Areca ARC-1130 manual Upgrading Entire Flash ROM ImageThrough Arcflash DOS Utility, Hardware Setup

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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 find the firmware update feature in the browser console, System Controls.

Upgrading Entire Flash ROM ImageThrough

Arcflash DOS Utility

Areca now offers an alternative means of communication for the PCI-X/PCIe SATA RAID controller – Upgrade the entire Flash ROM image. User can upgrade the entire Flash ROM image without needing system starting up running the ArcHttp proxy. The Arcflash utility program is a DOS application, which runs in the DOS operating system. To ensure proper communications between the PCI-X/PCIe SATA RAID controller and upgrade DOS utility, Please make a bootable DOS floppy diskette from other Windows operating system and boot up the system from this bootable DOS floppy diskette.

New releases Flash ROM image is available in the form of a DOS file. The file available for each model contains the following format in each version:

ARCXXXROM.BIN:→ Flash ROM Image Binary Code (where “XXXX” refers to the model name)

Normally, Areca strongly recommends customer uses the McRAID manager to upgrade the firmware. ARCXXXROM.BIN doesn't include in the shipped CD and Areca’s web site. It is for customer’s emergency recover purpose only.

• Hardware Setup

To ensure proper communications between the RAID adapter and the DOS arcflash utility program, Short the Mode 0 Flash jumper cap in the manufacture port to enter the upgrading entire flash ROM function. Please be sure of removing the cap after you completed the flash ROM image. This way let the Adapter work in the normal mode.

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