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Installation Overview
Check the motherboard boot sequence. Refer to your system
BIOS guide for more details.
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.
Specify a hot spare (optional).
Install the 3ware driver and make the units available to the
operating system.
For details see one of the following:
"Driver Installation Under Windows" on page 53
"Driver Installation Under Linux" on page 65
"Driver Installation Under FreeBSD" on page 87
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3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
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