Determining the Current Version of your 3ware Driver

Driver Installation Under Linux

If you already have a 3ware controller installed, you can check the current driver version.

If you have a 2.4 kernel or earlier, type the following command:

cat /proc/scsi/3w-9xxx/*

where the asterisk (*) represents SCSI host ID and “9xxx” represents the family of the controller. For example:

cat /proc/scsi/3w-9xxx/0

If you have a 2.6 kernels with sysfs, type the following command:

cat /sys/class/scsi_host/<hostid>/stats

where <hostid> is usually host0, unless other SCSI devices are available, in which case it may be host1 or higher.

If you have a 2.6 kernel without sysfs, type the following command:

dmesg grep 3w

(dmesg can also be used with earlier kernel versions.)

Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux

3ware software CD-ROM

Floppy diskette, if you need to create a driver diskette.

Red Hat Linux installation CD-ROM and boot disk. (Not required if Red Hat Linux is already installed on another drive.)

683ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide