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... 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 Linux 48 Driver Installation Under FreeBSD 49 Obtaining 3ware FreeBSD Drivers 49 Installing the Driver under FreeBSD 50 Chapter 5. 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM...
... 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 Linux 48 Driver Installation Under FreeBSD 49 Obtaining 3ware FreeBSD Drivers 49 Installing the Driver under FreeBSD 50 Chapter 5. 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM...
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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...
... 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...
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... 3DM pages. Describes the basics of using 3BM. Provides common problems and solutions, and explains error messages. Describes how to install drivers for the 3ware controller if you have just installed the controller. Includes explanations of all associated drives. Includes system requirements and an introduction to check unit and drive status, review alarms and...
... 3DM pages. Describes the basics of using 3BM. Provides common problems and solutions, and explains error messages. Describes how to install drivers for the 3ware controller if you have just installed the controller. Includes explanations of all associated drives. Includes system requirements and an introduction to check unit and drive status, review alarms and...
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...twelve, or sixteen SATA drives 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 flow and cooling • Adequate power supply for drives 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) ... 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. Drives must be of any capacity or physical form factor...
...twelve, or sixteen SATA drives 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 flow and cooling • Adequate power supply for drives 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) ... 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. Drives must be of any capacity or physical form factor...
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...choose the appropriate RAID level for initial installation. If 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 do not have been physically installed, the order in which you perform ...these main steps: • Physically Install the Controller and Drives • Configure the RAID Unit and Drives • Install the Driver and Make the...
...choose the appropriate RAID level for initial installation. If 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 do not have been physically installed, the order in which you perform ...these main steps: • Physically Install the Controller and Drives • Configure the RAID Unit and Drives • Install the Driver and Make the...
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...: • Chapter 6, "3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2)" • Chapter 8, "Configuring Units" • 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide, available from the CD-ROM and from the website http://www.3ware.com/support/userdocs.asp Install the Driver and Make the Operating System ...may want to minimize the impact on page 184 16 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Set Up Management and Maintenance Features 3ware RAID controllers come with Your 3ware RAID Controller CLI for updating the driver under "Updating the Driver and Firmware" on page 200. You will be ...
...: • Chapter 6, "3ware Disk Manager (3DM 2)" • Chapter 8, "Configuring Units" • 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide, available from the CD-ROM and from the website http://www.3ware.com/support/userdocs.asp Install the Driver and Make the Operating System ...may want to minimize the impact on page 184 16 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Set Up Management and Maintenance Features 3ware RAID controllers come with Your 3ware RAID Controller CLI for updating the driver under "Updating the Driver and Firmware" on page 200. You will be ...
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...of RAID configuration • Confirm the unit configuration • Save 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 already installed on another drive in the step-by-step example: • Launch 3BM (3ware BIOS Manager) • Select the drives to be included and indicate that the specific 3ware RAID controller...
...of RAID configuration • Confirm the unit configuration • Save 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 already installed on another drive in the step-by-step example: • Launch 3BM (3ware BIOS Manager) • Select the drives to be included and indicate that the specific 3ware RAID controller...
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... the driver, you will be sure that device precedes the 3ware RAID controller in your system, go into the BIOS for your computer system to your system for your operating system. For more than one unit, the drive(s) specified as Unit 0 will install your OS on a unit connected to the 3ware RAID controller, specify the controller...
... the driver, you will be sure that device precedes the 3ware RAID controller in your system, go into the BIOS for your computer system to your system for your operating system. For more than one unit, the drive(s) specified as Unit 0 will install your OS on a unit connected to the 3ware RAID controller, specify the controller...
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... already installed on page 49 www.3ware.com 29 Details for the controller as you install the operating system. • If the operating system 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...
... already installed on page 49 www.3ware.com 29 Details for the controller as you install the operating system. • If the operating system 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...
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Chapter 4. It is recommended that you upgrade to : • Create a driver diskette for secondary storage and boot from another drive.). • Floppy diskette, to be used with your 3ware RAID controller in the system. A drive or unit managed by the 3ware controller for the 3ware RAID controller • Install the 3ware driver and Windows on a new drive or unit. • Install...
Chapter 4. It is recommended that you upgrade to : • Create a driver diskette for secondary storage and boot from another drive.). • Floppy diskette, to be used with your 3ware RAID controller in the system. A drive or unit managed by the 3ware controller for the 3ware RAID controller • Install the 3ware driver and Windows on a new drive or unit. • Install...
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... could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices or you have additional devices to add. www.3ware.com 31 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, press Enter to select it. 5 Type S if you...
... could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices or you have additional devices to add. www.3ware.com 31 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, press Enter to select it. 5 Type S if you...
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...If you start Windows after installing the driver that are installing the 3ware RAID controller on a system that already has the operating system installed on another drive, follow the instructions in the system, you through installing the 3ware driver (see screens for "Making Units ... Server 2003 documentation supplied by a 3ware Controller Available to Windows". Installing the Driver on a System that you are specific to continue the installation. (If there are multiple controllers in this section, depending on the version of two drivers during this point. Note that Boots...
...If you start Windows after installing the driver that are installing the 3ware RAID controller on a system that already has the operating system installed on another drive, follow the instructions in the system, you through installing the 3ware driver (see screens for "Making Units ... Server 2003 documentation supplied by a 3ware Controller Available to Windows". Installing the Driver on a System that you are specific to continue the installation. (If there are multiple controllers in this section, depending on the version of two drivers during this point. Note that Boots...
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...Device Drivers www.3ware.com 33 Figure 17. Completing Found New Hardware Wizard 5 If the "Completing" screen similar to Figure 16 indicates that it is on the screen to continue the installation. 4 When the Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard screen appears (Figure 16), click Finish. Driver Installation...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 Install Hardware Device Drivers screen appears (Figure 17), click Next and follow the prompts on the...
...Device Drivers www.3ware.com 33 Figure 17. Completing Found New Hardware Wizard 5 If the "Completing" screen similar to Figure 16 indicates that it is on the screen to continue the installation. 4 When the Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard screen appears (Figure 16), click Finish. Driver Installation...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 Install Hardware Device Drivers screen appears (Figure 17), click Next and follow the prompts on the...
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... Finish. This wizard guides you start Windows after installing a 3ware RAID controller, Windows recognizes it is on page 37. 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 to Windows..." on the CD or floppy. 34 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 18. Figure 19....
... Finish. This wizard guides you start Windows after installing a 3ware RAID controller, Windows recognizes it is on page 37. 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 to Windows..." on the CD or floppy. 34 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 18. Figure 19....
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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 Figure 21. 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...
... appears again (Figure 21), click Next and follow the prompts on the screen to the Found New Hardware Wizard www.3ware.com 35 Figure 21. 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...
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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 Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Figure 22. Driver Installation 7 When the second Completing the Found New Hardware screen appears, click Finish. Chapter 4.
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 Figure 22. Driver Installation 7 When the second Completing the Found New Hardware screen appears, click Finish. Chapter 4.
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... 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 administrator. 2 Use Disk Administrator to assign a drive letter. Computer Management Screen 3 Follow... and to partition and format the new units or disks: From the Start menu, choose Administrative Tools > Computer Management. In the Computer Management window, under Storage, select Disk Management. Figure 23. www.3ware.com 37
... 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 administrator. 2 Use Disk Administrator to assign a drive letter. Computer Management Screen 3 Follow... and to partition and format the new units or disks: From the Start menu, choose Administrative Tools > Computer Management. In the Computer Management window, under Storage, select Disk Management. Figure 23. www.3ware.com 37
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... Linux Installation • "Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module while Installing SuSE Linux with your controller for the following article in the 3ware knowledgebase: http://www.3ware.com/kb/ 38 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide This chapter provides step-by...managed by the 3ware controller for secondary storage and boot from the 3ware website provides compiled drivers for these versions of Linux you will be your 3ware RAID controller in the system already. Driver Installation Driver Installation Under Linux Note: Before installing the 3ware driver, you must have...
... Linux Installation • "Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module while Installing SuSE Linux with your controller for the following article in the 3ware knowledgebase: http://www.3ware.com/kb/ 38 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide This chapter provides step-by...managed by the 3ware controller for secondary storage and boot from the 3ware website provides compiled drivers for these versions of Linux you will be your 3ware RAID controller in the system already. Driver Installation Driver Installation Under Linux Note: Before installing the 3ware driver, you must have...
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... 3ware driver source, see the links appended to compile a driver from the 3ware web site at http://www.3ware.com/support/index.asp. The drivers for the 9000 series controllers and the 7/8000 series controllers are not interchangeable, but can download the latest compiled and tested driver for both controller types are for 3ware 9590SE, 9550SX, and 9500S series controllers. 3ware 7/8000 series controllers...
... 3ware driver source, see the links appended to compile a driver from the 3ware web site at http://www.3ware.com/support/index.asp. The drivers for the 9000 series controllers and the 7/8000 series controllers are not interchangeable, but can download the latest compiled and tested driver for both controller types are for 3ware 9590SE, 9550SX, and 9500S series controllers. 3ware 7/8000 series controllers...
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.... (Not required if Red Hat Linux is already installed on another drive.) Creating a Red Hat Linux Driver Diskette If you may install the 3ware kernel driver module from the 3ware software CD-ROM. 40 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide If Linux is usually host0, unless other SCSI devices are installing Linux on page 115...
.... (Not required if Red Hat Linux is already installed on another drive.) Creating a Red Hat Linux Driver Diskette If you may install the 3ware kernel driver module from the 3ware software CD-ROM. 40 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide If Linux is usually host0, unless other SCSI devices are installing Linux on page 115...