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Moving Legacy JBOD Units to a 9000 Controller
The steps for moving legacy JBOD units vary, depending on the operating system you are using.
To move legacy JBOD units under Windows

1 | Install the 9000 controller in your system, while leaving the 8000 controller installed.

2 | Install the Windows driver.

3 | Power down the system, disconnect the drives from the 8000 controller and remove that controller from the system.

4 | Attach the drives to the 9000 board.

5 | Reboot the system and enter the 3ware 9000 series BIOS (3BM) by pressing Alt-3. Enable the Export JBOD policy on the Policy screen.

6 | Press the F8 or Esc key to save and exit.

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.

4 | Reboot the system and enter the 3ware 9000 series BIOS (3BM) by pressing Alt-3. Enable the Export JBOD policy on the Policy screen.

5 | Press the F8 or Esc key to save and exit.

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