Install The Driver; Raid Array Initialization - 3Ware 7000-2 - Escalade RAID Controller User Manual

Install the driver

1 After loading a number of files, you will be asked to insert your
driver disk. Insert the 3ware driver installation diskette for Red
Hat and press OK. For Red Hat 7.1 and later versions, the sys-
tem automatically reports:
Loading 3w-xxxx driver
2 Select the proper language and keyboard types for your locality.
3 If asked for what type of media, select Local CD-ROM since
you are installing from CD-ROM.
Note:
Red Hat 7.2 Expert Mode, you should perform step 4 to
ensure the system will boot with the current driver.
4 When prompted about LILO being written, jump to a console by
pressing Ctrl+Alt+F2, mount the driver disk and run the ini-
trd.fix script in the rh72 directory. This script copies the new
driver(s) to the target system disk, runs mkinitrd and then runs
LILO.

RAID array initialization

RAID 0 arrays do not need to be initialized and are immediately
available for use with full performance when created.
RAID 1 and 10 arrays are not initialized when created and are
immediately available for use with full performance when created.
The first time the array is verified (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM),
the array is initialized. Initialization results in data from one disk
(the disk on the lower channel number) being copied to the other
drive. In RAID 10 arrays, data from one half of the array is copied
to the other half. After the initial verification, subsequent verifies to
a RAID 1 or 10 array result in the data from one drive (or set of
drives) being compared to the other drive (or set of drives).
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