3ware® SAS/SATA RAID
Software User Guide Addendum
for FreeBSD
Supports the 9690SA Models
PN 720-0179-00
February 2008
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3ware® SAS/SATA RAID Software
User Guide Addendum for FreeBSD
This document is an addendum to the 3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User
Guide, Version 9.5.
It provides information about support for FreeBSD under version 9.5.0.1 of
the 3ware RAID controller software.
For general information about using the 3ware RAID controller management
software (3BM and 3DM), see the 3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User
Guide, Version 9.5.
For information on installing your 3ware RAID controller card, see the
Installation Guide for your 3ware RAID controller model. If you do not have
the copy that came with your controller, electronic versions are available on
the 3ware website at http://www.3ware.com/support/userdocs.asp.
This document includes these topics:
• “Driver Installation Under FreeBSD” on page 1
• “Updating Drivers under FreeBSD” on page 6
• “Updating the Firmware Under FreeBSD” on page 9
• “Installing 3ware RAID Controller Management Software for FreeBSD”
on page 10
• “Uninstalling 3DM 2 on FreeBSD” on page 12
• “Starting the 3DM 2 Daemon under FreeBSD” on page 12
Driver Installation Under FreeBSD
Notes: If you use FreeBSD 6.3 or later you do not need to install drivers, as driver
support up through the 3ware 9690SA RAID controller is built into the kernel.
If you need to do an update to your drivers, see “Updating the Kernel with the New
Driver Source” on page 6.
For a complete list of supported versions of FreeBSD and 3ware RAID controllers,
see http://www.3ware.com/support/OS-support.asp.
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Driver Installation Under FreeBSD
This section provides details about how to install the driver for your 3ware
RAID controller under FreeBSD and make the units available if you use a
version prior to 6.3 and later than 5.0.
• If the units you have created will be your boot device, you will install the
driver for the controller as you install FreeBSD.
• If the operating system is already installed on a unit connected to another
controller or to the motherboard, you will start FreeBSD and then install
the driver.
This section includes these topics:
• Obtaining 3ware FreeBSD Drivers
• Creating A FreeBSD Driver Diskette
• Installing the Kernel Driver Module while Installing FreeBSD 6.2 on a
Unit Managed by a 3ware RAID Controller
• Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver on a FreeBSD System that Boots from
a Different Device
Obtaining 3ware FreeBSD Drivers
3ware drivers can be compiled from source files into the kernel as built-in
drivers or can be modules that are loaded by the operating system. Both
source files and modules are available from 3ware, but modules with current
controller drivers are only available for FreeBSD 5.5 and FreeBSD 6.2.
You can obtain the 3ware RAID controller driver for FreeBSD from one of
these two sources:
•
3ware software CD-ROM. This CD includes:
Compiled and tested kernel driver modules for FreeBSD 5.5 and
FreeBSD 6.2, located at:
•
FreeBSD 6.2 32bit: packages/drivers/freebsd/6.2/x86
FreeBSD 6.2 64bit: packages/drivers/freebsd/6.2/x86_64
•
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FreeBSD 5.5 32bit: packages/drivers/freebsd/5.5/x86
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FreeBSD 5.5 64bit: packages/drivers/freebsd/5.5/x86_64
Driver source files for FreeBSD 5.x, 6.x, and 7.x, located at:
•
FreeBSD 5.x: packages/drivers/freebsd/src/5.x
FreeBSD 6.x: packages/drivers/freebsd/src/6.x
•
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FreeBSD 7.x: packages/drivers/freebsd/src/7.x
•
3ware web site. You can download the latest compiled and tested driver
modules and driver source files for FreeBSD from the 3ware web site at
http://www.3ware.com/support/index.asp.
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Driver Installation Under FreeBSD
Creating A FreeBSD Driver Diskette
You will need a driver diskette if you are going to be installing FreeBSD on a
unit or drive managed by a 3ware RAID controller card which will become
the boot unit and for which your version of FreeBSD does not have a built-in
driver.
To create a driver diskette
1 Insert a blank floppy diskette and the 3ware software CD-ROM into a
FreeBSD installed system.
2 Create a mount point for the floppy.
mkdir /floppy
3 Format the floppy.
newfs /dev/fd0 (assuming fd0 is the floppy disk drive)
4 Mount the floppy drive.
mount -t ufs /dev/fd0 /floppy
5 Mount the 3ware software CD-ROM.
mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0 /cdrom (assuming acd0 is the CD-
ROM drive).
6 Copy the appropriate module from the 3ware CD-ROM to the floppy . For
example:
cp /cdrom/packages/drivers/freebsd/6.2/x86_64/twa.ko /floppy
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