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 6. 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) Introduction
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Setting Up 3DM Preferences
The 3DM 2 Settings page lets you define preference settings that affect the
overall operation of 3DM. Most of these settings are specified initially during
installation of 3DM.
On the 3DM 2 Settings page you can perform the following tasks:
• Setting and Changing 3DM Passwords
• Managing E-mail Event Notification
• Enabling and Disabling Remote Access
• Setting the Incoming Port #
• Setting the Frequency of Page Refreshes
Maintenance page Lets you configure new units and make changes to
existing units.
To view this page, choose Management > Maintenance
from the menu bar.
Alarms page Shows a list of alarms, including the specific alarm
message, and the exact date and time it occurred.
To view this page, choose Monitor > Alarms on the menu
bar.
Battery Backup page Shows the status of a Battery Backup Unit (BBU), if one is
installed, and allows you to test the battery.
To view this page, choose Monitor > Battery Backup on
the menu bar.
Enclosure Summary
page
Lists the enclosures attached to your 3ware controller.
To view this page, choose
Monitor > Enclosure
Support
on the menu bar.
Enclosure Details
page
Shows details about a particular enclosure, including
status information. You can also use this page to blink the
LED for a particular drive.
To view this page, click the ID number of the Enclosure on
the Enclosure Summary page.
3DM 2 Settings page Lets you set preferences, including email notification for
alarms, passwords, page refresh frequency, whether
remote access is permitted, and the incoming port which
3DM will use for listening.
To view this page, click 3DM 2 Settings on the menu bar.
Table 8: List of 3DM Pages
3DM Page Description