User manual

DRIVER INSTALLATION
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Power Mac G5 or Mac Pro as below:
1. Insert the Areca Mac Driver & Software CD that came with
your Areca SAS RAID controller.
2. Double-click on the following le that resides at <CD-ROM>\
packages\MacOS to add the installer on the Finder.
a). install_mraid_mac.zip (For Power Mac G5)
b). install_mraid_macpro.zip (For Mac Pro)
3. Launch the installer by double-clicking the install_mraid_mac
or install_mraid_macpro on the Finder.
4. Follow the installer steps to install Areca driver, MRAID
(archttp64 and arc_cli utility) at the same time.
5. Reboot your Power Mac G5 or Mac Pro system.
6.See chapter 5 in this manual for information on customizing
your RAID volumes using McRAID storage manager.
Normally archttp64 and arc_cli are installed at the same time on
Areca SATA RAID adapter. Once archttp64 and arc_cli have been
installed, the background task automatically starts each time
when you start your computer. There is one MARID icon showing
on your desktop. This icon is for you to start up the McRAID
storage manager (by archttp64) and arc_cli utility. You can also
only upgrade the driver, archttp64 or arc_cli individual item that
resides at <CD-ROM>\packages\MacOS Arc-cli performs many
tasks at the command line. You can download arc-cli manual from
Areca website or software CD <CDROM>\ DOCS directory.