IBM 8000 Series, 7000 Series manual Package Contents

3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide

•Field Upgrades. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers

•Data Integrity. ATA Command Readback, SMART Monitoring, Dynamic Sector Repair, Rebuild Pacing, Rebuild Scheduling, Background Media Scan, Hot Swap, Hot Spare, Hardware Health Monitoring, Scheduled Verify

Escalade 8000 Serial ATA Family (includes 8500-4, 8500- 8, 8500-12)

•True Hardware RAID. Low CPU utilization

•RAID Support. RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD

•Drive Support. Serial ATA 150 (SATA I) drives. Parallel UltraDMA 133 and UltraDMA 100 drives are also supported when using 3ware's Parallel to Serial (CBL-P-SATA) Converter.

•Bus Type. PCI 64 bit / 33 Mhz

•Management. 3DM Disk Management Utility or 3ware Com- mand Line Interface

•BIOS. PC99, PnP, BBS Compliant

•Windows Support. W98SE, WME, WinNT4 with SP6, Win2k with SP2, and WinXP

•Linux Support. Redhat, SuSE. (Drivers available in Open Source.)

•Performance. Twinstor, Command Queuing, Elevator Seeking, R5Fusion

•Field Upgrades. Field Upgradeable Firmware, BIOS, 3DM and Drivers

•Data Integrity. ATA Command Readback, SMART Monitor- ing, Dynamic Sector Repair, Rebuild Pacing, Rebuild Schedul- ing, Background Media Scan, Hot Swap, Hot Spare, Hardware Health Monitoring, Background Verify

Before you Begin

Note: The Escalade Serial ATA controller can be used with either serial or parallel drives. If using the controller with parallel drives the CBL-P-SATA (Parallel to Serial Driver Converter) must be used in conjunction.

The advantage of using the Escalade SerialATA Controller with parallel drives is the simpler, longer cable and increased airflow.

Package Contents

If your package is missing any of the items listed below, contact 3ware before proceeding with installation (disk drives and disk mounting brackets are not included):

Escalade 7000 series Parallel ATA RAID Controller

•Escalade Parallel ATA RAID Controller in an ESD-protective bag

•ATA interface cables (one per port)

•3ware installation media with the following: 3DM, Drivers and Escalade User Guide (.pdf format)

•3ware Release Notes

•3ware Installation Guide

Escalade 8000 series Serial ATA RAID Controller

•Escalade Serial ATA RAID Controller in an ESD-protective bag

•Serial ATA interface cables (one per port)

•3ware installation media with the following: 3DM, Drivers and Escalade User Guide (.pdf format)

•3ware Release Notes

•3ware Installation Guide

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