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Dell PowerVault 725N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) User Manual

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Upgrading Your 39160 SCSI Card Firmware

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9

Create a reinstallation diskette from the Resource CD:

a

Ensure that the Resource CD is in the CD drive of your client system.

NOTE: If the CD does not run automatically, double-click the start.bat file on the CD.

b

In the Resource CD Main Menu window displays, click Resources.

c

In the Resources window, click Firmware Update Diskette.

d

When the File Download window displays, click Run this program from its

current location, and then click OK.

e

Click Yes if you receive a security warning.
A DOS screen appears and prompts you to insert a diskette into the diskette drive

of the client system.

f

Insert a formatted diskette into the diskette drive of your client system, and then

press .
The DOS screen closes after the reinstallation diskette is made.

10

Edit the go.bat file for the renamed client system and CD drive:

a

In Windows Explorer, right-click the go.bat file on the diskette, and then select

Edit to edit the file to the following variable value for your environment:
\\server_name\\share_name, where server_name is the name of the client system

and share_name is the name of the SCSI share (for example, \\PV725\SCSI).

b

Save and exit the go.bat file.

11

Update the boot image:

a

If it is not still in the diskette drive, insert the firmware reinstallation diskette that

you created in step 9 into the diskette drive of the networked client system

running Windows 2000.

b

Click the Start button and point to Programs Dell Reinstallation Console

Update boot image.
A DOS window displays.

c

After the DOS window closes, remove the diskette from the diskette drive.

d

Reboot the client system.

12

If the Resource CD is still in the CD drive, remove it.