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... this Guide is Organized v Conventions vii Chapter 1. Driver Installation 29 Driver Installation Under Windows 30 Materials Required 30 Creating a 3ware Driver Diskette 31 Installing the 3ware Driver and Windows on a New Unit 31 Installing the Driver on a System that Boots from a Different Device 32 Making Units Managed by a 3ware Controller Available to Use 9 3ware Tools for Creating a Unit 19 Specifying a Hot Spare...
... this Guide is Organized v Conventions vii Chapter 1. Driver Installation 29 Driver Installation Under Windows 30 Materials Required 30 Creating a 3ware Driver Diskette 31 Installing the 3ware Driver and Windows on a New Unit 31 Installing the Driver on a System that Boots from a Different Device 32 Making Units Managed by a 3ware Controller Available to Use 9 3ware Tools for Creating a Unit 19 Specifying a Hot Spare...
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... Determining the Current Version of Your 3ware Driver 199 Updating the Driver and Firmware 200 Updating the 3ware Driver and Firmware Under Windows 201 Using the Update Utility With Multiple Controllers 206 Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP 207 Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat 213 Updating the 3ware Driver Under SuSE 214 Updating the 3ware Driver Under FreeBSD 216 Updating the Firmware Under...
... Determining the Current Version of Your 3ware Driver 199 Updating the Driver and Firmware 200 Updating the 3ware Driver and Firmware Under Windows 201 Using the Update Utility With Multiple Controllers 206 Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP 207 Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat 213 Updating the 3ware Driver Under SuSE 214 Updating the 3ware Driver Under FreeBSD 216 Updating the Firmware Under...
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...Includes definitions for the 3ware controller if you have just installed and configured it. vi 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Driver Installation 5. 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) 6. 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM 2) 7. Troubleshooting A. Describes how to install drivers for terms used ...Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD. Also includes information about the controller, check its status, and change existing configurations, and set up your 3ware RAID controller. Provides warranty information and tells you how to another, and replace an existing 3ware controller with a new one controller...
...Includes definitions for the 3ware controller if you have just installed and configured it. vi 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Driver Installation 5. 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) 6. 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM 2) 7. Troubleshooting A. Describes how to install drivers for terms used ...Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD. Also includes information about the controller, check its status, and change existing configurations, and set up your 3ware RAID controller. Provides warranty information and tells you how to another, and replace an existing 3ware controller with a new one controller...
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... (x4, x8, or x16). • Drives Depending on the particular model, the 3ware RAID controller may be connected to up to four, eight, twelve, or sixteen SATA drives using the open source Linux driver (see the Release Notes for the latest versions) • FreeBSD, 32-bit and...the following • A workstation-class or server-class motherboard Notes: While the 3ware 9550SX RAID controller can also operate at 66MHz or 100MHz. 9590SE RAID controllers must meet serial ATA 150 (SATA-1)or serial ATA 300 (SATA 2) Gb/s standards. The length of shielded and unshielded interface cables may be ...
... (x4, x8, or x16). • Drives Depending on the particular model, the 3ware RAID controller may be connected to up to four, eight, twelve, or sixteen SATA drives using the open source Linux driver (see the Release Notes for the latest versions) • FreeBSD, 32-bit and...the following • A workstation-class or server-class motherboard Notes: While the 3ware 9550SX RAID controller can also operate at 66MHz or 100MHz. 9590SE RAID controllers must meet serial ATA 150 (SATA-1)or serial ATA 300 (SATA 2) Gb/s standards. The length of shielded and unshielded interface cables may be ...
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... units through the new 3ware RAID controller, follow the instructions under "Using AutoCarving for Creating a Unit The process of the unit you create will exceed 2TB and you are using Windows 2000, Windows XP, Linux 2.4, or FreeBSD 4.x, you can use the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) to configure the unit and install the driver. If the operating...
... units through the new 3ware RAID controller, follow the instructions under "Using AutoCarving for Creating a Unit The process of the unit you create will exceed 2TB and you are using Windows 2000, Windows XP, Linux 2.4, or FreeBSD 4.x, you can use the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) to configure the unit and install the driver. If the operating...
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...the documentation for your system for your RAID units while running Windows. If you have other disks installed on the motherboard, the 3ware RAID controller should precede them in setting up your operating system. After installing the driver, you will be sure that it shows the appropriate boot ...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). For details, turn to check and change the boot order when they detect a newly installed controller and device. For more ...
...the documentation for your system for your RAID units while running Windows. If you have other disks installed on the motherboard, the 3ware RAID controller should precede them in setting up your operating system. After installing the driver, you will be sure that it shows the appropriate boot ...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). For details, turn to check and change the boot order when they detect a newly installed controller and device. For more ...
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... 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 the motherboard, you start the operating system and then install the driver. Driver information is already installed on page 49 www.3ware.com 29 4 Driver Installation The final...
... 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 the motherboard, you start the operating system and then install the driver. Driver information is already installed on page 49 www.3ware.com 29 4 Driver Installation The final...
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... media. A drive or unit managed by the 3ware controller for your 3ware RAID controller in the system. Driver Installation Driver Installation Under Windows Note: Before installing the 3ware driver, you must have administrator privileges for secondary storage and boot from another device, such as a disk attached to install the Windows operating system and the 3ware driver. Windows 2003 64-bit for how to be...
... media. A drive or unit managed by the 3ware controller for your 3ware RAID controller in the system. Driver Installation Driver Installation Under Windows Note: Before installing the 3ware driver, you must have administrator privileges for secondary storage and boot from another device, such as a disk attached to install the Windows operating system and the 3ware driver. Windows 2003 64-bit for how to be...
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... select the correct one or more mass storage devices or you have chosen to add. To install Windows and the 3ware driver 1 Boot from a Different Device" on a new drive configuration managed by the 3ware RAID controller, you must create a 3ware driver diskette. Note that you have an additional 3ware RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. 4 When a box with...
... select the correct one or more mass storage devices or you have chosen to add. To install Windows and the 3ware driver 1 Boot from a Different Device" on a new drive configuration managed by the 3ware RAID controller, you must create a 3ware driver diskette. Note that you have an additional 3ware RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. 4 When a box with...
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... install the 3ware driver under Windows 2000" on page 32 • "To install the 3ware driver under Windows XP or 2003" on page 34 To install the 3ware driver under Windows 2000 When you through installing the 3ware driver (see this message once for "Making Units Managed by a 3ware Controller Available to 3ware. Figure 15. There are no instructions after installing a 3ware RAID controller, Windows recognizes it...
... install the 3ware driver under Windows 2000" on page 32 • "To install the 3ware driver under Windows XP or 2003" on page 34 To install the 3ware driver under Windows 2000 When you through installing the 3ware driver (see this message once for "Making Units Managed by a 3ware Controller Available to 3ware. Figure 15. There are no instructions after installing a 3ware RAID controller, Windows recognizes it...
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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 now. 6 When the...
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 now. 6 When the...
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... and respond to the questions the Wizard displays. 2 When the Wizard prompts you to Windows" on the CD or floppy. 34 3ware Serial ATA 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 will see Figure 19). Chapter...
... and respond to the questions the Wizard displays. 2 When the Wizard prompts you to Windows" on the CD or floppy. 34 3ware Serial ATA 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 will see Figure 19). Chapter...
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... appears again (Figure 21), click Next and follow the prompts on the screen to the Found New Hardware Wizard www.3ware.com 35 Welcome to install the second driver. Figure 20. Driver Installation Under Windows 3 If the "Digital Signature Not Found" message appears, click Yes to continue the installation. 4 When the Completing the Found...
... appears again (Figure 21), click Next and follow the prompts on the screen to the Found New Hardware Wizard www.3ware.com 35 Welcome to install the second driver. Figure 20. Driver Installation Under Windows 3 If the "Digital Signature Not Found" message appears, click Yes to continue the installation. 4 When the Completing the Found...
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Figure 22. 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 Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Driver Installation 7 When the second Completing the Found New Hardware screen appears, click Finish. Chapter 4.
Figure 22. 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 Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Driver Installation 7 When the second Completing the Found New Hardware screen appears, click Finish. Chapter 4.
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... new units or disks: From the Start menu, choose Administrative Tools > Computer Management. www.3ware.com 37 Figure 23. 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...
... new units or disks: From the Start menu, choose Administrative Tools > Computer Management. www.3ware.com 37 Figure 23. 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...
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A confirmation window opens. 4 Insert 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 /packages/drivers/linux and copy the appropriate kernel driver modules for ....cgz file, using a drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller as a boot device. Note: We have tested some older systems where an IDE drive connected to begin creating the driver floppy diskette. Disconnecting the IDE drive while installing Linux will ...
A confirmation window opens. 4 Insert 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 /packages/drivers/linux and copy the appropriate kernel driver modules for ....cgz file, using a drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller as a boot device. Note: We have tested some older systems where an IDE drive connected to begin creating the driver floppy diskette. Disconnecting the IDE drive while installing Linux will ...
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...for 2.4 kernels, or 3w-9xxx.ko for kernel strings and module names in as root and open a console window. 2 Mount the CD which contains the 3ware kernel driver module. The name of the kernel driver module you will end in hugmem. The kernel string will end in smp. For example: 2.6.11-enterprise ... For Bigmem kernels: 3w-9xxx.big • For Hugemem kernels: 3w-9xxx.hug • For IA32E kernels: 3w-9xxx.i32 To install the 3ware driver and update the RAM disk 1 Log in the instructions on the kernel you will end in bigmem. For example: 2.6.11-hugmem Module Naming Conventions 3w...
...for 2.4 kernels, or 3w-9xxx.ko for kernel strings and module names in as root and open a console window. 2 Mount the CD which contains the 3ware kernel driver module. The name of the kernel driver module you will end in hugmem. The kernel string will end in smp. For example: 2.6.11-enterprise ... For Bigmem kernels: 3w-9xxx.big • For Hugemem kernels: 3w-9xxx.hug • For IA32E kernels: 3w-9xxx.i32 To install the 3ware driver and update the RAM disk 1 Log in the instructions on the kernel you will end in bigmem. For example: 2.6.11-hugmem Module Naming Conventions 3w...
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...disk by entering the following : /sbin/lilo The output should be loaded from which contains the 3ware kernel driver module. To mount the CD, type: mount /dev/cdrom and press Enter. 44 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Example: /sbin/mkinitrd -v -f /boot/initrd-2.6.18-14.img 2.6.18-14 7 If... at boot time. If you are using a RAM disk 1 Log in as root and open a console window. 2 Mount the CD which to Step 8. The 3ware kernel driver module will be similar to overwrite, type y. Driver Installation For Redhat WS4 on Intel x86 and AMD, type: cp /mnt/cdrom/packages...
...disk by entering the following : /sbin/lilo The output should be loaded from which contains the 3ware kernel driver module. To mount the CD, type: mount /dev/cdrom and press Enter. 44 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Example: /sbin/mkinitrd -v -f /boot/initrd-2.6.18-14.img 2.6.18-14 7 If... at boot time. If you are using a RAM disk 1 Log in as root and open a console window. 2 Mount the CD which to Step 8. The 3ware kernel driver module will be similar to overwrite, type y. Driver Installation For Redhat WS4 on Intel x86 and AMD, type: cp /mnt/cdrom/packages...
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...the drives from the 7/8000 controller and remove that controller from the system. 5 Attach the drives to the 9000 series depends on the type of storage unit that the 9000 controller can use. For units using JBOD, see "Driver Installation Under Windows" on page 30.) 3 ...controller installed. 2 Install the Windows driver. (For details, see "Moving Legacy JBOD Units to obtain the utility. (This utility is on the units attached to the 8000, you will need to run the utility. Moving a Unit from One Controller to Another The procedure used with older 3ware controllers, non-3ware controllers...
...the drives from the 7/8000 controller and remove that controller from the system. 5 Attach the drives to the 9000 series depends on the type of storage unit that the 9000 controller can use. For units using JBOD, see "Driver Installation Under Windows" on page 30.) 3 ...controller installed. 2 Install the Windows driver. (For details, see "Moving Legacy JBOD Units to obtain the utility. (This utility is on the units attached to the 8000, you will need to run the utility. Moving a Unit from One Controller to Another The procedure used with older 3ware controllers, non-3ware controllers...
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...move legacy JBOD units under Linux or FreeBSD 1 Upgrade your system, while leaving the 8000 controller installed. 2 Install the Windows driver. (For details, see "Driver Installation Under Windows" on the operating system you are using. Enable the Export JBOD policy on the Policy screen...the system and enter the 3ware 9000 series BIOS (3BM) by pressing Alt-3. Chapter 8. Configuring Units Moving Legacy JBOD Units to a 9550SX or 9590SE controller. To move a bootable unit from a 9500S controller to a 9000 Controller The steps for secondary storage. Enable the Export JBOD policy...
...move legacy JBOD units under Linux or FreeBSD 1 Upgrade your system, while leaving the 8000 controller installed. 2 Install the Windows driver. (For details, see "Driver Installation Under Windows" on the operating system you are using. Enable the Export JBOD policy on the Policy screen...the system and enter the 3ware 9000 series BIOS (3BM) by pressing Alt-3. Chapter 8. Configuring Units Moving Legacy JBOD Units to a 9550SX or 9590SE controller. To move a bootable unit from a 9500S controller to a 9000 Controller The steps for secondary storage. Enable the Export JBOD policy...