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
viii 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
2. Getting Started Provides a summary of the process you should
follow to get started using your 3ware RAID
controller.
3. First-Time RAID Configuration
Using 3BM
Provides step-by-step instructions for
configuring RAID units if you have just installed
the controller.
4. Driver Installation Describes how to install drivers for the 3ware
controller if you have just installed and
configured it. Includes information for Windows,
Linux, and FreeBSD.
5. 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) Describes the basics of using 3BM.
6. 3ware Disk Manager 2
(3DM 2)
Describes the basics of using 3DM. Also
includes information about installing and
uninstalling 3DM, and how to start the 3DM
process manually, if required.
7. Configuring Your Controller Describes how to view details about the
controller, check its status, and change
configuration settings that affect the controller
and all associated drives.
8. Configuring Units Describes how to configure new units and hot
spares, change existing configurations, and set
unit policies.
9. Maintaining Units Describes how to check unit and drive status,
review alarms and errors, schedule background
maintenance tasks, and manually start them,
when necessary or desirable. Includes
explanations of initialization, verify, rebuild, and
self-tests.
10. Maintaining Your Controller Describes how to update the driver, move a unit
from one controller to another, and replace an
existing 3ware controller with a new one. Also
includes information about checking battery
status on a BBU (Battery Backup Unit).
11. 3DM 2 Reference Describes the features and functions on each
of the pages in 3DM.
12. Troubleshooting Provides common problems and solutions, and
explains error messages.
A. Glossary Includes definitions for terms used throughout
this guide.
B. Software Installation Provides instructions for installing software
management tools (3DM 2, CLI, tw_update)
and documentation.
C. Compliance and Conformity
Statements
Provides compliance and conformity statement.
Table 1: Chapters and Appendices in this Guide
Chapter/Appendix Description