Avago Technologies 3ware SAS 9750-16i4e - Manual (Page 323)

Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under Linux
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Obtaining 3ware Linux Drivers
Obtain the 3ware driver for Linux from one of these two sources:
• 3ware CD . Compiled and tested drivers for Red Hat, openSUSE, SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), and Fedora Core Linux are included on
this CD. Also included are the 3ware driver sources to compile kernel-
specific drivers for many other Linux distributions.
• LSI web site. You can download the latest compiled and tested driver for
supported Linux distributions from the LSI web site at
http://www.lsi.com/channel/ChannelDownloads . Also included are the
3ware driver sources to compile kernel specific drivers for many other
Linux distributions.
Determining the Current Version of your 3ware Driver
If you already have a 3ware controller installed, you can check the current
driver version, using either 3DM2 or the CLI. (For details, see “Viewing
Information About a Controller” on page 65.)
You can also check it using the following method:
If you have a 2.6 kernel with sysfs, type the following command:
cat /sys/class/scsi_host/ /3ware_stats
where is usually host 0, 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
Warning: Be sure to use the correct driver for your processor. It is possible to load
the wrong driver onto a system, however when you boot such systems, they will not
work.
LSI offers the following drivers for various Linux distributions:
• 32-bit for Intel x86 and AMD Athlon
• 64-bit for AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon (EM64T)