Installing The Storage Switch On Systems That Boot From A Different Device; Create Disk Arrays; Install The 3Ware Driver - 3Ware 3W-6800 User Manual

3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide
Installing the storage switch on systems that
boot from a different device
Materials required:
• 3ware CD-ROM which contains the 3DM utility.
• 3ware driver installation diskettes (2) for SuSE Linux.

Create disk arrays

Refer to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array
Configuration Utility chapters.

Install the 3ware driver

Note:
2.2.14-5.0, 2.4.2-2 smp, etc.) Check 3ware's website for
supported versions.
Note:
installing (i.e. su64, su72, etc.). Check 3ware's website for
supported versions.
Case 1: Your system runs SuSE Linux with a 2.2 kernel
1 Edit /etc/rc.d/boot, and before the line:
ECHO_RETURN=$rc_done: add the following line:
/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/***kernel string***/
scsi/3w-xxxx.o
2 Mount the floppy drive and copy the driver into a working direc-
tory.
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***kernel string*** refers to the kernel version (i.e.
*** refers to the SuSe Linux version you are
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