Avago Technologies 3ware SAS 9750-16i4e - Manual (Page 183)

Updating the Firmware and Driver
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where is usually host0, unless other SCSI devices are available,
in which case it may be host1 or higher.
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.)
Updating the Firmware and Driver
This section 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 172.
To update the firmware
• The 3ware CD contains a bootable DOS firmware update program that
will work for most PC-based systems. See “Updating the Firmware
Through DOS Using the 3ware Bootable CD” on page 174.
You can download the latest version of the CD from:
http://www.lsi.com/channel/ChannelDownloads .
• All supported operating systems can update the firmware through 3DM2.
For details, see “Updating the Firmware Through 3DM2” on page 174.
• All supported operating systems can update the firmware through CLI.
For details, see 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card CLI Guide,
Version 10.2.
To update the driver
• FreeBSD users can update the driver per “Updating Drivers under
FreeBSD” on page 304.
• Linux users can update the driver at the command line. For details see:
• “Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat or Fedora Core” on
page 321
Important: Updating the firmware can render the device driver and/or
management tools incompatible. Before you update the firmware on your controller,
please follow these recommendations:
1) Back up your data.
2) Make sure you have a copy of the current firmware image so that you can roll
back to it, if necessary.
3) Close all applications.