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Driver Installation Under Linux
 
Note: Before installing the 3ware driver, you may have already installed your 3ware RAID controller in the system. Consult the installation guide that came with your controller for how to do this. You can download that guide from:
http://www.3ware.com/support/userdocs.asp
A drive or unit managed by the 3ware RAID controller may be configured to be your system's boot device. Or, you can use units managed by the 3ware controller for secondary storage and boot from another device, such as a disk attached to the motherboard, or other bootable media.
These steps assume that you do not have a 3ware 9000 Series card installed in the system already. If you already do and you wish to add a 9690SA 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 available depend on which version of Linux you are using, and whether it will be your boot device. This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for the following:
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The 3ware website provides drivers for the latest Linux releases at
http://3ware.com/support/download.asp
Refer to the release notes for more details.
If you are using an unsupported Linux distribution or kernel for which there is not a driver available from the 3ware download page, see the following article in the 3ware knowledgebase:

http://www.3ware.com/kb/article.aspx?id=14546. You can also contact 3ware Technical Support, or email your driver request to support1@amcc.com.
For information about how to compile a driver from the 3ware driver source, see the links appended to knowledgebase article 14546

http://www.3ware.com/kb/article.aspx?id=14546.

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