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... What RAID Level to Windows 37 Driver Installation Under Linux 38 Obtaining 3ware Linux Drivers 39 Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux or Fedora Core 4 40 Driver Installation Under SuSE Linux 45 Compiling a 3ware Driver for Linux 47 Driver Installation Under FreeBSD 48 Obtaining 3ware FreeBSD Drivers 48 Installing the Driver under FreeBSD 49 Chapter 5. 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2 55 Starting 3BM...
... What RAID Level to Windows 37 Driver Installation Under Linux 38 Obtaining 3ware Linux Drivers 39 Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux or Fedora Core 4 40 Driver Installation Under SuSE Linux 45 Compiling a 3ware Driver for Linux 47 Driver Installation Under FreeBSD 48 Obtaining 3ware FreeBSD Drivers 48 Installing the Driver under FreeBSD 49 Chapter 5. 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2 55 Starting 3BM...
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... manual 241 Index 243 iv 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Maintaining Your Controller 189 Determining the Current Version of Your 3ware Driver 189 Updating the Driver and Firmware 190 Updating the 3ware Driver and Firmware Under Windows 191 ...Using the Update Utility With Multiple Controllers 195 Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP 196 Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat 203 Updating the 3ware Driver Under SuSE 204 Updating the 3ware Driver...
... manual 241 Index 243 iv 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Maintaining Your Controller 189 Determining the Current Version of Your 3ware Driver 189 Updating the Driver and Firmware 190 Updating the 3ware Driver and Firmware Under Windows 191 ...Using the Update Utility With Multiple Controllers 195 Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP 196 Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat 203 Updating the 3ware Driver Under SuSE 204 Updating the 3ware Driver...
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... to install and set unit policies. Provides common problems and solutions, and explains error messages. vi 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Driver Installation 5. 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) 6. 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM 2) 7. Glossary B. Also includes information about the controller, check it ....a BBU (Battery Backup Unit). Describes how to install drivers for configuring RAID units if you have just installed and configured it 's status, and change existing configurations, and set up your 3ware RAID controller. Provides warranty information and tells you have...
... to install and set unit policies. Provides common problems and solutions, and explains error messages. vi 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Driver Installation 5. 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) 6. 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM 2) 7. Glossary B. Also includes information about the controller, check it ....a BBU (Battery Backup Unit). Describes how to install drivers for configuring RAID units if you have just installed and configured it 's status, and change existing configurations, and set up your 3ware RAID controller. Provides warranty information and tells you have...
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... Fedora Core Other versions of features and system requirements, refer to the 9550SX Series Datasheet, available from the website at http://www.3ware.com/products/serial_ata9000.asp. It requires the following: Internet Explorer 5.5 and later or Mozilla 1.2 or later JavaScript must be enabled... For best viewing, screen resolution should be used with 16-bit color or more For a complete listing of Linux using the open source Linux driver (see the Release Notes for the latest versions) FreeBSD, 32-bit and 64-bit x86 Other Requirements Adequate air...
... Fedora Core Other versions of features and system requirements, refer to the 9550SX Series Datasheet, available from the website at http://www.3ware.com/products/serial_ata9000.asp. It requires the following: Internet Explorer 5.5 and later or Mozilla 1.2 or later JavaScript must be enabled... For best viewing, screen resolution should be used with 16-bit color or more For a complete listing of Linux using the open source Linux driver (see the Release Notes for the latest versions) FreeBSD, 32-bit and 64-bit x86 Other Requirements Adequate air...
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2 Getting Started 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 Set Up Management... To install your situation. If you will help you can configure units through 3BM, through 3ware Disk Manager (3DM), or through the new 3ware RAID controller, use 3DM or the www.3ware.com 15 If you want to define the configuration. If you do not have been physically...
2 Getting Started 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 Set Up Management... To install your situation. If you will help you can configure units through 3BM, through 3ware Disk Manager (3DM), or through the new 3ware RAID controller, use 3DM or the www.3ware.com 15 If you want to define the configuration. If you do not have been physically...
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... and boot to review these sections in Chapter 4, "Driver Installation." You may want to refer to the following information: Chapter 6, "3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2)" Chapter 8, "Configuring Units" 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide, available from... the 3DM 2 software, and then configure your configured units. Set Up Management and Maintenance Features 3ware RAID controllers come with Your 3ware RAID Controller CLI for installing drivers are available in particular: "Configuring Your Controller" on page 115 "Setting Other ...
... and boot to review these sections in Chapter 4, "Driver Installation." You may want to refer to the following information: Chapter 6, "3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2)" Chapter 8, "Configuring Units" 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide, available from... the 3DM 2 software, and then configure your configured units. Set Up Management and Maintenance Features 3ware RAID controllers come with Your 3ware RAID Controller CLI for installing drivers are available in particular: "Configuring Your Controller" on page 115 "Setting Other ...
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... 2000, Windows XP, Linux 2.4, or FreeBSD 4.x, you will install the operating system on another drive in the step-by-step example: Launch 3BM (3ware BIOS Manager) Select the drives to be included and indicate that you want to create a disk unit Select the desired RAID configuration ... process of the unit you create will exceed 2TB and you are detailed in your system, you can use the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) to configure the unit and install the driver. 3 First-Time RAID Configuration Using 3BM If you will need to enable auto-carving. If the operating system is ...
... 2000, Windows XP, Linux 2.4, or FreeBSD 4.x, you will install the operating system on another drive in the step-by-step example: Launch 3BM (3ware BIOS Manager) Select the drives to be included and indicate that you want to create a disk unit Select the desired RAID configuration ... process of the unit you create will exceed 2TB and you are detailed in your system, you can use the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) to configure the unit and install the driver. 3 First-Time RAID Configuration Using 3BM If you will need to enable auto-carving. If the operating system is ...
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... up your RAID units are to load the 3ware driver and make the units available to install 3ware's browser-based Disk Management tool, 3DM 2, or the 3ware Command Line Interface (CLI). After installing the driver, you can maintain your operating system. www.3ware.com 27 For details, turn to Chapter 4, "Driver Installation." For more information, see Chapter...
... up your RAID units are to load the 3ware driver and make the units available to install 3ware's browser-based Disk Management tool, 3DM 2, or the 3ware Command Line Interface (CLI). After installing the driver, you can maintain your operating system. www.3ware.com 27 For details, turn to Chapter 4, "Driver Installation." For more information, see Chapter...
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... final steps in this chapter. Driver information is organized by operating system: "Driver Installation Under Windows" on page 30 "Driver Installation Under Linux" on page 38 "Driver Installation Under FreeBSD" on a unit connected to another controller or to your operating system. If the...have created will be your RAID units are described in setting up your system's boot device, you install the driver for both situations are to load the 3ware driver and make the units available to the motherboard, you install the operating system. If the operating ...
... final steps in this chapter. Driver information is organized by operating system: "Driver Installation Under Windows" on page 30 "Driver Installation Under Linux" on page 38 "Driver Installation Under FreeBSD" on a unit connected to another controller or to your operating system. If the...have created will be your RAID units are described in setting up your system's boot device, you install the driver for both situations are to load the 3ware driver and make the units available to the motherboard, you install the operating system. If the operating ...
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....). Floppy diskette, to install the Windows operating system and the 3ware driver. A drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller may install the 3ware driver from either the 3ware software CD-ROM or from : http://www.3ware.com/support/userdocs.asp. Chapter 4. Consult the 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller Quick Install Guide for AMD Opteron...
....). Floppy diskette, to install the Windows operating system and the 3ware driver. A drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller may install the 3ware driver from either the 3ware software CD-ROM or from : http://www.3ware.com/support/userdocs.asp. Chapter 4. Consult the 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller Quick Install Guide for AMD Opteron...
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...Type S to add. Driver Installation Under Windows Creating a 3ware Driver Diskette If you are both 32-bit and 64-bit AMD drivers available for Windows. Note that you have an additional 3ware RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. 4 When a box with AMCC 3ware Series ATA RAID Controller appears...a floppy drive and click the Yes button to install Windows on a System that you want to begin the process. Installing the 3ware Driver and Windows on another drive, turn to manually specify an adapter..." If Windows is already installed on a New Unit If you ...
...Type S to add. Driver Installation Under Windows Creating a 3ware Driver Diskette If you are both 32-bit and 64-bit AMD drivers available for Windows. Note that you have an additional 3ware RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. 4 When a box with AMCC 3ware Series ATA RAID Controller appears...a floppy drive and click the Yes button to install Windows on a System that you want to begin the process. Installing the 3ware Driver and Windows on another drive, turn to manually specify an adapter..." If Windows is already installed on a New Unit If you ...
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...see this message once for the installation of Windows installed on your system: "To install the 3ware driver under Windows 2000" on page 32 "To install the 3ware driver under Windows 2000 When you need additional instructions, refer to the Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows ...multiple controllers in this section, depending on page 34 To install the 3ware driver under Windows XP or 2003" on the version of two drivers during this point. Figure 14. If you start Windows after installing a 3ware RAID controller, Windows recognizes it as a Plug and Play device, and...
...see this message once for the installation of Windows installed on your system: "To install the 3ware driver under Windows 2000" on page 32 "To install the 3ware driver under Windows 2000 When you need additional instructions, refer to the Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows ...multiple controllers in this section, depending on page 34 To install the 3ware driver under Windows XP or 2003" on the version of two drivers during this point. Figure 14. If you start Windows after installing a 3ware RAID controller, Windows recognizes it as a Plug and Play device, and...
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Figure 15. Figure 16. Install Hardware Device Drivers www.3ware.com 33 Driver Installation Under Windows 1 Click the Next button and respond to the questions the Wizard displays using the default selections. 2 When the Wizard prompts you to select a device driver, click Have Disk, and then indicate that you should restart your computer, do so...
Figure 15. Figure 16. Install Hardware Device Drivers www.3ware.com 33 Driver Installation Under Windows 1 Click the Next button and respond to the questions the Wizard displays using the default selections. 2 When the Wizard prompts you to select a device driver, click Have Disk, and then indicate that you should restart your computer, do so...
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... displays. 2 When the Wizard prompts you start Windows after installing a 3ware RAID controller, Windows recognizes it is on page 37. Figure 17. Completing Found New Hardware Wizard After the driver has been installed, continue with the instructions under Windows XP or 2003... RAID Controller User Guide To install the 3ware driver under "Making Units Managed by a 3ware Controller Available to select a device driver, click Have Disk, and then indicate that you in installing the 3ware driver (see screens for the installation of two drivers during this process. Note that it as...
... displays. 2 When the Wizard prompts you start Windows after installing a 3ware RAID controller, Windows recognizes it is on page 37. Figure 17. Completing Found New Hardware Wizard After the driver has been installed, continue with the instructions under Windows XP or 2003... RAID Controller User Guide To install the 3ware driver under "Making Units Managed by a 3ware Controller Available to select a device driver, click Have Disk, and then indicate that you in installing the 3ware driver (see screens for the installation of two drivers during this process. Note that it as...
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... installation. 4 When the Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard screen appears (Figure 19), click Finish. Driver Installation Under Windows 3 If the "Digital Signature Not Found" message appears, click Yes to the Found New Hardware Wizard www.3ware.com 35 Figure 19. Completing Found New Hardware Wizard 5 If the "Completing" screen similar to... Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard screen appears again (Figure 20), click Next and follow the prompts on the screen to install the second driver.
... installation. 4 When the Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard screen appears (Figure 19), click Finish. Driver Installation Under Windows 3 If the "Digital Signature Not Found" message appears, click Yes to the Found New Hardware Wizard www.3ware.com 35 Figure 19. Completing Found New Hardware Wizard 5 If the "Completing" screen similar to... Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard screen appears again (Figure 20), click Next and follow the prompts on the screen to install the second driver.
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Completing Found New Hardware Wizard After the driver has been installed, continue with the instructions below under "Making Units Managed by a 3ware Controller Available to Windows" on page 37. 36 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Driver Installation 7 When the second Completing the Found New Hardware screen appears, click Finish. Chapter 4. Figure 21.
Completing Found New Hardware Wizard After the driver has been installed, continue with the instructions below under "Making Units Managed by a 3ware Controller Available to Windows" on page 37. 36 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Driver Installation 7 When the second Completing the Found New Hardware screen appears, click Finish. Chapter 4. Figure 21.
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In the Computer Management window, under Storage, select Disk Management. Driver Installation Under Windows Making Units Managed by a 3ware Controller Available to Windows After the 3ware driver has been installed, you need to partition and format the new units or disks. 1 Remove the driver diskette or CD, reboot the system, and log in as the system... on-screen to create a volume and to partition and format the new units or disks: From the Start menu, choose Administrative Tools > Computer Management. www.3ware.com 37
In the Computer Management window, under Storage, select Disk Management. Driver Installation Under Windows Making Units Managed by a 3ware Controller Available to Windows After the 3ware driver has been installed, you need to partition and format the new units or disks. 1 Remove the driver diskette or CD, reboot the system, and log in as the system... on-screen to create a volume and to partition and format the new units or disks: From the Start menu, choose Administrative Tools > Computer Management. www.3ware.com 37
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... unit managed by -step instructions for the following: Red Hat / Fedora Core Linux Installation "Installing the 3ware Driver and Red Hat Linux on a New Unit" on page 41 "Installing the 3ware Driver on a Red Hat Linux System that same system, you will be your boot device, such as a disk attached to...
... unit managed by -step instructions for the following: Red Hat / Fedora Core Linux Installation "Installing the 3ware Driver and Red Hat Linux on a New Unit" on page 41 "Installing the 3ware Driver on a Red Hat Linux System that same system, you will be your boot device, such as a disk attached to...
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... series controllers are installed in the same system. Warning: Be sure to use the correct driver for AMD Opteron and Intel 64-bit Xeon (EM64T) www.3ware.com 39 For Red Hat, AMCC offers the following drivers: x86 32-bit, for Intel x86 and AMD Athlon AMD 64-...they will not work. Be sure you can use a Linux driver labeled 3w-xxxx. Compiled and tested drivers for Red Hat and SuSE Linux are for 3ware 9550SX and 9500S series controllers. 3ware 7/8000 series controllers use to compile the latest driver for RedHat, SuSE, and other versions of these downloads is possible...
... series controllers are installed in the same system. Warning: Be sure to use the correct driver for AMD Opteron and Intel 64-bit Xeon (EM64T) www.3ware.com 39 For Red Hat, AMCC offers the following drivers: x86 32-bit, for Intel x86 and AMD Athlon AMD 64-...they will not work. Be sure you can use a Linux driver labeled 3w-xxxx. Compiled and tested drivers for Red Hat and SuSE Linux are for 3ware 9550SX and 9500S series controllers. 3ware 7/8000 series controllers use to compile the latest driver for RedHat, SuSE, and other versions of these downloads is possible...
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... 2 When the 3ware Escalade Menu appears, click the Driver & Firmware Disks button. 40 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Driver Installation Determining the Current Version of the controller. To create a Red Hat Linux driver diskette 1 Insert the 3ware software CD into your 3ware Driver If you already ...also check it may be used with earlier kernel versions.) Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux or Fedora Core 4 Materials required 3ware software CD-ROM Floppy diskette, if you need to create a driver diskette. Red Hat Linux installation CD-ROM and...
... 2 When the 3ware Escalade Menu appears, click the Driver & Firmware Disks button. 40 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Driver Installation Determining the Current Version of the controller. To create a Red Hat Linux driver diskette 1 Insert the 3ware software CD into your 3ware Driver If you already ...also check it may be used with earlier kernel versions.) Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux or Fedora Core 4 Materials required 3ware software CD-ROM Floppy diskette, if you need to create a driver diskette. Red Hat Linux installation CD-ROM and...