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3ware® SATA+SASRAID Controller Card Software User GuideSupports the 9750 RAID Controller Card Family Models 9750-4i, 9750-8i, 9750-4i4e, 9750-8e, 9750

x 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2ConventionsThe following conventions are used throughout this guide:• 3BM refer

Chapter 7. Configuring Units88 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Figure 47. Create Disk Array Advanced Options scr

Configuring a New Unitwww.lsi.com/channel/products 8913 When you are finished making configuration changes, press F8 to save the changes and exit 3BM

Chapter 7. Configuring Units90 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.22 Press the Page Up key to move the unit up the li

Configuring a New Unitwww.lsi.com/channel/products 915 Follow the steps that appear on-screen to create a volume and to assign a drive letter.The vol

Chapter 7. Configuring Units92 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2If the partition is over 2 TB, use parted to also

Configuring a New Unitwww.lsi.com/channel/products 931 In the Mac OS message, click Initialize. Figure 49. Disk Insertion Message from the Mac OS2 W

Chapter 7. Configuring Units94 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.23 In the Disk Utility Window, select the Partition

Configuring a New Unitwww.lsi.com/channel/products 95Figure 52. Selecting the Number of Volumes in Disk Utility5 On the right, specify a volume name

Chapter 7. Configuring Units96 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.26 When a message asks you to confirm you want to p

Creating a Hot Sparewww.lsi.com/channel/products 97To partition, format, and mount under OpenSolarisAfter you create a RAID unit through 3BM or the 3

Using the 3ware HTML Bookshelfwww.lsi.com/channel/products xi3DM2 displays VPorts (for virtual port) on some screens while for earlier controllers the

Chapter 7. Configuring Units98 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2In order to replace a failed drive, a hot spare mu

Naming a Unitwww.lsi.com/channel/products 99Figure 56. Hot Spare Indicated If a hot spare is already enabled, you can disable it by pressing s again

Chapter 7. Configuring Units100 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2To name or rename a unit through 3BM1 At the main

Setting Unit Policieswww.lsi.com/channel/products 101• Override ECC (Continue on Source Error When Rebuilding). Determines whether ECC errors are ign

Chapter 7. Configuring Units102 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Enabling and Disabling the Unit Write CacheWrite

Setting Unit Policieswww.lsi.com/channel/products 103The page refreshes, and a message at the top confirms the change you have made.If your system ha

Chapter 7. Configuring Units104 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Working with Read Cache SettingsThe Read Cache un

Setting Unit Policieswww.lsi.com/channel/products 105When to Use Each Read Cache SettingThe following table provides some recommendations for when to

Chapter 7. Configuring Units106 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Figure 60. Read Cache policy on the Controller S

Setting Unit Policieswww.lsi.com/channel/products 1075 Press Enter to display the choices, use the arrow keys to select the setting you want (Figure

xii 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Note: The 3ware HTML Bookshelf is created as a set of HTML documents that are

Chapter 7. Configuring Units108 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2To enable or disable the Auto-Verify policy for a

Setting Unit Policieswww.lsi.com/channel/products 109• Under FreeBSD use the fsck command.• Under Linux use the fsck command.• Under Mac OS X, you ca

Chapter 7. Configuring Units110 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.27 When you are finished making changes, press F8

Setting Unit Policieswww.lsi.com/channel/products 1116 Tab to the OK button and press Enter to select it.You return to the main 3BM screen.7 When you

Chapter 7. Configuring Units112 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2The Protection and Balanced profiles honor FUA co

Setting Unit Policieswww.lsi.com/channel/products 113Setting the StorSave Profile through 3BMIn 3BM, the StorSave Profile is set on the Configure Dis

Chapter 7. Configuring Units114 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Rapid RAID Recovery. However, Rapid RAID Recovery

Changing An Existing Configuration by Migratingwww.lsi.com/channel/products 1153 Click OK when 3DM2 asks you to confirm your selection.The page refre

Chapter 7. Configuring Units116 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2This section includes the following topics about

Changing An Existing Configuration by Migratingwww.lsi.com/channel/products 117

www.lsi.com/channel/products 11Introducing the LSI 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller CardLSI 3ware RAID controllers deliver full-featured, true hardware

Chapter 7. Configuring Units118 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2stripe size can be migrated to a four-drive RAID

Changing An Existing Configuration by Migratingwww.lsi.com/channel/products 119can only have one drive, and a RAID 1 can only have two drives, if you

Chapter 7. Configuring Units120 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2volume. Then use 3DM2 or CLI to remove the unit.

Deleting a Unitwww.lsi.com/channel/products 121Under Windows, use the disk management utility to determine whether the disk is a basic disk or a dyna

Chapter 7. Configuring Units122 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2To delete a unit through 3DM21 Make sure the oper

Deleting a Unitwww.lsi.com/channel/products 1235 In the Unit Maintenance section of the Maintenance page, select the unit you want to remove and clic

Chapter 7. Configuring Units124 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Deleting a Unit through 3BMIn 3BM, the command fo

Removing a Unitwww.lsi.com/channel/products 125Removing a UnitRemoving a unit through software (also known as 'array roaming') keeps the da

Chapter 7. Configuring Units126 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2This step is very important. If a unit is not unm

Moving a Unit from One Controller to Anotherwww.lsi.com/channel/products 127Removing a Unit Through 3BM To remov

Chapter 1. Introducing the LSI 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card2 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2• Updated 3wa

Chapter 7. Configuring Units128 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2 Moving Unit

Adding a Drivewww.lsi.com/channel/products 1297 Power up the computer and verify that the upgrade is complete. (The existing units should be availabl

Chapter 7. Configuring Units130 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2To add a drive1 Insert the drive into the hot swa

Removing a Drivewww.lsi.com/channel/products 1312 Locate the drive you want to remove and click the Remove Drive link (Figure 66). Figure 66. Removi

Chapter 7. Configuring Units132 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Rescanning the ControllerWhen you make a change b

www.lsi.com/channel/products 1338Maintaining Units3ware RAID controllers include a number of features in the firmware that help maintain the integrit

Chapter 8. Maintaining Units134 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2A status column on the controller, unit, and driv

Checking Unit and Drive Status through 3DM2www.lsi.com/channel/products 135Viewing a List of DrivesYou can see a list of drives connected to your 3wa

Chapter 8. Maintaining Units136 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Tip: You can scroll both sections of the Drive In

Checking Unit and Drive Status through 3DM2www.lsi.com/channel/products 137Unit StatusesThe following is a list of unit statuses you may see in 3DM2:

System Requirementswww.lsi.com/channel/products 3• Connectivity with up to 127 single-ported drives or 62 dual-ported drives when using cascaded chas

Chapter 8. Maintaining Units138 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2• Migrate-Paused. The unit is in the process of m

About Inoperable Unitswww.lsi.com/channel/products 139You can still read and write data from a degraded unit, but the unit will not be fault tolerant

Chapter 8. Maintaining Units140 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2• Choose Monitor >> Enclosure from the main

Alarms, Errors, and Other Eventswww.lsi.com/channel/products 141Alarms, Errors, and Other Events3ware provides several levels of detail about alarms,

Chapter 8. Maintaining Units142 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2If your 3ware RAID controller is installed in a W

Alarms, Errors, and Other Eventswww.lsi.com/channel/products 143To change the alert utility settings1 Double-click on the 3ware icon in the system tr

Chapter 8. Maintaining Units144 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Downloading an Error LogYou can download an error

Background Taskswww.lsi.com/channel/products 145Background TasksBackground tasks are maintenance tasks that help maintain the integrity of your drive

Chapter 8. Maintaining Units146 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2About InitializationFor 3ware SATA RAID controlle

Background Taskswww.lsi.com/channel/products 147When initializing is done after booting to the operating system, the process of initializing takes lo

Chapter 1. Introducing the LSI 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card4 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Enclosure Man

Chapter 8. Maintaining Units148 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2initialized. These RAID types are fully redundant

Background Taskswww.lsi.com/channel/products 149Background Initialization After Power FailureThe 3ware controller detects and handles power failures,

Chapter 8. Maintaining Units150 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2“Setting Background Task Rate” on page 162.) You

Background Taskswww.lsi.com/channel/products 151recovered data is written to the problem sector. This forces the drive to reallocate the defective se

Chapter 8. Maintaining Units152 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Using Auto VerificationAuto-Verify is available a

Background Taskswww.lsi.com/channel/products 153To verify a unit through 3DM21 In 3DM2, choose Management >> Maintenance.2In the Unit Maintenan

Chapter 8. Maintaining Units154 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2 Rebuilding

Background Taskswww.lsi.com/channel/products 155A RAID 50 unit can sustain multiple drive failures, as long there is only one failed drive in each RA

Chapter 8. Maintaining Units156 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.25 If the degraded unit has more than one failed d

Background Taskswww.lsi.com/channel/products 157Figure 76. Degraded Disk Array Warning Message2 Press a key to continue.3 If your degraded unit has

Understanding RAID Concepts and Levelswww.lsi.com/channel/products 5• Internet Explorer® (current version)• Mozilla Firefox® (current version)• Safar

Chapter 8. Maintaining Units158 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Figure 77. Rebuild Option on the Maintain Menu T

Background Taskswww.lsi.com/channel/products 159Cancelling a Rebuild and Restarting It with a Different DriveWhen you start a rebuild from 3BM, you c

Chapter 8. Maintaining Units160 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2tasks with host I/Os to maximize the speed of bot

Background Taskswww.lsi.com/channel/products 161Figure 80. Low Latency Mode with warning when Rate=1

Chapter 8. Maintaining Units162 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Setting the Background Task ModeYou set the Backg

Scheduling Background Taskswww.lsi.com/channel/products 163Figure 82. Background Task Rate on Controller Settings pageThe furthest left buttons set

Chapter 8. Maintaining Units164 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Rebuild/migrate, verify, and self-test tasks are

Scheduling Background Taskswww.lsi.com/channel/products 165Viewing Current Task SchedulesYou can see the current schedules for background tasks on th

Chapter 8. Maintaining Units166 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2 You can eas

Scheduling Background Taskswww.lsi.com/channel/products 1672 From the drop-down menu, select Verify Tasks.The Schedule Verify Tasks page appears.3 Se

Chapter 1. Introducing the LSI 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card6 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2capacity into

Chapter 8. Maintaining Units168 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.23 Scroll to the section of the Scheduling page th

Scheduling Background Taskswww.lsi.com/channel/products 169To disable self-testsUnlike scheduling of rebuilds and verifies, scheduling of self-tests

170 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.29Maintaining Your ControllerThis section contains instructions for how to per

Updating the Firmware and Driverwww.lsi.com/channel/products 171where <hostid> is usually host0, unless other SCSI devices are available, in wh

Chapter 9. Maintaining Your Controller172 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2• “Updating the 3ware Driver Under SUSE

Updating the Firmware and Driverwww.lsi.com/channel/products 1736 Uncompress the file to extract the driver or firmware files to a local directory. (

Chapter 9. Maintaining Your Controller174 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Updating the Firmware Through 3DM2You c

Updating the Firmware and Driverwww.lsi.com/channel/products 1754 To continue, type:y5 If multiple controller cards are installed, select the ID numb

Chapter 9. Maintaining Your Controller176 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Viewing Battery InformationThe Battery

Testing Battery Capacitywww.lsi.com/channel/products 177the battery before it proceeds with a full discharge cycle. The battery is automatically char

Understanding RAID Concepts and Levelswww.lsi.com/channel/products 7Figure 2. RAID 0 Configuration Example RAID

Chapter 9. Maintaining Your Controller178 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Figure 85. BBU Information Screen Whil

www.lsi.com/channel/products 17910Enclosure Management3ware enclosure management features let you view the status of chassis and enclosure hardware,

Chapter 10. Enclosure Management180 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Viewing a List of EnclosuresIf you have multi

Checking Enclosure Component Statuswww.lsi.com/channel/products 181Figure 88. Enclosure Information page (3BM)Checking Enclosure Component StatusIf

Chapter 10. Enclosure Management182 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Figure 89. Enclosure Details page

Checking Enclosure Component Statuswww.lsi.com/channel/products 183Fan StatusThe following is a list of possible fan statuses:•OK. The fan is optimal

Chapter 10. Enclosure Management184 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Slot SummaryThe following is a list of possib

Working with Enclosure Alarmswww.lsi.com/channel/products 185Working with Enclosure Alarms Some enclosures provi

Chapter 10. Enclosure Management186 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Figure 90. Alarm displays as “Activated” whe

Working with Enclosure Alarmswww.lsi.com/channel/products 187Figure 92. Enclosure Details page with enclosure alarm On3 In the Audio Alarm Summary s

Document DescriptionDocument 45414-01, Rev. A. May 2010.This document will remain the official reference source for all revisions and releases of this

Chapter 1. Introducing the LSI 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card8 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Parity inform

Chapter 10. Enclosure Management188 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Figure 93. Enclosure Information page3 To tu

www.lsi.com/channel/products 189113DM2 ReferenceThis section includes details about the fields and features available on the pages you work with thro

Chapter 11. 3DM2 Reference190 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Controller Summary pageFigure 94. Controller Summa

Controller Details pagewww.lsi.com/channel/products 191Controller Details pageFigure 95. Controller Details Page

Chapter 11. 3DM2 Reference192 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Bus Speed. The speed of the bus used on the control

Unit Details pagewww.lsi.com/channel/products 193Name. If a name has been given to this unit, it shows here. If it is empty, no name has been assigne

Chapter 11. 3DM2 Reference194 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2in the menu bar continues to display “Unit Informat

Drive Information pagewww.lsi.com/channel/products 195numbers are shown in the subunits section. The VPort number is a link to the Drive Information

Chapter 11. 3DM2 Reference196 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Capacity. The physical capacity of the drive. (Note

Drive Details windowwww.lsi.com/channel/products 197Drive Details windowFigure 99. Drive Details Page The Drive

Understanding RAID Concepts and Levelswww.lsi.com/channel/products 9Figure 5. RAID 6 Configuration Example RAID

Chapter 11. 3DM2 Reference198 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2SAS WWN. The SAS drive’s unique World Wide Number.R

Controller Phy Summary pagewww.lsi.com/channel/products 199Controller Phy Summary pageFigure 100. Controller Phy Summary Page

Chapter 11. 3DM2 Reference200 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Controller Settings pageFigure 101. Controller Set

Controller Settings pagewww.lsi.com/channel/products 201Background Task Rate and ModeTwo Background Task settings allow you to control the balance of

Chapter 11. 3DM2 Reference202 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2includes the Intelligent Read Prefetch (IRP) featur

Controller Settings pagewww.lsi.com/channel/products 203Queuing. (Not applicable for SAS drives) This policy enables or disables Native Command Queui

Chapter 11. 3DM2 Reference204 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2automatically select drives to use for rebuilding a

Scheduling pagewww.lsi.com/channel/products 205Scheduling pageFigure 102. Scheduling Page The Scheduling page a

Chapter 11. 3DM2 Reference206 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2 Scheduled Reb

Scheduling pagewww.lsi.com/channel/products 207Self-test SchedulesUnlike scheduling of rebuilds and verifies, scheduling of self-tests is always foll

Chapter 1. Introducing the LSI 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card10 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Figure 6. R

Chapter 11. 3DM2 Reference208 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Maintenance pageFigure 103. Maintenance Page

Maintenance pagewww.lsi.com/channel/products 209Rescanning is useful in a variety of maintenance tasks. For example, if you physically plug in a driv

Chapter 11. 3DM2 Reference210 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Unit InformationUnit Number. The unit number assign

Maintenance pagewww.lsi.com/channel/products 211 Maintenance Task Buttons for Existing UnitsBelow the list of un

Chapter 11. 3DM2 Reference212 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2can select the drive you want to use. If the degrad

Maintenance pagewww.lsi.com/channel/products 213Remove Unit. Removes a selected unit and allows you to unplug the drives and move the unit to another

Chapter 11. 3DM2 Reference214 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Available Drives (to Create Units)This section list

Maintenance pagewww.lsi.com/channel/products 215Figure 105. Configuration Window in 3DM2 For more detailed ins

Chapter 11. 3DM2 Reference216 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2(purely sequential or purely random), you might wan

Alarms pagewww.lsi.com/channel/products 217Alarms pageFigure 107. Alarms Page The Alarms page appears when you

Understanding RAID Concepts and Levelswww.lsi.com/channel/products 11Figure 7. RAID 50 Configuration Example Si

Chapter 11. 3DM2 Reference218 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Time. The time shown for alarms is the time the ala

Battery Backup pagewww.lsi.com/channel/products 219about once a week to top off the charge level; the process does not change the BBU readiness state

Chapter 11. 3DM2 Reference220 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Enclosure Summary pageFigure 109. Enclosure Summar

Enclosure Details pagewww.lsi.com/channel/products 221Enclosure Details pageFigure 110. Enclosure Details Page

Chapter 11. 3DM2 Reference222 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2• Fan Summary• Temp Sensor Summary• Power Supply Su

Enclosure Details pagewww.lsi.com/channel/products 223Identify. If supported by the enclosure manufacturer, checking this box will cause an LED to bl

Chapter 11. 3DM2 Reference224 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.23DM2 Settings pageFigure 111. 3DM2 Settings Page

3DM2 Settings pagewww.lsi.com/channel/products 225E-mail NotificationUse the fields in this section to set up and manage notifications of events by e

Chapter 11. 3DM2 Reference226 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Confirm New Password. Enter the new password a seco

www.lsi.com/channel/products 22712TroubleshootingThis troubleshooting section includes the following sections:• Web Resources• Before Contacting Cust

Chapter 1. Introducing the LSI 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card12 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Determining

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting228 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Before Contacting Customer SupportFour screens in

Command Loggingwww.lsi.com/channel/products 229Command LoggingAll changes that are made to RAID configurations using 3DM2 or CLI are automatically st

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting230 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Available DPM CommandsDrive Performance Monitoring

Problems and Solutionswww.lsi.com/channel/products 231commands with FUA (Force Unit Access), flush commands, and a drive sectors's read, write,

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting232 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2For additional information about the LED indicator

Problems and Solutionswww.lsi.com/channel/products 233• The BIOS may have changed the order of the boot devices. Check your system BIOS boot sequence

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting234 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Problems in 3DM2 and 3BMA 3ware RAID controller do

Error and Notification Messageswww.lsi.com/channel/products 235If the drive shows up, then you will know which hardware component was defective.If th

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting236 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2000A Drive error detected000B Rebuild started000C

Error and Notification Messageswww.lsi.com/channel/products 2370037 SO-DIMM not compatible0038 SO-DIMM not detected0039 Buffer ECC error corrected003

Understanding RAID Concepts and Levelswww.lsi.com/channel/products 13Using Drive Capacity EfficientlyBecause the capacity of each drive is limited to

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting238 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.20058 Battery capacity is below warning level0059 B

Error and Notification Messageswww.lsi.com/channel/products 2398030 Enclosure power normal8031 Enclosure power fail8032 Enclosure power removed8033 E

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting240 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Error and Notification Message Details0001 Control

Error and Notification Messageswww.lsi.com/channel/products 241See Also“About Degraded Units” on page 138“Rebuilding Units” on page 1540003 Controlle

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting242 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2To lower the likelihood of getting this error, sch

Error and Notification Messageswww.lsi.com/channel/products 2430007 Initialize completedEvent TypeInformationCauseThe 3ware RAID controller completed

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting244 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.20009 Drive timeout detectedEvent TypeErrorCauseA d

Error and Notification Messageswww.lsi.com/channel/products 245ActionIf you see this message, the drive repairs may lie outside of the 3ware RAID con

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting246 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2ActionAllow the initialization to complete. This w

Error and Notification Messageswww.lsi.com/channel/products 247The 3ware RAID controller supports SMART monitoring for SATA and SAS drives, whereby t

Chapter 1. Introducing the LSI 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card14 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2nearest GB f

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting248 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2CauseA drive was connected to the controller while

Error and Notification Messageswww.lsi.com/channel/products 249001F Unit OperationalEvent TypeInformationCauseDrive insertion caused a unit that was

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting250 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2list of cables for use with 3ware controllers is a

Error and Notification Messageswww.lsi.com/channel/products 251of a drive that is beginning to fail. You may wish to replace the drive, especially if

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting252 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2ActionTo troubleshoot the reasons for the failure,

Error and Notification Messageswww.lsi.com/channel/products 2530027 DCB checksum error detectedEvent TypeErrorCauseThe drive’s Drive Configuration Bl

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting254 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.20029 Verify startedEvent TypeInformationCauseThe 3

Error and Notification Messageswww.lsi.com/channel/products 255ActionWhen a verify fails, redundant units will automatically resynchronize user data

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting256 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2002C Source drive ECC error overwrittenEvent TypeE

Error and Notification Messageswww.lsi.com/channel/products 257It is recommended that you execute a file system check when the rebuild completes. Und

Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Featureswww.lsi.com/channel/products 153DM2 is the current version of the 3ware Disk Manager. Throughout

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting258 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2ActionNone required.This is considered a normal pa

Error and Notification Messageswww.lsi.com/channel/products 2590032 Spare capacity too smallEvent TypeWarningCauseThere is a valid hot spare but the

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting260 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2ActionReview the list of events on the Alarms page

Error and Notification Messageswww.lsi.com/channel/products 261• A parity inconsistency for a RAID 5 or RAID 50 unit.• A data mismatch for a RAID 1 o

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting262 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2ActionInstall a compatible SO-DIMM on the controll

Error and Notification Messageswww.lsi.com/channel/products 263003B Rebuild pausedEvent TypeInformationCauseThe rebuild operation is paused.Rebuilds

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting264 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2003D Verify pausedEvent TypeInformationCauseThe ve

Error and Notification Messageswww.lsi.com/channel/products 265003F Flash file system error detectedEvent TypeWarningCauseA corrupted flash file syst

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting266 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.20041 Unit number assignments lostEvent TypeWarning

Error and Notification Messageswww.lsi.com/channel/products 267The 3ware RAID controller checks the backup DCB, even when the primary DCB is OK. If a

Chapter 1. Introducing the LSI 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card16 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2• Error Corr

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting268 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.20046 Battery voltage is highEvent TypeWarningCause

Error and Notification Messageswww.lsi.com/channel/products 269ActionThe battery pack must be replaced.This may be a fault in the BBU control module.

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting270 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2004B Battery temperature is highEvent TypeErrorCau

Error and Notification Messageswww.lsi.com/channel/products 271004D Battery temperature is too highEvent TypeErrorCauseThe battery pack temperature b

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting272 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2ActionNone required.See AlsoSee the Install Guide

Error and Notification Messageswww.lsi.com/channel/products 2730053 Battery capacity test is overdueEvent TypeInformationCauseThere has not been a ba

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting274 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.20057 Battery charging faultEvent TypeErrorCauseThe

Error and Notification Messageswww.lsi.com/channel/products 2750059 Battery capacity is below error levelEvent TypeErrorCauseThe measured capacity of

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting276 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2005C Battery is weakEvent TypeWarningCauseThe Batt

Error and Notification Messageswww.lsi.com/channel/products 2770062 Enclosure removedEvent TypeWarning.CauseApplies to 9750 and 9690SA controllers.An

Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Featureswww.lsi.com/channel/products 17includes a typical read-ahead caching method which is used to pro

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting278 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.20065 Local link downEvent TypeWarning.CauseApplies

Error and Notification Messageswww.lsi.com/channel/products 2790080 All RAID keys failed validationEvent TypeError.CauseA RAID key was detected but v

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting280 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.28001 Enclosure fan errorEvent TypeError.CauseAppli

Error and Notification Messageswww.lsi.com/channel/products 2818003 Enclosure fan addedEvent TypeInformation.CauseApplies to 9750 and 9690SA controll

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting282 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2ActionThe enclosure normally controls the on/off f

Error and Notification Messageswww.lsi.com/channel/products 2838022 Enclosure temp highEvent TypeWarning.CauseApplies to 9750 and 9690SA controllers.

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting284 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.28024 Enclosure temp above operatingEvent TypeError

Error and Notification Messageswww.lsi.com/channel/products 285ActionIf due to a poor connection, the repair will require specialized skills. Contact

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting286 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2ActionCheck the operational status of the temperat

Error and Notification Messageswww.lsi.com/channel/products 2878032 Enclosure power removedEvent TypeWarning.CauseApplies to 9750 and 9690SA controll

www.lsi.com/channel/products iiiTable of ContentsAbout this User Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

18 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.22First-Time RAID Configuration Using 3BMIf you are installing the operating sy

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting288 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2ActionCheck to be sure the power supply is operati

Error and Notification Messageswww.lsi.com/channel/products 2898041 Enclosure voltage overEvent TypeError.CauseApplies to 9750 and 9690SA controllers

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting290 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2ActionIf applicable, replace the failed power supp

Error and Notification Messageswww.lsi.com/channel/products 2918046 Enclosure current unknownEvent TypeWarning.CauseApplies to 9750 and 9690SA contro

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting292 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.28049 Enclosure audio alarm removedEvent TypeWarnin

www.lsi.com/channel/products 293AppendicesThe following information is available in the appendices: • Appendix A, “Glossary” on page 294• Appendix B,

294 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Ver-AGlossary• 3BM. 3ware BIOS Manager, used on PC machines. The 3ware BIOS (Basic Input

www.lsi.com/channel/products 295• Cache. See Read Cache and Write Cache.•Carve size. The size over which a unit will be divided into volumes, if auto

Appendix A. Glossary296 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2• Drive Number. The SCSI number, or channel number, of a

www.lsi.com/channel/products 297• Initialize. For 3ware SATA RAID controllers, initialize means to put the redundant data on the drives of redundant

Basic Steps for Creating a Unitwww.lsi.com/channel/products 19Figure 8. 3ware BIOS Screen2 Press Alt-3 or 3 immediately to bring up the 3ware BIOS M

Appendix A. Glossary298 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2• P-Chip. PCI interface chip that connects the PCI bus to

www.lsi.com/channel/products 299• Redundancy. Duplication of data on another drive or drives, so that it is protected in the event of a drive failure

Appendix A. Glossary300 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2• Striping. The process of breaking up files into smaller

www.lsi.com/channel/products 301BDriver and Software InstallationThis appendix provides detailed instructions for installing 3ware drivers and softwar

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation302 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2This section provides details abo

Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under FreeBSDwww.lsi.com/channel/products 303Creating a FreeBSD Driver DisketteYou need a diskette drive if you

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation304 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.25 At the loader prompt.6 Load tws

Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under FreeBSDwww.lsi.com/channel/products 305This section includes these topics:• Updating the Kernel with the

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation306 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2cd ../compile/<config_name>

Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under FreeBSDwww.lsi.com/channel/products 307Compiling and Loading the Driver as a Module using kldloadIf you w

Chapter 2. First-Time RAID Configuration Using 3BM20 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Figure 10. 3ware Controller

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation308 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.23 Reboot to FreeBSD.4 Load the ke

Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under Linuxwww.lsi.com/channel/products 309Uninstalling 3ware Management SoftwareThe following steps describe h

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation310 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Driver Installation Under Linux

Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under Linuxwww.lsi.com/channel/products 311Obtaining 3ware Linux DriversObtain the 3ware driver for Linux from

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation312 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Driver Installation Under Red Hat

Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under Linuxwww.lsi.com/channel/products 313To copy the driver to a USB drive1 Insert the 3ware CD into your sys

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation314 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.23 When prompted, select the prope

Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under Linuxwww.lsi.com/channel/products 315Module Naming Conventions 3w-sas.* refers to the specific kernel dri

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation316 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.24 For 2.6 Kernels, add the follow

Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under Linuxwww.lsi.com/channel/products 317For Redhat Linux on AMD Opteron and Intel EM64T, type: cp /mnt/packa

Basic Steps for Creating a Unitwww.lsi.com/channel/products 213 Make sure that the proper drives are listed.Figure 12. Create Disk Array screenTo na

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation318 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2To create a driver install floppy

Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under Linuxwww.lsi.com/channel/products 319Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module while Installing SUSE Linu

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation320 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2

Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under Linuxwww.lsi.com/channel/products 3217Type:/sbin/mkinitrd8 If you are using the GRUB boot loader, you are

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation322 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2For Red Hat or Fedora Core Unipro

Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under Linuxwww.lsi.com/channel/products 323Updating the 3ware Driver Under SUSEThe following steps describe how

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation324 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.28 Run mkinitrd.9 If you are using

Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under Mac OS Xwww.lsi.com/channel/products 3254Type: ./install.sh -i 5 Respond to each screen as the script w

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation326 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2If you later want to uninstall th

Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under Mac OS Xwww.lsi.com/channel/products 3275 On the License Agreement page, accept the agreement and click N

Chapter 2. First-Time RAID Configuration Using 3BM22 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2To set other policies for th

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation328 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.26 If you want to change where the

Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under Mac OS Xwww.lsi.com/channel/products 329When you are ready, click Next to continue. Figure 116. Select C

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation330 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.29 When the final installation scr

Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under OpenSolariswww.lsi.com/channel/products 331Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under OpenSolarisThis se

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation332 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2packages/drivers/opensolaris/amd6

Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under OpenSolariswww.lsi.com/channel/products 333the installer.Download the LSI 3ware complete ISO image fromht

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation334 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.25 On the License Agreement page,

Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under OpenSolariswww.lsi.com/channel/products 3357 Select the components you want to install and click Next.Fig

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation336 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.29 When the final installation scr

Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under OpenSolariswww.lsi.com/channel/products 3373Type:./setupSolaris_x86.bin -consoleand press Enter.The appli

Basic Steps for Creating a Unitwww.lsi.com/channel/products 23 1 Open the Advanced Options screen. (From the Cre

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation338 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Installing 3ware Drivers and Soft

Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under VMwarewww.lsi.com/channel/products 339Installing the Driver when LSI 3ware RAID Controller is used as Pri

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation340 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Installing the Driver when LSI 3w

Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under VMwarewww.lsi.com/channel/products 3417 Now enter the following command via the VMware CLI perl vihostupd

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation342 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Installing 3ware RAID Controller

Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under Windowswww.lsi.com/channel/products 343rpm -e <package_name>on the package you wish to uninstall.Th

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation344 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2• Install the 3ware driver when W

Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under Windowswww.lsi.com/channel/products 3453 Insert a USB drive into your computer.4 Unzip the driver file to

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation346 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2format, and Keyboard or input met

Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under Windowswww.lsi.com/channel/products 347The installer will select the correct driver for your Windows oper

Chapter 2. First-Time RAID Configuration Using 3BM24 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Figure 15. Summary of Volum

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation348 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.24 Click Finish to exit the instal

Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under Windowswww.lsi.com/channel/products 349Figure 127. 3ware Device Driver Installation WizardAfter you clic

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation350 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Installing Software from a Graphi

Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under Windowswww.lsi.com/channel/products 3515 On the License Agreement page, accept the agreement and click Ne

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation352 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Figure 132. Select Components to

Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under Windowswww.lsi.com/channel/products 353Figure 133. 3DM2 Email Configuration Screen9 On the summary scree

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation354 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.210 When the final installation sc

www.lsi.com/channel/products 355CCompliance and Conformity StatementsThis section is organized into the following topics:• FCC Radio Frequency Interfe

Appendix C. Compliance and Conformity Statements356 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Canadian Compliance Statement

www.lsi.com/channel/products 357DWarranty, Technical Support, and ServiceThis section is organized into the following topics:• Limited Warranty• Warra

Basic Steps for Creating a Unitwww.lsi.com/channel/products 254Type Y to continue, delete any existing data on the drives, and create the unit.If you

Appendix D. Warranty, Technical Support, and Service358 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2ExclusionsThis warranty d

Sales and ordering informationwww.lsi.com/channel/products 359• Product information, compatibility lists, software upgrades, and OS driver downloads,

360 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2IndexNumerics2TB support713BMhelp43main screen 37navigation 38screens 37worki

www.lsi.com/channel/products 361Enclosure audio alarm activated but mute (8047)291Enclosure audio alarm added (804A) 292Enclosure audio alarm failed

362 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2rebuilding a unit 154relationship of task mode and task rate 160scheduling 16

www.lsi.com/channel/products 363in 3DM2 83introduction 79current controller (definition) 55customer supportcontacting228, 358DDCB checksum error dete

364 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Enclosure power normal (8030) 286Enclosure power off (8037) 288Enclosure powe

www.lsi.com/channel/products 365Initializing (unit status) 137Inoperable (unit status) 138inoperable units (about) 139installationdisk management too

366 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2phy (definition) 298phy identifier (definition) 298seeing a list of 75viewing

www.lsi.com/channel/products 367self-tests scheduleviewing (3DM2)165serial numbershowing190, 191SES (definition) 299Settings page, 3DM2 224single dis

Chapter 2. First-Time RAID Configuration Using 3BM26 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Specifying a Hot SpareYou ca

368 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2in 3DM2 155removing in 3DM2 125statuses 137Unit Maintenance in 3DM2 209unit n

Making Drives Visible to the Operating Systemwww.lsi.com/channel/products 27Making Drives Visible to the Operating SystemBy default, if you leave ind

iv 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Viewing Information About Different Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

28 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.23Getting Started with Your 3ware RAID ControllerSetting up your 3ware RAID con

www.lsi.com/channel/products 29For drive installation, refer to the instructions that came with your enclosure. If you are installing drives in a com

Chapter 3. Getting Started with Your 3ware RAID Controller30 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Set Up Management an

www.lsi.com/channel/products 31Configure a RAID UnitIf you would like more information about what RAID level to choose for your situation, review the

Chapter 3. Getting Started with Your 3ware RAID Controller32 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2

www.lsi.com/channel/products 33Write Cache Enabled 3BM, 3DM2, CLIRead Cache Intelligent 3BM, 3DM2, CLIBackground Task Settings(For details, see “Sche

34 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.243ware BIOS Manager (3BM) IntroductionThis chapter describes the basics of usi

Starting 3BMwww.lsi.com/channel/products 35Figure 18. 3ware BIOS Screen 3 Press Alt-3 or 3 immediately to bring up the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM). Nor

Chapter 4. 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) Introduction36 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Highlight the board with which

Working in the 3BM Screenswww.lsi.com/channel/products 37To exit without saving changes1 Press Esc. 2 If you have unsaved changes, 3BM asks you wheth

www.lsi.com/channel/products vRemoving a Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Chapter 4. 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) Introduction38 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2you boot your computer. If thi

Working in the 3BM Screenswww.lsi.com/channel/products 39In the list of units, expand a selected unit to see any subunits and drives in the unit, or

Chapter 4. 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) Introduction40 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Adjusting BIOS Option Settings

Adjusting BIOS Option Settingswww.lsi.com/channel/products 41system. You can set a pause time of up to 10 seconds. The default is 6 seconds.Full Scre

Chapter 4. 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) Introduction42 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Changing BIOS SettingsYou can

Getting Help While Using 3BMwww.lsi.com/channel/products 43• “Viewing a List of Drives” on page 135• “Viewing a List of Enclosures” on page 180• “Vie

44 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.253DM2 (3ware Disk Manager 2) Introduction

Browser Requirements for 3DM2www.lsi.com/channel/products 45Browser Requirements for 3DM23DM2 runs in most current web browsers. Tested and supported

Chapter 5. 3DM2 (3ware Disk Manager 2) Introduction46 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2If you want to check the st

Starting 3DM2 and Logging Inwww.lsi.com/channel/products 47Figure 24. Security Certificate Message from Browser(You also can click Yes or Continue,

vi 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Downloading an Enclosure Diagnostic Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Chapter 5. 3DM2 (3ware Disk Manager 2) Introduction48 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2If you are using Mac OS, yo

Starting 3DM2 and Logging Inwww.lsi.com/channel/products 49Managing the 3DM2 Daemon under FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS, OpenSolaris, and VMware3DM2 should

Chapter 5. 3DM2 (3ware Disk Manager 2) Introduction50 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.23 Start the 3DM2 process ma

Working with the 3DM2 Screenswww.lsi.com/channel/products 51Viewing 3DM2 Remotely Using a Web BrowserWhen remote administration is enabled on the 3DM

Chapter 5. 3DM2 (3ware Disk Manager 2) Introduction52 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Figure 26. 3DM2 Main Scree

Working with the 3DM2 Screenswww.lsi.com/channel/products 53• Drive InformationThe Management menu gives you access to the following tasks for managi

Chapter 5. 3DM2 (3ware Disk Manager 2) Introduction54 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Help lets you access inform

Working with the 3DM2 Screenswww.lsi.com/channel/products 55Viewing Information About Different ControllersIf you have more than one 3ware RAID contr

Chapter 5. 3DM2 (3ware Disk Manager 2) Introduction56 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Description of 3DM2 PagesTh

Working with the 3DM2 Screenswww.lsi.com/channel/products 57Controller Phy Summary pageShows the properties of controller phys for 9750 RAID controll

www.lsi.com/channel/products viiDriver and Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331Insta

Chapter 5. 3DM2 (3ware Disk Manager 2) Introduction58 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Setting Up 3DM2 Preferences

Setting Up 3DM2 Preferenceswww.lsi.com/channel/products 59To set or change the password1 Click 3DM2 Settings on the 3DM2 menu bar.2 On the 3DM2 Setti

Chapter 5. 3DM2 (3ware Disk Manager 2) Introduction60 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.22In the E-mail Notification

Setting Up 3DM2 Preferenceswww.lsi.com/channel/products 61Configuring the VMware Firewall to Allow Email NotificationYou can select an option in 3DM2

Chapter 5. 3DM2 (3ware Disk Manager 2) Introduction62 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Setting the Listening Port

Setting Up 3DM2 Preferenceswww.lsi.com/channel/products 63Enable or Disable 3DM2 Command Logging1 Click 3DM2 Settings on the 3DM2 menu bar.2In the Se

Chapter 5. 3DM2 (3ware Disk Manager 2) Introduction64 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Locating the Command Log Fi

www.lsi.com/channel/products 656Configuring Your ControllerThis chapter describes how to view details about the controller, check its status, and cha

Chapter 6. Configuring Your Controller66 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2To see details about a controller in 3DM

About Controller Policieswww.lsi.com/channel/products 67To see information about a controller in 3BM (BIOS)1 Power up or reboot your system. 2 While

viii 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2About this User GuideThis document provides instructions for configuring and

Chapter 6. Configuring Your Controller68 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2• Auto-Carving. Determines whether the a

Viewing Controller Policieswww.lsi.com/channel/products 69selected method. This policy does not apply to drives that are attached to an expander. Thi

Chapter 6. Configuring Your Controller70 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Figure 32. 3DM2 Controller Settings Pag

Setting the Auto-Rebuild Policywww.lsi.com/channel/products 71Setting the Auto-Rebuild PolicyThe Auto-Rebuild policy determines how the controller fi

Chapter 6. Configuring Your Controller72 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2appears as a different disk drive, simpl

Using Auto-Carving for Multi LUN Supportwww.lsi.com/channel/products 73To use auto-carving 1 Enable the auto-carving feature. You can do so using 3DM

Chapter 6. Configuring Your Controller74 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Setting the Size of Volumes Created with

Viewing Information About a Phywww.lsi.com/channel/products 75 To enable o

Chapter 6. Configuring Your Controller76 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Figure 35. Phy Summary PageFor details

Changing the Phy Link Speedwww.lsi.com/channel/products 77Changing the Phy Link SpeedYou can change the link speed between the controller and an expa

How this User Guide is Organizedwww.lsi.com/channel/products ixHow this User Guide is Organized Table 1: Chapters

Chapter 6. Configuring Your Controller78 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2To change the phy link speed in 3BM 1 On

www.lsi.com/channel/products 797Configuring UnitsThis section includes information and procedures on configuring units attached to your 3ware RAID co

Chapter 7. Configuring Units80 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2• Type of configuration (RAID Level)• Stripe size,

Configuring a New Unitwww.lsi.com/channel/products 81 Stripe size, if appropriate for the RAID levelStriping is

Chapter 7. Configuring Units82 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Unit policiesSeveral unit policies are set when yo

Configuring a New Unitwww.lsi.com/channel/products 83Creating a Unit through 3DM2In 3DM2, creating a unit starts from the Management >> Mainten

Chapter 7. Configuring Units84 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Figure 40. Configuring a Unit in 3DM24In the Type

Configuring a New Unitwww.lsi.com/channel/products 859 Click OK.The new unit appears in the Unit Maintenance list at the top of the page and the oper

Chapter 7. Configuring Units86 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2Figure 43. Asterisks Next to Selected Drives 2 Af

Configuring a New Unitwww.lsi.com/channel/products 875Tab to the RAID Configuration field and press Enter to see a list of available configurations f