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3ware 9500S Series Users Guide

User Guide
3ware
®
Serial ATA RAID Controller
Supports the 9000 Series
PN 720-0114-01 March 2005
Copyright
94085.
Trademarks
3ware, Escalade, and 3DM are all registered trademarks of AMCC. The 3ware logo, 3BM, StorSwitch, TwinStor, and R5 Fusion are all trademarks of AMCC. All other trademarks herein are property of their respective owners.
Disclaimer
AMCC assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in this document, nor does AMCC make any commitment to update the information contained herein.
Table of Contents
About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
How this Guide is Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Introducing the 3ware 9000 Series Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Product Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
What’s New With the 3ware 9000 Series Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Available RAID Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Determining What RAID Level to Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3ware Tools for Configuration and Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3BM (3ware BIOS Manager) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3ware CLI (Command Line Interface) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Getting Started with Your 3ware RAID Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Starting 3BM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Working in the 3BM Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Displaying Advanced Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Getting Help While Using 3BM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Exiting the 3BM Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Browser Requirements for 3DM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Setting up Mozilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Installing 3DM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Installing 3DM on a Microsoft Windows system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Uninstalling 3DM under Microsoft Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Installing 3DM for Linux or FreeBSD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Uninstalling 3DM under Linux or FreeBSD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Starting 3DM and Logging In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Starting 3DM under Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Starting 3DM under Microsoft Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Viewing 3DM Remotely via a Standard Web Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Logging In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Working with the 3DM Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3DM Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Viewing Information About Different Controllers in 3DM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Refreshing the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
3DM Screens and What They're Used For . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Setting Up 3DM Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Setting and Changing 3DM Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Managing E-mail Event Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Enabling and Disabling Remote Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Setting the Incoming Port # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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Setting the Frequency of Page Refreshes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
3DM 2 Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Controller Summary Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Controller Details Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Unit Information Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Unit Details Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Drive Information Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
SMART Details About Drive at Particular Port Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Controller Settings Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Scheduling Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Maintenance Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Alarms Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Battery Backup Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
3DM 2 Settings Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Configuring Your Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Viewing Information About Different Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Viewing Controller Policies in 3DM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Setting Policies for a Controller through 3BM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Exporting JBOD Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Enabling and Setting Up Staggered Spinup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Disabling Write Cache on Unit Degrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Multi LUN Support and Auto-Carving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Configuring Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Configuring Units in 3DM via the Maintenance Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Configuring Units in 3BM via the main 3BM Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Creating a New Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Creating a Unit through 3DM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Creating a Unit through 3BM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Ordering Units in 3BM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Partitioning and Formatting Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Creating a Hot Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Specifying a Hot Spare through 3DM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Specifying a Hot Spare through 3BM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Enabling and Disabling the Unit Write Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Enabling and Disabling the Unit Write Cache through 3DM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Enabling or Disabling the Write Cache through 3BM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Setting Unit Policies through 3DM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Changing An Existing Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
RAID Level Migration (RLM) Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Changing RAID Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Expanding Unit Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Informing the Operating System of Changed Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Deleting a Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Deleting a Unit through 3DM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Deleting a Unit through 3BM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Removing a Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Removing a Unit Through 3DM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Removing a Unit Through 3BM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Moving a Unit from One Controller to Another . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Unlocking Drives Configured on a 9000 Series Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Adding a Drive through 3DM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Removing a Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Rescanning the Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Naming a Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
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Maintaining Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Checking Unit and Drive Status through 3DM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Reviewing Alarms and Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Viewing Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Downloading an Error Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Viewing SMART Data About a Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
About Background Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
About Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Initialization of Different RAID Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Auto Initialization After Power Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
About Rebuilds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
About Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
About Migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
About Self-tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Setting Background Task Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Scheduling Background Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Viewing Current Task Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Turning On or Off Use of a Task Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Removing a Task Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Adding a New Task Schedule Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Selecting Self-tests to be Performed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Rebuilding Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Rebuilding a Unit Through 3DM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Rebuilding Units through 3BM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Cancelling a Rebuild and Restarting It with a Different Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Verifying Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Verifying a Unit through 3DM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Verifying a Unit through 3BM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Maintaining Your Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Determining the Current Version of Your 3ware Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Updating the Driver and Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Updating the 3ware Driver and Firmware Under Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Using the Update Utility With Multiple Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Updating the 3ware Driver Under SuSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Updating the 3ware Driver Under FreeBSD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Viewing Battery Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Testing Battery Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Troubleshooting: Problems and Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
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Problems in 3DM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Hardware Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Screen Display Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
AEN Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Appendix A. Compliance and Conformity Statements . . . . . . . . . . 185
Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement 185
Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
European Community Conformity Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Appendix B. Warranty, Technical Support and Service . . . . . . . . . . 187
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Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Exclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
State Law Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Obtaining Warranty Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
AMCC Technical Support and Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Sales and ordering information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Feedback on this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
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About This Guide

3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide provides instructions for configuring and maintaining your 3ware controller.
This guide assumes that you have already installed your controller in your system. If you have not yet done so, see 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide for instructions.

How this Guide is Organized

There are often multiple ways to accomplish the same configuration and maintenance tasks for your 3ware RAID controller. This manual includes instructions for performing tasks using two tools: one at the BIOS level (3ware BIOS Manager, or 3BM) and one that runs in a browser (3ware Disk Manager 2, or 3DM 2). You can also perform many tasks at the command line, using 3ware’s Command Line Interface (CLI). The CLI is described in a separate manual, available from the 3ware software CD and from 3ware’s website: 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide.
Basic information about using the two tools (3BM and 3DM), such as starting the tool, navigating between screens, and so forth, is described in sections about each of those tools: “3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2)” on page 27.
Step-by-step instructions for performing specific tasks are organized by tasks throughout other sections of this guide. For example, the instructions for “Creating a New Unit” on page 85 include information about how to create a unit from 3DM, followed by how to create a unit from 3BM.
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“3ware BIOS Manager (3BM)” on page 19 and
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Table 1: Sections in this Guide
Section Description
Introduction Provides an overview of product features for
the 3ware 9000 series controllers. Includes system requirements and an introduction to RAID concepts and levels.
Getting Started Provides a summary of the steps required to
install and set up your 3ware RAID controller. 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) Describes the basics of using 3BM. 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM 2) Describes the basics of using 3DM and
includes a reference of all the 3DM pages. Configuring Your Controller Describes how to view details about the
controller, check it’s status, and change
configuration settings that affect the controller
and all associated drives. Configuring Units Describes how to configure new units and
spares, change existing configurations, and set
unit policies. Maintaining Units Describes how to check unit and drive status,
review alarms and errors, schedule background
maintenance tasks, and manually start them,
when necessary or desirable. Includes
explanations of initialization, verify, rebuild, and
self-tests. Maintaining Your Controller Describes how to update the driver, move a unit
from one controller to another, and replace an
existing 3ware controller with a new one. Also
includes information about checking battery
status on a BBU (Battery Backup Unit). Troubleshooting Provides common problems and solutions, and
explains error messages. Glossary Includes definitions for terms used throughout
this guide. Appendices Provides compliance and conformity
statements, warranty information, and tells you
how to contact technical support.
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Conventions

The following conventions are used through this guide:
3BM refers to the 3ware BIOS Manager 3DM refers to the 3ware Disk Manager, version 2. In the sections that describe using 3DM, current contr oller is used to refer
Unit refers to one or more disks configured through 3ware to be treated by
Boldface is used for buttons, fields, and settings that appear on the screen. Monospace font is used for code and to indicate things you type.
to the controller which is currently selected in this drop-down list.
the operating system as a single drive. Also known as an array. Array and unit are used interchangeably throughout this manual.
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Introducing the 3ware 9000 Series Controller

This chapter includes the following sections:
“Product Features” on page 5 “What’s New With the 3ware 9000 Series Controller” on page 6 “System Requirements” on page 6 “Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels ” on page 8 “Determining What RAID Level to Use” on page 12

Product Features

The 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA family includes 9500S-4LP, 9500S-8, 9500S-12, 9500S-8MI, 9500S-12MI.
Features of the 3ware 9000 series controllers include:
Advanced RAID features for greater data protection and management. Support for battery backup provides added data protection in the event of
a power outage. (Battery Backup unit sold separately)
Support for RAID units greater than 2 terabytes with 64-bit LBA support. An enhanced firmware platform allows future upgrades. Anticipated
upgrades include Enclosure Management Services (EMS).
AMCC’ s remote management software, 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM®2)
simplifies storage configuration and management via a web browser.
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What’s New With the 3ware 9000 Series Controller

Enhancements and changes in version 9.2 of the 9000-series controllers include the following:
MultiLUN support with auto-carving of units greater than 2 terabytes into
2 terabyte volumes
RAID Level Migration (RLM) and Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) Unit naming and unit serial number support
Improved write performance in writes with multiple concurrent streams
using Stream Fusion technology.
Extended drive and unit status information.

System Requirements

3ware RAID controllers require the following
A workstation-class or server-class motherboard which meets the
following criteria:
PCI slots that comply with PCI 2.2 or above standards. PCI slot that meets the Plug and Play
Note: For all 3ware 9000 series models, install the card in a 64-bit,
and PC99 specifications.
66 MHz PCI or PCI-X slot for best performance.
Drives
Depending on the particular model, the 3ware RAID controller may be connected to up to two, four, eight, or twelve SATA drives using the supplied interface cables.
Drives must meet serial ATA 150 (SATA-1)or serial ATA 300 (SATA 2) Gb/s standards. Drives may be of any capacity or physical form factor.
The length of shielded and unshielded interface cables may not exceed 1M (39”) for serial ATA controllers.
Operating System
3ware RAID controllers may be used with:
Windows 2000 (SP3 or newer), Windows XP (SP1 or newer),
Windows Server 2003, both 32-bit and 64-bit x64
Red Hat Linux, 32-bit and 64-bit x86 SuSE Linux, 32-bit and 64-bit x64
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Other versions of Linux using the open source Linux driver FreeBSD
Other Requirements
Adequate air flow and cooling Adequate power supply for drives
3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) displays information in a browser. It requires the following:
Internet Explorer 5.5 and later or Mozilla 1.2 or later JavaScript must be enabled Cookies must be enabled For best viewing, screen resolution should be 1024 x 768, with 16-bit
color or more
For a complete listing of features and system requirements, refer to the 9000 Series Datasheet, available from the website at http://w.3ware.com/products/ serial_ata9000.asp.
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Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels

3ware RAID controllers use a Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) to increase your storage system’s performance and provide fault tolerance (protection against data loss).
The following concepts are important to understand when working with a RAID controller:
Arrays and Units. In the storage industry, the term “array” is used to
describe two or more disk drives that appear to the operating system as a single unit. When you work with 3ware software, “unit” is the term used to refer to an array of disks that is configured and managed through the 3ware software. Single-disk units can also be configured in the 3ware software.
Mirroring. Mirrored arrays write data to paired drives simultaneously. If
one drive fails, the data is preserved on the paired drive. Mirroring provides data protection through redundancy . In addition, mirroring using a 3ware RAID controller provides improved performance because 3ware’s TwinStor technology reads from both drives simultaneously.
Striping. Striping across disks allows data to be written and accessed on
more than one drive, at the same time. Striping combines each drive’s capacity into one large volume. Striped disk arrays achieve highest transfer rates and performance at the expense of fault tolerance.
Distributed Parity. Parity works in combination with striping on RAID 5
and RAID 50. Parity information is written to each of the striped drives, in rotation. Should a failure occur, the data on the failed drive can be reconstructed from the data on the other drives.
Hot Swap. The process of exchanging a drive without having to shut
down the system. This is useful when you need to exchange a degraded drive or a bad drive in a redundant array.
Array Roaming. The process of swapping out or swapping in a
configured unit without having to shut down the system. This is useful if you need to move the unit to another controller.
Disk Roaming. The process of removing a unit from a controller and
putting it back later, either on the same controller, or a different one, and having it recognized as a unit. The disks may be can be attached to different ports than they were originally attached to, without harm to the data. The disks may be attached to the same ports or different ports on the controller.
For definitions of other terms used throughout the documentation, see the “Glossary” on page 179.
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Available RAID Configurations

The following RAID levels and configurations are available for drives attached to a 3ware RAID controller:
RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 RAID 50 Single Disk JBOD Hot Spare
RAID 0
Provides striping, but no mirroring or redundancy of any kind. Striped disk arrays achieve high transfer rates because they can read and write data on more than one drive simultaneously. The stripe size is configurable in the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) and in the 3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2). Requires a minimum of two drives.
When drives are configured in a striped disk array (see Figure 1), large files are distributed across the multiple disks using RAID 0 techniques.
Striped disk arrays give exceptional performance, particularly for data intensive applications such as video editing, computer aided design and geographical information systems.
RAID 0 arrays are not fault tolerant. The loss of any drive results in the loss of all the data in that array, and can even cause a system hang, depending on your operating system. RAID 0 arrays are not recommended for high availability systems unless additional precautions are taken to prevent system hangs and data loss.
Figure 1. RAID 0 Configuration Example
RAID 1
Also known as a mirrored array. Mirroring is done on pairs of drives. Mirrored disk arrays write data to two drives using RAID 1 algorithms (see
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Figure 2). This gives your system fault tolerance by preserving the data on one drive if the other drive fails. Fault tolerance is a basic requirement for mission critical systems like web and database servers.
3ware uses a patented technology, TwinStor®, on RAID 1 arrays for improved performance during sequential read operations. With TwinStor technology, read performance is twice the speed of a single drive during sequential read operation.
The adaptive algorithms in TwinStor technology boost performance by distinguishing between random and sequential read requests. For the sequential requests generated when accessing large files, both drives are used, with the heads simultaneously reading alternating sections of the file. For the smaller random transactions, the data is read from a single optimal drive head.
Figure 2. RAID 1 Configuration Example
RAID 5
Combines striping data with parity (exclusive OR) to restore data in case of a drive failure. This array type provides performance, fault tolerance, high capacity, and storage efficiency. Requires a minimum of three drives.
Parity information is distributed across all drives rather than being concentrated on a single disk (see
Figure 3). This avoids throughput loss due
to contention for the parity drive.
RAID 5
0 parity
A1
A2
A3
A4
A Blocks
B0
1 parity
B2
B3
B4
B Blocks C Blocks D Blocks
C0
C1
2 parity
C3
C4
Figure 3. RAID 5 Configuration Example
D0
D1
D2
3 parity
D4
E0
E1
E2
E3
4 parity
E Blocks
RAID 10
This array is a combination of RAID 1 with RAID 0. Striped and mirrored arrays for fault tolerance and high performance. Requires a minimum of four drives to use both RAID 0 and RAID 1 techniques.
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When drives are configured as a striped mirrored array, the disks are configured using both RAID 0 and RAID 1 techniques, thus the name RAID 10 (see
Figure 4). A minimum of four drives are required to use this technique. The first two drives are mirrored as a fault tolerant array using RAID 1. The third and fourth drives are mirrored as a second fault tolerant array using RAID 1. The two mirrored arrays are then grouped as a striped RAID 0 array using a two tier structure. Higher data transfer rates are achieved by leveraging T winS tor and striping the arrays. RAID 10 is av ailable on the four, eight, and twelve port 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controllers.
Figure 4. RAID 10 Configuration Example
RAID 50
This array is a combination of RAID 5 with RAID 0. This array type provides fault tolerance and high performance. Requires a minimum of six drives.
Several combinations are available with RAID 50. For example, on a 12-port controller, you can hav e a grouping of 3, 4, or 6 drives. A grouping of 3 means that the RAID 5 arrays used have 3 disks each; four of these 3-drive RAID 5 arrays are striped together to form the 12-drive RAID 50 array.
Single Disk
A single drive that has been configured as a unit through 3ware software. (3BM, 3DM 2, or CLI). Like disks in other RAID configurations, single d isks contain 3ware Disk Control Block (DCB) information and are seen by the OS as available units.
Single drives are not fault tolerant and therefore not recommended for high availability systems unless additional precautions are take to prevent system hangs and data loss.
JBOD
A JBOD is an unconfigured disk attached to your 3ware RAID controller. JBOD configuration is no longer supported in the 3ware 9000 series. AMCC recommends that you use Single Disk as a replacement for JBOD, to take advantage of advanced features such as caching, OCE, and RLM.
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JBOD units are not fault tolerant and therefore not recommended for high availability systems unless additional precautions are taken to prevent system hangs and data loss.
Hot Spare
A single drive, available online, so that a redundant array can be automatically rebuilt in case of drive failure.
For additional information about RAID levels, see the article “RAID Primer” on the 3ware website, at: http://www.3ware.com/products/pdf/ RAID_Primer.pdf.

Determining What RAID Level to Use

Select the RAID configuration to use based on the applications to be used on the system, whether performance or data protection is of primary importance, and the number of disk drives available for use.
Review the information under “Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels” on page 8 to determine the type of RAID configuration most appropriate for your needs and use the tables below to determine what RAID levels are available, based on your particular controller model and the number of available drives.
The RAID configurations available to you are determined by the number of ports on your controller, and the number of drives attached to those ports. You can configure all drives in one unit, or you can configure multiple units, if you have enough drives.
Table 2: Possible Configurations Based on Number of Drives
# Drives Possible RAID Configurations
1 Single drive or hot spare 2 RAID 0 or RAID 1 3 RAID 0
RAID 1 with hot spare RAID 5
4 RAID 5 + hot spare
RAID 10 Combination of RAID 0, RAID 1, single disk
5 RAID 5 + hot spare
RAID 10 + hot spare Combination of RAID 0, RAID 1, hot spare, for single disk
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Table 2: Possible Configurations Based on Number of Drives
# Drives Possible RAID Configurations
6 or more RAID 50
Depending on the number of drives, a RAID 50 may contain from 2 to 4 subunits. For example, with 12 drives, possible RAID 50 configurations include 2 subunits of 6, 3 subunits of 4, or 4 subunits of 3. With 10 drives, a RAID 50 will contain 2 subunits of 5 drives each.
Combination of RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, hot spare, and single disk
Drive Capacity Considerations
The capacity of each drive is limited to the capacity of the smallest drive in the array. The total array capacity is defined as follows:
Table 3: Drive Capacity
RAID Level Capacity
RAID 0 (number of drives) X (capacity of the smallest drive) RAID 1 capacity of the smallest drive RAID 5 (number of drives - 1) X (capacity of the smallest drive)
Storage efficiency increases with the number of disks:
storage efficiency = (number of drives -1)/(number of drives) RAID 10 (number of drives / 2) X (capacity of smallest drive) RAID 50 (number of drives - number of groups of drives) X (capacity of the
smallest drive)
Through drive coercion, the capacity used for each drive is rounded down so that drives from differing manufacturers are more likely to be able to be used as spares for each other. The capacity used for each drive is rounded down to the nearest GB for drives under 45 GB (45,000,000,000), and rounded down to the nearest 5 GBytes for drives over 45 GB. For example, a 44.3 GB drive will be rounded down to 44 GBytes, and a 123 GB drives will be rounded. down to 120 GBytes. For more information, see the discussion of drive coercion under
“Creating a Hot Spare” on page 92.
Support for Over 2 Te rabytes
Windows 2000, Windows XP, Linux 2.4, and FreeBSD 4.x, do not currently recognize unit capacity in excess of 2 TB.
If the combined capacity of the drives to be connected to a unit exceeds 2 Terabytes (TB), you can enable auto-carving when you configure your units.
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Auto-carving divides the available unit capacity into multiple chunks of 2 TB or smaller that can be addressed by the operating systems as separate volumes.
For more information, see See “Multi LUN Support and Auto-Carving” on page 79.

3ware Tools for Configuration and Management

3ware software tools lets you easily configure the drives attached to your 3ware RAID controller, specifying which drives should be used together as a RAID unit and the type of RAID configuration you want, and designating hot spares for use if a drive degrades.
3ware provides several tools for use in configuring and managing units attached to the 3ware controller:
3BM (3ware BIOS Manager) 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) 3ware CLI (Command Line Interface)

3BM (3ware BIOS Manager)

3BM is a BIOS level tool for creating, deleting, and maintaining disk arrays, rebuilding arrays, designating hot spares, and setting controller policies. 3BM is the tool most frequently used to configure units immediately after installation of the controller, but can also be used after installation to maintain the controller and associated drives.
For general information about working with 3BM, see “3ware BIOS Manager (3BM)” on page 19.

3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager)

3DM is a daemon (under Linux) and a service (under Windows) which runs in the background on the controller’s host system, and can be accessed through a web browser to provide ongoing monitoring and administration of the controller and associated drives. 3DM supports hot spare and hot swap for redundant units.
3DM can be used locally (on the system that contains the 9000) or remotely (on a system connected via a network to the system containing the 9000).
For details about working with 3DM, see “3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2)” on page 27.
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3DM 2 is the current version of the 3ware Disk Manager. Throughout this manual, it is referred to interchangeably as 3DM and 3DM 2.

3ware CLI (Command Line Interface)

The 3ware CLI provides the functionality available in 3DM through a Command Line Interface. You can view unit status and version information and perform maintenance functions such as adding or removing drives, and reconfiguring RAID units online. You also use it to remotely administer controllers in a system by first logging into the system.
The 3ware CLI is described in 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide.

Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features

Several 3ware RAID controller features aid in monitoring and troubleshooting your drives.
SMART Monitoring (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting
Technology) automatically checks a disk drive's health every 24 hours and reports potential problems. This allows you to take proactive steps to prevent impending disk crashes. SMART data is checked on all disk drives (array members, single disks, and hot spares). Monitoring of SMART thresholds can be turned on and off in 3DM. (For details, see “V iewin g SMART Data About a Drive” on page 118.)
Staggered Spinup allows drives that support this feature to be powered-
up into the standby power management state to minimize in-rush current at power-up and to allow the controller to sequence the spin-up of drives. Both SATAII OOB and ATA spin-up methods are supported. The standby power management state is persistent after power-down and power-up. You can set the number of drives that will spin up at the same time, and the time between staggers in 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Management utility). For details, see
Verification and Media Scans. The verify task verifies all redundant
units, and checks for media errors on single disks, spares, JBODS and RAID 0 unit members. If the disk drive is part of a redundant unit, error locations that are found and are deemed repairable are rewritten with the redundant data. This forces the drive firmware to reallocate the error sectors accordingly.
“Enabling and Setting Up Staggered Spinup” on page 78.
Error Correction. Bad sectors can be dynamically repaired through error
correction (Dynamic Sector Repair). Reallocation of blocks will try to be based intelligently on the location of the block in relation to the stripe.
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Scheduled Background Tasks. Initialize, rebuild, verify, and self-test
tasks can all be run in the background, at scheduled times. This lets you choose a time for these tasks to be run when it will be least disruptive to your system. You can also define the rate at which background tasks are performed, specifying whether I/O tasks should be given more processing time, or background rebuild and verify tasks should be given more processing time.
Write Cache. Write cache can be enabled or disabled using 3BM, 3DM2
and CLI. When write cache is enabled, data will be stored in system cache, 3ware controller cache, and drive cache before the data is committed to disk. This allows the system to process multiple write commands at the same time, thus improving performance. However when data is stored in cache, it could be lost if a power failure occurred. With a Battery Backup Unit (BBU) installed, the cache stored on the 3ware controller can be restored. For more information, see Driver Under Windows XP” on page 146.
“Updating the 3ware
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Getting Started with Your 3ware RAID Controller

Setting up your 3ware RAID controller involves these main steps:
Physically Install the Controller and Drives Configure the RAID Unit and Drives Install the Drivers and Make the Operating System Aware of the New
Drives
Set Up Management and Maintenance Features
Once the controller and drives have been physically installed, the order in which you perform these steps depends in part on whether one of the units you configure will act as your boot drive.

Physically Install the Controller and Drives

To install your controller and drives, follow the instructions in 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide. If you do not have a
hardcopy of this manual, you can download it from the 3ware website at http:/ /www.3ware.com/support/userdocs.asp

Configure the RAID Unit and Drives

You may want to review the information under “Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels” on page 8 before configuring your drives. This information will help you choose the appropriate RAID level for your situation.
If you will install the operating system on and boot from a drive managed through the new 3ware RAID controller, use the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) to define the configuration. You will find step-by-step instructions in the installation guide, following the instructions for installing the card.
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Information about using 3BM is also included in this user guide, but the installation guide offers a sequential set of steps for initial installation.
If the operating system is already installed on another drive in your system, you can configure the drives through either 3BM or through 3ware Disk Manager (3DM). If you want to use 3DM for configuration, go ahead and boot to the OS, install the drivers and the 3DM 2 software, and then configure your units. For details about using 3DM, see on page 27.
Note: The ability to configure RAID units, single drives, and hot
spares through 3DM is new with version 2 of 3DM (3DM 2). If you previously used 3DM version 1.x, configuration was not available in that version.

Install the Drivers and Make the Operating System Aware of the New Drives

Complete instructions for installing drivers and completing the installation under Windows, Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux, and FreeBSD are provided in 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide.
“3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2)”
You will also find instructions for updating the driver under “Updating the Driver and Firmware” on page 140.

Set Up Management and Maintenance Features

3ware RAID controllers come with software that include a number of features to help you manage and maintain the controller and your configured units. The default settings for these features allow you to begin using your newly configured units right away. You can review and change these features as a final step in your initial setup, or you can make changes to them later, at your convenience. These features include:
Controller and unit policies, such as staggered spinup, use of write cache,
and how unconfigured disks (JBODs) are handled
Email notification of alarms and other events Schedules for when background tasks will be performed, to minimize the
impact on day-to-day performance during peak usage times.
Details about these features are described in this user guide and can be looked up individually. When you first set up your controller, you may want to review these sections in particular:
“Configuring Your Controller” on page 73 “Setting Unit Policies through 3DM” on page 97 “Setting Background Task Rate” on page 124 “Scheduling Background Tasks” on page 125
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3ware BIOS Manager (3BM)

This section describes the basics of using 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM), one of the tools you can use to configure and maintain the units connected to your 3ware 9000-series RAID controller.
For information about doing particular tasks in 3BM, refer to the later sections in this guide.
Note: While the basics of working with 3BM for the 9000 series
are similar to working with the 3ware Disk Array Configuration utility for the 7000 and 8000 series, the screens have changed, and some additional features are provided. If you have a 7000- or 8000­series controller, the BIOS screens you see will be somewhat different than those shown in this chapter. For instructions specific to the BIOS manager for 3ware 7000- and 8000-series controllers, see the 3ware Escalade ATA User Guide for 7000 & 8000 Series Controllers, available from the 3ware website,
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http://
This section is organized into the following topics:
“Starting 3BM” on page 20 “Working in the 3BM Screens” on page 22 “Displaying Advanced Details” on page 25 “Getting Help While Using 3BM” on page 25 “Exiting the 3BM Configuration Utility” on page 26
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Starting 3BM

You access 3BM during the start-up process for your computer.
To start 3BM
1 Power up or reboot your system. 2 While the system is starting, watch for a screen similar to Figure 5.
3ware ATA RAID Controller: Escalade 9500S-12 BIOS: BE9X X.XX.XX.XXX Firmware: FE9X X.XX.XX.XXX
Unit 0 - Mirror 111.74GB Port 0 - IC35L120AVVA07-0 115.03 GB Port 1 - IC35L120AVVA07-0 115.03 GB
Following drives will not be exported to OS: Port 2 - IC35L120AVVA07-0 115.03 GB Unconfigured Disk Port 3 - IC35L120AVVA07-0 115.03 GB Unconfigured Disk
----Press <Alt-3> to access 3ware BIOS Manager ----
Figure 5. 3ware BIOS Screen
3 Press Alt-3 immediately to bring up the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM).
Normally your 3ware configuration remains on-screen for just a few seconds. However, if a unit has degraded, the screen indicates the problem and remains on your screen longer.
4 If you have more than one 9000-series controller in your system, a screen
lists the available boards. (See
Figure 6.) In this case, highlight the board
with which you want to work and press Enter.
Figure 6. 3ware Controller Board Selection Screen
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Starting 3BM
You see a screen similar to Figure 7, warning you that changing your disk array configuration may overwrite data on the disks.
If you plan to make changes to your configuration and need to backup data before continuing, press ESC and do so now. Otherwise, press any key to continue.
Figure 7. Warning Message When you Start 3BM
If a 3BM detects a degraded array, a red message box appears, to alert you to the problem. For information about rebuilding a degraded array, see “Rebuilding Units” on page 130
Note: If you have a combination of 7000/8000-series and
9000-series controllers in your system, the 7000/8000-series controllers are not listed on the selection screen shown in Figure 6. Instead, an additional BIOS summary will appear for the 7000/8000-series controller, similar to Figure 5. To access the BIOS utility for the 7000/8000-series board, press Alt-3 when the information for that controller appears, to enter the BIOS software. Although similar to 3BM, some screens and features are different for the 7000/8000-series. For detailed information, see the version of the 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide that supports the 7000 and 8000 series controllers.
If you have two 9000 controllers that have different versions of the BIOS installed, they will also appear in different BIOS summaries, and will launch different versions of 3BM.
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Working in the 3BM Screens

The main 3BM screen (Figure 8) shows the current configuration for the drives attached to your controller, and a list of any available drives. Unusable and incomplete drives are also shown.
Figure 8. 3BM Main Display
You will see one or more of the following sections in the main 3BM screen:
Available Drives lists any unconfigured, independent drives (JBODs)
that are not associated with an array, and hot spares. If this section does not appear, there are no available drives.
Exportable Units lists the existing units, along with the drives contained
in each. These are the units that will be available to the operating system when you boot your computer. If this section does not appear, no units have been configured.
If you have more than one unit, the boot unit is the one at the top of the list. (You can change the order by highlighting a unit and pressing the PgUp or PgDn key.)
Unusable Arrays lists any RAID configuration missing too many drives
to construct the unit. For example, a RAID 5 unit with two or more drives missing would appear in this list.
Incomplete Drives and Others lists drives that are remaining from a unit
with missing or failed drives, drives that are not usable, and drives that were part of a unit on a 3ware 7000/8000-series controller, and contain data that needs to be updated before your 3ware 9000 series controller can use them. (If you want to move a unit from a 7/8000 controller to the 9000 controller, you must convert the drives first. For more information, see the
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section “Replacing an Existing Controller with a New Controller,” in the 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide.)
When some of the drives are remaining from a unit, you can power down and add the missing drives to complete the unit. To use drives that are listed here in other units, you must first delete them. For more information, see
“Deleting a Unit” on page 103.
If any of the sections are not shown, it means that there are no items of that type connected to the controller.
Table 4 lists how to move around and select information in the 3BM screens. When these commands are available in 3BM, they appear at the bottom of the 3BM screen.
Table 4: Working in 3BM
T o do this Use these keys
Move between units or drives in a list, and between fields, and buttons
Select (or unselect) what is currently highlighted.
A selection may be a drive in a list of drives, a button at the bottom of the screen, or a field in the middle of the screen.
In lists, an asterisk appears to the left of selected drives or units
Display a drop-down list of available choices in a field
Move between choices in a field list Up and Down Arrow Keys Select all available drives Alt+A Highlight one of the primary buttons on
the main screen:
Create Delete Maintain Rebuild Policy BBU
Up and Down Arrow Keys OR Left and Right Arrow Keys OR Tab and Shift+Tab
Enter or the Spacebar
Enter
Alt+C Alt+D Alt+M Alt+R Alt+P Alt-B
Specify (or unspecify) a drive as a hot spare
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Table 4: Working in 3BM
T o do this Use these keys
Unlock the drives in a unit, so that they can be removed and used with a controller other than a 9000-series controller.
Return to starting values for this session in the 3ware BIOS Manager
Display the Advanced Detail screen, where you can see the software versions (BIOS, Firmware, monitor), serial number, controller and model number, cache memory size, slot # of the 3ware card, and whether or not BBU-support is available.)
Return to the main 3ware BIOS Manager screen, from the Advanced Details screen
Move a highlighted unit up or down in the list of exportable units
(The top-most unit will become the bootable unit, if you install the OS.)
R (Remove)
F6
Note: F6 cannot bring back previous policy settings; they are saved when you exit the Policy screen.
Shift+F5
Any key
Page Up Page Down [Available only when there are multiple units and a unit is highlighted.]
Display context sensitive help F1 or Alt-F1 If you have multiple 3ware controllers in
your system, return to the board selection screen.
Exit the utility and save or abandon all changes.
Exit the utility and save all changes F8
Esc
Esc
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