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<a class="WebWorks_Breadcrumb_Link" href="MaintainController.8.1.html#1476586">Maintaining Your Controller</a> &gt; <a class="WebWorks_Breadcrumb_Link" href="MaintainController.8.3.html#1476586">Updating the Firmware and Driver</a> &gt; Downloading the Driver and Firmware</div>
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<div class="Heading2"><a name="1476586">Downloading the Driver and Firmware</a></div>
<div class="Body"><a name="1501290">You can download the latest </a>drivers and firmware from the LSI website, at <span class="link"><a href="http://www.lsi.com/channel/ChannelDownloads" target="_blank">http://www.lsi.com/channel/ChannelDownloads</a></span>. You can also download the 3ware CD ISO file and create a CD.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span class="NoteHeading"><a name="1476615">Note:</a></span> For Linux, do not use the driver from the external Linux distribution if it is older than the currently supported driver. Instead, use the current driver from the 3ware CD or from the LSI 3ware web site.</div>
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<div class="ToDo"><a name="1497883">To download the </a>driver or firmware</div>
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<div class="NumberedFirst_inner"><a name="1497884">On the LSI website go to </a><br /><span class="link"><a href="http://www.lsi.com/channel/ChannelDownloads" target="_blank">http://www.lsi.com/channel/ChannelDownloads.</a></span> </div>
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<div class="Numbered_inner"><a name="1041315">Select </a><span class="Emphasis">RAID Controllers</span> as the <span class="Emphasis">Product Family</span>.</div>
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<div class="Numbered_inner"><a name="1195457">Select your </a><span class="Emphasis">Product</span> from the drop-down list on the right.</div>
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<div class="Numbered_inner"><a name="1041322">When the page has refreshed, locate the item you want to download and </a>click the link to the file.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span class="NoteHeading"><a name="1476631">Note:</a></span> If using Winzip or another Windows utility to extract the Linux file, use the .zip version instead of the .tgz version. Otherwise the files will not be compatible with Linux.</div>
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<div class="Numbered_inner"><a name="1041328">In the dialog box that appears, click </a><span class="Emphasis">Save</span> to save the file to disk. </div>
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<div class="Numbered_inner"><a name="1457835">Uncompress the file to extract the </a>driver or firmware files to a local directory. (Note that the firmware will not fit on a floppy diskette.)</div>
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<div class="Indent"><a name="1202673">(Make note of the absolute path to the local directory.)</a></div>
<div class="ToDo"><a name="1499305">To download the </a>3ware CD</div>
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<div class="NumberedFirst_inner"><a name="1499356">On the LSI website go to </a><br /><span class="link"><a href="http://www.lsi.com/channel/ChannelDownloads" target="_blank">http://www.lsi.com/channel/ChannelDownloads.</a></span> </div>
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<div class="Numbered_inner"><a name="1499357">Select </a><span class="Emphasis">RAID Controllers</span> as the <span class="Emphasis">Product Family</span>.</div>
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<div class="Numbered_inner"><a name="1499359">When the page has refreshed, locate the ISO for the CD (in the Software </a>section) and click the link to the file. </div>
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<div class="Numbered_inner"><a name="1499392">In the dialog box that appears, click </a><span class="UI-Element">Save</span> to save the file to disk. </div>
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<div class="Numbered_inner"><a name="1546823">After the download has completed, burn the ISO to a CD.</a></div>
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