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... Linux System that Boots From a Different Device 70 Compiling a 3ware Driver for Red Hat Linux 77 Driver Installation Under SuSE Linux 80 Creating a SuSE Linux Driver Diskette 80 Installing the 3ware Driver and SuSE Linux with YaST2 on a New Unit 81 Installing the 3ware Driver on a SuSE Linux System that Boots from a Different Device 81 Compiling a 3ware Driver for SuSE Linux 83 ii 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller...
... Linux System that Boots From a Different Device 70 Compiling a 3ware Driver for Red Hat Linux 77 Driver Installation Under SuSE Linux 80 Creating a SuSE Linux Driver Diskette 80 Installing the 3ware Driver and SuSE Linux with YaST2 on a New Unit 81 Installing the 3ware Driver on a SuSE Linux System that Boots from a Different Device 81 Compiling a 3ware Driver for SuSE Linux 83 ii 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller...
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... length of both shielded and unshielded interface cables may not exceed 1M (39") for serial ATA controllers. Operating System 3ware RAID controllers may be connected to up to, four, eight, or twelve SATA drives using the open source Linux driver FreeBSD Other Requirements Adequate air flow and cooling Adequate power supply...
... length of both shielded and unshielded interface cables may not exceed 1M (39") for serial ATA controllers. Operating System 3ware RAID controllers may be connected to up to, four, eight, or twelve SATA drives using the open source Linux driver FreeBSD Other Requirements Adequate air flow and cooling Adequate power supply...
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... "Configuring Units" on page 87 6 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide c Select the desired RAID configuration. a Start 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Manager). d Set other parameters, depending on the type of the following: "Driver Installation Under Windows" on page 53 "Driver Installation Under Linux" on page 65 "Driver Installation Under FreeBSD" on page 27...
... "Configuring Units" on page 87 6 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide c Select the desired RAID configuration. a Start 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Manager). d Set other parameters, depending on the type of the following: "Driver Installation Under Windows" on page 53 "Driver Installation Under Linux" on page 65 "Driver Installation Under FreeBSD" on page 27...
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... units under Linux or FreeBSD 1 Upgrade your driver to the 9000 series driver. 2 Power down the system, disconnect the drives from the 8000 controller and remove the controller from the system. 3 Install the 9000 controller and attach the drives to the 9000 board, as described earlier in this section. 24 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide...
... units under Linux or FreeBSD 1 Upgrade your driver to the 9000 series driver. 2 Power down the system, disconnect the drives from the 8000 controller and remove the controller from the system. 3 Install the 9000 controller and attach the drives to the 9000 board, as described earlier in this section. 24 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide...
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... sections of this guide, under Windows Installation (see page 53), Linux Installation (see page 65), and FreeBSD Installation (see page 87). 52 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide If so, you will install the driver for both situations are to load the 3ware drivers and make the units available to the motherboard? If so...
... sections of this guide, under Windows Installation (see page 53), Linux Installation (see page 65), and FreeBSD Installation (see page 87). 52 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide If so, you will install the driver for both situations are to load the 3ware drivers and make the units available to the motherboard? If so...
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... be your RAID unit available depend on a system that boots SuSE Linux from a different device (page 81). The steps you follow to install the driver and make your system's boot device. www.3ware.com 65 Driver Installation Under Linux Note: Before installing the 3ware driver, you must have already installed your boot device, such as your 3ware RAID controller in the...
... be your RAID unit available depend on a system that boots SuSE Linux from a different device (page 81). The steps you follow to install the driver and make your system's boot device. www.3ware.com 65 Driver Installation Under Linux Note: Before installing the 3ware driver, you must have already installed your boot device, such as your 3ware RAID controller in the...
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... CD-ROM. It is recommended that is already loaded, see "Compiling a 3ware Driver for Red Hat Linux" on page 77 and "Compiling a 3ware Driver for SuSE Linux" on this manual 66 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Obtaining 3ware Linux Drivers Obtain the 3ware driver for Linux from the 3ware CD or web site, because they have a bundled firmware image. Compiled and tested...
... CD-ROM. It is recommended that is already loaded, see "Compiling a 3ware Driver for Red Hat Linux" on page 77 and "Compiling a 3ware Driver for SuSE Linux" on this manual 66 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Obtaining 3ware Linux Drivers Obtain the 3ware driver for Linux from the 3ware CD or web site, because they have a bundled firmware image. Compiled and tested...
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Obtaining 3ware Linux Drivers refer only to the user guide or installation procedure for the 7/8000-series controller. For Red Hat, AMCC offers the following drivers: x86 32-bit for Intel x86 x86 32-bit for AMD Athlon amd 64-bit, used for both AMD Opteron ...Warning: Be sure to load the wrong driver onto a system, however when you load the correct driver on your processor. It is possible to use the correct driver for AMD Opteron and Intel 64-bit Xeon (EM64T) www.3ware.com 67 For information about using the 7/8000 driver and controller, refer to the 9000 series...
Obtaining 3ware Linux Drivers refer only to the user guide or installation procedure for the 7/8000-series controller. For Red Hat, AMCC offers the following drivers: x86 32-bit for Intel x86 x86 32-bit for AMD Athlon amd 64-bit, used for both AMD Opteron ...Warning: Be sure to load the wrong driver onto a system, however when you load the correct driver on your processor. It is possible to use the correct driver for AMD Opteron and Intel 64-bit Xeon (EM64T) www.3ware.com 67 For information about using the 7/8000 driver and controller, refer to the 9000 series...
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... the following command: cat /sys/class/scsi_host//stats where is already installed on another drive.) 68 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide If you can also be host1 or higher. If you need to create a driver diskette. Red Hat Linux installation CD-ROM and boot disk. (Not required if Red Hat...
... the following command: cat /sys/class/scsi_host//stats where is already installed on another drive.) 68 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide If you can also be host1 or higher. If you need to create a driver diskette. Red Hat Linux installation CD-ROM and boot disk. (Not required if Red Hat...
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...with using a drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller, you may install the 3ware driver from either the 3ware software CD-ROM or make a driver diskette. If Linux is installed, the drive can be reconnected. www.3ware.com 69 Note: We have tested some older ...a blank diskette into your system. 2 When the 3ware Escalade Menu appears, click the Driver & Firmware Disks button. 3 In the 3ware Driver & Firmware Disk Images menu, click the button for the driver disk you want to "Installing the 3ware Driver on a Red Hat Linux System that Boots From a Different Device" on another...
...with using a drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller, you may install the 3ware driver from either the 3ware software CD-ROM or make a driver diskette. If Linux is installed, the drive can be reconnected. www.3ware.com 69 Note: We have tested some older ...a blank diskette into your system. 2 When the 3ware Escalade Menu appears, click the Driver & Firmware Disks button. 3 In the 3ware Driver & Firmware Disk Images menu, click the button for the driver disk you want to "Installing the 3ware Driver on a Red Hat Linux System that Boots From a Different Device" on another...
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... or from the Red Hat CD-ROM. Installing the 3ware Driver on a Red Hat Linux System that Boots From a Different Device The steps for Red Hat and press Enter. Driver Installation Under Linux 1 Boot with the Red Hat CD or diskette: a Insert either the Red Hat CD-ROM ...will prompt you are installing from a script, instead of updating the RAM disk 70 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide b Start or reboot your computer. The system automatically reports: Loading 3w-9xxx driver 3 When prompted, select the proper language and keyboard types for your locality. 4 ...
... or from the Red Hat CD-ROM. Installing the 3ware Driver on a Red Hat Linux System that Boots From a Different Device The steps for Red Hat and press Enter. Driver Installation Under Linux 1 Boot with the Red Hat CD or diskette: a Insert either the Red Hat CD-ROM ...will prompt you are installing from a script, instead of updating the RAM disk 70 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide b Start or reboot your computer. The system automatically reports: Loading 3w-9xxx driver 3 When prompted, select the proper language and keyboard types for your locality. 4 ...
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...4. however you are using. For an SMP kernel (multi-processor), the kernel string will end in bigmem. Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux About Variables In the Driver Installation Instructions These conventions are : For UP kernels: 3w-9xxx.o For SMP kernels: 3w-9xxx....smp For Enterprise kernels: 3w-9xxx.ent For Bigmem kernels: 3w-9xxx.big For Hugemem kernels: 3w-9xxx.hug For IA32E kernels: 3w-9xxx.i32 www.3ware...
...4. however you are using. For an SMP kernel (multi-processor), the kernel string will end in bigmem. Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux About Variables In the Driver Installation Instructions These conventions are : For UP kernels: 3w-9xxx.o For SMP kernels: 3w-9xxx....smp For Enterprise kernels: 3w-9xxx.ent For Bigmem kernels: 3w-9xxx.big For Hugemem kernels: 3w-9xxx.hug For IA32E kernels: 3w-9xxx.i32 www.3ware...
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...on Intel x86, type: cp /mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/ ws3_u3/x86_intel/3w-9xxx.* /lib/modules/ /kernel/drivers/scsi/ 3w-9xxx.o If prompted to overwrite, type y. Driver Installation Under Linux To install the 3ware driver and update the RAM disk 1 Log in as ...3ware driver: To mount the CD, type: mount /dev/cdrom and press Enter. 3 Copy the driver: For Redhat workstation on AMD Athlon 32-bit, type: cp mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/ ws3_u3/x86_athlon/3w-9xxx.* /kernel/drivers/scsi/ 3w-9xxx.o If prompted to overwrite, type y. 72 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller...
...on Intel x86, type: cp /mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/ ws3_u3/x86_intel/3w-9xxx.* /lib/modules/ /kernel/drivers/scsi/ 3w-9xxx.o If prompted to overwrite, type y. Driver Installation Under Linux To install the 3ware driver and update the RAM disk 1 Log in as ...3ware driver: To mount the CD, type: mount /dev/cdrom and press Enter. 3 Copy the driver: For Redhat workstation on AMD Athlon 32-bit, type: cp mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/ ws3_u3/x86_athlon/3w-9xxx.* /kernel/drivers/scsi/ 3w-9xxx.o If prompted to overwrite, type y. 72 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller...
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....conf alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-9xxx.ko www.3ware.com 73 For Redhat workstation on to overwrite, type y. Note: Use the appropriate module name and kernel string, as well. Otherwise, go on AMD Opteron and EM64T, type: cp /mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/ ws3_us/x86_64/3w-9xxx.* /lib.../modules/ /update 3w-9xxx.ko If prompted to Step 5. For Redhat workstation on Intel x86, type: cp /mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/ ws3_us/x86_intel/3w-9xxx.* /lib/modules/ /update 3w-9xxx.o If prompted to overwrite, type y. For Redhat workstation on AMD Athlon 32-bit...
....conf alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-9xxx.ko www.3ware.com 73 For Redhat workstation on to overwrite, type y. Note: Use the appropriate module name and kernel string, as well. Otherwise, go on AMD Opteron and EM64T, type: cp /mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/ ws3_us/x86_64/3w-9xxx.* /lib.../modules/ /update 3w-9xxx.ko If prompted to Step 5. For Redhat workstation on Intel x86, type: cp /mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/ ws3_us/x86_intel/3w-9xxx.* /lib/modules/ /update 3w-9xxx.o If prompted to overwrite, type y. For Redhat workstation on AMD Athlon 32-bit...
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... output should be loaded from which contains the 3ware driver: To mount the CD, type: mount /dev/cdrom and press Enter. 74 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide If you are using the LILO boot loader, run LILO to copy the 3w-9xxx driver. Driver Installation Under Linux 6 Update the modules.dep file, by issuing...
... output should be loaded from which contains the 3ware driver: To mount the CD, type: mount /dev/cdrom and press Enter. 74 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide If you are using the LILO boot loader, run LILO to copy the 3w-9xxx driver. Driver Installation Under Linux 6 Update the modules.dep file, by issuing...
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... name and kernel string, as well. www.3ware.com 75 Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux 3 Copy the driver: For Redhat workstation on Intel x86, type: cp /mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/ ws3_u3/x86_intel/3w-9xxx.* /lib/modules/ /kernel/drivers/scsi/ 3w-9xxx.o If prompted to copy the driver into the update directory, as described under "About...
... name and kernel string, as well. www.3ware.com 75 Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux 3 Copy the driver: For Redhat workstation on Intel x86, type: cp /mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/ ws3_u3/x86_intel/3w-9xxx.* /lib/modules/ /kernel/drivers/scsi/ 3w-9xxx.o If prompted to copy the driver into the update directory, as described under "About...
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Type: modprobe 3w-9xxx You can also incorporate the insmod command into a startup script. 76 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Driver Installation Under Linux For Redhat workstation on page 71. 5 Add the following line to /etc/modules.conf: alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-9xxx 6 Update the modules.dep file, by issuing ...
Type: modprobe 3w-9xxx You can also incorporate the insmod command into a startup script. 76 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Driver Installation Under Linux For Redhat workstation on page 71. 5 Add the following line to /etc/modules.conf: alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-9xxx 6 Update the modules.dep file, by issuing ...
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... with this command: tar zxfv 3w-9xxx.tgz The driver source will cause the driver build to do the compile. www.3ware.com 77 Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux Compiling a 3ware Driver for compiling the driver under a 2.6 kernel, see the Knowledgebase on the website at www.3ware.com 1 Download the 3ware driver source from makefile. For information about compiling the...
... with this command: tar zxfv 3w-9xxx.tgz The driver source will cause the driver build to do the compile. www.3ware.com 77 Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux Compiling a 3ware Driver for compiling the driver under a 2.6 kernel, see the Knowledgebase on the website at www.3ware.com 1 Download the 3ware driver source from makefile. For information about compiling the...
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... a 3ware driver diskette. Driver Installation Under Linux Driver Installation Under SuSE Linux Materials required 3ware software CD-ROM Floppy diskette, if you need to make a driver diskette. SuSE Linux Installation CD-ROM/DVD (Not required if SuSE Linux is already installed on the new drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller, you may install the 3ware driver from the 3ware software...
... a 3ware driver diskette. Driver Installation Under Linux Driver Installation Under SuSE Linux Materials required 3ware software CD-ROM Floppy diskette, if you need to make a driver diskette. SuSE Linux Installation CD-ROM/DVD (Not required if SuSE Linux is already installed on the new drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller, you may install the 3ware driver from the 3ware software...
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... entries like reiserfs, ext3 or scsi_mod. If present, leave them to "Installing the 3ware Driver on the installation. Driver Installation Under SuSE Linux Installing the 3ware Driver and SuSE Linux with installation. www.3ware.com 81 You may be prompted to insert the driver disk. 3 Insert the 3ware Linux driver installation diskette. 4 Click OK and continue with YaST2 on a New Unit Note...
... entries like reiserfs, ext3 or scsi_mod. If present, leave them to "Installing the 3ware Driver on the installation. Driver Installation Under SuSE Linux Installing the 3ware Driver and SuSE Linux with installation. www.3ware.com 81 You may be prompted to insert the driver disk. 3 Insert the 3ware Linux driver installation diskette. 4 Click OK and continue with YaST2 on a New Unit Note...