User manual
APPENDIX
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From a remote PC, you can directly open a web browser and enter
the IP address. Then enter user name and password to login and
start your management. You can nd the rmware update feature
in the browser console: "System Controls" option.
Upgrading Firmware Through nflash DOS
Utility
Areca now offers an alternative means communication for the SATA
RAID controller – Upgrade the all les (BIOS, BOOT, FIRM and
MBR0) without necessary system starting up to running the ArcHttp
proxy server. The nash utility program is a DOS application, which
runs in the DOS operating system. Be sure of ensuring properly to
communicate between SATA RAID controller and nash DOS utility.
Please make a bootable DOS oppy diskette or UBS devices from
other Windows operating system and boot up the system from
those bootable devices.
• Starting the nash Utility
You do not need to short any jumper cap on running nash utility.
The nash utility provides an on-line table of contents, brief
descriptions of the help sub-commands. The nash utility put on
the <CD-ROM>\Firmware directory. You can run the <nash> to
get more detailed information about the command usage.
Typical output looks as below:
A:\nash
Raid Controller Flash Utility
V1.11 2007-11-8
Command Usage:
NFLASH FileName
NFLASH FileName /cn --> n=0,1,2,3 write binary to controller#0
FileName May Be ARC1110FIRM.BIN or ARC1210*
For ARC1110* Will Expand To ARC1110BOOT /FIRM/BIOS.BIN
A:\>nash arc1210FIRM.BIN
Raid Controller Flash Utility
V1.11 2007-11-8
NODEL : ARC-1110
MEM FE620000 FE7FF000
File ARC1110FIRM.BIN : >>*** => Flash 0K