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Download Windows NT
AutoRAID Manager includes a separate utility for downloading controller firmware. This utility,
WinDownload,
simplifies the process of downloading new firmware to the controller in your disk array.
The WinDownload utility is used only for downloading firmware to the disk array controllers. Firmware can
also be downloaded to the disk modules using the ARM
download
command line utility described in the
System Administrator’s Guide, which is shipped with each disk array.
The download process shuts down the disk array while the firmware is being downloaded, so the disk array
will be inaccessible while the download is in progress.
CAUTION! In multi-host configurations, other hosts must not access the disk array while
the download is in progress. Data can be lost if write requests are made to the disk array
while a download is in progress.
Do not attempt to download controller firmware to a disk array that is serving as the NT
boot device. If you attempt to do so, the operating system will crash.
To download controller firmware:
1. Alert users that data on the disk array will be inaccessible during the download.
2. From
the
Start
menu, select
Programs|AutoRAID Manager|WinDownload
3. Select the disk array you want to upgrade with new firmware.
4. Click
Select Firmware File
5. Select the firmware file to be downloaded to the disk array. The latest version of firmware is installed
in the
AutoRAID\FW
folder during setup. If the desired firmware file is in another location, locate and
select it .
6. Click
Download
The download process will begin. The process can take up to 5 minutes to complete. When the
download is complete the disk array will be brought back on line, ready to process I/Os from the host.
