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www.3ware.com iii Table of Contents About this User Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii How this User Guide is Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .viii S[...]

iv 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 Chapter 5. Configuring Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Configuring a New Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Configuration Options When Creating a Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

www.3ware.com v Chapter 7. Maintaining Your Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Determining the Current V ersion of Y our 3ware Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Updating the Driver and Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Chapter 8. 3DM 2 Reference . . . . . .[...]

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www.3ware.com vii About this User Guide This document, 3war e Serial A T A RAID Contro ller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 , provides instructions for configur i ng and maintainin g RAID units on your 3ware 9590SE-4ME RAID controller . This guide assumes that you have alread y installed your controller in your system and connected it to your 3ware[...]

viii 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 Con v entions The following co nv en tio ns ar e used through this guide: • 3DM and 3DM 2 bo th refer to the 3ware Disk Manager , version 2. • In the sections that describe using 3DM, curr ent contr oller is used to refer to the controller which is currently selected in this [...]

www.3ware.com 1 1 Getting Star ted with Y our 3w ar e RAID Contr oller Setting up your 3ware RAID contro ller involves these main steps: • Physically Install th e Controller and Drives • Install the 3ware Driver and Disk Management Software • Configure the RAID Unit and Drives • Set Up Management and Maintenance Features Tip : When you are [...]

Chapter 1. Getting S tarted with Y our 3ware RAID Controller 2 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 these features allow y ou to begin using your newly configured units right away . Y ou can review and change these fe atures as a final step in your initial setup, or you can make changes to them later , at your convenienc[...]

www.3ware.com 3 Initial Settings for Polic ies and Background T asks The table below lists the default settings for policies. These settings are us ed if you do not explicitly change the policy settings. T able 2: Default Settings for Policies and Background T asks Policy Default V alue Where to Change Controller-Level Setting s Auto Rebuild Enable[...]

4 3ware Serial ATA RAID Co ntroller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 2 Intr oducing the 3war e® 9590SE-4ME RAID Contr oller The 3ware 9590SE-4ME RAID controller is a 4-lane (x4) PCI Express® card. It can be installed in any of the availa ble x 4 or x8 PCI Express slots on your Power Mac® G5 (PowerPC™-based). (The x16 slot is normally reserved f[...]

System Requirements www.3ware.com 5 System R equirements 3ware 9590SE-4ME RAID contro llers require the following: • Drives Drives must be 3.5" and meet serial A T A 150 (SA T A-1) or serial A T A 300 (SA T A 2) Gb/s standards. SA T A 2 drives will have better performance . A list of drives that have been tested is available at http://www .3[...]

Chapter 2. Introducing the 3ware® 9 590SE-4ME RAID Controller 6 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 Under standing RAID Concepts and Le v els 3ware RAID controllers use a Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) to increase your storage system’ s pe rformance and provide fault tolerance (protection against data lo[...]

Understanding RAID Conc ep ts and Levels www.3ware.com 7 A v ailable RAID Configur ations The following RAID levels and config urations are available for drives attached to a 9590SE-4ME 3ware RAID controller: • RAID 0 • RAID 1 • RAID 5 • RAID 10 • Single Disk • Hot Spare For how to configure RAID un its, see “Configuring a New Unit”[...]

Chapter 2. Introducing the 3ware® 9 590SE-4ME RAID Controller 8 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 preserving the data on one drive if th e other drive fails. Fault tolerance is a basic requirement for critical systems like web and database servers. 3ware uses a patented technology , T w inStor®, on RAID 1 arrays for[...]

Understanding RAID Conc ep ts and Levels www.3ware.com 9 RAID 10 RAID 10 is a combination of striped and mirrored arrays for fault tolerance and high performance. 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 a[...]

Chapter 2. Introducing the 3ware® 9 590SE-4ME RAID Controller 10 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 Deter mining W hat RAID Le vel to Use Y our choice of which type of RAID un it (array) to create will depend on your needs. Y ou may wish to maximize speed of access, total a mount of storage, or redundant protect ion o[...]

3ware T ools for Configuration and Management www.3ware.com 11 Through drive coercion, the capac ity us ed for each drive is rounded down so that drives from dif fering manufacturers ar e 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[...]

Chapter 2. Introducing the 3ware® 9 590SE-4ME RAID Controller 12 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 Monitoring, Maintenance, and T r oubleshooting F eatures Several 3ware RAID controller fe atures aid in moni toring and troubleshooting your driv es. • SMART Monitoring (Self-Monitoring, Anal ysis and Reporting T echn[...]

Monitoring, Maintenance, and T roubleshooting Features www.3ware.com 13 • Drive Locate. Y ou can is sue drive locate commands that blink the LEDs for particular drives, so that you can quickly identify what drive needs to be checked or re placed. (For more information, see “Locat ing a Drive by Blinking Its LED” on page 81.) • Auto Rebuild.[...]

14 3ware Serial ATA RAID Co ntroller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 3 3DM 2 (3w ar e Disk Mana ger) Intr oduction 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM 2) allo ws yo u to manage and view the status of your 3ware RAID controller a nd associated drives. There are two parts to 3DM: a process, that runs in the background on the computer where you have installed y[...]

Browser Requirement s for 3DM www.3ware.com 15 Br o w ser R equir ements for 3DM 3DM runs in most current web brow sers. T ested and supported browsers include: • Safari 2.0.4 or newer • Firefox 1.5.0.4 or newer Additional requirements: • JavaScript must be enabled • Cookies must be enabled • For best viewing, use a screen resolu tion of [...]

Chapter 3. 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) In troduction 16 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 Uninstalling 3DM on the Macintosh Y ou can remove 3DM from your Macin t os h by using the uninstall com mand located in the AMCC folder . T o uninstall 3DM 1 In the Finder , open Applications > AMCC . 2 Double-click S tartUnins[...]

S t arting 3DM and Logging In www.3ware.com 17 Logging In to the 3DM We b A pplication When the 3DM process is running in the backgrou nd, you can log into th e 3DM applic ation pages usin g a b rowser . T wo levels of access are provided: • Users can check the status of the cont roller , units, and attached drives. • Administrators can check s[...]

Chapter 3. 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) In troduction 18 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 (Y ou can also click Continue , in which case you will see this message the next time you start 3DM.) 3 When the 3DM logon screen appears, select whethe r you are a User or Administrator . 4 Enter your password and click Login . I[...]

S t arting 3DM and Logging In www.3ware.com 19 5 If the process is still running, cont act AMCC/3ware T echnical Support for assistance. T o start the 3DM proc ess manually 1 Open a T e rminal window and type: sudo /usr/sbin/3dm2 2 Enter your administrator passw ord, when prompted for it. The 3DM process starts. 3 Open your browser and enter the UR[...]

Chapter 3. 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) In troduction 20 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 W or king with the 3DM Scr eens 3DM’ s feature s are organized on a seri es of pages y ou 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 spe[...]

Working with the 3DM Screens www.3ware.com 21 3DM Menus The 3DM menu bar groups access to a nu mber of 3DM pages on menus, and provides direct link access to others. Figure 7. 3DM Menu Bar Status information i s available from the Information menu . Y ou can view controller , unit, and drive informat ion for a particular controller . The Management[...]

Chapter 3. 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) In troduction 22 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 Viewing Infor mation About Dif f er ent Contr oller s If you have more than on e 3ware RAID controller in the system, you select the one you want to see de tails about from the drop-down list at the right of the menu bar . This dr[...]

Working with the 3DM Screens www.3ware.com 23 T able 5: List of 3DM Pages 3DM Page Description Controller Summary pag e Provides basic information about each 3ware RAID controller in your system. T o see this page, click Summary in the menu bar . Controller Details pag e Provides detailed information about the current controller . T o see this page[...]

Chapter 3. 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) In troduction 24 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 Setting Up 3DM Prefer ences The 3DM 2 Settings page lets you define preference settings that af fect the overall operation of 3DM. Most of the se settings are specified initially during installation of 3DM. On the 3DM 2 Settings p[...]

Setting Up 3DM Preferences www.3ware.com 25 Setting and Changing 3DM P ass words 3DM provides different access levels for users and administrators. The Administrator access level allows th e user to fully configure 3DM. The User access level allows the user to view pages within 3DM. These passwords work independently of each other . The default pas[...]

Chapter 3. 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) In troduction 26 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 • Information will send e-mails for all events • Wa r n i n g will send e-mail for events with severity of W arning and Error . • Error will send e-mail for events with severity of Error only . For more information about eve[...]

Setting Up 3DM Preferences www.3ware.com 27 T o enable or disable remote access 1 Click 3DM 2 Settings on the menu bar . 2I n t h e Remote Access section of the 3DM 2 Settin gs page, select either Enabled or Disabled in the Allow Remote Connections field. The page refreshes, and a message at the top of the screen confirms that remote access has bee[...]

28 3ware Serial ATA RAID Co ntroller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 4 Configuring Y our Contr oller This section describes how to view de tails about the controller , check its status, and change configur ation settings that affect the controller and all of the drives connected to it. It is or ganized into the following sections: • V iewing Info[...]

Viewing Infor mation About a Controller www.3ware.com 29 Figure 9. Controller Summary Page 2 T o see more details about a particular controller , click the ID link for that controller to display the Controller Details page. Figure 10. Controller Det ails Page T o see information about a different controller in the 3DM p ages If you have more than o[...]

Chapter 4. Conf igu r ing Y our Controller 30 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 V iewing Contr oller P olicies Y ou can view the current state of controller policies in 3DM, in the Other Controller Settings section at the bottom of t he Co ntroller Settings page (See Figure 1 1.) Only the Auto Rebuild, Au to-Carving, [...]

About Controller Policies www.3ware.com 31 About Contr oller P olicies The following policies af fect all units an d drives on a controller and can be adjusted as appropriate for your equi pment. Controller policies are shown at the bottom of the Controller S ettings page. • Auto Rebuild. Determines whether the Auto Rebuild policy is enabled or d[...]

Chapter 4. Conf igu r ing Y our Controller 32 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 T o enable Auto Rebuild through 3DM 1 Choose Management > Controlle r Settings from the menu bar in 3DM. 2 In the Other Controller Settings section at the bottom of the screen, select the Enable d option for Auto Rebuil d . The page ref[...]

Setting the Size of V olume s Created with Auto -C ar ving www.3ware.com 33 2 Create a new unit or migrate an ex isting unit to include the drives you want to use. If the combined capacity of the drives exceeds the carve size, a number of volumes will be created. 3 V erify the creation of the volumes. In 3DM 2, the number of volumes is shown on the[...]

34 3ware Serial ATA RAID Co ntroller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 5 Configuring Units This section includes in formation and procedures on configuring units attached to your 3war e RA ID controller . It is organized into the following topics: • Configuring a New Unit • Creating a Hot Spare • Naming a Unit • Setting Unit Policies • Enab[...]

Configuring a New Unit www.3ware.com 35 Configur a tion Options W hen Cr eating a Unit This section provides an overview of the choices you have when configuring a new unit. For step-by-step instruct ions, see “Creating a Unit” on page 37. When you configure a n ew unit, you specify the following: • Drives to be included in the unit • T ype[...]

Chapter 5. Conf iguring Units 36 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 Name of the unit (optional) Units can be given na mes. These names will be visible in 3DM. Stripe size, if appropr iate for the RAID level In general, smaller stripe sizes are bette r for sequential I/O, such as video, and larger stripe sizes are bette[...]

Configuring a New Unit www.3ware.com 37 Cr ea ting a Unit In 3DM, creating a unit starts from the Manage ment > Maintenance page (Figure 12). Figure 12. 3DM Maintenance Page T o create a unit 1 In 3DM, choo se Management > Maintenance. 2 In the A v ailable Drives list, select th e drives you want to include in the unit by marking the ch eckbo[...]

Chapter 5. Conf iguring Units 38 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 4I n t h e Ty p e field, select the RAID configuration you want. 5 If stripe size applies to the RAID type you select, select a St rip e S iz e . (Stripe size does not apply to RAID 1.) 6 Optional: In the Name box, enter a name for the unit (up to 21 c[...]

Configuring a New Unit www.3ware.com 39 T o initialize and partition your unit 1 In the Mac OS message, click Initiali ze . Figure 14. Disk Insertion Message from the Ma c OS 2 When the Macintosh Disk Utility wind ow opens, find and select the drive that represents your RAID unit. Figure 15. Macintosh Disk Utility Window wit h New RAID Unit[...]

Chapter 5. Conf iguring Units 40 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 3 In the Disk Utility W indow , select the Partition tab. Figure 16. Macintosh Disk Utility Window , Partition T ab 4 In the V olume Scheme column, click Current to show the drop-do wn menu and select the number of partitio ns that you want your RAID u[...]

Configuring a New Unit www.3ware.com 41 5 On the right, specify a vo lume name and then click Partition . Figure 18. Defining the V olume in the Macintosh Disk Utility 6 When a message asks you to confirm you want to partition the disk, click Partition . Figure 19. Confirmation Message to Create the Partition Y ou will see a series of messages appe[...]

Chapter 5. Conf iguring Units 42 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 Figure 20. Macintosh Disk Utility Showing Partitioning Progress When the partitioning is complete, icons for e ach new volume appear on your desktop. They are now ready for use. Y ou can now close t he Macintosh Disk Utility window . Y our RAID unit is[...]

Naming a Unit www.3ware.com 43 If you need to add a drive to be used as the hot spare, follow the instructions under “Adding a Drive” on page 58. T o specify a hot spare 1 In 3DM, choo se Management > Maintenance. 2 In the A v ailable Drives list, select the drive you wa nt as a hot spare by marking the checkbox in fro nt of it’ s Port num[...]

Chapter 5. Conf iguring Units 44 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 4 In the text box, en ter or type over the name shown. A name can be up to 21 characters, and can include dashes and underscores. 5 Click the Save Names button. Setting Unit P olicies The following polices are set when you cr eate a unit, and can be ad[...]

Setting Unit Policies www.3ware.com 45 • StorSave Profile. Determines what StorSave pr ofile is used for the unit. Three profiles are available: Protection, Balanced, a nd Performa nc e. For details, see “Setting the StorSave Profile for a Unit” on page 48. Figure 21. Unit Policies on Controller Settings Page in 3DM Enabling and Disa bling th[...]

Chapter 5. Conf iguring Units 46 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 T o enable or disable unit write cache through 3DM 1 Choose Management > Controlle r Settings from the menu bar in 3DM. 2I n t h e Unit Policies section of the Controller Settings page, check the W rite Cache box to enable it for the designated unit[...]

Setting Unit Policies www.3ware.com 47 Setting Continue on So urce Er r or During Re build The Continue on Source Er ror During Rebuild policy is available for units which are redundant. (For units which are not redundant, this option is not shown on the screen.) When this polic y is set, ECC (Error Correcting Code) errors are ignored when they are[...]

Chapter 5. Conf iguring Units 48 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 T o enable or disable queuing for a unit through 3DM 1 Choose Management > Controlle r Settings from the menu bar in 3DM. 2I n t h e Unit Policies section of the Controller Settings page, enable queuing by checking the box under “Queuing” for th[...]

Setting Unit Policies www.3ware.com 49 • FUA (Force Unit Access) . FUA commands are a way that the RAID controller or a program (such as a database program) can ensure that data is actually written to the disk drive media, and is not stored in cache. When a write command is followed w ith a FUA command, then the disk drive will only issue “comm[...]

Chapter 5. Conf iguring Units 50 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 Changing An Existing Configur a tion Y ou can convert one RAID configuration into another while the unit is online. This process is known as RAID Level Migration (RLM). Y ou can use RAID Level M igration to make two main types of co nfiguration changes[...]

Changing An Existing Configuration www.3ware.com 51 Figure 22. RAID Level Migration Example T ypically , a unit is reconfigured with the same or more storage capacity . Sometimes additional driv es are added. The followi ng table shows valid reconfigurations, some of which will require the addition of more d rives. T able 7: V a lid Migration Paths[...]

Chapter 5. Conf iguring Units 52 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 Changing RAID Le v el Y ou can use migrate to change the RAID level of an existing unit while the unit is online, without experiencing an y data loss. When you change a RAID level, you may also add o ne or more driv es to the unit. Y ou can also migrat[...]

Changing An Existing Configuration www.3ware.com 53 Expanding Unit Capacity Y ou can expand a un it's capacity by adding one or more dr ives to it without changing the RAID level, except for si ngles and RAID 1 units. (Since a single can only have one drive, and a RAID 1 can only have two drives, if you add a drive to either , the RAID level m[...]

Chapter 5. Conf iguring Units 54 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 T o inform the operating system that a unit has been changed 1 Unmount the file system from the unit. Launch the Macintosh Disk Utility , sel ect the unit, and click the Unmount button the toolbar , or select the icon fo r the unit on the desktop and d[...]

Deleting a Unit www.3ware.com 55 2 Backup any data you want to keep. 3 Unmount the unit. Launch the Macintosh Disk Utility , sel ect the unit, and click the Unmount button the toolbar , or select the icon fo r the unit on the desktop and drag it to the trash. This step is very impo rt an t. If a unit is not un mounted an d you delete it, it is the [...]

Chapter 5. Conf iguring Units 56 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 Figure 24. Unit Successfully Dele ted through 3DM R emo ving a Unit Removing a unit allows you to safely remove drives from a controller in order to move the unit to anoth er controller or to st ore the drives for safekeeping purposes. This process is [...]

Moving a Unit from One Controller to Another www.3ware.com 57 Launch the Macintosh Disk Utility , select the unit, and click the Unmount button the toolbar , or select the icon for the unit on the desktop and drag it to the trash. This step is very impor tant . If a unit is not unmounted and you remove it, it is the equivalent of physically yanking[...]

Chapter 5. Conf iguring Units 58 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 Adding a Driv e Y ou can add a drive to your 3ware Si decar and make it available through 3DM without powering down the system. T o add a drive 1 Insert the drive in your 3ware Sidecar . (For details, see 3ware Sidecar Kit with the 9590SE-ME: Installat[...]

Removing a Drive www.3ware.com 59 3 When 3DM asks you to confirm that you wan t to remove the drive, click OK . Figure 25. Removing a Drive in 3DM Y ou can now remove the drive from your system. If you removed a drive that was part of a unit, the unit may become degraded, as shown in (Figure 26). Figure 26. Result of Removing Drive from Unit in 3 D[...]

Chapter 5. Conf iguring Units 60 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 R escanning the Controller When you make a change by physically adding or remo ving drives or units, you can have 3DM rescan t he controlle r to update the li st of units and available drives shown on the Maintenance page. This is useful in a variety o[...]

www.3ware.com 61 6 Maintaining Units 3ware RAID controllers include a number of features in the firmware that help maintain the integrity of your driv es, check for errors, repair bad sectors, and rebuild units when drives degrade. In addition, 3ware Disk Manager (3DM) provide tools to let you check un it and drive status, and manually start backgr[...]

Chapter 6. Main taining Units 62 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 Figure 27. Drilling Down to Check St atus Information For details about specific pages with summary and detailed status information, see these topics in the 3DM Re ference section: • “Controller Summary page” on page 86 • “Controller Details [...]

Checking Unit and Drive S tatus www.3ware.com 63 Enc losur e LED Stat us Indicators The LEDs on yo ur enclosure also provide status in formation about your drives and units. Unit Statuses The following is a list of unit statuses you may see in 3DM: • OK. The unit is optimal and is functioning normally . • Rebuilding. The unit is in the process [...]

Chapter 6. Main taining Units 64 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 • Initializing. The unit is in the process of wr iting to all of the disks in the unit in order to make the array fault tolerant. For more information, see “About Initializatio n” on page 69. • Initializing-Paused. The unit is set to initialize[...]

About Degraded Unit s www.3ware.com 65 About Deg r aded Units Fault tolerant RAID units provid e data redundancy by duplicating information on multiple drives. These RAID units make it possible to continue use even if one of th e drives in the unit has failed. • RAID 1 and 10 units each use mirroring to achieve fault tolerance. Identical data is [...]

Chapter 6. Main taining Units 66 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 Alar ms, Error s, and Other Ev ents 3DM provides several levels of detail about alarms, errors, and other events: • A summary log of all events and notifications on the Alarms page • A detailed error listing, avai lable for download from the Contro[...]

Alarms, Errors, and Other Eve nts www.3ware.com 67 Do wnloading an Er r or Log Y ou can downlo ad an error log co ntaini ng information from the firmware log. This can be useful when troub leshoo ting certain types of problems. For example, you might want to sen d the saved file to 3ware Customer Support for assistance when troubleshooting. T o dow[...]

Chapter 6. Main taining Units 68 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 Bac kg r ound T asks Background tasks are maintenance tasks that help maintain the integrity of your drives and data. These tasks include • Initialization of units • V erification of units • Rebuilds when units have become degrad ed • Migration[...]

Background T asks www.3ware.com 69 About Initialization For 3ware SA T A RAID controllers, initialize means to put the redundant data on the drives o f redundan t units into a known state so that data can be recovered in the event of a disk driv e failure. For RAID 1 and 10, initialization copies the data from the lower port to th e higher port. Fo[...]

Chapter 6. Main taining Units 70 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 Initialization of RAID 1 and RAID 10 Un its RAID 1 and RAID 10 units do not need to be initialized when they are created to be fault tolerant and are imme diately available for use with full performance when created. Initialization of RAID 1, RAID 10 u[...]

Background T asks www.3ware.com 71 What V erification Does For a RAID 1 or RAID 10 unit, a verify compares the data of one mirror with the other . For RAID 5, a verify calcu lates RAID 5 parity and compares it to what is written on the disk drive. V erification checks each sector on a driv e. This is important, because day-to- day use of the media [...]

Chapter 6. Main taining Units 72 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 How Errors Are Handled V erification makes use of the same error checking and error repair techniques used during ordinary use of drives configured through 3ware RAID controllers. When verification encounters an error , the controller typically retries[...]

Background T asks www.3ware.com 73 T o verify a unit through 3DM 1 In 3DM, choo se Management > Maintenance . 2I n t h e Unit Maintenance section of the Maintenance page, select the unit you want to verify and click Ve r i f y U n i t . 3DM puts the selected unit in verifyi ng mode. If verify scheduling is not enabled on the Scheduling page, the[...]

Chapter 6. Main taining Units 74 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 T o rebuild a unit through 3DM 1 If necessary , add a new drive to replace the failed drive. (For details, see “Adding a Drive” on page 58.) 2 In 3DM, choo se Management > Maintenance . 3I n t h e Unit Maintenance section of the Maintenance page[...]

Background T asks www.3ware.com 75 Cancelling a R ebuild and R estar ting It with a Dif ferent Driv e Y ou can cancel a rebuild by using the Remove D rive link on the Maintenance page. Setting Bac kg r ound T ask Rate In 3DM, you can set the relative performance of background tasks (initializing, rebuilding/migr ating, and verifying) in relation to[...]

Chapter 6. Main taining Units 76 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 Bac kg r ound T ask Prioritization Although migration tasks follow th e same schedule as rebuild and initialization tasks, they ar e always given the highest priority because of the controller and disk resources required during migration. Once a unit i[...]

Scheduling Background T asks www.3ware.com 77 Y ou can also set the rate at which ba ckground tasks are performed compared to I/O tasks. For more information, see “Setting Background T ask Rate” on page 75. Scheduled T ask Duration If a rebuild completes with in a scheduling window , it will not start over at the next scheduled time bloc k, unl[...]

Chapter 6. Main taining Units 78 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 Figure 29. Selecting T ask Schedules to V iew T ur ning On or Of f Use of a T ask Sc hedule T urning on the schedule for Rebuild/Migra te and V erify tasks forces rebuilds, migrates, and verifies to be performed only during the time specified by the sc[...]

Scheduling Background T asks www.3ware.com 79 3 In the Schedule Rebuild T asks secti on, select the appropriate setting: Follow Schedule or Ignore Schedule . The illustration below shows this set ting for the rebuild t ask schedule. R emo ving a T ask Schedule By default, daily task schedules are de fined, each sta rting at 12:00 am and running for[...]

Chapter 6. Main taining Units 80 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 T o add a task schedu le slot 1 Choose Management > Sche dule from the menu bar . The Scheduling page appears, showin g the schedule for Rebuild/Migrate T asks. 2 T o view V erify T asks or Self-test T asks, select it from the drop-down list at the [...]

Locating a Drive by Blink ing Its LED www.3ware.com 81 3 Check the boxes next to the self-t ests you want to be perform ed. T o disable self-tests Unlike scheduling of rebuilds and verifi es, scheduling of self-tests is always enabled. T o disable self-tests you must either remove all schedule times, or uncheck the tests listed in the Ta s k s colu[...]

Chapter 6. Main taining Units 82 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 T o blink the LEDs for all drives in a unit 1 Choose from the main menu in 3DM. 2 On the list of units, locate the unit you want to identify . 3 Check the box in the Identify column. The LEDs associated with each drive in the unit begin blinking on the[...]

www.3ware.com 83 7 Maintaining Y our Contr oller This section contains instructions for how to perform tasks that help you maintain your controller , including: • Determining the Current V ersion of Y our 3ware Driver • Updating the Driver and Firmware Deter mining the Cur r ent V er sion of Y our 3ware Driv er Y ou can view controller (firmwar[...]

Chapter 7. Maintain ing Y our Co ntroller 84 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 Upda ting the Driv er and Fir mware Y ou can download the latest drivers and firmware from the 3ware website, at http://www .3ware.com/support . T o download the driver or firmware 1 On the 3ware website (www .3 ware.com), navigate to Servi[...]

www.3ware.com 85 8 3DM 2 R ef er ence This section includes details about the fields and features available on the pages you work with through out 3DM 2. It is or ganized by 3DM page, as the pages are organized on the 3DM menu bar . • Controller Summary page • Controller Details page • Unit Information page • Unit Details page • Drive Inf[...]

Chapter 8. 3DM 2 Refe rence 86 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 Contr oller Summar y pa ge Figure 31. Controller Summary Page The Summary page appears after you first logon to 3DM, and when you click the Summary link in the menu bar . This page provides basic information about each 3ware RAID controller in your syste[...]

Controller Details p age www.3ware.com 87 Contr oller Details pa ge Figure 32. Controller Det ails Page The Controller Details page appears when you choose Information > Controller Det ails from the menu bar . This page provides detaile d information about the co ntroller specified in the drop-down list on the menu bar . Y ou can also open or do[...]

Chapter 8. 3DM 2 Refe rence 88 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 # of Driv es. The number of drives connected to the controller . Download Error Log: Click on this link to down load the firmware error log to your computer . This feature is important when contacting AMCC for support with your controller . It w ill help[...]

Unit Details page www.3ware.com 89 Identify . Check this box to cause the LED fo r the drives associated with this unit to blink in the 3ware Sidecar. Unit Details page Figure 34. Unit Det ails Page The Unit Details page appears when yo u click an ID number on the Unit Information page. Because it is a sub-pa ge of Unit Information, the page title [...]

Chapter 8. 3DM 2 Refe rence 90 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 T o see details about a particular drive, c lick the Port #. Y ou’ll see a list of all drives, with the drive you selected highlighted. Stat us . The operational status of the unit or subunit: OK, Rebuilding, Migrating, Initializing, V erifying, Degrad[...]

Drive Information page www.3ware.com 91 The Drive Information page appears when you choose Infor mation > Drive Information from the menu bar, o r when you click a port # on the Unit Details page. If you arri ve at this page from the port # hyperlink on the Unit Information page, the line showing the po rt # you clicked on is highlighted . This [...]

Chapter 8. 3DM 2 Refe rence 92 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 Drive Details windo w Figure 36. S.M.A.R.T . Dat a Page The Drive Details window appears when you click a Port # on the Drive Information page. This Drive Details window shows some Extra Drive Information, including NCQ and SA T A Link Speed supp ort, an[...]

Controller Settings page www.3ware.com 93 SMART Dat a SMAR T data is displayed as hex values. Consult your disk drive manu factu rer fo r information on how to interpret the SMAR T data. The SMAR T data meaning varies by disk drive manufacturer and model. Contr oller Settings pa ge Figure 37. Controller Settings Page The Controller Settings page ap[...]

Chapter 8. 3DM 2 Refe rence 94 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 Bac kg r ound T ask Rate The Background T ask Rate fields let you chan ge the balance of backgrou nd tasks and I/O (reading and writing to disk) performed by the controller . There are separate settings for Rebu ild/Migrate Rate and V erify Rate, Figure [...]

Controller Settings page www.3ware.com 95 option to start a rebuild manually . It is recommended that you ex ec u te a file system check when the rebuild complet es. On Mac OS X, you can do this using the First Aid tab in the Disk Utility —select the disk on the left and then click Ve r i f y D i s k . If verification encounters proble ms, you ca[...]

Chapter 8. 3DM 2 Refe rence 96 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 • Smallest usable spare. • Smallest usable unconfig ured (available) drive. • Smallest usable failed drive. For additional information, see “Setting the Auto Re build Policy” on page 31. Auto-Carving. Auto-carving can be enabled or disabled by [...]

Scheduling p age www.3ware.com 97 Sc heduling pa ge Figure 38. Scheduling Page The Scheduling page appears when you choose Manag ement > Scheduling from the menu bar . The Scheduling page lets you set up a schedule for when b ackground tasks (rebuild, migrate, init ialize, verify , and self-test) should occu r . Background tasks can have impact [...]

Chapter 8. 3DM 2 Refe rence 98 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5 Follow Schedule/Igno re Schedule. Y ou can enable or disable the schedule for the Rebuild/Migrate and V eri fy tasks by selecting either Follow Schedule or Ig nore Schedu le . When schedules are set to be ignored, these tasks can be performed at any time[...]

Maintenance p age www.3ware.com 99 Check SMART Thresholds. This test checks to see whe ther SMAR T thresholds have been e xceeded. The SMAR T thresholds indicate when a dr ive is l ikely to fail, based on the number of errors that have been r ecorded through SMAR T (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting T echnology). If any of the disk drives hav[...]

Chapter 8. 3DM 2 Refe rence 100 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Ma c G5 R escan Controller The Rescan Co ntroller button scans the ports on the controller . Rescanning updates the list of available drives show n and updates the status of all ports. If error conditions have been fixed, the status is updated to reflect that.[...]

Maintenance p age www.3ware.com 101 # Drives. Number of drives in the unit. Ty p e o f U n i t . T ype of unit: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Single Disk, or Spare. If the unit has been given a unique name, it shows beneath the RAID type. Name of Unit . User-assigned unique name of the unit. The default setting is blank. Cap acity . The usable c[...]

Chapter 8. 3DM 2 Refe rence 102 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Ma c G5 V erify Unit. Puts the se lected unit in verify ing mode. If verify scheduling is enabled on the Scheduling page, the unit will not start actively verifying until the scheduled time, and th e status will indicate “V er ify-Paused.” (The Unit Detail[...]

Maintenance p age www.3ware.com 103 When you select a unit and click Migrate Unit , a dialog box appears which lists the drives in the uni t and any additional ava ilable drives. In the dialog box are two drop-down menus, one for choosing the RAID level and one for choosing stripe size. Y ou can only migrate a unit to a RAID level that will be lar [...]

Chapter 8. 3DM 2 Refe rence 104 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Ma c G5 After deletion, the opera ting system is notified th at the unit was deleted. A vaila ble Driv es (to Create Units) This section lists the drives on th e controller which are not currently configured as part of a unit. The Port number , model, capacity[...]

Maintenance p age www.3ware.com 105 Figure 40. Configuration Wind ow in 3DM For more detailed instructions, see “Configuring a New Unit” on pa ge 34. 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,[...]

Chapter 8. 3DM 2 Refe rence 106 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Ma c G5 Alar ms page Figure 41. Alarms Page The Alarms page appears when you click Monitor > Alarms on the menu bar . This page displays a list of AENs (asy nchronous event no tif ications) received from the controller displa yed in the dro p-down list in t[...]

Battery Backup page www.3ware.com 107 Ba tter y Backup page The Battery Backup feature is not supported for t he 9590SE-4ME. Enc losure Summar y pa ge Figure 42. Enclosure Summary Page The Enclosure Summary page appears when you choose Enclosure > Enclosure Summary from the menu bar . The Enclosure Summary page provides basic information about t[...]

Chapter 8. 3DM 2 Refe rence 108 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Ma c G5 Enc losure Details page Figure 43. Enclosure Det ails Page The Enclosure Details page appears when you click the ID of the enclosure on the Enclosure Summary page. Enclosure ID. The ID of the controller to wh ich the enclosure is attached. Fan Summary [...]

3DM 2 Settings page www.3ware.com 109 3DM 2 Settings pa ge Figure 44. 3DM 2 Settings Page The 3DM 2 Settings page appears when you click 3DM 2 Settings on the menu bar . Use this page to set pref erences, including email notification for alarms, passwords, page refresh frequency , whether remote acces s is permitted, and the incoming port for 3DM t[...]

Chapter 8. 3DM 2 Refe rence 110 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Ma c G5 Send E-mail. This field determines whet her e-mail notification is Enabled or Disabled . It is a good idea to enable this feature, so that you receive e mail when your units or drives have p roblems. Notify On. Specifies the type of events for wh ich n[...]

3DM 2 Settings page www.3ware.com 111 Remote Access Allow Remote Access. This field enables or disables the ability for users and administrators to access 3DM from a remote computer . HTTP Settings Listening Port. This field specifies the HT TP: port to be used by 3DM when listening for communications. Th e default port setting is 888. If you chang[...]

112 3ware Serial ATA RAID Contro ller User Guide for the Po wer Mac G5 9 T r oubleshooting This troubleshooting section in cludes the following sections: • “W eb Resources ” on page 1 12 • “Before Contacting Customer S upport” on page 112 • “Enclosure-Related Problems” on page 1 13 • “Error and Notification Messages” on page[...]

Enclosure-Related Prob lems www.3ware.com 113 highlight it using your mouse, copy it to the clipboard, and then paste it i nto an e-mail. Y ou may also want to take a snapshot of these pages so that you can respond to questions about yo ur system conf iguration to the Customer Support representative. Enc losure-R elated Problems An LED is blinking [...]

Chapter 9. Troubleshooting 114 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Ma c G5 T able 9: Error and Notification Message List V alue Message 0001 Controller reset occurred 0002 Degraded unit 0003 Controller error occurred 0004 Rebuild failed 0005 Rebuild completed 0006 Incomplete unit dete cted 0007 Initialize comp leted 0008 Uncle[...]

Error and Notification Messages www.3ware.com 115 002A V erify failed 002B V erify completed 002C Source drive ECC error overwritten 002D Source drive error occurred 002E Replacement drive capacity too small 002F V erify not started; unit never initia lized 0030 Drive not supported 0032 S pare capacity too small for some units 0033 Migration starte[...]

Chapter 9. Troubleshooting 116 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Ma c G5 0049 Battery temperature is normal 004A Battery temperature is l ow 004B Battery temperature is h igh 004C Battery temper ature is too low 004D Battery temper ature is too high 004E Battery capacity test st arted 004F Cache synchronizati on skipped 0050[...]

Error and Notification Messages www.3ware.com 117 Er r or and Notification Message Details 0001 Controller reset occurred The 3ware RAID controller has detected a soft reset from the device driver . If the 3ware RAID controller fails to r espond to the device driver within a reasonable amount of time, the device driver may issue a soft reset to the[...]

Chapter 9. Troubleshooting 118 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Ma c G5 0006 Incomplete unit detected At power-on initialization time, or duri ng a rescan, the 3w are RAID controller performs a “rollcall” of all drives attach ed to the card. After detection of the drives, the 3ware RAID controller then u ses an internal[...]

Error and Notification Messages www.3ware.com 119 controller detects this condition, it notifi e s you, prior to entering the recovery phase, by displayi ng this message. Possible causes of drive time outs (als o known as APOR T time-outs) include a bad or intermittent disk drive, power cable or interface cable. For links to drive manufacturer di a[...]

Chapter 9. Troubleshooting 120 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Ma c G5 000E Initialize failed The 3ware RAID controller was unable to complete the in itialization. This error can be caused by un recoverable drive errors. If this unit was a redundant unit, and the 'initialize failed' happened because of a problem [...]

Error and Notification Messages www.3ware.com 121 001E Unit inoperable Drive removal caused a unit to become in operable. This mes sage is sent after offline unit timer expires (20 seconds); if the uni t becomes operational before the timer expires (20 seconds) there w ill be no message since there were no IO errors. 001F Unit Operational Drive ins[...]

Chapter 9. Troubleshooting 122 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Ma c G5 The fact that a sector repair message h as been sent to you is an indication of the presence of grown defects on a partic ular drive. While typical mode rn disk drives are designed to allow se veral hundred grown d efects, special attention should be pa[...]

Error and Notification Messages www.3ware.com 123 0027 DCB checksum error detected The 3ware RAID controller stores cer tain configuration parameters on a reserved area of each disk drive called the Drive C onfiguration Block (DCB). As part of power-on initializati on, the 3ware RAID controller performs a checksum of the DCB area to ensure co nsist[...]

Chapter 9. Troubleshooting 124 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Ma c G5 by improper shutdown of the unit. This possibility applies to RAID 1, 10, and 5. A rebuild will re-synchronize the unit When this message is generated, re dundant units will be automatically initialized. The initialize will not erase user data, but will[...]

Error and Notification Messages www.3ware.com 125 jumpered in the wrong place. The conv erter must be correctly jumpered to correspond to UDMA 100 o r 13 3 driv es. For a list of compatible drives, see http://www .3ware.com/products/compatibility_sata.asp . 0032 Sp are capacity too small for some unit s This message is sent by the controller when i[...]

Chapter 9. Troubleshooting 126 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Ma c G5 0038 SO-DIMM not detected This message applies to the 3ware 9 500S controller which has remova ble memory . This message will be sent if there is no SODIMM memory connected to the controller . In this case, the controller is inoperable and cannot be use[...]

Error and Notification Messages www.3ware.com 127 003D V erify paused This message will be sent when the verify operation is paused. V erifies are normally paused for ten minutes after a system first boot s up and during non-schedu led times when scheduling is ena bled. 003E Migration p aused This message is sent when migration is pause d. Migratio[...]

Chapter 9. Troubleshooting 128 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Ma c G5 0043 Backup DCB read error detected This message will be sent wh en the controller sees a la tent error in the backup Disk Configuration Block (DCB). A scru bbing activity will be started to repair any sector errors on getting this e rror . An effort is[...]

Error and Notification Messages www.3ware.com 129 the 3ware RAID controller . This indicat es that the Battery Backup Unit must be replaced . 0049 Battery temperature is normal The Battery Backup U nit measures and evaluates the battery pack temperature on a continuous b asis. If the temperature falls outside the acceptable range then comes back wi[...]

Chapter 9. Troubleshooting 130 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Ma c G5 004E Battery cap acity test st arted This message is posted when the Battery Backup Unit starts a battery test. The test estimates the battery capacity in hours, which is how long the Battery Backup Unit can back up the 3ware RAID controller . This test[...]

Error and Notification Messages www.3ware.com 131 0055 Battery charging started This message is posted when the Battery Backup Unit starts a battery c harge cycle. 0056 Battery charging completed This message is posted when the Battery Bac kup Unit completes a battery char ge cycle. 0057 Battery charging fault This message is posted when the ch arg[...]

Chapter 9. Troubleshooting 132 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Ma c G5 005D Battery health check failed The Battery Backup Unit periodically ev aluates the health of the battery and its ability to backup the 3ware RAID controller in case of a power failure. This message is posted when the result of the health test is below[...]

www.3ware.com 133 A ppendices The following information is av ailable in the appendices: • Appendix A, “Glossary” on page 135 • Appendix B, “Driver and Software Installation” on page 141 • Appendix C, “Compliance and Conformity Statements” on page 149 • Appendix D, “W arranty , T echnical Support, and Service” on page 151[...]

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www.3ware.com 135 A Glossar y • 3DM 2. 3ware Disk Manager . The 3ware disk manager is a web-based graphical user interface that can be used to view , maintain, and manage 3ware controllers, disks, and units. It is available for download from http://www .3ware.com /support/down load.asp . • 3ware. Named after the 3 co mputer wa res: hardware, so[...]

Appendix A. Glossary 136 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Ma c G5 • Controller ID number. Unique number assi gned to every 3ware controller in a system, starting with zero. • Create an array . The process of selecting individual disk drives and selecting a RAID level. The array will appear to the operati ng system as a [...]

www.3ware.com 137 to another controller . Compar e to Delete, which erases all unit configuration information from the drive. • Export able unit or drive . Exportable units and drives are those that will be available to t he operating system when you b oot your computer . • Fault tolerant . A RAID unit which provides the ability to recover from[...]

Appendix A. Glossary 138 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Ma c G5 size of the unit, change the unit from redundant to non-redundant, or to change the unit from non-redu ndant to redundant . • Mirrored disk array (unit). A pair of drives on which the same data is written, so that each provides a backup for the other . If o[...]

www.3ware.com 139 • Remove a driv e. The process of making a drive unavailable to the controller . • Remove a unit. The process of making a unit unavailable to the controller and the operating system. Af ter a unit is removed it can be hot swapped out of the system.This is sometimes referred to as exporting a unit. • RLM (RAID Level Migration[...]

Appendix A. Glossary 140 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Ma c G5 data of one mirror with the other . For RAID 5, a verify will calculate RAID 5 parity and compare it to what is written on the disk drive.[...]

www.3ware.com 141 B Driv er and Softwar e Installa tion This appendix provides detailed instru ctions for installing the 3ware dri ver and software for the 9590SE-4M E on your Power Mac G5. Y ou can install all software at once, or you can use the installer to install specific components. If you install the disk management tool 3DM 2, you will be a[...]

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation 142 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Ma c G5 3 From the W elcome scre en, click Next to start the installation process. Figure 46. Welcome Inst allation Scre en 4 On the License Agreement page, accept the agreement and click Next . Figure 47. License Agreement Scree n 5 Select wh[...]

www.3ware.com 143 The 3ware Documentation option instal ls the 3ware HTML Bookshelf on your computer . This is an HTML version of the User Guide and CLI Guide. Figure 48. Select Component s to Inst all Screen 6 If you want to change where the 3wa re Disk Management tools 3DM and CLI will be installed, you can ch ange the path and directory . When y[...]

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation 144 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Ma c G5 7 T o configure email notification, ch eck the box and co mplete the 3DM 2 Email Configuration screen. This features allows you to receive notification of problems wi th your 3ware RAID controller and units. Fo r details about completi[...]

www.3ware.com 145 8 [Optional] On the 3DM 2 Security Co nfiguration screen, specify whether you want to restrict acc ess to localhost connections. Enabling this feature prevents people from checking the status and administering the controller from acr oss the internet or intranet. If you want to allow people to remote ly administer the controller ,[...]

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation 146 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Ma c G5 10 If you want the Installation Wizard to launch 3DM 2 after you finish the wizard, check the Connect to 3DM2 box. T his allows you to log into 3DM and configure a RAID un it right away . If you do not want to launch 3D M 2 at this tim[...]

www.3ware.com 147 12 When the final installation screen le ts you know that install ation is complete, click Finish . Figure 55. Final Inst allation Screen Y ou will be prompted to restart your computer in order for the driver to be used with your 9590SE-4ME controller . 13 Restart your Macintosh to load the driver . Note: If you have not yet insta[...]

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation 148 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Ma c G5[...]

www.3ware.com 149 C Compliance and Conf or mity Sta tements This section is organized into the following topics: • FCC Radio Frequency Interference Statement • European Community Conformity S tatement FCC Radio F r equency Interf erence Statement This equipment has been tested and fo und to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, p[...]

Appendix C. Compliance and Confor mity S tatement s 150 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Ma c G5 European Community Conf or mity Sta tement The Controller Mo del 9590 SE-4ME is in conformity with the following Common T echnical Regulations and/or normative documents: EN 55022 Limits and method s of measurement s of radio in[...]

www.3ware.com 151 D W ar r anty , T ec hnical Suppor t, and Ser vice This section is organized into the following topics: • Limited W arranty • W arranty Service and RMA Process • AMCC T echnical Support and Services • Sales and ordering information • Feedback on this manual Limited W ar ranty RAID Controller Hardware. 3-Y ear Hardware W [...]

Appendix D. W arranty , T echnical Support, and Service 152 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Ma c G5 Ex c lusions This warranty does not cover an y damage to this product which results from accident, abuse, misuse, natural or pe rsonal disaster , or any unauthorized disassembly , repair or modification. AMCC shall not be li[...]

AMCC T echnical Support and Services www.3ware.com 153 Please use the original packing material contents of the box when exchanging or returning a product. For information about the status of a replacement, please contact AMCC T echnical Support. AMCC T echnical Suppor t and Ser vices Product information, Fr equently Asked Questions, software upgra[...]

Appendix D. W arranty , T echnical Support, and Service 154 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Ma c G5[...]

www.3ware.com 155 Index Numerics 3DM 3DM menus 21 Alarms page 106 Battery Backup Information page 107 browser requirements 15 Controller Details page 87 Controller Settings page 93 Controller Summary page 86 Disk Management Util ity Overview 14 Drive Details page 92 Drive Information page 90 enabling remote access 26 Enclosure Details page (3DM) 10[...]

156 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Ma c G5 Sector repair completed (0023) 121 SO-DIMM not compat ible (0037) 125 SO-DIMM not detected (0038) 126 Source drive ECC erro r overwritten(002C) 124 Source drive error occurred(002D) 124 Spare capacity too small for some units (0032) 125 Unclean shutdown detect ed (0008) 11 8 Unit[...]

www.3ware.com 157 controller ID number (definition) 136 controller information, viewing 28 controller policies overview 31 viewing 30 definition 135 moving unit to another 57 rescanning 60 status 86 updating driver 84 Controller Details page, 3DM 87 Controller error occurred (0003) 11 7 Controller reset occurred (0001) 11 7 Controller Settings page[...]

158 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Ma c G5 FUA (Force Unit Access) commands, part of StorSave profile 49 G grown defect, definition 137 H hot spare 9 creating 42 hot spare (definition) 137 hot swap 6 hot swap (definition) 137 HTTP port number for 3DM 11 1 I identify drive by blinking LED 89, 91 identify checkbox in 3DM 89[...]

www.3ware.com 159 initial settings 3 unit 44 units 94 port definition 138 port ID (definition) 138 preferences, 3DM 24 Primary DCB read er ror occurred (0042) 127 Q queuing enabling and disabling for a unit 47 Queuing policy (set ting in 3DM ) 95 R RAID concepts and levels 6 configurations 7 determining level to use 10 RAID 0 7 RAID 1 7 RAID 10 9 R[...]

160 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Ma c G5 definition 139 striping 6 definition 139 subunit definition 139 system requirements 5 T task schedules about, 3DM 98 adding 79 rebuild/migrate 79 removing 79 self-test 79 task duration 77 turning on and off 77, 78 verify 79 viewing 77 technical support 151 contacting 1 12, 153 tr[...]

www.3ware.com 161 write cache 12, 94 disable on degrade, part of Storsave profile 49 enabling in 3DM 45 write journaling, part of StorSave profile 49[...]

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