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Moving legacy jbod units to a 9000 controller, Adding a drive – Avago Technologies 3ware 9650SE-12ML (Channel) User Manual

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Configuring Units

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3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User Guide, Version 9.5.1

Moving Legacy JBOD Units to a 9000 Controller

The steps for moving legacy JBOD units vary, depending on the operating
system you are using.

To move legacy JBOD units under Windows

1

Install the 9000 controller in your system, while leaving the
8000 controller installed.

2

Install the Windows driver. (For details, see “Driver Installation Under
Windows” on page 33.)

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.

Adding a Drive

If you have a hot swap bay or an enclosure with removable trays, you can add
a drive to your system and make it available through 3DM without powering
down the system.

Without hot swap bays, you should not add a drive via 3DM. Instead, power
down the system and add the applicable drives.

Warning:

Physically adding a drive without using a hot swap bay and without

powering down your system can result in a system hang or may even damage the
system and the drive.