User guide
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- About this User Guide
- Introducing the 3ware® SATA RAID Controller
- Getting Started with Your 3ware RAID Controller
- First-Time RAID Configuration Using 3BM
- Driver Installation
- Driver Installation Under Windows
- Driver Installation Under Linux
- Obtaining 3ware Linux Drivers
- Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux or Fedora Core 5
- Materials required
- Creating a Red Hat Linux Driver Diskette
- Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module while Installing Red Hat Linux on a New Unit
- Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module on a Red Hat or Fedora Core Linux System that Boots From a Different Device
- About Variables In the Kernel Driver Module Installation Instructions
- Driver Installation Under SuSE Linux
- Compiling a 3ware Driver for Linux
- Driver Installation Under FreeBSD
- 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2) Introduction
- 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) Introduction
- Configuring Your Controller
- Configuring Units
- Configuring a New Unit
- Creating a Hot Spare
- Naming a Unit
- Setting Unit Policies
- Changing An Existing Configuration by Migrating
- Deleting a Unit
- Removing a Unit
- Moving a Unit from One Controller to Another
- Adding a Drive
- Removing a Drive
- Rescanning the Controller
- Maintaining Units
- Checking Unit and Drive Status through 3DM
- About Degraded Units
- About Inoperable Units
- Alarms, Errors, and Other Events
- Background Tasks
- Scheduling Background Tasks
- Locating a Drive by Blinking Its LED
- Maintaining Your Controller
- Determining the Current Version of Your 3ware Driver
- Updating the Firmware and Driver
- Downloading the Driver and Firmware
- Updating the Firmware Through 3DM 2
- Updating the 3ware Driver and Firmware Under Windows
- Using the Update Utility With Multiple Controllers
- Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP
- Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat or Fedora Core
- Updating the 3ware Driver Under SuSE
- Updating the 3ware Driver Under FreeBSD
- Updating the Firmware Under Linux and FreeBSD
- Viewing Battery Information
- Testing Battery Capacity
- 3DM 2 Reference
- Troubleshooting
- Appendices
- Index
Chapter 10. Maintaining Your Controller
172 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
2 Use the scroll arrows under “Current” Controller to see firmware
recommendations for each controller on your system.
3 For each controller, review the option for whether the firmware should be
updated, and change it if appropriate.
4 Continue with step 6 above, in the procedure “Updating the 3ware Driver
and Firmware Under Windows.”
Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows XP
If you prefer, you can update the 3ware driver through the Windows Device
Driver Manager, instead of using the Update Utility described above.
To update the 3ware driver under Windows XP
(Note that during this process, you will step through driver installation
wizards twice.)
1 Download and extract the driver files, as described under “Downloading
the Driver and Firmware” on page 165.
2 Backup any critical data prior to updating the 3ware driver.
3 Log in to your system as system administrator.
4From the Start menu, open the Control Panel window.
5In the Control Panel window, double-click on the System icon.
6 Click on the Hardware tab and then click on the Device Manager tab.
7 Open the SCSI and RAID Controllers selection.
8 Locate and double-click on the applicable 3ware Serial ATA RAID
Controller. The 3ware 9000 Series ATA RAID Controller Properties
dialog box appears.
9 Click the Driver tab.