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
Updating the Firmware and Driver
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5 For 2.4 Kernels, add the following line to
/etc/modules.conf:
alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-9xxx.o
For 2.6 Kernels, add the following line to
/etc/modprobe.conf.
alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-9xxx.ko
6 Complete the upgrade by upgrading the initial ramdisk.
Change the directory to the boot directory:
cd /boot
Run mkinitrd by entering the following:
(In the commands below, replace <kernel> with the applicable kernel, for
example 2.4.20-8)
For Red Hat or Fedora Core Uniprocessor
mkinitrd –v –f initrd-<kernel>.img <kernel>
For Red Hat SMP
mkinitrd –v –f initrd-<kernel>smp.img <kernel>smp
For Red Hat Bigmem
mkinitrd –v –f initrd-<kernel>bigmem.img <kernel>bigmem
For Red Hat Hugemem
mkinitrd –v –f initrd-<kernel>hugmem.img <kernel>hugmem
7 If you are using lilo, run lilo to update to the boot loader.
You should see a printout of kernels that are able to boot on this system
after running lilo.
Updating the 3ware Driver Under SuSE
The following steps describe how to update the 3ware driver under SuSE.
Note: Pre-compiled, tested, and supported drivers are no longer available for older
SuSE releases using the 2.4 kernel. The source code is still available (for a limited
time) if a newer driver is still needed. Check the release notes for more details
regarding supported operating systems.
Backup your original driver before updating in case you need to revert back to it.
However, you will not be able to revert back to the original driver if you are booted
from that unit.