
- cx/ux show volumes
- cx rescan [noscan]
- cx/ux pause rebuild
- cx/ux set cache=on|off [quiet]
- cx/ux set identify=on|off
- cx/ux set ignoreECC=on|off
- cx/ux set rapidrecovery all|rebuild|disable [quiet]
- autoverify]
- cx/ux remove [noscan] [quiet]
- Port Object Commands
- cx/px show capacity
- cx/px show firmware
- cx/px show model
- cx/px show status
- cx/px show dpmstat type=inst|ra|lct|histdata|ext
- cx/px set identify=on|off
- Phy Object Commands
- BBU Object Commands
- cx/bbu show batinst
- cx/bbu show serial
- cx/bbu show temp
- cx show events [reverse]
- Enclosure Object and Element Commands
- cx/ex show controllers
- cx/ex show slots
- cx/ex show temp
- cx/ex show alarms
- cx/ex/slotx set identify=on|off
- cx/ex/fanx set identify=on|off
- cx/ex/pwrsx set identify=on|off
- cx/ex/tempx set identify=on|off
- Help Commands
- cx show all
- cx commit
- help show
- help update
- Command Logging
- Disabling and enabling command logging
- Return Code
9550SX Series
Table of contents
- raid controller
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- About this CLI Guide
- Chapter 1. Introduction to the 3ware Command Line Interface
- Features of the CLI
- Installing the 3ware CLI on Windows
- Installing the 3ware CLI on Linux and FreeBSD
- Working with 3ware CLI
- Using the command interface interactively
- Using an input file to execute a script
- Conventions
- RAID Concepts
- Available RAID Configurations
- Determining What RAID Level to Use
- Using Drive Capacity Efficiently
- Support for Over 2 Terabytes
- Chapter 2. CLI Syntax Reference
- Terminology
- Syntax Overview
- Shell Object Commands
- commit
- show alarms [reverse]
- show rebuild
- show ver
- update fw=filename_with_path [force]
- Controller Object Commands
- cx show achip
- cx show allunitstatus
- cx show bios
- cx show dpmstat [type=inst|ra|ext]
- cx show drivestatus
- cx show exportjbod
- cx show memory
- cx show numports
- cx show serial
- ignoreECC] [name=string] [storsave=<protect|balance|perform rapidrecovery=all|rebuild|disable] [v0=n|vol=a:b:c:d]
- cx set dpmstat=on|off
- cx set verify=enable|disable|1..5
- cx set verify=advanced|basic|1..5
- cx set selftest=enable|disable [task=UDMA|SMART]
- cx set autocarve=on|off
- cx set autorebuild=on|off
- cx set autodetect=on|off disk=<p:-p>|all
- cx start mediascan
- Unit Object Commands
- cx/ux show autoverify
- cx/ux show ignoreECC
- cx/ux show rapidrecovery
- cx/ux show status
- cx rescan [noscan]
- cx/ux pause rebuild
- cx/ux resume rebuild
- cx/ux set cache=on|off [quiet]
- cx/ux set identify=on|off
- cx/ux set qpolicy=on|off
- cx/ux set storsave=protect|balance|perform [quiet]
- autoverify]
- cx/ux remove [noscan] [quiet]
- Port Object Commands
- cx/px show capacity
- cx/px show firmware
- cx/px show ncq
- cx/px show status
- cx/px show dpmstat type=inst|ra|lct|histdata|ext
- cx/px set identify=on|off
- cx/px set dpmstat=clear [type=ra|lct|ext]
- Phy Object Commands
- BBU Object Commands
- cx/bbu show batinst
- cx/bbu show serial
- cx/bbu show temp
- Enclosure Object and Element Commands
- cx/ex show controllers
- cx/ex show fans
- cx/ex show pwrs
- cx/ex/slotx set identify=on|off
- cx/ex/fanx set identify=on|off
- cx/ex/pwrsx set identify=on|off
- cx/ex/tempx set identify=on|off
- cx show all
- cx show alarms [reverse]
- help
- help rescan
- Command Logging
- Return Code
9550SX Series
Table of contents
9550SX Series
Table of contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- about this user guide
- What's New with 9650SE Models
- Chapter 1. Introducing the 3ware® SATA RAID Controller
- drive requirements
- Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels
- Available RAID Configurations
- Determining What RAID Level to Use
- ware Tools for Configuration and Management
- Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features
- 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 5
- Driver Installation Under SuSE Linux
- Compiling a 3ware Driver for Linux
- Obtaining 3ware FreeBSD Drivers
- Chapter 5. 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2) Introduction
- Exiting the 3BM Configuration Utility
- Working in the 3BM Screens
- Adjusting BIOS Loading Settings
- Displaying Controller Information
- Chapter 6. 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) Introduction
- Browser Requirements for 3DM
- Installing 3DM
- Starting the 3DM Daemon under Linux and FreeBSD
- Viewing 3DM Remotely Using a Web Browser
- DM Menus
- Viewing Information About Different Controllers
- Setting Up 3DM Preferences
- Setting and Changing 3DM Passwords
- Enabling and Disabling Remote Access
- Setting the Incoming Port
- Chapter 7. Configuring Your Controller
- About 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
- Chapter 8. Configuring Units
- Configuration Options When Creating a Unit
- Creating a Unit through 3DM
- Creating a Unit through 3BM
- Ordering Units in 3BM
- Partitioning, Formatting, and Mounting Units
- 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
- Changing An Existing Configuration by Migrating
- 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 3DM
- Deleting a Unit through 3BM
- Removing a Unit
- Removing a Unit Through 3DM
- Removing a Unit Through 3BM
- Moving a Unit from One Controller to Another
- Moving Legacy JBOD Units to a 9000 Controller
- Moving Units from a 9500S to a 9550SX, 9590SE, or 9650SE Controller
- Adding a Drive
- Removing a Drive
- Rescanning the Controller
- Chapter 9. Maintaining Units
- Enclosure LED Status Indicators
- Drive Statuses
- About Inoperable Units
- Using the Alert Utility Under Windows
- Downloading an Error Log
- Background Tasks
- About Initialization
- About Verification
- Starting a Verify Manually
- Rebuilding Units
- Cancelling a Rebuild and Restarting It with a Different Drive
- Setting Background Task Rate
- Background Task Prioritization
- Viewing Current Task Schedules
- Turning On or Off Use of a Task Schedule
- Removing a Task Schedule
- Selecting Self-tests to be Performed
- Locating a Drive by Blinking Its LED
- Determining the Current Version of Your 3ware Driver
- Updating the Firmware and Driver
- Downloading the Driver and Firmware
- Updating the Firmware Through 3DM 2
- 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 or Fedora Core
- Updating the 3ware Driver Under SuSE
- Updating the 3ware Driver Under FreeBSD
- Updating the Firmware Under Linux and FreeBSD
- Viewing Battery Information
- Chapter 11. 3DM 2 Reference
- Controller Summary
- Controller Details
- Unit Information
- Unit Details
- Drive Information
- Drive Details window
- Controller Settings
- update firmware
- Scheduling
- Maintenance
- unit information
- Alarms
- Battery Backup
- Enclosure Summary
- Enclosure Details
- DM 2 Settings
- remote access
- Web Resources
- Before Contacting Customer Support
- Command Logging
- Enclosure-Related Problems
- Software Installation Problems
- Problems in 3DM and 3BM
- Error and Notification Messages
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Error and Notification Message Details
- c initialize started
- f smart threshold exceeded
- drive removed
- f unit operational
- upgrade udma mode
- buffer integrity test failed
- cache flush failed; some data lost
- dcb checksum error detected
- verify started
- b verify completed
- c source drive ecc error overwritten
- e replacement drive capacity too small
- drive not supported
- migration started
- migration completed
- so-dimm not detected
- a drive power on reset detected
- c initialize paused
- e migration paused
- flash file system repaired
- backup dcb read error detected
- battery voltage is high
- battery voltage is too high
- a battery temperature is low
- c battery temperature is too low
- f cache synchronization skipped
- battery health check started
- battery charging completed
- battery capacity is below error level
- Appendices
- Installing Software from a Graphical User Interface (GUI)
- Installing Software on Linux and FreeBSD from the Command Line
- Uninstalling Software
- FCC Radio Frequency Interference Statement
- Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab
- Limited Warranty
- Warranty Service and RMA Process
- AMCC Technical Support and Services
- Index
- Table Of Contents
9550SX Series
Table of contents
- command line interface
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- About This Guide
- Features
- Supported Operating Systems
- Installing the 3ware CLI
- Installing the 3ware CLI on Linux and FreeBSD
- Working with 3ware CLI
- Using a single command with output
- Outputting the CLI to a Text File
- Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels
- Available RAID Configurations
- Determining What RAID Level to Use
- StorSave Profiles
- Common Tasks Mapped to CLI Commands
- Primary Syntax Overview
- Shell Object Commands
- show
- show ver
- show verify
- flush
- Controller Object Commands
- cx show
- cx show driver
- cx show bios
- cx show numports
- cx show stagger
- cx show carvesize
- cx show unitstatus
- cx show all
- nocache] [autoverify] [ignoreECC] [name=string storsave=<protect|balance|perform>]
- cx rescan [noscan]
- cx commit
- cx show diag
- cx show verify
- cx show selftest
- cx set rebuild=enable|disable|1..5
- cx set verify=enable|disable|1..5
- cx set ondegrade=cacheoff|follow
- cx set carvesize=[1024..2048]
- cx start mediascan
- Unit Object Commands
- cx/ux show status
- cx/ux show verifystatus
- cx/ux show storsave
- cx/ux export [noscan] [quiet]
- cx/ux start verify
- cx/ux pause rebuild
- cx/ux set cache=on|off [quiet]
- cx/ux set qpolicy=on|off
- cx/ux migrate type=RaidType [disk=p:-p] [group=3|4|5|6 stripe=Stripe] [noscan] [nocache][autoverify]
- Port Object Commands
- cx/px show model
- cx/px show lspeed
- cx/px show all
- cx/px set identify=on|off
- BBU Object Commands
- cx/bbu show status
- cx/bbu show lasttest
- cx/bbu show pcb
- cx show attribute [attribute ...]
- cx add rebuild=ddd:hh:duration
- help
- help flush
- Environment Variables
- Chapter 3. Legacy CLI Syntax Reference
- Conventions
- Screen Reporting Style
- info
- info cid pid
- Maint Commands
- nocache] [autoverify] [ignoreECC]
- maint] rebuild cid uid pause
- Sched Commands
- sched rebuild cid
- sched rebuild cid enable
- sched selftest cid
- Alarms Commands
- Syntax
- Set Commands
- set cache cid uid on|off
- Help Commands
- help quit
9550SX Series
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
9550SX Series
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
9550SX Series
Table of contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- Table Of Contents
- about this guide
- Product Features
- What's New with the 3ware 9550SX Controllers
- Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels
- Available RAID Configurations
- Determining What RAID Level to Use
- ware Tools for Configuration and Management
- BM (3ware BIOS Manager)
- Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features
- Chapter 2. Getting Started with Your 3ware RAID Controller
- Basic Steps for Creating a Unit
- Specifying a Hot Spare
- Leaving Individual Drives as JBODs
- What Next
- 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
- Starting 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
- 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
- Viewing Information About Individual Controllers
- Viewing and Setting Controller Policies
- Viewing Controller Policies
- Exporting JBOD Disks
- Enabling and Setting Up Staggered Spinup
- Disabling Write Cache on Unit Degrade
- Setting the Auto-Rebuild Policy
- Creating 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 3BM
- Enabling and Disabling the Unit Write Cache
- Enabling and Disabling the Unit Write Cache through 3DM
- Setting the StorSave Profile for a Unit
- Setting the StorSave Profile through 3DM
- Setting Other Unit Policies through 3DM
- Changing An Existing Configuration
- Changing RAID Level
- Expanding Unit Capacity
- Informing the Operating System of Changed Configuration
- Naming a Unit
- 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
- Moving Units from a 9500S to a 9550SX Controller
- Adding a Drive through 3DM
- Removing a Drive
- Rescanning the Controller
- Checking Unit and Drive Status through 3DM
- Reviewing Alarms and Errors
- Downloading an Error Log
- About Background Tasks
- Initialization of Different RAID Types
- Auto Initialization After Power Failure
- About Rebuilds
- 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
- Selecting Self-tests to be Performed
- Rebuilding Units
- Rebuilding a Unit Through 3DM
- Rebuilding Units through 3BM
- Cancelling a Rebuild and Restarting It with a Different Drive
- Verifying Units
- Verifying a Unit through 3DM
- Locating a Drive by Blinking Its LED
- Determining the Current Version of Your 3ware Driver
- 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
- Updating the Firmware Under Linux and FreeBSD
- Viewing Battery Information
- Testing Battery Capacity
- Before Contacting Customer Support
- Problems and Solutions
- Problems in 3DM
- AEN Messages
- AEN Error Message Details
- Chapter A. Glossary
- Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement
- Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL)
- Limited Warranty
- Exclusions
- AMCC Technical Support and Services
- Index
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