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Driver and software installation – Avago Technologies 3ware SAS 9750-16i4e User Manual

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Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under OpenSolaris

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Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under

OpenSolaris

This section provides detailed instructions for installing the 3ware driver and
the RAID management software running under an OpenSolaris operating
system.

The following topics are included in this section:

Driver and Software Installation

Uninstalling 3ware Software Under OpenSolaris

Driver and Software Installation

This section provides detailed instructions for installing the 3ware driver and
the RAID management software.

Installing the Driver and Software when LSI 3ware RAID Controller is
used as Primary Storage

Installing the Driver and Software when LSI 3ware RAID Controller is
used as Secondary Storage

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.

1

Install your 3ware RAID controller. For details, see the installing guide
for the controller.

2

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.

3

Download the LSI 3ware complete ISO image from

http://www.lsi.com/channel/ChannelDownloads

and burn it to a CD.

4

Copy the two driver folders from the CD that you just burned:

Note:

Installing the driver and software when the RAID controller is used as the primary
storage only works on systems that support legacy BIOS.