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Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation

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3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2

3

Reboot to FreeBSD.

4

Load the kernel driver module

cd /sys/modules/tws

kldload ./tws.ko

5

If you wish to load the driver automatically every time the system boots:

a

copy tws.ko into the boot folder

cp /sys/modules/tws/tws.ko /boot/kernel/tws.ko
(backup the old module if you wish to revert back)

b

add the line 'tws_load="YES"' to the file

/boot/loader.conf

Installing Management Software (3DM2 and CLI)

This section provides detailed instructions for installing and uninstalling
3ware’s RAID management software using the command line installer.

Installing 3ware Management Software

Uninstalling 3ware Management Software

Installing 3ware Management Software

The following steps describe how to install software on FreeBSD at a
command line, using a text-only interface. You must be root to run the
installer.

1

Download the LSI 3ware FreeBSD installation image from LSI channel
website at

http://www.lsi.com/channel/ChannelDownloads

.

2

Mount the image or burn the image to a CD.

3

Navigate to the folder on the mounted image or CD that contains the
installer.

packages/installers/tools/freebsd

4

Type:

./install.sh -i

5

Respond to each screen as the script walks you through the installation
process.

6

After the installation is complete, check that the software was installed
correctly.