Avago Technologies 3ware 9650SE-12ML (Channel) - Manual (Page 194)

Maintaining Your Controller
182 3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User Guide, Version 9.5.1
6 Click Next.
7 When details about the download you requested appear, click the link for
the item you want to download.
Depending on the item you selected, you may see either .zip (for
Windows) or .tgz (for Linux or FreeBSD) files to download.
8 Read and agree to the license agreement that appears.
9 Click Save to save the file to disk.
10 Uncompress the file to extract the driver or firmware files to a local
directory. (Note that the firmware will not fit on a floppy diskette.)
(Make note of the absolute path to the local directory.)
11 Turn to the driver section for your operating system:
• For Windows, turn to page 189
• For RedHat Linux, turn to page 195
• For SuSE Linux, turn to page 197
• For FreeBSD, turn to page 200
Or, to update the firmware, turn to
• “Updating the Firmware Through 3DM 2” on page 182 (for any
operating system with a Windowing user interface)
• “Updating the Firmware Through DOS Using the 3ware Bootable
CD” on page 183
Updating the Firmware Through 3DM 2
You can use 3DM 2 to update the 3ware RAID controller firmware for any
operating system that has a graphical user interface such as Windows or X
Windows.
To update the firmware through 3DM
1 Download the firmware update from the 3ware website. For details, see
“To download the driver or firmware” on page 181.
2 In 3DM 2, navigate to Management > Controller Settings .
Note: If using Winzip or another Windows utility to extract the Linux
file, use the .zip version instead of the .tgz version. Otherwise the files
will not be compatible with Linux.