Installation guide

Chapter 1. Introduction to the 3ware Command Line Interface
2 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card CLI Guide, Version 10.2
Supported Operating Systems
3ware 9750 RAID controllers may be used with the following operating
systems for Intel and AMD 32-bit and 64-bit x86 based motherboards:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (SP2 or newer) and 2008
• Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows 7
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
®
• openSUSE Linux
• SUSE
®
Linux Enterprise Server
• Fedora Core Linux
• Other Linux distributions based on open source Linux 2.6 kernel
• VMware
• OpenSolaris
• FreeBSD
• Mac OS X (Intel only)
For the latest supported operating systems, see the current Release Notes at
http://www.lsi.com/channel/ChannelDownloads or the file versions.txt,
available on the 3ware CD.
Installing the 3ware CLI
This section section includes information about installing the 3ware CLI on
various operating systems.
Installing the 3ware CLI on Windows
You can install the 3ware CLI from the 3ware software CD, or you can run it
directly from the CD. You can also download the latest version from the LSI
web site, http://www.lsi.com/channel/ChannelDownloads. Online manual
pages are also available in nroff and html formats. These are located on the
software CD in the folder
/packages/cli/tw_cli.8.html or
tw_cli.8.nroff.
To install 3ware CLI on Windows, do one of the following:
•
Run the installer from the 3ware CD. Start the 3ware CD and at the
3ware menu, click
Install Software.
Follow the instructions in the installation wizard and make sure that
Command Line Interface (tw_cli) is selected.