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
Error and Notification Messages
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0008 Unclean shutdown detected
Event Type
Warning
Cause
The 3ware RAID controller detected an unclean shutdown of the operating
system, either from a power failure or improper shutdown procedure. The
controller will force the unit to begin verifying, due to the possibility that data
on a redundant unit could be out of synchronization.
Action
Allow the verification to complete. Verifications have little overhead in terms
of system performance and keep your units in optimum condition.
To prevent unclean shutdowns, always go through the normal shutdown
procedure. It is also recommended to use an uninterruptible power supply
(UPS) to prevent unclean shutdowns due to sudden power loss.
See Also
“About Verification” on page 146
0009 Drive timeout detected
Event Type
Error
Cause
A drive has failed to respond to a command from a 3ware RAID controller
within the allowed time limit (20 secs.). After sending this error message, the
controller will attempt to recover the drive by sending a reset to that drive and
retrying the failed command.
Possible causes of drive time-outs (also known as ATA-Port time-outs)
include a bad or intermittent disk drive, power cable or interface cable.
Action
If you have checked hardware connections and no cause other than the drive
can be found, replace the drive.
You may also want to use the drive manufacturer’s diagnostic and repair
utilities on the drive.