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 FreeBSD
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Obtaining 3ware FreeBSD Drivers
The 3ware software CD-ROM that came with the 3ware RAID controller
includes compiled and tested kernel driver modules for FreeBSD 6.1 only, and
source files for 5.x and 6.x series. To see if a more recent driver is available,
please see the 3ware web site at http://www.3ware.com/support/index.asp.
Materials Required
• 3ware kernel driver module
The kernel driver module and the corresponding source files can be found
on the 3ware CD-ROM, at
/packages/drivers/freebsd/6.1/x86
or
/packages/drivers/freebsd/6.1/x86_64
depending on whether you have the 32-bit or 64-bit version of FreeBSD
6.1 (respectively).
The source for the 3ware FreeBSD kernel driver module is available at
/packages/drivers/freebsd/src/6.x.
You can also download the FreeBSD kernel driver module from the 3ware
web site http://www.3ware.com/support/index.asp.
• FreeBSD installation CD-ROM or diskette
Installing the Driver under FreeBSD
The steps you follow to install the driver and make your 3ware RAID unit
available depend on whether it will be your boot device or will be used for
secondary storage. These instructions provide step-by-step instructions for the
following situations:
• “Installing the Kernel Driver Module while Installing FreeBSD v6.1 on a
Unit on the 3ware RAID Controller” on page 51
• “Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module on a FreeBSD System that
Boots from a Device on the Motherboard” on page 54
Installing the Kernel Driver Module while Installing
FreeBSD v6.1 on a Unit on the 3ware RAID Controller
Use the steps in this section if you are installing FreeBSD on the new drive or
unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller.