179 3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User Guide, Version 9.5.110Maintaining Your ControllerThis section contains instructions for how to perform tasks that help youmaintain your controller, including:• Determining the Current Version of Your 3ware Driver• Updating the Firmware and Driver• Downloading the Driver and Firmware• Updating the Firmware Through 3DM 2• Viewing Battery Information• Testing Battery CapacityDetermining the Current Version of Your3ware DriverYou can view controller and driver information in several different ways:• Using 3DM 2 you can see both the driver and firmware versions (see the“Controller Summary page” on page 213)• Using 3BM you can see the firmware version (see “DisplayingInformation About the Controller and Related Devices” on page 68)• Using the CLI you can see both the driver and firmware versions (see3ware SAS/SATA RAID Controller CLI Guide)• Under Linux, you can type the following command if you have a 2.4kernel or earlier:cat /proc/modules/scsi/3w-9xxx/*where the asterisk (*) represents controller number and “9xxx” representsthe type of the controller.If you have a 2.6 kernels with sysfs, type the following command:cat /sys/class/scsi_host//statswhere is usually host0, unless other SCSI devices are available,in which case it may be host1 or higher.
