AMCC 3WARE 720-0138-00, Installation Manual

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Installation Overview
8 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
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Check the motherboard boot sequence. Refer to your system
BIOS guide for more details.
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Configure RAID units.
The basic steps are listed here. For details, see “Configuring
Units” on page 27.
a Start 3BM (the 3ware BIOS Manager).
b Select the drives to be included and indicate that you want
to create a disk array.
c Select the desired RAID configuration.
d Set other parameters, depending on the type of RAID con-
figuration.
e Confirm the array configuration.
f Save your changes and exit.
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Specify a hot spare (optional).
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Install the 3ware driver and make the units available to the
operating system.
For details see one of the following:
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“Driver Installation Under Windows” on page 53
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“Driver Installation Under Linux” on page 65
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“Driver Installation Under FreeBSD” on page 87