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
Driver Installation Under Windows
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6 If the “Digital Signature Not Found” message appears, click Ye s to
continue the installation.
(If there are multiple controllers in the system, you will see this message
once for each controller.)
7 Continue with the normal Windows installation at this point. There are no
instructions after installing the driver that are specific to 3ware. If you
need additional instructions, refer to the Windows 2000, Windows XP, or
Windows Server 2003 documentation supplied by Microsoft.
8 Follow the instructions under “Making Units Managed by a 3ware
Controller Available to Windows” on page 38.
Installing the Driver on a System that Boots from a
Different Device
If you are installing the 3ware RAID controller on a system that already has
the operating system installed on another drive, follow the instructions in this
section, depending on the version of Windows installed on your system:
• “To install the 3ware driver under Windows 2000” on page 33
• “To install the 3ware driver under Windows XP or 2003” on page 35
To install the 3ware driver under Windows 2000
When you start Windows after installing a 3ware RAID controller, Windows
recognizes it as a Plug and Play device, and brings up the Found New
Hardware Wizard. This wizard guides you through installing the 3ware
driver (see Figure 18). Note that you will see screens for the installation of
two drivers during this process.