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APPENDIX
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Controller with onboard LAN port, you can directly plug an Ethernet
cable to the controller LAN port, then enter the McBIOS RAID
manager to congure the network setting. After network setting
congured and saved, you can nd the current IP address in the
McBIOS RAID manager "System Information" page.
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
from the "Raid system Console" on the "System Controls" option.
Upgrading Firmware Through nash DOS
Utility
Areca now offers an alternative means communication for the SAS
RAID controller – Upgrade the all les (BIOS, BOOT, FIRM, MBR0
and Transport) without necessary system starting up to running
the ArcHttp proxy server. The nash utility program is a DOS
application, which runs in the DOS operating system. Be sure of
ensuring properly to communicate between SAS RAID controller
and nash 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 nash Utility
You do not need to short any jumper cap on running nash utility.
The nash utility provides an on-line table of contents, brief
descriptions of the help sub-commands. The nash utility put on
the <CD-ROM>\Firmware directory. You can run the <nash> to
get more detailed information about the command usage.
Typical output looks as below: