Installing management software (3dm2 and cli), Installing 3ware management software – Avago Technologies 3ware SAS 9750-16i4e User Manual

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Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation

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3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2

3

Reboot to FreeBSD.

4

Load the kernel driver module

cd /sys/modules/tws

kldload ./tws.ko

5

If you wish to load the driver automatically every time the system boots:

a

copy tws.ko into the boot folder

cp /sys/modules/tws/tws.ko /boot/kernel/tws.ko
(backup the old module if you wish to revert back)

b

add the line 'tws_load="YES"' to the file

/boot/loader.conf

Installing Management Software (3DM2 and CLI)

This section provides detailed instructions for installing and uninstalling
3ware’s RAID management software using the command line installer.

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Installing 3ware Management Software

•

Uninstalling 3ware Management Software

Installing 3ware Management Software

The following steps describe how to install software on FreeBSD at a
command line, using a text-only interface. You must be root to run the
installer.

1

Download the LSI 3ware FreeBSD installation image from LSI channel
website at

http://www.lsi.com/channel/ChannelDownloads

.

2

Mount the image or burn the image to a CD.

3

Navigate to the folder on the mounted image or CD that contains the
installer.

packages/installers/tools/freebsd

4

Type:

./install.sh -i

5

Respond to each screen as the script walks you through the installation
process.

6

After the installation is complete, check that the software was installed
correctly.

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