Avago Technologies 3ware SAS 9750-16i4e - Manual (Page 332)

Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation
320 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2
3 If you are using SUSE 11.2 or earlier, after the existing 3w-9xxx entry,
add
3w-sas to the file /lib/modules/ <kernel string> /modules.dep
4 Mount the CD-ROM and copy and install the appropriate kernel driver
module for your system.
mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt
Copy the kernel driver module:
For openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 32-bit (x86), type:
cp /mnt/packages/drivers/linux/suse/ <version> /x86/
3w-sas. <kernel extension>
/lib/modules/ <kernel string> /kernel/drivers/scsi/
3w-sas.ko
For openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 64-bit (x86_64),
type:
cp /mnt/packages/drivers/linux/suse/ <version> /x86_64/
3w-sas.ko
/lib/modules/ <kernel string> /kernel/drivers/scsi/
3w-sas.ko
If prompted to overwrite, type y .
5 To load the kernel driver module, type:
modprobe sd_mod
insmod /lib/modules/ <kernel string> /kernel/drivers/scsi/
3w-sas.ko
6 Type:
/sbin/depmod -a
Note: Other modules may be listed before or after 3w-sas ,
depending on the installation. You may see entries like reiserfs ,
ext3 or scsi_mod . If present, leave them (ensuring there is a
space between each module name), since the system needs them to
boot properly.
Note: The 64-bit driver is also used for 64-bit Intel Xeon and AMD
Opteron based motherboards.
Note: If the kernel driver module installation fails, confirm that the
correct driver was installed. If a driver is not available for your system,
you will need to compile your own driver. For more information,
search the LSI KnowledgeBase for keyword 14546 at
http://kb.lsi.com .