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APPENDIX
Note:
Areca SAS and SATA ll RAID controller rmware version
1.43 date: Feb 2007 and later has supported the ATA-8
spec for HDD microcode download, allowing customer using
nash DOS utility or web browser to upgrade ATA-8 spec for
microcode download supported HDD's rmware connected
with Areca's entire family RAID controllers without necessary
removing any single drive and upgrade. Areca has provided
one utility for customer to make the ATA-8 spec for microcode
download drive’s rmware for readable by Areca rmware.
Upgrading Firmware Through CLI
This Command Line Interface (CLI) provides you to congure and
manage the Areca SAS RAID controller components in Windows,
Linux, FreeBSD and more environments. The CLI is useful in en-
vironments where a graphical user interface (GUI) is not avail-
able. Through the CLI, you perform rmware upgrade that you can
perform with the McRAID storage manager GUI. From rmware
version 1.43 and CLI version 1.72.250 beginning, the controller has
added the rmware update through the CLI on the controller.
To update the controller rmware, follow the procedure below:
Parameter:<path=<PATH_OF_FIRMWARE_FILE>>
Fn: Firmware Updating.
Ex: Update Firmware And File Path Is In [C:\FW\ARC1110FIRM.BIN.]
Command: sys updatefw path=c:\fw\arc1110rm.bin [Enter]