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... Help While Using 3BM 63 www.3ware.com i 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 Configuration and Management 12...
... Help While Using 3BM 63 www.3ware.com i 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 Configuration and Management 12...
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...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... Services 253 Sales and ordering information 253 Feedback on this manual 253 Index 255 iv 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide Compliance and Conformity Statements 249 Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement 249 ...
...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... Services 253 Sales and ordering information 253 Feedback on this manual 253 Index 255 iv 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide Compliance and Conformity Statements 249 Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement 249 ...
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... of all associated drives. Configuring Units 9. Describes how to contact technical support. Provides common problems and solutions, and explains error messages. Driver Installation 5. 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) 6. 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM 2) 7. Maintaining Your Controller 11. Describes the basics of using 3DM and includes a reference of initialization, verify, rebuild, and self-tests. Includes system requirements...
... of all associated drives. Configuring Units 9. Describes how to contact technical support. Provides common problems and solutions, and explains error messages. Driver Installation 5. 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) 6. 3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM 2) 7. Maintaining Your Controller 11. Describes the basics of using 3DM and includes a reference of initialization, verify, rebuild, and self-tests. Includes system requirements...
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... on the particular model, the 3ware RAID controller may be installed in a PCI-X 133MHz 64-bit slot. It requires 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.
... on the particular model, the 3ware RAID controller may be installed in a PCI-X 133MHz 64-bit slot. It requires 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.
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... drives, follow the instructions 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 • Set Up...
... drives, follow the instructions 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 • Set Up...
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... driver and the 3DM 2 software, and then configure your controller, you may want to help you can be performed, 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...: • 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 ...
... driver and the 3DM 2 software, and then configure your controller, you may want to help you can be performed, 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...: • 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 ...
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...more units on a single controller, depending on the number of drives that the specific 3ware RAID controller supports and the number of ...need to enable auto-carving. www.3ware.com 19 You can configure units through the new 3ware RAID controller, follow the instructions under "Using ...AutoCarving for Creating a Unit The process of configuring your RAID units includes these main steps, which are detailed in the step-by-step example: • Launch 3BM (3ware...3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) to configure the unit and install the...
...more units on a single controller, depending on the number of drives that the specific 3ware RAID controller supports and the number of ...need to enable auto-carving. www.3ware.com 19 You can configure units through the new 3ware RAID controller, follow the instructions under "Using ...AutoCarving for Creating a Unit The process of configuring your RAID units includes these main steps, which are detailed in the step-by-step example: • Launch 3BM (3ware...3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) to configure the unit and install the...
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... the BIOS for your OS on a disk or unit attached to the 3ware RAID controller, specify the controller as the boot disk.) What Next? After installing the driver, you can maintain your RAID units while running Windows. After installing the 3ware 9000 controller in the boot sequence. First-Time RAID Configuration Using 3BM Checking the Motherboard...
... the BIOS for your OS on a disk or unit attached to the 3ware RAID controller, specify the controller as the boot disk.) What Next? After installing the driver, you can maintain your RAID units while running Windows. After installing the 3ware 9000 controller in the boot sequence. First-Time RAID Configuration Using 3BM Checking the Motherboard...
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... load the 3ware driver and make the units available to the motherboard, 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 controller or to...
... load the 3ware driver and make the units available to the motherboard, 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 controller or to...
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... physically installed your controller 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 another device, you must have administrator privileges for secondary storage and boot from a diskette. 30 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Materials Required • 3ware software CD-ROM...
... physically installed your controller 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 another device, you must have administrator privileges for secondary storage and boot from a diskette. 30 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Materials Required • 3ware software CD-ROM...
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Be sure to select the correct one or more mass storage devices or you have additional devices to create the driver diskette that you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" at the bottom of the display. 2 When you see the message...the 3ware Menu appears, click Driver and Firmware Disks. 3 In the 3ware Driver & Firmware Images menu, click the appropriate button to add. Installing the 3ware Driver and Windows on a new drive configuration managed by the 3ware RAID controller, you must create a 3ware driver diskette. To create a driver diskette 1 Insert the 3ware software ...
Be sure to select the correct one or more mass storage devices or you have additional devices to create the driver diskette that you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" at the bottom of the display. 2 When you see the message...the 3ware Menu appears, click Driver and Firmware Disks. 3 In the 3ware Driver & Firmware Images menu, click the appropriate button to add. Installing the 3ware Driver and Windows on a new drive configuration managed by the 3ware RAID controller, you must create a 3ware driver diskette. To create a driver diskette 1 Insert the 3ware software ...
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... to the Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003 documentation supplied by a 3ware Controller Available to Windows". Found New Hardware Wizard, Windows 2000 32 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide If you through installing the 3ware driver (see screens for each controller.) 7 Continue with the normal Windows installation at this section, depending on the version...
... to the Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003 documentation supplied by a 3ware Controller Available to Windows". Found New Hardware Wizard, Windows 2000 32 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide If you through installing the 3ware driver (see screens for each controller.) 7 Continue with the normal Windows installation at this section, depending on the version...
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... the screen to continue the installation. 4 When the Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard screen appears (Figure 16), click Finish. 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...
... the screen to continue the installation. 4 When the Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard screen appears (Figure 16), click Finish. 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...
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... and respond to the questions the Wizard displays. 2 When the Wizard prompts you in installing the 3ware driver (see screens for the installation of two drivers during this process. 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 start Windows after installing...
... and respond to the questions the Wizard displays. 2 When the Wizard prompts you in installing the 3ware driver (see screens for the installation of two drivers during this process. 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 start Windows after installing...
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... the Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard screen appears (Figure 20), click Finish. Figure 20. 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 Completing Found New Hardware Wizard 5 If the "Completing" screen similar to Figure 20... Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard screen appears again (Figure 21), click Next and follow the prompts on the screen to install the second driver.
... the Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard screen appears (Figure 20), click Finish. Figure 20. 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 Completing Found New Hardware Wizard 5 If the "Completing" screen similar to Figure 20... Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard screen appears again (Figure 21), click Next and follow the prompts on the screen to install the second driver.
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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 Chapter 4. Driver Installation 7 When the second Completing the Found New Hardware screen appears, click Finish.
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 Chapter 4. Driver Installation 7 When the second Completing the Found New Hardware screen appears, click Finish.
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In the Computer Management window, under Storage, select Disk Management. www.3ware.com 37 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...
In the Computer Management window, under Storage, select Disk Management. www.3ware.com 37 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...
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... Platforms (32-bit & 64-bit) If you will be your controller for secondary storage and boot from : http://www.3ware.com/ support/userdocs.asp A drive or unit managed by the 3ware controller for how to upgrade the 9500S driver, 3DM 2, and/or CLI with a 9500S and you wish to...on page 46 • "Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module on a SuSE Linux System that guide from another device, such as a disk attached to be your 3ware RAID controller in the 3ware knowledgebase: http://www.3ware.com/kb/ 38 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Consult the installation guide that...
... Platforms (32-bit & 64-bit) If you will be your controller for secondary storage and boot from : http://www.3ware.com/ support/userdocs.asp A drive or unit managed by the 3ware controller for how to upgrade the 9500S driver, 3DM 2, and/or CLI with a 9500S and you wish to...on page 46 • "Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module on a SuSE Linux System that guide from another device, such as a disk attached to be your 3ware RAID controller in the 3ware knowledgebase: http://www.3ware.com/kb/ 38 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Consult the installation guide that...
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... will not work. It is the Linux driver source, which you can also contact 3ware Technical Support, or email your driver request to Use the Correct Drivers The Linux 3w-9xxx drivers included on the 3ware CD are for 3ware 9590SE, 9550SX, and 9500S series controllers. 3ware 7/8000 series controllers use the correct driver for Red Hat and SuSE Linux are...
... will not work. It is the Linux driver source, which you can also contact 3ware Technical Support, or email your driver request to Use the Correct Drivers The Linux 3w-9xxx drivers included on the 3ware CD are for 3ware 9590SE, 9550SX, and 9500S series controllers. 3ware 7/8000 series controllers use the correct driver for Red Hat and SuSE Linux are...
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...where the asterisk (*) represents SCSI host ID and 9xxx represents the family of your 3ware Driver If you must create a 3ware driver install diskette. If you have a 3ware controller installed, you can check the current driver version, using the following method: If you have a 2.4 kernel or earlier,...grep 3w (dmesg can also check it may install the 3ware kernel driver module from the 3ware software CD-ROM. 40 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Driver Installation Determining the Current Version of the controller. If Linux is usually host0, unless other SCSI devices are...
...where the asterisk (*) represents SCSI host ID and 9xxx represents the family of your 3ware Driver If you must create a 3ware driver install diskette. If you have a 3ware controller installed, you can check the current driver version, using the following method: If you have a 2.4 kernel or earlier,...grep 3w (dmesg can also check it may install the 3ware kernel driver module from the 3ware software CD-ROM. 40 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Driver Installation Determining the Current Version of the controller. If Linux is usually host0, unless other SCSI devices are...