3Ware 9550SXU-12 User Guide - Page 65

Driver Installation Under FreeBSD Driver Installation Under FreeBSD Note: Before installing the 3ware driver, you must 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 the installation guide from: http://www.3ware.com/support/userdocs.asp This section provides details about how to install the driver for your 3ware RAID controller under FreeBSD and make the units available if you use a version later than 5.0. • If the units you have created will be your boot device, you will install the driver for the controller as you install FreeBSD. • If the operating system is already installed on a unit connected to another controller or to the motherboard, you will start FreeBSD and then install the driver. This section includes these topics: • Obtaining 3ware FreeBSD Drivers • Creating A FreeBSD Driver Diskette • Installing the Kernel Driver Module while Installing FreeBSD on a Unit Managed by a 3ware RAID Controller • Installing the 3ware Kernel Driver on a FreeBSD System that Boots from a Different Device Obtaining 3ware FreeBSD Drivers 3ware drivers can be compiled from source files into the kernel as built-in drivers or can be modules that are loaded by the operating system. Both source files and modules are available from 3ware, but modules with current controller drivers are only available for FreeBSD 6.3 and FreeBSD 7.0. You can obtain the 3ware RAID controller driver for FreeBSD from one of these two sources: • 3ware software CD-ROM. This CD includes: Compiled and tested kernel driver modules for FreeBSD 6.3 and FreeBSD 7.0, located at: • FreeBSD 6.3 32bit: packages/drivers/freebsd/6.3/x86 • FreeBSD 6.3 64bit: packages/drivers/freebsd/6.3/x86_64 • FreeBSD 7.0 32bit: packages/drivers/freebsd/7.0/x86 • FreeBSD 7.0 64bit: packages/drivers/freebsd/7.0/x86_64 www.3ware.com 53