170 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2
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Maintaining Your Controller
This section contains instructions for how to perform tasks that help you
maintain your controller, including:
• Determining the Current Version of Your 3ware Driver
• Updating the Firmware and Driver
• Downloading the Driver and Firmware
• Updating the Firmware Through 3DM2
• Updating the Firmware Through DOS Using the 3ware Bootable CD
• Viewing Battery Information
• Testing Battery Capacity
Information about updating the 3ware driver is included in Appendix B,
“Driver and Software Installation” on page 301.
Determining the Current Version of Your
3ware Driver
You can view controller and driver information in several different ways:
• Using 3DM2 you can see both the driver and firmware versions (see the
“Controller Summary page” on page 190.
• Using 3BM you can see the firmware version (see “Displaying
Information About the Controller and Related Devices” on page 42)
• Using the CLI you can see both the driver and firmware versions (see
3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card CLI Guide, Version 10.2)
• Under Linux, you can type the following command if you have a
2.4 kernel or earlier:
cat /proc/modules/scsi/3w-sas/*
where the asterisk (*) represents controller number.
If you have a 2.6 kernels with sysfs, type the following command:
cat /sys/class/scsi_host/<hostid>/stats
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