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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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
update.tar.gz file, using
this command:
tar -xzf update.tar.gz
Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module while
Installing SuSE Linux on a New Unit
1 Boot directly from the SuSE installation CD #1 or DVD.
2 When installing SuSE, press either the F6 key or the F3 key, depending on
the version.
You will then be prompted to insert the driver install disk.
3 Insert the 3ware Linux driver installation diskette.
4 Click OK and continue with the installation.
Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module on a SuSE
Linux System that Boots from a Different Device
1 Log in as root.
2 Edit
/etc/sysconfig/kernel and make sure the file contains the
following line:
INITRD_MODULES="reiserfs 3w-9xxx"
Note: If SuSE Linux is already installed on another drive, turn to “Installing the
3ware Kernel Driver Module on a SuSE Linux System that Boots from a Different
Device” on page 48.