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9550SXU-12 - PCI-X-to-Serial ATA II Hardware RAID Controller

Brand: 3Ware | Category: Controller
Table of contents
  1. user guide
  2. Table Of Contents
  3. Table Of Contents
  4. Table Of Contents
  5. Table Of Contents
  6. Table Of Contents
  7. about this user guide
  8. Highlights of the 9.5.1 Release
  9. Chapter 1. Introducing the 3ware® SAS/SATA RAID Controller
  10. drive requirements
  11. operating system
  12. Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels
  13. Available RAID Configurations
  14. Determining What RAID Level to Use
  15. Using Drive Capacity Efficiently
  16. Support for Over 2 Terabytes
  17. ware Tools for Configuration and Management
  18. Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features
  19. Chapter 2. Getting Started with Your 3ware RAID Controller
  20. Chapter 3. First-Time RAID Configuration Using 3BM
  21. Specifying a Hot Spare
  22. Making Drives Visible to the Operating System
  23. Chapter 4. Driver Installation
  24. Driver Installation Under Windows
  25. Creating a 3ware Driver Diskette
  26. Installing the 3ware Driver on a Windows System that Boots from a Different Device
  27. Making Units Managed by a 3ware Controller Available to Windows
  28. Driver Installation Under Linux
  29. Obtaining 3ware Linux Drivers
  30. Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux or Fedora Core
  31. Driver Installation Under SuSE Linux
  32. Compiling a 3ware Driver for Linux
  33. Driver Installation Under FreeBSD
  34. Creating A FreeBSD Driver Diskette
  35. ware RAID Controller
  36. Device
  37. Driver Installation Under VMware ESX 3.x Server
  38. RAID controller
  39. Chapter 5. 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) Introduction
  40. Exiting the 3BM Configuration Utility
  41. Working in the 3BM Screens
  42. Adjusting BIOS Option Settings
  43. Displaying Information About the Controller and Related Devices
  44. Getting Help While Using 3BM
  45. Chapter 6. 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) Introduction
  46. Browser Requirements for 3DM
  47. Installing 3DM
  48. Managing the 3DM 2 Daemon under Linux, VMware, and FreeBSD
  49. Viewing 3DM Remotely Using a Web Browser
  50. DM Menus
  51. Viewing Information About Different Controllers
  52. DM Screens and What They're Used For
  53. Setting Up 3DM Preferences
  54. Managing E-mail Event Notification
  55. Configuring the VMware Firewall to Allow Email Notification
  56. Enabling and Disabling Remote Access
  57. Setting the Frequency of Page Refreshes
  58. Chapter 7. Configuring Your Controller
  59. About Controller Policies
  60. Viewing Controller Policies
  61. Setting the Auto Rebuild Policy
  62. Using Auto-Carving for Multi LUN Support
  63. Setting the Size of Volumes Created with Auto-Carving
  64. Exporting JBOD Disks
  65. Viewing Information About a Phy
  66. Changing the Phy Link Speed
  67. Chapter 8. Configuring Units
  68. Configuration Options When Creating a Unit
  69. Creating a Unit through 3DM
  70. Creating a Unit through 3BM
  71. Ordering Units in 3BM
  72. Creating a Hot Spare
  73. Specifying a Hot Spare through 3DM
  74. Specifying a Hot Spare through 3BM
  75. Setting Unit Policies
  76. Enabling and Disabling the Unit Write Cache
  77. Enabling or Disabling Auto Verify for a Unit
  78. Setting Overwrite ECC (Continue on Source Error When Rebuilding)
  79. Enabling and Disabling Queuing for a Unit
  80. Setting the StorSave Profile for a Unit
  81. setting the storsave profile through 3dm
  82. Rapid RAID Recovery
  83. Changing An Existing Configuration by Migrating
  84. Changing RAID Level
  85. Expanding Unit Capacity
  86. Informing the Operating System of Changed Configuration
  87. Deleting a Unit
  88. Deleting a Unit through 3DM
  89. Deleting a Unit through 3BM
  90. Removing a Unit
  91. Removing a Unit Through 3DM
  92. Removing a Unit Through 3BM
  93. Moving Units from an Earlier 9000 Series to a 9650SE or 9690SA Controller
  94. Moving Units from an 8000 Controller to a 9000 Controller
  95. Moving Legacy JBOD Units to a 9000 Controller
  96. Removing a Drive
  97. Rescanning the Controller
  98. Chapter 9. Maintaining Units
  99. Viewing a List of Drives
  100. Enclosure Drive LED Status Indicators
  101. Unit Statuses
  102. Drive Statuses
  103. About Inoperable Units
  104. Alarms, Errors, and Other Events
  105. Using the Alert Utility Under Windows
  106. Downloading an Error Log
  107. Background Tasks
  108. initialization of different raid types
  109. About Verification
  110. Using Auto Verification
  111. Starting a Verify Manually
  112. Rebuilding Units
  113. rebuilding a unit through 3dm
  114. rebuilding units through 3bm
  115. Cancelling a Rebuild and Restarting It with a Different Drive
  116. Background Task Prioritization
  117. Viewing Current Task Schedules
  118. Turning On or Off Use of a Rebuild/Migrate Task Schedule
  119. Selecting Advanced or Basic Verify Schedules
  120. Adding a New Task Schedule Slot
  121. Selecting Self-tests to be Performed
  122. Determining the Current Version of Your 3ware Driver
  123. Updating the Firmware and Driver
  124. Downloading the Driver and Firmware
  125. Updating the Firmware Through 3DM 2
  126. Updating the Firmware Through DOS Using the 3ware Bootable CD
  127. Updating the 3ware Driver and Firmware Under Windows
  128. Using the Update Utility With Multiple Controllers
  129. Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows
  130. Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat or Fedora Core
  131. Updating the 3ware Driver Under SuSE
  132. Updating 3ware Drivers under FreeBSD
  133. Updating 3ware Drivers under VMware
  134. Testing Battery Capacity
  135. Chapter 11. Managing an Enclosure
  136. Viewing a List of Enclosures
  137. Checking Enclosure Component Status
  138. Fan Status
  139. Temp Sensor Status
  140. Locating a Specific Enclosure Component
  141. Chapter 12. 3DM 2 Reference
  142. Controller Summary
  143. Controller Details
  144. Unit Information
  145. Unit Details
  146. Drive Information
  147. Drive Details window
  148. Controller Phy Summary
  149. Controller Settings
  150. Scheduling
  151. Maintenance
  152. unit information
  153. drive information
  154. Alarms
  155. Battery Backup
  156. Enclosure Summary
  157. Enclosure Details
  158. DM 2 Settings
  159. remote access
  160. Web Resources
  161. Before Contacting Customer Support
  162. Command Logging
  163. Drive Performance Monitoring
  164. Problems and Solutions
  165. Software Installation Problems
  166. Problems in 3DM and 3BM
  167. Error and Notification Messages
  168. Table Of Contents
  169. Table Of Contents
  170. Table Of Contents
  171. Table Of Contents
  172. Error and Notification Message Details
  173. controller error occurred
  174. rebuild completed
  175. initialize completed
  176. drive timeout detected
  177. b rebuild started
  178. e initialize failed
  179. drive removed
  180. e unit inoperable
  181. downgrade udma mode
  182. upgrade udma mode
  183. buffer integrity test failed
  184. drive ecc error reported
  185. dcb version unsupported
  186. a verify failed
  187. b verify completed
  188. d source drive error occurred
  189. f verify not started; unit never initialized
  190. spare capacity too small
  191. migration completed
  192. verify fixed data/parity mismatch
  193. buffer ecc error corrected
  194. b rebuild paused
  195. d verify paused
  196. f flash file system error detected
  197. unit number assignments lost
  198. battery voltage is normal
  199. battery voltage is too low
  200. battery temperature is normal
  201. b battery temperature is high
  202. d battery temperature is too high
  203. f cache synchronization skipped
  204. battery health check completed
  205. battery charging completed
  206. battery capacity is below error level
  207. c battery is weak
  208. f cache synchronization failed; some data lost
  209. local link up
  210. enclosure fan removed
  211. enclosure fan off
  212. enclosure temp low
  213. enclosure temp above operating
  214. enclosure temp added
  215. enclosure temp unknown
  216. enclosure power removed
  217. enclosure power off
  218. enclosure voltage over
  219. enclosure current normal
  220. Appendices
  221. Glossary
  222. Software Installation
  223. Installing Software from a Graphical User Interface (GUI)
  224. Installing Software on Linux from the Command Line
  225. Installing Software on FreeBSD
  226. Installing Software for VMware
  227. Uninstalling 3ware Software
  228. Uninstalling 3DM Software on VMware
  229. Compliance and Conformity Statements
  230. Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab
  231. Warranty, Technical Support, and Service
  232. Warranty Service and RMA Process
  233. AMCC Technical Support and Services
  234. Index
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