To install the 3ware RAID controller in a Linux DPSS servers, do the following:Go to the 3ware Software Library and download the Linux driver.
3ware 3W-5200/5400/5800 Red Hat Linux Driver
It will be download as -- redhat_linux.zip --
Login on the machine where you will install the 3ware card, and unzip redhat_linux.zip. This will give you the following files:
% unzip redhat_linux.zip
% ls -l
-rw-r--r-- 1 root other 315412 Jan 25 09:55 3dm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root other 26032 Jan 25 09:55 3w-xxxx.bot
-rw-r--r-- 1 root other 26104 Jan 25 09:55 3w-xxxx.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root other 26688 Jan 25 09:55 3w-xxxx.smp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root other 18103 Jan 25 09:55 3w-xxxx.tgz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root other 52 Jan 25 09:55 modinfo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root other 14162 Jan 25 09:55 modules.cgz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root other 0 Jan 25 09:55 modules.dep
-rw-r--r-- 1 root other 9137 Jan 25 09:55 readme.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root other 0 Jan 25 09:55 rhdd-6.1mv 3dm an execution directory, such as /usr/local/bin, e.g.:
% mv 3dm /usr/local/binThen do:% tar -zxf 3w-xxxx.tgzwhich will create a new directory called "driver". cd into driver directory, and type "make" to build your driver. The new driver is called "3w-xxxx.o".% mv 3w-xxxx.o /lib/modules/`uname -r`/scsi
Then clean up and remove the temporary files
Add this to /etc/rc.d/rc.local to install the driver with every reboot
/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/scsi/3w-xxxx.o
Then install the 3ware board, IDE disks, IDE cables, and power lines.After installing the 3ware adapter and rebooting the machine, at BIOS level it will ask you to configure the disk array by pressing Alt-3. Press the Alt key and the 3 key at same time enter the 3ware configuring menu. Follow the menu instructions, using tab or arrow key to move the cursor to select disks and create a disk array in striped mode. The recommended configuration for use with the DPSS is 2 disks with a strip width of 2.
These disk will then appears as SCSI disks to Linux: i.e.: /dev/sda and /dev/sdb