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MegaRAID SAS Device Driver Installation User Guide
June 2015 FreeBSD Driver Installation
Avago MegaRAID Drivers and Software for the FreeBSD OS
Chapter 6: FreeBSD Driver Installation
This chapter describes how to install the driver for the FreeBSD operating system (OS).
6.1 Avago MegaRAID Drivers and Software for the FreeBSD OS
This section describes the following topics:
 FreeBSD OS administration information
 Installing Avago drivers and software in the FreeBSD OS
FreeBSD OS Administration Information
You can find the latest FreeBSD OS administration information at:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks-adding.html
You can search for manual pages online at http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi
Installing Avago Drivers and Software in the FreeBSD OS
This section provides detailed instructions for installing the Avago driver in the FreeBSD OS.
The following sections describe these topics:
 Installing drivers for the FreeBSD OS
 Updating drivers in the FreeBSD OS
Driver Installation for the FreeBSD OS
This section describes how to install the driver for your MegaRAID controller in the FreeBSD OS:
 If the virtual drives you have created are your boot device, install the driver for the controller as you install the
FreeBSD OS.
 If the operating system is already installed on a unit connected to another controller or to the motherboard, start
the FreeBSD OS, and then install the driver.
NOTE If your FreeBSD system does not have the mpt driver issue, install your
MegaRAID controller in the system before you install the Avago driver.
Refer to the installation guide that came with your controller for
instructions. You can download the installation guide at:
https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mrsas&sektion=4 .
This chapter describes these topics:
 Obtaining Avago FreeBSD OS drivers
 Creating a FreeBSD OS driver diskette
 Installing FreeBSD OS on storage managed by a MegaRAID controller (primary storage)
 Installing the kernel driver on a FreeBSD OS that boots from a device not managed by a MegaRAID controller
(secondary storage)