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Moving Legacy JBOD Units to a 9000 Controller - linux

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Installing the Hardware To move units under Linux or FreeBSD 1 Upgrade your driver to the 9000 series driver. (For details, refer to the Linux or FreeBSD Driver Installation section.) 2 Run the conversion utility to convert the units. 3 Power down the system, disconnect the drives from the 8000 controller and remove the controller from the system. 4 Install the 9000 controller and attach the drives to the 9000 board, as described earlier in this section. To move units under Windows 1 Install the 9000 controller in your system, while leaving the 8000 controller installed. 2 Install the Windows driver. (For details, see "Driver Installation Under Windows" on page 53.) 3 Run the conversion utility to convert the units. 4 Power down the system, disconnect the drives from the 7/8000 controller and remove that controller from the system. 5 Attach the drives to the 9000 board. Moving Legacy JBOD Units to a 9000 Controller To move legacy JBOD units under Linux or FreeBSD 1 Upgrade your driver to the 9000 series driver. 2 Power down the system, disconnect the drives from the 8000 controller and remove the controller from the system. 3 Install the 9000 controller and attach the drives to the 9000 board, as described earlier in this section. 24 3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide

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Installing the Hardware
24
3ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
To move units under Linux or FreeBSD
1
Upgrade your driver to the 9000 series driver. (For details, refer
to the Linux or FreeBSD Driver Installation section.)
2
Run the conversion utility to convert the units.
3
Power down the system, disconnect the drives from the 8000
controller and remove the controller from the system.
4
Install the 9000 controller and attach the drives to the 9000
board, as described earlier in this section.
To move units under Windows
1
Install the 9000 controller in your system, while leaving the
8000 controller installed.
2
Install the Windows driver. (For details, see “Driver Installation
Under Windows” on page 53.)
3
Run the conversion utility to convert the units.
4
Power down the system, disconnect the drives from the 7/8000
controller and remove that controller from the system.
5
Attach the drives to the 9000 board.
Moving Legacy JBOD Units to a 9000 Controller
To move legacy JBOD units under Linux or FreeBSD
1
Upgrade your driver to the 9000 series driver.
2
Power down the system, disconnect the drives from the 8000
controller and remove the controller from the system.
3
Install the 9000 controller and attach the drives to the 9000
board, as described earlier in this section.