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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 1
3w ar e ® Serial A T A RAID Contr oller Support s the 9000 Series PN 720-0104-00 April, 2004 User Guide ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 2
Cop yright ©2004 3ware, Inc. All righ ts reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system , or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy ing, recording or otherwise, without the proper written consent of 3ware, In c., 455 W est Maude A ve., Sunnyvale, CA 94085. T rademar ks 3ware, ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 3
www.3ware.com 27 3w ar e Disk Manager (3DM 2) Note: 3DM 2 includes software developed by the OpenSS L Project for use in the OpenSSL T oolkit (http://www .openssl.org/). 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM 2), allows yo u to view the status of and manage 3ware RAID controllers and associated drives. 3DM runs as a service under Microsoft W indows, and as a da ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 4
3ware Disk Manag er (3DM 2) 28 3ware 9000 Series Seria l ATA RAID Con troller User Gu ide “3DM 2 Reference”contains information about the fields and settings on each page in 3DM. For additiona l information about doing particular tasks in 3DM, see the remaining sectio ns in this guide. Br o wser R equir ements f or 3DM 3DM runs in most curren t ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 5
Installing 3DM www.3ware.com 29 Installing 3DM 3DM 2 can be installed from the main 3ware CD that came with your 3ware RAID controller . Y ou can also download the current versio n from the website at http://www .3ware.com/support/download.asp. 3DM must be installed on the system in which the controller is installed. 3DM does not have to be install ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 6
3ware Disk Manag er (3DM 2) 30 3ware 9000 Series Seria l ATA RAID Con troller User Gu ide When the secon d checkbox is che cke d, only localhost connections are allowed. Internet and Intranet connections are not allowed. (Y ou can change this setting later in 3DM.) Figure 10. 3DM Remote Monitoring and Security Configuration Display 5 If the 3DM HTT ...
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Installing 3DM www.3ware.com 31 ■ In the Sender field, enter the email address from which the email notifications will be sent. This is typically the local host name. (Y ou can change these set tings later within 3DM.) SCSI Figure 1 1. 3DM E-mail Notification Preferenc es 7 Continue with the installa tion as prompted, clicking Next to move to the ...
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3ware Disk Manag er (3DM 2) 32 3ware 9000 Series Seria l ATA RAID Con troller User Gu ide Notes: Y ou can start 3DM later by choosing 3DM from the St a r t menu. If you change, add, or remove an IP address, or change the machine name of the machine on which you have installed 3DM 2, you will need to recreate the security certificate. Y ou can do so ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 9
Installing 3DM www.3ware.com 33 T o specify initial setup for 3DM 2 During installation, you will be prompt ed with a series of questions that determine initial 3DM settings. Y ou can ch ange these later , from within 3DM. (The first question appears for Linux, but not for FreeBSD.) 1 Was RPM used to install the Escalade driver a nd/or 3DM? The def ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 10
3ware Disk Manag er (3DM 2) 34 3ware 9000 Series Seria l ATA RAID Con troller User Gu ide Uninstalling 3DM unde r Linux or F r eeBSD T o uninst all 3DM for Linux or FreeBSD 1 Insert the 3ware software installation CD-ROM i nto the CD-ROM drive. 2 Mount the CD-ROM disk: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt 3 Change the directory and run the uninstall script: (For ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 11
S t arting 3DM and Logging In www.3ware.com 35 Star ting 3DM and Logging In 3DM runs as a service under W indows, and as a daemon under Linux . It is a good idea to leave 3DM running on the system that contains your 3ware RAID controller . That way email alerts ca n be sent by 3DM, and administrators can manage the controller remotely , if remote a ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 12
3ware Disk Manag er (3DM 2) 36 3ware 9000 Series Seria l ATA RAID Con troller User Gu ide Note: If you close your br owser , 3DM continues to run in the background on th e system. Vi ewing 3DM R emotel y via a Standar d W eb Bro wser When remote administration is enabled, you can use 3DM to check sta tus and administer your 3ware RAID controller fr ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 13
Working with the 3DM Screens www.3ware.com 37 W or king with the 3DM Scr eens 3DM’ s features are organized on a seri es of pages you view in your browser . After you log in to 3DM, the Summar y page shows a list of controllers installed in the computer at the URL you specified. Note: If you expect to see a controller that is not listed, it may n ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 14
3ware Disk Manag er (3DM 2) 38 3ware 9000 Series Seria l ATA RAID Con troller User Gu ide 3DM Menus The 3DM menu bar groups access to a number of 3DM pages on menus, and provides direct link access to others. Figure 14. 3DM Menu Bar Stat us information is available from the Information menu . Y ou can view controller , unit, and drive informat ion ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 15
Working with the 3DM Screens www.3ware.com 39 Viewing Infor mation About Different Contr oller s in 3DM If you have more than on e controller in the system, you se lect the one you want to see details about from the drop-down list at the right of the menu bar . This drop-down is av ailable on all pa ges that provide co ntroller-specific features. N ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 16
3ware Disk Manag er (3DM 2) 40 3ware 9000 Series Seria l ATA RAID Con troller User Gu ide Unit Information Page Shows a list of the uni ts on the current cont roller and provides summary information about each unit. T o see this page, choose Information > Un it Information from the menu bar or click an ID number on the Controller Summary . Unit ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 17
Setting Up 3DM Preference s www.3ware.com 41 Setting Up 3DM Prefer ences The 3DM Settings page lets you define preference settings that affect the overall operation of 3DM. Most of the se settings are specified initially during installation of 3DM. On the 3DM Settings page you ca n perform the following tasks: ■ Setting and Changing 3DM Passwords ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 18
3ware Disk Manag er (3DM 2) 42 3ware 9000 Series Seria l ATA RAID Con troller User Gu ide Managing E-m ail Ev ent Notification 3DM can notify you when the 3ware RAID controller requires attention, such as when a disk unit becomes degraded and is no longer fault tolerant. Event notification can only occur while 3DM is running, so it is recommended t ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 19
Setting Up 3DM Preference s www.3ware.com 43 Enabling and Disa bling R emote Access When remote access is enabled, a user can connect to 3DM over the internet or an intranet, to check status or ad minister the controller and associated drives. If remote access is disabled and a user attempts to connect to 3DM remotely , they will see the following ...
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3ware Disk Manag er (3DM 2) 44 3ware 9000 Series Seria l ATA RAID Con troller User Gu ide T o set the frequency of page refre shes 1 Click 3DM Settings on the menu bar . 2I n t h e Page Refresh section of the 3DM Settings page, select how often you want the page to be refreshed in the Minutes Between Refresh field. Note: If you don’ t want 3DM to ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 21
3DM 2 Reference www.3ware.com 45 3DM 2 R ef er ence This section includes details about the fields and features available on the pages you work with througho ut 3DM 2. It is or ganized by page, as the pages are organized o n the 3DM menu bar . ■ Controller Summary Page ■ Controller Details Page ■ Unit Information Page ■ Unit Details Page ? ...
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3ware Disk Manag er (3DM 2) 46 3ware 9000 Series Seria l ATA RAID Con troller User Gu ide The Summary page appears after you first logon to 3DM, and when you click the Summary link in the menu bar . The Summary page provides basic in formation about each 3ware RAID controller in your system. T o see detail s about the units in a controller , click ...
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3DM 2 Reference www.3ware.com 47 Controller Details Page Figure 16. Controller Det ails Page The Controller Details page appears when you choose Information > Controller Details from th e menu bar . The Controller Details page provides detailed inform ation about the controller specified in the drop-down list on the menu bar . Y ou can also open ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 24
3ware Disk Manag er (3DM 2) 48 3ware 9000 Series Seria l ATA RAID Con troller User Gu ide Unit Infor m ation P age Figure 17. Unit Information Page The Unit Information page appears when you choose Information > Unit Information from the menu bar , and when you click an ID number on the Controller Summary page. The Unit Information page shows a ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 25
3DM 2 Reference www.3ware.com 49 Note: 3DM 2 displays the capacity (in MBytes or GBytes) the same way that Microsoft W indows and Linux operating systems do: as 1KB = 1024 bytes. Previo us versions of 3D M 1.x used the 1KB = 1000 bytes definition. Co nsequently capacities of units listed under 3DM v 1.x may appear to be lar ger than they do under 3 ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 26
3ware Disk Manag er (3DM 2) 50 3ware 9000 Series Seria l ATA RAID Con troller User Gu ide Figure 18. However , if the unit was a Single Disk, only information about one disk would be shown. Details on this page may include all or some of the following information described below . T o see details about a particular drive, c lick t he Port #. Y ou? ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 27
3DM 2 Reference www.3ware.com 51 Driv e Infor ma tion Page Figure 19. Drive Infor mation Page The Drive Information page appears when you choose Information > Drive Information from the menu bar, or when you click a port # on the Unit Details page. If you arrive at th is page from the port # hyperlink on the Unit Information page, the line sh ow ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 28
3ware Disk Manag er (3DM 2) 52 3ware 9000 Series Seria l ATA RAID Con troller User Gu ide Stat us . The status of the drive: OK, No t Supported, Read Timeout, Read Failure, Orphan, DCB Data Check, Un supp DCB, Unconv DCB, Offline JBOD, or Not Pres ent. (In the event of a problem, the status shown for the drive can be useful to customer support.) No ...
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3DM 2 Reference www.3ware.com 53 Controller Settings Page Figure 21. Controller Settin gs Page The Controller Settings page appears when you choose M anagement > Controller Settings fr om the menu bar . The Controller Settings page lets you view and change settings that affect the units on the controller specified in the drop-down list on the me ...
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3ware Disk Manag er (3DM 2) 54 3ware 9000 Series Seria l ATA RAID Con troller User Gu ide For additional information, see“Setting Background T ask Rate” on page 113. Unit Writ e Cache Y ou can enable or disable write cache fo r e ach unit.3DM lists each unit on the controller specified in the drop-d own list on the menu bar , and shows you whet ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 31
3DM 2 Reference www.3ware.com 55 Note: The policy Continue on So urce Error During Rebuild is equivalent to the “Force continue on source errors” option in 3DM v 1.x and the “ignoreE cc” option in the CLI. Other Controller Settings For 9000-series controllers, the Other Co ntroller settings displays information about additional settings tha ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 32
3ware Disk Manag er (3DM 2) 56 3ware 9000 Series Seria l ATA RAID Con troller User Gu ide Scheduling P age Figure 22. Scheduling Page For 9000-series controllers, the Schedu ling page appears when you choose Management > Scheduling from the menu bar . The Scheduling page is not available fo r 7000- and 8000- series controllers. If you want to sc ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 33
3DM 2 Reference www.3ware.com 57 The Scheduling page lets you vi ew and change the schedule for tasks that affect all units on the controller specifi ed in the drop-down list on the menu bar , including: ■ Rebuild tasks (also applie s to initialization tasks) ■ V erify tasks (also applies to media scans) ■ Self-tests Y ou can also enable or d ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 34
3ware Disk Manag er (3DM 2) 58 3ware 9000 Series Seria l ATA RAID Con troller User Gu ide T wo self-tests can be scheduled: Upgrade UDMA mode. This test checks the speed at which data transfer to drives is occurring, to see if the UDMA mode can be increased. (If you are already running at the fastest UDMA mode, then this se lf-test has no effect.) ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 35
3DM 2 Reference www.3ware.com 59 Maintenance Page Figure 23. Maintenance Page The Maintenance page appears when you choo se Management > Maintenance from the menu bar . The Maintenance page lets you perform maintenance tasks on existing units on the current control ler (shown in the drop-down list on the menu bar), and lets you create new units ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 36
3ware Disk Manag er (3DM 2) 60 3ware 9000 Series Seria l ATA RAID Con troller User Gu ide Wa r n i n g : Removing or adding drives which are not in hotswap carriers can result in a sys tem hang or may even damage the system and the drive. In 9000-series controllers, rescan ch ecks empty ports for newly plugged in drives. If those drives were previo ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 37
3DM 2 Reference www.3ware.com 61 # Drives. Number of drives in the unit. T ype of Unit. T ype of unit specified during c onfiguration: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID 50, Single Disk, Spare, or JBOD. Cap acity . The usable capacity (size) of the unit. Stat us . Operational status of the unit: Ok, Rebuilding, Initializing, V e rifying, Degrade ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 38
3ware Disk Manag er (3DM 2) 62 3ware 9000 Series Seria l ATA RAID Con troller User Gu ide If the unit you selected to verify is a re dundant unit, the redundan cy of the unit will be verified. For example it will check parity for a RAID 5 or check data consistency fo r a RAID 1. If the unit you checke d is not a redundant unit, verify will do a sur ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 39
3DM 2 Reference www.3ware.com 63 Caution: Before you click Remove Unit , make sure the unit yo u are removing is unmounted and no I/Os are being issued. (For example, make sure you are not co pying files to the unit, and make sure that there are no applications with open files on that unit.) If a unit is not unmounted and you re move it, it is the ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 40
3ware Disk Manag er (3DM 2) 64 3ware 9000 Series Seria l ATA RAID Con troller User Gu ide Caution: Before you click Delete Unit , make sure the unit you are removing is unmounted and no I/Os are being issu ed. If a unit is not unmounted and you delete it, it is the equivalent of physically yanking a hard drive o ut from under the op erating system. ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 41
3DM 2 Reference www.3ware.com 65 Figure 24. Configuring a Unit in 3DM For more detailed instructions, see “Creating a Unit through 3DM” on page 82. Ty p e . The drop-down list lists the possible RAID configurations for the drives selected in the list of A vailable Drives . A vailable configurations may include RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, R ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 42
3ware Disk Manag er (3DM 2) 66 3ware 9000 Series Seria l ATA RAID Con troller User Gu ide and writes. In general, the smaller the st ripe size, the better the sequential I/O and the worse the random I/O. The larg er the stripe size, the worse the sequential I/O and the better the random I/O. Write Cache, Auto-V erify , and Continue on Source Err or ...
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3DM 2 Reference www.3ware.com 67 This page displays a list of AENs (asy nchronous event no tif ications) received from the controller displayed i n the drop-down list in t he menu bar . Up to 1000 alarms can be listed. After the 1000-limit is reached, the oldest alarms are deleted, as new ones occur . Y ou can sort the alarms by severity or time. T ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 44
3ware Disk Manag er (3DM 2) 68 3ware 9000 Series Seria l ATA RAID Con troller User Gu ide 3DM Settings Page Figure 27. 3DM Settings Page The 3DM Settings page appears when you click 3DM Settings on the menu bar . Use this page to set preference s, including email notification for alarms, passwords, page refresh frequency , whet her remote access is ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 45
3DM 2 Reference www.3ware.com 69 Send Severity an d Above. Specifies the type of events for which notifications should be sent. A severity of Infor mation will send e-mails for all alarms, a severity of War n i n g will send e -mail for alarms with severity of W arning and Error . A severity of Err or will send e-mail for alarms with severity of Er ...
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AMCC PN 720-0104-00 - page 46
3ware Disk Manag er (3DM 2) 70 3ware 9000 Series Seria l ATA RAID Con troller User Gu ide Remote Access Allow Remote Connections. This field enables or disables the ability for users and administrators to ac cess 3DM from a remote computer . Incoming Port # Listening Port. This field specifies the HT TP: port to be used by 3DM when listening for co ...
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