DATOptic ARC-1680 Series - Manual (Page 148)

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Appendix A
Upgrading Flash ROM Update Process
Since the PCIe SAS RAID controller features flash ROM firmware,
it is not necessary to change the hardware flash chip in order to
upgrade the RAID firmware. The user can simply re-program the
old firmware through the In-Band PCIe bus or Out-of-Band Eth-
ernet port McRAID Storage manager and nflash DOS utility. New
releases of the firmware are available in the form of a DOS file on
the shipped CD or Areca website. The files available at the FTP site
for each model contain the following files in each version:
ARC1680NNNN.BIN Software Binary Code ( “NNNN” refers to the
software code type)
ARC1680BIOS.BIN : → PCI card BIOS for system board using
ARC1680BOOT.BIN : → RAID controller hardware initialization
ARC1680FIRM.BIN : → RAID kernel program
ARC1680MBR0.BIN: → Master Boot Record for supporting Dual
Flash Image in the SAS RAID controller
ARC1680transport.BIN: → Intel IOP 348 SAS controller transport
layer microcode
README.TXT contains the history information of the software code
change in the main directory. Read this file first to make sure you
are upgrading to the proper binary file. Select the right file for the
upgrade. Normally, user upgrades the ARC1680BIOS.BIN for sys-
tem M/B compatibility and ARC1680FIRM.BIN for RAID function
upgrades.
Note:
Please update all Binary Code (BIOS, BOOT and FIRM) before
you reboot system. Otherwise, a mixed firmware package may
hang the controller.