Avago Technologies 3ware 9650SE-12ML (Channel) - Manual (Page 208)

Maintaining Your Controller
196 3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User Guide, Version 9.5.1
4 Copy the files to the appropriate directory.
(In the commands below, replace with the applicable Red Hat
or Fedora Core version, such as ws4_u4 or fc5, and replace string> with the applicable kernel, for example 2.6.15-x)
Note: The name of the module you will copy ( 3w-9xxx.* ) varies,
depending on the kernel; however you will always copy it to a file named
3w-9xxx.ko for 2.6 kernels
For Red Hat or Fedora Core Uniprocessor
cp /3w-9xxx.ko /lib/modules/
/kernel/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.ko
For Red Hat SMP
cp /3w-9xxx.smp /lib/modules/
/kernel/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.ko
For Red Hat Bigmem
cp /3w-9xxx.big /lib/modules/
/kernel/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.ko
For Red Hat Hugemem
cp /3w-9xxx.hug /lib/modules/
/kernel/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.ko
5 For 2.4 Kernels, add the following line to
/etc/modules.conf:
alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-9xxx.ko
For 2.6 Kernels, add the following line to
/etc/modprobe.conf .
alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-9xxx
6 Complete the upgrade by upgrading the initial ramdisk.
Change the directory to the boot directory:
cd /boot
Run mkinitrd by entering the following:
(In the commands below, replace with the applicable
kernel, for example 2.4.20-8)
For Red Hat or Fedora Core Uniprocessor
mkinitrd –v –f initrd- .img
For Red Hat SMP
mkinitrd –v –f initrd- smp.img smp
For Red Hat Bigmem
mkinitrd –v –f initrd- bigmem.img
string> bigmem