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3ware Tools for Configuration and Management 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 FreeBSD) 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 9690SA and 9650SE) or remotely (on a system connected via a network to the system containing the 9690SA and 9650SE). For details about working with 3DM, see "3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) Introduction" on page 70. 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 155. www.3ware.com 15