3DM 2 Online Help

Welcome to the 3DM®2 Help System
This online help for 3DM 2 provides instructions for using 3DM 2 to configure and maintain your 3ware SAS/SATA RAID controller.
Finding What You Need in 3DM 2 Help
When you click Help on the 3DM 2 menu bar, the Help opens to information about the page you have in view. (On the Controller Summary page, clicking Help brings you to this “Welcome” topic about the Help system. For details about the Controller Summary page, click here.)
To find information about other topics, use the TOC (Table of Contents) and Index links at the top of the Help page.

For information about | See
First time setup and RAID configuration | Getting Started with Your 3ware RAID Controller
Features in the AMCC 3ware 9.5.1 software release | Introducing the 3ware® SAS/SATA RAID Controller and Highlights of the 9.5.1 Release
Features in the AMCC 3ware 9.5.2 software release | Not yet available in 3DM 2 Help. See 9.5.2 Addendum to the 3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User Guide, available from http://3ware.com/support/userdocs.asp
Creating a RAID unit | Configuring a New Unit
Error messages | Error and Notification Messages
3DM 2 overview and setup | Starting 3DM 2 and Logging In Working with the 3DM 2 Screens Setting Up 3DM 2 Preferences

Conventions
The following conventions are used throughout the online help:

| 3DM and 3DM 2 both refer to the 3ware Disk Manager, version 2.

| Current controller is used to refer to the controller which is currently selected in the drop-down list at the top of the 3DM 2 page.

| Unit refers to one or more disks configured through 3ware to be treated by the operating system as a single drive. Also known as an array. Array and unit are used interchangeably throughout this manual.

| Boldface is used for buttons, fields, and settings that appear on the screen.

| Monospace font is used for code and to indicate things you type.

Other Documentation
In PDF format, on the CD that came with your controller, and available through the 3ware website at http://www.3ware.com/support/userdocs.asp:

| 9.5.2 Addendum to the 3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User Guide

| 3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User Guide, Version 9.5.1

| 3ware SAS/SATA RAID Controller CLI Guide, Version 9.5.2

| 3ware 9690SA SAS Controller Installation Guide

You will find several versions of this guide, one for each specific version of the 3ware Serial ATA RAID controller. Be sure to use the one for your model number.
In HTML format, the 3ware HTML Bookshelf includes the content of both the user guide and CLI guide, version 9.5.1. It is available in the Docs folder on your 3ware CD.
Additional support information is available in the 3ware Knowledgebase, at this website: http://www.3ware.com/KB
Content last updated: 3.10.09 (9.5.1 - PC version. Updated to incorporate new error messages for 9.5.2. For information about features added in 9.5.2, see the 9.5.2 Addendum to the 3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User Guide.)

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