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Replacing the Battery
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LED Indicator Pin Positions
Safety
Stacked connectors
Product Features
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Contents
3ware
Trademarks
Copyright
Disclaimer
Table of Contents
Driver Installation Under Windows
Troubleshooting Problems and Solutions
Page
About this Guide
Conventions Used in This Guide
About this Guide
Product Features
About the 3ware RAID Controller
What’s New With the 3ware 9000 Series Controllers
System Requirements
„ Drives
Package Contents
Installation Overview
Installation Overview
Installing the Hardware
Installation Considerations
Before You Begin
Whether to Use the LED Status Connector
Safety Factors
Personal Safety
What You Need Tools and Equipment
Protecting Equipment and Data
ESD Electrostatic Discharge Precautions
Installing a Serial ATA RAID Controller
Stacked connectors
Additional Details About the LED Status Connectors
LED Indicator Pin Positions
Lower of the two pins Cathode is the upper
To connect serial cables to the controller
Port 3ware 9500S-4 Serial ATA RAID Controller
To install the controller in the computer
To connect the interface cables to the drives
Port 3ware 9500S-12MI Serial ATA RAID Controller
To connect the multi-lane cables
Multi-lane Cable InfiniBand 4x, SFF-8470
To install the drives
Configure your RAID Arrays
Check your Installation and Close the Case
Finishing Up
Moving Units from an 8000 Controller to a 9000 Controller
Moving Legacy Jbod Units to a 9000 Controller
To move legacy Jbod units under Windows
Installing the Hardware
Configuring Units
Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels
Configurations Available with the 3ware RAID Controller
Configuring Units
Determining What RAID Level to Use
Other Important Concepts
Drive Capacity Considerations
Support for Over 2 Terabytes
Working with the 3ware Bios Manager 3BM
Starting 3BM
Working with the 3ware Bios Manager 3BM
Exiting 3BM
BM Configuration Utility Main Display
Working in the 3BM Screens
Working in 3BM
Previous policy settings they
Specifying the Unit Configuration
Basic Steps for Creating a Unit
Asterisks Next to Selected Drives
Create Disk Array Display, RAID 0 Example
To select the desired RAID configuration
To confirm unit configuration
Confirmation Message when Saving and Exiting
Specifying a Hot Spare
Hot Spare Indicated
Enabling Auto-Carving for Units Larger Than 2 TB
Leaving Individual Drives as JBODs
RAID 0 Units
Initializing Units
For RAID 5 and RAID 50 Units
For RAID 1 and RAID
Tab to Maintain Array and press Enter
Checking the Motherboard Boot Sequence
Installing Drivers and Making the Units Available For Use
Driver Installation Under Windows
Materials Required
Creating a 3ware Driver Diskette
Installing the 3ware Driver and Windows on a New Unit
Driver Installation Under Windows
To install the 3ware driver under Windows
Completing Found New Hardware Wizard
Install Hardware Device Drivers
To install the 3ware driver under Windows XP or
Completing Found New Hardware Wizard
Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard
Computer Management Screen
Finishing Up
Driver Installation Under Linux
Obtaining 3ware Linux Drivers
Be Sure to Use the Correct Drivers
Obtaining 3ware Linux Drivers
Determining the Current Version of your 3ware Driver
Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux
Materials Required
Installing the 3ware Driver and Red Hat Linux on a New Unit
Creating a Red Hat Linux Driver Diskette
Expert at the boot prompt. boot expert
Kernel String Conventions
If prompted to overwrite, type y
For 2.6 Kernels, add the following line to
Run mkinitrd by entering the following
Put kernel string here/kernel/drivers/scsi
Load the driver manually
Compiling a 3ware Driver for Red Hat Linux
To build SMP module, type
To build IA32E module
Driver Installation Under SuSE Linux
Creating a SuSE Linux Driver Diskette
Boot directly from the SuSE installation CD #1 or DVD
3w-9xxx to /lib/modules/kernel string/modules.dep file
Compiling a 3ware Driver for SuSE Linux
Make oldconfig Untar the driver source with this command
Driver source will be output to a directory called driver
To build the module, type
Driver Installation Under FreeBSD
Obtaining 3ware FreeBSD Drivers
To install the driver as a module
Mount the floppy
Save the file Change to the following directory
TWADEBUG=number from 0 to
Create the directory /sys/dev/twa
Compiling the Driver as a Loadable Module
Unpack the driver source files
Driver Installation Under FreeBSD
Troubleshooting Problems and Solutions
Hardware installation
Q5 Preventing the 3ware Bios from installing
Appendix A. Installing the Battery Backup Unit
Installation Overview
Tools and equipment required
Points of connection on the full-height controller top view
Installation Instructions
Removing the screws from the PCI bracket
Battery cable inserted through cable management clips
BBU attached to controller
Battery power connector and power receptacle
BBU installed on controllers
Replacing the Battery
Power cable from the battery to the BBU
Appendix B. Compliance Conformity Statements
Appendix B. Compliance and Conformity Statements
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Appendix C. Warranty Technical Support, Service
Limited Warranty
Exclusions
State Law Provisions
Obtaining Warranty Protection
Sales and Ordering Information
Feedback on this manual
Appendix C. Warranty, Technical Support, and Service
Index
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