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1. 0 000 cece teen ees 22 Updating the Kernel with the New Driver Source seules 22 Updating the 3ware Kernel Driver Module Under FreeBSD 23 Compiling and Loading the Driver as a Module using kldload 24 Management Software 3BM 2 and CLI Installation from the Command Line 25 Muleolrp Op CERE FE 26 Driver and Software Installation 0 00 0 eens 26 Initialize Format and Partition a Unit 0 eee 30 Update the Firmware 00 0 c cee ees 34 Uninstall 3DM2 CLI and Driver 0 eee 34 Exceptions to Software User Guide v10 0 0c cece eee 35 Exceptions to 3ware 9750 SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Installation Guide V410 0 is Ux eee to Ser cto erra e Re ee news Ste ie Le 35 www lsi com channel products iii Chapter 6 Installing Uninstalling 3ware Management Software from the Command Line under Linux and FreeBSD Lllulll ul s 37 Installing 3ware Management Software 000 0 cece eee eee 37 Uninstalling 3ware Management Software 3ware SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide Version 10 1 About This Addendum This document is an addendum to the LSI 3ware SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide Version 10 0 This addendum provides information about the expanded operating system OS support for the LSI 3ware 9750 family 9750 4i and 9750 81 of RAID controller cards using firmware version 12. ESX400 200907001 for ESX 4 0 or VMware patch ESXi400 VEM 200907001 for ESXi 4 0 This issue is fixed in the ESX ESXi 4 0 Update 1 U1 You need a copy of LSI 3ware VMware 4 0 driver image 3w sas iso on CD You need to download the VMware 4 0 driver from the LSI website at http www Isi com channel ChannelDownloads Save the compressed file and extract the 3w sas iso file Then burn the image to a iso CD See Chapter 1 Downloading 3ware Drivers and Software for downloading details from the LSI channel website 1 Install your 3ware RAID controller and drives For details see the installation guide for the controller 2 Create the RAID units on the 3ware RAID controller using 3BM You can access 3BM by pressing Alt 3 during system startup For details on how to create and order units refer to Creating a Unit through 3BM and Ordering Units in 3BM on pages 97 and 101 in the LSI 3ware SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide Version 10 0 3 Insert the applicable VMware ESX Installation CD into your CD ROM or DVD drive and restart your system Your system should boot from the CD If it does not change the BIOS settings to boot from the CD and then restart 4 Atthe VMware ESX Server 4 0 splash screen press Enter to start the graphical installation method 5 When prompted choose your language and press Enter 6 When prompted choose your keyboard type and press Enter 7 When prompted for additional dri
3. RAID Controller Card Software User Guide Version 10 0 provides general information about using the 3ware RAID controller and the 3ware RAID management software utilities 32BM 3ware BIOS Manager and 3DM2 3ware Disk Manager e Sware SATA SAS RAID Controller Card CLI Guide Version 10 0 provides information on using the 3ware Command Line Interface CLI These guides are available in PDF format and can be downloaded individually from the LSI website at http www lsi com channel ChannelDownloads LSI 3ware SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide Addendum Introduction The 10 1 release is a web only release of management software tools and drivers for the expanded OS support of the 9750 family of controller cards This section includes e What s New for 10 1 Downloading 3ware Drivers and Software What s New for 10 1 The following features are new for the 10 1 release e Expanded Driver support e OpenSolaris x86 amp amd64 e FreeBSD 7 2 x86 amp amd64 VMware 4 x MacOSX e New software installer for Linux and FreeBSD Downloading 3ware Drivers and Software To install the driver and disk management tools you will need to download the components for the appropriate system to your computer from the LSI Channel website at http www lsi com channel ChannelDownloads 1 Select RAID Controllers as the Product Family from the drop down list on the left Figure 1 Product Family Drop Down List Prod
4. indicates that you agree to abide by this Software License Agreement Ifyou do not agree with it promptly return the Software and we will refund the purchase price Software License Agreement THE SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED HEREIN IS PROPRIETARY TO LSI CORPORATION AND ITS LICENSORS LSI CORPORATION IS WILLING TO LICENSE THE SOFTWARE AND accept the terms of the license agreement do not accept the terms ofthe license agreement shield LSI 3ware SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide Addendum Driver and Software Installation 6 If you want to change where the components will be installed you can change the path and directory When you are ready click Next Figure 6 Specify Directory Path Screen DREE Disk Management Tools InstallShield Wizard 10 x Click Next to install 3uvare Disk Management Tools to this directory or click Browse to install to a different directory Directory Name T opt 3ware 7 Ww A gt a i felallehield e d 7 Select the components you want to install and click Next Figure 7 Select Components to Install Screen Select the components you would like to install 4 OpenSolaris Driver May Require Reboot vj Command Line Interface tw cli 3ware Disk Manager 3DM 2 e The LSI 3ware OpenSolaris driver is required for the operating system to be able to in
5. 0 0 and software version 10 1 This section includes the following How This Addendum is Organized Related Documentation How This Addendum is Organized Table 1 shows the organization and content included in this addendum Table 1 Chapters in this Addendum Chapter 1 Introduction Description Provides an overview of what s new for the 10 1 release 2 VMware 4 x Provides detailed instructions for installing 3ware drivers and RAID management software under VMware 4 x 3 OpenSolaris Provides detailed instructions for installing 3ware drivers and RAID management software under OpenSolaris 4 FreeBSD 7 2 Provides detailed instructions for installing 3ware driver and RAID management software under FreeBSD 7 2 5 Mac OS X Provides detailed instructions for installing 3ware drivers and RAID management software under Mac OS X 6 Installing Provides instructions for installing software management Uninstalling 3ware tools 3DM2 and CLI using the install script for Linux and Management FreeBSD Software from the Command Line under Linux and FreeBSD www lsi com channel products Related Documentation vi The following additional documentation is available e The installation guide that came with your 3ware RAID controller the LSI 3ware 9750 SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Installation Guide Version 10 0 tells you how to physically install a 9750 controller e LSI 3ware SATA SAS
6. 14 819 1274 14 pdf Link to 3ware KB 15509 regarding this issue http 3ware com KB article aspx id 15509 Removing a Unit If you remove a unit through CLI OpenSolaris will keep a record of the unit in the system cache until it is unconfigured through the devfsadm or cfgadm command 16 LSI 3ware SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide Addendum Updating the Firmware See the devfsadm documentation at http docs sun com app docs doc 816 5166 devfsadm 1m azview See the cfgadm documentation at http docs sun com app docs doc 816 5166 cfgadm 1m l en amp a view amp q cfgadm Updating the Firmware Firmware updates to the 3ware RAID controller can be done from 3DM 2 or CLI For details see Updating the Firmware and Driver on page 177 of the LSI 3ware SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide Version 10 0 An electronic version is available at http www lsi com channel ChannelDownloads Uninstalling 3ware Software Under OpenSolaris The following steps describe how to uninstall software on OpenSolaris from the command line If you do not use the console option the installer will assume you want GUI mode You must be root to run the uninstaller 1 Navigate to the directory where you installed the software The default directory is opt 3ware 2 Change to the subdirectory uninst 3 Touninstall in text mode type uninstall bin console and press Enter To uninstall in graphical mode
7. 19 2 Make sure the 3ware RAID controller is not yet installed in the system 3 Install FreeBSD on a disk attached to the motherboard Be sure to install the full FreeBSD source 4 Once FreeBSD is installed power down the system and install the 3ware RAID controller For assistance see the installation guide that came with the controller 5 Boot to FreeBSD 6 Follow the instructions in Updating the Kernel with the New Driver Source on page 22 to update the kernel www si com channel products 21 Chapter 4 FreeBSD Updating Drivers under FreeBSD Drivers can be updated either from source files or with driver modules Using source files you can compile drivers into the kernel or you can create modules for versions of FreeBSD for which LSI does not supply modules This section includes these topics e Updating the Kernel with the New Driver Source e Updating the 3ware Kernel Driver Module Under FreeBSD e Compiling and Loading the Driver as a Module using kldload Updating the Kernel with the New Driver Source Use this procedure if you wish to update your kernel from driver source files To obtain source files see Obtaining 3ware FreeBSD Drivers on page 19 1 Unpacktws tgz then copy the c and n files to sys dev tws and the Makefile to sys modules tws 2 Goto usr src sys i386 conf or usr src sys amd64 conf depending on whether you have a 32 bit or 64 bit version of FreeBSD a Open your current confi
8. 3ware driver and the RAID management software e Installing the Driver and Software when LSI 3ware RAID Controller is used as Primary Storage e Installing the Driver and Software when LSI 3ware RAID Controller is used as Secondary Storage e Installing the Driver and Software from the Command Line Installing the Driver and Software when LSI 3ware RAID Controller is used as Primary Storage The steps below describe how to install the 3ware driver and RAID management software as the primary storage Note Installing the driver and software when the RAID controller is used as the primary storage only works on systems that support legacy BIOS www si com channel products 9 Chapter 3 OpenSolaris 10 Install your 3ware RAID controller For details see the installing guide for the controller Create the RAID units on the 3ware RAID controller using 3BM For details on how to create and order units refer to Creating a Unit through 3BM and Ordering Units in 3BM on pages 97 and 101 Refer to the LSI 3ware SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide Version 10 0 Download the LSI 3ware complete 10 1 ISO image from http www lsi com channel ChannelDownloads and burn it to a CD ROM disc Copy the two driver folders from the CD that you just burned packages drivers opensolaris amd64 packages drivers opensolaris 1386 to a USB flash drive or other storage media Insert the OpenSolaris CD into your CD or DVD dr
9. 5 Chapter 3 OpenSolaris Managing RAID Units Under OpenSolaris Details about creating and managing RAID units are described in the LSI 3ware SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide Version 10 0 This section includes some additional details required when working under OpenSolaris Under OpenSolaris many unit management tasks require administrative privileges and manual configuration Partitioning Formatting and Mounting Units After you create a RAID unit through 3BM or the 3ware CLI you will need to format and partition the unit create a file system and mount it These types of system administration tasks are beyond the scope of this document For information and procedures see the OpenSolaris system documentation at http opensolaris org os community documentation doc_index sysadmin RAID Unit Management Tasks Some configuration changes made to a unit through CLI or 3BM will not be recognized by OpenSolaris until the system is made aware of the changes through system administration commands Enabling Multi LUN Support By default an OpenSolaris host is configured for one LUN per SCSI target If you use Auto Carving to create a unit with multiple LUNs or if you create a boot unit you will need to manually enable multiple LUN support in OpenSolaris before it can see more than the first LUN See section D 2 Editing the sd conf File in the OpenSolaris system documentation at http dic sun com pdf 8 19 1274
10. AID controller 3ware 9750 SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Installation Guide v10 0 This guide is typically packaged with the controller but can also be downloaded from the LSI website at http www lsi com channel ChannelDownloads The installation guide listed above for the 9750 controller cards provide detailed information about those controllers The installation instructions however were written for use with a PC While much of the information is also applicable for a Mac some of the installation details are not In place of the the instructions included in the section Install the Controller in the Computer on page 10 of the installation guide follow the instructions in the user guide for your Mac Pro for opening your computer and installing a PCI Express card www si com channel products 35 Chapter 5 Mac OS X If necessary download the user guide for your Mac Pro from the Apple site and print out the chapter that includes information about opening the computer and adding PCI Express Cards 36 LSI 3ware SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide Addendum 6 Installing Uninstalling 3ware Management Software from the Command Line under Linux and FreeBSD 3ware s RAID management software Version 10 1 includes a new command line installer that replaces the previous command line installer for Linux in the 3ware RAID Management Software User Guide Version 10 0 The new command line installer is used with FreeB
11. RAID Controller Card Software User Guide Addendum Driver and Software Installation When prompted enter your Macintosh Admin user name and password and click OK Figure 10 Authenticate dialog requests user name and password Authenticate Startinstall requires that you type your password Name Your user name appears here Password gt Details The installer starts and the welcome screen appears 4 From the Welcome screen click Next to start the installation process Figure 11 Welcome Installation Screen eeo 3ware Disk Management Tools InstallShield Wizard Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for 3ware Disk Management Tools The InstallShield Wizard will install 3ware Disk Management Tools on your computer To continue choose Next 3ware Disk Management Tools LSI httpz veww Isi com 5 On the License Agreement page accept the agreement and click Next www si com channel products 27 Chapter 5 Mac OS X Figure 12 License Agreement Screen eoo 3ware Disk Management Tools InstallShield Wizard STOP BEFORE YOU INSTALL OR USE THIS SOFTWARE Carefully read this Software License Agreement Installing or using this software the Software and the related documentation the Documentation indicates that you agree to abide by this Software License Agreement If you do not agree with it promptly return the Software and we will refund the purchase price Software License A
12. S eal E Macintosh HD Vol T 12 2 MBSONY DVOR zoo ee 10 6 M8 Untitled 0 Aci a E nter a Formar Mac OS Extended Gournaled 1 unique Sue 931 30 cB name Locked for editing F install Mac OS X Disk Drivers To create a volume that can serve as Mac O5 X start up disk select Mac OS X Drivers installed Select the disk you want to partition and choose a volume scheme Click each volume represented in the scheme and specify a volume name format and size Click Partition C sow Delete Comon Revert D b Click Partition CR Disk Description 3ware 9750 DISK Media Total Capacity 931 3 C8 999 978 696 704 Byres a Bus SCSI Write Status Read Write Connection Type External SMART Status Not Supported Connection ID SCS Target ID 0 Logical Unit When a message asks you to confirm you want to partition the disk click Partition Figure 21 Confirmation Message to Create the Partition Partition Disk t Partitioning a disk will destroy all information on the i velume of the disk This disk has 1 volume raids vou sure you wish to partition the disk 3ware 9750 DISK Media AD Cree You will see a series of messages appear toward the bottom of the Disk Utility window as the RAID unit is first partitioned and then formatted This may take a couple of minutes depending on the size of the drives in your RAID unit www si com channel products 33 Chapter 5 Mac OS X Figure 22 M
13. SD Installing 3ware Management Software Uninstalling 3ware Management Software Installing 3ware Management Software The following steps describe how to install software on Linux and FreeBSD at a command line using a text only interface You must be root to run the installer 1 Download the LSI 3ware Linux or FreeBSD installation image from LSI channel website at http www lsi com channel ChannelDownloads For details on how to download files from the LSI channel website see Chapter 1 Downloading 3ware Drivers and Software Mount the image or burn the image to a CD Navigate to the folder on the mounted image or CD that contains the installer packages installers tools linux packages installers tools freebsd Type install sh i Respond to each screen as the script walks you through the installation process After the installation is complete check that the software was installed correctly www si com channel products 37 Chapter 6 Installing Uninstalling 3ware Management Software from the Command Line under Linux Uninstalling 3ware Management Software The following steps describe how to uninstall software on Linux and FreeBSD at a command line using a text only interface You must be root to run the installer 1 Navigate to the folder on your computer where 3DM2 CLI are installed lopt 3ware Backup files if needed AII files will be removed during uninstall from opt 3ware This directory is
14. acintosh Disk Utility Showing Partitioning Progress eoe LSI 3ware 9750 Disk Media 2 e x 2 iari First Aid Erase paom RAID Restor E 233 8 CB Maxtor 6L25050 estore Macintosh HD 12 ME SONY DVDR 10 6 MB Untitled 0 4 Name Volume Scheme Volume Information Untitled 1 Messages appear here as the unit is Q gt formatted i t 3ware 9750 DISK Media When the partitioning is complete icons for each new volume appear on your desktop They are now ready for use You can now close the Macintosh Disk Utility window Your RAID unit is ready for use Update the Firmware Firmware updates to the 3ware RAID controller can be done from 3DM 2 or CLI For details see Updating the Firmware and Driver on page 177 of the 3ware SATA SAS RAID Software User Guide v10 0 An electronic version is available at http www lsi com channel ChannelDownloads Uninstall 3DM2 CLI and Driver To uninstall 3DM2 CLI and driver go to the following directory Macintosh HD Applications 3ware Then double click on the StartUninstall icon enter password when prompted then you can select to uninstall everything or only certain component like 3DM2 CLI or the driver 34 LSI 3ware SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide Addendum Exceptions to Software User Guide v10 0 Exceptions to Software User Guide v10 0 When refering to the 3ware SATA SAS RAID Software User Guide v10 0 mac users should be aware that th
15. are 9750 Disk Media Q E 4 a o E New Image Info tect tog E 233 8 GE Maxtor 6L25050 E Macintosh HD 12 2M8 SONY DVOR 10 6 MB Untitled 0 7 tuse DPO RAD Restore First Aid Volume Scheme 4 Current Volume Information Name Untitled Format Mac O5 Extended Qournaled T8 4 Partitions Size 931 18 Gs Aarena T Locked for editing 6 Partitions 7 Partitions 8 Partitions M install Mac OS X Disk Drivers 5 Partitions To create a volume that can serve as a Mac O5 X 10 Partitions start up disk select Mac OS X Drivers installed 11 Partitions 12 Partitions 13 Partitions Select the disk you want to partition and choose a 14 Partitions volume scheme Click each volume represented in 1S Partitions the scheme and specify a volume name formar 16 Particions and size Click Partition On the right specify a volume name and then click Partition It is recommended to use a unique name although Mac OS X will allow you to give the same name to more than one partition If you have questions about what Format to select see the Apple documentation LSI 3ware SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide Addendum Initialize Format and Partition a Unit Figure 20 Defining the Volume in the Macintosh Disk Utility eee LSI 3ware 9750 Disk Media el AA SP 4 3 o0 5 9 m New image enfy t Info tea toa M mr F Ad Erase Tranwon Re Bj 233 8 GB Maxtor 625050 LS
16. are SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide Addendum Driver and Software Installation LSI 3ware SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide Version 10 0 Instructions for using the CLI are available in 3ware SATA SAS RAID Controller Card CLI Guide Version 10 0 Installing the Driver and Software from the Command Line The following steps describe how to install software on OpenSolaris at a command line using a console application You must be root to run the installer To install the driver and software on OpenSolaris from the command line 1 Download the LSI 3ware OpenSolaris installation image from http www lsi com channel ChannelDownloads and mount the image or burn it to a CD ROM disc 2 Navigate to the folder on the mounted image or CD that contains the installer packages installers tools solaris opensolaris 3 Type setupSolaris x86 bin console and press Enter The application starts in text mode 4 Respond to each screen as it walks you through the installation process The Console installation screens mirror those that display using the GUI installer For specific information about the screens see the previous section in this document To navigate in text mode type 1 for Next 2 for Previous 3 to Cancel 5 to Redisplay 0 to Continue Installing 5 After the installation is complete check that the driver has loaded correctly modinfo grep tw www si com channel products 1
17. buttons to test the disk or permissions without changing anything 162 0 M8 UsbFlash Drive To repair your startup disk start up from your Mac OS X Install disc CD or DVD then choose Utilities gt Disk Utility www si com channel products 31 Chapter 5 Mac OS X 3 32 In the Disk Utility Window select the Partition tab Figure 18 Macintosh Disk Utility Window Partition Tab eon LSI 3ware 9750 Disk Media e wu o3 o o New Image info Geet Im Volume Information E 233 8 CB Maxtor 6125050 E Macintosh HO elaine Scheie 12 2 MB SONY DVDR 10 6 MB Untitled 0 a 8 Name 62 0 M8 UsbFlash Drive Format disk2 x Select the disk you want to partition and choose a volume scheme Click each volume represented in the scheme and specity a volume name format and size Click Partition f Options Disk Description 3ware 9750 DISK Media Connection Bus SCSI Connection Type External Connection ID SCSI Target ID 0 Logical Unit O Total Capacity 931 3 GE 999 978 696 704 Bytes Write Status Read Write SMART Status Not Supported Q In the Volume Scheme column click Current to show the drop down menu and select the number of partitions that you want your RAID unit to have Tip If you only want one storage volume select 1 Partition Each partition will appear as a separate drive on your computer Figure 19 Selecting the Number of Volumes in Disk Utility reoeo LSI 3w
18. describe how to install the 3ware driver and RAID management software from a graphical window You must be root to run the installer 1 Download the LSI 3ware complete 10 1 ISO image from http www lsi com channel ChannelDownloads and burn it to a CD ROM disc or mount the ISO image directly under OpenSolaris 2 With your computer on boot to OpenSolaris from another boot device Then insert the CD you burned in step 1 and navigate to the folder on the CD that contains the installer packages installers tools opensolaris 3 Type setupSolaris x86 bin and press Enter 4 After you press Enter the application starts in graphical mode On the Welcome screen click Next WwWw lsi com channel products 11 Chapter 3 OpenSolaris 12 Figure 4 Welcome Installation Screen D ware Disk Management Tools InstallShield Wizard Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for 3ware Disk Management Tools The InstallShield Wizard will install 3ware Disk Management Tools on your computer To continue choose Next 3ware Disk Management Tools LSI httpd Isi com 5 On the License Agreement page accept the agreement and click Next Figure 5 License Agreement Screen 3ware Disk Management Tools InstallShield Wizard STOP BEFORE YOU INSTALL OR USE THIS SOFTWARE Carefully read this Software License Agreement Installing or using this software the Software and the related documentation the Documentation
19. e 3ware BIOS Manager 3BM is mentioned in the majority of the chapters in the Software User Guide 3BM is not supported for Mac OS disregard any 3BM instructions Chapter 2 and Chapter 5 are about 3BM completely skip these chapters In Chapter 8 page 153 replace Note with the following Note Units will be automatically initialized using background initialization when they are verified for the first time Verification requires that the units have been previously initialized This will not affect the data on the drives and the units will perform normally although performance will be slowed until the initialization and verification are completed In Chapter 9 page 157 in the last paragraph in the How Errors are Handled add the following paragraph after the windows solution On Mac OS X you can do this using the First Aid tab in the Disk Utility select the disk on the left and then click Verify Disk If verification encounters problems you can then use the Repair Disk option on the same screen In Chapter 9 page 161 add the following paragraph to the bottom of the note On Mac OS X you can do this using the First Aid tab in the Disk Utility select the disk on the left and then click Verify Disk If verification encounters problems you can then use the Repair Disk option on the same screen Exceptions to 3ware 9750 SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Installation Guide v10 0 The following manual provide information about your 3ware R
20. e SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide Addendum VMware This chapter provides detailed instructions for installing the 3ware driver and the RAID management software running under an VMware operating system This chapter includes the following sections e Driver Installation Under VMware ESX ESXi 4 x Server e Updating the Firmware Under VMware e Installing 3ware RAID Controller Management Software for VMware e Managing the 3DM 2 Daemon under VMware e Uninstalling 3ware Software on VMware e Configuring the VMware Firewall to Allow Email Notification Driver Installation Under VMware ESX ESXi 4 x Server This section provides details about how to install the driver for your LSI 3ware RAID controller under VMware ESX ESXi Server 4 x It is organized into these sections e Installing the Driver when LSI 3ware RAID Controller is used as Primary Storage e Installing the Driver when LSI 3ware RAID Controller is used as Secondary Storage e Installing the Driver using vihostupdate e Installing the Driver using esxupdate www si com channel products 3 Chapter 2 VMware E Installing the Driver when LSI 3ware RAID Controller is used as Primary Storage Prerequisite to Driver Installation Primary Storage You need a copy of VMware ESX ESXi Server 4 0 Update 1 U1 installation CD or VMware ESX ESXi Server 4 x 4 x GA see patch below Due to a bug in the VMkernel you must run the following patch VMware patch
21. ement Software 3BM 2 and CLI Installation from the Command Line See Installing 3ware Management Software on page 37 for 3BM 2 and CLI installation instructions www lsi com channel products 25 Mac OS X This Chapter provides detailed instructions for installing the 3ware driver and the RAID management software running under an Mac operating system This chapter includes the following sections e Driver and Software Installation e Initialize Format and Partition a Unit e Update the Firmware e Uninstall 3DM2 CLI and Driver e Uninstall 3DM2 CLI and Driver e Exceptions to Software User Guide v10 0 Driver and Software Installation 26 This section provides detailed instructions for installing the 3ware driver and software for the 9750 4i and 9750 8i on your Apple Mac Pro You can install all software at once or you can use the installer to install specific components If you later want to uninstall the 3DM 2 software see Uninstall 3DM2 CLI and Driver on page 34 To install the driver and disk management tools 1 Download the Mac 3ware installation CD from http www lsi com channel ChannelDownloads 2 LSI provides two different image type files 3wareCD cdr or 3wareCD dmg Once downloaded to your Mac double click on either image to mount the image and open the image for browsing 3 Double click the icon StartInstall to begin the software and driver installation process LSI 3ware SATA SAS
22. ent Device LSI 3ware SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide Addendum Driver and Software Installation for FreeBSD After installing the driver you can install the 3ware management tools 3DM 2 and CLI For details see 3ware Management Software under Linux and FreeBSD on page 40 Obtaining 3ware FreeBSD Drivers 3ware drivers can be compiled from source files into the kernel as built in drivers or can be modules that are loaded by the operating system Both source files and modules are available from LSI 3ware but modules with current controller drivers are only available for FreeBSD 7 2 You can obtain the 3ware RAID controller driver for FreeBSD from one of these two sources e 3ware software CD ROM created in Chapter 1 This CD includes Compiled and tested kernel driver modules for FreeBSD 7 2 located at e 32 bit packages drivers freebsd 7 2 x86 e 64 bit packages drivers freebsd 7 2 x86_64 Driver source files for FreeBSD 7 x located at e FreeBSD 7 x packages drivers freebsd src 7 x e LSI web site You can download the latest compiled and tested driver modules and driver source files for FreeBSD from the LSI web site at http www lsi com channel ChannelDownloads Creating a FreeBSD Driver Diskette You need a floppy drive if you are going to be installing FreeBSD on a unit or drive managed by a 3ware RAID controller card which becomes the boot unit for which your version of FreeBSD does not have a buil
23. greement THE SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED HEREIN IS PROPRIETARY TO LSI CORPORATION AND ITS LICENSORS LSI CORPORATION IS WILLING TO LICENSE THE SOFTWARE AND accept the terms of the license agreement do not accept the terms of the license agreement 6 If you want to change where the 3ware Disk Management tools 3DM 2 and CLI will be installed you can change the path and directory When you are ready click Next Figure 13 Specify Directory Path Screen QOO 3wareDiskManagement Tools InstallShield Wizard Click Next to install 3ware Disk Management Tools to this directory or click Browse to install to a different directory Directory Name opt 3ware 28 LSI 3ware SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide Addendum Driver and Software Installation 7 Select what components you want to install 3DM and CLI are applications that let you set up and manage RAID units If you unselect Enable Web Interface the 3DM2 web interface will not be enabled In this case an additional screen will display that allows you to enable email notification If you do enable the web interface you can enable this feature later after 3DM 2 has been installed Refer to the 3ware SATA SAS RAID Software User Guide v10 0 Chapter12 for details about 3DM2 and setting preferences including email notication When you are ready click Next to continue Figure 14 Select Components to Insta
24. guration file GENERIC SMP or PAE or custom config with vi or other editor Make sure Device tws 3ware 9750 series is not commented out b Save changes c In usr src sys conf files add the following entries between the entries for twa and twe dev tws tws c optional tws compile with S NORMAL C IS S dev tws dev tws tws cam c optional tws V compile with S NORMAL C IS S dev tws dev tws tws hdm c optional tws V compile with 8 NORMAL C IS S dev tws dev tws tws services c optional tws compile with S NORMAL C IS S dev tws dev tws tws user c optional tws compile with S NORMAL C ISS dev tws 22 LSI 3ware SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide Addendum Updating Drivers under FreeBSD d In usr src sys conf kern pre mk Add the following after the entry for tws f and the same for tws INCLUDES I S dev tws e Runcommand config config name specifying your configuration file GENERIC SMP PAE or your custom config followed by cd compile config name make clean make cleandepend make depend make make install 3 Reboot your system When the system reboots the new kernel driver module will load automatically Updating the 3ware Kernel Driver Module Under FreeBSD The following steps describe how to update the 3ware driver with a kernel driver module under FreeBSD back to it However you w
25. ialization under 3ware does not erase data it puts redundant data on the drives of redundant units into a known state so that data can be recovered in the event of a disk failure 3 Note Initialization of the unit by your operating system is different from When you create a unit through 3DM 2 the Mac OS X recognizes that a new disk is available and displays a message asking what you want to do If this message does not appear you can start the Disk Utility manually from the Finder and skip to step 2 LSI 3ware SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide Addendum Initialize Format and Partition a Unit 1 Inthe Mac OS message click Initialize Figure 16 Disk Insertion Message from the Mac OS Disk Insertion qp The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer Initialize Ignore 8ee 2 When the Macintosh Disk Utility window opens find and select the drive that represents your RAID unit Figure 17 Macintosh Disk Utility Window with New RAID Unit eoe LSI 3ware 9750 Disk Media S c n ue amp s X i o 5 L New Image Info Eject Log ERTTUWLD ESEN Gas 7 anion RAID Restore Mi Macintosh HD To repair a disk or volume select its icon in the list on the left and click Repair Disk j12 2 MBSONY DVOR To repair disk permission problems on a disk or volume that has Mac OS X installed select its icon and click Repair Disk Permissions 5 10 6 MB Untitled 0 Click the Verify
26. ile the driver as a module 1 Boot to FreeBSD 2 Download and extract the driver as described under Downloading the Driver and Firmware on page 178 in the 3ware SATA SAS RAID Software User Guide Version 10 0 3 Unpack tws tgz Then copy the c and h files to sys dev tws andthe Makefile to sys modules tws 4 Build the tws ko module cd sys modules tws make The tws ko module is created in sys modules tws To load the driver as a module 1 Inthe current configuration file under usr src sys i386 conf or usr src sys amd64 conf comment out the entry Device tws 3ware 9750 series This will unlink the old driver once you rebuild the kernel 2 Rebuild the kernel Run command config config name specifying your configuration file GENERIC SMP PAE or your custom config followed by cd compile config name LSI 3ware SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide Addendum Management Software 3BM 2 and CLI Installation from the Command Line make clean make cleandepend make depend make make install 3 Reboot to FreeBSD 4 Load the kernel driver module cd sys modules tws kldload tws ko 5 If you wish to load the driver automatically every time the system boots a copy tws ko into the boot folder cp sys modules tws tws ko boot kernel tws ko backup the old module if you wish to revert back b add the line tws_load YES to the file boot loader conf Manag
27. ill not be able to revert back to the original driver if you Make a backup of your original driver before updating in case you need to revert A are booting from that unit 1 Download and extract the driver as described under Downloading the Driver and Firmware on page 178 refer to 3ware SATA SAS RAID Software User Guide Version 10 0 2 Make a backup of any critical data prior to updating the 3ware driver 3 Change the directory to the location with the extracted driver Copy the driver into boot kernel Make sure the module version matches the FreeBSD version If the versions don t match there could be a kernel panic 4 Load the driver kldload tws ko If units are present you should see unit information in the system log usually var log messages 5 If you wish to load the driver automatically every time the system is www si com channel products 23 Chapter 4 FreeBSD 24 rebooted add the line tws_load YES to the file boot loader conf Compiling and Loading the Driver as a Module using kldload If you want to use a driver module and 3ware does not supply one for your version of FreeBSD use the following procedure If you just want to install a 3ware supplied module see Updating the 3ware Kernel Driver Module Under FreeBSD Note You can only use kldload to load the driver as a module if your boot drive is attached to the mother board and is not managed by the 3ware RAID controller To comp
28. ive and boot from the CD When booting completes you will be in the OpenSolaris desktop open a terminal Insert the USB flash drive into your system The drive should be mount automatically otherwise you can manually mount the drive From the terminal do the following a Login as root su Passwd opensolaris b Run this command pfexec touch ADD DRV IGNORE ROOT BASEDIR c Copy 3ware drivers from the USB flash drive or other storage media cp mount point amd64 tw kernel drv amd64 cp lt mount_point gt i386 tw kernel drv d Load 3ware driver add drv m 0666 root sys i nto Diet 1008 reperi dei 100g 5cil3c1 1005 5c6113c1 1010 c scsi tw e Double click Install OpenSolaris icon on the OpenSolaris desktop to start the installation process You should be able to select the array on the 3ware controller to install OpenSolaris on it Follow through to complete the installation and reboot the system LSI 3ware SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide Addendum Driver and Software Installation 9 To install the management software insert the 3ware CD you burned in step 3 after OpenSolaris is rebooted navigate to the directory on the CD that contains the installer packages installers tools opensolaris 10 Type setupSolaris x86 bin and press Enter Installing the Driver and Software when LSI 3ware RAID Controller is used as Secondary Storage The steps below
29. ll Screen oO00 3ware Disk Management Tools InstallShield Wizard Select the component s you would like to install LSI 3ware9000 Driver May Require Reboot v vj 3ware Disk Manager 2 3DM2 Web Server Event Monitor v Enable Web Interface v Command Line Interface tw cli www si com channel products 29 Chapter 5 Mac OS X 8 When the final installation screen lets you know that installation is complete click Finish Figure 15 Final Installation Screen eo 3ware Disk Management Tools InstallShield Wizard y Please read the summary information below I The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed 3ware Disk Management Tools Choose Finish to exit the wizard Finish You will be prompted to restart your computer in order for the driver to be used with your 3ware RAID controller 9 Restart your Mac If you have other tasks you wish to complete before restarting you may do so For example if you need to update the firmware through 3DM 2 or CLI you may do before restarting For details about updating the firmware see Update the Firmware on page 34 Initialize Format and Partition a Unit 30 After you create a unit it needs to be formatted partitioned and mounted by the operating system before it can be used initialization of a unit by 3ware Initialization under your operating system will format your disk erasing any existing data in the process Init
30. llations using vihostupdate insert LSI 3ware VMware driver CDROM or medium that contains the driver file Copy the file o 1ine bundle zipto the root of C e g C Nof fline bundle zip 2 Launch the vSphere Client providing the credentials for root 3 Put the ESX ESXi server into maintenance mode from vSphere Client Double click on Inventory gt gt click Summary tab gt gt click Enter Maintenance Mode 4 Goto Programs VMware and launch the vSphere CLI www si com channel products 5 Chapter 2 VMware 10 11 12 13 You should have a command prompt showing the following path C Program Files VMware VMware vSphere CLI Change directory to bin e g cd bin Now enter the following command via the VMware CLI perl vihostupdate pl server lt x x x x ip address gt usernam root password lt gt b c lt offline bundle zip gt i Once the driver load using vihostupdate is finished close the VM ware CLI Go back into the vSphere Client and take the ESX ES Xi server out of maintenance mode click Summary tab gt gt click Exit Maintanence Mode Reboot it click Summary tab gt gt click Reboot then Yes to confirm As the ESX ESXi server comes back up you should see the 3ware sas driver loading On vSphere you see the connection to the ESXi Server automatically reestablished through the vSphere Client after the system has rebooted and all services have loaded Now you a
31. mage to a CD See Chapter 1 Downloading 3ware Drivers and Software for downloading details from the LSI channel website 3ware RAID controller management software includes 3DM 2 and CLI CLI can run locally on the VMware server in a console window By default VMware ESX Server 4 0 does not have a GUI and therefore you cannot access 3DM 2 locally You must use another system that has a GUI and a web browser to access 3DM 2 After initial installation and setup administration will typically be done remotely through CLI or 3DM 2 If you have not yet installed 3DM and CLI use the steps below to do so 1 Mount the 3ware software image CD mount t iso9660 dev cdrom mnt cdrom 2 Navigate to the appropriate directory where the 3DM2 and CLI rpm files are located cd mnt cdrom packages installers tools vmware esx40 3 Run the install commands for CLI and 3DM 2 rpm ivh LSI 3ware CommandLine Management Utility xxx rpm rpm ivh LSI 3ware 3dm2 Management Utility xxx rpm 4 Notethe URL supplied by 3DM 2 at the end of installation for example https 10 0 0 2 888 as it will be required in order to connect to 3DM 2 through a web browser Chapter 2 VMware Managing the 3DM 2 Daemon under VMware 3DM 2 should start automatically after installation and upon bootup If it does not use the steps below to manage it 1 Login as root on the machine on which 3DM 2 is installed 2 Use the following command a
32. n LSI LSI 3ware SATA SAS RAID Software User Guide Addendum VMware FreeBSD OpenSolaris and Mac OS X Supports the 9750 RAID Controller Card Family 9750 4i and 9750 8 PN 46605 00 Rev A March 2010 46605 00A Document Description Document 46605 00 Rev A March 2010 This document will remain the official reference source for all revisions and releases of this product until rescinded by an update Disclaimer It is the policy of LSI Corporation to improve products as new technology components software and firmware become available LSI reserves the right to make changes to any products herein at any time without notice All features functions and operations described herein may not be marketed by LSI in all parts of the world In some instances photographs and figures are of equipment prototypes Therefore before using this document consult your LSI representative for information that is applicable and current LSI DOES NOT ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR THE USE OF ANY PRODUCTS DESCRIBED HEREIN EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY AGREED TO IN WRITING BY LSI LSI products are not intended for use in life support appliances devices or systems Use of any LSI product in such applications without written consent of the appropriate LSI officer is prohibited License Restriction The purchase or use of an LSI Corporation product does not convey a license under any patent copyright trademark or other in
33. nd options etc init d tdm2 start stop restart Uninstalling 3ware Software on VMware You can uninstall CLI 3DM 2 and the 3ware RAID controller driver 1 Login as root 2 Check for installed packages esxupdate query You will see a list of the packages that have been installed on VMware 3 Run the command rpm e package name on the package you wish to uninstall The software 1s removed Configuring the VMware Firewall to Allow Email Notification You can select an option in 3DM 2 to allow email notification of alarms and other events reported by the 3ware RAID controller However in order to receive email notification you will need to configure the VMware firewall to allow outgoing email as all ports are blocked by default 1 Login to the server as root 2 Configure the firewall to allow outgoing email sxcfg firewall o 25 tcp out smtp esxcfg firewall o 587 tcp out smt 8 LSI 3ware SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide Addendum OpenSolaris This chapter provides detailed instructions for installing the 3ware driver and the RAID management software running under an OpenSolaris operating system This chapter includes the following sections e Driver and Software Installation Managing RAID Units Under OpenSolaris e Updating the Firmware e Uninstalling 3ware Software Under OpenSolaris Driver and Software Installation This section provides detailed instructions for installing the
34. ninstalling 3ware Software on VMware 000 c eee eee eee eee 8 Configuring the VMware Firewall to Allow Email Notification 8 OpenSolaris sardi D eeu ee tea aan ceeds 9 Driver and Software Installation 2l 9 Installing the Driver and Software when LSI 3ware RAID Controller is used as Primary Storage sssseeseseleeeee res 9 Installing the Driver and Software when LSI 3ware RAID Controller is used as Secondary Storage sse dE ELA RP XE NDA RERUM 11 Installing the Driver and Software from the Command Line 15 Managing RAID Units Under OpenSolaris 00000 e eee eee ees 16 Partitioning Formatting and Mounting Units llle 16 RAID Unit Management Tasks 00s cece ee 16 Updating the Firmware 0 000 eee 17 Uninstalling 3ware Software Under OpenSolaris 0 0 0 e eee eee 17 FreeBSD ilv xix Me ION ae eee ed 18 Driver and Software Installation for FreeBSD 00000 eee eae 18 Obtaining 3ware FreeBSD Drivers 000 cece eee eens 19 Creating a FreeBSD Driver Diskette 0 0000 e eee eee eee 19 Installing the Kernel Driver Module while you Install the FreeBSD on a Unit Managed by a 3ware RAID Controller 0 000 e eee eee 20 Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver on a FreeBSD System that Boots from a Different Device x o Ee endo ee Rum deo eva Rake ee 21 Updating Drivers under FreeBSD
35. only for use by the 3ware management software No user data should be stored here 2 Type install sh u 3 Respond to each screen as the script walks you through the uninstall process 4 After the uninstall is complete check that the software is uninstalled 38 LSI 3ware SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide Addendum
36. ontroller using 3BM For details on how to create and order units refer to Creating a Unit through 3BM and Ordering Units in 3BM on pages 97 and 101 in the 3ware SATA SAS RAID Software User Guide Version 10 0 3 Insert the floppy disk containing tws ko module into the floppy drive 4 Atthe FreeBSD boot menu select 6 Escape to loader prompt 5 At the loader prompt 6 Load tws ko from the floppy drive using load disk0 tws ko or diskl tws ko depending on how many drives you have connected to your system 7 Continue with the installation by typing boot 8 Install the FreeBSD OS remove the FreeBSD installation CD and reboot again LSI 3ware SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide Addendum Driver and Software Installation for FreeBSD Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver on a FreeBSD System that Boots from a Different Device Use the steps in this section if FreeBSD boots from a different device and you are using the unit on your 3ware RAID controller for secondary storage When you use the unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller for secondary storage you do not need to use a driver diskette for driver installation 3ware RAID controller This avoids the possibility of installing to the wrong drive or Tip Install FreeBSD on the drive attached to the motherboard before installing the B unit 1 Get the latest driver source files for your version of FreeBSD See Obtaining 3ware FreeBSD Drivers on page
37. re ready to create VMs storage pools etc Installing the Driver using esxupdate To update or add LSI 3ware drivers on existing ESX installations using esxupdate Place the driver CD in the CD ROM drive of the ESX host 2 Mount the driver CD mount t iso9660 dev cdrom mnt cdrom 3 Navigate to the directory on the CD that contains the driver Navigate to cd mount point o 1ine bundle and locate the offline bundle zip file 4 Run the esxupdate command to install drivers using the offline bundle esxupdate bundle LSI 3 26 08 001vm40 offline bundl XXXXXX Zip update Updating the Firmware Under VMware Firmware updates to the 3ware RAID controller can be done from 3DM 2 or CLI For details see Updating the Firmware and Driver on page 177 of the LSI 3ware SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide Version 10 0 An electronic version is available at http www lsi com channel ChannelDownloads LSI 3ware SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide Addendum Installing Sware RAID Controller Management Software for VMware Installing 3ware RAID Controller Management Software for VMware E www si com channel products Prerequisite to Software Installation You need a copy of Software utilities 3DM 2 and CLI are available on the management software CD You need to download the LSI 3ware management software CD from the LSI website at http www Isi com channel ChannelDownloads and burn the i
38. t in driver To create a driver diskette 1 Inserta blank floppy and the 3ware software CD into a FreeBSD installed system 2 Navigate to packages drivers freebsd 7 2 3 Copy the appropriate driver to the floppy i e driver from x86 folder if you are installing a 32 bit FreeBSD x86 64 folder if you are installing 64 bit FreeBSD You need the driver source from packages drivers freebsd src 7 x if you are going to update the kernel with a new driver www si com channel products 19 Chapter 4 FreeBSD 20 Installing the Kernel Driver Module while you Install the FreeBSD on a Unit Managed by a 3ware RAID Controller Prerequisite You need a copy of FreeBSD 7 2 x86 or amd64 OS Installation CD Use this procedure if your boot unit is going to be managed by the 3ware RAID controller It describes how to load the FreeBSD 7 2 kernel driver module to enable boot device support and how to then compile the current drivers into the kernel from source files Note This procedure is specific to FreeBSD 7 2 as it requires a compiled module For versions of FreeBSD for which a compiled module is not supplied by 3ware it is necessary to compile your own module from source files See Compiling and Loading the Driver as a Module using kldload on page 24 1 Disconnect all SCSI ATA and SAS devices in the system except the CD or DVD and hard drives connected to the 3ware RAID controller 2 Create the RAID units on the 3ware RAID c
39. tellectual property right of LSI or third parties Copyright Notice 2010 LSI Corporation All rights reserved Trademark Acknowledgments LSI the LSI logo design 3ware 3DMS StorSwitch and TwinStor StorSave and StreamFusion are trademarks or registered trademarks of LSI Corporation All other brand and product names may be trademarks of their respective companies Table of Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 About This Addendum 00 0 0 e eee eee V How This Addendum is Organized 0 0 0 cece eee eee V Related Documentation 0 00 ccc eee eee vi Introduction unii biti dae eke Le eee et 1 Whats New for 10 1 suas Ee ps RR E Re 1 Downloading 3ware Drivers and Software 0 cece eee eee eeee 1 VMWare 2 pe RR an Ree a ee emcee Rad EUR ace ate eh a 3 Driver Installation Under VMware ESX ESXi 4 X Sem er x ous ra ace ded RU Roe URN e Yu alee Cll eA e dg 3 Installing the Driver when LSI 3ware RAID Controller is used as Primary Storage idis tr isdumlu uM usu AUS ASAP Ue LTD Pau Es ue 4 Installing the Driver when LSI 3ware RAID Controller is used as Secondary SIOLage oL Ek teeta ee ERR UR EUR Rus dede pus Aet REIR REOR E 5 Updating the Firmware Under VMware 0020 cece eee eee eee 6 Installing 3ware RAID Controller Management Software for VMware 7 Managing the 3DM 2 Daemon under VMware 000000 cece eeeeee 8 U
40. teract with the 3ware RAID controller Installing the driver may require that you restart your computer e CLI lets you set up and manage RAID units through a command line interface www lIsi com channel products 13 Chapter 3 OpenSolaris 14 8 On the summary screen review the installation that is about to occur If you want to make changes use the Back button to move back through the screens When you are ready click Install to continue Figure 8 Installation Summary Screen DERE Disk Management Tools InstallShield Wizard Please read the summary information below 3ware Disk Management Tools will be installed in the following location opt 3ware with the following features Command Line Interface tw cli 3ware Disk Manager 3DM 2 9 When the final installation screen lets you know that installation is complete click Finish Figure 9 Final Installation Screen DERE Disk Management Tools InstallShield Wizard Please read the summary information below The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed 3ware Disk Management Tools Choose Finish to exit the wizard 10 If you are prompted restart your computer to load the driver You can now use the 3ware BIOS Manager 3BM the 3ware Disk Manager 3DM2 or the 3ware Command Line Interface CLI to create and manage RAID units Instructions for using 3BM are available in the LSI 3w
41. type uninstall bin and press Enter Follow the prompts to remove the installed components www si com channel products 17 FreeBSD This chapter provides detailed instructions for installing the 3ware driver and the RAID management software running under an FreeBSD operating system This chapter includes the following sections e Driver and Software Installation for FreeBSD e Updating Drivers under FreeBSD Driver and Software Installation for FreeBSD 18 E Note Before installing the 3ware driver you must have already installed your 3ware RAID controller in the system Consult the installation guide that came with your controller for how to do this You can download the installation guide from http www Isi com channel ChannelDownloads This section provides details about how to install the driver for your 3ware RAID controller under FreeBSD e Ifthe units you have created are your boot device you install the driver for the controller as you install FreeBSD e Ifthe operating system is already installed on a unit connected to another controller or to the motherboard you start FreeBSD and then install the driver This section includes these topics e Obtaining 3ware FreeBSD Drivers e Creating a FreeBSD Driver Diskette e Installing the Kernel Driver Module while you Install the FreeBSD on a Unit Managed by a 3ware RAID Controller e Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver on a FreeBSD System that Boots from a Differ
42. uct Family RAID Controllers MI Product select w 2 Select Sware SAS 9750 4i or 9750 6i as the Product from the drop down list on the right see Figure 2 www lIsi com channel products 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Figure 2 Product Family Drop Down List Product Family RAID Controllers EZ Product select Sware SAS 9750 4i Sware SAS 9750 8i Click the appropriate driver or software under the Support and Downloads tab as shown in Figure 3 In the dialog box that appears click Save to save the file to your storage media Figure 3 Support and Downloads Tab and Documentation Tab Product Family RAID Controllers v Product 3ware SAS 9750 8 Support and Downloads Driver OS Firmware Software Readme If you downloaded the sofware as a compressed file zip and tgz extract the files and save them to your hard drive or other storage media If you downloaded an complete iso image burn the image to a CD or DVD You can also download separate components and do the installation that way if you choose If you downloaded a Mac image cdr or dmg file to your Mac you can do either one of the following e Burn the cdr image to a CD or DVD e When your ready to start the installation process double click on either image to mount the image and open the image for browsing Then double click the icon StartInstall to begin the installation process LSI 3war
43. ver support provide the 3ware VMware driver CD After the driver is loaded you should follow on screen instructions to complete VMware installation LSI 3ware SATA SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide Addendum Driver Installation Under VMware ESX ESXi 4 x Server 8 After you have finished your VMware ESX Server 4 x installation reboot the server Installing the Driver when LSI 3ware RAID Controller is used as Secondary Storage 3 Prerequisite to Driver Installation Secondary Storage You need a copy of VMware vSphere 4 x Client on a windows machine You need to download the client from the VMware vSphere website at http www vmware com support product support vsphere You need a copy of The VMware VShere Command Line Interface CLI You need to download the CLI from the VMware communities website at http communities vmware com community developer vsphere_cli vihostupdate pl is part of VMware vSphere CLI download Depending upon your selection of ESX installation or ESXi installation there are several options available for you to install and update the LSI 3ware VMware 4 x driver e If you are using ESX installation you need either e vihostupdate to install the driver or e esxupdate to install the driver e If you use ESXi installation you need to use e vihostupdate to install the driver Installing the Driver using vihostupdate To update or add LSI 3ware drivers on existing ESX and ESXi insta
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