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... Linux 3w-9xxx drivers included on this chapter refer only to [email protected]. Be Sure to the user guide or installation procedure for your driver request to the 9000 series driver (9590SE, 9550SX, and 9500S). The drivers for the 9000 series controllers and the 7/8000 series controllers are for 3ware 9590SE, 9550SX, and 9500S series controllers. 3ware...
... Linux 3w-9xxx drivers included on this chapter refer only to [email protected]. Be Sure to the user guide or installation procedure for your driver request to the 9000 series driver (9590SE, 9550SX, and 9500S). The drivers for the 9000 series controllers and the 7/8000 series controllers are for 3ware 9590SE, 9550SX, and 9500S series controllers. 3ware...
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... without sysfs, type the following command: dmesg | 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. For example: cat /proc/scsi/3w-9xxx/0 If you have a 2.4 kernel or earlier, type...
... without sysfs, type the following command: dmesg | 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. For example: cat /proc/scsi/3w-9xxx/0 If you have a 2.4 kernel or earlier, type...
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The system automatically reports: Loading 3w-9xxx 5 When prompted, select the proper language and keyboard types for your driver install disk. 4 Install the 3ware kernel driver module, using the driver install diskette: Insert the driver install diskette containing the 3ware driver for what type of media, select ..., you can either type: linux dd expert Or you can type: expert text A number of updating the RAM 42 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module on a Red Hat Linux System that Boots From a Different Device The steps for installing the...
The system automatically reports: Loading 3w-9xxx 5 When prompted, select the proper language and keyboard types for your driver install disk. 4 Install the 3ware kernel driver module, using the driver install diskette: Insert the driver install diskette containing the 3ware driver for what type of media, select ..., you can either type: linux dd expert Or you can type: expert text A number of updating the RAM 42 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module on a Red Hat Linux System that Boots From a Different Device The steps for installing the...
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... are : • For UP kernels: 3w-9xxx.ko • For SMP kernels: 3w-9xxx.smp • For Enterprise kernels: 3w-9xxx.ent • 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..., the kernel string will end 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 copy (3w-9xxx.*) varies, depending on the following pages. For example: 2.6.11-bigmem • For a Hugemem kernel, the...
... are : • For UP kernels: 3w-9xxx.ko • For SMP kernels: 3w-9xxx.smp • For Enterprise kernels: 3w-9xxx.ent • 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..., the kernel string will end 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 copy (3w-9xxx.*) varies, depending on the following pages. For example: 2.6.11-bigmem • For a Hugemem kernel, the...
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... driver module. To mount the CD, type: mount /dev/cdrom and press Enter. 44 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide If you are using the LILO boot loader, run LILO to copy the 3w-9xxx driver. The 3ware kernel driver module will be similar to Step 8. Driver Installation For Redhat WS4 on AMD Opteron...
... driver module. To mount the CD, type: mount /dev/cdrom and press Enter. 44 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide If you are using the LILO boot loader, run LILO to copy the 3w-9xxx driver. The 3ware kernel driver module will be similar to Step 8. Driver Installation For Redhat WS4 on AMD Opteron...
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... the following line to /etc/modules.conf: alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-9xxx 5 Update the modules.dep file, by the 3ware RAID controller, you may install the 3ware kernel driver module from the 3ware software CD-ROM. Type: modprobe sd_mod insmod 3w-9xxx You can also incorporate the insmod command into a ..., type: cp /mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/ ws4/x86_64/ 3w-9xxx. /lib/modules// kernel/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.ko If prompted to overwrite, type y. Driver Installation Under SuSE Linux Materials required • 3ware software CD-ROM • Floppy diskette, if you need to make ...
... the following line to /etc/modules.conf: alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-9xxx 5 Update the modules.dep file, by the 3ware RAID controller, you may install the 3ware kernel driver module from the 3ware software CD-ROM. Type: modprobe sd_mod insmod 3w-9xxx You can also incorporate the insmod command into a ..., type: cp /mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/ ws4/x86_64/ 3w-9xxx. /lib/modules// kernel/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.ko If prompted to overwrite, type y. Driver Installation Under SuSE Linux Materials required • 3ware software CD-ROM • Floppy diskette, if you need to make ...
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Driver Installation Under Linux Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module on the installation. In addition, replace 3w-9xxx.* with your version of SuSE. If present, leave them (ensuring there is also used for your system. Note about variables: In the instruction below,... load the kernel driver module, type: /sbin/insmod /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/scsi/ 3w-9xxx.ko www.3ware.com 47 The available module files are: For UP kernels: 3w-9xxx.ko For SMP kernels: 3w-9xxx.smp For BigSMP (high memory) kernels: 3w-9xxx.big 3 If you are using (i.e. 2.6, etc.) and replace *** with the ...
Driver Installation Under Linux Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module on the installation. In addition, replace 3w-9xxx.* with your version of SuSE. If present, leave them (ensuring there is also used for your system. Note about variables: In the instruction below,... load the kernel driver module, type: /sbin/insmod /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/scsi/ 3w-9xxx.ko www.3ware.com 47 The available module files are: For UP kernels: 3w-9xxx.ko For SMP kernels: 3w-9xxx.smp For BigSMP (high memory) kernels: 3w-9xxx.big 3 If you are using (i.e. 2.6, etc.) and replace *** with the ...
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...or earlier: cat /proc/scsi/3w-9xxx/0* where the asterisk (*) represents controller number and "9xxx" represents the version of Your 3ware Driver You can view controller and driver information in several different ways: • Using 3DM 2 you can see both the driver and firmware versions (see the "Controller Summary Page" on page 84..." on page 63) • Using the CLI you can see both the driver and firmware versions (see 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide) Under Linux, you can also type the following command if you have a 2.6 kernels with sysfs, type the following command...
...or earlier: cat /proc/scsi/3w-9xxx/0* where the asterisk (*) represents controller number and "9xxx" represents the version of Your 3ware Driver You can view controller and driver information in several different ways: • Using 3DM 2 you can see both the driver and firmware versions (see the "Controller Summary Page" on page 84..." on page 63) • Using the CLI you can see both the driver and firmware versions (see 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide) Under Linux, you can also type the following command if you have a 2.6 kernels with sysfs, type the following command...
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... you have a 2.6 kernel without sysfs, type the following command: dmesg | grep 3w (dmesg can follow the first 8 steps under "Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP" on page 207. For more information, see 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. For Windows, the firmware and driver can be used with earlier kernel versions.... 4 Select the Operating System you to update both the driver and the firmware, or only the driver. You can choose to download drivers for the 9550SX and 9590SE controllers.
... you have a 2.6 kernel without sysfs, type the following command: dmesg | grep 3w (dmesg can follow the first 8 steps under "Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP" on page 207. For more information, see 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide. For Windows, the firmware and driver can be used with earlier kernel versions.... 4 Select the Operating System you to update both the driver and the firmware, or only the driver. You can choose to download drivers for the 9550SX and 9590SE controllers.
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... upgrading the initial ramdisk. Change the directory to /etc/modprobe.conf. To update the 3ware driver under Red Hat. however you will copy (3w-9xxx.*) varies, depending on page 200. 2 Backup any critical data prior to updating the 3ware driver. 3 Change the directory to the location with the extracted driver. 4 Copy the files...
... upgrading the initial ramdisk. Change the directory to /etc/modprobe.conf. To update the 3ware driver under Red Hat. however you will copy (3w-9xxx.*) varies, depending on page 200. 2 Backup any critical data prior to updating the 3ware driver. 3 Change the directory to the location with the extracted driver. 4 Copy the files...
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...applicable kernel (i.e.: 2.6.21-4GB) For SuSE Uniprocessor (2.6 kernels) cp /3w-9xxx.ko /lib/modules//drivers/scsi For SuSE SMP (2.6 kernels) cp /3w-9xxx.smp /lib/modules//kernel/ drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.ko 214 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Check the release notes for a limited time) if a newer... driver is still needed. Updating the 3ware Driver Under SuSE The following steps describe ...
...applicable kernel (i.e.: 2.6.21-4GB) For SuSE Uniprocessor (2.6 kernels) cp /3w-9xxx.ko /lib/modules//drivers/scsi For SuSE SMP (2.6 kernels) cp /3w-9xxx.smp /lib/modules//kernel/ drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.ko 214 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide Check the release notes for a limited time) if a newer... driver is still needed. Updating the 3ware Driver Under SuSE The following steps describe ...
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....o, instead.) Make sure the file /etc/sysconfig/kernel contains the following line: INITRD_MODULES="3w-9xxx" Note: Other modules may be listed before or after running lilo. 10 Reboot, if booted from the 3ware controller. Leave these entries alone, if present, as the system may see entries likes reiserfs, ext3 or scsi_mod. For more...
....o, instead.) Make sure the file /etc/sysconfig/kernel contains the following line: INITRD_MODULES="3w-9xxx" Note: Other modules may be listed before or after running lilo. 10 Reboot, if booted from the 3ware controller. Leave these entries alone, if present, as the system may see entries likes reiserfs, ext3 or scsi_mod. For more...