3ware escalade

[Simon]

Indeed they are not the same controllers, however, I don't believe they are
a complete redesign, so, yes they support serial over parallel drives, but the
idea and the design should be the same, so they should function the same,
maybe the firmware is broken on those controller, I'm not sure.

-Simon

On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 14:28:04 -0600, Cassidy B. Larson wrote:

>Very strange indeed.  I don't think there is a problem with my 8506 card, as
>it is a different model than the 7500, it's SATA not parallel ATA.  RAID10
>works just like a charm, however, RAID5 does not.
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>I'm running the latest firmware on the BIOS, card, etc.
>
>I've read in the past with those that contact 3ware, detailing that they use
>FreeBSD are given the shaft as FreeBSD isn't supported at all by 3ware
>(IIRC). 
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>Any other useful hints, suggestions, ideas would be appreciated from anyone.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Cassidy
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>On 10/2/03 1:36 PM, "Simon" <simon at optinet.com> wrote:
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>> I just want to confirm that rebooting a server with 3ware 7500-8 while
>> in rebuilding mode, reboots the machine just fine. The controller comes
>> back in rebuilding mode and starts to rebuild in few minutes. However, I'm
>> not sure if it starts from scratch or continues where it had left off. I guess
>> I could verify this, but it doesn't really matter to me as I don't expect to
>> reboot in the middle of a rebuild.
>> 
>> Having said the above, there might be something wrong with your 8506
>> controller if it does not reboot after rebooting while in rebuilding mode.
>> Maybe you need firmware upgrade, I would contact 3ware.
>> 
>> -Simon
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