Updating the Firmware and Driverwww.3ware.com 165Downloading the Driver and FirmwareYou can download the latest drivers and firmware from the 3ware website, athttp://www.3ware.com/support.For Windows, the firmware and driver can be installed from the samedownload (3wUpdate.exe). When you run the update utility, you can chooseto update both the driver and the firmware, or only the driver.For Linux and FreeBSD, updating the driver and updating the firmware aredone separately. You can download them individually from the website.To download the driver or firmware1 On the 3ware website (www.3ware.com), navigate to Service andSupport > Software Downloads.2 Click Download Released Software.3 Select the product and release desired.4 Select Driver or Firmware (as appropriate) as the item to download.5 Select the Operating System you are using.6 Click Next.7 When details about the download you requested appear, click the link forthe item you want to download.Depending on the item you selected, you may see either .zip (forWindows) or .tgz (for Linux/FreeBSD) files to download.8 Read and agree to the license agreement that appears.9 Click Save to save the file to disk.Note: Information in this section applies to updating drivers and firmware for the9550SX, 9590SE, and 9650SE controllers. The 3ware website also allows you todownload drivers for other 3ware controller models and associated release notes.Note: For Linux, do not use the driver from the external Linux distribution as it isolder than the currently supported driver. Instead, use the driver from the 3ware CDor from the 3ware web site.Note: If using Winzip or another Windows utility to extract the Linuxfile, use the .zip version instead of the .tgz version. Otherwise the fileswill not be compatible with Linux.
