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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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...132; Monospace font is used throughout this guide: 3BM refers to the 3ware BIOS Manager 3DM refers to the 3ware Disk Manager, version 2. Unit refers to one or more complete information ...Linux, SuSE Linux, or FreeBSD. Also known as a single drive. For more disks configured through 3ware software to indicate things you type. About this Guide This guide describes how to install the 3ware 9000 series RAID controller, configure arrays, and make the arrays available to the 3ware RAID controller, see 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide. www.3ware...
...132; Monospace font is used throughout this guide: 3BM refers to the 3ware BIOS Manager 3DM refers to the 3ware Disk Manager, version 2. Unit refers to one or more complete information ...Linux, SuSE Linux, or FreeBSD. Also known as a single drive. For more disks configured through 3ware software to indicate things you type. About this Guide This guide describes how to install the 3ware 9000 series RAID controller, configure arrays, and make the arrays available to the 3ware RAID controller, see 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide. www.3ware...
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....asp. 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 or newer), Windows Server 2003 (Standard, Enterprise), Windows XP x64 Edition, Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition. Red Hat Linux, 32-bit and 64-bit x86 SuSE Linux...
....asp. 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 or newer), Windows Server 2003 (Standard, Enterprise), Windows XP x64 Edition, Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition. Red Hat Linux, 32-bit and 64-bit x86 SuSE Linux...
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..."Configuring Units" on page 87 6 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide b Select the drives to be included and indicate that you want to your changes and exit. Specify a hot spare (optional). Install the 3ware driver and make the units available to ... following: "Driver Installation Under Windows" on page 53 "Driver Installation Under Linux" on page 65 "Driver Installation Under FreeBSD" on page 27. a Start 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Manager). Installation Overview Check the motherboard boot sequence. f Save your system BIOS ...
..."Configuring Units" on page 87 6 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide b Select the drives to be included and indicate that you want to your changes and exit. Specify a hot spare (optional). Install the 3ware driver and make the units available to ... following: "Driver Installation Under Windows" on page 53 "Driver Installation Under Linux" on page 65 "Driver Installation Under FreeBSD" on page 27. a Start 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Manager). Installation Overview Check the motherboard boot sequence. f Save your system BIOS ...
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...Power down the system, disconnect the drives from the 8000 controller and remove the controller from the system. 3 Install the 9000 controller and attach the drives to the 9000 board. Installing the Hardware To move units under Linux or FreeBSD 1 Upgrade your driver to the 9000 series ... the units. 3 Power down the system, disconnect the drives from the 8000 controller and remove the controller from the system. 4 Install the 9000 controller and attach the drives to the 9000 board, as described earlier in this section. 24 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
...Power down the system, disconnect the drives from the 8000 controller and remove the controller from the system. 3 Install the 9000 controller and attach the drives to the 9000 board. Installing the Hardware To move units under Linux or FreeBSD 1 Upgrade your driver to the 9000 series ... the units. 3 Power down the system, disconnect the drives from the 8000 controller and remove the controller from the system. 4 Install the 9000 controller and attach the drives to the 9000 board, as described earlier in this section. 24 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
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... more information, see "Enabling Auto-Carving for Over 2 Terabytes Windows 2000, Windows XP, Linux 2.4, and FreeBSD 4.x, do not currently recognize unit capacity in 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide, see "Multi LUN Support and Auto-Carving." Determining What RAID Level to a unit exceeds 2 Terabytes (TB), you can be addressed by the operating...
... more information, see "Enabling Auto-Carving for Over 2 Terabytes Windows 2000, Windows XP, Linux 2.4, and FreeBSD 4.x, do not currently recognize unit capacity in 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide, see "Multi LUN Support and Auto-Carving." Determining What RAID Level to a unit exceeds 2 Terabytes (TB), you can be addressed by the operating...
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... and change the setting to replace a failed drive in order to make use of the full capacity: Windows 2000 Windows XP Linux 2.4 FreeBSD 4.x You must have been carved into volumes will retain their individual volumes; Enabling Auto-Carving for Units Larger Than 2 TB If the ...capacity of your unit exceeds 2TB and you will not be affected. www.3ware.com 47 If the policy is not affected. existing data is turned off will need to enable autocarving in a degraded unit, a hot spare ...
... and change the setting to replace a failed drive in order to make use of the full capacity: Windows 2000 Windows XP Linux 2.4 FreeBSD 4.x You must have been carved into volumes will retain their individual volumes; Enabling Auto-Carving for Units Larger Than 2 TB If the ...capacity of your unit exceeds 2TB and you will not be affected. www.3ware.com 47 If the policy is not affected. existing data is turned off will need to enable autocarving in a degraded unit, a hot spare ...
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... Is the OS already installed on a unit connected to another controller or to your operating system. Will the unit you will install the driver for both situations are to load the 3ware drivers and make the units available to the motherboard? Configuring Units Installing... Available For Use The final steps in setting up your RAID arrays are described in the next sections of this guide, under Windows Installation (see page 53), Linux Installation (see page 65), and FreeBSD Installation (see page 87). 52 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
... Is the OS already installed on a unit connected to another controller or to your operating system. Will the unit you will install the driver for both situations are to load the 3ware drivers and make the units available to the motherboard? Configuring Units Installing... Available For Use The final steps in setting up your RAID arrays are described in the next sections of this guide, under Windows Installation (see page 53), Linux Installation (see page 65), and FreeBSD Installation (see page 87). 52 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
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... available depend on a system that boots SuSE Linux from a different device (page 81). Driver Installation Under Linux Note: Before installing the 3ware driver, you can use another device as your boot device, such as a disk attached to the motherboard. A drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller may be configured to be your boot device...
... available depend on a system that boots SuSE Linux from a different device (page 81). Driver Installation Under Linux Note: Before installing the 3ware driver, you can use another device as your boot device, such as a disk attached to the motherboard. A drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller may be configured to be your boot device...
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... drivers for Red Hat and SuSE Linux are included on the 3ware CD are only for 3ware 9000 series controllers. 3ware 7/8000 series controllers use a Linux driver labeled 3w-xxxx. You can use to Use the Correct Drivers The Linux 3w-9xxx drivers included on this manual 66 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Included in the same...
... drivers for Red Hat and SuSE Linux are included on the 3ware CD are only for 3ware 9000 series controllers. 3ware 7/8000 series controllers use a Linux driver labeled 3w-xxxx. You can use to Use the Correct Drivers The Linux 3w-9xxx drivers included on this manual 66 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Included in the same...
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... using the 7/8000 driver and controller, refer to use the correct driver for your system. Warning: Be sure to the user guide or installation procedure for AMD Opteron and Intel 64-bit Xeon (EM64T) www.3ware.com 67 It is possible to the 9000 series driver. Obtaining 3ware Linux Drivers refer only to load...) For SuSE, AMCC offers the following drivers: x86 32-bit, for Intel x86 and AMD Athlon amd 64-bit, for the 7/8000-series controller. Be sure you boot such systems, they will not work.
... using the 7/8000 driver and controller, refer to use the correct driver for your system. Warning: Be sure to the user guide or installation procedure for AMD Opteron and Intel 64-bit Xeon (EM64T) www.3ware.com 67 It is possible to the 9000 series driver. Obtaining 3ware Linux Drivers refer only to load...) For SuSE, AMCC offers the following drivers: x86 32-bit, for Intel x86 and AMD Athlon amd 64-bit, for the 7/8000-series controller. Be sure you boot such systems, they will not work.
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... sysfs, type the following command: cat /sys/class/scsi_host//stats where is already installed on another drive.) 68 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Driver Installation Under Linux Determining the Current Version of your 3ware Driver If you already have a 2.4 kernel or earlier, type the following command: cat /proc/scsi/3w-9xxx...
... sysfs, type the following command: cat /sys/class/scsi_host//stats where is already installed on another drive.) 68 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Driver Installation Under Linux Determining the Current Version of your 3ware Driver If you already have a 2.4 kernel or earlier, type the following command: cat /proc/scsi/3w-9xxx...
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... or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller, you must create a 3ware driver diskette. If Linux is already installed on page 70. To create a driver diskette 1 Insert the 3ware software CD into a drive and click the Yes button to create. A confirmation window opens. 4 Insert a blank diskette into your system. 2 When the 3ware Escalade Menu appears, click the Driver...
... or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller, you must create a 3ware driver diskette. If Linux is already installed on page 70. To create a driver diskette 1 Insert the 3ware software CD into a drive and click the Yes button to create. A confirmation window opens. 4 Insert a blank diskette into your system. 2 When the 3ware Escalade Menu appears, click the Driver...
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...load the driver manually or from the Red Hat CD-ROM. Select the appropriate set of updating the RAM disk 70 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide boot: expert A number of media, select Local CD-ROM since you are installing from a script, instead... of steps below, based on your specific installation requirements. b Start or reboot your computer. Installing the 3ware Driver on a Red Hat Linux System that ...
...load the driver manually or from the Red Hat CD-ROM. Select the appropriate set of updating the RAM disk 70 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide boot: expert A number of media, select Local CD-ROM since you are installing from a script, instead... of steps below, based on your specific installation requirements. b Start or reboot your computer. Installing the 3ware Driver on a Red Hat Linux System that ...
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... version. however you will copy in the examples shown in the instructions on the kernel you will end in smp. Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux About Variables In the Driver Installation Instructions These conventions are used for variable text for 2.6 kernels. For example: 2.4.18-14smp. For...ent For Bigmem kernels: 3w-9xxx.big For Hugemem kernels: 3w-9xxx.hug For IA32E kernels: 3w-9xxx.i32 www.3ware.com 71 The available module files are using. For an SMP kernel (multi-processor), the kernel string will end in bigmem. Kernel String ...
... version. however you will copy in the examples shown in the instructions on the kernel you will end in smp. Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux About Variables In the Driver Installation Instructions These conventions are used for variable text for 2.6 kernels. For example: 2.4.18-14smp. For...ent For Bigmem kernels: 3w-9xxx.big For Hugemem kernels: 3w-9xxx.hug For IA32E kernels: 3w-9xxx.i32 www.3ware.com 71 The available module files are using. For an SMP kernel (multi-processor), the kernel string will end in bigmem. Kernel String ...
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.../ ws3_u3/x86_athlon/3w-9xxx.* /kernel/drivers/scsi/ 3w-9xxx.o If prompted to overwrite, type y. 72 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide For Redhat workstation on Intel x86, type: cp /mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/ ws3_u3/x86_intel/3w-9xxx.* /lib/modules/ /kernel/drivers/scsi/ 3w-9xxx.o If prompted to overwrite, type...
.../ ws3_u3/x86_athlon/3w-9xxx.* /kernel/drivers/scsi/ 3w-9xxx.o If prompted to overwrite, type y. 72 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide For Redhat workstation on Intel x86, type: cp /mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/ ws3_u3/x86_intel/3w-9xxx.* /lib/modules/ /kernel/drivers/scsi/ 3w-9xxx.o If prompted to overwrite, type...
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...update 3w-9xxx.ko If prompted to overwrite, type y. For Redhat workstation on Intel x86, type: cp /mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/ ws3_us/x86_intel/3w-9xxx.* /lib/modules/ /update 3w-9xxx.o If prompted to overwrite, type y. Note: Use the appropriate ...well. For Redhat workstation on AMD Athlon 32-bit, type: cp /mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/ ws3_us/x86_athlon/3w-9xxx.*/lib/modules /update 3w-9xxx.o If prompted to overwrite, type y. Driver Installation Under Red ... Kernels, add the following line to /etc/modprobe.conf alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-9xxx.ko www.3ware.com 73
...update 3w-9xxx.ko If prompted to overwrite, type y. For Redhat workstation on Intel x86, type: cp /mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/ ws3_us/x86_intel/3w-9xxx.* /lib/modules/ /update 3w-9xxx.o If prompted to overwrite, type y. Note: Use the appropriate ...well. For Redhat workstation on AMD Athlon 32-bit, type: cp /mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/ ws3_us/x86_athlon/3w-9xxx.*/lib/modules /update 3w-9xxx.o If prompted to overwrite, type y. Driver Installation Under Red ... Kernels, add the following line to /etc/modprobe.conf alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-9xxx.ko www.3ware.com 73
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... RAM disk 1 Log in as root and open a console window. 2 Mount the CD which to copy the 3w-9xxx driver. The 3ware driver will be similar to Step 5. Driver Installation Under Linux 6 Update the modules.dep file, by issuing the following command: Run /sbin/depmod -a 7 Run mkinitrd by typing the following : /sbin..., run LILO to update the boot record on disk by entering the following : /sbin/lilo The output should be loaded from which contains the 3ware driver: To mount the CD, type: mount /dev/cdrom and press Enter. 74 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
... RAM disk 1 Log in as root and open a console window. 2 Mount the CD which to copy the 3w-9xxx driver. The 3ware driver will be similar to Step 5. Driver Installation Under Linux 6 Update the modules.dep file, by issuing the following command: Run /sbin/depmod -a 7 Run mkinitrd by typing the following : /sbin..., run LILO to update the boot record on disk by entering the following : /sbin/lilo The output should be loaded from which contains the 3ware driver: To mount the CD, type: mount /dev/cdrom and press Enter. 74 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
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...workstation on Intel x86, type: cp /mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/ ws3_u3/x86_intel/3w-9xxx.* /lib/modules/ /update 3w-9xxx.o If prompted to overwrite, type y. www.3ware.com 75 Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux 3 Copy the driver: For Redhat workstation on Intel x86, ...type: cp /mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/ ws3_u3/x86_intel/3w-9xxx.* /lib/modules/ /kernel/drivers/scsi/ ...
...workstation on Intel x86, type: cp /mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/ ws3_u3/x86_intel/3w-9xxx.* /lib/modules/ /update 3w-9xxx.o If prompted to overwrite, type y. www.3ware.com 75 Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux 3 Copy the driver: For Redhat workstation on Intel x86, ...type: cp /mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/ ws3_u3/x86_intel/3w-9xxx.* /lib/modules/ /kernel/drivers/scsi/ ...
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... prompted to overwrite, type y. Type: modprobe 3w-9xxx You can also incorporate the insmod command into a startup script. 76 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Driver Installation Under Linux For Redhat workstation on page 71. 5 Add the following line to /etc/modules.conf: alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-9xxx 6 Update ...command: Run /sbin/depmod -a 7 Load the driver manually. For Redhat workstation on AMD Opteron and EM64T, type: cp /mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/ ws3_u3/x86_64/3w-9xxx.* /lib/modules/ /update 3w-9xxx.ko If prompted to overwrite, type y.
... prompted to overwrite, type y. Type: modprobe 3w-9xxx You can also incorporate the insmod command into a startup script. 76 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide Driver Installation Under Linux For Redhat workstation on page 71. 5 Add the following line to /etc/modules.conf: alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-9xxx 6 Update ...command: Run /sbin/depmod -a 7 Load the driver manually. For Redhat workstation on AMD Opteron and EM64T, type: cp /mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/ ws3_u3/x86_64/3w-9xxx.* /lib/modules/ /update 3w-9xxx.ko If prompted to overwrite, type y.