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3ware
®
SATA RAID Controller
Supports the 9000 Series
PN 720-0117-01
March
2005
Installation Guide
Contents
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Table of Contents
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About this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
About the 3ware RAID Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Configuring Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Driver Installation Under Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Driver Installation Under Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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About this Guide
Conventions Used in This Guide
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About the 3ware RAID Controller
Product Features
Whats New With the 3ware 9000 Series Controllers
System Requirements
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Package Contents
Installation Overview
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Installing the Hardware
Before You Begin
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Safety Factors
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Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller
Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller
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Figure 2. 8-Port 3ware 9500S-8 Serial ATA RAID Controller, Pchip v1.5 (BBU-compatible)
Additional Details About the LED Status Connectors
Warning: A common or shared LED ground on a chassis is not
Table 1: LED Indicator Pin Positions
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Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller with Multi-lane Internal Connectors
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Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller with Multi-lane Internal Connectors
Figure 5. 12-Port 3ware 9500S-12MI Serial ATA RAID Controller
For use with a backplane that has the InfiniBand 4x connectors
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Finishing Up
Moving Units from an 8000 Controller to a 9000 Controller
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Configuring Units
Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels
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Determining What RAID Level to Use
Drive Capacity Considerations
Table 3: Drive Capacity
Table 2: Possible Configurations Based on Number of Drives
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Working with the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM)
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Table 4: Working in 3BM
Table 4: Working in 3BM
Specifying the Unit Configuration
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Leaving Individual Drives as JBODs
Initializing Units
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Checking the Motherboard Boot Sequence
Installing Drivers and Making the Units Available For Use
Driver Installation Under Windo ws
Materials Required
Creating a 3ware Driver Diskette
Installing the 3ware Driver and Windows on a New Unit
Installing the Driver on a System that Boots from a Different Device
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Making Units Managed by a 3ware Controller Available to Windows
Finishing Up
Driver Installation Under Linux
Obtaining 3ware Linux Drivers
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Determining the Current Version of your 3ware Driver
Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux
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Driver Installation Under SuSE Linux
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Driver Installation Under FreeBSD
Obtaining 3ware FreeBSD Drivers
Materials Required
Installing the Driver While Installing FreeBSD on the 3ware RAID Controller
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Installing the 3ware Driver on a FreeBSD System that Boots from a Different Device
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Compiling the Driver as a Loadable Module
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Troubleshooting: Problems and Solutions
Hardware installation
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Appendix A. Installing the Battery Backup Unit
Tools and equipment required
Installation Overview
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Installation Instructions
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Replacing the Battery
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Appendix B. Compliance and Conformity Statements
Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement
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Appendix C. Warranty, Technical Support, and Service
Limited Warranty
Exclusions
State Law Provisions
Obtaining Warranty Protection
AMCCs Technical Support and Services for 3ware RAID Controllers
Sales and Ordering Information
Feedback on this manual
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