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
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Software Installation
This appendix provides detailed instructions for installing the 3ware
management software for your 3ware RAID controller and the 3ware HTML
Bookshelf.
You can install all software at once, or you can use the installer to install some
or all of the following specific components:
• 3DM 2
• CLI (Command Line Interface)
• tw_update (Linux and FreeBSD only), for updating the firmware
• 3ware HTML Bookshelf
If you install the disk management tool 3DM 2, you will be asked to specify
some settings, such as email notifications and security settings. All of these
settings can be modified later from the 3DM 2 software. You do not have to
complete them at this time.
There are two versions of the installer: one for use in a graphical user interlace
(Windows, Linux, or FreeBSD), and a console version, for use at a Linux or
FreeBSD command line.
Installing Software from a Graphical User
Interface (GUI)
The steps below describe how to install the 3ware RAID management
software from a windowing graphical user interface such as Microsoft
Windows or X Windows.
To install the 3ware management software
1 With your computer on, insert the 3ware CD that came with your 3ware
RAID controller.
2 When the 3ware menu appears, click
Install Tools to launch the installer.
The installer will start and the welcome screen appears.