LSI 3ware 9750 User Manual page 314

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation
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This section provides details about how to install the driver for your 3ware
RAID controller under FreeBSD.
• If the units you have created are your boot device, you install the driver
for the controller as you install FreeBSD.
• If the operating system is already installed on a unit connected to another
controller or to the motherboard, you start FreeBSD and then install the
driver.
This section includes these topics:
• Obtaining 3ware FreeBSD Drivers
• Creating a FreeBSD Driver Diskette
• Installing the Kernel Driver Module while you Install the FreeBSD on a
Unit Managed by a 3ware RAID Controller
• Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver on a FreeBSD System that Boots from
a Different Device
After installing the driver, you can install the 3ware management tools 3DM2
and CLI. For details, see "Installing Management Software (3DM2 and CLI)"
on page 308.
Obtaining 3ware FreeBSD Drivers
3ware drivers can be compiled from source files into the kernel as built-in
drivers or can be modules that are loaded by the operating system. Both
source files and modules are available from LSI 3ware, but modules with
current controller drivers are only available for FreeBSD 7.2.
You can obtain the 3ware RAID controller driver for FreeBSD from one of
these two sources:
•
3ware software CD-ROM
This CD includes: Compiled and tested kernel driver modules
for FreeBSD, located at:
•
32-bit: packages/drivers/freebsd/<version>/x86
•
64-bit: packages/drivers/freebsd/<version>/x86_64
Driver source files
•
FreeBSD: packages/drivers/freebsd/src/<version>
• You can download the latest compiled and tested driver
LSI web site.
modules and driver source files for FreeBSD from the LSI web site at
http://www.lsi.com/channel/ChannelDownloads.
3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2
for FreeBSD located at: