Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation
308 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2
3 Reboot to FreeBSD.
4 Load the kernel driver module
cd /sys/modules/tws
kldload ./tws.ko
5 If you wish to load the driver automatically every time the system boots:
a copy tws.ko into the boot folder
cp /sys/modules/tws/tws.ko /boot/kernel/tws.ko
(backup the old module if you wish to revert back)
b add the line 'tws_load="YES"' to the file
/boot/loader.conf
Installing Management Software (3DM2 and CLI)
This section provides detailed instructions for installing and uninstalling
3ware’s RAID management software using the command line installer.
• Installing 3ware Management Software
• Uninstalling 3ware Management Software
Installing 3ware Management Software
The following steps describe how to install software on FreeBSD at a
command line, using a text-only interface. You must be root to run the
installer.
1 Download the LSI 3ware FreeBSD installation image from LSI channel
website at http://www.lsi.com/channel/ChannelDownloads.
2 Mount the image or burn the image to a CD.
3 Navigate to the folder on the mounted image or CD that contains the
installer.
packages/installers/tools/freebsd
4Type: ./install.sh -i
5 Respond to each screen as the script walks you through the installation
process.
6 After the installation is complete, check that the software was installed
correctly.