Linux Installation

Installing 3DM for Red Hat Linux or SuSE Linux

To install 3DM:

  1. Insert the 3ware software Installation CD-ROM for Linux into the CD-ROM drive.

  2. Mount the CD-ROM drive:

mount /dev/cdrom

mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

For older SuSE systems, type:

mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom

 

  1. Change the directory and run the install script:

For Red Hat Linux:

cd /mnt/cdrom

./install.3dm

For SuSE Linux:

cd /media/cdrom

./install.3dm

You will be prompted with the a series of questions to complete the installation.

  1. The first question asks if RPM was used to install the Escalade driver and/or 3DM. The default answer is no.

  1. The second question asks for the location of the help documentation:

Please enter the location of the help documentation (default is /usr/local/doc)

  1. The next question asks if you would like to receive an e-mail message when an event occurs. The default to this question is "yes". If you enable e-mail notification you will be asked to provide the name of the mail server, the user name for the person who will send the E-mail notification (typically the local host name) and the user name for the person who will receive the e-mail notification (typically the system administrator). To enter multiple e-mail addresses, each address must be separated by a comma:

Would you like to have e-mail notification enabled (Y/N)?

Please enter the name of your mail server: (default is local host name)

Please enter the name of the user you want sending e-mail notification: (default is root)

Please enter the name of the user you want receiving e-mail notification: (default is 3ware_admin)

  1. The next question asks for the HTTP port that you would like 3DM to use.  If you don not know what port to use, select the default:

Please enter the port number that you would like to use for web monitoring (default is 1080)

  1. The next question asks if you want to limit 3DM connections to the local machine:

Would you like 3DM connection security to limit connections to local host only? (default is yes)

  1. Change the directory and then eject the CD-ROM disk when finished:

cd /home

eject cdrom

 

Starting 3DM

 

3DM should start automatically after installation and upon bootup.  If you need to start 3DM manually, follow these steps:

 

 

  1. Login as root.

  2. Afterwards, type:

 

For Red Hat Linux:

/etc/rc.d/init.d/3dm start

 

For SuSE Linux:

/etc/rc.d/3dm start

 

Uninstalling 3DM

To uninstall 3DM for Linux, follow these steps:

  1. Insert the 3ware software installation CD-ROM for Linux into the CD-ROM drive.

  2. Mount the CD-ROM disk:

mount /dev/cdrom

mount -f iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

For older SuSE systems, type:

mount -f iso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom

  1. Change the directory and run the uninstall script:

cd /mnt/cdrom or /cdrom

./install.3dm --u

  1. Eject the CD-ROM disk when finished:

cd /home

eject cdrom

 

 

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