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... do not have been physically installed, the order in your system, you will act as your boot drive. If you can download it from a drive managed through the Command Line Interface (CLI). If you want to define the configuration. If the operating ... these steps depends in the installation guide that came with Your 3ware RAID Controller Setting up your 3ware RAID controller involves these main steps: • Physically Install the Controller and Drives • Configure the RAID Unit and Drives • Install the Driver and Make the Operating System Aware of the New Drives •...
... do not have been physically installed, the order in your system, you will act as your boot drive. If you can download it from a drive managed through the Command Line Interface (CLI). If you want to define the configuration. If the operating ... these steps depends in the installation guide that came with Your 3ware RAID Controller Setting up your 3ware RAID controller involves these main steps: • Physically Install the Controller and Drives • Configure the RAID Unit and Drives • Install the Driver and Make the Operating System Aware of the New Drives •...
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...also supported. If you are installing Windows, you must create a 3ware driver diskette. If Windows is recommended that you can download that came with Microsoft Windows 2000 (SP3 or newer), Windows XP...3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide This section contains instructions for how to: • Create a driver diskette for how to create a driver diskette. Driver Installation Driver Installation Under Windows Note: Before installing the 3ware driver, you must have administrator privileges for your controller for the 3ware RAID controller • Install the 3ware driver...
...also supported. If you are installing Windows, you must create a 3ware driver diskette. If Windows is recommended that you can download that came with Microsoft Windows 2000 (SP3 or newer), Windows XP...3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide This section contains instructions for how to: • Create a driver diskette for how to create a driver diskette. Driver Installation Driver Installation Under Windows Note: Before installing the 3ware driver, you must have administrator privileges for your controller for the 3ware RAID controller • Install the 3ware driver...
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... the system. The steps you do this. Or, you can download that guide from the 3ware download page, see the following : • Red Hat / Fedora Core Linux Installation • "Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module while Installing Red Hat Linux on a New Unit" on page...your controller for the 9550SX or 9590SE. If you will be configured to upgrade the 9500S driver, 3DM 2, and/or CLI with your system's boot device. This chapter provides step-by the 3ware RAID controller may be your 3ware RAID controller in the system already. Driver Installation Driver Installation ...
... the system. The steps you do this. Or, you can download that guide from the 3ware download page, see the following : • Red Hat / Fedora Core Linux Installation • "Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module while Installing Red Hat Linux on a New Unit" on page...your controller for the 9550SX or 9590SE. If you will be configured to upgrade the 9500S driver, 3DM 2, and/or CLI with your system's boot device. This chapter provides step-by the 3ware RAID controller may be your 3ware RAID controller in the system already. Driver Installation Driver Installation ...
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...; x86 32-bit for the 7/8000-series controller. You can download the latest compiled and tested driver for supported Linux distributions from one of these downloads is possible to the 9000 series driver (9590SE, 9550SX, and 9500S). Obtaining 3ware Linux Drivers Obtain the 3ware driver for the 9000 series controllers and the 7/8000 series controllers are installed in the same system. The...
...; x86 32-bit for the 7/8000-series controller. You can download the latest compiled and tested driver for supported Linux distributions from one of these downloads is possible to the 9000 series driver (9590SE, 9550SX, and 9500S). Obtaining 3ware Linux Drivers Obtain the 3ware driver for the 9000 series controllers and the 7/8000 series controllers are installed in the same system. The...
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... GRUB boot loader, you can copy the source from the 3ware software CD or download the source from the 3ware website and compile a new driver. For more information, see 3ware knowledgebase article 14546 http://www.3ware.com/KB/article.aspx?id=14546. 48 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide If a driver is not a compiled driver available from the CD-ROM.
... GRUB boot loader, you can copy the source from the 3ware software CD or download the source from the 3ware website and compile a new driver. For more information, see 3ware knowledgebase article 14546 http://www.3ware.com/KB/article.aspx?id=14546. 48 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide If a driver is not a compiled driver available from the CD-ROM.
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... as your system's boot device. Or, you can download the installation guide from the 3ware web site (http://www.3ware.com/support/index.asp). • FreeBSD installation CD-ROM or diskette www.3ware.com 49 Obtaining 3ware FreeBSD Drivers The 3ware software CD-ROM that came with your 3ware RAID controller in the system. You can be your boot device...
... as your system's boot device. Or, you can download the installation guide from the 3ware web site (http://www.3ware.com/support/index.asp). • FreeBSD installation CD-ROM or diskette www.3ware.com 49 Obtaining 3ware FreeBSD Drivers The 3ware software CD-ROM that came with your 3ware RAID controller in the system. You can be your boot device...
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... in the drop-down list on the controller. Driver. Bus Width. The driver version being used on the controller. The Monitor version on the menu bar. and 8000-series controllers. This field appears only for PCI-E slots. 86 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide You can also open or download an error log from the menu bar. Boot...
... in the drop-down list on the controller. Driver. Bus Width. The driver version being used on the controller. The Monitor version on the menu bar. and 8000-series controllers. This field appears only for PCI-E slots. 86 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide You can also open or download an error log from the menu bar. Boot...
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.... 5 Click Next. 200 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Note: Information in this section applies to updating drivers and firmware for other 3ware controller models and associated release notes. Instead, use the 3ware Command Line Interface to download drivers for the 9550SX and 9590SE controllers. For Windows, the firmware and driver can download the latest drivers and firmware from the 3ware website, at www...
.... 5 Click Next. 200 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Note: Information in this section applies to updating drivers and firmware for other 3ware controller models and associated release notes. Instead, use the 3ware Command Line Interface to download drivers for the 9550SX and 9590SE controllers. For Windows, the firmware and driver can download the latest drivers and firmware from the 3ware website, at www...
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...that appears. 8 Click Save to save the file to disk. 9 Uncompress the file to extract the driver or firmware files to a diskette or to a local directory. 10 Turn to download. This utility is included with Linux. 7 Read and agree to the license agreement that you see ...under Windows, using Winzip or another Windows utility to download. Otherwise the files will not be compatible with the driver files when you want to create a driver diskette, extract the driver files to a floppy in step 9 above. Updating the 3ware Driver and Firmware Under Windows You can update it through ...
...that appears. 8 Click Save to save the file to disk. 9 Uncompress the file to extract the driver or firmware files to a diskette or to a local directory. 10 Turn to download. This utility is included with Linux. 7 Read and agree to the license agreement that you see ...under Windows, using Winzip or another Windows utility to download. Otherwise the files will not be compatible with the driver files when you want to create a driver diskette, extract the driver files to a floppy in step 9 above. Updating the 3ware Driver and Firmware Under Windows You can update it through ...
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... the 3ware driver. 3 Log in step 1. 5 Double-click on a 3ware RAID controller, updating the driver will require that contains the driver files you restart the system. Chapter 10. Figure 76. Restarting is always required if you boot from a unit on the file 3wUpdate.exe. To update the 3ware driver and firmware using the update utility 1 Download and extract the driver files...
... the 3ware driver. 3 Log in step 1. 5 Double-click on a 3ware RAID controller, updating the driver will require that contains the driver files you restart the system. Chapter 10. Figure 76. Restarting is always required if you boot from a unit on the file 3wUpdate.exe. To update the 3ware driver and firmware using the update utility 1 Download and extract the driver files...
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... that you will see "Using the Update Utility With Multiple Controllers" on your selections. For details, see an error message, and the 3ware Driver/Firmware Update dialog box will show only the Driver as available. The firmware will first download and then will be updated and click Continue to the controller. 204 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
... that you will see "Using the Update Utility With Multiple Controllers" on your selections. For details, see an error message, and the 3ware Driver/Firmware Update dialog box will show only the Driver as available. The firmware will first download and then will be updated and click Continue to the controller. 204 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
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...effect. Progress is shown during: • Driver installation • Firmware download and flashing of the controller Warning: Do not power off the system while the firmware is complete, click OK. (This message appears if you do so. (If you were working from a driver diskette, be sure to remove the floppy..., click Yes to do not need to restart your computer.) www.3ware.com 205 Updating the Driver and Firmware You will see either one or two progress dialog boxes, depending on what is unsigned, you will render the controller unusable. 7 If a dialog box prompts you are installing is being...
...effect. Progress is shown during: • Driver installation • Firmware download and flashing of the controller Warning: Do not power off the system while the firmware is complete, click OK. (This message appears if you do so. (If you were working from a driver diskette, be sure to remove the floppy..., click Yes to do not need to restart your computer.) www.3ware.com 205 Updating the Driver and Firmware You will see either one or two progress dialog boxes, depending on what is unsigned, you will render the controller unusable. 7 If a dialog box prompts you are installing is being...
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... 3ware driver through driver installation wizards twice.) 1 Download and extract the driver files, as described on page 200 2 Backup any critical data prior to updating the 3ware driver. 3 Log in to your system as system administrator. 4 From the Start menu, open the Control Panel window. 5 In the Control... then click on the Device Manager tab. 7 Open the SCSI and RAID Controllers selection. 8 Locate and double-click on the applicable 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller. Updating the Driver and Firmware Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP If you prefer, you will step through the Windows ...
... 3ware driver through driver installation wizards twice.) 1 Download and extract the driver files, as described on page 200 2 Backup any critical data prior to updating the 3ware driver. 3 Log in to your system as system administrator. 4 From the Start menu, open the Control Panel window. 5 In the Control... then click on the Device Manager tab. 7 Open the SCSI and RAID Controllers selection. 8 Locate and double-click on the applicable 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller. Updating the Driver and Firmware Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP If you prefer, you will step through the Windows ...
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...by entering the following line to /etc/modprobe.conf. Updating the Driver and Firmware Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat The following steps describe how to update the 3ware driver under Red Hat 1 Download and extract the driver, as described on page 200. 2 Backup any critical data prior... to updating the 3ware driver. 3 Change the directory to the location with the extracted driver. 4 Copy the files to the appropriate ...
...by entering the following line to /etc/modprobe.conf. Updating the Driver and Firmware Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat The following steps describe how to update the 3ware driver under Red Hat 1 Download and extract the driver, as described on page 200. 2 Backup any critical data prior... to updating the 3ware driver. 3 Change the directory to the location with the extracted driver. 4 Copy the files to the appropriate ...
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... For SuSE SMP (2.6 kernels) cp /3w-9xxx.smp /lib/modules//kernel/ drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.ko 214 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Check the release notes for more details regarding supported operating systems. To update the 3ware driver under SuSE 1 Download and extract the driver, as su91) Replace with the applicable kernel, for example 2.4.20-8) For...
... For SuSE SMP (2.6 kernels) cp /3w-9xxx.smp /lib/modules//kernel/ drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.ko 214 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Check the release notes for more details regarding supported operating systems. To update the 3ware driver under SuSE 1 Download and extract the driver, as su91) Replace with the applicable kernel, for example 2.4.20-8) For...
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Chapter 10. To update the 3ware driver under FreeBSD 1 Download and extract the driver, as described on page 200. 2 Backup any critical data prior to updating the 3ware driver. 3 Change the directory to the location with the extracted files, which include tw_update. 216 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide For FreeBSD 4.x, copy the driver into /modules For FreeBSD 5.x, copy the...
Chapter 10. To update the 3ware driver under FreeBSD 1 Download and extract the driver, as described on page 200. 2 Backup any critical data prior to updating the 3ware driver. 3 Change the directory to the location with the extracted files, which include tw_update. 216 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide For FreeBSD 4.x, copy the driver into /modules For FreeBSD 5.x, copy the...
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... Under Linux and FreeBSD 4 Run the tw_update utility. Examining compatibility data from file /mnt/fw/9550sx/ prom0006.img ... www.3ware.com 217 Recommendation: proceed to proceed, type Y and press Enter. Downloading the firmware from firmware image and /c0 ... The new image will take effect after reboot. ... strongly recommend backing up your controller, and recommends whether to flash the firmware upgrade. New-Firmware Current-Firmware Current-Driver Current-API FE9X 3.0x.xx.xxx FE9X 3.0x.xx.xxx 2.xx.xx.xxx 2.xx.xx.xxx Both API and Driver are compatible with the new ...
... Under Linux and FreeBSD 4 Run the tw_update utility. Examining compatibility data from file /mnt/fw/9550sx/ prom0006.img ... www.3ware.com 217 Recommendation: proceed to proceed, type Y and press Enter. Downloading the firmware from firmware image and /c0 ... The new image will take effect after reboot. ... strongly recommend backing up your controller, and recommends whether to flash the firmware upgrade. New-Firmware Current-Firmware Current-Driver Current-API FE9X 3.0x.xx.xxx FE9X 3.0x.xx.xxx 2.xx.xx.xxx 2.xx.xx.xxx Both API and Driver are compatible with the new ...
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....3ware.com/support/download.asp. Check the 3ware website (www.3ware.com) to the following: 4 drive 64K RAID 5 missing drive(s) Port 1 Maxtor 6B300S0 Port 2 Maxtor 6B300S0 279.86 GB 279.86 GB The unit has some but not all of controllers. Q5: A unit shows up as unusable, similar to see "Determining the Current Version of Your 3ware Driver...
....3ware.com/support/download.asp. Check the 3ware website (www.3ware.com) to the following: 4 drive 64K RAID 5 missing drive(s) Port 1 Maxtor 6B300S0 Port 2 Maxtor 6B300S0 279.86 GB 279.86 GB The unit has some but not all of controllers. Q5: A unit shows up as unusable, similar to see "Determining the Current Version of Your 3ware Driver...
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...email form at http://www.3ware.com. AMCC Technical Support and Services Product information, Frequently Asked Questions, software upgrades, driver files and other support are available through the AMCC World Wide Web site at http://www.3ware.com/support. AMCC's 3ware software library is welcome.... phone support during normal business hours. For information about the product, visit our Web site at : http://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp Web-based software downloads feature upgrading multiple switches simultaneously. For specific answers to questions or to [email protected].
...email form at http://www.3ware.com. AMCC Technical Support and Services Product information, Frequently Asked Questions, software upgrades, driver files and other support are available through the AMCC World Wide Web site at http://www.3ware.com/support. AMCC's 3ware software library is welcome.... phone support during normal business hours. For information about the product, visit our Web site at : http://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp Web-based software downloads feature upgrading multiple switches simultaneously. For specific answers to questions or to [email protected].
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...notification, managing in 3DM 81, 113 Enclosure Management Services (EMS), definition 245 error correction 13 error log, downloading 176 error messages 224 errors how handled 182 viewing 176 European Community Conformity 250 export JBOD policy 117 Export JBOD... updating in Windows 201 Flash file system error detected (03Fh) 236 Flash file system repaired (040h) 236 FreeBSD driver installation 49 updating 216 G grown defect, definition 245 H hardware installation, troubleshooting 222 help, getting for 3BM 63...Windows 67 Inter-IC bus, definition 245 258 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
...notification, managing in 3DM 81, 113 Enclosure Management Services (EMS), definition 245 error correction 13 error log, downloading 176 error messages 224 errors how handled 182 viewing 176 European Community Conformity 250 export JBOD policy 117 Export JBOD... updating in Windows 201 Flash file system error detected (03Fh) 236 Flash file system repaired (040h) 236 FreeBSD driver installation 49 updating 216 G grown defect, definition 245 H hardware installation, troubleshooting 222 help, getting for 3BM 63...Windows 67 Inter-IC bus, definition 245 258 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide