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APPENDIX
1. To upgrade the SATA RAID controller rmware, move the mouse
cursor to “Upgrade Firmware” link. The “Upgrade The Raid
System Firmware” screen appears.
2. Click Browse. Look in the location to which the Firmware up-
grade software was downloaded. Select the File name and click
“Open”.
3. Click “Conrm The Operation” and press the “Submit” button.
4. The Web Browser begins to download the rmware binary to the
controller and start to update the ash ROM.
5. After the rmware upgrade is complete, a bar indicator will show
“Firmware Has Been Updated Successfully”
6. After the new rmware completes downloading, nd a chance to
restart the controller/computer for the new rmware to take effect.
Upgrading Entire Flash ROM ImageThrough
Arcash DOS Utility
Areca now offers an alternative means of communication for the
PCI-X/PCIe RAID Adapter – Upgrade the entire Flash ROM image.
User can upgrade the entire Flash ROM image without needing
system starting up running the ArcHttp proxy. The Arcash util-
ity program is a DOS application, which runs in the DOS operating
system. To ensure proper communications between the PCI-X/PCIe
RAID Adapter and upgrade DOS utility, Please make a bootable
DOS oppy diskette from other Windows operating system and