3Ware 9550SX-4LP User Guide - Page 223

Updating the Driver and Firmware Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat The following steps describe how to update the 3ware driver under Red Hat. To update the 3ware driver under Red Hat 1 Download and extract the driver, as described on page 200. 2 Backup any critical data prior to updating the 3ware driver. 3 Change the directory to the location with the extracted driver. 4 Copy the files to the appropriate directory. (In the commands below, replace with the applicable Red Hat version, such as ws3_x86, and replace with the applicable kernel, for example 2.4.20-8) Note: The name of the module you will copy (3w-9xxx.*) varies, depending on the kernel; however you will always copy it to a file named 3w-9xxx.o for 2.4 kernels, or 3w-9xxx.ko for 2.6 kernels For Red Hat Uniprocessor cp /3w-9xxx.o /lib/modules/ /drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.o For Red Hat SMP cp /3w-9xxx.smp /lib/modules/ /drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.o For Red Hat Bigmem cp /3w-9xxx.big /lib/modules/ /drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.o For Red Hat Hugemem cp /3w-9xxx.hug /lib/modules/ /drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.o 5 For 2.4 Kernels, add the following line to /etc/modules.conf: alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-9xxx.o For 2.6 Kernels, add the following line to /etc/modprobe.conf. alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-9xxx.ko 6 Complete the upgrade by upgrading the initial ramdisk. Change the directory to the boot directory: cd /boot Run mkinitrd by entering the following: www.3ware.com 213