Updating The Firmware And Driver - 3Ware 9650SE-2LPML User Manual

Chapter 10. Maintaining Your Controller

Updating the Firmware and Driver

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If you have a 2.6 kernel without sysfs, type the following command:
dmesg | grep 3w
(dmesg can also be used with earlier kernel versions.)
• Under Windows, you can follow the first 5 steps under "Updating the
3ware Driver Under Windows XP" on page 172.
Note:
It is a good idea to back up your data before updating the firmware. Updating
the firmware can render the device driver and/or management tools incompatible. It
is also recommended to have a copy of the current firmware image for rollbacks.
This chapter details several ways to update the firmware and driver for the
3ware RAID controller, depending upon operating system.
Before starting the update of either driver or firmware, you will want to make
sure you have the latest files. For details, see "Downloading the Driver and
Firmware" on page 165.
To update the firmware
• All operating systems can do so through 3DM. For details, see "Updating
the Firmware Through 3DM 2" on page 166.
• All operating systems can do so through CLI. For details, see 3ware
Serial ATA RAID Controller CLI Guide.
• Windows users can update the firmware along with the driver by using the
Update Utility. For more information, see "Updating the 3ware Driver
and Firmware Under Windows" on page 167.
• Linux and FreeBSD users can use a command-line utility. For details, see
"Updating the Firmware Under Linux and FreeBSD" on page 182.
To update the driver
• Windows users can update the driver along with the firmware by using the
3ware Update Utility. For more information, see "Updating the 3ware
Driver and Firmware Under Windows" on page 167.
• Windows users can also update only the driver through Windows Device
Manager. For details, see "Updating the 3ware Driver Under Windows
XP" on page 172.
• Linux and FreeBSD users can update the driver at the command line. For
details see:
• Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat or Fedora Core
• Updating the 3ware Driver Under SuSE
• Updating the 3ware Driver Under FreeBSD
3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide