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720-0123-00 Rev. A 

 
 

Release Highlights 

 

 

Support for Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) and RAID Level Migration (RLM) 

 

Support for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0 and SuSE Professional 9.2 

 

Support for Red Hat WS3 update-3  

 

Beta support for Fedora Core 3 

 

Critical bug fixes for BBU support.  This is the minimum code level recommended 
for controllers with a BBU attached. 

 

Support for array naming and serial numbers 

 

Support for AutoCarving (Multiple 2 TB LUN option) for legacy OS 

 

Updated firmware, drivers, CLI, and 3DM 2 

 

Release Details 

 

The following firmware, driver, 3DM 2 and CLI versions comprise the 9.2.0 release 
package:  

 

 

Firmware version: 2.06.00.009 

 

3BM (BIOS) version: 2.03.01.051 

 

Operating System Drivers 

 

Windows driver version: 2.06.03.040 

 

Windows 2003, XP (SP1), and 2000 (SP4) for AMD and Intel Platforms (32-bit)  

 

Windows 2003 and XP (SP1) for AMD (Opteron) and Intel (EM64T) Platforms 
(64-bit) (Beta version) 

 
Linux 2.6 driver version: 2.26.03.015fw 

 

SuSE 9.2 Pro for AMD and Intel Platforms (32-bit & 64-bit) 

 

 

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0 for AMD and Intel Platforms (32-bit & 64-bit)

 

 

Fedora Core 3 for AMD and Intel Platforms (32-bit & 64-bit)

 

 

Open source driver also available, refer to readme.txt file on the 3ware CD

 

 

‘fw’ after the driver version indicates that the controller firmware is bundled with the 
driver

 

 

Linux 2.4 driver version: 2.24.03.015fw 

 

Red Hat Enterprise WS3.0 Update3 for AMD and Intel Platforms (32-bit & 64-bit)

 

 

Open source driver also available, refer to readme.txt file on the 3ware CD

 

 

‘fw’ after the driver version indicates that the controller firmware is bundled with the 
driver

 

 

Summary of Contents for 9000 Series

Page 1: ...e User s Guide For additional information see our web site at http www 3ware com products serial_ata9000 asp User Documentation http www 3ware com support userdocs asp Knowledgebase http www 3ware com...

Page 2: ...stem Drivers Windows driver version 2 06 03 040 Windows 2003 XP SP1 and 2000 SP4 for AMD and Intel Platforms 32 bit Windows 2003 and XP SP1 for AMD Opteron and Intel EM64T Platforms 64 bit Beta versio...

Page 3: ...bit and 64 bit versions 2 03 00 025 3DM 2 for Linux 32 bit and 64 bit versions 2 03 00 025 3DM 2 for FreeBSD 32 bit version 2 03 00 025 3DM 2 installer for Fedora Core 3 requires additional steps see...

Page 4: ...e g options scsi_mod max_scsi_luns 8 alias scsi_hostadapter 3w 9xxx If the system is booting from the 9500S controller i e the array is primary storage then the initrd image also needs to be updated...

Page 5: ...lve this issue You can use 127 0 0 1 by default or the actual IP address of your server If you don t know the IP address of your mail server you can get it by typing nslookup your email server name Se...

Page 6: ...bug that does not update initrd to include the 3w 9xxx drivers This has been fixed in SuSE 9 2 The work around is to run the installation normally as described in the Installation Guide but at the en...

Page 7: ...3ware driver at a later time Updating the 3ware driver at a later time with the mkinitrd command will cause the system to not be able to boot See 3ware KB article 13297 http www 3ware com kb article...

Page 8: ...oading 3 Check the HP documentation to see if it is possible to change the boot sequence from the system BIOS With multiple controllers the controller ID is switched with Win 2k3 64 and WinXP 32 with...

Page 9: ...nabled prior to creating arrays greater the 2 TB Beta Windows 2003 SP1 With the 9 2 code set driver if user wants to enable 2 TB under Windows 2003 SP1 a registry entry is required HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE...

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