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Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation
310 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2
Driver Installation Under Linux
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.
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
• Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module on a Red Hat or Fedora
Core Linux System that Boots From a Different Device
• SUSE Linux Installation
• Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module while Installing SUSE
Linux on a New Unit
• Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module on a SUSE Linux System
that Boots from a Different Device
The LSI website provides drivers for the latest Linux releases at
http://www.lsi.com/channel/ChannelDownloads .
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 LSI download page, search the LSI
KnowledgeBase for keyword 14546 at
http://kb.lsi.com . You can also contact
LSI Technical Support, or email your driver request to support @lsi.com.
For information about how to compile a driver from the 3ware driver source,
see the links appended to the KnowledgeBase article mentioned above.
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. If you do not have a hardcopy of the installation
manual, it is available in the “doc” folder on your 3ware CD, or you can download it
from the LSI website at
http://www.lsi.com/channel/ChannelDownloads .