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<div class="Heading2"><a name="1391280">Updating the Firmware Through 3DM2</a></div>
<div class="BodyAfterHead"><a name="1476733">You can use 3DM2 to update the 3ware RAID controller firmware for any </a>operating system that has a graphical user interface.</div>
<div class="ToDo"><a name="1248790">To update the firmware through 3DM2</a></div>
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<div class="NumberedFirst_inner"><a name="1248791">Download the firmware update from the LSI website. For details, see </a><a href="MaintainController.8.4.html#1497883">To download the driver or firmware</a>.</div>
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<div class="Numbered_inner"><a name="1248795">In 3DM2, navigate to </a><span class="command">Management</span> <span class="command">>> Controller Settings</span><span class="UI-Element" style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></div>
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<div class="Numbered_inner"><a name="1248796">In the </a><span class="Emphasis">Update Firmware</span> section of Controller Settings page, browse to the location where you have saved the downloaded firmware update. The update name will be something like <span class="code">prom</span><span class="code" style="font-style: italic;">xxx</span><span class="code" style="font-style: normal;">.img</span>.</div>
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<div class="Numbered_inner"><a name="1248797">Click </a><span class="Emphasis">Begin Update</span>.</div>
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<div class="Numbered_inner"><a name="1366721">Click </a><span class="Emphasis">Proceed Update</span>.</div>
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<div class="Indent"><a name="1366716">The 3ware RAID controller firmware is updated.</a></div>
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<div class="Numbered_inner"><a name="1546828">Restart your system so that the firmware image will take effect.</a></div>
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