Driver Installation Under Linux - 3Ware 9550SXU-12 User Manual

Driver Installation

Driver Installation Under Linux

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Note:
Before installing the 3ware driver, you may have already installed your 3ware
RAID controller in the system. Consult the installation guide that came with your
controller for how to do this. You can download that guide from:
www.3ware.com/support/userdocs.asp
A drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller may be configured to
be your system's boot device. Or, you can use units managed by the 3ware
controller for secondary storage and boot from another device, such as a disk
attached to the motherboard, or other bootable media.
These steps assume that you do not have a 3ware 9000 Series card installed in
the system already. If you already do and you wish to add a 9690SA or
9650SE to that same system, you will need to upgrade the 3ware driver,
3DM 2, and/or CLI with the current version.
The steps you follow to install the driver and make your RAID unit available
depend on which version of Linux you are using, and whether it will be your
boot device. This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for the following:
• Red Hat / Fedora Core Linux Installation
• "Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module while Installing Red Hat
Linux on a New Unit" on page 45
• "Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module on a Red Hat or Fedora
Core Linux System that Boots From a Different Device" on page 46
• SuSE Linux Installation
• "Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module while Installing SuSE
Linux on a New Unit" on page 50
• "Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module on a SuSE Linux System
that Boots from a Different Device" on page 51
The 3ware website provides drivers for the latest Linux releases at
http://3ware.com/support/download.asp
Refer to the release notes for more details.
If you are using an unsupported Linux distribution or kernel for which there is
not a driver available from the 3ware download page, see the following article
in the 3ware knowledgebase:
http://www.3ware.com/kb/article.aspx?id=14546. You can also contact
3ware Technical Support, or email your driver request to
support1@amcc.com.
For information about how to compile a driver from the 3ware driver source,
see the links appended to knowledgebase article 14546
http://www.3ware.com/kb/article.aspx?id=14546.
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