Moving Legacy Jbod Units To A 9000 Controller; Adding A Drive - 3Ware 9550SXU-12 User Manual

Configuring Units

Moving Legacy JBOD Units to a 9000 Controller

Adding a Drive

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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
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
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.
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