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... 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 Installation...
... 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 Installation...
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... Warranty Protection 114 AMCC's Technical Support and Services for 3ware RAID Controllers . 114 Sales and Ordering Information 115 Feedback on a FreeBSD System that Boots from a Different Device 92 Compiling the Driver as a Loadable Module 94 Troubleshooting: Problems and Solutions... Installation Instructions 102 Replacing the Battery 107 Appendix B. Driver Installation Under FreeBSD 87 Obtaining 3ware FreeBSD Drivers 88 Materials Required 88 Installing the Driver While Installing FreeBSD on the 3ware RAID Controller 88 Installing the 3ware Driver on this manual 115 Index 117 www...
... Warranty Protection 114 AMCC's Technical Support and Services for 3ware RAID Controllers . 114 Sales and Ordering Information 115 Feedback on a FreeBSD System that Boots from a Different Device 92 Compiling the Driver as a Loadable Module 94 Troubleshooting: Problems and Solutions... Installation Instructions 102 Replacing the Battery 107 Appendix B. Driver Installation Under FreeBSD 87 Obtaining 3ware FreeBSD Drivers 88 Materials Required 88 Installing the Driver While Installing FreeBSD on the 3ware RAID Controller 88 Installing the 3ware Driver on this manual 115 Index 117 www...
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... backup provides added data protection in the event of a power outage. (Battery Backup Unit sold separately.) Support for RAID units greater than 2 terabytes with the 3ware 9000 Series Controllers About 3ware Driver Versions System Requirements Package Contents Product Features The 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA family includes 9500S-4LP, 9500S-8, 9500S-12, 9500S-8MI, and 9500S-12MI.
... backup provides added data protection in the event of a power outage. (Battery Backup Unit sold separately.) Support for RAID units greater than 2 terabytes with the 3ware 9000 Series Controllers About 3ware Driver Versions System Requirements Package Contents Product Features The 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA family includes 9500S-4LP, 9500S-8, 9500S-12, 9500S-8MI, and 9500S-12MI.
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...(SATA 2) Gb/s standards. The length of both shielded and unshielded interface cables may not exceed 1M (39") for serial ATA controllers. Operating System 3ware RAID controllers may be used with: Windows 2000 (Professional, Server, Advanced Server) (SP3 or newer), Windows XP Professional (SP1... interface cables. System Requirements Drives Depending on the particular model, the 3ware RAID controller 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 ...
...(SATA 2) Gb/s standards. The length of both shielded and unshielded interface cables may not exceed 1M (39") for serial ATA controllers. Operating System 3ware RAID controllers may be used with: Windows 2000 (Professional, Server, Advanced Server) (SP3 or newer), Windows XP Professional (SP1... interface cables. System Requirements Drives Depending on the particular model, the 3ware RAID controller 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 ...
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... cables (one per port). (Cables are not included in 9500S-8MI and 9500S-12MI.) 3ware installation CD with the following: 3DM 2, drivers, Command Line Interface (CLI) and 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide (.pdf format) 3ware Release Notes 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide (this guide) 4 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
... cables (one per port). (Cables are not included in 9500S-8MI and 9500S-12MI.) 3ware installation CD with the following: 3DM 2, drivers, Command Line Interface (CLI) and 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide (.pdf format) 3ware Release Notes 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide (this guide) 4 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
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...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. c Select the desired RAID configuration. a Start 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Manager). f Save your system BIOS guide ... indicate that you want to the operating system. figuration. For details see "Configuring Units" on page 87 6 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide The basic steps are listed here. Installation Overview Check the motherboard boot sequence. Refer to...
...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. c Select the desired RAID configuration. a Start 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Manager). f Save your system BIOS guide ... indicate that you want to the operating system. figuration. For details see "Configuring Units" on page 87 6 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide The basic steps are listed here. Installation Overview Check the motherboard boot sequence. Refer to...
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... in this section. 24 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide To move legacy JBOD units under Windows 1 Install the 9000 controller in your driver to the 9000 series driver. 2 Power down the system, disconnect the drives from the 7/8000 controller and remove that controller from the system. 3 Install the 9000 controller and attach the drives to...
... in this section. 24 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide To move legacy JBOD units under Windows 1 Install the 9000 controller in your driver to the 9000 series driver. 2 Power down the system, disconnect the drives from the 7/8000 controller and remove that controller from the system. 3 Install the 9000 controller and attach the drives to...
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... the 8000 controller installed. 2 Install the Windows driver. (For details, see "Driver Installation Under Windows" on page 53.) 3 Power down the system, disconnect the drives from the 8000 controller and remove that controller from an 8000 Controller to a 9000 Controller 4 Reboot the system and enter the 3ware 9000 series BIOS... JBOD policy on the Policy screen. (The next section in this guide, "Configuring Units", describes how to work in 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide.) 5 Press the F8 or Esc key to save and exit. To move legacy JBOD units under Windows ...
... the 8000 controller installed. 2 Install the Windows driver. (For details, see "Driver Installation Under Windows" on page 53.) 3 Power down the system, disconnect the drives from the 8000 controller and remove that controller from an 8000 Controller to a 9000 Controller 4 Reboot the system and enter the 3ware 9000 series BIOS... JBOD policy on the Policy screen. (The next section in this guide, "Configuring Units", describes how to work in 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide.) 5 Press the F8 or Esc key to save and exit. To move legacy JBOD units under Windows ...
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...; "Initializing Units" on page 49 "Checking the Motherboard Boot Sequence" on page 51 "Installing Drivers and Making the Units Available For Use" on page 40. Configuring Units After you have physically installed your 3ware RAID controller and connected it to your disk drives, you configure how the drives connected to "Specifying the...
...; "Initializing Units" on page 49 "Checking the Motherboard Boot Sequence" on page 51 "Installing Drivers and Making the Units Available For Use" on page 40. Configuring Units After you have physically installed your 3ware RAID controller and connected it to your disk drives, you configure how the drives connected to "Specifying the...
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... (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 start the OS and then install the driver. Details for the controller as you have created be your operating system. Will the unit you install the...
... (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 start the OS and then install the driver. Details for the controller as you have created be your operating system. Will the unit you install the...
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... be configured to the motherboard. www.3ware.com 53 Driver Installation Under Windows Note: Before installing the 3ware driver, you must have already installed your 3ware RAID controller in the system. Windows 2003 64-bit for the 3ware RAID controller Install the 3ware driver and Windows on a new drive or unit. Install the 3ware driver when Windows is already installed on a different...
... be configured to the motherboard. www.3ware.com 53 Driver Installation Under Windows Note: Before installing the 3ware driver, you must have already installed your 3ware RAID controller in the system. Windows 2003 64-bit for the 3ware RAID controller Install the 3ware driver and Windows on a new drive or unit. Install the 3ware driver when Windows is already installed on a different...
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... Windows, you must create a 3ware driver diskette. To create a driver diskette 1 Insert the 3ware software CD into your system. 2 When the 3ware Escalade Menu appears, click Driver and Firmware Disks. 54 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide If you are installing Windows on a new unit or drive managed by the 3ware RAID controller, you must create a 3ware driver diskette. If Windows is...
... Windows, you must create a 3ware driver diskette. To create a driver diskette 1 Insert the 3ware software CD into your system. 2 When the 3ware Escalade Menu appears, click Driver and Firmware Disks. 54 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide If you are installing Windows on a new unit or drive managed by the 3ware RAID controller, you must create a 3ware driver diskette. If Windows is...
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... 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 "Installing the Driver on a System that there are both 32-bit and 64-bit AMD drivers available for Windows. Installing the 3ware Driver and Windows on a new drive configuration managed by the 3ware RAID controller, follow the instructions...
... 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 "Installing the Driver on a System that there are both 32-bit and 64-bit AMD drivers available for Windows. Installing the 3ware Driver and Windows on a new drive configuration managed by the 3ware RAID controller, follow the instructions...
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..., click Yes to Windows". There are no instructions after installing the driver that are installing the 3ware RAID controller on a system that Boots from a Different Device If you are specific to add. Driver Installation Under Windows 5 Type S if you have additional devices to 3ware. Installing the Driver on a System that already has the operating system installed on...
..., click Yes to Windows". There are no instructions after installing the driver that are installing the 3ware RAID controller on a system that Boots from a Different Device If you are specific to add. Driver Installation Under Windows 5 Type S if you have additional devices to 3ware. Installing the Driver on a System that already has the operating system installed on...
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Note that Boots from a Different Device To install the 3ware driver under Windows 2000 When you start Windows after installing a 3ware RAID controller, Windows recognizes it is on a System that you will see Figure 17). Found New Hardware Wizard, Windows 2000 1 Click the Next button and respond to ...
Note that Boots from a Different Device To install the 3ware driver under Windows 2000 When you start Windows after installing a 3ware RAID controller, Windows recognizes it is on a System that you will see Figure 17). Found New Hardware Wizard, Windows 2000 1 Click the Next button and respond to ...
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Completing Found New Hardware Wizard 5 If the "Completing" screen similar to Figure 18 indicates that you should restart your computer, do so now. 58 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Driver Installation Under Windows 4 When the Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard screen appears (Figure 18), click Finish. Figure 18.
Completing Found New Hardware Wizard 5 If the "Completing" screen similar to Figure 18 indicates that you should restart your computer, do so now. 58 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Driver Installation Under Windows 4 When the Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard screen appears (Figure 18), click Finish. Figure 18.
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... and respond to the questions the Wizard displays. 2 When the Wizard prompts you to continue the installation. 60 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide To install the 3ware driver under "Making Units Managed by a 3ware Controller Available to Windows" on the CD or floppy. 3 If the "Digital Signature Not Found" message appears, click Yes...
... and respond to the questions the Wizard displays. 2 When the Wizard prompts you to continue the installation. 60 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide To install the 3ware driver under "Making Units Managed by a 3ware Controller Available to Windows" on the CD or floppy. 3 If the "Digital Signature Not Found" message appears, click Yes...
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Figure 24. 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 the Found New Hardware Wizard 7 When the second Completing the Found New Hardware screen appears, click Finish. Welcome to Windows" on page 63. 62 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Driver Installation Under Windows Figure 23.
Figure 24. 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 the Found New Hardware Wizard 7 When the second Completing the Found New Hardware screen appears, click Finish. Welcome to Windows" on page 63. 62 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Driver Installation Under Windows Figure 23.
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You may also want to install 3ware's browser-based Disk Management tool, 3DM 2, or the 3ware Command Line Interface (CLI). For more information, see the 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide and the 3ware Escalade 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. 64 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide With 3DM 2 and CLI, you can maintain your RAID units while running Windows. Driver Installation Under Windows Finishing Up Your RAID unit is now ready for use.
You may also want to install 3ware's browser-based Disk Management tool, 3DM 2, or the 3ware Command Line Interface (CLI). For more information, see the 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide and the 3ware Escalade 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. 64 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide With 3DM 2 and CLI, you can maintain your RAID units while running Windows. Driver Installation Under Windows Finishing Up Your RAID unit is now ready for use.
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...you are using, and whether it will be your system's boot device. A drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller may be configured to install the driver and make your RAID unit available depend on a system that boots SuSE Linux from a different device (page 70). SuSE... 81). Installing the 3ware driver on which version of Linux you follow to be your boot device. www.3ware.com 65 Or, you must have already installed your 3ware RAID controller in the system. Driver Installation Under Linux Note: Before installing the 3ware driver, you can use another device as...
...you are using, and whether it will be your system's boot device. A drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller may be configured to install the driver and make your RAID unit available depend on a system that boots SuSE Linux from a different device (page 70). SuSE... 81). Installing the 3ware driver on which version of Linux you follow to be your boot device. www.3ware.com 65 Or, you must have already installed your 3ware RAID controller in the system. Driver Installation Under Linux Note: Before installing the 3ware driver, you can use another device as...