Chapter 8. Configuring Units
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3
Power down the system, disconnect the drives from the 8000 controller
and remove that controller from the system.
4
Attach the drives to the 9000 board.
5
Reboot the system and enter the 3ware 9000 series BIOS (3BM) by
pressing Alt-3. Enable the Export JBOD policy on the Policy screen.
6
Press the
F8
or
Esc
key to save and exit.
To move legacy JBOD units under Linux or FreeBSD
1
Upgrade your driver to the 9000 series driver.
2
Power down the system, disconnect the drives from the 8000 controller
and remove the controller from the system.
3
Install the 9000 controller and attach the drives to the 9000 board, as
described earlier in this section.
4
Reboot the system and enter the 3ware 9000 series BIOS (3BM) by
pressing Alt-3. Enable the Export JBOD policy on the Policy screen.
5
Press the
F8
or
Esc
key to save and exit.
Moving Units from a 9500S to a 9550SX, 9590SE, or
9650SE Controller
It is fairly straightforward to move units from a 9500S controller to a 9550SX,
9590SE, or 9650SE controller. The steps you follow depend on whether you
are booting from the drives attached to the 9500S, or whether they are being
used for secondary storage.
To move a bootable unit from a 9500S to a 9550SX, 9590SE, or
9650SE controller
1
If you are working with a Linux system, skip to step 2.
If you are working with a Windows system:
a
Power down the computer.
b
Install the 9550SX, 9590SE, or 9650SE controller in the computer,
leaving the 9500S installed and its drives attached.
c
Boot to the operating system.
2
Update the driver for the 9550SX, 9590SE, or 9650SE.
If you are using Linux, you will also need to update the initial RAM disk
with the
mkinitrd
command.
3
Power down the computer.
