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<div class="Chapter-Title"><a name="1164197">3DM2 (3ware Disk Manager 2) </a>Introduction</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span class="NoteHeading"><a name="1219910">Note: </a></span>3DM2 includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (<span class="link"><a href="http://www.openssl.org/" target="_blank">http://www.openssl.org/</a></span>).</div>
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<div class="Body"><a name="1246392">3ware Disk Manager 2 (3DM2) allows you to manage and view the status of </a>your 3ware RAID controllers and associated drives. </div>
<div class="Body"><a name="1268349">3DM2 is a service under Windows, or a daemon under FreeBSD, Linux, </a>OpenSolaris, Mac OS, and VMware, that runs in the background on the computer where you have installed your 3ware controller. When 3DM2 is running as a service or daemon, you can use your browser to access 3DM2 application pages, where you can view status information about the controller and RAID units, create RAID units, and perform other administrative and maintenance tasks locally or remotely.</div>
<div class="Body"><a name="1246396">Two levels of access to 3DM2 are provided: user and administrator. Users </a>have view-only access, and can check the status of drives and units. Administrators can view and make changes, using 3DM2 to configure RAID units and designate hot spares, and to perform maintenance tasks on RAID units. </div>
<div class="Body"><a name="1057701">In this section, information is organized into the following topics:</a></div>
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<div class="Body"><a name="1223098">For details about the settings and fields on each of the 3DM2 screens, see </a><a href="3DM_Ref.10.1.html#1062659">3DM2 Reference</a>. </div>
<div class="Body"><a name="1618427">For instructions about doing particular tasks in 3DM2, see the topics listed </a>later in the table of contents of this online help system.</div>
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