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Install the Drives 26 Check your installation and close the case 26 Check motherboard boot sequence 26 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility 27 Hot spare and hot swap 27 BIOS Screen 28 Invoking the 3ware BIOS tool 28 Exiting the 3ware BIOS tool 29 Determining your configuration 29 Displaying advanced details 30 Creating a disk array 31 Determining your configuration 32 Specifying a Hot Spare 36 Changing an existing configuration 36 Modifying a disk array 36 Deleting a disk array 36 How to maintain or verify a disk array 37 Rebuilding a mirrored disk array 38 Rebuilding a RAID 5 disk array 40 Windows Installation 45 Installing a drive to an existing ATA RAID controller 46 Boot the machine 46 Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing Windows 2000/XP/2003 47 Create disk arrays 47 Installing with the initial operating system build 47 Continue with Windows installation 47 Reboot the machine 48 RAID array initialization 48 Install the 3DM disk management utility 49 Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems that boot from a different device . 49 Create disk arrays 49 Install the 3ware driver 49 Reboot the machine 50 RAID array initialization 50 Install the 3DM disk management utility 51 Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller . 52 Updating the 3ware driver 52 Installing/Upgrading the 3ware driver 54 Remove the existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller and install the new Escalade ATA RAID Controller 59 Reboot the machine 59 Install the 3DM disk management utility 59 Linux Installation 61 Red Hat Linux Installation 62 Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing Red Hat Linux 62 Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems that boot from a different device 64 SuSE Linux Installation 68 Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing SuSE Linux with YaST2 . . . 68 Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems that boot from a different device 70 FreeBSD Installation 73 Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing FreeBSD 74 Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems that boot from a different device 75 ii 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide

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3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
Install the Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26
Check your installation and close the case
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26
Check motherboard boot sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26
3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Hot spare and hot swap
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
27
BIOS Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
28
Invoking the 3ware BIOS tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
28
Exiting the 3ware BIOS tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
29
Determining your configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
29
Displaying advanced details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
30
Creating a disk array
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
31
Determining your configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32
Specifying a Hot Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
36
Changing an existing configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
36
Modifying a disk array
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
36
Deleting a disk array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
36
How to maintain or verify a disk array
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37
Rebuilding a mirrored disk array
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
38
Rebuilding a RAID 5 disk array
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
40
Windows Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Installing a drive to an existing ATA RAID controller
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46
Boot the machine
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46
Installing the ATA RAID controller while
installing Windows 2000/XP/2003
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
47
Create disk arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
47
Installing with the initial operating system build
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
47
Continue with Windows installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
47
Reboot the machine
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
48
RAID array initialization
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
48
Install the 3DM disk management utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49
Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems that boot from a different device
.
49
Create disk arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49
Install the 3ware driver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49
Reboot the machine
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
50
RAID array initialization
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
50
Install the 3DM disk management utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
51
Replacing an existing ATA RAID controller with a new version of the controller
.
52
Updating the 3ware driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
52
Installing/Upgrading the 3ware driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
54
Remove the existing Escalade ATA RAID Controller
and install the new Escalade ATA RAID Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
59
Reboot the machine
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
59
Install the 3DM disk management utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
59
Linux Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Red Hat Linux Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
62
Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing Red Hat Linux . . . . . . . . . . .
62
Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems that boot from a different device
64
SuSE Linux Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
68
Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing SuSE Linux with YaST2
. . .
68
Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems that boot from a different device
70
FreeBSD Installation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing FreeBSD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
74
Installing the ATA RAID controller on systems that boot from a different device
75