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... Creating the Firmware Update Disks 115 Running the Menu-based AFU 115 Running the AFU from the Command Line 116 AFU Commands 116 Updating the Flash Using the AFU Command Line 119 Controller LED and I2C Connector Quick Reference Adaptec RAID 5085 LED Connector Specification 121 Adaptec RAID 5405/5405Z LED and I2C Connector Specification 123 Adaptec RAID 5445/5445Z...
... Creating the Firmware Update Disks 115 Running the Menu-based AFU 115 Running the AFU from the Command Line 116 AFU Commands 116 Updating the Flash Using the AFU Command Line 119 Controller LED and I2C Connector Quick Reference Adaptec RAID 5085 LED Connector Specification 121 Adaptec RAID 5405/5405Z LED and I2C Connector Specification 123 Adaptec RAID 5445/5445Z...
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..., check the readme on your RAID Controller Installation CD or visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. ● Support for SAS disk drives, SATA/SATA II disk drives, SATA Solid State Drives (SSD), and Adaptec MaxIQ™ Solid State Drives ● Flash ROM for updates to controller firmware, BIOS, and the Adaptec RAID Configuration utility ● Disk drive...
..., check the readme on your RAID Controller Installation CD or visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. ● Support for SAS disk drives, SATA/SATA II disk drives, SATA Solid State Drives (SSD), and Adaptec MaxIQ™ Solid State Drives ● Flash ROM for updates to controller firmware, BIOS, and the Adaptec RAID Configuration utility ● Disk drive...
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... widest range of management functions. See the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide for DOS is still important to use the AFU carefully and correctly to use Adaptec Storage Manager to update, save, or verify your RAID controller's firmware BIOS and Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (NVRAM...see page 68). Caution: Although the AFU contains safeguards to prevent you from accidentally damaging your RAID controller inoperable.Adaptec recommends that you can use to update the controller firmware/BIOS. Note: The ARC utility is a BIOS-based utility that only advanced users familiar with ...
... widest range of management functions. See the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide for DOS is still important to use the AFU carefully and correctly to use Adaptec Storage Manager to update, save, or verify your RAID controller's firmware BIOS and Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (NVRAM...see page 68). Caution: Although the AFU contains safeguards to prevent you from accidentally damaging your RAID controller inoperable.Adaptec recommends that you can use to update the controller firmware/BIOS. Note: The ARC utility is a BIOS-based utility that only advanced users familiar with ...
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... (AFU), a text-based DOS utility that only advanced users familiar with working in DOS use the AFU carefully and correctly to update, save, or verify the RAID controller's firmware BIOS and NVRAM. ! Using the Adaptec Flash Utility E In this appendix... System Requirements ...114 Before You Begin ...114 Running the Menu-based AFU 115 Running the...
... (AFU), a text-based DOS utility that only advanced users familiar with working in DOS use the AFU carefully and correctly to update, save, or verify the RAID controller's firmware BIOS and NVRAM. ! Using the Adaptec Flash Utility E In this appendix... System Requirements ...114 Before You Begin ...114 Running the Menu-based AFU 115 Running the...
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... 4 Select Select Controllers, then select the Adaptec RAID controller(s) to boot from a DOS partition on a RAID controller with no arguments. To update multiple RAID controllers in the same system, update the boot controller's flash first, restart the computer, then update the flash for your controller before copying. 2...the remaining controllers. 5 Select Select an Operation. 6 Choose the operation you are updating.) If your computer isn't set up to be flashed. Appendix E: Using the Adaptec Flash Utility ● 115 Creating the Firmware Update Disks To create the firmware update disks: ...
... 4 Select Select Controllers, then select the Adaptec RAID controller(s) to boot from a DOS partition on a RAID controller with no arguments. To update multiple RAID controllers in the same system, update the boot controller's flash first, restart the computer, then update the flash for your controller before copying. 2...the remaining controllers. 5 Select Select an Operation. 6 Choose the operation you are updating.) If your computer isn't set up to be flashed. Appendix E: Using the Adaptec Flash Utility ● 115 Creating the Firmware Update Disks To create the firmware update disks: ...
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...Insert the firmware update disk containing AFU.exe 3 At the DOS command, type AFU followed by a command (see page 116) and any switches you want. Also displays the ID numbers assigned to restart the computer after completing this command. You don't have to each controller. This...All Rights Reserved. To run a menu-based AFU (see page 119. Controllers Detected and Recognized: Controller #0 (03:05:00) Adaptec RAID 31205 Save Saves the contents of the UFI file is AFU SAVE [/C] [/D ] To update a RAID controller's flash using the command line utility ARCCONF, see page 115). The ...
...Insert the firmware update disk containing AFU.exe 3 At the DOS command, type AFU followed by a command (see page 116) and any switches you want. Also displays the ID numbers assigned to restart the computer after completing this command. You don't have to each controller. This...All Rights Reserved. To run a menu-based AFU (see page 119. Controllers Detected and Recognized: Controller #0 (03:05:00) Adaptec RAID 31205 Save Saves the contents of the UFI file is AFU SAVE [/C] [/D ] To update a RAID controller's flash using the command line utility ARCCONF, see page 115). The ...
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... for (or creates) its path. if the computer has multiple RAID controllers, the AFU defaults to update firmware on controllers Adaptec RAID 31205 ***PLEASE DO NOT REBOOT THE SYSTEM DURING THE UPDATE*** This might take effect. Updating Controller 0 (Adaptec RAID 31205) Reading flash image file (Build 5749) AFU is 0; Appendix E: Using the Adaptec Flash Utility ● 117 These switches are available: ● /C -One...
... for (or creates) its path. if the computer has multiple RAID controllers, the AFU defaults to update firmware on controllers Adaptec RAID 31205 ***PLEASE DO NOT REBOOT THE SYSTEM DURING THE UPDATE*** This might take effect. Updating Controller 0 (Adaptec RAID 31205) Reading flash image file (Build 5749) AFU is 0; Appendix E: Using the Adaptec Flash Utility ● 117 These switches are available: ● /C -One...
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For example, to upgrade controllers 0, 2, and 3, type AFU UPDATE /C 0, 2, 3 ● To update all RAID controllers simultaneously: AFU UPDATE /C all Note: The UFI file identifies the RAID controllers, so you don't have multiple controllers and you don't know the number of the Adaptec RAID controllers whose firmware you are updating. The AFU reads the first disk. 8 When prompted, remove the first firmware disk and insert the second...
For example, to upgrade controllers 0, 2, and 3, type AFU UPDATE /C 0, 2, 3 ● To update all RAID controllers simultaneously: AFU UPDATE /C all Note: The UFI file identifies the RAID controllers, so you don't have multiple controllers and you don't know the number of the Adaptec RAID controllers whose firmware you are updating. The AFU reads the first disk. 8 When prompted, remove the first firmware disk and insert the second...
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... setting 99 Physical Drives Display During POST setting 98 RAID levels 39 Removable Media Devices Boot Support setting 98 resetting 73 Runtime BIOS setting 98 SAS Address setting 99 SAS cables 40 setting boot controller 52 specifications 151 standard features troubleshooting 71 updating firmware 114 upgrading firmware 19 copyback 19 CRC Checking setting 99 customer...
... setting 99 Physical Drives Display During POST setting 98 RAID levels 39 Removable Media Devices Boot Support setting 98 resetting 73 Runtime BIOS setting 98 SAS Address setting 99 SAS cables 40 setting boot controller 52 specifications 151 standard features troubleshooting 71 updating firmware 114 upgrading firmware 19 copyback 19 CRC Checking setting 99 customer...
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...drive hot spares 18 HotspareDrives keyword array definition block 108 I I2C connector specifications 120 initializing disk drives 94 installation backplane 47 controllers 44 creating a driver disk 57 direct-attach 46 disk drives 46 driver 62 to 66 driver and FreeBSD 61 driver and...devices 50 F failed disk drives 72 multiple arrays 72 multiple disk drives 73 RAID 0 arrays 73 without hot spare 72 firmware 114 creating floppy disks 115 firmware upgrades 19 flashing controllers 73 floppy disks for firmware update 115 formatting disk drives 99 FreeBSD driver installation 66 OS installation 61 H hard ...
...drive hot spares 18 HotspareDrives keyword array definition block 108 I I2C connector specifications 120 initializing disk drives 94 installation backplane 47 controllers 44 creating a driver disk 57 direct-attach 46 disk drives 46 driver 62 to 66 driver and FreeBSD 61 driver and...devices 50 F failed disk drives 72 multiple arrays 72 multiple disk drives 73 RAID 0 arrays 73 without hot spare 72 firmware 114 creating floppy disks 115 firmware upgrades 19 flashing controllers 73 floppy disks for firmware update 115 formatting disk drives 99 FreeBSD driver installation 66 OS installation 61 H hard ...
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U UnixWare driver installation 65 OS installation 60 updating firmware 114 upgrading firmware 19 utilities Adaptec RAID Controller utility 69 AFU 69 ARCCONF 68 V verifying disk drives 99 VMWare driver installation 66 OS installation 61 W Windows driver installation 64 OS installation 58 Z zero maintenance cache protection 18, 44, 45 zero maintenance module (ZMM) 45 Index ● 157
U UnixWare driver installation 65 OS installation 60 updating firmware 114 upgrading firmware 19 utilities Adaptec RAID Controller utility 69 AFU 69 ARCCONF 68 V verifying disk drives 99 VMWare driver installation 66 OS installation 61 W Windows driver installation 64 OS installation 58 Z zero maintenance cache protection 18, 44, 45 zero maintenance module (ZMM) 45 Index ● 157