@Trainee: Thank you. I think that was the lightbulb moment!!! I had better take a longer look at the unatteneded guide. Back to school for me :-P Amidst looking at the rasor xml for the 3ware driver i noted that it is using version 7.1.1. The latest is now version is now 7.7.1. It doesn't look like any of the config need change if you wanted to update it. Best regards,