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<div class="CellBody"><span class="NoteHeading"><a name="1361896">Important:</a></span> Updating the firmware can render the device driver and/or management tools incompatible. Before you update the firmware on your controller, please follow these recommendations:</div>
<div class="CellBody"><a name="1361897">1) Back up your data. </a></div>
<div class="CellBody"><a name="1361898">2) Make sure you have a copy of the current firmware image so that you can roll </a>back to it, if necessary.</div>
<div class="CellBody"><a name="1361899">3) Close all applications.</a></div>
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<div class="BodyAfterHead"><a name="1476530">This section details several ways to update the firmware and driver for the </a>3ware RAID controller, depending upon operating system.</div>
<div class="Body"><a name="1476531">Before starting the update of either driver or firmware, you will want to make </a>sure you have the latest files. For details, see <a href="MaintainController.8.4.html#1476586">Downloading the Driver and Firmware</a>.</div>
<div class="ToDo"><a name="1476535">To update the firmware</a></div>
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<div class="Bullet_inner"><a name="1476536">The 3ware CD contains a bootable DOS firmware update program that </a>will work for most PC-based systems. <a href="MaintainController.8.6.html#1476779">See Updating the Firmware Through DOS Using the 3ware Bootable CD.</a> </div>
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<div class="Indent"><a name="1476540">You can download the latest version of the CD from:</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="Bullet_inner"><a name="1476543">All supported operating systems can update the firmware through 3DM2. </a>For details, see <a href="MaintainController.8.5.html#1391280">Updating the Firmware Through 3DM2</a>.</div>
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<div class="Bullet_inner"><a name="1476549">All supported operating systems can update the firmware through CLI. </a>For details, see <span class="Emphasis">3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card CLI Guide, </span><span class="Emphasis">Version 10.2</span>. </div>
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<div class="ToDo"><a name="1488877">To update the driver</a></div>
<div class="BodyAfterHead"><a name="1550309">For details about updating the driver, refer to Appendix B, “Driver and </a>Software Installation,” in the <span class="Emphasis">3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card </span><span class="Emphasis">Software Users Guide, Version 10.02</span>. </div>
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