Driver Installation Under Linuxwww.3ware.com 39Driver Installation Under LinuxA drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller may be configured tobe your system's boot device. Or, you can use units managed by the 3warecontroller for secondary storage and boot from another device, such as a diskattached to the motherboard, or other bootable media.These steps assume that you do not have a 3ware 9000 Series card installed inthe system already. If you already do and you wish to add a 9550SX, 9590SE,or 9650SE to that same system, you will need to upgrade the 3ware driver,3DM 2, and/or CLI with the current version.The steps you follow to install the driver and make your RAID unit availabledepend on which version of Linux you are using, and whether it will be yourboot device. This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for the following:• Red Hat / Fedora Core Linux Installation• “Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module while Installing Red HatLinux on a New Unit” on page 42• “Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module on a Red Hat or FedoraCore Linux System that Boots From a Different Device” on page 44• SuSE Linux Installation• “Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module while Installing SuSELinux on a New Unit” on page 48• “Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver Module on a SuSE Linux Systemthat Boots from a Different Device” on page 48The 9.4.1 code set from the 3ware website provides compiled drivers for theseversions of Linux:• Fedora Core 5 for AMD and Intel Platforms (32-bit & 64-bit)• RedHat Workstation 4 (update 4) for AMD and Intel Platforms (32-bit &64-bit)• SuSE 10.1 Pro for AMD and Intel Platforms (32-bit & 64-bit)• SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.0 for AMD and Intel Platforms (32-bit& 64-bit)If you are using an unsupported Linux distribution or kernel for which there isnot a driver available from the 3ware download page, see the following articlein the 3ware knowledgebase:http://www.3ware.com/kb/article.aspx?id=14546. You can also contactNote: Before installing the 3ware driver, you must have already installed your3ware RAID controller in the system. Consult the installation guide that came withyour controller for how to do this. You can download that guide from: http://www.3ware.com/support/userdocs.asp
