Chapter 10. Maintaining Your Controller166 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide10 Uncompress the file to extract the driver or firmware files to a localdirectory or a diskette.(Make note of the absolute path to the local directory.)11 Turn to the driver section for your operating system:• For Windows, turn topage 172• For RedHat Linux, turn to page 178• For SuSE Linux, turn to page 179• For FreeBSD, turn to page 181Or, to update the firmware, turn to• “Updating the Firmware Through 3DM 2” on page 166 (for anyoperating system with a Windowing user interface)• “Updating the Firmware Under Linux and FreeBSD” on page 182(for command line instructions)To make a driver disketteIf you want to create a driver diskette, extract the driver files to a floppy instep 9 above. Refer to the user manual for your operating system for moredetails.Updating the Firmware Through 3DM 2You can use 3DM 2 to update the 3ware RAID controller firmware for anyoperating system that has a graphical user interface such as Windows or XWindows.To update the firmware through 3DM1 Download the firmware update from the 3ware website. For details, see“To download the driver or firmware” on page 165.2 In 3DM 2, navigate to Management > Controller Settings.3 In the Update Firmware section of Controller Settings page, browse tothe location where you have saved the downloaded firmware update.4 Click Begin Update.The 3ware RAID controller firmware is updated.5 Power cycle your system for the firmware update to take effect.If you are updating from release 9.4 (firmware version 3.06.x) or earlierto release 9.4.1 (firmware version 3.07.x) or later, you will need to powercycle your system--meaning that you must turn it all the way off and thenturn it on again, in order for your system to recognize the controller.
