
Introducing the LSI 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card
14 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.0
3ware Tools for Configuration and
Management
3ware software tools let you easily configure the drives attached to your
3ware RAID controller, specifying which drives should be used together as a
RAID unit and the type of RAID configuration you want, and designating hot
spares for use if a drive degrades.
3ware provides the following tools for use in configuring and managing units
attached to the 3ware controller:
• 3BM (3ware BIOS Manager)
3BM is a BIOS level tool for creating, deleting, and maintaining disk
arrays, rebuilding arrays, designating hot spares, and setting controller
policies. 3BM is the tool most frequently used to configure units
immediately after installation of the controller, but can also be used after
installation to maintain the controller and associated drives.
For general information about working with 3BM, see Chapter 5, “3ware
BIOS Manager (3BM) Introduction.”
• 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager)
3DM is a daemon (under Linux) and a service (under Windows) which
runs in the background on the controller’s host system, and can be
accessed through a web browser to provide ongoing monitoring and
administration of the controller and associated drives. It can be used
locally (on the system that contains the 9750) or remotely (on a system
connected via a network to the system containing the 9750).
For details about working with 3DM, see “3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager)
Introduction” on page 61.
3DM 2 is the current version of the 3ware Disk Manager. Throughout this
documentation, it is referred to interchangeably as 3DM and 3DM 2.
• 3ware Alert Utility (WinAVAlarm)
The 3ware Alert Utility for Windows runs on the system in which the
3ware RAID controller is installed and provides direct notification by a
popup message and audio alarm when events occur. This utility can be
configured to specify the type of events that should generate these
notifications. For details, see “Using the Alert Utility Under Windows” on
page 148.
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