User guide
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- About this User Guide
- Introducing the 3ware® SATA RAID Controller
- Getting Started with Your 3ware RAID Controller
- First-Time RAID Configuration Using 3BM
- Driver Installation
- Driver Installation Under Windows
- Driver Installation Under Linux
- Obtaining 3ware Linux Drivers
- Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux or Fedora Core 5
- Materials required
- Creating a Red Hat Linux Driver Diskette
- Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module while Installing Red Hat Linux on a New Unit
- Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module on a Red Hat or Fedora Core Linux System that Boots From a Different Device
- About Variables In the Kernel Driver Module Installation Instructions
- Driver Installation Under SuSE Linux
- Compiling a 3ware Driver for Linux
- Driver Installation Under FreeBSD
- 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2) Introduction
- 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) Introduction
- Configuring Your Controller
- Configuring Units
- Configuring a New Unit
- Creating a Hot Spare
- Naming a Unit
- Setting Unit Policies
- Changing An Existing Configuration by Migrating
- Deleting a Unit
- Removing a Unit
- Moving a Unit from One Controller to Another
- Adding a Drive
- Removing a Drive
- Rescanning the Controller
- Maintaining Units
- Checking Unit and Drive Status through 3DM
- About Degraded Units
- About Inoperable Units
- Alarms, Errors, and Other Events
- Background Tasks
- Scheduling Background Tasks
- Locating a Drive by Blinking Its LED
- Maintaining Your Controller
- Determining the Current Version of Your 3ware Driver
- Updating the Firmware and Driver
- Downloading the Driver and Firmware
- Updating the Firmware Through 3DM 2
- Updating the 3ware Driver and Firmware Under Windows
- Using the Update Utility With Multiple Controllers
- Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP
- Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat or Fedora Core
- Updating the 3ware Driver Under SuSE
- Updating the 3ware Driver Under FreeBSD
- Updating the Firmware Under Linux and FreeBSD
- Viewing Battery Information
- Testing Battery Capacity
- 3DM 2 Reference
- Troubleshooting
- Appendices
- Index
Checking Unit and Drive Status through 3DM
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Enclosure LED Status Indicators
If you use a 3ware Sidecar or an enclosure that has an integrated AMCC/
3ware CCU (chassis control unit), the LEDs on your enclosure also
provide some status information. The chassis should come with a cable which
attaches to the I
2
C port on the controller.
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 of writing data to a newly added
disk in a redundant unit, in order to restore the unit to an optimal state.
Note: The following table is an example only. Check with your chassis
documentation for more details. Not all features may be supported or implemented
in the same way.
Table 11: Meaning of LED Colors and Behavior
Color Drive Status
Solid green OK
Blinking green Identify
This occurs when you have used the Identify command in 3DM
to locate a particular drive or unit. (See “Locating a Drive by
Blinking Its LED” on page 161.)
Black No drive
Solid Amber Hot spare
Blinking amber Rebuilding
The drive in this slot is part of a RAID unit that is currently
rebuilding. You can continue to use the unit. For more
information, see “Rebuilding Units” on page 150.
Solid red Drive fault
This drive has failed. You should replace it and rebuild the unit.
Blinking red Predicted drive fault
3ware software predicts that this drive will fail soon. You may
want to replace it.