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 4. Driver Installation
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3 In the 3ware Driver & Firmware Disk Images menu, click the button for
the driver disk you want to create.
A confirmation window opens.
4 Insert a blank diskette into a drive and click the Yes button to begin
creating the driver floppy diskette.
To get the kernel driver module
If you only need the kernel driver module, you can get it in one of two ways:
• Browse the 3ware CD to
/packages/drivers/linux and copy the
appropriate kernel driver modules for your distribution release.
Or
• Follow the steps above to create a driver install diskette from the menu.
Extract the kernel driver module from the modules.cgz file, using this
command:
zcat modules.cgz|cpio -idvm
Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module while
Installing Red Hat Linux on a New Unit
To install the 3ware kernel driver module while installing Red Hat
or Fedora Core Linux on a new unit
1 Boot with the Red Hat or Fedora Core DVD or CD:
a Insert the Red Hat DVD or CD-ROM disk into your computer.
b Make sure the boot order in your motherboard’s BIOS is correct; then
start or reboot your computer.
Note: If you need to create a Linux driver diskette for a Linux distribution other that
what is available on the menu, see 3ware knowledgebase article 14546 http://
www.3ware.com/kb/article.aspx?id=14546
Note: If Red Hat Linux is already installed and bootable on another drive, turn to
“Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module on a Red Hat or Fedora Core Linux
System that Boots From a Different Device” on page 44.
Note: We have tested some older systems where a drive connected to the
motherboard interfered with using a drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID
controller as a boot device. Disconnecting the drive while installing Linux will
eliminate this problem. After Linux is installed, the drive can be reconnected.